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[ { "title": "e3107_p49", "sents": [ "The Houston-based company ended its role in a $2 billion project to export gas from Qatar.", "The Dabhol Power Co., owned 65 percent by Enron, filed Saturday to India's Maharashtra state's electricity board to stop supplying power because it's owed 3 billion rupees ($63.9 million) by the board.", "Enron's exit from the Middle East project had nothing to do with its decision to stop supplying power in Dabhol, company spokesman John Ambler said.", "Analysts said some of the gas from the Qatar plant likely would have gone to the Indian project.", "``The (ending of operations in Qatar and India) go hand in hand,'' First Albany Corp. analyst Bob Christensen said.", "``The liquefied natural gas would presumably be used to fuel the second phase of the Dabhol project.''", "The timing of the two announcements was a ``coincidence,'' Ambler said in an interview from Dubai.", "``We initiated discussions several weeks ago (with partners in the Middle East project).''" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2, 6 ] }, { "title": "Dubai", "sents": [ "Dubai ( ; Arabic: دبي‎ ‎ \"Dubayy \", ] ) is the largest and most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).", "It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the seven emirates that make up the country.", "Abu Dhabi and Dubai are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's Federal Supreme Council.", "The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.", "Dubai will host World Expo 2020." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7688_p32", "sents": [ "http: www.lendx.com Agillion Names New Chief Executive Officer AUSTIN, Texas -- Agillion, which provides online customer acquisition and retention services, named James M. Travers as its president and CEO and also added him to the company's board of directors.", "Co-founder Steve Papermaster will continue as chairman.", "Mr. Travers was formerly president and CEO of Atlanta-based Harbinger.", "Agillion's backers include Cisco Systems, Goldman Sachs, Hambrecht & Quist, Integral Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley, MSD Capital, Austin Ventures, Comdisco Ventures, Insight, and Watershed Capital Pivotal Asset Management.", "http: www.agillion.com e-Commerce Software Firm Solution.com Names New CEO MALVERN, Pa. -- Solution.com, a software technology company for Internet marketplaces and e-commerce infrastructures, said it appointed Stephen Zarrilli as chief executive officer, replacing Christopher Dallas-Feeney, who is no longer with the company.", "Mr. Zarrilli formerly served as head of United States Interactive, an Internet business professional services company.", "Solution.com is backed by Emerging Growth Equities and individual investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Cisco Systems", "sents": [ "Cisco Systems, Inc. (known as Cisco) is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley, that develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.", "Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Solectron", "sents": [ "Solectron Corporation was a global electronics manufacturing company for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).", "It was the first electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry in 1977.", "Solectron's first customer designed and distributed an electronic controller for solar energy equipment.", "The name \"Solectron\" was a portmanteau of the words \"solar\" and \"electronics\".", "The company was acquired by Flex on October 15, 2007." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1960_p17", "sents": [ "Kast Telecom will use the funding to continue the roll out of an intelligent data local exchange carrier network and to develop broadband voice, data, and application services for its customers.", "The company has also entered into a EUR 100 million ($88 million) debt facility agreement with J.P. Morgan.", "http: www.kast-telecom.fr o PC Maker Acer Invests in Electronics Marketplace e2open.com SAN JOSE, Calif. -- E2open.com, an Internet marketplace for the electronics industry, said PC manufacturer Acer has made an undisclosed investment in the company.", "The company said it has raised $200 million in venture capital from Crosspoint Venture Partners, Hitachi, IBM, LG Electronics, Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks, Matsushita Electronic (Panasonic), Seagate Technology, Solectron and Toshiba.", "Acer CIO Frachard Lung will join former e2open CEO John Mumford, a founding partner of Crosspoint, and Mark Holman, the company president and CEO, on the board of directors.", "Also serving on the board are Steve Ward, general manager of industrial sector of IBM; Ho-Jin Hwang, vice president and chief procurement officer of LG Electronics; Jose Mejia, the vice president and chief procurement officer of Lucent Technologies; G. Andrea Botta, managing director of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter; Richard Ricks, CIO of Nortel Networks; Steve Luczo, the CEO of Seagate Technology; and Joichi Nishimura, the chairman, CEO and president of Solectron." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kalvilan", "sents": [ "Kalvilan is a town located in the Mullaitivu District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.", "It is approximately 63 km away from the Northern Province's capital Jaffna and approximately 249 km away from Colombo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Colombo", "sents": [ "Colombo (Sinhala: කොළඹ \"Kolamba\", pronounced ] ; Tamil: கொழும்பு ) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.", "According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo metropolitan area has a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 in the city proper.", "It is the financial centre of the island and a popular tourist destination.", "It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to the Greater Colombo area which includes Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, the legislative capital of Sri Lanka and Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia.", "Colombo is often referred to as the capital since Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is within the urban area of, and a suburb of, Colombo.", "It is also the administrative capital of Western Province, Sri Lanka and the district capital of Colombo District.", "Colombo is a busy and vibrant place with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins.", "It was the legislative capital of Sri Lanka until 1982." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3679_p2", "sents": [ "Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's chief political strategist; Lawrence B. Lindsey, the top economic coordinator; and I. Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, all said in financial disclosure statement released on Friday that they already had or intended to divest themselves of holdings in Enron, the nation's leading trader and marketer of electricity and natural gas, as well as holdings in other energy companies.", "Mr. Lindsey received $50,000 last year from Enron for consulting.", "Mr. Rove's statement said he intended to sell stock holdings in Enron valued at $100,000 to $250,000, though the statement does not make clear if he has completed the sale.", "Mr. Libby sold his stake in the company.", "The financial disclosures for senior White House aides show that many of Mr. Bush's top advisers are millionaires.", "Among the wealthiest are Mr. Rove, Mr. Lindsey, Mr. Libby and Andrew H. Card Jr., the chief of staff, who earned $479,138.77 as chief lobbyist for General Motors and reported assets of $810,000 to $2.1 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e3520_p32", "sents": [ "After the speech in Los Angeles, he took part in a meeting on energy efficiency and then met with the governor.", "At the end of the day, he flew to Fresno, for a visit today to Sequoia National Park.", "Andrew H. Card Jr., Bush's chief of staff, said after the meeting with Davis: \"It was a very, very friendly and constructive conversation.\"", "Davis described the session as cordial and businesslike.", "Card said that the two found areas in which they agreed to disagree, b ut that there were more areas of agreement.", "Card also said Bush told Davis that he had asked Pat Wood, a power utility official in Texas whom he has named to the Federal Energy Regulator y Commission, to visit with the governor to explore the state's energy proble ms.", "The day had the feel of two intersecting political campaigns.", "Bush tried to show that he cared about California's woes; Davis surrounded himself with \"real Californians,\" including three young children The group was handpicked by the governor's aides to illustrate the effect of rising electricity bills." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dynegy", "sents": [ "Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States.", "It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled.", "The company is located at 601 Travis Street in Downtown Houston.", "The company was founded in 1984 as Natural Gas Clearinghouse.", "It was originally an energy brokerage, buying and selling natural gas supplies.", "It changed its name to NGC Corporation in 1995 after entering the electrical power generation business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5974_p59", "sents": [ "Best of all, says Davis, \"they also have the certainty of not having to go through deregulation.", "They've already done it.\"", "Dynegy (DYN) $50.65 You've got to love Dynegy.", "Not only is it one of the leading independent power producers in the U.S., it's also the second most profitable energy trader and marketer, after Enron, thanks to its combination of physical assets and merchant expertise.", "An example: Dynegy had a contract to sell power from its Kentucky plant to an Ohio utility.", "But when power prices suddenly dropped, Dynegy went on the open market and bought cheaper power for the utility.", "It was then able to resell the gas it would have used in the plant at a better profit as well.", "You can snap up the Houston-based Dynegy for just 21 times earnings -- not bad for a leading energy marketer that's also one of the fastest-growing independent power producers in the U.S., with 17,775 megawatts operating in high-growth, high-demand regions such as the Midwest, Northeast, Southeast and California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8490_p4", "sents": [ "On November 22 the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and Electricity Oversight Board (EOB) filed comments with you that summarize th e current status of their ongoing investigations.", "They confirm the conclusion s of the independent market monitors that California has been victimized by t he exercise of market power by merchant generators and marketers during summer and fall 2000. The state agencies have been hampered in their investigation s by the refusal of merchant generators to provide information that will both assist in the understanding of last summer ,s prices and in the fashionin g of remedies to assure that we are not victimized again.", "I urge you to compel t he necessary disclosure of information to complete these investigations.", "On November 21 the CPUC issued an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the proposal by PG&E to move its hydroelectric facilities out of the regulated utility.", "The EIR concludes that such a project would cause significant unmitigated harm to the environment and recommends retention as the preferr ed alternative." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e98_p3", "sents": [ "In its place, the Legislature passed a non-binding resolution directing the CPUC to investigate the issue and including highly offensive language on $100 price caps and retroactive recalculation of market clearing prices.", "Legislation establishing a retroactive cap on SDG&E rates and providing no assurance of cost recovery to Sempra passed the Legislature.", "Companion legislation that most observers expect the Governor to veto provides $150 million of General Fund money to SDG&E.", "A draft of so-called \"sunshine\" legislation surfaced late in the process.", "The draft empowered the Electricity Oversight Board to collect anything it might be interested in from the ISO, PX, utilities, generators, and marketers and to treat the information confidentially.", "The draft faced unified opposition and did not make its way into any legislation.", "AB 1002 (Wright) establishing public benefit charges on the natural gas system passed the Legislature.", "It continues to include language exempting electricity generation from the charges." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Deer", "sents": [ "Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.", "The two main groups are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the fallow deer and the chital, and the Capreolinae, including the elk, reindeer (caribou), the Western roe deer, and the moose.", "Female reindeer, and male deer of all species (except the Chinese water deer), grow and shed new antlers each year.", "In this they differ from permanently horned antelope, which are in the same order, Artiodactyla." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Capreolinae", "sents": [ "The Capreolinae, Odocoileinae, or the New World deer are a subfamily of deer.", "Alternatively, they are known as the telemetacarpal deer, due to their bone structure being different from the plesiometacarpal deer subfamily Cervinae.", "The telemetacarpal deer maintain their distal lateral metacarpals, while the plesiometacarpal deer maintain only their proximal lateral metacarpals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Roy Ashburn", "sents": [ "Roy Arthur Ashburn (born March 21, 1954) is an American politician from Kern County, California.", "A Republican, he served as a California State Senator from 2002 to 2010 representing the 18th district.", "He previously served three terms in the California State Assembly, representing the 32nd district and 12 years on the Kern County Board of Supervisors.", "He served on the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board from 2011 until February 2015, after having been appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3342_p32", "sents": [ "Nor was he there long enough to be saddled with a continuing crisis.", "Yet his tenure did change him.", "The liberal who arrived here in 1994 after being elected from Los Angeles' ethnically mixed 45th Assembly District--fresh from tenures as a teachers union leader and president of the local ACLU chapter--emerged six years later with bouquets from conservative Republicans.", "\"In this environment,\" said Capitol veteran Bill Leonard, a Republican assemblyman from San Bernardino, \"anyone who can rise to leadership knows how to work a fast track--gaining allies, answering critics.", "The hit on Antonio, of course, was that he was this radical legislator from Los Angeles.", "He had to answer that because, in the Legislature, anything of substance is bipartisan.", "Every possible coalition has to be in on the decision.\"", "Indeed, Republicans expected a firebrand and ended up with Mr. Congeniality.", "In a tribute given as term limits forced Villaraigosa from the Assembly last year, conservative Republican Roy Ashburn of Bakersfield talked about defending him at Rotary and Kiwanis club meetings." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Derek Williams (boxer)", "sents": [ "Derek Williams ( (1965--) 11 1965 (age (2017)-(1965)-((11)<(03)or(11)==(03)and(30)<(11)) ) ) born in Stockwell, London, is an English professional heavyweight boxer of the 1980s and '90s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British heavyweight title, Commonwealth heavyweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) heavyweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 206+1/2 lb , to 257 lb , i.e.", "heavyweight." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "British Boxing Board of Control", "sents": [ "The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom.", "It was formed in 1929 from the old National Sporting Club and is headquartered in Cardiff." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4810_p28", "sents": [ "Mr. Jensen, prior to joining Dell, was executive vice president of solutions delivery for i2 Technologies.", "Viridian manages three limited partnerships with recent investments in Reliacast, which provides Internet Infrastructure Software; Verticore Technologies, a provider of applications for plant maintenance and operation; and wireless Internet firm Stick Networks.", "http: www.viridianventures.com Former Budget Group President and CEO Joins eVolution SAN FRANCISCO -- eVolution, a firm focused on funding traditional companies doing business on the Internet rather than startups, said that David Siegel joined its United States offices as a managing director.", "Mr. Siegel was president and chief operating officer of Budget Group and formerly president of Continental Express, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Continental Airlines.", "Mr. Siegel will lead and develop new ventures and expand eVoNet, a branch of eVolution.", "http: www.evopartners.com Reliant and ibooks CEOs Join TL Ventures EIR Program AUSTIN, Texas -- TL Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, said Peter Norwood, the former CEO of Reliant Data Systems, and Jerry Weissberg, former president and CEO of ibooks.com, have joined the company as entrepreneurs-in-residence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Continental Express", "sents": [ "Continental Express was the operating brand name used by a number of independently owned regional airlines providing commuter airliner and regional jet feeder service under agreement with Continental Airlines.", "In 2012 at the time of the merger between Continental and United Airlines, two carriers were operating using the Continental Express brand name:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Angelee delos Reyes", "sents": [ "Angelee Claudette Francisco delos Reyes (born October 14, 1987) is a Filipino beauty titleholder and Miss Philippines Earth 2013.", "Prior to her win at Miss Philippines Earth 2013, she was a contender in several national beauty pageants including Miss Philippines Earth 2009, Miss Bikini Philippines 2011, and Binibining Pilipinas 2012.", "She is Miss Earth 2013 Top 8 Finalist." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Miss Philippines Earth 2013", "sents": [ "Miss Philippines Earth 2013, the 13th edition of Carousel Productions' Miss Philippines Earth, was held on May 19, 2013 at the Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Philippines.", "Stephany Stefanowitz, the winner of Miss Philippines Earth 2012 crowned her successor, Angelee Claudette delos Reyes, Miss Philippines Earth 2013 at the end of the pageant.", "The pageant has aligned itself with the 2013 declaration of the United Nations General Assembly as the \"International Year of Water Cooperation.\"", "It was also the first in pageant history to use a hologram technology." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7097_p12", "sents": [ "IMAGE-POLISHING The Davis administration tried to put another energy-related controversy behind it yesterday as the two consultants brought in by the governor to burnish his image agreed to forgo more than $50,000 in work they did for the state.", "Chris Lehane and Mark Fabiani will receive no compensation and will leave the Davis administration immediately, under a settlement in a lawsuit filed on behalf of a national taxpayer rights group.", "Lehane and Fabiani -- nicknamed the \"Masters of Disaster\" for their work in getting former President Bill Clinton out of political jams -- started in the governor's office in May and were originally supposed to be paid $30,000 a month.", "It was later revealed that they had also worked as consultants for Southern California Edison, which is trying to swing a deal with the state to avoid bankruptcy.", "State Controller Kathleen Connell said she would not pay the two.", "\"It really raises the question in my mind, what is it about conflict-of-interest and other ethical rules that the governor's office doesn't understand?\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Bill Clinton", "sents": [ "William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.", "Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas during two separate terms, from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992.", "Before that, he served as Arkansas attorney general, from 1977 to 1979.", "A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was ideologically a New Democrat and many of his policies reflected a centrist \"Third Way\" political philosophy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5771_p37", "sents": [ "Also applauding La Jolla's decision were state Sen. Kevin Murray (D-Culver City) and Assemblyman Herb Wesson (D-Culver City), who had come o ut strongly against the project.", "They and others questioned whether the small amount of power provided by the facility--coming online after the dog days of summer--would do much to relieve the energy crisis.", "\"I'm ecstatic\" Wesson said.", "\"At this point the environment has won.\"", "The plant would have sat on what is a working oil field about 650 feet from the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area.", "And according to park proponents, it would lie in the middle of the grander state conservancy, on what would be a half-mile bridge of land arching over La Cienega Boulevard.", "Rusch, the spokesman for Stocker, said much of the information circulating about the trailer-sized plant is false.", "The plan did not call for \"a stack with billowing smoke,\" he said.", "\"If the issue is air quality, we've cleaned air quality up.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Herb Wesson", "sents": [ "Herb J. Wesson Jr. (born November 11, 1951) is an American politician who currently serves as the President of the Los Angeles City Council.", "He is the Councilmember representing the City of Los Angeles' 10th Council District.", "Wesson previously served as Speaker of the California State Assembly." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8778_p22", "sents": [ "http: www.quivox.com vc fund news Incuvest Raises $100 Million Fund mail this story?", "top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- IncuVest, which develops and operates technology companies said it is in the process of raising a $100 million fund.", "Earlier this week, Brightstar, an incubator owned by British Telecommunications (BT), said it is creating an alliance with incuVest and said there will be an undisclosed equity exchange as part of the deal.", "A company spokesperson said British Telecom's Brightstar and IncuVest may raise a fund together in the future.", "http: www.incuvest.com vw corrections AirMedia mail this story?", "top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Yesterday's story about AirMedia's new CEO misstated his background.", "Mark Bregman was most recently general manager of IBM's pervasive computing group, not the RS 6000 division.", "The story gave incorrect information about the company's backers.", "The company has raised $70 million to date, not $90 million, and is backed by Citigroup Investments, Verus International, Prospect Street, Apex Teletech Resources, and Virgin Management Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 8 ] }, { "title": "e3720_p27", "sents": [ "\"We figured it was happening.\"", "WHN coul d not be reached for comment.", "The company received funding from Citigroup Investments, Comcast Interactive Capital, Dawntreader Fund I, GE Capital Equity Investments, TH Lee Putnam Internet Partners, Value Vision International, WaterView Partners, and individual investors Frank J. Biondi Jr. and Michael Fuchs.", "http: www.whn.com B2B E-Commerce Services Firm Hologix Shutting Down mail?", "top PHOENIX (VENTUREWIRE) -- Hologix, a provider of business-to-busines s e-commerce software and services, is closing down, according to a company spokesperson.", "The spokesperson said the company, which had approximately 12 0 employees, could not raise the Series C funding it needed to remain operational.", "Hologix is seeking a buyer for its technology.", "The company received $15 million in its second round of financing in January 2000 from Adams Capital Management, Insight Capital Partners, Integral Capital Partners, and Kemper Ventures.", "http: www.hologix.com Streaming Media Ad Services Firm Hiwire Cuts 17 mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7985_p26", "sents": [ "Idanta Partners and Needham Capital Partners invested $25 million in ViaGate earlier this year.", "http: www.viagate.com New CEO, President Named At Wireless Tech Firm TracerNET CHANTILLY, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- TracerNET, which provides integr ated wireless location and message technology, said Eric Oganesoff, former ly chief of electronic marketing strategy of Louisiana Pacific Corp., has joined the company as its new president and chief executive officer.", "Befor e working at Louisiana Pacific, Mr. Oganesoff was chairman and CEO of Gree nStone Industries, which he founded.", "TracerNet is backed by undisclosed in dividual and institutional investors.?", "http: www.tracernet.com?", "S ales & Marketing Apps Firm Promptu Appoints Tech Exec CEO?", "MILPITAS, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Promptu, a Web-based marketing and sal es applications firm, said it has appointed Godfrey Sullivan as its chief executive officer.", "Mr. Sullivan is former vice president of business marketing at Apple Computer and executive vice president at Autodesk, a design automation firm." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3552_p17", "sents": [ "The company sa id the funding should last over three years, but also said it would consider an IPO in Europe or the United States within the next 18 to 30 months, depending on market conditions.", "The company expects to begin clinical trials for retinal degeneration in the United States in the latter half of 2002. Neurotech said it had a post-money valuation between $43 million and $69 million.", "Investors own approximately 80% of the company.", "Neurotech also has an office in Lincoln, R.I. http: www.neurotech.fr Atherotech Clocks In $4.2M in Series C mail?", "top BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Atherotech, a medical diagnostics company, said it closed its Series C round at $4.2 million from Compass Venture Partners, J.F.", "Shea Co., Needham Capital Partners, and Technology Funding Group.", "This round brings the company's total funding to date to $9.9 millio n. J.F.", "Shea Co. is a new investor in the company, while Needham Capital had l ed its Series A round and the remaining two investors had co-led its Series B. Atherotech said it had a post-money valuation of $26.8 million in this roun d and that investors now own approximately 52% of the company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20365_p58", "sents": [ "The action was disclosed in a dubiously discreet manner.", "More important, in vestors are struggling to pinpoint how the shrinkage will affect Enron's ba lance sheet, profits and earnings guidance.", "Enron didn't provide answers to questions submitted on the equity reduction Enron doesn't include a balance sheet in its earnings release, so the equit y decrease couldn't be spotted in numbers supplied Tuesday.", "And even though Enron did break out $1 billion in earnings charges in its release, the com pany didn't feel it necessary to mention the equity write down anywhere in the text.", "Instead, the public first heard about it on a Tuesday conference call.", "CEO Kenneth Lay said Enron had shrunk its equity as a result of terminating as o-called \"structured finance arrangement.\"", "The Wall Street Journal later re ported that Enron's counter-party in this transaction was an investment par tnership called LJM2 Co-Investment, which has set up and run by Enron's fin ance chief, Andrew Fastow." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "The Wall Street Journal", "sents": [ "The Wall Street Journal is an American business-focused, English-language international daily newspaper based in New York City.", "The \"Journal\", along with its Asian and European editions, is published six days a week by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp.", "The newspaper is published in the broadsheet format and online." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Piz Minschun", "sents": [ "Piz Minschun is a mountain of the Silvretta Alps, overlooking Scuol in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.", "From the heights of Scuol (south side), a trail lead to the summit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Silvretta Alps", "sents": [ "The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tirol, Vorarlberg (both in Austria) and Graubünden (Switzerland).", "The Austrian states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass road (Silvretta Hochalpenstraße at 2032 m).", "The majority of the peaks are elevated above three thousand metres and are surrounded by glaciers.", "Thus, the area is also known as the \"Blue Silvretta\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10584_p70", "sents": [ "Lawrence Makovich, senior director of North American Electric Power at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, said, \"one of the biggest problems in California is that no one can agree on what went wrong.\"", "\"Indeed,\" he added, \"there is a grave danger of drawing the wrong lessons.\"", "Energy analysts and power generators warned the wholesale price caps urged by Feinstein would make the situation worse.", "But utilities in Western states argued the situation will worsen without price caps.", "They said they buy power on the same spot market that has driven Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison all but bankrupt and will soon face the same fate.", "And Northwest senators angrily lashed out at California, saying layoffs are spreading as electricity rates soar, even as Californians are shielded from price increases while draining power from the Western electricity grid.", "Cisco Systems of San Jose was held up by critics as the \"poster child\" of California hypocrisy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e100_p8", "sents": [ "Second, the flaws in the market should be fixed, taking advantage of the positive lessons of deregulation from other parts of the country.", "But that won't happen without political will -- and a surge of realism.", "Lawrence Makovich, senior director of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, and Daniel Yergin, chairman, are co-authors of \"Beyond California's Power Crisis: Impact, Solutions, and Lessons.\"", "2001 The Washington Post Company" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Advanced Technology Ventures", "sents": [ "Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV) is an American venture capital firm with more than $1.8 billion in capital under management.", "The firm was founded in 1979 and invests in IT, healthcare, and cleantech companies.", "ATV has offices in Waltham, Massachusetts and Palo Alto, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27953_p21", "sents": [ "The company will not raise a traditional fund, but instead gather a pool of individual investors to help identify and invest in emerging companies.", "These individual investors will also provide management consultation as well as other services.", "Mr. Bhandari is the only employee at the time, but he expects to expand the team later this year.", "<http: www.parasventures.com vc personnel * ATV Adds Brian Hanson To Focus on Canadian Investments top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=INQPHIPMII PALO ALTO, CALIF. -- Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), a venture capital firm, said it named Brian Hanson as a venture partner.", "Mr. Hanson will primarily focus on ATV's strategic expansion in Canada, and also support ATV's investments in New York and New Jersey.", "Prior to joining ATV, he served as managing director and co-head of mergers and acquisitions at UBS Warburg.", "ATV made its first investment in Canada late last year in Innovance Networks, an optical networking company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19900_p9", "sents": [ "Congress and the Transportation Department have since taken several steps in hopes of making the road program fit within the high court's guidelines.", "With those changes in place, the program passed constitutional muster, a federal appeals court in Denver ruled last year.", "\"Amazingly, this case is a mess,\" says Waxman, the former solicitor general, who says there's a significant chance the justices may simply dismiss the case.", "The two sides are \"like ships passing in the night,\" he says, with little or no agreement on even the basic facts of the dispute.", "Supreme Court Web site: http: supremecourtus.gov -By Scott Ritter, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-6687; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: UPDATE 1-Sizing up CEO aplomb under duress a major concern.", "09 24 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. (Adds more on why Skilling left Enron in paragraph 7, rewrites paragraphs 6, 20) By Jamie LaReau NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - When Thomas Neff took over executive recruitment firm Spencer Stuart, little did he know he would soon be widowed and a single parent while running a rapidly growing worldwide company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Spencer Stuart", "sents": [ "Spencer Stuart is an American global executive search and leadership consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois.", "It was founded in 1956, operates 56 offices in 30 countries and is privately owned.", "In 2009, the \"Wall Street Journal\" described Spencer Stuart as the U.S. government's main resource for finding replacement executives for companies bailed out during the Great Recession." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Praveen Dubey", "sents": [ "Praveen Dubey (born 1 July 1993) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket.", "He is a right-handed batsman and leg break googly bowler.", "He was bought at the 2016 IPL players auction by Royal Challengers Bangalore for 35 lakh.", "In February 2017, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for 10 lakhs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Royal Challengers Bangalore", "sents": [ "The Royal Challengers Bangalore (often abbreviated as RCB) are a franchise cricket team based in Bangalore, Karnataka, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL).", "One of the original eight teams in the IPL, the team has made three final appearances in the IPL, losing all of them (in 2009 to the Deccan Chargers, in 2011 to the Chennai Super Kings and in 2016 to the Sunrisers Hyderabad).", "The team also finished runners-up in the 2011 CLT20, losing the final against the Mumbai Indians." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bhiwani Lohar", "sents": [ "Bhiwani Lohar is a village in the Bhiwani district of the Indian state of Haryana.", "It lies approximately 5 km south east of the district headquarters town of Bhiwani.", "As of the 2011 Census of India , the village had 641 households with a total population of 4,087 of which 2,505 were male and 1,582 female." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bhiwani", "sents": [ "Bhiwani is a city and a municipal council in Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana, India.", "Besides being a seat of spiritual learning, the city is at the centre of regional politics and hometown of three former Haryana chief ministers: Bansi Lal, Banarsi Dass Gupta and Hukum Singh." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Washington Cook", "sents": [ "Washington Cook (February 22, 1873 – October 12, 1955) was an American politician who served one term on the Massachusetts Governor's Council.", "He was the brother of Massachusetts State Auditor Alonzo B. Cook." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Alonzo B. Cook", "sents": [ "Alonzo B. Cook (July 31, 1866 - ?)", "was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor from 1915–1931 and was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1925 and in 1937; and United States Senator in 1936." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Reginald Rudall", "sents": [ "Reginald John Rudall (27 September 1885 – 1 January 1955) was a lawyer and politician in Gawler, South Australia.", "His father, Samuel Bruce Rudall, was member for Barossa 1906–1915." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Gawler, South Australia", "sents": [ "Gawler is the first country town on the Australian mainland in the state of South Australia, and is named after the second Governor (British Vice-Regal representative) of the colony of South Australia, George Gawler.", "It is about 40 - north of the centre of the state capital, Adelaide, and is close to the major wine producing district of the Barossa Valley.", "Topographically, Gawler lies at the confluence of two tributaries of the Gawler River, the North and South Para rivers, where they emerge from a range of low hills.", "It is now a suburb of the Greater Adelaide metropolitan area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Andy Oliver", "sents": [ "Andrew Allen Oliver (born December 3, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.", "He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Detroit Tigers", "sents": [ "The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan.", "The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division.", "One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1901 .", "They are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the AL The Tigers have won four World Series championships (, , , and ), 11 AL pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012), and four AL Central division championships (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014).", "The Tigers also won division titles in 1972, 1984 and 1987 while members of the AL East.", "The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hamme (river)", "sents": [ "The Hamme is a 48 km long river in Germany, Lower Saxony, north-east of Bremen.", "Its source is north of Osterholz-Scharmbeck.", "It flows through the moors north-east of Bremen called Teufelsmoor (German for dead moor), and meets the river Wümme in Ritterhude.", "From this junction, the river is called Lesum.", "The Lesum flows into the river Weser in Bremen-Vegesack." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Weser", "sents": [ "The Weser (] ) is a river in Northwestern Germany.", "Formed at Hannoversch Münden by the confluence of the rivers Fulda and Werra, it flows through Lower Saxony, then reaching the Hanseatic city of Bremen (see: Hanseatic League), before emptying 50 km further north at Bremerhaven into the North Sea.", "On the opposite (west) bank is the town of Nordenham at the foot of the Butjadingen Peninsula; thus, the mouth of the river is in Lower Saxony.", "The Weser has an overall length of 452 km .", "Together with its Werra tributary, which originates in Thuringia, its length is 744 km ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "A Portrait Painted by the Sun", "sents": [ "A Portrait Painted by the Sun is the second studio album by Canadian atmospheric black metal band Finnr's Cane.", "It was released in 2013 by Prophecy Productions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Prophecy Productions", "sents": [ "Prophecy Productions is a German record label located in Zeltingen-Rachtig, founded by Martin Koller in 1996.", "It proclaims being a \"label for eerie emotional music\", which roughly comprises artists with a dark metal, black metal, or neofolk background, but a unique and unconventional approach to music." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19525_p4", "sents": [ "\"I think he understands the derivative trading b usiness better than most,\" says Robert Hagstrom, portfolio manager of the L egg Mason Focus Trust and author of The Essential Buffett: Timeless Princip les for the New Economy.", "\"I wouldn't be surprised if it's caught his eye, b ut I don't think he would get his price.", "He won't pay a premium for Enron.\"", "As for Buffett, he won't comment on anything, let alone rumors like this.", "Shell: Burned Out on Gas Another rumored suitor is Royal Dutch Shell (RD :NYSE - news - commentary) Speculation has escalated to the point of sugg esting that Shell and Enron have signed a confidentiality agreement to allo w for exchange of privileged financial data.", "A Shell spokeswoman in London would not comment on the speculation.", "An Enron spokesman also declined to comment.", "Shell wants to expand its gas business and in its bid for Barrett Resources, showed it will pay a premium for the right assets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Royal Dutch Shell", "sents": [ "Royal Dutch Shell plc (, ), commonly known as Shell, is a British–Dutch multinational oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and incorporated in the United Kingdom.", "It is one of the six oil and gas \"supermajors\" and the sixth-largest company in the world measured by 2016 revenues (and the largest based in Europe).", "Shell was first in the 2013 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies; in that year its revenues were equivalent to 84% of the Netherlands' $556 billion GDP." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Loretta Lynch", "sents": [ "Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2015 to succeed Eric Holder.", "Previously, she held the position for United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both the Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama administrations (2010–15).", "As U.S. Attorney, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5495_p47", "sents": [ "But when an individual's transactions approach or cross the hundred-million-dollar level, he said, the gains become unusual.", "California officeholders and policymakers expressed outrage but not surprise at the transactions.", "\"It is part of a pattern of smart trading by these guys,\" said state Sen. Debra Bowen (D-Marina del Rey), who chairs the Senate Energy, Utilitie s and Communications Committee.", "\"The mentality is to get everything that you can and then ride out the bust.", "\"I think they are figuring that by this time next year the party will be over and they will be left sitting in a room with plastic cups half-filled with stale beer,\" Bowen said.", "Said Loretta Lynch, president of the California Public Utilities Commission: \"It stands to reason that if the companies are making exorbitan t profits, then the individuals who run the companies are also making exorbitant profits.\"", "Government Agencies Investigating Firms Indeed, the stock sales have taken place against a backdrop of acrimon y between state officials and the power companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20513_p0", "sents": [ "<<IPW091001.doc Good Morning, Attached, please find the latest issue of our Independent Power Weekly.", "Also note that today and tomorrow (9 10 and 9 11), CSFB will host a Power Generation Supply Chain Conference at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.", "This event is designed to provide investors with a wholistic perspective on all aspects of the sector-from coal and natural gas companies, to equipment and service providers, to the power producers themselves.", "The major power generators are scheduled to speak on Tuesday morning (9 11).", "Between 9.25 am - 11.50 am presentations will be given by the following companies: Aquila, Calpine, Mirant, NRG Energy, Orion Power, Reliant Resources and TECO Energy.", "In addition, at 8 am on Tuesday there will be a panel discussion focusing on the state of the generation market.", "Finally, at 12 pm on Tuesday Judah Rose a power market consultant with ICF Consulting will offer his perspectives on the outlook for the sector during a luncheon presentation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "New York City", "sents": [ "The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.", "With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 sqmi , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.", "Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.", "A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media and entertainment, art, fashion, research, technology, education, politics, and sports, its fast pace defining the term \"New York minute\".", "Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5417_p3", "sents": [ "The PUC postponed their vote to June 13 on a proposal that would allow alternative generators who need the money to continue making electricity to ask for it from PG&E and Edison to remain in business.", "* The California State Senate Rules Committee, in cooperation with the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Price Manipulation in the Wholesale Energy Market, agrees on Tuesday to issue subpoenas to provide further background information in its investigation into whether generators are illegally profiteering from the state's power crisis.", "Eight out-of-state generating companies (and perhaps, eventually, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the state Department of Water Resources) stand to receive papers demanding documents on bidding, pricing, and other aspects of power sales in the state.", "Those companies will be Reliant Energy, Dynegy Energy Services, Inc., Williams Energy, Enron Corp., NRG Energy Inc., Duke Energy, Mirant Inc., and AES Corp. * Governor Davis signs Executive Order D-37-01 on Monday aimed at increasing small business participation in state contracting." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e490_p13", "sents": [ "Williams Energy emerged as one of its industry's most profitable companies last year by capitalizing on electricity price swings from its 21,000-square-foot trading floor in Tulsa, Okla.", "The operation includes a 70-foot wall filled with secret data and two 30-foot data walls breaking out the latest information on energy futures.", "Even as its California utility sank deeper into debt with the electricity generators, PG&E Corp. continued to build a 137,000-square-foot trading floor in Rockville, Md., to trade electricity.", "PG&E's worsening financial woes finally forced the company to delay the expansion late last year.", "AES Corp. discovered the increasingly important role that trading floors play in the profit equation last year.", "The Arlington, Va.-based company owns three California power plants, but said it didn't make any money from them last year because of a contract that turns over the electricity sales to Williams.", "The arrangement left AES with an $11 million loss from its California operations last year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "William Massey", "sents": [ "William Ferguson Massey (26 March 1856 – 10 May 1925), commonly known as Bill Massey, was an Irish politician in New Zealand who served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925.", "Massey founded the conservative Reform Party 1909, New Zealand's second organised political party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1060_p37", "sents": [ "Commissioner William Massey has long been an advocate for increased FERC intervention.", "And Linda Breathitt, the third sitting commissioner, appeared to further soften her reluctance to impose price controls yesterday.", "\"I have increasing concerns about what the summer holds,\" she said.", "\"We must find a way to calm the troubled market if a competitive market is ever going to become a reality.\"", "But FERC Chairman Curt Hebert is the man standing squarely in the way of California's requests.", "As the head of the board, he has complete control over its agenda.", "California and other states believe price controls are essential for getting through the summer, while Montana, Arizona and other states believe caps would suppress supply and make the situation worse.", "Hebert believes in free markets, and as an appointee of President Bush, concurs with Bush's belief that price caps would do nothing to help and would perhaps make the situation even worse." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2750_p48", "sents": [ "All shippers were trying to move as much gas as they could into the state.", "The problem is you can't get all that much gas into the state.\"", "The issue of market share appeared to loom large in the administrative hearing, which has become the closest thing to a trial arising from California's energy crisis.", "A company that controls a large portion of any market enhances its ability to dictate prices and other conditions.", "El Paso Merchant has argued that its market share should be computed as a proportion of the statewide natural gas market, in which case it would fa ll below 20% and would not raise anti-competitive concerns.", "But the PUC counters that, because of difficulties in shipping gas fro m north to south within the state, El Paso's true market is limited to Southe rn California.", "\"The question of the geographic market makes a tremendous difference in how El Paso Merchant's market share will be measured and the results,\" acknowledged Judge Curtis L. Wagner Jr. in an opening statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e489_p1", "sents": [ "The winner: El Paso's sister company, the El Paso Merchant Energy Company, which buys, sells and trades natural gas.", "The bidding was not close.", "El Paso Merchant offered twice as much for the capacity as the other companies bid, in total, for bits and pieces.", "Why pay so much more?", "California officials, who are pressing a complaint against El Paso at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, say the answer is simple.", "The state contends that El Paso Merchant, with help from its sister company, saw the transaction as a way to manipulate the price of natural gas by using its control of pipeline capacity.", "According to sealed documents obtained by The New York Times that are part of filings in the federal case, executives at El Paso Merchant said internally that the deal would give them ''more control'' of gas markets, including the ''ability to influence the physical market'' to benefit the company's financial positions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5996_p6", "sents": [ "\"They asked us to cut our power usage a couple of times last summer, and we did so.", "If they do ask us, we'll do what we can to help the community.\"", "Mandalay Resort Group and MGM Mirage executives said they were not asked to cut their power use Monday.", "\"Our facilities guys said nobody's asked us for anything, and we haven't done anything,\" said Fred Lewis, Aladdin spokesman.", "\"At first glance, it appears the problem was handled very well,\" said Don Soderberg, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, which regulates Nevada Power.", "\"It's always hard to predict when we're going to have abnormal temperatures, and power plants are going to go off-line,\" Soderberg said.", "The situation, he added, \"underlines the need to build more power plants.\"", "Monday's 114-degree high was one degree shy of the record for the date.", "The heat follows the warmest May on record, said Joe Nemeth, a senior forecaster with the National Weather Service." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e6027_p54", "sents": [ "\"This means individual regions like California or Las Vegas could end up no t having enough,\" Ackerman said.", "\"It increases the threat of blackouts.\"", "BLACKOUT ALERT CANCELED California authorities issued a blackout alert at 1:45 p.m. yesterday when power reserves dipped to dangerously low levels.", "They canceled the alert about an hour later, after finding additional supplies.", "\"Everyone in the West is fighting for megawatts,\" said Stephanie McCorkle, a spokeswoman for the California Independent System Operator, which oversees the state's power network.", "The Golden State's latest brush with lights-out conditions came a day after Nevada experienced its own rolling blackouts for the first time, prompting heavy power users such as the MGM Grand and Caesars Palace to dim their lights.", "Don Soderberg, chairman of the Nevada Public Utilities Commission, said tha t the sudden power emergency took state authorities by surprise and that they are investigating to see what role the federal price limits may have had in exacerbating Monday's shortage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Edmonton Oil Kings", "sents": [ "The Edmonton Oil Kings are a major junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that play in the Western Hockey League.", "As of July 2008, they are owned by Daryl Katz's Oilers Entertainment Group, who also own the Edmonton Oilers.", "The 2007–08 season was the newest incarnation of the Oil Kings' inaugural season in the Western Hockey League.", "To date NHL alumni are Tomas Vincour, Mark Pysyk, Curtis Lazar, Keegan Lowe, Griffin Reinhart, Henrik Samuelsson, Laurent Brossoit, and David Musil.", "As the 2012 WHL champions, the Oil Kings played in the 2012 Memorial Cup, losing 6-1 against the eventual winning team, the Shawinigan Cataractes, in the playoff tie-breaker.", "The Oil Kings won the 2014 Memorial Cup, defeating the Guelph Storm in the 2014 Memorial Cup final game." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Laurent Brossoit", "sents": [ "Laurent Brossoit (born March 23, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.", "He is currently playing for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).", "Brossoit was selected by the Calgary Flames in the sixth round (164th overall) of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft.", "Brossoit was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, but grew up in Cloverdale, British Columbia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Clann na nGael GAA (County Cork)", "sents": [ "Clann na nGael GAA club is a Gaelic football club located in the parish of Drimoleague & Drinagh in County Cork.", "It draws its players from the villages of Drimoleague & Drinagh, and the surrounding areas.", "(CCL) The club participates in the West Cork (Carbery) division of Cork and operates at Junior A, B and C level in football.", "It is a vibrant club catering for boys and girls from Under 8 up to Adult level." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Drimoleague", "sents": [ "Drimoleague (historically \"Drumdalege\", Irish: \"Droim Dhá Liag\" , meaning \"ridge of two stones\" ) is a village on the R586 regional road at its junction with the R593 in County Cork, Ireland.", "It lies roughly halfway between the towns of Dunmanway and Bantry.", "It is within the parish of Dromdaleague." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3342_p31", "sents": [ "The accomplishments form the bulwark of his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles against City Atty.", "James K. Hahn, which ends in the June 5 runoff.", "Yet Villaraigosa's inexperience also showed: A lackluster detail man by his own admission, he was forced by his weaknesses in the mechanics of policy to lean heavily on a strong staff as well as on intellectually gifted colleagues who didn't always agree with him.", "Some fellow Democrats accuse him of padding his resume by claiming credit for bills on which others had done most of the hard work.", "He suffered a bitter break with his longtime friend and successor as speaker, Bob Hertzberg (D-Sherman Oaks), that colored the last year of his term.", "Hertzberg is conspicuously absent from Villaraigosa's list of endorsers.", "In his relatively brief tenure at the top, Villaraigosa was blessed with good timing.", "There were none of the fiscal or natural disasters that circumscribed the actions of past state figures." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e1060_p36", "sents": [ "After just four hours of sleep before the last-minute trip, Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg, D-Sherman Oaks, was in no mood to be confrontational.", "He figured that since FERC-bashing had gained little, the state might be better off showing what it had done to try to solve its own problem.", "\"We didn't want to go and be Khrushchev banging his shoe on the table,\" he said.", "\"We are telling FERC we're in this together.", "We have a role, and you have a role.\"", "So Hertzberg opened his five-minute remarks by acknowledging that California had created some of its own problems.", "But he pleaded with the three commissioners to pay attention to what was happening in the Golden State.", "'ECONOMIC PRECIPICE' \"California is poised on the edge of an economic precipice that threatens not only our economy, but the economy of the entire country,\" Hertzberg said, adding that the state anticipated paying $65 billion for electricity this year, almost 10 times its power bill in 1999. Two of the three board members seemed to hear the request." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nusatsum Mountain", "sents": [ "Nusatsum Mountain (2,575 m/8,448 feet), is a mountain in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, located near the Nusatsum River and south of and between the communities of Firvale and Hagensborg.", "The mountain is the equivalent of Mount Ararat in the traditions of the Nuxalk, as the place where survivors found refuge from the Great Flood." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Hagensborg", "sents": [ "Hagensborg, originally named Kristiania, is a small community in the Bella Coola Valley in British Columbia, Canada.", "Its census population in 2006 was 248.", "The valley was already the ancient home to the Nuxálk people when European explorers arrived.", "Norwegian settlers from Minnesota and Wisconsin arrived in 1894, and the town was named \"Hagen's Borg\" after Hagen B. Christensen, the first storekeeper in the area and postmaster from April 1, 1896 to October 14, 1910.", "(\"borg\" is Norwegian for a fortress or castle)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e47_p0", "sents": [ "-- Forwarded by Sue Nord NA Enron on 03 15 2001 12:41 PM -- Eric Benson 03 14 2001 01:40 PM To: Sue Nord NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Federal Register Report for Period 3 2 01 to 3 14 01 Sue - The following reports Federal Register notices for the period ending March 14, 2001: DATE AGENCY SUMMARY IMPORTANT DATES 3 7 01 FCC petition for reconsideration filed re amendment of Part 2 of the commission's rules to allocation Spectrum Below 3 GHz for Mobile and Fixed Services to Support the Introduction of New Advanced Wireless Services, including Third Generation Wireless Systems opposition must be filed by March 22, 2001; replies to an opposition must be filed within 10 days after time for filing oppositions have expired FCC deadline by which states must indicate their decision to \"opt out\" of existing 800 MHz planning regions for Public Safety 700 MHz band regional planning; FCC decided that the 700 MHz regional planning committees would be based on the same 55 800 MHz planning regions; FCC also decided to allow states or territories no in regions defined by state boundaries to opt out of their existing regions to form or join a planning regions that follows their state's boundaries; states that do not file an opt out report by the deadline date will continue to be included in their existing planning regions opt out decisions must be reported to the WTB by July 2, 2001 FCC commission denied Qwest petition for reconsideration of FCC 12 30 99 Depreciation Order; petition sought reconsideration of FCC denial of United States Telephone Association petition for forbearance; the methodology for certain equipment life ranges, and the accounting treatment in waiver situation; in Depreciation Order we undertook an extensive review of FCC depreciation requirements for price cap incumbent local exchange carriers 3 6 01 FCC document announces the auction of 16 VHF public coast licenses and 241 multilateral Location and Monitoring Services Spectrum scheduled for 6 6 01; notice seeks comments on reserve prices and minimum opening bids and other procedural issues re Auction No." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e5353_p0", "sents": [ "\"Calling in on the 2nd should be fine.", "Sorry that it doesn't work for you to be there in person.", "I'm going to be out of the office from about 3:00 this afternoon until 11:00 tomorrow morning, EST.", "If your meeting happens after 11:00 EST tomorrow, I would like to join by phone.", "(But don't worry about scheduling around me if it's a problem).", "Donald is on his way back from South America, and probably isn't available.", "Scott may be available by phone and probably would be interested in participating.", "Maybe the next person we hire should be a full-time schedule coordinator.", "Thanks for your enduring patience.", "Jeff Dasovich Sent by: Jeff Dasovich 10 26 2000 08:21 AM To: Sue Nord NA Enron@Enron cc: Subject: Re: Bandwidth Trading Structure Meeting So it is the 2nd after all?", "Thought it might be the first, which I could have made.", "The 2nd doesn't work have set up a meeting with ENA to meet with Sempra execs to see if a deal can be done (yeah, right)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20472_p121", "sents": [ "Alternative browser-users denied Microsoft entry NEW YORK -- Microsoft's premier Web portal, MSN.com, denied entry to millio ns of people who use alternative browser software such as Opera and told th em to get Microsoft's products instead.", "The decision led to complaints from the small but loyal Opera community tha t Microsoft was abusing its status as the Internet's browser leader.", "Micros oft later backed off and said yesterday that it would support the other bro wsers after all.", "Browser products affected by the shutout, which was triggered by a face-lif t of the MSN.com Web site, included Opera, Mozilla and Amaya, said Kevin Re ichard, editorial manager for Internet.com's BrowserWatch site.", "Mike Pettit, president of ProComp, an anti-Microsoft group, urged state and federal investigators to look into the matter as part of its lawsuit accus ing Microsoft of anti-competitive practices.", "-- Associated Press MicrosoftSF to shut down; Sony will run retail store SAN FRANCISCO -- Sony will take over a retail store it manages with Microso ft next month, when the biggest software maker's Xbox goes up against Sony' s PlayStation 2 in a contest for control of the $20 billion video-game mark et, a Sony spokeswoman said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Microsoft", "sents": [ "Microsoft Corporation ( , abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.", "It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.", "Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.", "Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup.", "As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.", "The word \"Microsoft\" is a portmanteau of \"microcomputer\" and \"software\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7107_p88", "sents": [ "Infighting among California politicians hasn't helped.", "Earlier this year, f or example, state Controller Kathleen Connell criticized the way her fellow Democrats, Messrs. Davis and Angelides, were handling the bond sale.", "Unless it was far bigger, she warned, the state would face a \"cash-flow crunch\" by February or March of 2002. The governor's office fired back, calling her claims \"completely\" political.", "California policy makers have \"spent most of the year bickering and finger pointing,\" Standard & Poor's director Peter Rigby said in a recent report, \"and that will raise some uncertainty among lenders.\"", "Moreover, investors know the state needs the money, and so \"it's a buyer's market,\" Mr. Rigby added.", "Aware that it needed a financial pro to make its case to Wall Street, the Davis Administration pushed Mr. Fichera to the forefront.", "Since May, the former Prudential Securities investment banker has spent hours on conferenc e calls with Wall Street explaining the state's strategy." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Prudential Securities", "sents": [ "Prudential Securities, also formerly known as Prudential Securities Incorporated (PSI), was the financial services arm of the insurer, Prudential Financial.", "In 2003, Prudential Securities was merged into Wachovia Securities, a division of Wachovia Bank." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p9", "sents": [ "http: www.ezcloser.com Updating Software Firm Raises $2.5 Million Series A mail this story?", "top DANA POINT, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Digital Transit, which provides software for updating digital products over wired and wireless networks, said it has raised $2.5 million in its Series A round of funding led by Nokia Venture Partners.", "Other investors in the round include Celerity Ventures and Windspeed Ventures.", "The company said it will use the funds to strengthen its sales, marketing, support and software development capabilities.", "http: www.digitaltransit.net Wireless App Firm TerraWired Closes Seed Round of Funding mail this story?", "top DENVER, Colo. (VENTUREWIRE) -- TerraWired, a Denver-based wireless applications and convergent communications provider, closed its seed round of funding for an undisclosed amount, which came entirely from One Capital.", "The funds will be used for general company growth.", "http: www.terrawired.com Athenahealth Secures $30 Million in Second Round mail this story?", "top WALTHAM, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Athenahealth, a Web-based provider of practice management services for physicians' offices, said it raised $30 million in its second round of funding, led by Oak Investment Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p13", "sents": [ "Previous investor Mars also participated.", "The company said it will use the funding to further develop its infrastructure and accelerate the deployment of its technology.", "The company currently produces English, French, and German versions of its product, with Spanish and Italian versions in development.", "As a result of the financing, Jean-David Chamboredon, technology director for Europ@web, will take a seat on the company's board of directors.", "http: www.ukibi.com Wireless Software Firm NetSanity Raises $20 Million Series C REDWOOD, Calif. -- NetSanity, which develops software for wireless telecommunications carriers, said it has raised $20 million in its Series C funding, led by Argo Global Capital and previous investor Nokia Venture Partners.", "Pascal Tremblay, principal at Argo, will join NetSanity's board of directors as a result of the investment.", "The new funds will go towards product engineering and marketing.", "http: www.netsanity.com Office Supply Retailer, officeXL, Gets $3.8 Million MUNICH, Germany -- Wellington partners said it contributed to Hamburg, Germany-based officeXL's $3.8 million funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5901_p47", "sents": [ "\"Reliant and other generators have been California's energy bankers for some time.\"", "Wheatley said Reliant is owed $337 million for past power sales.", "Generators probably would have to pay no more than $2.5 billion in refunds, said Curtis Wagner, who is FERC's chief administrative law judge and is overseeing the negotiations.", "Associated Press Writer Don Thompson in Sacramento contributed to this story.", "On the Net: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: www.ferc.gov ,2001 Associated Press Cheaper electricity won't trim bills Rate increase to pay off big state debts takes effect next month Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, June 27, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file chronicle archive 2001 06 27 M N204070.DTL A rate increase passed last month will begin showing up on electricity bills next month to pay off billions of dollars in debt that the state has incurred buying power on the spot market.", "And new long-term energy contracts may lock California into paying higher-than-market rates for future electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Associated Press", "sents": [ "The Associated Press (AP) is an American multinational nonprofit news agency headquartered in New York City that operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association.", "The AP is owned by its contributing newspapers and radio and television stations in the United States, all of which contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Aigio", "sents": [ "Aigio, also written as \"Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio\", (Greek: Αίγιο , ] ) is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece.", "Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Aigialeia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.", "The municipal unit has an area of 151.101 km.", "Its population is around 26,000.", "Aigio is a port town on the Gulf of Corinth." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "Gulf of Corinth", "sents": [ "The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf (Greek: Κορινθιακός Kόλπος , \"Korinthiakόs Kόlpos\") is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece.", "It is bounded in the east by the Isthmus of Corinth which includes the shipping-designed Corinth Canal and in the west by the Strait of Rion which widens into the shorter Gulf of Patras (part of the Ionian Sea) and of which the narrowest point is crossed since 2004 by the Rio-Antirio Bridge.", "The gulf is bordered by the large administrative divisions (prefectures): Aetolia-Acarnania and Phocis in the north, Boeotia in the northeast, Attica in the east, Corinthia in the southeast and south and Achaea in the southwest.", "The gulf is in tectonic movement comparable to movement in parts of Iceland and Turkey, growing by 10 mm per year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vincent Kortbeek", "sents": [ "Vincent Kortbeek (born 19 November 1982 in Vught) is a Dutch bobsledder.", "Kortbeek started with international bobsleigh competitions in 2003 and therefore was not yet part of Arend Glas's team that participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.", "However, from 2003 on his skills improved fast and he became a regular member of the 4-bob.", "In January 2006 Kortbeek qualified himself in the team of that several weeks earlier secured its qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.", "At the qualification play-off (named bob-off) held in Oberhof, Germany he ended up in third position (behind Sybren Jansma and Arno Klaassen claiming his seat in the bob.", "Together with Glas, Jansma and Klaassen he became 16th.", "His brother Thomas Kortbeek is an athlete." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Sybren Jansma", "sents": [ "Sybren Jansma (Drachten, 3 February 1982) is a Dutch bobsledder.", "Jansma started with international bobsleigh competitions in the 2002 and was not yet part of Arend Glas's team that participated at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.", "However, Jansma developed himself to become Glas's main compatriot in the years to follow in both the 2-bob as the 4-bob.", "In January 2006 Jansma qualified himself in the team of that several weeks earlier secured its qualification for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.", "At the qualification play-off (named bob-off) held in Oberhof, Germany, he ended up in first position claiming his seat in both possible bobs.", "Together with Glas he became 19th after four runs in the 2-bob, while with Glas, Vincent Kortbeek and Arno Klaassen the 16th position was reached." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Microsoft", "sents": [ "Microsoft Corporation ( , abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.", "It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services.", "Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers.", "Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup.", "As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.", "The word \"Microsoft\" is a portmanteau of \"microcomputer\" and \"software\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e7387_p3", "sents": [ "\"I joke that what Microsoft is really after is legislation that makes it legal to give direct contributions to federal judges,\" says Makinson.", "The company has given almost evenly to Republican and Democratic forces this year.", "Notably, many large unions, like the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union, gave as much as the top corporate donors.", "But if business contributions and union contributions are taken in aggregate, the for-profit guys outspent the unions 15 to 1. Also, many of the top individual contributors are corporate CEOs who give their own money to a candidate in addition to what their corporation might donate.", "For example, Enron, a Texas energy company, is the 13th biggest corporate donor, and the biggest single donor, to George W. Bush over the course of his short political career.", "Kenneth Lay, CEO of Enron, had at last count also contributed more than $300,000 of his own money -- almost exclusively to Republican causes -- this year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Schlesinger", "sents": [ "John Richard Schlesinger, CBE ( ; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor.", "He won an Academy Award for Best Director for \"Midnight Cowboy\", and was nominated for two other films (\"Darling\" and \"Sunday Bloody Sunday\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Midnight Cowboy", "sents": [ "Midnight Cowboy is a 1969 American drama film based on the 1965 novel of the same name by James Leo Herlihy.", "The film was written by Waldo Salt, directed by John Schlesinger, and stars Jon Voight alongside Dustin Hoffman.", "Notable smaller roles are filled by Sylvia Miles, John McGiver, Brenda Vaccaro, Bob Balaban, Jennifer Salt and Barnard Hughes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Rice University", "sents": [ "Rice University, officially William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university located on a 295-acre campus in Houston, Texas, United States.", "The university is situated near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center.", "Rice is generally considered the top university and the most selective institution of higher education in the state of Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19680_p36", "sents": [ "Lay also sold about $25.7 million of Enron shares.", "The company is being acquired by rival Dynegy Inc. Lay also is a director of Eott Energy Partners LP, NewPower Holdings Inc. and i2 Technologies Inc., in which he recently sold his stake, the Journal reported.", "Nov. 14, 2001, 11:29PM Houston Chronicle Greenspan takes on energy at Rice award presentation By SHANNON BUGGS Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle The audience assembled at Rice University Tuesday evening may have wanted a briefing from the world's most influential economist about the United States strategy for combating a recession.", "What they got was Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's assessment of the market forces and technology shaping the oil and gas industries.", "Greenspan, chairman of the Fed since 1988, came to Houston to accept the Baker Institute's Enron Prize for Distinguished Public Service.", "Previous award recipients include Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa; Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union; and Colin Powell, United States secretary of state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mark Sloan (Grey's Anatomy)", "sents": [ "Mark Everett Sloan, M.D., F.A.C.S.", "is a fictional surgeon from the ABC medical drama television series \"Grey's Anatomy\", portrayed by Eric Dane.", "Dr. Sloan is an attending specializing in plastic surgery.", "Dr. Sloan earned the nickname “McSteamy” for his good looks by the female interns of Seattle Grace later Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital.", "He was good friends with Dr. Derek Shepherd, a fellow physician at Seattle Grace, but was the catalyst for the end of Shepherd's marriage when Shepherd caught Sloan sleeping with his wife, Addison.", "Later, he pursues a 'forbidden' relationship with Dr. Lexie Grey, straining his relationship with Derek yet again.", "He reveals that he loves Lexie in episodes \"Migration\", \"Flight\", \"Going, Going, Gone\", and \"Remember The Time\" In the show's ninth season, he dies of injuries sustained in a jet plane crash that also injured or killed several of his colleagues from the hospital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "Seattle", "sents": [ "Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.", "It is the seat of King County, Washington.", "With an estimated 704,352 residents as of 2016 , Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.", "In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%.", "In July 2016, Seattle was again the fastest-growing major U.S. city, with a 3.1% annual growth rate.", "The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 mi south of the Canada–United States border.", "A major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015 ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p16", "sents": [ "New investor Norwest Equity Partners, and previous investors Nassau Capital, and Centennial participated in the round Vector, which has raised $42 million in financing to date, said it will use the funds to support its growth and future acquisitions.", "The company also announced it has acquired Moose Logic, a provider of local and wide area network design, installation, and support services, and InfoLAN, which focuses on local area networks at the enterprise level.", "The financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed.", "http: www.vector.net B2B E-Commerce Firm MarketMile Raises $16 Million MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF. (VENTUREWIRE) -- MarketMile, a business-t o-business e-commerce company, said it raised $16 million in additional fu nding from eVolution Global Partners.", "The company is also backed by Americ an Express and Ventro and has raised $46 million to date.", "David Sanderson, managing director, United States of eVolution Global Partners, will join the Marke tMile board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3514_p24", "sents": [ "The spokesperson said while there have been no more layoffs, the company is \"constantly evaluating.\"", "NetSales' backers include Advanta Partners, Chase Manhattan, HarbourVest Partners, and Kansas City Equity Partners, Norwest Equity Partners, Time Warner, and Wells Fargo.", "http: www.netsales.com Sonik Acquires Broadbank Assets of RadioConnect mail?", "top VISTA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Sonik Technologies, which develops a nd manufactures radio frequency-based systems for wireless networks, said it acquired the Broadband Wireless Spread Spectrum product line of RadioConnec t, and that RadioConnect's founder and employees have joined Sonik.", "Financial details were not disclosed.", "RadioConnect's founder H. Maurice France is now vice president of RadioConnect products at Sonik.", "All of RadioConnect's employees, which numbered less than ten, have relocated from their Torrance Calif. location to Sonik's headquarters in Vista, Calif. Sonik Technologies is a subsidiary of Vytek Wireless, a wireless data firm.", "Sonik Technologies is profitable and was acquired by Vytek in October 2000. Vytek Wireless is backed by CIBC World Markets, Charterhouse Group International, and Softban k. http: www.sonik.com http: www.vytek.com Chordiant Software Acquires Assests of ASP Outfitter mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1960_p32", "sents": [ "The AV Labs portfolio includes Covasoft, InStreamTV, Terrace Mountain Systems, newgistics, onecard, and WebTaggers.", "http: www.avlabs.com EnerTech Capital Partners Names Ex-Varidigm CEO as Partner WAYNE, Pa. -- Private equity firm EnerTech Capital Partners said it named Kenneth Kazmer a venture partner.", "Mr. Kazmer was recently president of DeltaDigm, a product development consulting firm.", "He also founded and served as director and CEO of Varidigm, a speed motor technology company.", "EnerTech manages $285 million and focuses on technology, service and infrastructure investment in the energy, utility, and communications markets.", "http: www.enertechcapital.com Advertisement Where's the money in free software?", "Is Linux, at last, about to become important to commercial users with IBM, Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems, and others teaming up to offer an open-software suite to compete with Windows?", "Or is there a lesson for us all in the disappointing stock market performance of the pure-play Linux companies?", "Join us for an open-software roundtable, featuring Miguel de Icaza the 27-year-old Mexican programmer who has devised alternatives to key Microsoft products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "IBM", "sents": [ "IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.", "The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR) and was renamed \"International Business Machines\" in 1924." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nora Mead Brownell", "sents": [ "Nora Mead Brownell is the co-founder of Espy Energy Solutions, LLC, an energy consulting firm and a former Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2001–2006 under the administration of President George W. Bush.", "She is also the former President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20549_p1", "sents": [ "The conference is sponsored by Platts, the energy information, research, consulting and market services division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP).", "Featured speakers include top officers from Duke Energy, Reliant Energy, Aquila, Williams Energy, Coral Energy, Calpine, Allegheny Energy Global Markets, PG&E, Southern California Gas, the New York Mercantile Exchange and others, along with the industry's top strategic analysts.", "The conference also includes a panel that will take an in-depth look at how federal regulators are rewriting the rules for the trading market and what that means for trading companies.", "The keynote address will be delivered by the Honorable Nora Mead Brownell, a commissioner with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.", "The conference is sponsored by the Platts family of electricity and natural gas market products including Power Markets Week, Inside FERC's Gas Market Report, Gas Daily, Megawatt Daily, Platts Energy Trader and Global Energy Business.", "For more information or to register, go to www.platts.com and hit the Day of the Trader banner." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jörg Echternkamp", "sents": [ "Jörg Echternkamp is a German military historian, who specialises in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II.", "He is a lecturer in modern history at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and a research director at the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the German Army (formerly the Military History Research Office (MGFA).", "His is a contributor and editor of the seminal series \"Germany and the Second World War\" from the MGFA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Nazi Germany", "sents": [ "Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was governed by a dictatorship under the control of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP).", "Under Hitler's rule, Germany was transformed into a totalitarian state in which the Nazi Party controlled nearly all aspects of life.", "The official name of the state was \"Deutsches Reich\" from 1933 to 1943 and \"Großdeutsches Reich\" (\"Greater German Reich\") from 1943 to 1945.", "The period is also known under the names the Third Reich (German: \"Drittes Reich\" ) and the National Socialist Period (German: \"Zeit des Nationalsozialismus\" , abbreviated as \"NS-Zeit\").", "The Nazi regime came to an end after the Allied Powers defeated Germany in May 1945, ending World War II in Europe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25789_p6", "sents": [ "San Diego-based Sempra Energy, another major provider under the agreements, also insists its contracts provide power at fair rates to the state.", "Michael Niggli, president of Sempra Energy Resources, said his company will provide power for about 4 to 5 cents per kilowatt hour, based upon current natural gas prices.", "\"It's pretty tough to say, 'Let's renegotiate the lowest price contract,' Niggli said.", "But V. John White, director of the Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, said Sempra's contract and others lock the state into power that consumers are unlikely to need, and too much of the electricity comes from non-renewable sources.", "White says state consumers are being held hostage by some unnecessary posturing.", "\"There are indications from several generators that a call to renegotiate would be responded to,\" White said.", "\"The generators say nobody asked us.", "The governor says nobody has volunteered.", "\"But the opportunity is there at this moment to renegotiate." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Sempra Energy", "sents": [ "Sempra Energy is an American natural gas utilities holding company based in San Diego, California.", "It divides its interests into two broad categories: California utilities, including Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E); and businesses not subject to California utilities regulation, chiefly Sempra International and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27513_p35", "sents": [ "Despite the early troubles of pioneering ASPs, the research firm International Data Corporation sees a bright future for the concept.", "In a recent report, IDC predicted total ASP revenues will swell from $986 million last year to $24 billion in 2005. Proponents of online software rentals say the ASPs have flopped because they are leasing applications made by outsiders, such as PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel Systems.", "\"The only companies that will be successful in delivering online services will be the software companies themselves,\" Ellison predicts.", "\"Everyone else that tries to deliver online services will fail.\"", "Marc Benioff, one of Ellison's former lieutenants at Oracle, says his San Francisco-based start-up is proof that online software subscriptions are the wave of the future.", "Since going online in March 2000, Salesforce.com has signed up 50,000 employees at 2,800 companies that pay $65 per monthly subscriber.", "\"We are going great guns,\" Benioff said.", "\"The Internet has matured to the point that it is more than capable of handling this kind of model.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "PeopleSoft", "sents": [ "PeopleSoft, Inc. was a company that provided human resource management systems (HRMS), Financial Management Solutions (FMS), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise performance management (EPM) software, as well as software for manufacturing, and student administration to large corporations, governments, and organizations.", "It existed as an independent corporation until its acquisition by Oracle Corporation in 2005.", "The PeopleSoft name and product line are now marketed by Oracle." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Banca Popolare di Lecco", "sents": [ "Banca Popolare di Lecco (BPL) was a bank that operated in Lecco, in northern Lombardy in Italy between 1872 and 1993.", "It was founded in 1872 as the Società Cooperativa di Credito Banca Popolare, and eventually expanded to 20 branches.", "The idea was to create in Lecco a local credit institution that would be responsive to local conditions.", "Between the 1873 and 1881 the Society faced great difficulties due to a serious local economic depression; of the 600 and more factories engaged in the silk trade, fewer than 100 survived.", "In 1912 two other local banks failed, but Banca Popolare survived and converted from a cooperative society to a corporation.", "The bank benefited from the expansion of war production during World War I.", "Between 1919 and the 1932 it opened numerous branches in the region, and acquired Banca del Mandamento, which permitted it to expand its branch in Como.", "World War II again created a period of great difficulties, including the German Occupation forces requisitioning of its headquarters from 1944 to 1945.", "After the war normality returned and the bank reorganized.", "By 1947 it had 27 branches.", "By the time of its Centenary, it had 38, with two headquarters, Milan and Como.", "Between 1988 and 1994, Banca Popolare di Novara (BPN) acquired a substantial stake in Banca Popolare di Lecco and seats on the board of directors.", "In 1993, BPN sold its shares to Bank of America and Italy, which had become a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank in 1986, and BPL lost its separate identity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 10 ] }, { "title": "Como", "sents": [ "Como (] , ] ; Lombard: \"Còmm\" ] , \"Cómm\" ] or \"Cùmm\" ] ; ) is a city and \"comune\" in Lombardy, Italy.", "It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Citigroup", "sents": [ "Citigroup Inc. or Citi (stylized as citi and pronounced like \"city\") is an American multinational investment banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City.", "The company was formed by the merger of banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate Travelers Group in 1998; however, Travelers was spun off from the company in 2002.", "Citigroup now owns Citicorp, holding company for Citibank, and several international subsidiaries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19680_p55", "sents": [ "The merged company will assume the \"rights and obligations\" under Enron's naming-rights deal for Enron Field.", "Enron also made filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning agreements announced Nov. 1 to get $1 billion in credit lines from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup.", "The filing detailed a provision in those agreements that, based on Enron's current credit rating, would have prevented it from tapping those lines.", "An Enron spokesman said Tuesday the banks have waived that provision.", "Also Tuesday, Enron said it named company executive Raymond Bowen Jr. as treasurer to replace Ben Glisan, who was fired last week.", "Dynegy stock continued its upward movement Tuesday, closing $2.63 higher at $46.94. Bottom of Form 1 Report on Business: International Enron chief may hit jackpot CEO's contract calls for a giant payout if control changes KRISTEN HAYS Associated Press, Bloomberg Business News 11 14 2001 The Globe and Mail Metro B9 \"All material Copyright (c) Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc. and its licensors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25792_p4", "sents": [ "She is particularly adamant on the commission's independence.", "Insisting on Independence Accounts of how the Edison deal was reached underline Lynch's insistence on preserving the PUC's independent authority.", "The events also show how strong a position she holds as the PUC and the administration negotiate over the bond deal.", "Starting in April, when he unveiled his proposed rescue of Edison, Davis and his aides lobbied hard to win support in the Legislature.", "Davis had no Republican support, and faced skepticism from fellow Democrats.", "Lynch was another skeptic; Davis' proposal would have weakened the PUC's authority to regulate Edison.", "Her criticism of the proposal strengthened the hand of Senate Leader John Burton (D-San Francisco), an ally of Lynch's and the most influential critic of the governor's proposal.", "Davis did win approval of a modified version of his plan in the Assembly.", "But late on Sept. 14, the Senate adjourned for the year without agreeing to any Edison bill." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "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.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Neil Diamond", "sents": [ "Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor.", "One of the world's best-selling artists of all time, he has sold over 135 million records worldwide since the start of his career in the 1960s.", "With 38 songs in the Top 10, he is the second most successful artist in the history of the \"Billboard\" Adult Contemporary Top 10 charts.", "His songs have been covered internationally by performers from a variety of musical genres." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e20501_p0", "sents": [ "\"Hey Guys, Just wanted to let you know that the Holiday Party at my Parents house will December 8th.", "As always it will start at about 10:30am.", "I will send out invites in a week or two.", "Please do not mention the party to anyone not on this list as my mom will only let me have a limited number of friends over to play.", "Sean P.S.", "One more thing.", "It will be highly encouraged that people come in holiday costumes.", "Possible outfits include but are not limited to: Santa, Chanukah Monkey, Reindeer, Winter Warlock, Elf, Rabbi, Jesus, Kwanzameister Meister Kwanza, Hermy, Dradle, Christmas Tree, Tooth Fairy Family Christmas, Yamika Man Woman, Elvis, Grinch, Max, Heat Mizer, Freeze Mizer, The Mailman played by Bing Crosby, Jimmy Stewart, Ebeneezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Present, Candy Cane, Boxing Day, 12 Days of Christmas, Batteries Not Included, Ghost of Christmas Past Present Future, World's Tallest Man, Fat Twins on Mini-Bikes, Sugar Plumbs, Hava Nagila, Neil Diamond, Band-Aid, Eat Papa, Frosty the Yellow Snowman\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4, 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3753_p30", "sents": [ "Hearings on large commercial user s were held last month.", "Earlier this year, the PUC decided to allow the state's two largest utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison, to char ge customers an extra $5.7 billion annually for electricity.", "The state Department of Water Resources, which has been buying power for SDG&E customers since February, asked SDG&E to generate a total of $915 million annually to cover the cost of electricity purchases.", "With the proposed rate increases, SDG&E could do that.", "Large commercial customers would pay about 30 percent of the overall increa se and residential and small-business customers would pay about 70 percent, sa id Ed Van Herik, a spokesman for the utility company.", "If the increase can be tiered, as many as 60 percent of residential custome rs will see no rate increase if their electricity usage remains the same, Van Herik said.", "But customers who use more than 130 percent of their baseline -- considered the minimum amount of electricity needed by a household -- will be billed at increasingly higher rates." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "e2259_p50", "sents": [ "But participation in those programs has dropped sharply because of repeated pow er interruptions.", "SDG&E's \"interruptible\" program represents 49 megawatts of demand, hal f of what it was in October, spokesman Ed Van Herik said.", "The new SDG&E program, which must be approved by the California Public Utilities Commission, would kick in whenever Cal-ISO declares a Stage 3 emergency, indicating that power reserves are down to 1.5% of demand and th at rolling blackouts are imminent.", "SDG&E hopes to sign up 50 megawatts of backup generation, representing about 40 large commercial and industrial customers, but believes customers capable of generating a total of 200 megawatts may be eligible for the program, Van Herik said.", "\"We found a lot of customers are interested in this program,\" he said.", "\"This is an opportunity for San Diego to become involved.\"", "During a Stage 3 order, program participants would be asked to start their backup generators and then reduce the electricity they receive from SDG&E by the same amount." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1120_p47", "sents": [ "This provided not just a valuable learning opportunity for budding journalists and PR practitioners but ensured added newsworthiness through the first-ever brand launch on campus.", "This created a tremendous buzz both with the young girls and with news media who turned up (despite a transport strike in Mumbai) to witness this unique event.", "Says Nandini Sen of the class of 2000 that worked on the Ultra conference and currently Account Manager, Abacus Integrated Communications: \"The Whisper Ultra revolution took over our lives for an entire week as we prepared for the launch and ever since, the lady members of our class have never ever used anything but Ultra.", "It gave me a personal insight into a direct to consumer marketing PR campaign that really built equity for Whisper Ultra.\"", "To impact trade and involve employees who needed to champion the benefits of Ultra, P&G created the Whisper Ultra Employee Trade Convoy as the next leg of the PR campaign." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Mumbai", "sents": [ "Mumbai ( ; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.", "It is the most populous city in India with an estimated city population of 18.4 million.", "Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million as of 2016 .", "Mumbai lies on the Konkan on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "A Gala Christmas in Vienna", "sents": [ "A Gala Christmas in Vienna or Christmas in Vienna V is a DVD released in 1998.", "Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Helmut Lotti and Riccardo Cocciante perform traditional, European and American Christmas songs in Vienna, Austria.", "The orchestra was the Vienna Symphony, conducted by Steven Mercurio.", "The CD album of the concert reached No.", "26 on the Austrian charts.", "It also charted in Germany, Belgium (in both Flanders and Wallonia), and the Netherlands." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Vienna Symphony", "sents": [ "The Vienna Symphony (German: \"Wiener Symphoniker\" ) is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna.", "Its primary concert venue is the Vienna Konzerthaus.", "In Vienna, the orchestra also performs at the Musikverein and at the Theater an der Wien." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2943_p123", "sents": [ "In a cogeneration plant, the waste heat is used to warm buildings or run air conditioners.", "``We use two fires when we could use one,'' said Tom Casten, president of Private Power LLC, a Chicago-area combined heat company, and the chair of t he International Cogeneration Alliance, based in Brussels, Belgium.", "United States cogeneration has been growing in recent years, but it isn't as popular as it is in Europe, Casten said.", "The United States gets 7 to 9 percent of i ts power from cogeneration plants, he said.", "Mainly, heavy industries, college campuses and downtown sections of older cities such as New York and Philadelphia use it.", "Denmark gets 59 percent of its electricity from cogeneration; the Netherlan ds gets 42 percent.", "Finland hasn't built a new central power plant in 20 years and China in the past decade hooked up a system to heat 55 million families through cogeneration plants, Casten said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Chicago", "sents": [ "Chicago ( or ), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States.", "With over 2.7 million residents, it is also the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States.", "It is the county seat of Cook County.", "The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago has often been called a global architecture capital.", "Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "University of Southern California", "sents": [ "The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private research university located in Los Angeles, California.", "Founded in 1880, it is the oldest private research university in California.", "USC has historically educated a large number of the region's business leaders and professionals.", "In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim.", "An engine for economic activity, USC contributes $8 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles metropolitan area and California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2985_p16", "sents": [ "\"This is not a partisan thing.", "It's a pox on everybody's house,\" said David Townsend, a Democratic political consultant.", "\"People are basically saying, 'Fix it.'", "The public's level of frustration is expected to escalate in the coming months, when the effects of the power crisis multiply.", "Baldassare is in the midst of surveying Californians on the energy crisis a nd has dropped in on a number of focus groups.", "Many participants reported that they're generally unhappy with the situation but still aren't sure whom to blame.", "According to Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, politicians are doing what they can to make sure it's not them.", "\"Each legislator out there is trying to insulate himself or herself from th e worst blame for the energy crisis,\" she said.", "\"They're attempting to inoculate themselves from inevitable attacks from opponents.\"", "The Bee's Emily Bazar can be reached at (916) 326-5540 or [email protected] Bush's mixed message: Fossil fuels tomorrow don't solve crisis now (Published May 18, 2001) President Bush seeks to focus public attention on tomorrow's energy challen ge while doing little to prevent a looming electricity crisis that may start in California this summer and spread to other parts of the country." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1332_p92", "sents": [ "KAREN S. WOOD Santa Rosa -- WELCOME MAT Editor -- It is difficult to imagine what Mayor Willie Brown had in mind when he invited those who \"lie, cheat and steal\" from all over the country to come to San Francisco.", "We can only hope, when he alluded to the \"places and places we have for you to go,\" that he had our new county jail in mind.", "We find it difficult to imagine what useful purpose was served by spending the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau funds on sending the mayor to Washington to promote criminal activity in what remains of our beautiful city.", "DOUG COMSTOCK San Francisco -- KILLING MCVEIGH Editor -- We should thank Attorney General John Ashcroft for allowing the families of the Oklahoma City bombing victims to watch the execution of Timothy McVeigh.", "This act finally lays bare the true purpose of capital punishment.", "No, the federal government is not going to kill McVeigh to make the country safer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "San Francisco", "sents": [ "San Francisco (initials SF) ( , Spanish for Saint Francis; Spanish: ] ), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.", "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.", "The population is projected to reach 1 million by 2033." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Australian snubfin dolphin", "sents": [ "The Australian snubfin dolphin (\"Orcaella heinsohni\") is a dolphin found off the northern coasts of Australia.", "It closely resembles the Irrawaddy dolphin (of the same genus, \"Orcaella\") and was not described as a separate species until 2005.", "The Australian snubfin has three colors on its skin, while the Irrawaddy dolphin only has two.", "The skull and the fins also show minor differences between the two species." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Orcaella", "sents": [ "The snubfin dolphins (\"Orcaella\") are a genus of Cetaceans containing two members: the Irrawaddy dolphin (\"Orcaella brevirostris\") and the Australian Snubfin dolphin (\"Orcaella heinsohni\").", "The genus was long believed to be monotypic with the only species being the Irrawaddy dolphin; however, in 2005, supposed Irrawaddy dolphin populations inhabiting the Australian/New Guinean regions were found to be significantly different and were declared a separate new species named the Australian Snubfin dolphin." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20117_p11", "sents": [ "The head of the government's task force for the electricity crisis, Pedro Parente, told reporters on Friday the rules would be published next week and would include government funds to back sale guarantees for the so-called merchant plants.", "The government of Latin America's largest country regulates electricity prices.", "Analysts say this system stymies investment in the energy sector, especially in the much-needed natural gas-fired plants, as returns cannot be guaranteed.", "Most of Brazil's natural gas is imported, and its price in local currency terms grows higher when the real depreciates against the dollar.", "So far this year, the real has lost about 30 percent of its value.", "\"We can't have these plants standing idle while the country needs energy,\" Parente said, citing the example of a plant finished by United States energy giant Enron Corp. last month, which is not operating due to a lack of contracts at market prices.", "Brazil needs gas-fired plants as it struggles to reduce its dependence on hydroelectric stations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Latin America", "sents": [ "Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are predominant.", "The term originated in 19th century France as \"Amérique latine\" to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas (Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed.", "It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America—though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2204_p58", "sents": [ "With Hunter back on track, Scottish Power is looking to grow the business of Pacificorp, Hunter's owner, and plans to add some 1,000 megawatts of new capacity by the end of the year, Russell said.", "He didn't rule out plans for further acquisitions in the U.S., but declined to confirm or deny reports earlier this week that the U.K. utility is considering bidding for Enron Corp.'s (ENE) Oregon-based subsidiary, Portland General.", "\"Obviously Portland is in our own backyard,\" Russell said.", "\"Frankly, we're still busy with Pacificorp and at the moment; that's what we're focusing on.\"", "Closer to home, competition in the wholesale generation and retail supply markets squeezed Scottish Power's profit margins, with generation operating profits at GBP93 million, down GBP14 million from the 1999-2000 fiscal year.", "The company's customer base remained flat at 3.5 million.", "Scottish Power is interested in further expansion in both generation and supply, Russell said.", "\"Our strategy is very definitely to expand in the UK, both in generation and supply,\" Russell said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Scottish Power", "sents": [ "ScottishPower Ltd. is a vertically integrated energy company with its headquarters in Glasgow, Scotland.", "It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but, in 2006, it became a subsidiary of the Spanish utility Iberdrola." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4073_p28", "sents": [ "To date, Diva has raised over $380 million in equity and debt.", "Diva is backed by publicly traded UK-based cable television provider NTL, Liberate Technologies, Open TV, and General Instrument.", "The company filed for an IPO in May of this year.", "http: www.divatv.com Business Service Firm Portera Gets $35 Million Fourth Round CAMPBELL, Calif. -- Portera, which provides Web-based business services for the professional services industry, said it raised $35 million in its fourth round of funding.", "Previous investor Integral Capital Partners led the round, which included other previous investors Chase Hambrecht & Quist, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oracle, RRE Ventures, Spring Creek Partners, Van Wagoner Capital Management and Weiss Peck & Greer.", "New investors in the round include Charter Growth Capital, Sands Brothers Venture Capital, and Stanford University.", "The company will use the funding for international expansion and to further develop its business and information technology operations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Institutional Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) is a US-based private equity investment firm focusing on later-stage venture capital and growth equity investments.", "IVP is one of the oldest venture capital firms on Sand Hill Road founded in 1980." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "More Like the Moon", "sents": [ "Wilco's More Like the Moon EP (also called \"Bridge\" and \"Australian\" EP) was originally released as a bonus disc to the Australian version of \"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot\".", "The band ended up releasing the EP via the band's website in 2003 to any who had bought \"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot\".", "The EP features an alternate version of \"Kamera\", four previously unreleased songs, and an earlier take of \"Handshake Drugs\", a song that was retooled for \"A Ghost Is Born\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Wilco", "sents": [ "Wilco is an American alternative rock band based in Chicago, Illinois.", "The band was formed in 1994 by the remaining members of alternative country group Uncle Tupelo following singer Jay Farrar's departure.", "Wilco's lineup changed frequently during its first decade, with only singer Jeff Tweedy and bassist John Stirratt remaining from the original incarnation.", "Since early 2004, the lineup has been unchanged, consisting of Tweedy, Stirratt, guitarist Nels Cline, multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, keyboard player Mikael Jorgensen, and drummer Glenn Kotche.", "Wilco has released ten studio albums, a live double album, and four collaborations: three with Billy Bragg and one with The Minus 5." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5326_p24", "sents": [ "Complient is funded by Goldman Sachs, Chase Capital Partners, BancBoston Ventures, JW Seligman, Key Principal Partners, Digineer, Healthcare Equity Partners, Medtronic, Primus Venture Partners, National City Ventures, and The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.", "http: www.complient.com RTS Wireless CEO Now Board Chair, COO Named President PLAINVIEW, N.Y. -- RTS Wireless, which develops software systems that connect the Internet to wireless devices, said it has elected Alvin Ring chairman of its board.", "Mr. Ring, who will leave his post as president but continue as CEO of the company, was formerly a principal at Perkins Lewis Company.", "RTS Wireless also announced it has named chief operating officer Spencer Kravitz as president.", "Mr. Kravitz will continue to serve as COO.", "RTS, which filed for initial public offering in April, is backed by America Online and individual investors.", "http: www.rtswireless.com New People o Fomer Compaq China Exec Named CEO of Linux Firm Coventive TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Coventive Technologies, an international software company focused on Linux systems, said it appointed its first chief executive officer, Randy Tan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p6", "sents": [ "Philippe Costeletos, a principal at Investcorp, will take a seat on the CityReach board of directors.", "The third round investment in CityReach follows a $46 million round from investors including Battery Ventures, Chase Capital Partners, and M C Venture Partners, who also participated in the latest funding.", "http: www.city-reach.com Report: Pop.com Closes Following Failed Acquisition Talks NEW YORK -- Pop.com, the Internet entertainment site founded by Dreamworks SKG, Imagine Entertainment, and Vulcan Ventures, will shut down, according to a report by the Associated Press.", "A majority of the company's 80 employees will be laid off by the end of the week, the report said.", "The site, which never launched after a series of delays, had been discussing the possiblity of an acquisiton by Ifilm.com but talks fell through at the end of last week.", "http: www.dreamworks.com http: www.pop.com New Money o MEMS Manufacturer AMS Secures $8 Million in Series A Funding SHREWSBURY, Mass." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27518_p31", "sents": [ "Its long struggle for freedom confirms that.", "In any case, some day, some government will husband the resources to pull the country out of the mire of underdevelopment and set it on the road to progress.", "Ms Rocca and the multinationals behind her should study Enron's attitude from the beginning.", "It would be a lesson for them to understand India.", "Enron was arrogant from Day One.", "The agreement with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board was one-sided.", "From the details of how it came to be signed, one realises how sordid is their story of pressure and perfidy.", "Who forced the Maharashtra and Central Governments may never be known.", "But it is known from Enron's own statement that it had to spend Rs 33 crore in 'educating' people on the project.", "The amount is too low when one finds the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed within five days of Enron's arrival in Mumbai." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 9 ] }, { "title": "Mumbai", "sents": [ "Mumbai ( ; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.", "It is the most populous city in India with an estimated city population of 18.4 million.", "Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million as of 2016 .", "Mumbai lies on the Konkan on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7555_p7", "sents": [ "It's just a question of when.", "\"Enron is going to be a winner in bandwidth trading ,\" agrees Brad Bradshaw, senior director at the Yankee Group.", "\"It's going to take a while, though.\"", "Even if the broadband plans don't work out, Enron has a thriving energy business to fall back on.", "The company owns gas pipelines, sells wholesale gas and electricity in North America both traditionally and online and manages energy needs for large companies such as Chase Manhattan (CMB) and Simon Property Group (SPG).", "Says Janus' Ruben.", "\"Its energy businesses are equally paradigm-breaking.\"", "For more information and analysis of companies and mutual funds, visit SmartMoney.com at http: www.smartmoney.com" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Yankee Group", "sents": [ "Yankee Group was an independent technology research and consulting firm, founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson.", "It was acquired by 451 Research in 2013." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20365_p21", "sents": [ "Enron Corp.'s shares fell 21 percent yesterday after the Houston-based company said the Securities and Exchange Commission requested information on partnerships run by Chief Financial Officer Andrew Fastow and other executives.", "Enron created partnerships and other affiliated companies to buy and sell assets such as power plants to lower the debt on its books.", "``Both the debt and the equity people are looking for more clarity about how the company goes about its business,'' said Ralph Pellecchia, a credit analyst at Fitch Investors Service, according to the Times.", "(New York Times 10-23 1) Oct. 23, 2001 Houston Chronicle SEC asks Enron for investing data Stock price declines as regulators seek details on partnerships By LAURA GOLDBERG Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle Shares in Enron Corp. fell almost 21 percent Monday after the company discl osed federal securities regulators asked for details on investment partners hips formerly run by its chief financial officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Houston", "sents": [ "Houston ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth-most populous city in the United States.", "With a census-estimated 2016 population of 2.303 million within an area of 667 sqmi , it is also the largest city in the southern United States and the seat of Harris County.", "Located in Southeast Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, it is the principal city of the Greater Houston metro area, which is the fifth-most populated MSA in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Southern Union State Community College", "sents": [ "Southern Union State Community College is a public, two-year college located in Wadley, Alabama, USA.", "Southern Union offers academic, technical, health science, and social science programs to the east-central Alabama and west-central Georgia regions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Wadley, Alabama", "sents": [ "Wadley is a town in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.", "It is home to the Wadley campus of Southern Union State Community College.", "As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 751, up from 640 in 2000.", "According to the 1910 U.S. Census, the town was incorporated in 1908." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Idaho Power", "sents": [ "Idaho Power Company (IPC) is a regulated electrical power utility.", "Its business involves the purchase, sale, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho.", "It is a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc.", "The company's 24000 sqmi service area generally follows the area around the Snake River and its tributaries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e1473_p52", "sents": [ "The Idaho Public Utilities Commission staff said such profits should not come at the expense of Idaho Power ratepayers facing staggering electrical bills.", "In a report to commissioners posted on the agency's Internet site Wednesday, the staff recommended Idaho Power's proposed increases for residential and commercial customers be cut by about half.", "Idaho Power seeks rate increases over the coming year totaling $227.4 million.", "The regulatory staff recommends a $108.7 million increase.", "For residential customers, a requested 34-percent hike would be reduced to 16 percent.", "\"This is not a final decision,\" said Jeff Beaman, a spokesman for IDACORP and Idaho Power.", "\"In many cases, the commissioners disagree with the staff.\"", "The report noted there was nothing illegal about the transactions between Idaho Power and its sister company, Idaho Energy Systems.", "To change that, the staff urged commissioners to create a mechanism that forces Idaho Power to buy electricity at the same price Idaho Energy Systems pays for it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8613_p6", "sents": [ "Murphree Venture Partners led the round, which also included Telecommunications Development Fund.", "The funds will support sales, marketing, and research and development for the company's digital rights management software product.", "http: www.elisar.com Facility Management Firm Avista Advantage Has Series A Round mail this story?", "top SPOKANE, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Avista Advantage, a subsidiary of publicly traded Avista and a provider of Internet-based facility management, bill consolidaton, and payment services, said it closed a Series A round with investments from WS Investment Company and Cascade Investment.", "EnerTech Capital Partners led the round.", "The company said it will use the funding to refine, expand and market Avista Advantage's suite of facility-cost-management service offerings.", "The amount of the investments was not disclosed.", "http: www.avistaadvantage.com Internet Broadcaster Cidera Raises $75 Million, Drops IPO mail this story?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Cidera, which provides satellite-based delivery of Internet content, raised $75 million in mezzanine financing, according to mVC Draper Jurvetson Fund I, which contributed $7.5 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Avista", "sents": [ "Avista Corporation is an American energy company.", "Avista generates and transmits electricity and distributes natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers.", "Approximately 1,550 employees provides electricity, natural gas, and other energy services to 359,000 electric and 320,000 natural gas customers in three western states.", "The service territory covers 30000 sqmi in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and parts of southern and eastern Oregon, with a population of 1.5 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "James P. Hoffa", "sents": [ "James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941) is an attorney and labor leader and the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.", "Hoffa was first elected during December 1998 and took office on March 19, 1999.", "He was subsequently re-elected in 2001, 2006 and 2011 to five-year terms." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2750_p50", "sents": [ "By RICHARD SIMON and EDWIN CHEN, Times Staff Writers WASHINGTON--The Bush administration aimed its energy policy campaign at an unusual constituency Monday, telling union leaders that building more power plants and increasing oil and gas drilling will mean more jobs for their members.", "Vice President Dick Cheney and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao courted leaders of about a dozen unions during a private White House session that appeared designed to drive a wedge into the labor-environmental coalition that has blocked previous pro-business initiatives.", "\"I don't think we're being used,\" Teamsters President James P. Hoffa told reporters after the meeting.", "\"Don't forget.", "American workers will be solving this problem.", "They will be building the resources to refine and generate new energy.\"", "It was the latest round in an escalating public relations battle over the comprehensive national energy policy drafted by a task force headed by Cheney.", "The plan will be unveiled Thursday by President Bush." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Podlewkowie", "sents": [ "Podlewkowie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narewka, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus.", "It lies approximately 5 km north-west of Narewka, 18 km north-east of Hajnówka, and 47 km south-east of the regional capital Białystok." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Narewka", "sents": [ "Narewka (Belarusian: На́раўка ) is a village in Poland, in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Hajnówka County, Gmina Narewka.", "It is located near the border with Belarus.", "Many of the inhabitants belong to the Belarusian minority in Poland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Carlo Sigismondo Capece", "sents": [ "Carlo Sigismondo Capece (Rome, 21 June 1652 - Polistena, 12 March 1728) was an Italian dramatist and librettist.", "Capece was court poet to Queen Maria Casimira of Poland, who was living in exile in Rome, and is best remembered today for the libretto of \"La resurrezione\" (HWV 47, 1908) a sacred oratorio by George Frideric Handel.", "He also provided the Libretto for operas including Domenico Scarlatti's \"Tolomeo e Alessandro\" (1711) and Caldara's \"Tito e Berenice\" (1714)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Tolomeo e Alessandro", "sents": [ "Tolomeo e Alessandro, ovvero la corona disprezzata is an Italian-language opera by Domenico Scarlatti to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece which premiered in Rome on 19 January 1711 at the Palazzo Zuccari, with scenery by Filippo Juvarra.", "It was second of the seven operas composed by Domenico for the Polish queen Maria Casimira Sobieski, following his pastorale in three acts \"La Silvia\" of 27 January 1710." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3558_p0", "sents": [ "'Following is today's IEP news for more headlines please visit www.rtumble.com.", "Thanks, Jean -- Jean Munoz McNally Temple Associates, Inc. 916-447-8186 916-447-6326 (fx) Copley News Service, May 31, 2001, Thursday, State and regional, 893 words, Amid giant redwoods, Bush stumps for 'new environmentalism', Bill Ainsworth, SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif.", "The Dallas Morning News, May 31, 2001, Thursday, WASHINGTON DATELINE, K0440 ?, 1113 words, Legislators push for bill to allow sale of \"negawatts' to California, By Jim Landers Detroit Free Press, May 31, 2001, Thursday, DOMESTIC NEWS, K0477, 1421 words, With energy crisis on nation's collective mind, Abraham faces test of his life, By Ruby L. Bailey Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001 Thursday, Home Edition, Page 17, 702 words, NATION; FERC Chief Unfazed By Threat of Third Lawsuit, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, JUDY PASTERNAK, TIMES STAFF WRITERS, WASHINGTON Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001 Thursday, Home Edition, Page 14, 523 words, Bush, Davis Clash on Energy Price Caps Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001 Thursday, Home Edition, Page 8, 759 words, The State; Bush Blunders Into Equal Footing With Davis, GEORGE SKELTON, SACRAMENTO Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001 Thursday, Home Edition, Page 1, 842 words, See How You Like This Action, Mr. President, PETER H. KING, SACRAMENTO Los Angeles Times, May 31, 2001 Thursday, Home Edition, Page 1, 796 words, Estate Tax Repeal to Hurt State Revenue; Finances: Without a portion of the federal money, California stands to lose $356 million next year as the credit is phased out., LIZ PULLIAM WESTON, TIMES STAFF WRITER The New York Times, May 31, 2001, Thursday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Page 27; Column 2; Editorial Desk, 687 words, Bush's Mistake in California, By Gray Davis; Gray Davis is the governor of California., SACRAMENTO The New York Times, May 31, 2001, Thursday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Page 1; Column 5; Business Financial Desk, 1396 words, In California, Blackouts Spur A Search forHome Remedies, By LAURA M. HOLSON, LOS ANGELES, May 30 The New York Times, May 31, 2001, Thursday, Late Edition - Final, Section A; Page 18; Column 4; National Desk, 135 words, National Briefing West: California: Utility Donations, AP San Jose Mercury News, May 31, 2001, Thursday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K0555, 1171 words, San Jose mayor reverses position, endorses Calpine power plant project, By Mike Zapler San Francisco Chronicle, MAY 31, 2001, THURSDAY, FINAL EDITION, NEWS;, Pg." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Gray Davis", "sents": [ "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.", "from Columbia Law School.", "He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p18", "sents": [ "\"Not a dime comes to the Center for Marine Conservation,\" he said.", "\"Not a penny comes to me.\"", "Duke representatives said the controversy about the arrangement has been stirred by a handful of people.", "\"It's a million dollars worth of water quality studies,\" said Duke spokesma n Tom Williams.", "\"Our whole effort wasn't to try to buy anybody off.", "It was designed to help increase people's comfort level where there wasn't a comfo rt level.\"", "The $1 million agreement signed in November is part of a package of more th an $12 million in Duke payments to civil, government and environmental groups in connection with the plant modernization.", "The heftiest award -- $7 million to the Elkhorn Slough Foundation, a nonprofit environmental organization -- was negotiated by state agencies to \"mitigate\" environmental impacts of the plant.", "Formed in 1982, the slough foundation exists to promote \"the wise use and conservation of Elkhorn Slough and surrounding wetlands,\" its Web site says However, some environmentalists say the state-approved mitigation plan is inadequate." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e2868_p15", "sents": [ "Other environmentalists, though, criticized that approach.", "Mitigation payments Duke Energy's efforts to modernize the Moss Landing Power Plant resulted in mitigation payments to environmental and other groups, including: $7 million to the Elkhorn Slough Foundation to mitigate the plant's use of seawater.", "$425,000 to the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation over three years to monit or heated seawater discharge in the ocean.", "$1 million to the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation over five years to monitor water quality through a program sponsored by Save Our Shores, the Center for Marine Conservation, the Friends of the Sea Otter and the Otter Project.", "$100,000 to the Marine Mammal Center to relocate its triage center for injured animals onto power plant property.", "$3.4 million to the Moss Landing Chamber of Commerce over 20 years for infrastructure improvements in the Moss Landing community.", "$100,000 to design and construct a boardwalk for additional beach access in Moss Landing." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3294_p3", "sents": [ "As a result, they estimate the computing and communications-technology sector at a more modest 5% of GDP-up from 2.8% in 1990. This would make it bigger than the car industry, but smaller than health care or finance.", "In most other economies, the share is lower; for the world as a whole, therefore, the technology sector might be only 3-4% of GDP.", "But what, you might ask, about the Internet?", "Goldman Sachs's estimate includes Internet service providers, such as America Online, and the technology and software used by online retailers, such as Amazon.com.", "It does not, however, include transactions over the Internet.", "Should it?", "E-business is tiny at present, but Forrester Research, an Internet consultancy, estimates that this will increase to more than $1.5 trillion in America by 2003. Internet bulls calculate that this would be equivalent to about 13% of GDP.", "Yet it is misleading to take the total value of such goods and services, whose production owes nothing to the Internet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Forrester Research", "sents": [ "Forrester is an American market research company that provides advice on existing and potential impact of technology, to its clients and the public.", "Their 2016 adjusted EBITDA was $29.3 million and their 2015 adjusted EBITDA was $26.5 million.", "Forrester has five research centers in the US: Cambridge, Massachusetts; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Washington, D.C.; and Dallas, Texas.", "It also has four European research centers in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, and Paris and four research centers in the APAC region in New Delhi, Singapore, Beijing, and Sydney.", "The firm has 27 sales locations worldwide.", "It offers a variety of services including syndicated research on technology as it relates to business, quantitative market research on consumer technology adoption as well as enterprise IT" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2014 WKU Hilltoppers football team", "sents": [ "The 2014 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season.", "They were led by first- year head coach Jeff Brohm and played their home games at Houchens Industries–L.", "T. Smith Stadium.", "This was the team's first year as a Conference USA member and playing in the East Division.", "They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for third place in the East Division.", "They were invited to the Bahamas Bowl where they defeated Central Michigan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Conference USA", "sents": [ "Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States.", "The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports.", "C-USA's offices are located in the Las Colinas business district of the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Alfred Baum (athlete)", "sents": [ "Alfred Baum (born February 10, 1952 in Wickede) is a West German retired slalom canoeist who competed from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s.", "He won a bronze medal in the K-1 team event at the 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran.", "Baum also finished fifth in the K-1 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "Munich", "sents": [ "Munich ( ; German: \"München\" , ] , Bavarian: \"Minga\" [ˈmɪŋ(ː)ɐ] , Czech: \"Mnichov\" ) is the capital and the most populated city in the German state of Bavaria, on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps.", "Munich is also the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg, and the 12th biggest city of the European Union, with a population of around 1.5 million.", "The Munich Metropolitan Region is home to 6 million people." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e141_p1", "sents": [ "Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems now exist to put data traffic onto 160 different wavelengths on a single fiber-optic cable.", "Technology exists today to enable each of those wavelengths to transport 10 gigabits per second of data.", "Within two years, that will reach 40 gigabits per wavelength per second.", "\"In effect, the backbone of the Internet is being rebuilt.", "The next step: Recover all those costs of construction,'' says analyst Peter Bernstein at Infonautics Consulting.", "\"And that step may be more difficult than building the networks themselves.''", "The combination of major new network construction and new technology for adding network capacity has led industry analysts and executives to predict a bandwidth glut that is likely to drive down prices in backbone transport of data much as the price of long-distance telephony has plummeted in the past few years.", "Frontier Communications admitted as much earlier this year when its second-quarter earnings weren't up to expectations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "Frontier Communications", "sents": [ "Frontier Communications Corporation is a telecommunications company in the United States.", "It was known as Citizens Utilities Company until May 2000 and Citizens Communications Company until July 31, 2008.", "The company previously served primarily rural areas and smaller communities, but now also serves several large metropolitan markets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Claire Blatchford", "sents": [ "Claire Blatchford (born 1944 in Washington D.C.) is an author.", "She became deaf at the age of six due to mumps.", "She graduated in 1966 from Bennington College.", "and earned a master's degree from Adelphi University in the Waldorf School teacher training program and in Deaf education from Teachers College, Columbia University.", "She is married and has two daughters.", "She continued working for several years as a teacher of deaf children.", "Claire Blatchford is an author of spiritual books and Deaf literature, including books and poetry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Teachers College, Columbia University", "sents": [ "Teachers College, Columbia University is the graduate school of education, health and psychology in New York City at Columbia University.", "Founded in 1887, it has been a Faculty of Columbia University since its affiliation in 1898.", "Teachers College is also an academic department of the university and its Ph.D. degrees are conferred by the Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.", "Teachers College is the oldest and largest graduate school of education in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e25144_p1", "sents": [ "As we noted on Friday, a limited partnership organized by chief financial officer Andrew Fastow racked up millions of dollars since 1997 in profits from transactions conducted with the energy company, according to The Wall Street Journal.", "The partnership reportedly renegotiated the terms of deals with Enron in ways that boosted its financial positions or reduced its risk of losses.", "REPORT: E&Y REVENUES NEARLY HALVED Later this week, Ernst & Young will announce that its revenue growth was nearly halved in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to the Financial Times.", "Specifically, the Big 5 professional services firm will report that revenues rose by 7.2 percent to $9.9 billion for the year.", "In fiscal 2000, revenues climbed by 14.1 percent, and by 13.5 percent the prior year.", "The reason for the drop in revenue growth may be that E&Y fetches most of its business from the United States, and the United States economy tanked in the first half of this year." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Andrew Fastow", "sents": [ "Andrew Stuart Fastow (born December 22, 1961) is a convicted criminal and businessman who was the chief financial officer of Enron Corporation, an energy trading company based in Houston, Texas, until he was fired shortly before the company declared bankruptcy.", "Fastow was one of the key figures behind the complex web of off-balance-sheet special purpose entities (limited partnerships which Enron controlled) used to conceal Enron's massive losses in their quarterly balance sheets.", "By unlawfully maintaining personal stakes in these ostensibly independent ghost-entities, he was able to defraud Enron out of tens of millions of dollars.", "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subsequently opened an investigation into his and the company's conduct in 2001.", "Fastow served a six-year prison sentence for charges related to these acts.", "His wife, Lea Weingarten, also worked at Enron, where she was an assistant treasurer; she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and filing fraudulent income tax returns, and served jail time before early release to a halfway house." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ramon Llull", "sents": [ "Ramon Llull, T.O.S.F.", "(] ; c. 1232 – c. 1315; Anglicised \"Raymond Lully\", \"Raymond Lull\"; in Latin \"Raimundus\" or \"Raymundus Lullus\" or \"Lullius\") was a philosopher, logician, Franciscan tertiary and Majorcan writer.", "He is credited with writing the first major work of Catalan literature.", "Recently surfaced manuscripts show his work to have predated by several centuries prominent work on elections theory.", "He is also considered a pioneer of computation theory, especially given his influence on Leibniz." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Latin", "sents": [ "Latin (Latin: \"lingua latīna\" , ] ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.", "The Latin alphabet is derived from the Etruscan and Greek alphabets, and ultimately from the Phoenician alphabet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dick Armey", "sents": [ "Richard Keith Armey ( ; born July 7, 1940) is an American politician.", "He was a U.S. Representative from Texas' (1985–2003) and House Majority Leader (1995–2003).", "He was one of the engineers of the \"Republican Revolution\" of the 1990s, in which Republicans were elected to majorities of both houses of Congress for the first time in four decades.", "Armey was one of the chief authors of the Contract with America.", "Armey is also an author and former economics professor.", "After his retirement from Congress, he has worked as a consultant, advisor, and lobbyist." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e5495_p124", "sents": [ "The recent easing of electricity prices shows ``the market has begun to work,'' he sai d. House Minority leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., said at a news conference th at price caps pegged to the cost of producing power are needed ``to restore reliable and affordable'' electricity supplies.", "``Price controls are catastrophic,'' retorted Majority Leader Dick Armey, R-Texas.", "``If you want blackouts in California, have price controls.", "He and other Republicans say price controls inhibit electricity supplies.", "=3D On the Net: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: http: www.ferc.g ov Senate Governmental Affairs Committee witness list: http: www.senate .gov (tilde)gov_affairs 061301witness_list.htm By Kathleen Mc [email protected]?", "\"BPA has a dirty little secret,\" says the announc er in a recent television advertisement blitz airing in Pacific Northwest markets.", "In a nutshell, the ads charge that because the Bonneville Power A dministration (BPA) sold wholesale power outside the region while also con tracting for more power than it generates, the agency is now forced to rai se rates so high the aluminum industry cannot profitably operate." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Damon and Debbie", "sents": [ "Damon and Debbie was a three-part spin-off from the Channel 4 soap opera \"Brookside\" first broadcast in November 1987.", "A Mersey Television production, it was written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce, directed by Bob Carlton, and produced by Colin McKeown.", "The series is credited as the first 'soap bubble'." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Channel 4", "sents": [ "Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.", "Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public corporation of the Department for Culture, Media & Sport, which was established in 1990 and came into operation in 1993.", "With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter group in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became a UK-wide TV channel for the first time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Qwest", "sents": [ "Qwest Communications International, Inc. was a large United States telecommunications carrier.", "Qwest provided local service in 14 western and midwestern U.S. states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e10123_p9", "sents": [ "The subcommittee also would be charged with recommending any legislation it deems necessary.", "The resolution has been referred to the Committee on Rules.", "Its text is available at http: leg1.state.va.us cgi-bin legp504.exe?011+ful+SJ336. NEW MEXICO Parties negotiating Qwest 'alt reg' settlement The parties to the Public Regulation Commission's examination of a settlement reached on Qwest Corp.'s alternative regulation plan are negotiating and are scheduled to report to the PRC next week on their progress, the PRC staff has told TR.", "In November 2000 the PRC staff and Qwest reached the settlement on the company's plan.", "(11 2 00 p.m.) But Attorney General Patricia Madrid and several Internet service providers have opposed the settlement, saying it lacks sufficient enforcement mechanisms and adequate infrastructure investments.", "Madrid also said she was disappointed that the settlement would dismiss several cases pending before the PRC, including her request for a $98 million Qwest rate reduction.", "After holding hearings on the settlement in early January, the parties to the case agreed to work out a settlement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vodafone", "sents": [ "Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company, with headquarters in London.", "It predominantly operates services in the regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6492_p10", "sents": [ "\"A test of $1,435 ton cannot be ruled out, though we would expect forward buying to prevent a break below this level for the time being,\" Barclays said in a market report.", "Zinc continued its slump, falling to a seven-and-a-half-year low, mainly on technicals.", "Technicals also hurt nickel, which rose slightly after breaking $5,900 ton support but still closed at its lowest level since April.", "Nickel's fall was \"just on some speculative liquidation and short selling, mostly chart-based,\" Bhar said.", "-By Mark Long, Dow Jones Newswires; +44-20-7842-9356; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "UK: Telecoms, drugs drive FTSE 100 rally, Vodafone leads.", "By Camila Reed 07 13 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. LONDON, July 13 (Reuters) - Britain's largest companies raced higher at the close on Friday fired by telecoms and drug stocks as they bounced back from Wednesday's 16-week low.", "Index heavyweights Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline provided 27 of the day's 55-point gain, while technology firms wobbled." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6, 7 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Healing Season", "sents": [ "Healing Season is the ninth studio album, and the first Christmas album, by American R&B band Mint Condition.", "It earned the group a nomination for Best R&B Album in the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, which were held on February 12, 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Mint Condition", "sents": [ "Mint Condition is an American R&B band from Saint Paul, Minnesota.", "Formed in the mid 1980s at Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, its original members were Stokley Williams (lead vocals, drums, percussion), Homer O'Dell (guitar), Larry Waddell (keyboards, piano), Roger Lynch (son of Roger Troutman), Ray Coleman and Kenny Young.", "Lynch, Coleman and Young all left the group however and were replaced by schoolmates Keri Lewis (keyboards, synthesizer) and Jeffrey Allen (saxophone, keyboards) along with Chicago native Ricky Kinchen (bass).", "This lineup of Williams, O'Dell, Waddell, Allen, Lewis and Kinchen comprised the classic lineup of the band." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5589_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: Bush may back some price caps Sac Bee, Mon, 5 18: TV ads to pin blame on Davis for power woes Sac Bee, Sun, 5 17: Dan Walters: Political war between Sacramento and Washington is escalating Sac Bee, Sat, 5 16: Veil is lifted on pacts SD Union, Mon, 5 18: Deal would let SDG&E clients off the hook SD Union, Mon, 5 18: State officials to hold hearings on proposed high-voltage line SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Power grid operators issue blackout warnings for first time SD Union, Sun, 5 17: High energy prices to continue long term, experts say SD Union, Sun, 5 17: Ad criticizing Davis expected as officials consider price caps SD Union, Sat, 5 16: Energy deals rest on unsteady markets LA Times, Mon, 5 18: Bush Says FERC Plan Is Not Price Controls LA Times, Mon, 5 18: United States May Hike Aid for Poor's Utilities LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Power Debate Heats Up as Davis Reveals Contracts LA Times, Sat, 5 16: Ad Will Blame Davis for Crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Blackout alert for next 2 days State's first advance warning puts PG&E's Block 1 on notice SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: California's path to energy independence (by Gray Dav is) SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Federal panel considering ways to rein in Western ener gy prices SF Chron, Mon, 5 18: Tougher price caps prompt controversy Consumer boon or bane?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2750_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Budget plan shrinks: Davis responds to an uncertain economy but preserves a boost in education funding\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"PG&E goes to court for rate relief\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Energy Digest: PUC delays vote on rate proposals\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Dan Walters: Davis wants to preserve rosy budget, let red ink rain on Legislature\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 15: \"Daniel Weintraub: Consumer rep envisions ultimate confrontation\" SD Union, Mon, 5 14: \"How will state's leaders get out of the business of power-buying?\"", "SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"PUC delays decision on electricity rate hikes; SDG&E isn't affected\" SD Union (Reuters), Tues, 5 15: \"Edison, SoCal Edison extend credit facilities\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"PG&E, state regulators spar in bankruptcy cour t\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"California power regulators delay decision on rate hikes\" SD Union (Reuters), Tues, 5 15: \"California faces 260 hours of blackouts, says industry\" SD Union (Reuters), Mon, 5 14: \"AES to restart 2 retired South California power plants\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"PUC Delays Decision on Power Rate Hike\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"El Paso Gas Supplier Denies Monopoly\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"Labor Courted on Bush Reform Plan\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"Judge Asked to Block Freeze on Power Rate\" LA Times, Tues, 5 15: \"Edison Deal Sets High Legislative Hurdle for Davis\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"PUC stalls decision on rate boost ANGER: Consumer group says big business to benefit\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"NATURAL GAS: Experts says market probably fixed SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 15: \"PG&E, state regulators spar in bankruptcy cour t SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"NATURAL GAS: Experts says market probably fixed SF Chron, Tues, 5 15: \"Davis forced to trim budget Minor cuts, unspent funds used to cover $3.5 billion deficit Mercury News, Tues, 5 15: \"PUC puts off vote on rates\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 15: \"Cheney urges patience over energy costs\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 15: \"Finding: gas-price inflation possible\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Edison has loss of $617 million\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Edison shareholders feeling the heat as values plunge\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Energy notebook: PUC postpones decision on power rate hikes to today\" OC Register, Tues, 5 15: \"Gas supplier faces charges of price fixing\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Tues, 5 15: \"[B] POWER UPDATE Calif. PUC delays final rate hike vote to Tues\" -- Budget plan shrinks: Davis responds to an uncertain economy but preserves a boost in education funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Songs from Call Me Claus", "sents": [ "Songs from Call Me Claus is a reissue of \"Garth Brooks and the Magic of Christmas\", second Christmas album by American country music artist Garth Brooks, and was released on September 25, 2001.", "The songs exclusive to this release are \"Call Me Claus,\" \"Mary Had a Little Lamb,\" and \"'Zat You, Santa Claus?", "\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Garth Brooks", "sents": [ "Troyal Garth Brooks (born February 7, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter.", "His integration of rock and roll elements into the country genre has earned him immense popularity in the United States.", "Brooks has had great success on the country single and album charts, with multi-platinum recordings and record-breaking live performances, while also crossing over into the mainstream pop arena." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California Public Utilities Commission", "sents": [ "The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or PUC) is a regulatory agency that regulates privately owned public utilities in the state of California, including electric power, telecommunications, natural gas and water companies.", "In addition, the CPUC regulates common carriers, including household goods movers, passenger transportation companies (like limousine services) and rail crossing safety.", "The CPUC's headquarters are located in the Civic Center district of San Francisco, and the agency has field offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e8286_p3", "sents": [ "3. By engaging in said unfair business practices, defendants have directly and severely damaged purchasers of electricity supplied through the California Power Exchange.", "As noted in the August 30, 2000 San Diego Union Tribune: \"The utility bills of all [electric] ratepayers in San Diego are exorbitant.", "Rates that were 3 cents per kilowatt hour have risen to 19 cents per kilowatt hour in just three months -- nothing short of confiscatory rates.\"", "4. In its November 1, 2000 Order, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (\"FERC\") expressly found that electricity prices in California have been maintained at \"unjust and unreasonable\" levels during the relevant period, though it determined that it did not have the authority to mandate refunds or other retroactive relief with respect thereto.", "In its November 22, 2000 response to the November 1st FERC order, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) concluded that due to market manipulation by wholesale energy producers and traders, customers of electricity supplied through the California Power Exchange had been overcharged more than $4 billion dollars during the summer of 2000. In its November 22nd response to the November 1st FERC order, even the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) which manages California's transmission system infrastructure, known as the \"power grid\", found that the summer 2000 prices resulted from the exercise of intolerable levels of market power by generators and traders." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Consumer Reports", "sents": [ "Consumer Reports is an American magazine published since 1936 by Consumers Union, a nonprofit organization dedicated to unbiased product testing, consumer-oriented research, public education, and advocacy.", "\"Consumer Reports\" publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research center.", "The magazine accepts no advertising, pays for all the products it tests, and, as a nonprofit organization has no shareholders.", "It also publishes general and targeted product/service buying guides.", "s of April 2016 it had approximately 7 million subscribers (3.8 million print and 3.2 million digital) and an annual testing budget of approximately US$25 million." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e10642_p136", "sents": [ "The International Engineering Consortium will co-host the event.", "Call 312 559-3328 or visit http: www.atis.org or http: www.iec.org for more information.", "Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and the Telecommunications Industry Association have begun developing the operating principles and procedures for a new industry-led body that will act as a gatekeeper for terminal equipment standards.", "The FCC late last year selected ATIS and TIA to sponsor the Administrative Council for Terminal Attachments (TR, Nov. 13 and Dec. 25, 2000).", "The council will oversee the development of standards to replace the detailed technical criteria in part 68 (equipment) of the FCC 's rules.", "Parties wishing to be notified of th e first council meeting should forward their contact information, including an e-mail address, to Megan Hayes ([email protected]).", "Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, and TeleBright Cor p. have formed an alliance that will allow consumers to compare prices and offerings of mobile phone service plans online." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e553_p20", "sents": [ "MSEB had retaliated by slapping a claim of Rs 400 crore on DPC for non supply of power at various points between October 2000 and January 28, 2001. The state government and MSEB had told the Centre to adjust the December bill from the Rs 400 crore (claim) as this was allowed under the power purchase agreement (PPA).", "Their contention was that payment disputes spread over a four-month period on non-despatch of power can be adjusted in the December, 2000 bill.", "DPC contended that the four month period expired on January 25, 2001, when the December, 2000 bill fell due.", "MSEB on the other hand was claiming damages primarily for non-despatch of power on January 28, 2001. The finance ministry has now referred the matter to the law ministry.", "It is now learnt that attorney-general Soli Sorabjee has contended that there is merit in the argument of both sides.", "If the two parties cannot come to a mutually acceptable solution, they can go in for arbitration as stipulated in the PPA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "Soli Sorabjee", "sents": [ "Soli Jehangir Sorabjee, AM (born 9 March 1930) is an Indian jurist and former Attorney-General of India.", "He has been honored with Padma Vibhushan for his defense of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights.", "Sorabjee has held several offices in organizations of national and international repute." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]