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[ { "title": "Jason Goss", "sents": [ "Jason Goss (born October 4, 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a Canadian football defensive back who is currently a free agent.", "He was most recently with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.", "He has played five seasons in the CFL and was named CFL All-Star in 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Fort Worth, Texas", "sents": [ "Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas.", "The city is in North Central Texas and covers nearly 350 sqmi in the counties of Denton, Parker, Wise, and Tarrant, of which it is the county seat.", "According to the 2016 census estimates, Fort Worth's population is 854,113.", "The city is the second-largest in the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area (the \"DFW Metroplex\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vilasrao Deshmukh", "sents": [ "Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (26 May 1945 – 14 August 2012) was an Indian politician who served two terms as the Chief Minister of the state of Maharashtra.", "He also served in the Union cabinet as the Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1911_p32", "sents": [ "The global arrangers for the DPC include ANZ Investment Bank, Credit Suisse First Boston, ABN-AMRO, Citibank and the State Bank of India, where all these parties conducted separate meetings with the company officials.", "However, some bankers said the company can file a termination notice even if one lender with a minimum 5 per cent exposure on the project favours such proceedings.", "Meanwhile, in a clear reversal of roles, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that the state government was not keen on terminating the PPA.", "``We will ask them to refrain from taking any such harsh steps since that would be bad news for all of us, including DPC,'' Deshmukh said.", "Deshmukh was echoing Union Power Minister Suresh Prabhu's sentiments, who said that the government wanted an amicable settlement of the payment row.", "He, however, added that termination of the project would not hurt foreign investments, and dismissed warnings by analysts that winding up the $2.9 billion project would be a blow to India's efforts to woo foreign investors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3078_p9", "sents": [ "Fuegotech is backed by $22.5 million from Sevin Rosen Funds, Star, Stephens Group, and SS M Ventures.", "http: www.fuegotech.com Nishan Names Ex-Sprint, Intel Exec as CFO mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Nishan Systems, a provider of IP and Ethernet-based storage networking products, said it named Howard M. Bailey as the company's new chief financial officer.", "Mr. Bailey was formerly an executive with C-Cube Microsystems and Quantum Effect Devices and has also worked for Sprint and Intel.", "To date, Nishan has raised $90 million in two rounds from Altos Ventures, ComVentures, Dell, Discovery, Quantum Technology Ventures, Raza Ventures, Siemens Venture Capital, Sofinnova Ventures, Sun Microsystems, TPG-Comm Partners, and Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.", "http: www.nishansystems.com Allegiance Adds Analyst VPs as Part of New Division mail?", "top DALLAS (VENTUREWIRE) -- Allegiance, an investment banking firm specializing in the middle market segment, said it has incorporated a new analysis and research division and named Jason Johanne Bedasse, O. Mike Duwaji, and Eric Tyler as analyst vice presidents." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "e3975_p9", "sents": [ "Telia Business Innovation now holds a 20% stake in the company, which operates an online service that pairs companies and high-level project workers.", "The U.S.-based eWork Exchange is backed by eCompanies Venture Group, ETF Group, Storie Partners, and funds associated with DeutscheBanc Alex.", "Brown.", "In November, the company plans to open a U.K. branch.", "http: www.ework.se o Waveguide Developer Teem Photonics Gets $31 Million GRENOBLE, France -- Teem Photonics, a developer and manufacturer of active and passive optical waveguide components, said it received $31 million in funding from Baker and Weiss, Peck & Greer Venture Partners.", "The company plans to use the funds for product development and to open a United States subsidiary by the end of the year.", "Previous investors are Banexi, Innovacom, Sudinnova, Schneider Electric, Radiall, and National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble.", "http: www.teemphotonics.com Cogency Semiconductor Takes $20 Million in Round Two OTTAWA -- Cogency Semiconductor, a provider of semiconductors for the home networking market, said it raised $20 million in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Silicon Graphics", "sents": [ "Silicon Graphics, Inc. (later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.", "Founded in Mountain View, California in November 1981 by Jim Clark, its initial market was 3D graphics computer workstations, but its products, strategies and market positions developed significantly over time." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e4273_p23", "sents": [ "http: www.broadedge.net New Products o SmartPipes, Backed by Kleiner and Clark, Launches Beta ATLANTA -- SmartPipes, an IP services company, announced the beta availability of its Global IP Services at a trade show in Atlanta.", "The launch will enable businesses to activate and manage advanced IP services such as security, virtual private intranet and extranet networks, and voice and interactive collaboration services.", "Smartpipes is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and individual investors Jim Clark, founder of Silicon Graphics, Netscape Communications, and Healtheon WebMD, Tom Jermoluk, former @Home CEO and a partner at Kleiner Perkins, and Dave Roux, co-founder of Silver Lake Management.", "John Doerr represents Kleiner Perkins on the board.", "http: www.smartpipes.com Online Payment System Provider PocketPass.com Launches SAN JOSE,Calif.", "-- PocketPass.Com, a provider of a pre-paid Internet payment system announced its launch.", "PocketPass offers a plastic card, distributed through retail establishments such as convenience stores, that enables users to make purchases online without a credit card." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19671_p6", "sents": [ "By retaining the best, Dynegy should be able to secure other strong Enron employees.", "\"In our view, Enron's energy trading and marketing personnel are arguably the most talented and definitely the most profitable group in the industry,\" Prudential Securities analyst M. Carol Coale said in a research note Monday.", "\"We believe that Dynegy must focus on retaining these valuable traders and marketers if the new company is to realize its full potential in the wholesale segment.\"", "Enron President and Chief Operating Officer Greg Whalley, who will be at Dynegy after the merger as an executive vice president, said in a conference call on Monday that he believes the new company will retain its traders.", "\"Most traders want to be part of the winning team,\" he said.", "Some recruiters believe that although many Enron employees are floating resumes, there won't be much actual fallout.", "Enron's trading operation employs between 1,000 and 1,500 people in North America; Dynegy's operation is staffed by 300. \"But with a few trimmings here and there you won't see a lot of Enron traders on the street, unless they don't like what they hear from Dynegy,\" said Jack Carr managing director of Prime Energy Partnership, a search and recruiting company based in the UK, with an office in Greenwich, Connecticut." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "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 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Magnus Bogren", "sents": [ "Magnus Bogren (born August 8, 1972) is a Swedish ice hockey coach.", "He is currently an assistant coach with Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Rögle BK", "sents": [ "Rögle BK (Rögle Bandyklubb) is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Ängelholm.", "The club is playing in the SHL, since the 2015–16 season.", "Rögle has previously played in the SHL (previously named Elitserien) in 1992–1996, 2008–2010, and briefly in 2012–13." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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": "e5855_p56", "sents": [ "In addition to a host of energy firms, other Western states are involved in the talks.", "Officials in Washington and Oregon say they may ask for up to $6 billion in refunds.", "Wagner opened the talks by reading a letter from new FERC Commissioners Patrick Wood and Nora Mead Brownell urging both sides to compromise.", "\"Parties must only focus on what they absolutely need, not what they want,\" the statement read.", "\"This is not the place to debate the shopping list, nor is it the place to assign blame.\"", "If the parties can't settle the money fight in 15 days, Wagner will have seven days to recommend action to FERC's five commissioners.", "\"I can tell you now that you are far better off to work out the refund issu e in these settlement proceedings than to have me recommend an answer to the commission,\" Wagner said.", "As the talks started in Washington, Wood and Brownell met yesterday in Sacramento with Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9158_p2", "sents": [ "Please review and edit in any fasion you deem appropriate then send back to me.", "I will then distribute to a very small group (e.g., Jean Mrha, Tom Gros, and a couple of folks in my group who also work on EBS issues).", "Thanks.", "Best, Jeff * We have sent the attorney representing the ISO a standard EBS NDA to review.", "We expect to have the NDA signed within the week.", "The following is a summary of what occured at the meeting.", "The Network MCI built the system.", "The ISO currently shares its private, dedicated network 50-50 with the California Power Exchange, though the ISO like to take control of 100% of the asset.", "The network consists of 4 OC-12s (?)", "and as part of the contract, the ISO has a call to upgrade an no or very little cost to 4 OC-48s.", "This \"scalability\" was built in to accommodate what California believed would be a very large and rapidly growing number of users (mostly scheduling coordinators), but California greatly underestimated the number." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e619_p33", "sents": [ "Finally, deregulation created a power market so fragmented that it was ludicrously easy to manipulate when the thin surplus of power supply in the West began evaporating in the summer of 2000, although the evidence is masked by the effects of a drought in the Northwest (which has reduced hydropower) and an unlucky combination of plant maintenance, air pollution limits idling older plants and higher than expected costs for natural gas.", "The price of bad luck, bad weather and the cunning of power suppliers was staggering.", "At one point in December, electricity that cost $250 a megawatt-hour to produce was priced by the power brokers of the California Independent System Operator at $1,500 a megawatt-hour.", "That was the negotiated price; the suppliers had asked for $2,000. Deregulation had set up a divided marketplace, more irrational than any Paul W. MacAvoy picks apart in his analysis of natural gas, in which the California Power Exchange was a clearinghouse where buyers and sellers set the price of electricity and the California Independent System Operator was the \"buyer of last resort\" if occasional gaps between production and distribution unexpectedly failed to meet daily demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5447_p1", "sents": [ "The commission's meeting notice provides no details, except to list for discussion four cases involving price mitigation in, and the structure of, volatile power markets in California and 10 other Western states.", "The meeting comes as members of Congress are placing enormous political pressure on the commission to take more drastic action to contain runaway electricity prices in the region.", "Last week, House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., joined 21 Western-state congressional lawmakers to request an opportunity to appear before the commission to argue their case for cost-based price controls in the region's electricity markets.", "\"At least twice, FERC has determined that the Western electricity market is 'dysfunctional' and that prices are 'unjust and unreasonable' under the Federal Power Act.", "Despite these findings, and contrary to the law, the commission has failed to bring these rates to just and reasonable levels,\" the lawmakers said in a letter to FERC Chairman Curt Hebert." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e490_p42", "sents": [ "The state contends that the overcharging was made possible because some power generators kept prices artificially high through questionable bidding practices or by limiting the supply of electricity.", "But unless the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission changes its philosophy and methods, the grid's plea for relief could fall on deaf ears.", "Federal regulators have so far been willing to review only transactions that took place during Stage 3 alerts, when the state is on the verge of the kind of rolling blackouts that swept through California this week.", "And FERC's commissioners say they can only consider alleged overcharges since Oct. 2, which they previously set as a starting point for considering any refunds.", "The state's analysis goes back to last May.", "\"We have no recourse legally to go back retroactively and look at rates that occurred before we set the refund-effective period,\" FERC Commissioner Linda Breathitt said in an interview Thursday.", "Breathitt and FERC's chairman, Curt Hebert, defend only reviewing charges during Stage 3 alerts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Vulnicura Tour", "sents": [ "The Vulnicura Tour was the eighth concert tour by Icelandic musician Björk.", "The tour centered on her critically acclaimed 2015 album \"Vulnicura\" which chronicled the singer's breakup with American contemporary artist Matthew Barney." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Vulnicura", "sents": [ "Vulnicura is the eighth studio album by Icelandic musician and singer Björk.", "It was produced by Björk, Arca and The Haxan Cloak, and released on 20 January 2015 by One Little Indian Records.", "Björk said the album expresses her feelings before and after her breakup with American contemporary artist Matthew Barney and the healing process." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3333_p0", "sents": [ "'Stand up, Texas, against California's bullying Houston Chronicle, 05 24 01 Markets Your Money Senate Shift to Ripple Across Industries Politics: Jeffords' decision could broadly affect range of sectors, from drugs and HMOs to tobacco and energy.", "Los Angeles Times, 05 24 01 Brazil asking power users to cut back Houston Chronicle, 05 24 01 California Official Cites Evidence of Electricity Price Manipulation KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: Contra Costa Times - Walnut Creek, California, 05 24 01 Shrugging off energy ties GOP gubernatorial hopeful downplays his Texas investments San Francisco Chronicle, 05 24 01 India Appoints Nominee To Dabhol Power Dispute Panel Dow Jones Asian Equities Report, 05 24 01 INDIA: New Delhi aims to help Enron patch up with utility.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 24 01 POLAND: ANALYSIS-Central European gas markets head for shake-up.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 24 01 India: A 'hurt' Godbole quits, persuaded to stay on Business Line (The Hindu), 05 24 01 INDIAN GOVT TO ACCEPT PROPOSALS TO SETTLE POWER DISPUTE Asia Pulse, 05 24 01 Endesa to sell coal-powered plants operated by Electra de Viesgo (Endesa incluye una mayoria de centrales de carbon en Viesgo antes de venderla) Expansion, 05 24 01 Is Pawar playing power politics with Enron?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Endesa", "sents": [ "Endesa is the acronym of \"Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.\".", "Two electric utility companies in the world use this name:" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Keeper of the King's Conscience", "sents": [ "Keeper of the King's Conscience was a position in the English judiciary before the advent of parliamentary representative democracy.", "The person appointed as Keeper of the King's Conscience was usually a bishop.", "He was responsible for overseeing the international affairs of the monarchy and for delivering justice on behalf of the king.", "Today this position has become the Lord Chancellor.", "During the period beginning from William the Conqueror to Henry VIII of England, the person holding the Keeper of the King's Conscience post also held high position in the church." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "William the Conqueror", "sents": [ "William I (c. 1028 – 9 September 1087), usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087.", "A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy (as Duke William II) from 1035 onward.", "After a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on Normandy was secure, and he launched the Norman conquest of England six years later.", "The rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over England and his continental lands and by difficulties with his eldest son." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e8778_p9", "sents": [ "top MIDDLESEX, U.K. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Attenda, a European Internet host provider, said it raised GBP15 million ($21.6 million) in its second round led by DLJ European Private Equity.", "Other investors were Compaq Computer, UBS Capital, and Texas Pacific Group.", "The company will use the funds to expand to France and Germany early next year.", "The company said it is considering an IPO in 2001. http: www.attenda.net Access App Firm Be Connected Raises $15 Million from Cisco mail this story?", "top LOD, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- Be Connected, which develops access applications for telecommunications operators, said it has received a $15 million investment from Cisco Systems.", "Be Connected is a spin-off of the Telrad Group of technology companies.", "http: www.telrad.co.il All-Hotels, Online Hotel Marketplace, Raises Second Round mail this story?", "top EDINBURGH, Scotland (VENTUREWIRE) -- All-Hotels, which provides booking information and services for hotel reservations, said it raised GBP 3 million ($4.3 million) in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Covad", "sents": [ "Covad Communications Group was an American provider of broadband voice and data communications.", "By 2006, the company had 530,000 subscribers, and ranked 16th largest ISP in the United States.", "Covad was acquired by U.S. Venture Partners, who in 2010 announced a 3-way merger of MegaPath, Covad, and Speakeasy, creating a single Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier (MSLEC), providing voice and internet services; the new company was named MegaPath Corporation." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e8775_p15", "sents": [ "For more information, please email [email protected] or call 408.530.9803 6. LOCATION: Santa Clara, CA TITLE: Retail Channel Development Manager, Program Manager, Business Development Manager, Product management, E-Commerce Strategy, Brand Strategy, Broadband Services Product Manager, & PC-OEM VAR Channel Development Manager COMPANY: Covad Commnications DEGREE: MBA preferred Based in Santa Clara, CA, Covad Communications (Nasdaq: COVD) provides ultra-fast, affordable, \"always on\" broadband access services utilizing DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) technology that connect home and business users to the Internet.", "As the leading national DSL broadband services provider, Covad's network currently covers more than 25 million homes and businesses in major Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).", "Covad services are available across the United States in 56 of the top Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).", "Covad services will be available in 100 MSAs by the end of 2000. At that time, Covad's digital network will reach more than 40 percent of all US homes and 45 percent of all US businesses." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Carcass (band)", "sents": [ "Carcass are a British extreme metal band from Liverpool, which was formed in 1985.", "The band broke up in 1996, but reformed in 2007 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, due to health reasons.", "Carcass are regarded as pioneers of the grindcore genre.", "Their early work was also tagged as splatter death metal, hardgore, and goregrind; on account of their morbid lyrics and gruesome album covers.", "They also became one of the pioneers of melodic death metal with their 1993 album \"Heartwork\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Bill Steer", "sents": [ "Bill Steer (born William Geoffrey Steer, 3 December 1969) is a British guitar player, and co-founder of the extreme metal band Carcass.", "He is considered a pioneer and an essential contributor to grindcore and death metal due to his involvement in Napalm Death and Carcass, two of the most important bands of those genres.", "Presently he plays with Gentlemans Pistols, the reactivated Carcass and appears as a live second guitarist for Angel Witch." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e10001_p0", "sents": [ "'Wayne, This my response to your question.", "What is the regulatory analysis of peering arrangments?", "Peering is an act of establishing a relationship to pass Internet traffic between one national internet backbone provider to another national provider.", "Peering is currently not subject to any industry-specific regulations and is governed by commericial requirements.", "The reason that peering is not regulated by Federal Communications Commission or any other agency is mainly due to two factors: 1) data traffic has not been subjected to the same stringent regulation as voice traffic 2) history of Internet -- Since it was the National Science Foundation (NSF) who founded the first backbone to encourage the exchange of information between different scientists and researchers, the open environment for peering was essential to the rapid growth of the Internet.", "Currently, most of the Internet traffic is exchanged through private pooling instead of the public Network Access Point (NAP).", "With private peering, traffic can be exchanged in the same city, which avoids the classic sydrome in which traffic that orignates and terminates in Houston would have to travel through NY or even India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bohdan Masztaler", "sents": [ "Bohdan Mieczysław Masztaler (born 19 September 1949) is a retired Polish footballer.", "During his club career he played for Gwardia Warszawa, Odra Opole, ŁKS Łódź and SV Werder Bremen.", "He earned 22 caps for the Poland national football team, and participated in the 1978 FIFA World Cup." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "ŁKS Łódź", "sents": [ "ŁKS Łódź (Łódzki Klub Sportowy; ] ) is a Polish sports club that is owned by Łódź city council.", "They are best known for their football club, but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ice hockey.", "The club is based at Stadion LKS, at Al.", "Unii Lubelskiej 2 in the West of Łódź.", "The club was founded in 1908.", "The football section had since been sold to private investors as the city could no longer afford to support it.", "After years of financial hardships, the club declared bankruptcy in May 2013. and was re-founded by a partnership between fans and local investors in the fifth tier of the league pyramid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Samajwadi Party", "sents": [ "Samajwadi Party (SP; translation: \"Socialist Party\"; founded 4 October 1992) is a political party in India headquartered in New Delhi and a recognised state party in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India.", "It describes itself as a democratic socialist party." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2204_p24", "sents": [ "The least- cost option was to initiate a judicial probe into the deal, which was replete with fraud, and seek the scrapping of the project, they said.", "This view was made public after the parties - Peasants and Workers Party, the CPI(M), the Janata Dal (Secular), the Samajwadi Party and others - met here and decided to press the demand at a meeting of the coordination committee of all parties, including the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, on May 8. Its scheduled meeting for today was put off as the Chief Minister, Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh, was away electioneering in the South.", "These parties, worried about the huge, unpayable DPC bills, had been demanding a probe under the Inquiries Commissions Act but today upped the ante, saying \"we are convinced of fraud\" in the agreement with DPC.", "\"The renegotiation,\" Mr. N. D. Patil, who leads the Left grouping and heads the all-party coordination panel said, \"is not what we want we don't want it at all.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Street OT", "sents": [ "Street OT is the fourth studio album by Nigerian rapper Olamide.", "It was released on November 14, 2014 through YBNL Nation.", "The album is a follow up to his 2013 \"Baddest Guy Ever Liveth\" album.", "Preceded by the singles titled \"Story For The Gods\" and \"Goons Mi\", \"Street OT\" features guest appearances from Pasuma, Lil Kesh, Chinko Ekun, Phyno, Don Jazzy, and Reminisce.", "Its production was handled by Pheelz, B-Banks and Young Jonn.", "The ideology of the title of the album is to glorify and show his love for the \"streets\", a word with which Olamide is synanimous with." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Olamide", "sents": [ "Olamide Adedeji (born 15 March 1989), known by his stage name Olamide but popularly called Olamide Baddo, is a Nigerian hip hop recording artist from Bariga, Lagos State.", "He records mostly in Yoruba, his native tongue.", "In 2011, he released his debut studio album \"Rapsodi\" while signed to Coded Tunes.", "\"YBNL\", his follow-up album, was released under his label imprint YBNL Nation.", "The album was supported by the singles \"First of All\", \"Voice of the Street\", \"Stupid Love\", and \"Ilefo Illuminati\".", "On 7 November 2013, he released his third studio album \"Baddest Guy Ever Liveth\".", "The album's singles include \"Durosoke\" and \"Yemi My Lover\".", "On 17 July 2013, Olamide became the first Nigerian to sign an endorsement deal with Cîroc.", "Olamide has been nominated and won several music awards, including multiple Nigeria Entertainment Awards and The Headies Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Gary Allenson", "sents": [ "Gary Martin Allenson (born February 4, 1955) is an American minor league baseball manager and a former Major League catcher and coach.", "In , he will begin a second stint as manager of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League, after serving the previous three seasons in that role with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons of the International League.", "Both are affiliates of the Toronto Blue Jays.", "Allenson, a former backup catcher for the Blue Jays, has been a member of the Toronto organization since January 7, 2013." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Toronto Blue Jays", "sents": [ "The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario.", "The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division.", "The team plays its home games at the Rogers Centre." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2708_p8", "sents": [ "``Hosting this meaningful event in Korea will help elevate Korea's image in the international market, particularly with the sheer scale and size of LNG 13,'' He noted.", "As for the exhibition, a total of 125 exhibitors and leading energy companies will be displaying their most recent developments is an integral part of this conference.", "Key participants in the LNG industry from senior officials (top management) of the exhibiting companies to engineers, researchers come together to display the latest technology and share their expertise at LNG 13. The exhibition will provide the opportunity to gain a better insight into the current state of the LNG field and make face-to-face contacts with personnel qualified to answer their questions and meet their needs and the Exhibition will showcase the latest technology and services and services available to this increasingly important energy industry.", "The official sponsors of LNG 13 are the International Gas Union, the Gas Technology Institute and the International institute of Refrigeration while the major sponsors are the Shell Gas and Power, KOGAS, LG-Caltex, SK-Enron, the Qatari Group, TotalFinaElf, British Petroleum and Exxon Mobil." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Korea", "sents": [ "Korea is a historic country in East Asia, since 1945 divided into two distinct sovereign states: North Korea (officially the \"Democratic People's Republic of Korea\") and South Korea (officially the \"Republic of Korea\").", "Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by China to the northwest and Russia to the northeast.", "It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Boeing", "sents": [ "The Boeing Company ( ) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide.", "The company also provides leasing and product support services.", "Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers; it is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2015 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value.", "Boeing stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e11633_p4", "sents": [ "With big customers like GM (GM:NYSE) and Boeing (BA :NYSE) and its partnership with SAP, Commerce One could be ready to exploit this growing comfort.", "Direct vs.", "Indirect \"What's happening is the marketplace is beginning to understand the difference between direct and indirect,\" says Ben Smith, a consultant for A.T. Kearney.", "(His firm hasn't done consulting for Commerce One.)", "\"Picking a [software] solution for one doesn't necessarily include the other.\"", "Smith points back to Commerce One's partnership with SAP.", "For years, the German software maker has been concentrating on the complex kind of software that helps businesses build things.", "If a firm can successfully plug that in to software designed to buy the building blocks -- like Commerce One's software -- it could have a winning combination.", "\"The SAP partnership legitimizes Commerce One in the direct materials space,\" Smith says.", "\"It gives them much more depth from the product standpoint than they can possibly build on their own.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Wilson-Martin House", "sents": [ "The Wilson-Martin House is a historic house at 511 Bond Street in Warren, Arkansas.", "The two story brick house was built in 1916, and is an excellent local example of Georgian Revival styling, despite later alterations.", "The house was built by John Rufus Wilson, a lawyer, teacher, and state legislator, and was sold by the Wilsons to Bryan Martin, a local merchant, in 1930.", "The house has elegant Georgian features, including a hip roof, brick corner quoins, and a projecting front entry porch with triangular pediment.", "The entrance is flanked on both sides by three casement Prairie-style windows.", "The second floor of the front has a pair of small windows above the entry porch, and flanking sash windows on either side." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Warren, Arkansas", "sents": [ "Warren is a city in and the county seat of Bradley County, Arkansas, United States.", "As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,003." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5916_p18", "sents": [ "OnWire has been absorbed into Quest Software, will remain in Boston, and has retained all but one employee, president and founder Peter Buchthal.", "OnWire Technologies has been backed by individual investors.", "http: www.quest.com http: www.onwiretech.com Rediff.com to Buy U.S.-Based Indian Portal ThinkIndia.com MUMBAI, India.", "-- Rediff.com India, an Internet portal that provides the Indian community in India and abroad with interest specific channels, local language editions, and other services, said it is acquiring the US-based Indian portal ThinkIndia.com for an undisclosed amount.", "The combined companies will operate as Rediff USA.", "ThinkIndia was funded by North American venture capitalists and several individual investors.", "http: www.rediff.com New Directors o Online Seminar Provider AvidLearn Names Board of Directors CHERRY HILL, N.J -- AvidLearn, a provider of online seminars, customized training, and continuing education for individuals and corporations, announced the company's board of directors.", "In addition to the company's founder and chief executive officer, Ed DuCoin, the board includes Peter Colella, Jr., managing director, Colmen Capital Advisors; David T. DuCoin, chief executive officer, Creative Marketing Solutions; Larry Evans, executive vice president and founding principal of Right Management Consultants; and James Ksansnak, vice chairman, Aramark." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Boston", "sents": [ "Boston (pronounced ) is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.", "It is also the seat of Suffolk County, although the county government was disbanded on July 1, 1999.", "The city proper covers 48 mi2 with an estimated population of 673,184 in 2016, making it the largest city in New England and the 22nd most populous city in the United States.", "The city is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area known as Greater Boston, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) home to a census-estimated 4.8 million people in 2016 and ranking as the tenth-largest such area in the country.", "Alternately, as a combined statistical area (CSA), this wider commuting region is home to some 8.2 million people, making it the sixth-largest in the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3049_p10", "sents": [ "http: www.thebigword.com Personal Communications Portal aTelo Raises $5M Series B mail?", "top ARLINGTON, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- aTelo, an enhanced communications se rvice platform vendor, said it raised $5 million in a Series B financing led by Lazard Technology Partners, with participation from Schoffstall Ventures an d previous investor Draper Atlantic Management.", "The company will use the fund s for international sales and marketing, as well as for the expansion of its services platform and the development of new applications.", "In April 2000, aTelo raised $2 million in its first round of funding from Draper Atlantic Management.", "http: www.ateloinc.com Elan Invests in Biopharmaceutical Firm Milkhaus Laboratory mail?", "top PROVIDENCE, R.I. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Milkhaus Laboratory, a private cli nical stage biopharmaceutical company, said Elan, a pharmaceutical company, has made an undisclosed equity investment in the company.", "The two companies formed a partnership in January of 1999, which allowed Milkhaus to license its broad patent estate on the use of beta amyloid to treat central nervous system disorders to Elan." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p28", "sents": [ "Mr. Allen is CFO and vice president of finance and operations for Network Appliance.", "Investors for Acta include Colman Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sycamore Venture Capital, United States Venture Partners, and Van Wagoner Fund.", "http: www.acta.com DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board CHANTILLY, Va. -- InfoShark, a provider of software products that enable enterprises to build a business-to-business infrastructure for accessing, exchanging and transmitting XML data, said it elected Michael J. Poehner, president and chief executive officer of DMR Consulting, to its board of directors.", "Investors include JMI Equity Fund, Lazard Technology Partners, and 21st Century Ventures.", "http: www.infoshark.com incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board NEW YORK -- incuVest, a venture capital incubator and accelerator, said it appointed Margaret G. McGlynn of Merck to its board of directors.", "Ms. McGlynn serves as senior vice president of Merck's human health marketing division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9439_p0", "sents": [ "\"In response to San Diego's complaint filed against all power sellers in California with market based rate authority, the Commission issued an order denying San Diego's request to cap all California power sellers' rates at $250. However, the Commission in its order establishes a section 206 proceeding to examine the justness and reasonableness of the rates of power sellers in the California markets.", "Additionally, FERC is also ordering its staff to investigate whether the tariffs and institutional structures and bylaws of the California ISO and PX are adversely affecting the efficient operation of competitive wholesale electric power markets in California and need to be modified.", "A copy of the Commission's order is attached.", "Sarah" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "San Diego", "sents": [ "San Diego ( , Spanish for \"Saint Didacus\"; Spanish: ] ) is a major city in California, United States.", "It is in San Diego County, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, approximately 120 mi south of Los Angeles and immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e3099_p0", "sents": [ "Confidential Settlement Document Under CPUC Rule 51 PARTIES: This is a reminder that PG&E is initiating \"Gas Accord II\" settlement discussions under CPUC Rule 51, at a meeting to be held in San Francisco on Thursday, September 14. We plan to start at 9:30 a.m. and end around 3:30 p.m. We will provide lunch.", "The meeting is now at PG&E headquarters in Conference Room A, 245 Market Street (on the ground floor), and not at the PG&E Energy Center as first announced.", "Our objectives for this first meeting are to develop a list of all the major issues that parties would like to have addressed, and also to agree on a process for resolving the issues.", "Attached is our proposed agenda for this kick-off meeting.", "You can also help us prepare for this meeting and make it a success by providing us a list of the issues you would like to have addressed in Gas Accord II." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4073_p7", "sents": [ "Michael Child, of TA Associates, joined the company's board of directors.", "The funds will be used for United States expansion and for research and development.", "Telephone 617-491-9400 Ext.", "108. o Net Business Services Firm Habama Has $12 Million Round One BOSTON -- Habama, a provider of Internet commerce technology to small and medium-size businesses, said it has raised more than $12 million in its first round of financing led by East River.", "Quan, New England Partners, Corning Technology Ventures, FIM Securities, Lloyds TSB, Cairnwood, and Crescent International also contributed to the round.", "Habama will use the funds for continued application development and marketing.", "http: www.habama.com Outsourced Services Firm Ledgent Launches With $12.5 Million LOS ANGELES -- Ledgent announced its launch today.", "The new company's technology will provide customers with outsourced accounting and human resource services.", "Users will also be able to gain access to their management information via a password-protected Web portal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "TA Associates", "sents": [ "TA Associates, founded in 1968, is one of the early modern-era private equity firms in the United States.", "The firm leads buyouts and minority recapitalizations of profitable growth companies.", "TA Associates has invested across a range of industries, including technology, healthcare, consumer products, financial services and business services." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "14th Airlift Squadron", "sents": [ "The 14th Airlift Squadron (14 AS) is part of the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina.", "It operates C-17 Globemaster III aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mission worldwide." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Boeing C-17 Globemaster III", "sents": [ "The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft.", "It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.", "The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.", "The C-17 commonly performs tactical and strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include medical evacuation and airdrop duties.", "It was designed to replace the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, and also fulfill some of the duties of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, freeing the C-5 fleet for outsize cargo." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Blood Red Shoes (album)", "sents": [ "Blood Red Shoes is the fourth album by Brighton-based rock band Blood Red Shoes, released on 3 March 2014 in the UK and Europe through Jazz Life Records.", "The album was recorded over a 6-month period in Berlin and was entirely self-produced and engineered by the band themselves.", "The first song from the album, \"The Perfect Mess\", was released on 1 December 2013, after 10 QR codes were found in different cities by the band's fans." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Berlin", "sents": [ "Berlin ( , ] ) is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its 16 constituent states.", "With a population of approximately 3.7 million, Berlin is the second most populous city proper in the European Union and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union.", "Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of the rivers Spree and Havel, it is the centre of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, which has roughly 6 million residents from more than 180 nations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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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": "e3344_p5", "sents": [ "http: www.surlatable.com MARKETING & SALES Brainshark Adds BuyerZone.com Exec William Reich as Sales VP mail?", "top BURLINGTON, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Brainshark, a provider of self-service rich media communications technology, said it named William J. Reich as vic e president of sales.", "Prior to joining the company, Mr. Reich was vice president of sales and business development at BuyerZone.com, where he was responsible for directing expansion of strategic relationships, managing th e supplier network, and advertising sales.", "Brainshark is backed by 3i Group, Citizens Capital, OneLiberty Ventures, Reach, and SI Ventures.", "http: www.brainshark.com 'Financial Captivate Appoints Steve Duffett as VP, Advertising Sales mail?", "top WESTFORD, Mass.", "(VENTUREWIRE) -- Captivate Network, an elevator media network, said it named Steve Duffett vice president of advertising sales, responsible for regional and national advertising sales.", "Prior to this post Mr. Duffett was the company's vice president of business development.", "Captivate is backed by ABS Capital Partners, Advent International, AEW Capital Management, Boston Properties, Cornerstone Properties, Crescent Rea l Estate Equities, Equity Office Properties Trust, Oakstone Ventures, OVP Venture Partners, Primus Venture Partners, Reckson Associates Realty, Shorenstein, and TrizecHahn Office Properties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7, 9 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park", "sents": [ "Red Rolfe Field at Biondi Park is a baseball venue in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States.", "It is home to the Dartmouth Big Green baseball team of the NCAA Division I Ivy League.", "The field has a capacity of 2,000 spectators.", "The field portion of the facility is named for Red Rolfe, Dartmouth Class of 1931, former New York Yankees player and Dartmouth athletic director from 1954-1967." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 3 ] }, { "title": "Red Rolfe", "sents": [ "Robert Abial \"Red\" Rolfe (October 17, 1908 – July 8, 1969) was an American third baseman, manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball.", "The native of Penacook, New Hampshire, Rolfe, a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, also was an Ivy Leaguer: a graduate, then long-time athletic director of Dartmouth College, and (from 1943–46) baseball and basketball coach at Yale University." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6027_p49", "sents": [ "Both companies have denied wrongdoing but in May, Williams agreed to refund $8 million after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accused of the company of temporarily closing AES plants to drive up power prices.", "Davis asks PUC to let utilities cut voltage 1% savings on energy consumption predicted David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Wednesday, July 4, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 07 04 M N29133.DTL Gov.", "Gray Davis asked the Public Utilities Commission yesterday to allow electric companies to lower voltage levels on power lines delivering electricity to consumers this summer.", "The move will save about 1 percent in the state's electricity consumption, the equivalent of building a new 500-megawatt power plant.", "Lowering voltages by 2.5 percent will prove barely noticeable by domestic users who might see their incandescent light bulbs dim slightly.", "Refrigerators and electric motors, such as those that run air conditioners, should operate more efficiently on the lower voltages, experts said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "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, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27309_p20", "sents": [ "Gregory Smith was named chief financial officer.", "Mr. Smith previously served as vice president of finance and administration at Petopia.com.", "Steve Borthwick was promoted to chief technology officer.", "Mr. Borthwick joined the company in March 1999 to lead the company&#39;s technical services organization in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.", "Sheldon Feinland was promoted to vice president of worldwide sales.", "Mr. Feinland joined the company in October 2000 as vice president of North American operations.", "WhiteLight Systems is backed by Charter Venture Capital, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, GE Capital, GE Financial Assurance Holdings, GE Investments, Itochu Group, Sybase, Warburg Pincus, and individuals.< font <br <br <a href=\"http: www.whitelight.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.whitelight.com< font a td tr table <br <br <br <table cellPadding=5 width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" <tr bgcolor=\"#FOE68C\" <td align=left vAlign=top width=\"100%\" <font color=\"#006699\" face=\"verdana, arial, helvetica\" size=2 <b EXECUTIVE SEARCHES< b font <br <br <font color=black face=\"verdana, arial, helvetica\" size=2 <b <a name=clsfd1207 Principal< a --Venture Capital--Colorado< b <br <br Exciting work with a team pursuing great venture returns in a high-quality living environment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Warburg Pincus", "sents": [ "Warburg Pincus, LLC is an American private equity firm with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China and India.", "It has been a private equity investor since 1966.The firm currently has approximately $40 billion in assets under management and invests in a range of sectors including retail, industrial manufacturing, energy, financial services, health care, technology, media, and real estate.", "Warburg Pincus is a growth investor.", "Warburg Pincus has raised 15 private equity funds which have invested $58 billion in over 760 companies in 40 countries." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dianne Feinstein", "sents": [ "Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein ( ; born Dianne Emiel Goldman; June 22, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from California.", "A member of the Democratic Party, she has served in the Senate since 1992.", "She also served as the 38th Mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5533_p108", "sents": [ "'AS LONG AS IT WORKS' Sen. Dianne Feinstein said the action expected Monday was likely to fall short of what she wanted, although she called it \"another step forward.\"", "While FERC is likely to avoid using the words \"price caps\" to describe its plan (it called its original order \"price mitigation\"), Feinstein said, \"I don't care what you call it as long as it works.\"", "Feinstein, testifying yesterday at a Government Affairs Committee hearing on energy, said she believed the new order would still permit price manipulati on because the caps are set at the price charged by the least- efficient -- therefore highest cost and most polluting -- generators.", "Feinstein's bill to force FERC to impose price caps until 2003 is scheduled for committee action this month.", "She wants firm price caps based on each generator's costs, much like the regulatory regime in place before California's electricity restructuring.", "Some economists argue, however, that the type of price controls FERC is expected to use more closely correspond to the price that a functioning market would produce." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kenneth Lay", "sents": [ "Kenneth Lee \"Ken\" Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman.", "He was the CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation for most of its existence and is a central figure in the Enron scandal.", "Lay was indicted by a grand jury and was found guilty of 10 counts of securities fraud.", "Lay died while vacationing, three months before his October 23 sentencing.", "A preliminary autopsy reported Lay had died of a heart attack caused by coronary artery disease and his conviction was vacated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e20477_p19", "sents": [ "Over the years, Enron has compensated its very talented labor with stock options to make up for base pay considered low by the industry.", "Those options are now nearly worthless.", "If Enron's debt-service costs rise, the company could struggle to attract the talent needed to generate income in its core business of trading energy in North America.", "Some analysts would like to see more turnover at the very top.", "When Skilling left, nobody believed Skilling or Chairman Kenneth Lay's assurances that it was for \"personal reasons.\"", "When CFO Fastow was forced out of his position last week, Lay said, \"In my continued discussions with the financial community, it became clear to me that restoring investor confidence would require us to replace Andy as CFO.\"", "That's putting words in Wall Street analysts' mouths.", "Who thought scapegoating Fastow was really the answer?", "\"I don't know anybody who said that,\" Wasden said.", "\"What did the CFO do, what did Skilling do, that Ken Lay wasn't part of?\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10836_p2", "sents": [ "The Secretary of Revenue of Pennsylvania cited us in his report on the impact of electric restructuring on Pennsylvania's economy.", "The Alabama Attorney General asked CAEM to testify on his behalf before the Alabama PSC using the RED Index methodology.", "World Bank called it \"the most sophisticated scorecard for measuring power sector reform.\"", "The following are several of the companies that purchased last year's index: BG&E, Duke, PSE&G Energy Services, Enron, Allegheny Power, Dynegy, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, DLJ, Constellation, Deutsche Banc, ConEd, NRECA, Excelergy, Green Mountain, FPL, GPU, Marubeni Power International, McKinsey, Niagara Mohawk, PECO, PG&E, Shell, Anderson Consulting, and SoCal Edison, to name a few of the more recognizable names.", "CAEM provides the RED Index at no fee to 1,600 government policy organizations, including public utility commissions and state legislatures, and nonprofit, public-interest organizations.", "CAEM funds the study by charging a modest fee to private sector organizations.", "The report also lists the following CAEM awards, as well as others: * The CAEM RED Carpet Award goes to the person, organization or event that most furthers the cause of an effective transition from the monopoly model to the choice model." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e529_p31", "sents": [ "In San Francisco on Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved electricity rate increases of up to 46 percent to try to head off blackouts this summer by keeping the state's two biggest utilities from going under.", "When California officials set up deregulation they allowed the price of wholesale electricity to rise but capped the amount companies could charge customers, Skilling said.", "SoCal Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric say they have lost more than $13 billion since last summer because they haven't been able to pass on the high cost of wholesale electricity.", "Skilling said Texans are in a much better position and shouldn't worry that their state's deregulation would be like the California experience.", "\"California, they just put together a crazy system,\" Skilling said in his first public comments since becoming the Houston-based company's chief executive officer in February.", "\"The markets in California are the most regulated markets in North America today." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Hansol", "sents": [ "Hansol is a South Korean conglomerate, or chaebol.", "The company's main operations are construction, electronics, tourism, chemicals, household interiors, paper products, telecom, and logistics.", "Hansol used to be a part of Samsung Group, and is still owned by one of the relatives of the Samsung and Shinsegae family." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e8814_p17", "sents": [ "ITU Ventures is a seed-stage firm that invests in and develops technology businesses emerging from the nation's top graduate schools.", "The fund has a network of graduate students and faculty members.", "ITU will now expand its network of campus partners and faculty advisors to twelve graduate business and engineering universities including: Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, Georgia Tech, Harvard, MIT, Purdue, Stanford, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and UT Austin.", "ITU Ventures has provided seed funding, support services and business development contacts for six companies since March of 2000. http: www.itu.com Qualcomm Parnters with Hansol i Ventures for Korean Fund mail this story?", "top SEOUL, Korea (VENTUREWIRE) -- Qualcomm, a publicly traded developer of code division multiple access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, said it formed aan approximately $60 million Korean partnership fund with Hansol i Ventures, a subsidiary of Hansol.", "The fund will invest in Korean startup companies involved with the development of CDMA products to support the adoption of CDMA and drive usage of the wireless Internet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1948 Women's Western Open", "sents": [ "The 1948 Women's Western Open was a golf competition held at Skycrest Country Club, which was the 19th edition of the event.", "Patty Berg won the championship in match play competition by defeating Babe Zaharias in the final match, 37 holes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Patty Berg", "sents": [ "Patricia Jane Berg (February 13, 1918 – September 10, 2006) was an American professional golfer and a founding member and then leading player on the LPGA Tour during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.", "Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a female golfer.", "She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Auckland Botanic Gardens", "sents": [ "Auckland Botanic Gardens is a 64-hectare botanical garden in Manurewa, South Auckland, New Zealand, owned by Auckland Council.", "The first purchase of land by the Auckland Regional Authority (ARA) – predecessor of Auckland Regional Council (ARC) – dates back to 1968.", "Developments started in 1973.", "The garden was officially opened to the public in 1982.", "In that same year the first (and until now only) Visitors Guide was published.", "It now holds more than 10,000 plants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Manurewa", "sents": [ "Manurewa is a major suburb in South Auckland, New Zealand.", "It was part of Manukau City before the creation of the Auckland super city in 2010.", "It is located 6 km south of the Manukau City Centre, and 26 km southeast of Auckland CBD." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Lavazza", "sents": [ "Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. (] ) is an Italian manufacturer of coffee products.", "Founded in Turin in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, it was initially run from a small grocery store at Via San Tommaso 10.", "The business of Lavazza S.p.A. is currently administered by the third and fourth generation of the Lavazza family." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e8276_p34", "sents": [ "CONNECTED COFFEE It's no longer a pipe d ream.", "Lavazza and eDevice have?", "unveiled the world's first Internet-enabl ed espresso maker.?", "Further, Web tablets, Internet radios, and other conn ected?", "appliances are popping up everywhere.", "But business models?", "and r evenue streams have proven elusive.", "The consumer?", "devices panel at Techno logy Outlook 2000, will explore?", "some of the difficulties of this emergi ng market with:?", "* Safi Qureshy, Chairman, AudioRamp?", "* Daniel H. R imer, Partner, The Barksdale Group?", "* Kent Savage, President & CEO, Netpl iance?", "* Michael Slater, President, PhotoTablet?", "Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive Computing?", "December 4 and 5, San Francisco http: technologicpartners.com tp conf to2000 investor index?", "3i Group, 3i Group, Accel Partners, Accel Partners, Alcan Aluminium Limi ted, Alcoa, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Anglo American Security Fund, Argus, BEA Systems, Bessemer Venture Partners, Brinson Partners, Broadvie w Capital Partners, Cahill, Warnock & Company, Charter Growth Capital, Clearlight Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital Group, Dell Computer, Deutsche Bank, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, First Union Capital P!" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2013 Košice Open", "sents": [ "The 2013 Košice Open is a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts.", "It is the eleventh edition of the tournament which is part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour.", "It takes place in Košice, Slovakia between 10 and 16 June 2013." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Košice", "sents": [ "Košice (] , also known by other alternative names) is the largest city in eastern Slovakia and in 2013 was the European Capital of Culture (together with Marseille, France).", "It is situated on the river Hornád at the eastern reaches of the Slovak Ore Mountains, near the border with Hungary.", "With a population of approximately 240,000, Košice is the second largest city in Slovakia after the capital Bratislava." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27973_p10", "sents": [ "Mr. Carr joins from iPlanet, where he most recently served as director of sales.", "Vericept, formerly eSniff, is backed by Sequel Venture Partners.", "<http: www.vericept.com * FirstRain Expands Management Team top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IHHPNHNMII NEW YORK -- FirstRain, a developer of infrastructure software products for enterprise decision support, said it named several new members to its management team.", "Robert Wilson, former director of consulting at Proxicom, was named vice president of strategic alliances.", "Mike Brzezinski, former director of sales for the New York region at Exodus Communications, was named managing director of Northeast sales.", "And Chun Lee, who previously worked at SPL WorldGroup, Comsat, NYNEX, and Johnson & Johnson, was named director of finance and administration.", "FirstRain is backed by Allegra Partners, Diamondhead Ventures, Myriad Investments, St. Paul Venture Capital, as well as individuals including Rajat Gupta, CEO of McKinsey & Co.; John Hennessy, president of Stanford University; and Greg Papadopoulos, chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Stanford University", "sents": [ "Stanford University (Stanford; officially Leland Stanford Junior University, colloquially the Farm) is a private research university in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and between San Jose and San Francisco.", "Stanford's undergraduate program is the most selective in America.", "Due to its academic strength, wealth, and proximity to Silicon Valley it is often cited as one of the world's most prestigious universities." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5785_p6", "sents": [ "\"It's not a common problem,\" Taylor said.", "\"We have controls in place to take care of this kind of thing.\"", "Joubert began sniffing around the case after a news article regarding the company's fourth quarter charge aroused suspicions.", "Odom said the close-knit and fast-paced world of energy trading helped lead to a misunderstanding of his client's deal.", "-By Roy R. Reynolds, Dow Jones Newswires; 713-547-9208; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "INDIA: CMS says India LNG project now stalled.", "By Suresh Seshadri 06 22 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. MADRAS, India, June 22 (Reuters) - United States firm CMS Energy Corp's LNG-based power project at Ennore in southern India is now completely stalled for want of a credit support mechanism from the Indian government, a top firm official said on Friday.", "Rodney E. Boulanger, CMS Generation Co's president, said in a statement e-mailed to Reuters that the firm though \"not threatening to withdraw\" from the project was \"losing heart\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Ennore", "sents": [ "Ennore is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India.", "Ennore is situated on a peninsula and is bounded by the Korttalaiyar River, Ennore creek and the Bay of Bengal.", "The creek separates Ennore from the Ennore Port and Athipattu Pudunagar.", "The neighbourhood is served by Ennore railway station.", "It was recently merged with Chennai City, of which it now forms the 1st ward.", "Over the years Ennore has become the hub of a range of industrial projects, mainly thermal power stations, fertilizer factories, industrial ports and coal yards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American Aerolights Eagle", "sents": [ "The American Aerolights Eagle is an American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Larry Hair and produced by American Aerolights, introduced in 1975.", "The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "American Aerolights", "sents": [ "American Aerolights Inc. was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Larry Newman.", "The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Lockyer", "sents": [ "William Westwood Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is a veteran California politician, who held elective office from 1973 to 2015, as State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General, and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate.", "Described by journalistic observers as one of the state's most \"colorful\" and \"shrewdest\" public officials, he has long been known to speak his mind with an uncommon frankness that occasionally caused him political embarrassment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1332_p3", "sents": [ "BUT THAT COULD DISSUADE THEM FROM CREATING NEEDED SUPPLY, OTHERS WARN.", "BYLINE: JULIE TAMAKI, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: SACRAMENTO BODY: Lt. Gov.", "Cruz Bustamante wants to empower the state to throw power producers in jail.", "Atty.", "Gen. Bill Lockyer is offering a $ 50-million reward to anyone who helps him prosecute them for fraud.", "Senate leader John Burton is calling on the governor to commandeer their plants.", "As the electricity crisis has escalated, so have efforts by lawmakers to go after the big energy companies--described as \"pirates\" or a \"cartel\"--that they say have brought California to its knees.", "They want the mostly out-of-state companies, which Gov.", "Gray Davis recently described as \"the biggest snakes on the planet Earth,\" punished and some of their earnings returned to the public.", "* Bustamante proposed that the Legislature enact a law to make it a felony for energy companies to charge unreasonable and unjust prices." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jerry Brown", "sents": [ "Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician and lawyer who has been the 39th Governor of California since 2011.", "A member of the Democratic Party, Brown previously served as the 34th governor from 1975 to 1983, and is the longest-serving governor in California history.", "Prior to and following his first governorship, Brown served in numerous state, local and party positions, and thrice ran as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3246_p26", "sents": [ "Gray Davis and other lawmakers to get the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose strict price caps.", "\"The citizens of California are suffering immediate irreparable harm as a result of FERC's abrogation of its duty to establish just and reasonable rates for electricity,\" the lawmakers wrote to the 9th United States Circuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over FERC.", "The lawmakers, joined by the city of Oakland, said California's looming threat of continued blackouts \"are an imminent threat to the health, welfar e and safety of every California citizen.\"", "\"There's a danger this entire economy can come unwound,\" warned former governor and now Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown.", "He plans to recruit his fellow mayors to also pressure FERC.", "However, Assembly Republican Leader Dave Cox of Fair Oaks questioned whethe r the federal court will intervene in the commission's ongoing regulatory decisions.", "\"If the court takes it, it's meritorious.", "If not, it's political ,\" Cox said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "100% Banco", "sents": [ "100% Banco is a privately owned commercial bank from Venezuela, based in Caracas.", "It is owned by the Benacerraf family.", "As of July 2009, the bank has 19 branches throughout the country, mainly in the capital city of Caracas." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Caracas", "sents": [ "Caracas (] ; ] ), officially Santiago de León de Caracas, is the capital, the center of the Greater Caracas Area, and the largest city of Venezuela.", "Caracas is located along the Guaire River in the northern part of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Venezuelan coastal mountain range (Cordillera de la Costa).", "Terrain suitable for building lies between 760 and 1,140 m (2,490 and 3,740 ft) above sea level.", "The valley is close to the Caribbean Sea, separated from the coast by a steep 2,200-metre-high (7,200 ft) mountain range, Cerro El Ávila; to the south there are more hills and mountains." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3248_p17", "sents": [ "John Pfaff was named chief information officer, formerly serving as principal at BusinessEdge Solutions, an operations systems integrator.", "Ron Toth was name d vice president, network engineering.", "Mr. Toth was formerly with AT&T.", "Spher a Optical Networks is backed by Mayfield, Oak Investment Partners, Pequot Capital Management, Soros Private Equity Partners, and Worldview Technology Partners.", "http: www.spheranetworks.com BancBoston Adds William Gemmell as Mng.", "Dir.", "of Operations mail?", "top BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- BancBoston Capital, the private equity arm of FleetBoston Financial, said it appointed William Gemmell as managing direct or of operations, managing the company's systems, finance and administrative teams, and its client services group.", "Mr. Gemmell formerly served as executive vice president of operations at BostonCoach, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity Investments.", "BancBoston Capital and its affiliates have invested more than $5 billion.", "http: www.bancbostoncapital.com Ensim Appoints Effendy Shahul-Hamid as Managing Director mail?", "top SUNNYVALE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Ensim, a hosting automation provider, said it appointed Effendy Shahul-Hamid as managing director, Asia Pacific." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "FleetBoston Financial", "sents": [ "FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts–based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston.", "In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; all of its banks and branches were converted to Bank of America." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Willamette Valley", "sents": [ "The Willamette Valley ( ) is a 150 mi long valley in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.", "The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley, and it is surrounded by mountains on three sides – the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon Coast Range to the west, and the Calapooya Mountains to the south.", "It forms the cultural and political heart of Oregon, and is home to approximately 70 percent of its population including its three largest cities: Portland, Eugene and Salem, the state capital." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e27068_p48", "sents": [ "During the third quarter of 1999, a time of relative stability for energy markets, PGE spent $241 million for electricity and fuel.", "PGE owns power plants capable of meeting roughly half the demand of its 730,000 residential and business customers.", "It buys the rest of its electricity on wholesale markets.", "A subsidiary of Houston-based Enron, the utility serves more Oregon customers than any other utility.", "Its territory covers most of the populous northern Willamette Valley.", "PGE attributed the recent steep drop in electric power prices to federal price controls, mild summer weather, added generation from new power plants, a fall in natural gas prices and conservation.", "Drought conditions, which forced PGE to rely more heavily on natural gas-fired power plants rather than hydroelectric generation, further increased the utility's costs, PGE reported.", "PGE disclosed its third-quarter loss in a filing late last week with the Securities and Exchange Commission.", "The utility will submit its full quarterly report in mid-November." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Neferu III", "sents": [ "Neferu (English: Beauty) was an ancient Egyptian queen of the 12th Dynasty.", "She was a daughter of Amenemhat I (r. 1991–1962 BC), sister-wife of Senusret I (r. 1971–1926 BC) and the mother of Amenemhat II." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Senusret I", "sents": [ "Senusret I, also anglicized as Sesostris I and Senwosret I, was the second pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt.", "He ruled from 1971 BC to 1926 BC, and was one of the most powerful kings of this Dynasty.", "He was the son of Amenemhat I and his wife Nefertitanen.", "His wife and sister was Neferu.", "She was also the mother of the successor Amenemhat II.", "Senusret I was known by his prenomen, Kheperkare, which means \"the Ka of Re is created.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "San Francisco Chronicle", "sents": [ "The San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California.", "It was founded in 1865 as \"The Daily Dramatic Chronicle\" by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H. de Young.", "The paper is currently owned by the Hearst Corporation, which bought it from the de Young family in 2000.", "It is the only major daily paper covering the city and county of San Francisco." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1327_p0", "sents": [ "'* yesterday's San Diego Union Tribune PG&E sent hard-nosed proposal to Davis demanding no regulation ASSOCIATED PRESS April 16, 2001 SAN FRANCISCO Pacific Gas and Electric Co. officials demanded the util ity be cut free from state regulation and be allowed to push huge rate increase s onto its customers, two weeks before negotiations with Gov.", "Gray Davis brok e off, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.", "\"Perhaps we misjudged their primary concern,\" said Steve Maviglio, the governor's spokesman.", "\"It wasn't resolving their credit issue.", "It was extracting vengeance on the PUC.\"", "In addition to insisting that it be released from the state Public Utilitie s Commission's regulatory grip, PG&E demanded it be allowed to buy back its power lines without competitive offers if the state ever decided to sell.", "I n addition, it wanted to continue profiting from any telecommunications lines or antennas linked to the system, according to a Feb. 28 eight-page proposa l obtained by the Chronicle and published Sunday." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Puget Sound Energy", "sents": [ "Puget Sound Energy (PSE) is a Washington state energy utility providing electrical power and natural gas primarily in the Puget Sound region of the northwest United States.", "The utility serves electricity to more than 1.1 million customers in Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Pierce, Skagit, Thurston, and Whatcom counties; and provides natural gas to 750,000 customers in King, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Snohomish and Thurston counties.", "The company has a 6,000 sqmi electric and natural gas service area." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3140_p99", "sents": [ "But Gulf Power in Pensacola, Fla., rolled out newer technology last year an d thinks it has a hit.", "About 1,500 customers are already online with 400 more on the waiting list, even though the smart meters cost them $4.53 a month.", "\"People like the control over their power bill,\" says Gulf's Margaret Neyma n, general manager of marketing.", "She says customers are saving 15 percent, which more than covers their participation cost.", "Puget Sound Energy in Bellevue, Wash., has enrolled more than 420,000 customers in a smart-meter program.", "They've been getting reports, showing when they use power the most and what it costs to deliver.", "This month, the utility started tying its smart meters to time-of-use pricing.", "Customers pay less during night-time hours, all day Sundays and holidays.", "Consumer and environmental groups generally haven't supported market-based pricing for homes.", "They blame high prices, in part, on market manipulation and don't want the power sellers to profit from it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e8209_p5", "sents": [ "The capital was provided by Raza Foundries, which builds and operates broadband networking and communication companies.", "Pacific Broadband is headed by Alok Sharma, founder, president and CTO, who formerly served as a consultant at Redback Systems, and Atiq Raza, chairman of the company's board and preside nt and CEO of Raza Foundries.", "The company also said it named Tony Werner, president and CEO of Aurora Networks, and Alex Best, executive vice preside nt of engineering and CTO of Cox Communications, to its board of directors.", "http: www.pacificbroadband.com 401k Site Firm PlanAnalytics Gets $6.5 Million Round One MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. (VENTUREWIRE) -- PlanAnalytics, creator of 401k information site search401k.com, said it completed its first round of financing with $6.5 million, led by Euclid SR Partners.", "$4.5 million of the funding has already been invested, with the remaining $2 million to be invested by the end of the year.", "Search401k.com rates retirement product s and offers a database of information about 401k plans for financial advi sors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Alok Sharma", "sents": [ "Alok Sharma (born 7 September 1967) is an Indian-born British politician with the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.", "He was elected in 2010 as Member of Parliament for Reading West and in 2016 was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by Theresa May.", "In 2017 he moved to become Housing and Planning minister in the Department for Communities and Local Government." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Integrated Device Technology", "sents": [ "Integrated Device Technology, Inc. is a publicly traded American corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, that designs, manufactures, and markets low-power, high-performance mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for the advanced communications, computing, and consumer industries.", "The company markets its products primarily to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).", "Founded in 1980, the company began as a provider of complementary metal-oxide semiconductors (CMOS) for the communications business segment and computing business segments.", "The company is focused on three major areas: communications infrastructure (wireless and wired), high-performance computing, and advanced power management." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5326_p26", "sents": [ "Mr. Perham formerly served as CEO of Integrated Device Technology.", "Clear Logic is backed by Seligman Technology Group, Adam Smith & Company, Asia Tech Ventures, and H&Q Global Alliance.", "http: www.clear-logic.com Microelectronics App Firm Promotes Its VP To President Post SAN DIEGO -- INCEP Technologies, which designs, develops and licenses proprietary packaging and interconnect technology for microelectronic applications, said it has appointed Jim Hjerpe Kaskade, its vice president of marketing and sales, as the company's new president.", "Mr. Kaskade is a co-founder of INCEP, which is backed by Top Tier Investments, Corning Capital, Apple Oaks Partners, executives from Intel, and Bob Gerskey, the director of Banc of America Securities.", "http: www.incep.com VC Fund News o New Fund, FA Technology Ventures, Launches BOSTON -- FA Technology Ventures, a venture capital investment company, said it has formed a new fund that will target early stage start-up companies.", "The company, which declined to disclose the amount of the fund, said it will invest between $3 million and $10 million, focusing on information technology companies in the Northeast region." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3222_p0", "sents": [ "\"Thank you again for attending last Thursday's meeting with Ken Lay.", "As a follow-up to the meeting, I'm attaching a letter that outlines the five-point solution Ken discussed.", "The governor and legislators need to hear from California's business leaders about a comprehensive solution that addresses the short- and long-term problems of California's energy crisis.", "Please sign this letter and send it to the following key legislators -- and to any legislators with whom you have a good relationship: Governor Gray Davis Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg Senate President Pro Tem John Burton Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Fred Keeley Assembly Republican Leader Dave Cox Senator Debra Bowen Please send me or Ken Lay a copy of the letter, and keep us updated on any feedback you receive from the governor and legislators.", "Thank you for your assistance in helping advance a solution to California's energy crisis.", "If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Robert Hertzberg", "sents": [ "Robert Myles \"Bob\" Hertzberg (born November 19, 1954) is an American politician currently serving in the California State Senate.", "He is a Democrat representing the 18th Senate District, encompassing parts of the San Fernando Valley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e407_p13", "sents": [ "Serving this 200,000 square miles of territory and 6 million customers requires an awful lot of transmission, distribution and wire,\" Noel said in a speech at the Houston Energy Expo.", "\"Also important are the constraints that exist.\"", "Currently, has 65,000 MW of generation and a 2000 peak summer load of around 57,000 MW.", "Twenty-two new power plants have been built in Texas in the past five years, 15 are under construction and 30 are on the drawing board, he said.", "Moving that power from often remote plants to the biggest markets presents a challenge, particularly in four areas served by ERCOT, which manages 85 percent of the Texas power grid.", "\"You can't get it from there to here,\" Noel said of the trouble spots.", "Transmission constraints exist in moving power from the south to the north, where fast-growing Dallas creates a high demand; inside Dallas itself; from the Rio Grande Valley to Austin and San Antonio in Central Texas; and from lightly populated West Texas to the eastern half of the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Central Texas", "sents": [ "Central Texas is a region in the U.S. state of Texas surrounding Austin and roughly bordered by Brady to Kerrville to La Grange to Waco.", "Central Texas contains the Texas Hill Country and corresponds to a physiographic section designation within the Edwards Plateau, in a geographic context." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27069_p17", "sents": [ "Many analysts responded by cutting the shares ratings on concerns that dealings with the related LJM partnership, connected to its then chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, may affect future earnings.", "Fastow was dismissed by Enron's board last Thursday for his involvement in running the LJM partnerships, in which Enron had invested.", "Enron's heavy investments in water, broadband and international energy have come under significant pressure in the wake of the current economic deterioration.", "Following the company's third-quarter results, investors have been abandoning the stock in droves, worried that the valuation and credibility of Enron's core business, merchant energy, is at risk.", "\"The Big Bets that Enron took on water and broadband were designed to overcome future limits to growth in its very successful energy merchant business and propel Enron into a new league of company.", "\"The Bets turned out to be too big, and regrouping after they failed is the root of the current confusion over Enron's forward prospects,\" said Duane Grubert, an analyst at Bernstein." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "e19496_p2", "sents": [ "At 11.55 am, Enron was down 1.35 usd, or 9.57 pct, to 12.55. The DJIA rose 61.23 points to 9,136.44, the S&P 500 gained 8.76 points to 1 ,068.40 points, the Nasdaq composite climbed 23.02 points to 1,713.40. Yesterday, Enron announced the election of William Powers Jr to the board, to chair a Special Committee that will examine and take any appropriate act ions with respect to transactions between Enron and entities connected to r elated parties.", "In addition to reviewing the transactions in question, the Special Committe e is charged with communicating with the SEC and recommending any other act ions it deems appropriate.", "While the investigation might take time to draw a conclusion, the immediate cash crunch Enron has been facing is expected to be resolved, said Merrill Lynch analyst Duane Grubert.", "One step in that direction came following Enron's announcement that JP Morg an and Salomon Smith Barney Inc have executed commitment letters to provide 1 bln usd in secured credit lines supported by the company's Northern Natu ral Gas and Transwestern Pipeline assets." ], "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, 3 ] }, { "title": "e20322_p14", "sents": [ "\"I said two years ago it was at least two years away.", "I still think it's probably at least two years away, before we actually call it a trading commodity.\"", "The metro-area infrastructure that Dynegy and other companies are building will create connections between networks, which are needed in order to trade bandwidth as a commodity, Watson said.", "It's unfortunate that Enron's model for bandwidth as a traded commodity is the dominant image for the entire market, Watson said.", "Dynegy's model includes telecom contracts, negotiated directly with customers for long-term supply of bandwidth.", "Dynegy's bandwidth trading desk is staffed by four people.", "For the past several months, they have been buying bandwidth for Dynegy's customers.", "The goal has been to build a customer base.", "\"We're looking at being an intermediary, and really looking at the same customers that we feed energy today.\"", "Since Dynegy lit its 16,000 route-mile network two weeks ago, the trading desk has been trying to fill the company's network instead of buying bandwidth from others." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1816_p45", "sents": [ "RTO West will serve as \"an anchor\" for the ultimate formation of such a West-wide RTO.", "FERC Chairman Curt Hebert praised the action as a significant development in the commission's RTO implementation effort.", "RTO West should provide an important part of a solution to the electricity supply problems plaguing the region, he said.", "-By Bryan Lee, Dow Jones Newswires, 202-862-6647, [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "USA: El Paso nipping at Enron's bandwidth heels.", "By C. Bryson Hull 04 25 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, April 25 (Reuters) - El Paso Corp. on Wednesday emerged as one of the most active bandwidth trading players after announcing new trading numbers and the acquisition of a new network connection facility.", "El Paso Global Networks, the Houston-based company's telecom unit, completed 395 bandwidth trades in the first quarter of 2001, more than double the 160 it consummated in the previous quarter, unit President Greg Jenkins told analysts Wednesday during a conference call." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] }, { "title": "El Paso Corp.", "sents": [ "El Paso Corporation was a provider of natural gas and related energy products and was one of North America's largest natural gas producers until its acquisition by Kinder Morgan in 2012.", "It was headquartered in Houston, Texas.", "United States." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "KXAS-TV", "sents": [ "KXAS-TV, virtual channel 5 (UHF digital channel 41), is an NBC owned-and-operated television station serving the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex that is licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States.", "The station is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal (itself a division of Comcast), and is part of a duopoly with Telemundo owned-and-operated station KXTX-TV (channel 39).", "The two stations share studio facilities located at The Studios at DFW at the CentrePort Business Park on Amon Carter Boulevard (near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport) in Fort Worth; KXAS maintains transmitter facilities located south of Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Comcast", "sents": [ "Comcast Corporation (formerly registered as Comcast Holdings) is an American global telecommunications conglomerate that is the largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world by revenue.", "It is the second-largest pay-TV company after AT&T, largest cable TV company and largest home Internet service provider in the United States, and the nation's third-largest home telephone service provider.", "Comcast services U.S. residential and commercial customers in 40 states and in the District of Columbia.", "The company's headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.", "As the owner of the international media company NBCUniversal since 2011, Comcast is a producer of feature films and television programs intended for theatrical exhibition and over-the-air and cable television broadcast." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Coronophoraceae", "sents": [ "The Coronophoraceae are a family of fungi in the Ascomycota, order Coronophorales.", "The family was described by Austrian mycologist Franz Xaver Rudolf von Höhnel in 1907." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ascomycota", "sents": [ "Ascomycota is a division or phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, form the subkingdom Dikarya.", "Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes.", "They are the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species.", "The defining feature of this fungal group is the \"ascus\" (from Greek: ἀσκός (\"askos\"), meaning \"sac\" or \"wineskin\"), a microscopic sexual structure in which nonmotile spores, called ascospores, are formed.", "However, some species of the Ascomycota are asexual, meaning that they do not have a sexual cycle and thus do not form asci or ascospores.", "Previously placed in the Deuteromycota along with asexual species from other fungal taxa, asexual (or anamorphic) ascomycetes are now identified and classified based on morphological or physiological similarities to ascus-bearing taxa, and by phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mahasathi Anasuya", "sents": [ "Mahasathi Anasuya (Kannada: ಮಹಾಸತಿ ಅನಸೂಯ) is a 1965 Indian Kannada film, directed by B. S. Ranga and produced by B. S. Ranga.", "The film stars Pandari Bai, Leelavathi, Jayanthi and Vanisri in lead roles.", "The film had musical score by S. Hanumantha Rao." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Pandari Bai", "sents": [ "Pandari Bai (Kannada: ಪಂಡರೀ ಬಾಯಿ ; 18 September 1928 – 29 January 2003) was a prominent actress of South Indian languages films mostly in Kannada language during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.", "She is considered Kannada cinema's first successful heroine.", "She has the distinction of having acted as both heroine and mother to stalwarts such as Rajkumar, MGR and Sivaji Ganesan.", "She was the heroine in Rajkumar's debut movie \"Bedara Kannappa\" and also Sivaji's debut movie \"Parasakthi\".", "She has acted in over 1,000 films in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Hindi." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2204_p47", "sents": [ "IDBI's sanctions and disbursements have been falling and non-performing assets increasing.", "It is sitting on piles of cash but finding deployment avenues hard to come by.", "Two former chiefs of IDBI S H Khan and G P Gupta spent a large chunk of their tenure and energy pleading with the finance ministry to delink IDBI's salary structure from that of the Reserve Bank of India, but without success.", "Small wonder that Chakrabarti, who became acting chairman on February 1 for a three-month term, has singled out the low morale of the staff as his prime concern.", "He wants to address this on a war footing.", "The Centre has now successfully demoralised him by offering him another uncertain term.", "Former finance minister Manmohan Singh accepted Khan's argument on market-driven package (he reportedly wanted a pay scale for his employees that was higher ICICI's) but could not do anything about it.", "P Chidambaram repeated Singh's failure on this front and Yashwant Sinha too thinks the proposal is not worth considering because it will have a ripple effect in the industry." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Manmohan Singh", "sents": [ "Manmohan Singh (] ; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.", "The first Sikh in office, Singh was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1979–80 Biathlon World Cup", "sents": [ "The 1979–80 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the UIPMB (Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon).", "The season started on 18 January 1980 in Ruhpolding, West Germany, and ended on 30 March 1980 in Murmansk, Soviet Union.", "It was the third season of the Biathlon World Cup, and it was only held for men." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Soviet Union", "sents": [ "The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, Russian: СССР), was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.", "Nominally a union of multiple equal national Soviet republics, its government and economy were highly centralized.", "The country was a one-party state, governed by the Communist Party with Moscow as its capital in its largest republic, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.", "The Russian nation had constitutionally equal status among the many nations of the union but exerted de facto dominance in various respects.", "Other major urban centres were Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Alma-Ata and Novosibirsk.", "The Soviet Union was one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possessed the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction.", "It was a founding permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, as well as a member of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and the leading member of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) and the Warsaw Pact." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1720_p45", "sents": [ "\"I have a strong preference for markets, but it's a mistake to believe that we have a free market when it comes to energy,\" said Smith, the only G OP co-sponsor of the legislation.", "Their bill would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, whi ch regulates United States wholesale electricity prices, either to impose a regional price cap or institute a rate schedule for each power generator, tying the price of electricity to the cost of producing it.", "Coincidentally, FERC today is expected to decide on various other proposals to again limit California's power costs--but without explicitly stating that the plans include price controls.", "Why?", "Because the Bush administration and FERC Chairman Curt Hebert Jr., among others, are on the record as adamantly opposing price caps.", "That's not surprising.", "Price controls often are tagged as a liberal maneuver that flies in the face of conservatives' free-market ideology.", "Yet ironically, hanging over the California debate is the legacy of a Republica n president who was the last one to mandate price controls on a nationwide level: Richard M. Nixon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] }, { "title": "e1969_p3", "sents": [ "FERC ordered California to try to fix its broken power purchasing system by buying the bulk of its electricity through long-term supply contracts with generators, rather than through last-minute purchases that forced the state to pay generators' and marketers' top prices.", "But FERC's plan was not implemented.", "\"They have the ability to resolve it and they are not following through with what we asked them to,\" FERC Chairman Curt Hebert Jr. said three months ago, just after being named chairman by Bush.", "But under growing political pressure to restrain California's extraordinary wholesale electricity charges and respond to complaints of overcharging, FERC has moved deeper into the morass.", "Since March, it has ordered power suppliers to refund $124.5 million or prove that their charges were justified.", "The generators say their prices have been based on high costs of natural gas and air pollution permits.", "\"We're very confident that FERC will see that these issues and transactions were just and reasonable,\" said Randy Harrison, chief executive for western operations of Mirant, a major California generator." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bill Lockyer", "sents": [ "William Westwood Lockyer (born May 8, 1941) is a veteran California politician, who held elective office from 1973 to 2015, as State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General, and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate.", "Described by journalistic observers as one of the state's most \"colorful\" and \"shrewdest\" public officials, he has long been known to speak his mind with an uncommon frankness that occasionally caused him political embarrassment." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e6735_p44", "sents": [ "The state attorney general's office and the state's Fair Political Practices Commission also are reviewing Jones' allegations.", "Maviglio and a spokesman for the state's Department of Water and Power coul d not say yesterday whether new employees were asked before they were hired whether they had any financial stake in the energy market.", "STOCKS SOLD VOLUNTARILY But some consultants acknowledged a potential conflict and got rid of stock s before this week.", "In his filing, Mark Skowdronski reports owning more than $10,000 worth of Reliant Energy stocks when he began his job in March of negotiating long-term contracts for the state.", "When he was given the task of negotiating with Reliant, he said he sold his stock on March 20. Jones has stopped short of accusing anyone of criminal activity.", "And a lett er from Attorney General Bill Lockyer to Jones notes that the consultants woul d have to own more than 3 percent of a company they dealt with to be prosecut ed criminally." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5463_p20", "sents": [ "Former SNK president Hizakasu Yamaguchi will serve as president of the Asian distributor.", "Varimetrix is backed by SNK and Samsung.", "http: www.vx.com http: www.encee.com New Directors o Web App Software Firm Notara Adds Two to Board NEW YORK -- Notara, a Web application software company, said it has appointed Neil Austrian, the chairman of iWon.com and former president and chief operating officer of NFL, to its board of directors.", "Mark Dowley, the president of the marketing communications group of McCann-Erikson WorldGroup and chairman and chief operating officer of Momentum Worldwide has also taken a seat on the board, Notara said.", "Notara is backed by Hummer Winbald Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Nassau Capital, Sumitomo Corp, and the UK-based Prot,g, Group.", "http: www.notara.com Advent Partner Joins Board of Imaging Firm LightLab WESTFORD, Mass.", "-- LightLab Imaging, a developer of optical coherence tomography systems for imaging applications, said it appointed William C. Mills III to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "SNK", "sents": [ "SNK Corporation (株式会社SNK , Kabushiki Gaisha SNK ) is a Japanese video game hardware and software company, successor to the Shin Nihon Kikaku and current owner of the SNK video game brand and Neo Geo video game platform.", "The Shin Nihon Kikaku Corporation was founded on July 22, 1978 by Eikichi Kawasaki.", "Initially called \"Shin Nihon Kikaku\" (新日本企画 , lit.", "\"New Japan Project\") , the name was informally shortened to SNK Corporation in 1981 before becoming the company's official name in 1986." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pacific Northwest", "sents": [ "The Pacific Northwest (in the United States, commonly abbreviated as PNW), sometimes referred to as Cascadia, is a geographic region in western North America bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and (loosely) by the Cascade Mountain Range on the east.", "Though no agreed boundary exists, a common conception includes the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia.", "Broader conceptions reach north into Alaska and Yukon, south into northern California and east to the Continental Divide, thus including Idaho, Western Montana, and western Wyoming.", "Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana are more accurately termed the Inland Northwest (INW), as the climate, folia, fauna, and politics are different than in the Pacific Northwest, as well as a different time zone in all but North Idaho.", "Narrower conceptions may be limited to the northwestern US or to the coastal areas west of the Cascade and Coast mountains.", "The variety of definitions can be attributed to partially overlapping commonalities of the region's history, geography, society, and other factors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2868_p125", "sents": [ "A megawatt is enough power to serve 1,000 homes.", "While most of the country will have enough electricity, the council's repor t also warned of potential problems in the Northeast, with possible power disruptions if there is a persistent heat wave, and in the Pacific Northwes t as well as possibly in Texas.", "The New York City area could have blackouts if there are transmission problems on lines into the region, the report said.", "While Texas has plenty of electricity, it \"should be closely watched\" becau se the state is shifting into a retail competitive market in June and consolidating some grid management activities, David Cook, the reliability council's general counsel, said.", "\"There is no magic bullet, no single thing to be done that will solve the challenges we face\" in trying to assure electricity reliability, Cook said in testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.", "In the Pacific Northwest, there is expected to be enough power to meet summ er demand despite low hydroelectric generation as a result of a severe drought But, the report said, if the region's drought continues, there could be rolling blackouts next winter." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kalambo Falls", "sents": [ "The Kalambo Falls on the Kalambo River is a 772 ft (235m) single drop waterfall on the border of Zambia and Tanzania at the southeast end of Lake Tanganyika.", "The falls are some of the tallest uninterrupted falls in Africa (after South Africa's Tugela Falls, Ethiopia's Jin Bahir Falls and others).", "Downstream of the falls, is the Kalambo Gorge which has a width of about 1 km and a depth of up to 300m, running for about 5 km before opening out into the Lake Tanganyika rift valley." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Lake Tanganyika", "sents": [ "Lake Tanganyika is an African Great Lake.", "It is the second oldest freshwater lake in the world, second largest by volume, and the second deepest, in all cases after Lake Baikal in Siberia; it is also the world's longest freshwater lake.", "The lake is divided among four countries – Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, and Zambia, with Tanzania (46%) and DRC (40%) possessing the majority of the lake.", "The water flows into the Congo River system and ultimately into the Atlantic Ocean." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jazmin's Touch", "sents": [ "Jazmin's Touch is a scripted adult fantasy series currently airing on Playboy TV, as part of their Saturday Date Night campaign.", "The series revolves around a sensual Latina and the female guests at her private Argentine villa." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Playboy TV", "sents": [ "Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is an American, adults-only premium cable and satellite television network that is owned by Playboy Enterprises.", "Its programming focuses on premium adult programming, including motion pictures, first-run television series and specials.", "The channel is available internationally in countries such as Sweden, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Greece, Iberia (Spain and Portugal) and Norway." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e2044_p43", "sents": [ "Moreover, in its Dec. 15, 2000 report on the California electricity market, the FERC concluded that wholesale electricity prices during the summer and autumn of 2000 were unjust and unreasonable and reflected the exercise of significant market power.", "Despite its own conclusion, the FERC thus far has refused to set just and reasonable prices for wholesale electricity in California.", "Instead, the FERC implemented market rule changes that have enhanced the ability of these firms to set excessive wholesale electricity prices.", "In addition, it has refused to order refunds for any overpayment during the summer and autumn of 2000 for the prices that it deemed unjust and unreasonable.", "Fortunately for California consumers, the California Public Utilities Commission and Gov.", "Gray Davis refused to be accomplices in the FERC's decision not to enforce the Federal Power Act.", "They refused to pass on to California consumers prices that the FERC itself had determined were unjust and unreasonable." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Xylocaryon", "sents": [ "Xylocaryon is an extinct genus of plants in the family Proteaceae.", "The sole species is Xylocaryon lockii from south-eastern Australia, described from fossilised fruits found at Nintingbool near Ballarat, Victoria and Flinders Island in Tasmania.", "The fruit structure suggests a close relationship with the extant genus \"Eidothea\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Flinders Island", "sents": [ "Flinders Island, the largest island in the Furneaux Group, is a 1367 km2 island located in the Bass Strait, northeast of the island of Tasmania.", "Flinders Island is part of the state of Tasmania, Australia, and is situated 54 km from Cape Portland and it is located on 40° south, a zone known as the Roaring Forties." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "James B. McClatchy", "sents": [ "James B. McClatchy (17 December 1920 – 26 May 2006) was a journalist and publisher.", "He was a journalist at McClatchy Company newspapers, including \"The Fresno Bee\" and \"The Sacramento Bee\".", "He was publisher of The McClatchy Company from 1987 to 2005, having been chairman since 1980." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2665_p16", "sents": [ "Impossible?", "Not at all.", "The utilities are run by persons with brilliant minds, big ambitions and appetites for profit, and access to enormous resources of politics, money and ruthlessness.", "They also have something few other people have -- vision.", "But David has a slingshot, if he has the vision to use it.", "James B. McClatchy is publisher of The McClatchy Company, which owns The Sacramento Bee and other newspapers, and is a lifelong California journalis t. Boom Days on the Plains Hunt for energy turns to methane-rich Wyoming, unsettling ranchers who fear for impact on land By Steve Schmidt UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER May 13, 2001 SPOTTED HORSE, Wyo.", "-- William Friday West is 68. Grew up here.", "Courted his bride here.", "Married and had kids here, on a grassy homestead with a bullet-riddled mailbox.", "He thought he'd seen all a seasoned rancher could see, until some young buc ks stopped by his weather-beaten ranch house one fall." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bodaybo", "sents": [ "Bodaybo (Russian: Бодайбо ; ] ) is a town and the administrative center of Bodaybinsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Vitim River at its confluence with the Bodaybo River, located 1290 km from Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast.", "Population:  (2010 Census) ;  (2002 Census) ;  (1989 Census) ; 12,800 (1968)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bodaybinsky District", "sents": [ "Bodaybinsky District (Russian: Бодайбинский райо́н ) is an administrative district, one of the thirty-three in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.", "Municipally, it is incorporated as Bodaybinsky Municipal District.", "It is located in the northeast of the oblast.", "The area of the district is 92000 km2 .", "Its administrative center is the town of Bodaybo.", "Population:  (2010 Census) ; 10,817 (2002 Census);  (1989 Census)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Waun-oer", "sents": [ "Waun-oer is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, situated approximately four miles to the south-west of Aran Fawddwy.", "It is one of the peaks in the Dyfi hills, a subgroup of the Cadair Idris group.", "It is a top of Maesglase and the summit consists of a trig point that crowns an uneven grassy plateau.", "It is connected to Cribin Fawr to the east.", "To the north lies Cadair Idris, while Tarren y Gesail lies to the west." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Snowdonia", "sents": [ "Snowdonia (Welsh: \"Eryri\" ) is a mountainous region in north west Wales and a national park of 823 sqmi in area.", "It was the first to be designated of the three national parks in Wales, in 1951." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2374_p0", "sents": [ "'The 7 pages of amendments were adopted.?", "Please check the Assembly Website tomorrow morning, as the bill should be in print then.", "AB 128x passed unanimously from the Assembly policy committee by a vote of 5-0.?", "Cedillo was not there.?", "The 2 Republicans did not vote.?", "Voting for the measure were Corbett, Alquist, Aroner, Koretz, and Thomson.", "Speaking in support of the bill were Jean Ross (CA Budget Project - a liberal think tank), Lenny Goldberg (who commented that he is \"hopeful that the bill is constitutional\"), CalPIRG, CA Labor Federation, and Women's Energy Group.", "Assemblywoman Alquist asked to be a co-author of the bill.?", "Assemblyman Wyland said that he believes that consumers are being gouged, but that he could not vote for this bill.", "Speaking in opposition were:?", "CMTA, Intergen, BP Amoco, California Chamber, and IEP.", "The bill next goes to a hearing at Assembly Appropriations Cmte, scheduled for next Wednesday (5 16)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 6, 9, 10 ] }, { "title": "e646_p2", "sents": [ "Associate program off the ground.", "After recruiting at business schools such as the University of Chicago, UCLA and Tulane University, the company made job offers to 17 M.B.A.s last fall and so far has received eight acceptances.", "Phillips Petroleum Co., an integrated oil and gas company in Bartlesville, Okla., also has stepped up its M.B.A. recruitment efforts.", "Officials visited the business schools at Rice, Purdue and the University of Texas last fall, mainly in search of business-development specialists and finance associates.", "It hired two M.B.A.s last year and will add at least three more this year.", "Another oil giant, BP Amoco, hired six students from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business in Bloomington last year.", "Starting compensation packages range from $88,000 to $110,000 -- lower than those that investment banks and consulting companies offer new M.B.A. hires, which can run as high as $145,000. But energy companies are luring M.B.A.s with growth potential." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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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": "e19703_p13", "sents": [ "He did not provide details but said Enron will issue earnings guidance in two to three weeks.", "The reference to severance costs was the first allusion to job cuts that are widely viewed as inevitable.", "Enron also said it is seeking an additional $500 million to $1 billion in private equity to help rebuild confidence in the company and keep its core trading operations afloat in the nine months before the acquisition by Dynegy is expected to close.", "It has already received $1.5 billion in cash from oil company ChevronTexaco Corp. which owns 26.5 percent of Dynegy.", "Enron has been under heavy fire from Wall Street since mid-October when it said shareholder equity had been cut by $1.2 billion because of deals with the Fastow partnerships.", "Dynegy has said that its agreement with Enron would allow it to back out of the acquisition if the company's problems, which include a stack of lawsuits from angry investors, turn out to be far worse than has already been disclosed." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7366_p18", "sents": [ "Other investors in the round include Banc of America Mortgage Capital, a subsidiary of Bank of America; Insignia Financial Group; and Viva's previous investors, Allegis Capital, Rosewood Venture Group, and Kline Hawkes & Co. Viva's reverse listing business model enables renters to put themselves on the market and receive online rental offers from properties.", "The company is also backed by Media Technology Ventures and Thomas Weisel Partners.", "http: www.viva.com MetaEdge's Receives $11 Million in Round Three Funding SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- MetaEdge, a provider of decision-support customer intelligence software and services to e-commerce companies, received an $11 million in a Series C round of funding led by WK Technology Fund with participation from Concord Venture Capital Group, SoftChina Venture Capital, and Itochu Financial.", "The funds will be used for product development and general company expansion.", "http: www.metaedge.com Motorola Invests In Optical Access Equipment Firm Geyser HORSHAM, Pa. -- Geyser Networks, which develops advanced multi-service optical access equipment, announced it has received an undisclosed equity investment from Motorola's broadband communications unit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e3127_p36", "sents": [ "The company is advised by the Houston office of law firm Baker Botts.", "http: www.ivita.com Armando Geday Joins Chameleon Board of Directors mail?", "top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Chameleon Systems, a fabless semic onductor company, said Armando Geday has become the sixth member of the board of directors.", "Mr. Geday is the current board member, president, and CEO of GlobeSpan.", "Chameleon designs, markets, and sells programmable system-on-a-chip applications for the communications electronics markets.", "M r. Geday joins Charles Cump, Chameleon's chairman and vice president of sales; Charles Fox, president and CEO; Sam Lee, general partner of Infinity Capita l; Russ Irwin, general partner at Convergence Partners; and Gary Little, gener al partner of Morgenthaler Ventures.", "Chameleon is backed by 3i Group, Argo Global Capital, Athena Technology Ventures, Bayview 2000, Convergence Partners, Crossroads, Dain Rauscher Wessels, GTG Ventures, Information Technology Ventures, Macnica, Merrill Lynch Kecalp, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, Synopsys, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray Ventures, and WK Technology Fund." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20092_p17", "sents": [ "\"We can't stay in business,\" said William Ho, general manager of Top Hat Cleaners in West Hollywood, where the monthly electric bill has gone from $600 before the state's energy crisis to nearly $1,200. \"We would have to raise prices, and we're already heading into a recession.\"", "Ho said Top Hat has tried to cut back on electricity use by shutting off display lights in the windows.", "But he added, \"You can't press clothes in the dark.\"", "It's unclear how much more money ratepayers will be called upon to contribute without knowing how much the state needs to pay billions of dollars in power-buying costs, said Nettie Hoge, executive director of The Utility Reform Network, a San Francisco-based consumer advocacy group.", "Hoge and other consumer advocates said this week's deal amounts to a ratepayer bailout of Edison, which supported the state's failed deregulation plan.", "\"It's like saying I'm not going to beat you any harder, so it shouldn't hurt,\" she said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "e119_p2", "sents": [ "The situation creates the potential for a troublesome compounding effect: The higher electricity prices grow, the more is set aside in the balancing accounts -- and the greater the wallop to customer wallets when the accounts come due.", "Based upon prices now paid for future electric deliveries, Sempra Energy estimates customers will owe $664 million by 2003. IOUs of that magnitude, said SDG&E, will require that customers pay a surcharge of $40 monthly for a year on top of whatever they are already paying for their power bills.", "Keep in mind that typical residential bills at this time last year were about $55; they now stand at about $130. Consumer advocates say it's likely power prices will remain at levels that will lead to huge debts for customers under the Davis proposal.", "\"The generators have shown themselves to be unconscionable in extorting profits,\" said Nettie Hoge, executive director of TURN, a San Francisco-based consumer group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e20472_p22", "sents": [ "T he success of Enron Online allows the group to describe itself as the world 's leading e-commerce company.", "It has also started marketing electricity to US consumers through a joint v enture with International Business Machines and America Online, the interne t service provider.", "In February this year Mr Skilling got his reward: he became chief executive of a group ranked seventh in Fortune magazine's list of the 500 most power ful US corporations - ahead of such corporate giants as IBM, AT&amp;T, Bank of America and Boeing.", "In retrospect, however, this breakneck pace of growth and innovation was ac hieved at a price.", "First was the personal cost to Mr Skilling.", "In August he abruptly resigned after only six months in the top job.", "Personal, non-heal th related reasons were cited and investors have received no further explan ation.", "A second cost was an enormous increase in financial complexity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Song of The Crippled Bull", "sents": [ "Song of The Crippled Bull is the debut EP from American based progressive death metal band Black Crown Initiate.", "It was released independently on July 17, 2013 and quickly became a featured EP on various underground publications.", "The album was recorded by Carson Slovak at Atrium Audio in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.", "Slovak is also credited for having designed the artwork." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "Black Crown Initiate", "sents": [ "Black Crown Initiate is an American progressive death metal group from Reading, Pennsylvania currently signed to eOne Music.", "The band formed in 2012 and self-released their first EP \"Song of The Crippled Bull\", which was met with positive reviews.", "They began touring relentlessly in early 2014 with fellow extreme metal bands such as Goatwhore, Behemoth, and 1349, and lead to them being signed by eOne Music in June 2014.", "With eOne, they have released both \"The Wreckage of Stars\" and their most recent effort \"Selves We Cannot Forgive\", which was released on July 22, 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e6735_p60", "sents": [ "At present, only 39 percent of those surveyed approve of the way Gov.", "Gray Davis has handled this crisis.", "Approval may drop even lower when California residents absorb the astonishing news that we suddenly enjoy an energy surplus and that our state is now selling it on a glutted market.", "Add to the disgruntled those folks who were already in the habit of shuttin g off lights and lowering their thermostats.", "For them, the mail brought no 20 percent rebate on their electricity bill.", "It is the watt hogs, who never lowered the air conditioner and left lights burning all over their homes, whose paltry efforts netted them the governor's award.", "Give the governor credit for keeping the lights on in California.", "But his less-than- bold decisions will result in serious political and economic consequences.", "Soon, we will have to confront the grave reality that we have mortgaged many of our dreams for expanded health care, improved educat ion and support for the mentally ill for a future burdened by crushing deb t. ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle chronicle info copyright Page A - 24 Wilson says Davis ignored warnings about energy Former governor defends himself Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer <mailto:[email protected] Friday, July 20, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle chronicle info copyright URL: <http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?file=3D chronicle archive 2001 0 7 20 MN187903.DTL Former Gov." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Courtship (film)", "sents": [ "Courtship is a 1987 American drama film starring William Converse-Roberts and Hallie Foote.", "It is the sequel to Horton Foote's \"1918\" (1985) and \"On Valentine's Day\" (1986)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Horton Foote", "sents": [ "Albert Horton Foote Jr. (March 14, 1916March 4, 2009) was an American playwright and screenwriter, perhaps best known for his screenplays for the 1962 film \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" and the 1983 film \"Tender Mercies\", and his notable live television dramas during the Golden Age of Television.", "He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1995 for his play \"The Young Man From Atlanta\" and two Academy Awards, one for an original screenplay, \"Tender Mercies\", and one for adapted screenplay, \"To Kill a Mockingbird\".", "In 1995, Foote was the inaugural recipient of the Austin Film Festival's Distinguished Screenwriter Award.", "In describing his three-play work, \"The Orphans' Home Cycle\", the drama critic for the Wall Street Journal said this: \"Foote, who died last March, left behind a masterpiece, one that will rank high among the signal achievements of American theater in the 20th century.\"", "In 2000, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p214", "sents": [ "Local politics also are evident as nascent wholesale power markets challenge the way states deal with common issues.", "Political strains may soon show through if power shortages hit parts of the Northeast this summer.", "A relatively benign summer power outlook issued earlier this month by the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) may mask larger issues.", "In its assessment, NPCC said the region *which stretc hes from New York City through Boston and into northern Canada *should have surplus capacity during the peak week for demand, expected around July 15. EXPECTED LOAD AND CAPACITY FORECASTS SPREADSHEEThttp: public.resdata.com ei_departments lead load_forecast.xls However, the details show a less certain picture.", "NPCC forecasts 4,900 MW of excess capacity, but says 4,000 MW of that is locked up in Quebec and the Canadian Maritime provinces where transmission bottlenecks will block most of that extra power from reaching United States markets.", "The United States portion of NPCC could end up with no more than 1,000 MW of reserve capacity at a time when peak demand is expected to reach 54,000 MW." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Northeast Power Coordinating Council", "sents": [ "The Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) was formed January 19, 1966, as a successor to the Canada–United States Eastern Interconnection (CANUSE).", "NPCC is one of nine regional electric reliability councils under North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) authority.", "NERC and the regional reliability councils were formed following the Northeast Blackout of 1965.", "NPCC's offices are located in New York City, New York." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1332_p70", "sents": [ "At PG&E, the company's loss was $11.34 a share, compared with a loss of $611 million, or $1.67 a share, in the period a year earlier.", "Sales rose 69 percent, to $8.08 billion from $4.80 billion in the quarter ended Dec. 31. California's biggest utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison, a unit of Edison International, have debts of more than $14 billion from buying power at higher prices than they could pass on to customers.", "The state has been buying power for the two utilities since January.", "Some generators have said that they want more assurances the state will pay them and that it will help them collect past debts from the utilities.", "The Pacific Gas and Electric Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 6, saying it could not agree with Gov.", "Gray Davis of California on a plan to repay $9 billion in losses from buying wholesale power at a higher price than it could recover from its customers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "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": "e3430_p68", "sents": [ "But even as Bush adviser Karen Hughes told state reporters this week that the president had arrived to show he cares, Vice President Dick Cheney again chastised state officials for delaying their response to the energy crisis \"because all of the action was potentially unpleasant.\"", "And Cheney signaled that the administration would resist long-term price caps, saying, \"We think that's a mistake.\"", "Such talk drew fire from Davis' senior political adviser, Garry South, who charged that Cheney's words demonstrated insensitivity to California's troubles and only underscored the perception of an \"all-oil, all-the-time ticket.\"", "Davis, whose campaign for re-election next year will depend on his handling of the crisis, has stepped up his criticism of Bush and profit-hungry energy firms, particularly those from Texas, in recent weeks.", "And yesterday, signaling no letup, Davis' supporters made an unusual holiday conference call to again press his case for federal action.", "They argued that without immediate intervention from the Bush administration, the economy of California -- and potentially the entire nation -- was at risk." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Karen Hughes", "sents": [ "Karen Parfitt Hughes (born December 27, 1956) is the global vice chair of the public relations firm Burson-Marsteller.", "She served as the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in the U.S. Department of State and as a counsellor to United States President George W. Bush." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Zindagi (1964 film)", "sents": [ "Zindagi (\"Life\") is a Hindi film produced by S. S. Vasan, Gemini Pictures and directed by Ramanand Sagar.", "The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Raaj Kumar, Prithviraj Kapoor, Mehmood, Jayant, Jeevan, Leela Chitnis and Helen.", "The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan.", "The film was remade in Tamil as \"Vaazhkai Padagu\" (1965) with Gemini Ganesan and Devika as the leads." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Raaj Kumar", "sents": [ "Raaj Kumar (8 October 1926 – 3 July 1996), born Kulbhushan Pandit, was a Hindi film actor.", "He worked as sub-inspector of Mumbai Police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film \"Rangeeli\".", "He appeared in the Oscar-nominated 1957 film \"Mother India\" and went on to star in over 70 Hindi films in a career that spanned over four decades." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20249_p8", "sents": [ "As a result, the ISO forecast could change in the coming months, if the state is unable to import power.", "Currently, the forecast for the Pacific Northwest calls for a wet winter in the Northwest, according to the National Weather Service.", "Jerry Rust, president of the Northwest Power Pool, told Dow Jones Newswires the region expects to cover peak demand this winter.", "The agency is currently preparing its own report, he added.", "New generation upgrades in northern California will help minimize congestion on the transmission link known as Path 15, the key north-south interconnection, although bottlenecks could still occur, according to the report.", "\"Depending on actual Pacific Northwest import levels and Northern California hydro levels, potential overloads on Path 15 could occur again this winter as a result of south-to-north power transfers,\" according to the report.", "Some areas of northern California particularly Humboldt County and the Bay Area, could encounter some difficulties if local generation isn't available due to power plant maintenance or breakdowns." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Northern California", "sents": [ "Northern California, often abbreviated NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.", "Spanning the state's northernmost 48 counties, in contrast to the 10 counties of Southern California, its main population centers include the San Francisco Bay Area (anchored by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), the Greater Sacramento area (anchored by the state capital Sacramento), and the Metropolitan Fresno area (anchored by the city of Fresno).", "Northern California also contains redwood forests, along with the Sierra Nevada, including Yosemite Valley and part of Lake Tahoe, Mount Shasta (the second-highest peak in the Cascade Range after Mount Rainier in Washington), and most of the Central Valley, one of the world's most productive agricultural regions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2074_p12", "sents": [ "It is the same story with the nuclear reactors that provide 20 per cent of US electricity.", "Not a single new nuclear plant permit has been issued since 1979, the year of the Three Mile Island accident.", "But re-regulation is to blame for another handicap: the proliferation of regional gasoline standards, complicating refining and logistic problems and frequently causing local shortages and prices spikes.", "A single standard was never going to suffice in so large a country with, for instance, mile-high Denver requiring a less volatile fuel than low-lying Houston.", "But states and cities have increasingly used the 1990 Clean Air Act and the replacement of lead in fuel to demand that the oil companies provide them with differing cocktails of gasoline and diesel to suit their environmental needs.", "The upshot is that the oil companies are now asked to provide more than 100 different fuels.", "California, the north-east and the upper mid-west require gasoline reformulated to be more oxygenated and less smelly; Atlanta demands a lower sulphur and less evaporative fuel than the rest of Georgia; and garages in the two halves of the city of St Louis (because they are in two different states) have to sell different types of gasoline." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Atlanta", "sents": [ "Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2016 population of 472,522.", "Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,710,795 people and the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.", "Atlanta is the county seat of Fulton County, and a small portion of the city extends eastward into DeKalb County." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Steve Kleisath", "sents": [ "Steven Lee Kleisath is an American musician.", "has been a drummer for PULL, Strongarm, Shai Hulud, Further Seems Forever, and En Masse.", "The band PULL was originally called Friend or Foe." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Further Seems Forever", "sents": [ "Further Seems Forever is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida.", "Over its initial eight-year run the band experienced several lineup changes, resulting in a different lead vocalist performing on each of their first three studio albums.", "Original singer Chris Carrabba recorded \"The Moon Is Down\" (2001) with the group before leaving to start Dashboard Confessional.", "He was replaced by Jason Gleason, who performed on \"How to Start a Fire\" (2003) but left the band the following year.", "Former Sense Field vocalist Jon Bunch joined Further Seems Forever for \"Hide Nothing\" (2004).", "The band broke up in 2006 but reunited four years later with Carrabba on vocals.", "Their fourth studio album, \"Penny Black\", was released in 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bitterfontein", "sents": [ "Bitterfontein is a village in the Knersvlakte, the northernmost area of the Western Cape province of South Africa, 320 km north of Cape Town.", "It is the railhead of a line from Cape Town; ore from the copper mines at Okiep is transferred there from road transport to the railway.", "It is also located on the N7 (Cape Town–Namibia) national road; the distance from Cape Town is 386 km by road and 465 km by rail." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Okiep", "sents": [ "Okiep is a small town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, and was in the 1870s ranked as having the richest copper mine in the world.", "The town is on the site of a spring that was known in the Khoekhoe language of the Nama people as \"U-gieb\" (\"large brackish place\") and was originally spelled as \"O'okiep\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Tony Hutchinson", "sents": [ "Anthony \"Tony\" Hutchinson is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera \"Hollyoaks;\" he is played by Nick Pickard.", "Tony first appeared on-screen on 23 October 1995, the first episode of the series, and is the only original character to still be on the show to the present day.", "The character was created by Phil Redmond as one of several main characters for the soap opera.", "Tony has since been part of various storylines including marriages to Mandy Richardson (Sarah Jayne Dunn), her stepsister Cindy Cunningham (Stephanie Waring) and Diane O'Connor (Alex Fletcher), an affair with married woman Helen Cunningham (Kathryn George), the death of his daughter to sudden infant death syndrome, the discovery of his long-lost son, Harry Thompson (Parry Glasspool), sleeping with underage Theresa McQueen (Jorgie Porter), his battle with testicular cancer, an affair with his stepdaughter, Sinead (Stephanie Davis) and coping with Harry's sexuality and relationship with Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "Mandy Richardson", "sents": [ "Mandy Richardson (also Hutchinson) is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera, \"Hollyoaks\", played by Sarah Jayne Dunn.", "She debuted on-screen on 7 October 1996 and has been involved in such storylines including dealing with sexual abuse while she was a child by her father Dennis (David McAllister) and numerous failed relationships, the suicide of her brother Lewis, an on and off relationship with Tony Hutchinson (Nick Pickard) before the couple married.", "Mandy and Tony had a daughter together who they named Grace, only for her to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.", "This led to the character and Dunn's exit from the serial in 2006.", "Dunn made a brief return in 2007 before making a return for six months in 2008.", "Dunn again returned as Mandy in 2010 in a storyline which also saw the return of Warren Fox (Jamie Lomas).", "In September 2011, Dunn announced her departure from the show and Mandy made her last appearance on 2 September 2011 before departing off-screen.", "Dunn later returned to her role in the sixth series of \"Hollyoaks Later\" in October 2013.", "In June 2017, it was announced that Dunn had reprised the role again and that Mandy would appear from July along with Luke Morgan played by Gary Lucy.", "Mandy returned on 26 July 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3503_p0", "sents": [ "\"Western Government Affairs WEEKLY SCHEDULES For the Week of May 28 June 1, 2001 Paul Kaufman Mon 5 28 Memorial Day Tue 5 29 Portland OR office, a.m.; Cheyenne, p.m.", "Wed 5 30 Cheyenne Thur 5 31 Portland OR office Fri 6 1 Portland OR office Sue Mara Mon 5 28 Memorial Day Tue 5 29 San Francisco CA office, a.m.", "Wed 5 30 AReM meeting in Sac'to Thur 5 31 San Francisco CA office; Kid duty a.m. & p.m. Fri 6 1 Kid duty a.m. & p.m.; 10 a.m. 3 p.m.: IEP Public Affairs meeting Sacramento CA Jeff Dasovich Mon 5 28 Memorial Day Tue 5 29 San Francisco CA office* Wed 5 30 San Francisco CA office* Thur 5 31 San Francisco CA office* Fri 6 1 San Francisco CA office* Sandi McCubbin Mon 5 28 Memorial Day Tue 5 29 Sacramento CA Wed 5 30 Sacramento CA Thur 5 31 San Francisco CA; Los Angeles CA Fri 6 1 San Francisco CA Mona Petrochko Mon 5 28 Memorial Day Tue 5 29 Atlanta GA* Wed 5 30 Atlanta GA Tampa FL* Thur 5 31 Tampa FL Fri 6 1 Tampa FL Alan Comnes Mon 5 28 Memorial Day Tue 5 29 Enron, Washington DC office Wed 5 30 Enron, Washington DC office Thur 5 31 Enron, Washington DC office Fri 6 1 Portland OR office *Subject to change" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e623_p0", "sents": [ "'Western Government Affairs WEEKLY SCHEDULES For the Week of April 2 - 6, 2001 Paul Kaufman Mon 4 2 Portland OR office Tue 4 3 Portland OR office Wed 4 4 Portland OR office Thur 4 5 Portland OR office Fri 4 6 Portland OR office Sue Mara Mon 4 2 San Francisco CA office; 11 AM: IEP Regulatory Meeting (via phon e) Tue 4 3 San Francisco CA office Wed 4 4 San Francisco CA office Thur 4 5 10 AM - 12 Noon: Oversight Board meeting (may not attend); 6 - 8 PM: ISO Board Teleconference Fri 4 6 San Francisco CA office; 9 - 11 AM: ARM Meeting (via phone) Jeff Dasovich Mon 4 2 San Francisco CA office Tue 4 3 San Francisco CA office Wed 4 4 San Francisco CA office Thur 4 5 San Francisco CA office Fri 4 6 San Francisco CA office Sandi McCubbin Mon 4 2 Sacramento CA Tue 4 3 Sacramento CA Wed 4 4 Sacramento CA Thur 4 5 Sacramento CA or San Francisco CA office (TBD) Fri 4 6 Sacramento CA or San Francisco CA office (TBD) Mona Petrochko Mon 4 2 Travel to Denver CO Tue 4 3 Meet w Holland & Hart Denver CO Wed 4 4 San Francisco CA office Thur 4 5 San Francisco CA office Fri 4 6 San Francisco CA office" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1267_p73", "sents": [ "A curved sky bridge will connect the two buildings and the 15- level parking garage that is under construction at the corner of Bell and Smith.", "From above, the sky bridge will look like a ring around Saturn.", "The designers were hoping the circular tube would create something more than than \"just another gerbil tube\" between towers, Jones said.", "With the new building, Enron is creating an urban corporate campus.", "It will have a wide array of services for its employees, from child care to medical care to on-site food services.", "The ground floor will have restaurants, retail space and a 240-seat auditorium.", "The company that is rushing to get into the new building already has long-term plans for another building.", "Donovan said Enron owns a full block downtown bounded by Bell, Leeland, Louisiana and Milam where the third tower could be built, if needed.", "Enron hired the Cesar Pelli firm to help make its statement on the Houston skyline." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] }, { "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": "Global Agenda", "sents": [ "Global Agenda is an online team-based game by Hi-Rez Studios developed using Unreal Engine 3.", "Global Agenda, a class based Shooter/MMO game, was started in 2005 as the studio’s first project, The game went live on February 1, 2010.", "In April 2011, \"Global Agenda\" was re-released as a free-to-play game." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e2958_p6", "sents": [ "Tomkins paid around $112m for the gun maker but will sell a firm suffering from falling sales a nd with contingent liabilities.", "Smith & Wesson ,s .44 magnum starred in seve ral films with Clint Eastwood.", "Bertelsmann, a German publishing giant, accepted that Amazon ha d won Europe ,s online bookselling battle.", "It announced that BOL, its attempt to compete wi th the American e-tailer on Bertelsmann ,s side of the Atlantic, would be fo lded into its book club rather than go public.", "Despite months of gloom among the world ,s car makers, Japan ,s Toyota unveiled record profits and sales for the year to March 31st.", "SIGN UP FOR GLOBAL AGENDA ALERTS A free e-mail service delivered to your desktop on Mondays, Wed nesdays and Fridays, providing a snapshot of new Global Agenda stories.", "Global Agenda offers a concise analysis of the international issues and events that matte r most, when they matter most." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Norwest Venture Partners", "sents": [ "Norwest Venture Partners (Norwest) is a venture and growth equity (GE) investment firm with approximately $6B in capital under management.", "The firm targets early to late-stage venture and growth equity investments across several sectors, including cloud computing and information technology, Internet and consumer, software as a service, business and financial services, and healthcare.", "Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Norwest has offices in San Francisco and subsidiaries in Mumbai and Bengaluru, India and Herzelia, Israel.", "The firm has funded more than 575 companies since inception.", "As of early 2016, the firm has approximately 130 active companies across its venture and growth equity portfolio." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e19781_p11", "sents": [ "David Bouchard was named vice president of sales, most recently with RightWorks, an i2 Technologies company that provides collaborative e-procurement technology.", "Sankalp Saxena was named vice president of supply chain.", "Mr. Saxena previously served as vice president of product strategy and marketing at RightWorks.", "Bill Phelps was named vice president of professional services, formerly serving the same role at Kana Communications.", "PowerMarket is backed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, and RSA Ventures.", "font <BR <a href=\"http: www.powermarket.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.powermarket.com< font a td tr table <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwIJQHLONNHI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Ex-AT&amp;T Exec Greg Jones Joins BeVocal as VP of Sales< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwIJQHLONNHIx\" <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images arrow.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"11\" width=\"11\" alt=\"top\" a &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=IJQHLONNHI\" target=NEW <img src=\"http: venturewire.com images mail2.gif\" border=\"0\" height=\"10\" width=\"15\" alt=\"mail\" a &nbsp;< td tr <tr <td colspan=2 <font face=\"verdana, arial, geneva, helvetica\" size=\"2\" SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- BeVocal, a provider of carrier-grade voice platforms and applications software, said it has appointed Greg Jones as its new vice president of sales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2105_p58", "sents": [ "In this connection, NCS chief K.C.", "Lee is in India to meet prospective technology companies for such partnerships.", "He will be meeting a few key infotech companies located in Bangalore, New Delhi and Mumbai.", "``The objective of these strategic alliances will be to leverage the technical skills of the Indian companies and then showcasing the combined offerings in Singapore,'' Lee said.", "He says NCS, a part of the reputed Singapore Telecom, on its part will bring in its expertise in the areas of banking, finance, infrastructure and e-governance, besides the marketing activities.", "The idea is to use Singapore as a test care point and roll out the offerings that are made in India.", "According to Lee, India has a strong brand name in IT services and Singapore offers a better marketing platform, and the proposed alliances offer a win-win situation to both.", "Once this model is successful in Asia, NCS plans to extend it to Europe and USA." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 ] }, { "title": "New Delhi", "sents": [ "New Delhi ( ) is the capital of India and one of Delhi city's 11 districts.", "Although colloquially \"Delhi\" and \"New Delhi\" are used interchangeably to refer to the National Capital Territory of Delhi, these are two distinct entities, with New Delhi forming a small part of Delhi.", "The National Capital Region is a much larger entity comprising the entire National Capital Territory of Delhi along with adjoining districts.", "It is surrounded by Haryana on three sides and Uttar Pradesh on the east." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2868_p163", "sents": [ "\"And this winter the heat will not kick on until the thermostat drops to 68 degrees,\" said Tony Winnicker, chief of staff for Supervisor Liz Kniss.", "The heating changes were part of a package of energy conservation measures approved unanimously yesterday by the Board of Supervisors.", "Other measures include the installation of motion detectors to turn lights off, replacement of large appliances with energy efficient models, and a ba n on personal fans, heaters, coffee makers and decorative lighting.", ",2001 San Francisco Chronicle Page?A - 16 California rate hike hits homes, businesses Posted at 10:50 p.m. PDT Tuesday, May 15, 2001 MICHAEL Millions of Californians opening their electric bills next month will see t he biggest increase ever in residential electric rates as regulators try to shore up the state's failing energy system.", "After several delays this month, a divided California Public Utilities Commission voted 3-2 to raise rates across the board, saying it was necessa ry to keep the lights on in California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "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": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "WPTF", "sents": [ "WPTF (680 AM; \"NewsRadio 680\") is a news and talk radio station serving the Triangle area of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.", "The station call letters date back to the former longtime owner of the station, Durham Life Insurance Company, whose motto was \"We Protect The Family.\"", "Durham Life owned the station from 1927-1992.", "Its studios are located on Highwoods Boulevard in Raleigh, and the transmitter tower is in Cary, North Carolina.", "The station is currently owned by Curtis Media Group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e8102_p2", "sents": [ "the ability to sell above marginal cost is not evidence of market power or market abuse.", "ensure that transactions above the soft cap are deemed closed and no long er subject to refund within a reasonable time, such as one to two months.", "the November 1 Order extends beyond the 15-month potential refund period permitted by the Federal Power Act and should be shortened to conform with the requirements of the Act.", "The filing also has sections opposing load-differentiated price caps and a return to cost-based rates.", "WPTF asks FERC to clarify the election process on the new Boards to ensure that governmental entities exert no more political pressure.", "BUT -- I HAVE TO SHOW YOU MY FAVORITE PART OF THE FILING -- READ ON!!!!!", "D. Cost Based Rates - - A Return to Regulatory Luddism The original Luddites were bands of skilled textile workers who had been laid-off after advances in technology replaced the need for them." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]