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[ { "title": "e8478_p3", "sents": [ "Outside Magazine Takes Equity Stake in Away.com?", "WASHINGTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Outside Magazine, a magazine for outdoor-tra vel, said it has signed a partnership agreement with adventure travel provider Away.com, which gives Away.com exclusive rights to its editorial content.", "A sa result of the agreement, Outside's parent company, Mariah Media, will tak e an equity stake in Away.com.", "Lawrence J. Burke, Mariah's chairman and editor-in-chief, will join Away.com's board of directors.", "Away.com is backe d by Gannett, Circle T Partners, National Leisure Group, New World Ventures, and Potomac Ventures.", "http: www.away.comhttp: www.outsidemag.com Banderacom Taps Ex-Motorola, Compaq Exec as CEO AUSTIN, Texas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Banderacom, a fabless semiconduct or firm, said it has appointed Les Crudele as CEO.", "He replaces founding CE O Eric Johnson, who will remain with the company during the transition pe riod.", "Mr. Crudele held executive positions at Quantum Effect Devices, a se miconductor firm that focuses on MIPS microprocessors; Motorola's Semicond uctor Product Sector; and at Compaq Computer's Workstation Division." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 7 ] }, { "title": "Compaq", "sents": [ "Compaq (a portmanteau of Compatibility And Quality; occasionally referred to as CQ prior to its final logo) was a company founded in 1982 that developed, sold, and supported computers and related products and services.", "Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers, being the first company to legally reverse engineer the IBM Personal Computer.", "It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990s before being overtaken by HP in 2001.", "Struggling to keep up in the price wars against Dell, as well as with a risky acquisition of DEC, Compaq was acquired for US$25 billion by HP in 2002.", "The Compaq brand remained in use by HP for lower-end systems until 2013 when it was discontinued." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, Bristol", "sents": [ "The New Orphan Houses, Ashley Down, commonly known as the Muller Homes, were an orphanage in the district of Ashley Down, in the north of Bristol.", "They were built between 1849 and 1870 by the Prussian evangelist George Müller to show the world that God not only heard, but answered, prayer.", "The five Houses held 2,050 children at any one time and some 17,000 passed through their doors before the buildings were sold to Bristol City Council in 1958." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ashley Down", "sents": [ "Ashley Down is an area in the north of Bristol.", "It lies on high ground east of Bishopston, north of St Andrews and St Werburghs, west of Muller Road and south of Horfield.", "The main artery is Ashley Down Road.", "It is divided between the Ashley and Bishopston wards of Bristol City Council." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Aung San Suu Kyi", "sents": [ "Aung San Suu Kyi ( ; ] ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, and author.", "She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a Prime Minister.", "She is also the first woman to serve as Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the President's Office, for Electric Power and Energy, and for Education.", "From 2012 to 2016 she was an MP for Kawhmu Township to the House of Representatives." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e2959_p4", "sents": [ "See article: After Spain ,s Basque election E+ Talks between the EU and the most advanced applicant countries have been postponed.", "Germany wants to limit movement of workers from Eastern Europe, and Spain fears losing regional funds to the new members.", "Canada ,s opposition Alliance split.", "Eight of its 66 members of Parliament called for Stockwell Day, the Alliance ,s embattled leader, to resign, an d said they would meet as a separate parliamentary group.", "AP Supporters of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, the Philippines new president, have won control of the Senate, according to exit polls.", "See article: The Philippines electionsE+ As a &reward 8 to the military government in Myanmar for h aving talks with Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader, Japan offered a grant of $29m towards the cost of a hydro-electric plant in the east of the country.", "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." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Brain Buster Puzzle Pak", "sents": [ "Brain Buster Puzzle Pak is a puzzle video game released for Nintendo DS in Japan, North America, and the PAL region.", "The game is a compilation of Nikoli puzzle games including \"Light Up\" (called Light On), \"Slitherlink\", \"Sudoku\", \"Nurikabe\", and \"Kakuro\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Nintendo DS", "sents": [ "The Nintendo DS or simply, DS, is a 32-bit dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo.", "The device went on sale in North America on November 21, 2004.", "The DS, short for \"Developers' System\" or \"Dual Screen\", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one featuring a touchscreen), a built-in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity.", "Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP.", "The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network.", "Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-closed Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service.", "Its main competitor was Sony's PlayStation Portable as part of the seventh generation era.", "It was likened to the Nintendo 64 from the 1990s, which led to several N64 ports such as \"Super Mario 64 DS\", \"Diddy Kong Racing DS\", among others." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Bruce Karatz", "sents": [ "Bruce Karatz (born 1945) is an American businessman and philanthropist.", "He is noted for his role as Chairman and CEO of KB Home, and for his philanthropic efforts to help re-build both Los Angeles after the L.A.", "Riots and New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.", "During the 20 years Karatz served as CEO, KB Home grew revenues from $491 million to $11 billion and grew annual home deliveries from 4,500 homes in 1986 to over 39,000 homes in 2006.", "Karatz now operates BK Capital LLC and is based in Beverly Hills, California.", "In March 2013, Karatz was a recipient of The Malibu Times' 23rd Annual Dolphin Awards." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] }, { "title": "e3426_p34", "sents": [ "But Gov.", "Gray Davis' spokesman Steve Maviglio called the paper a \"generator 's wish list,\" saying it goes against the governor's policy on the energy crisis.", "\"The governor is not calling off the dogs,\" Maviglio said yesterday.", "\"To suggest that ratepayers should shoulder the entire burden of deregulation is totally the opposite of what the governor is calling for.\"", "Lay and Davis have disagreed about how California's power crisis should be handled, and Lay says his company is being used as a scapegoat.", "The meeting was hosted by Kevin Sharer of biotech giant Amgen.", "About a doze n people attended, including chief executives Ray Irani of Occidental Petrole um and Bruce Karatz of home builder Kaufman & Broad, Denne said.", "Lay, who is a friend of President Bush and one of his largest campaign contributors, has built the world's largest energy-trading company by buyin g electricity from generators and selling it to consumers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "American Soldier (song)", "sents": [ "\"American Soldier\" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Toby Keith.", "It was released in November 2003 as the second single from his album \"Shock'n Y'all\".", "It became a number one hit on the \"Billboard\" U.S.", "Hot Country Songs chart, keeping the top spot for four weeks.", "Keith wrote the song with Chuck Cannon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Toby Keith", "sents": [ "Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer.", "Keith released his first four studio albums—1993's \"Toby Keith\", 1994's \"Boomtown\", 1996's \"Blue Moon\" and 1997's \"Dream Walkin'\", plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of Mercury Records before leaving Mercury in 1998.", "These albums all earned Gold or higher certification, and produced several chart singles, including his debut \"Should've Been a Cowboy\", which topped the country charts and was the most-played country song of the 1990s.", "The song has received three million spins since its release, according to Broadcast Music Incorporated." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Scott Huey", "sents": [ "Samuel Scott Johnston Huey, usually known as Scott Huey (21 December 1923 – 8 March 2012) was an Irish cricketer.", "A right-handed batsman and left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played 36 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1951 and 1966 including twenty first-class matches.", "He is notable for being the last bowler to dismiss Sir Len Hutton in first-class cricket.", "He also represented Ireland at badminton.", "He was born in County Donegal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Ireland cricket team", "sents": [ "The Ireland cricket team represents all of Ireland.", "They participate in Test, ODI and Twenty20 matches on an international level.", "They are the 11th Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), having been awarded Test status, along with Afghanistan, on 22 June 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Talia in the Kitchen", "sents": [ "Talia in the Kitchen is an American telenovela-formatted teen sitcom that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 6, 2015.", "It was an adaptation of the Nickelodeon Latin American telenovela, \"Toni, la Chef\", and was created by Mariela Romero & Catharina Ledeboer, the same writers who made \"Every Witch Way\" & \"WITS Academy\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Every Witch Way", "sents": [ "Every Witch Way is an American telenovela-formatted teen sitcom that originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 1, 2014, to July 30, 2015.", "It was the American version of the Nickelodeon Latin American show \"Grachi\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Wolff Olins", "sents": [ "Wolff Olins is a brand consultancy, based in London, New York City and San Francisco.", "Founded in 1965, it now employs 150 designers, strategists, technologists, programme managers and educators, and has been part of the Omnicom Group since 2001." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3720_p37", "sents": [ "Terms of the deal were not disclosed.", "In 1997, Lloyds TSB Development Capital, the venture capital arm of Lloyds, received a 30% stake in Wolff Olins through an investment of GBP $2 million ($2.8 million).", "Lloyds was the only outside investor in the company.", "Wolff Olins will become part of Omnicom's diversified agency services group.", "Wolff Olins currently employs 200 people with offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Madrid, Lisbon, and Tokyo.", "As a result of the transaction, Wolff has created a new board of directors that consists of executives from Wolff and the Omnicom group.", "http: www.omnicomgroup.com http: www.wolff-olins.com Employment Wizard Merges with CareerSite mail?", "top ANN ARBOR, Mich. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Employment Wizard, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group that provides the newspaper industry with recruitment products, announced it has merged with CareerSite to create a new online company that will offer newspaper publishers full integration of employment line and display advertising." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3975_p18", "sents": [ "Sycamore Ventures' AsiaStar IT Fund led the round, along with the Kaufmann Fund and funds affiliated with Primus Venture Partners.", "The company said the financing will be used for growth in its marketing and sales initiatives.", "India.com is a subsidiary of World.com, an incubator that is itself a wholly owned subsidiary of publicly traded messaging provider Mail.com.", "http: www.mail.com Security Provider Amsec Raises $3 Million in Series C MCLEAN, Va. -- Winston Partners, a private investment firm, announced that Amsec International, which provides security services to Fortune 1000 companies, has closed a $3 million Series C funding round.", "Winston said it joined with Arthur J. Gallagher, an insurance brokerage firm, to lead the round of funding as Amsec's primary institutional equity investors.", "Amsec will use the proceeds to purchase Validata, a pre-employment screening services firm, and for working capital.", "Stephen Frey, a principal at Winston, will join Scott Andrews, Winston's managing director, on Amsec's board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2756_p27", "sents": [ "Renaissance recently received $16 million in its first round of funding.", "The company is backed Winston Partners, Thayer Capital, Robinson Humphrey, EGL Holdings, and individual investors.", "http: www.ricommunity.com Mutual Fund Analysis Site MAXfunds.com Names New President ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Mutual funds analysis site MAXfunds.com said it named Jim Atkinson, former managing director of Investec Asset Management US Limited, as president.", "Investors for MAXfunds.com include Arbor Partners and EDF Ventures.", "MAXfunds launched in February 2000. http: www.maxfunds.com VC Fund News o Innovacom Secures $174 Million for Latest Investment Fund PARIS -- Innovacom, the venture capital division of publicly traded France Telecom, said it secured EUR 200 million ($174 million) for Innovacom 4, its latest investment fund.", "The new fund will invest in spin-offs from telecommunication companies' research and development laboratories and will increase the firm's focus on wireless Internet products and services beyond companies associated with France Telecom." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5470_p57", "sents": [ "Bush administration officials have hinted that Wood will replace Curt Heber t as chairman of the federal commission, though White House spokesman Ari Fleischer dampened the speculation last week, saying Hebert was not in dang er of losing his job.", "On his recent trip to the state, Bush said he had assigned Wood to investigate the high cost of natural gas delivered to California.", "Wood has spoken to Gov.", "Gray Davis twice on the phone about the energy crisis.", "The two plan to meet in Washington on June 20, said Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Davis.", "\"The governor was enthusiastic about Pat Wood after his conversations with him,\" Maviglio said.", "\"He feels the commissioner understands the issues out here, and he promises to provide some relief in one form or another.\"", "Davis declined to comment on yesterday's decision until he had time to read it.", "The PUC's Morris said that it was no coincidence that gas prices in California had dropped dramatically since El Paso Merchant Energy's contrac t expired May 31, and 30 competing shippers started to share the pipeline capacity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Ari Fleischer", "sents": [ "Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13, 1960) served as White House press secretary for President George W. Bush, from January 2001 to July 2003.", "Today, he works as a media consultant for the NFL, College Football Playoff, and other various sports organizations and players through his company, Ari Fleischer Sports Communications.", "He was also an international media consultant to former Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper.", "He helped Mark McGwire in his media strategy for his admission of steroid usage.", "He is also a regular CNN contributor.", "He was also briefly hired by Tiger Woods to help him with a strategy to make his entrance back on the PGA Tour, but was not retained after news stories surfaced promoting his representation of Woods.", "He was hired by the Green Bay Packers as a consultant in August 2008." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20385_p57", "sents": [ "Skilling launched a campaign to keep Enron's most important cheerleaders, t he stock analysts, in the tent, but he wasn't cut out to be a supplicant.", "D uring the reporting of first quarter profits, he called an analyst who chal lenged Enron's financial reporting an \"asshole.\"", "When the company reported hefty second quarter profits, many analysts questioned whether those profit s had come from the generation of new business or from the sale of old asse ts.", "Ignoring the growing chorus critical of Enron's accounting, Skilling pr omised, as he always had, that innovations were just around the corner.", "\"Th ere wasn't any positive news,\" Carol Coale, of Prudential Financial, says n ow.", "\"Basically, he talked me out of a downgrade.\"", "The business press, so generous in the past, turned surly.", "Fortune had aske d in March whether Enron was overpriced.", "(\"Start with a pretty straightforw ard question: How exactly does Enron make its money?\")" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] }, { "title": "Prudential Financial", "sents": [ "Prudential Financial, Inc. is an American Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the United States and in over 30 other countries.", "Principal products and services provided include life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, pension- and retirement-related investments, administration and asset management, securities brokerage services, and commercial and residential real estate in many states of the U.S.", "It provides these products and services to individual and institutional customers through distribution networks in the financial services industry.", "Prudential has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America and has organized its principal operations into the Financial Services Businesses and the Closed Block Business." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3636_p2", "sents": [ "Davis' threat followed a meeting last week with the heads of about a dozen municipal utilities.", "Participants said the tone of the discussion was generally cordial, and it was understood the governor's office would work up a plan for future electricity purchases.", "Davis' threat came out of the blue, they said.", "\"We're willing to sell our excess power,\" said John Roukema, assistant director of Silicon Valley Power in Santa Clara.", "\"But we have to deal with the same market conditions that the governor does.\"", "Davis doesn't see it that way.", "He believes that many municipal utilities are exploiting California's power shortage in the same way that out-of-state generators are walking off with billions of dollars in windfall profits.", "The governor's top energy adviser, S. David Freeman, said in an interview yesterday that Davis' threat to seize the municipals' power was intended as a reminder that the state expected prompt action on the issue." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] }, { "title": "Silicon Valley Power", "sents": [ "Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is a not-for-profit municipal electric utility owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara, California, USA.", "SVP provides electricity service to approximately 52,000 residential and business customers, including large corporations such as Intel, Yahoo!, Applied Materials, Owens Corning and NVIDIA.", "SVP also owns and maintains a dark fiber network named SVP Fiber Enterprise, and provides citywide free outdoor Wi-Fi access as part of its installed wireless network communications system that supports SVP MeterConnect®, SVP’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) program." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27066_p15", "sents": [ "Some of these losses have been tied to partnerships managed by Enron's form er chief financial officer, Andrew Fastow, who was ousted last week.", "The potential conflict of interest has prompted an inquiry by the Securitie s and Exchange Commission.", "Earlier this week, Moody's Investors Service downgraded the company's long- term debt and warned of possible further downgrades.", "Potential buyers include General Electric's GE Capital unit, Warren Buffett 's Berkshire Hathaway and Royal Dutch Shell, the Journal said.", "Duane Grubert, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein and Co. in New York, sa id Shell, which has a small presence in energy marketing, would be a good f it.", "\"Shell tried to be in the merchant energy arena and didn't really succeed,\" he said.", "\"To buy into an established franchise must be attractive to Shell .\"", "Enron officials did not immediately return telephone calls from The Associa ted Press on Wednesday.", "While Enron's stock price has made it attractive, Coale said the energy mar keter's problems present a substantial drawback." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Andrew Fastow", "sents": [ "Andrew Stuart Fastow (born December 22, 1961) is a convicted criminal and businessman who was the chief financial officer of Enron Corporation, an energy trading company based in Houston, Texas, until he was fired shortly before the company declared bankruptcy.", "Fastow was one of the key figures behind the complex web of off-balance-sheet special purpose entities (limited partnerships which Enron controlled) used to conceal Enron's massive losses in their quarterly balance sheets.", "By unlawfully maintaining personal stakes in these ostensibly independent ghost-entities, he was able to defraud Enron out of tens of millions of dollars.", "The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission subsequently opened an investigation into his and the company's conduct in 2001.", "Fastow served a six-year prison sentence for charges related to these acts.", "His wife, Lea Weingarten, also worked at Enron, where she was an assistant treasurer; she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and filing fraudulent income tax returns, and served jail time before early release to a halfway house." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "NEG Micon", "sents": [ "NEG Micon is a former Danish wind turbine manufacturer.", "It was formed in 1997 as a result of a merger between Nordtank Energy Group (NEG) and Moerup Industrial Windmill Construction Company (Micon)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e27407_p6", "sents": [ "But operating margins for wind power will be cut to the bone as the technology is forced to compete on equal terms with natural gas and coal-fired plants.", "And that in turn requires larger, more efficient turbines that can operate at full capacity even in areas with lower wind speeds.", "That's bad news for NEG Micon, once the world leader and still recovering from a bankruptcy scare that followed troubles with its products' gear boxes and a series of poorly digested acquisitions in 1999. For starters, the company won't have ready until the end of next year a turbine using pitch technology, which maximizes efficiency by adjusting blade angle depending on wind conditions.", "And the fastest-growing segment of the market is for turbines between 1.5 megawatts and two megawatts, which aren't NEG Micon's strong suit.", "Gamesa won't be selling a 1.75-megawatt turbine until next year, but for the windy and wide-open Spanish plains, that isn't a problem over the short term." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2011–12 Romanian Hockey League season", "sents": [ "The 2011–12 Romanian Hockey League season was the 82nd season of the Romanian Hockey League.", "HSC Csíkszereda won the championship by defeating ASC Corona Fenestela Braşov in the league final.", "The Steaua Rangers finished third by defeating CSM Dunărea Galați in the third place game." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Steaua Rangers", "sents": [ "Steaua Rangers is a Romanian ice hockey team that currently plays in the Romanian Hockey League.", "They play their home games at Mihai Flamaropol." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Catocala junctura", "sents": [ "The Joined Underwing or Stretch's Underwing (\"Catocala junctura\") is an Erebidae species.", "It is found throughout temperate North America.", "The species ranges from New York and Pennsylvania west to Montana, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arizona and into Texas, and north to southern Illinois, extreme southern Alberta and Saskatchewan; it has also been recorded west of the Rocky Mountains from California and south-eastern British Columbia.", "It is typically found near water, where the foodplants of its caterpillar larvae grow plentifully." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Erebidae", "sents": [ "The Erebidae are a family of moths in the Noctuoidea superfamily.", "The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups.", "The family includes the underwings (\"Catocala\"); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae); piercing moths (Calpinae and others); micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae (for example, crambid snout moths).", "Some of the erebid moths are called owlets." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sandy Amorós", "sents": [ "Edmundo \"Sandy\" Amorós Isasi (January 30, 1930 – June 28, 1992) was a Cuban left fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit Tigers.", "Amorós was born in Havana.", "He both batted and threw left-handed.", "Dodgers scout Al Campanis signed him in 1951, struck by the small man's speed.", "Sandy played for the New York Cubans of the Negro Leagues in 1950." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Detroit Tigers", "sents": [ "The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan.", "The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division.", "One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in 1901 .", "They are the oldest continuous one-name, one-city franchise in the AL The Tigers have won four World Series championships (, , , and ), 11 AL pennants (1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012), and four AL Central division championships (2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014).", "The Tigers also won division titles in 1972, 1984 and 1987 while members of the AL East.", "The team currently plays its home games at Comerica Park in Downtown Detroit." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "John Castrilli", "sents": [ "Giovanni \"John\" Mario Castrilli was born 22 November 1950 in Roccamandolfi in Italy.", "He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bunbury after winning the seat in the 2005 election his retirement in 2017." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Roccamandolfi", "sents": [ "Roccamandolfi is a \"comune\" (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise, located about 25 km southwest of Campobasso and about 15 km southeast of Isernia.", "As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,058 and an area of 53.9 km2 ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Robert Kaplow", "sents": [ "Robert Kaplow (born c. 1954) is an American novelist and teacher whose coming-of-age novel was made into a film titled \"Me and Orson Welles\".", "The story is about \"youthful creative ambition\" and has received positive reviews from \"The New York Times\" which described it as \"nimble, likable and smart.\"", "Kaplow has written nine books and used to teach English language and film studies at Summit High School in New Jersey." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Me and Orson Welles", "sents": [ "Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 British-American period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron, Christian McKay, and Claire Danes.", "Based on Robert Kaplow's novel of the same name, the story, set in 1937 New York, tells of a teenager hired to perform in Orson Welles's groundbreaking stage adaptation of William Shakespeare's \"Julius Caesar\".", "He becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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": "e1368_p3", "sents": [ "Total revenue rose to $14.2 billion from $5.3 billion.", "On a per-share basis, Dynegy earned 41 cents, up from 23 cents a year earlier.", "Dynegy Chairman Chuck Watson said he sees continued price volatility as a good profit opportunity for the company.", "Dynegy, which acquired utility Illinova Corp. in February 2000, continues to add aggressively to its generating-plant portfolio and is nearly one-third of the way to its stated goal of controlling 70,000 megawatts of plant capacity by 2005. \"Ultimately, we want to control 10% of the electric power marketplace,\" said Rob Doty, chief financial officer.", "Neither Enron nor Dynegy has disclosed the amount of reserves they have taken against possible losses stemming from power supplied to California's troubled utilities.", "Pacific Gas & Electric Co., the state's largest utility, filed for court protection under United States bankruptcy law earlier this month.", "Southern California Edison could suffer the same fate if an agreement reached with California's governor, calling for the state purchase of certain utility assets, isn't consummated within four months." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Frank Welch (baseball)", "sents": [ "Frank Tiguer Welch (August 10, 1897 – July 25, 1957) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1919 through 1927 for the Philadelphia Athletics (1919–1926) and Boston Red Sox (1927).", "Listed at 5' 9\", 175 lb., Welch batted and threw right-handed.", "He was born in Birmingham, Alabama." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Boston Red Sox", "sents": [ "The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.", "The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division.", "The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in twelve.", "Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox' home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912 .", "The \"Red Sox\" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908 , following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the \"Boston Red Stockings\", including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e11681_p1", "sents": [ "\"That could end up locking consumers into higher rates for many years to come.\"", "The near bankruptcy of California's two largest utilities has forced the state to step heavily into the power markets.", "The state's idea behind signing long-term contracts is to stabilize its power costs by spreading them out, said Vikram Budhraja, whose company, Electric Power Group, is advising the state on the contracts.", "\"What we set out to do is get California out of the spot market, bring stability to the market and get dependable supplies,\" Budhraja said.", "\"We believe we have done that.\"", "But some said California could find cheaper prices for forward power if it waits.", "Power prices will continue to be very volatile for the next 12 months to 24 months, but the price of power for delivery in 2002 and beyond is likely to begin falling at the end of this summer, said Gerald Keenan, a senior partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers' utility consulting group." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "e19506_p23", "sents": [ "Further reductions are, for the moment, the main worry among its rivals and trading partners, although Enron debt remains at investment-grade levels.", "\"Certainly, whenever anybody is downgraded to junk status, their counterparties become concerned about how much credit they will extend,\" said Gerald Keenan, a partner at PWC Consulting in Chicago.", "\"Everyone is re-evaluating their credit exposure to Enron but few companies have stopped trading with it.", "\"It is often the counterparty of choice since it makes markets in areas where there is not a lot of liquidity.\"", "Enron's trading partners are believed so far not to have changed the terms on their existing contracts with Enron.", "However, if Enron's financial status worsens, the lack of confidence could have its own negative impact on the energy trading markets.", "Existing market hedges between these multiple firms in the markets could begin to unwind, analysts warn, which could add to short-term instability in the energy marketplace." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Nicholas Negroponte", "sents": [ "Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect.", "He is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, and also founded the One Laptop per Child Association (OLPC)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e4329_p7", "sents": [ "Texas Pacific Group was the sole investor in the round.", "The company was founded by Ron Mackintosh, previously president and CEO of CSC's European business.", "Differentis will focus on taking established British, French, and German companies online.", "http: www.differentis.com Negroponte, Protos Back U.K. Online Barter Site Webswappers LONDON -- Webswappers.com, a Web site that enables users to barter for goods and services, said it raised a six-figure investment from Nicholas Negroponte, a founder of Wired magazine and the MIT media lab, and Protos, a seed-stage investment fund.", "The company said it would use the money for continued development of its technology, marketing and customer support.", "Mr. Negroponte will assume the position of independent advisor for the company.", "http: www.webswappers.com Provider of Security Services, Fiderus, Gets $75 Million CHICAGO -- GTCR Golder Rauner said it committed $75 million in first round funding to Fiderus, an information security and privacy services company." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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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": "e1353_p21", "sents": [ "Earlier this month, Dynegy raised its first-quarter earnings outlook to 40 cents a share.", "At the time, analysts had expected the power supplier to earn 31 cents a share.", "Dynegy's marketing and trading unit, which also runs power generators, turned in another strong performance, accounting for 73% of the company's net income for the quarter.", "The segment earned $100.3 million for the first quarter, nearly double the $50.3 million it posted a year earlier.", "The company said its marketing and trading operation benefited from seasonal winter weather across the United States and strong supply and demand fundamentals, which allowed for higher prices.", "Increased origination activity from Dynegy's European operations also contributed to the segment's positive results.", "Dynegy said generation operations at West Coast Power, its joint venture with NRG Energy Inc., Minneapolis, didn't make a \"material contribution\" during the quarter.", "But the venture reduced its prospective credit exposure in the California market through its agreement with the California Department of Water Resources to provide the state with up to 2,300 megawatts of energy through 2004. In February, Dynegy joined Reliant Energy Inc. and Mirant Corp. to form a creditors committee to explore options for getting paid for electricity sold to the California Independent System Operator and California's investor-owned utilities, amid frustration with the slow progress in California's attempts to solve the energy crisis." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Loretta Lynch", "sents": [ "Loretta Elizabeth Lynch (born May 21, 1959) is an American attorney who served as the 83rd Attorney General of the United States, appointed by President Barack Obama in 2015 to succeed Eric Holder.", "Previously, she held the position for United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York under both the Clinton (1999–2001) and Obama administrations (2010–15).", "As U.S. Attorney, Lynch oversaw federal prosecutions in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e2750_p33", "sents": [ "Loretta Lynch, President of the Public Utilities Commission, postponed a vo te on proposed new rates until Tuesday afternoon, saying she needed more time to review feedback from every type of energy consumer in California.", "\"What we're doing is fine-tuning and tweaking the proposal,\" Lynch said aft er Monday's meeting.", "\"Everybody in California is going to pay more.\"", "In her initial proposal, Lynch would have spared many residential users fro m the highest bills and placed more of the burden on businesses and farms.", "But an outcry from businesses proclaiming that the rate hikes will doom California's economy followed by a Sunday statement from Gov.", "Gray Dav is chiding the PUC for not allocating rates evenly over all ratepayers ha s consumer groups wondering if Davis has urged the PUC to shifting more of th e rate hikes onto residential customers.", "\"The big industrial customers have been on a lobbying rampage the past several days trying to get more of the increase placed on residential customers,\" said Mike Florio, senior attorney with The Utility Reform Network." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3426_p169", "sents": [ "\"Oil and natural gas firms are rebundling, reintegrating, but in an unregulated sense,\" said John Olson, an energy analyst in Houston with Sanders Morris Harris.", "Can't burn paper in a turbine With volatility as much a part of deregulation as mergers and acquisitions, no power producer wants to be caught with its assets unproductive, i.e.", "wit ha shiny, new combined-cycle plant and no gas to fuel it.", "\"You can't put paper in a pipeline; you can't burn paper in a turbine,\" sai d Donato Eassey, head of natural gas analysis for Merrill Lynch in Houston, Texas.", "\"There are developing some real physical concerns for getting natural gas, and we will see some reneging on deals *even with contracts.\"", "Olson has done the mathematics concerning the spike in demand related to ne w plants *and the numbers don't work.", "\"To feed all the plants expected to come on-line in the next few years woul d take an additional 13 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd), and we are produci ng 52 Bcfd,\" according to Olson." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "title": "e68_p3", "sents": [ "But he also cut earnings targets for the EBS segment to $8.40 share because of the failed Blockbuster deal.", "Heady cash-flow projections figured heavily in Enron's guidance for 2001, which called for a stock price of $126, of which EBS would account for $40, Meade said.", "Meade, whose company initiated coverage on Enron in late May 2000, had been alone among Enron analysts in keeping a hold rating on the stock.", "Merrill Lynch analyst Donato Eassey on Monday released a note reiterating his buy recommendation with a $99 share price target.", "\"While the separation from such a high-profile name is disappointing, we do not view this as negative,\" Eassey wrote.", "\"This could in fact actually accelerate Enron's content delivery strategy.\"", "Eassey pointed out that Enron and Blockbuster's trial in Seattle, Salt Lake City, New York and Portland, Ore., proved Enron can deliver movies on demand.", "That gives them a track record to show to potential customers like movie studios and other entertainment concerns that want to provide content directly through their Web sites, he said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e4892_p27", "sents": [ "Mr. Sorenson is the chairman and former CEO of PointOne Telecommunications.", "The company is backed by Austin Ventures and individual investors.", "http: www.caritasoft.com OpenAvenue Names Xevo Founder to Board of Directors ATLANTA -- OpenAvenue, a provider of collaborative development portals, announced that Hal Chapel will join the company's board of directors, bringing the total to four members.", "Mr. Chapel is founder and chairman of Xevo, an infrastructure technology enabler for application service providers.", "OpenAvenue is backed by CounterPoint Capital Management.", "http: www.openavenue.com Vividon CEO Ellenberger Joins Torrent's Board of Directors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.", "-- Torrent Systems, a provider of services for analyzing massive volumes of clickstream and transaction data, said it has named David J. Ellenberger to the company's board of directors.", "David Ellenberger is CEO of Vividon, a start-up that enables high-quality video streaming on the Web via specialized edge-based servers.", "Prior to his current position, he was president of DataSage." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] }, { "title": "Torrent Systems", "sents": [ "Torrent Systems, originally named Applied Parallel Technologies (APT), was a parallel computing software company founded in 1993 by Rob Utzschneider and Edward Zyszkowski.", "Interestingly, Utzschneider and Zyszkowski met at an unusual last name convention.", "Torrent is a success story for the NIST Advanced Technology Program, which provided much of the company's initial funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus", "sents": [ "The Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus (MYSC) was an official musical organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1969 to 1999, composed of young musicians aged 18 to 33.", "In its 30-year history, MYSC was credited with many television specials, numerous recordings, concerts, and several major tours throughout the U.S.", "The group was disbanded during the 1999 reorganization of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and resulting creation of the Orchestra at Temple Square.", "The choral arm of the group provided music for the church's annual and semi-annual general conferences, usually during the Saturday morning sessions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Orchestra at Temple Square", "sents": [ "The Orchestra at Temple Square is a 110-member orchestra located in Salt Lake City, UT.", "The Orchestra was created in 1999 under the direction of Gordon B. Hinckley, then the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormon), as part of an initiative to continually strengthen and expand the capabilities of the church's music organizations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20425_p47", "sents": [ "In some possible spillover among small caps, AirGate PCS rose 3.28, or 6.1%, to 56.78. The day's poorest performers we re natural-gas utilities, which continued to be dragged down by large cap E nron, which fell 3.38, or 17%, to 16.41. Piedmont Natural Gas fell 34 cents or 1.1%, to 30.63, and Peoples Energy shed 56 cents, or 1.4%, to 39.06. Pegasystems jumped 1.21, or 43%, to 4.01 after a 12% rise Tuesday.", "The Camb ridge, Mass., developer of customer-management software enjoyed an even str onger second day yesterday, following Tuesday's release of better-than-expe cted third-quarter earnings of 12 cents a share, beating an analyst's estim ate by 10 cents a share.", "Pinnacle Systems rose 83 cents, or 25%, to 4.20. The Mountain View, Calif., video-production-system maker had a fiscal first -quarter loss of 11 cents a share before items, beating Wall Street expecta tions by eight cents a share.", "Thomas Weisel upgraded shares to `buy' from ` market perform.'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Piedmont Natural Gas", "sents": [ "Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy.", "Piedmont is an energy services company whose principal business is the distribution of natural gas to over one million residential, commercial, industrial and power generation customers in portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, including customers served by municipalities who are their wholesale customers.", "They are invested in joint venture, energy-related businesses, including regulated interstate natural gas transportation and storage and regulated intrastate natural gas transportation businesses.", "In 2013, the company was awarded as a Platinum-level Start!", "Fit-Friendly Company by the American Heart Association for the fifth consecutive year.", "The award is the highest level of recognition in AHA’s Start!", "Program and it is bestowed to Piedmont for its high quality working environment and well-being for its staff." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Peristeranthus", "sents": [ "Peristeranthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae.", "The sole species is Peristeranthus hillii, native to Queensland and New South Wales." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Port Macquarie", "sents": [ "Port Macquarie is a coastal town in the local government area of Port Macquarie-Hastings.", "It is located on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about 390 km north of Sydney, and 570 km south of Brisbane.", "The town is located on the Tasman Sea coast, at the mouth of the Hastings River, and at the eastern end of the Oxley Highway (B56).", "The town with its suburbs had a population of 45,698 in June 2016." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Latin America", "sents": [ "Latin America is a group of countries and dependencies in the Americas where Spanish and Portuguese are predominant.", "The term originated in 19th century France as \"Amérique latine\" to consider French-speaking territories in the Americas (Haiti, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy) along with the larger group of countries where Spanish and Portuguese languages prevailed.", "It is therefore broader than the terms Ibero-America or Hispanic America—though it usually excludes French Canada and modern French Louisiana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3786_p33", "sents": [ "http: www.ncipher.com New People o Mobilestop Hires Former Ericsson Exec.", "As President, CEO MIAMI -- Mobilestop, which provides an e-commerce platform for wireless carriers, said it has appointed Hakan Wretsell as its new president and CEO.", "Mr. Wretsell is former executive vice president and general manager of the Americas division at Ericsson Mobile Phones, and was vice president of Ericsson Mobile Phones Latin America.", "He will replace Arnthor Halldorsson, who now assumes the position of executive vice president of development.", "Mobilestop has received venture capital from Swedish firm Novestra, Time Vision, Artic Ventures, Talenta-Internet and individual investors.", "The firm is based here and has offices in Buenos Aires, Luxembourg, Oslo, Reykjavik, Sao Paolo, Seattle, and Stockholm.", "http: www.mobilestop.com DailyShopper Network Names Ex-L.A. Times VP President & COO SEATTLE -- DailyShopper Network, which provides online promotion services for traditional retailers, said it named Carol Perruso as its president and COO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Qatar Petroleum", "sents": [ "Qatar Petroleum (QP) is a state owned petroleum company in Qatar.", "The company operates all oil and gas activities in Qatar, including exploration, production, refining, transport, and storage.", "QP's chairman is Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry, and Mr. Saad Sherida Al Kaabi is the company President and CEO.", "QP's operations are therefore directly linked with state planning agencies, regulatory authorities, and policymaking bodies.", "Together, revenues from oil and natural gas amount to 60 percent of the country's GDP.", "Currently it is the third largest oil company in the world by oil and gas reserves." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e6629_p17", "sents": [ "Qatar Petroleum and Dolphin signed an initial agreement for the upstream section of the project in March.", "A full production sharing agreement is due to be signed in September.", "In the short term, it is expected the gas will be supplied to Dolphin by Mobil Oil Qatar's Enhanced Gas Utilization Project at the North Field.", "-By Dyala Sabbagh; Dow Jones Newswires; 97150 6251228; [email protected] Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "Business Bush switch on conservation saves credibility David Greising 07 18 2001 Chicago Tribune North Sports Final N 1 (Copyright 2001 by the Chicago Tribune) Too bad we can't all be vice president.", "If we could, this whole \"energy crisis\" thing would be no big deal.", "We could send our heating bill to the Navy as Dick Cheney has.", "Who knows, maybe we could fuel up our cars and let the Energy Department pay the bill.", "Cheney is making quite a shift from the advice he offered to consumers just a few weeks ago." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6556_p10", "sents": [ "Other investors include Chase H&Q, Comdisco Ventures, FNI Venture Capital, and William Jones & Associates.", "Kymata, which has raised $162 million to date, has received funding from 3i Group, ACT Venture Capital, Bowman Capital, BT, ComVentures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Telesoft Partners, and the University of Southampton.", "http: www.kymata.com Print and Publishing Service PrintCafe Secures $62.5 Million VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Creo Products said it invested $32 million in cash and stock in PrintCafe, a provider of Internet-based, business-to-business products and services for the printing and publishing industry, as part of a $62.5 million round of financing.", "In January of this year, Creo Products formed PrintCafe along with Prography Systems.", "HarbourVest Partners, Weiss, Peck & Greer, and previous investor Mellon Ventures also participated in the current funding round.", "The company will use the funds to repay outstanding debt, and for working capital.", "http: www.printcafe.com European Online Billing Service Raises $5.9 Million Round AMSTERDAM -- Anachron, which provides online billing services, said it raised EUR 7 million ($5.9 million) in its second round of funding." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3975_p3", "sents": [ "Investors in the round included Chase H&Q, Goldman Sachs, a New York Teacher's Fund, PSINet, Advent Venture Partners, and Rana.", "http: www.baltimore.com http: www.contenttechnologies.com Pseudo Programs in Search of Funding or a Buyer NEW YORK -- Struggling Internet television network Pseudo Programs is in need of cash and has been seeking a buyer.", "David Bohrman, who joined the company as chief executive officer early this year, said Pseudo has spent the last month and a half trying to raise funding and has been exploring the possibility of being acquired.", "In June, Pseudo eliminated 16% of its workforce, about 58 jobs, and reassigned 30 others to new production positions in a bid to create a continuous live broadcast network.", "In May, the company raised a $14 million round of funding led by Defosses International, a media unit backed by LVMH Luis Vuitton Moet Hennesy.", "Intel Capital participated along with FD5 S.A., Prospect Street, and Tribune." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "City Hall Park (Seattle)", "sents": [ "City Hall Park is a 1.3 ac (5.3 ha) park located in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle, Washington on a block bounded by 3rd Avenue on the southwest, Dilling Way on the southeast, 4th Avenue on the northeast, and the King County Courthouse on the northwest.", "It is so named because when it was laid out in 1916, the King County Courthouse was the County-City Building, housing both Seattle and King County government.", "City offices moved out in 1962." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Seattle", "sents": [ "Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.", "It is the seat of King County, Washington.", "With an estimated 704,352 residents as of 2016 , Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America.", "In July 2013, it was the fastest-growing major city in the United States and remained in the Top 5 in May 2015 with an annual growth rate of 2.1%.", "In July 2016, Seattle was again the fastest-growing major U.S. city, with a 3.1% annual growth rate.", "The city is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington, about 100 mi south of the Canada–United States border.", "A major gateway for trade with Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling as of 2015 ." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Talk That Talk (Rihanna song)", "sents": [ "\"Talk That Talk\" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for her 2011 studio album of the same name.", "It features a rap verse by American rapper Jay-Z, who had previously collaborated with Rihanna on her song \"Umbrella\" in 2007 and \"Run This Town\" in 2009.", "The song was written by Jay-Z, Ester Dean, Christopher Wallace, Anthony Best, Sean Combs, and Chucky Thompson together with the Norwegian production duo StarGate.", "Def Jam Recordings serviced the track to urban radio in the United States on January 17, 2012, as the third single from \"Talk That Talk\".", "It was released in France as a CD single on March 26.", "\"Talk That Talk\" is a hip hop song with R&B beats, rough drums and unrefined synths, and has a similar style to Rihanna's 2010 single \"Rude Boy\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "Def Jam Recordings", "sents": [ "Def Jam Recordings is an American record label focused predominantly on hip hop and urban music, owned by Universal Music Group (UMG).", "In the UK, the label takes on the name Def Jam UK and is operated through Virgin EMI Records, while in Japan, it is known as Def Jam Japan, operating through Universal Music Japan.", "The label distributes releases of various record labels, including Kanye West's GOOD Music, Ludacris' Disturbing Tha Peace, and ARTium Recordings, headed by Def Jam's current executive vice president, No I.D.. Current artists include Iggy Azalea, Logic, Big Sean, Kanye West, Leona Lewis, 2 Chainz, Axwell Λ Ingrosso, Mother Mother, Afrojack, Jeezy, Jeremih, Ludacris, Alesso, Pusha T, Vince Staples, Desiigner and Jhené Aiko among others." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Adinath Lahiri", "sents": [ "Adinath Lahiri (1916–1975) was an Indian geochemist and fuel technologist, known for his efforts in developing \"Central Fuel Research Institute\", Dhanbad (CFRI) into one of the premier research institutions in India.", "He was the director of the \"National Coal Development Corporation\" (NCDC) and contributed towards the establishment of the \"Central Mining Research Station\", which was later merged with CFRI to form the present day Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research).", "The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 1960 and followed it up with the third highest honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1969, for his contributions to Science and Technology." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Dhanbad", "sents": [ "Dhanbad is a city in the Indian state of Jharkhand.", "It is the second most populated city in Jharkhand.", "Dhanbad along with its urban areas population ranks 42nd in population amongst other cities in India." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Steve Soboroff", "sents": [ "Steve Soboroff (born August 31, 1948) is President of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners, a member of the Board of Directors of the Weingart Foundation, and past Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Playa Vista.", "In September 2011 he was appointed by the California Science Center to be the Senior Advisor to the museum in its project with NASA to bring, and permanently exhibit, the Space Shuttle Endeavour to the CSC.", "He is Chairman of the Maccabiah Games Committee of 18, a member of the Board of Directors of the Macerich Company (NYSE), and is widely known as the foremost collector of typewriters which were previously owned by famous individuals." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e3418_p71", "sents": [ "This week's contributors include Nick Anderson, Steve Chawkins, Jean O. Pasco, Nicholas Riccardi and Nancy Vogel.", "PHOTO: Former Recreation and Parks Commissioner Steve Soboroff and department General Manager Ellen Oppenheim unveil plaque marking President Clinton's game last summer at Rancho Park Golf Course.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: RON CAMPISE For The Times Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.", "A Politics 2003 mayoral race casting a shadow JOHN WILLIAMS Staff 05 28 2001 Houston Chronicle 3 STAR 29 (Copyright 2001) THE 2001 MAYORAL race has barely started.", "No television commercials have aired; no debates have blared.", "Incumbent Lee Brown has yet to formally announce.", "But already, some are laying groundwork for 2003. Three prominent businessmen - Ned Holmes, Ken Lay and Marc J. Shapiro - are talking with politicos and others about running for mayor in two years.", "There are others, including developer Ed Wulfe, Brown's confidant.", "And while these powerhouse names provide colorful speculation about the political scene two years hence, they also cast long shadows on this year's landscape because each now prefers Brown to serve a final term." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Stevie Mann", "sents": [ "Stephen Patrick Mann (born 20 February 1976 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter and Music Producer, who is known for being the lead singer of rock band Nine Lies.", "He is second cousin of singer songwriter Damien Rice." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Damien Rice", "sents": [ "Damien Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer.", "Rice began his musical career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper, which were signed to Polygram Records in 1997.", "The band enjoyed moderate success with a couple of single releases, but a projected album floundered because of record company politics.", "After leaving the band he worked as a farmer in Tuscany and busked throughout Europe before returning to Ireland in 2001 and beginning a solo musical career, and the rest of the band went on to become Bell X1.", "In 2002 his debut album \"O\" reached No.", "8 on the UK albums chart, won the Shortlist Music Prize and generated three top-30 singles in the UK.", "Rice released his second album \"9\" in 2006 and his songs have appeared in numerous films and television episodes.", "After eight years of various collaborations, Rice released his third studio album \"My Favourite Faded Fantasy\" on 31 October 2014.", "Rice's personal activities include musical contributions to charitable projects such as the , Freedom Campaign and the Enough Project." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Patania paleacalis", "sents": [ "Patania paleacalis is a moth in the Crambidae family.", "It was described by Guenée in 1854.", "It is found in South Africa and Israel." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Crambidae", "sents": [ "The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans (butterflies and moths).", "They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in wing-spread attitudes." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Jamaica Journal", "sents": [ "The Jamaica Journal is an academic journal published by the Institute of Jamaica in Kingston, Jamaica.", "It publishes scholarly articles on the history, natural history, art, literature, music, and culture of Jamaica." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Institute of Jamaica", "sents": [ "The Institute of Jamaica (IOJ), founded in 1879, is the country's most significant cultural, artistic and scientific organisation: a patron and promoter of the arts in Jamaica, sponsoring exhibitions and awards.", "It is also the country's museums authority, as well as administering other national arts and cultural outlets including the National Gallery, the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica, and the \"Jamaica Journal\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20130_p30", "sents": [ "The downtown headquarters for the two companies are just blocks apart.", "Heim said Houston-based Enron, the nation's top natural gas trader and the leading wholesale electricity marketer, has been trying to tighten up its b alance sheet after being punished on Wall Street for the failure to sell PG E, fallout from the Pacific Gas & Electric bankruptcy in California, and a push into the Internet that took a nosedive along with the rest of the tele communications industry.", "\"Enron has stumbled a little bit with their noncore investments,\" Heim said Bob Valdez, spokesman for the Oregon Public Utility Commission, said commis sioners have not been notified of any pending deal, but they would review it as soon as an offer is made.", "The approval process could take about 10 mon ths if a deal is announced, he said.", "PGE has 730,000 customers in Oregon while Northwest Natural Gas has about 5 30,000 customers, including some in Southwest Washington." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 4 ] }, { "title": "Oregon Public Utility Commission", "sents": [ "The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) is the chief electric, gas and telephone utility regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon.", "It sets rates and establishes rules of operation for the state's investor-owned utility companies.", "With respect to publicly owned utility districts and cooperatives, its authority is limited to safety regulations." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "FuelCell Energy", "sents": [ "Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. is a global fuel cell power company.", "It designs, manufactures, operates and services Direct Fuel Cell power plants (a type of molten carbonate fuel cell), to electrochemically produce electricity and heat from a range of basic fuels including natural gas and biogas.", "As the biggest publicly traded fuel cell manufacturer in the U.S., the company operates over 50 plants all over the world.", "It operates the world’s largest fuel cell park, Gyeonggi Green Energy Fuel cell park, which is located in South Korea.", "The park consists of 21 power plants providing 59 Megawatt of electricity plus district heating to a number of customers in South Korea.", "It also operates the largest fuel cell park in North America consisting of five 2.8MW power plants and a rankine cycle turbine bottoming cycle in Bridgeport, Connecticut.", "The company has two markets including ultra-clean power, based on clean natural gas, and renewable power operating on renewable biogas.", "Its customer base covers a wide range of commercial and industrial enterprises worldwide including utility companies, municipalities, universities, etc." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e3700_p65", "sents": [ "These partners want to take $125 million out of the conservation fund over five years to buy and install fuel cells from FuelCell Energy of Danbury.", "The fuel cells would generate about 26 megawatts a year - enough power to serve about 8,000 homes.", "The CRRA would sell the power.", "The technology - while still untested in commercial use - has the potential to revolutionize the way people and businesses get power.", "They also will satisfy Connecticut law to diversify the power mix and make Connecticut the fuel cell capital of the world, its supporters said.", "\"It takes public funding to enable these technologies to come out of the space age and down to earth,\" said Jerry Leitman, chief executive and president of FuelCell Energy.", "Critics of this plan are attacking the deal from every angle.", "Enron, which rolled in $101 billion in revenues last year, bought $5 million worth of stock in FuelCell Energy in October." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Faces of Love Film Festival", "sents": [ "Faces of Love International Film Festival (Russian: Международный кинофестиваль «Лики Любви») is a festival first based in Moscow, then in 2005 moved to Sochi, Russia.", "It is a sister festival of the biggest film festival in Russia Kinotavr.", "Faces of Love is a special interest film festival highlighting films about love." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Kinotavr", "sents": [ "Kinotavr (Russian: Кинотавр ), also known as the Sochi Open Russian Film Festival is an open film festival held in the resort city of Sochi, Russia annually in June since 1991.", "It is the largest national film festival in Russia." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Saxegothaea", "sents": [ "Saxegothaea is a genus comprising a single species, Saxegothaea conspicua.", "It is a conifer in the podocarp family Podocarpaceae, native to southern South America.", "It grows in Chile and Argentina from 35° to 46° South latitude; in its northernmost natural distribution it grows between 800 and 1000 (2600–3300 ft) m above sea level and in the south it lives at sea level.", ".", "The species is most often known by its genus name, or sometimes as female maniu (a translation of its name in Spanish) and Prince Albert's yew; in South America it is known as mañío hembra or maniú hembra." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Podocarpaceae", "sents": [ "Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.", "It contains 19 genera if \"Phyllocladus\" is included and if \"Manoao\" and \"Sundacarpus\" are recognized." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Extreme Networks", "sents": [ "Extreme Networks is a networking company based in San Jose, California that was founded in 1996.", "It designs, builds, and installs Ethernet computer network products for enterprise and carrier grade (metro) networks using the speed and scale of 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet and 100 Gigabit Ethernet." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e3622_p21", "sents": [ "In March 2000, Rocket Networ k received $15 million in a second round of funding led by Weston Presidio, with participation from Avid Technology and Chase Capital Partners Vulcan Ventures, and an unnamed individual.", "The company is currently targeting strategic investors for the second tranche of this round, which is set to close in the next 90 days.", "http: www.rocketnetwork.com Greenwich Technology Partners Gets $9.75 Million Late Round mail?", "top WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Greenwich Technology Partners (GT P), a provider of network infrastructure consulting and engineering services, sai d it raised $9.75 million in later-stage financing from Cabletron Systems, Extreme Networks, Juniper Networks, and the Japanese trading firm Marubeni.", "New investors included the lead investor, Marubeni, in addition to Cabletro n Systems and Extreme Networks.", "Juniper had invested in an earlier round.", "GTP also said it has begun a strategic business relationship with Marubeni in order to expand GTP's services in Asia and that it reached profitability in March and had $14.1 million in first-quarter revenue." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "XO Communications", "sents": [ "XO Communications (previously Nextlink Communications, Concentric Network Corporation and Allegiance Telecom, Inc. is a telecommunications company owned by XO Holdings, Inc (OTCBB: XOHO).", "XO provides managed and converged Internet Protocol (IP) network services for small and medium-sized enterprises.", "XO delivers services through a mix of fiber-based Ethernet and Ethernet over Copper (EoC).", "In addition, the company has external network-to-network interface (E-NNI) agreements with traditional carriers and cable companies." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1599_p14", "sents": [ "\"The real test is not to recognize past achievements but to be able to look back in five or ten years from now.", "As a matter of fact, some CEO's we've chosen haven't made money for share holders in the past few years, but we believe they are poised to do so now.\"", "WORTH's methodology for selecting the 50 best CEO's strives to balance their possession of a vision with a demonstrated ability to execute under stress and when confronted by urgent challenges.", "The nominations were collected from leading fund managers and securities analysts and vetted by a team of WORTH reporters.", "The final selections were made by WORTH's editors.", "WORTH, the monthly magazine edited for the dynamic wealth market, reaches active investors, business leaders and luxury connoisseurs with a median net worth of $1.25 million.", "The May issue will be available on newsstands April 24. WORTH MAGAZINE'S 50 TOP CEO'S 1. Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft; Redmond, WA 2. Jeffrey Skilling, CEO, Enron; Houston, TX 3. Philip Purcell, CEO, Morgan Stanley; New York, NY 4. James Morgan, CEO, Applied Materials; Santa Clara, CA 5. Margaret Whitman, CEO, eBay; San Jose, CA 6. Lawrence Ellison, CEO, Oracle; Redwood Shores, CA 7. Koichi Nishimura, CEO, Solectron; Milpitas, CA 8. John Chambers, CEO, Cisco Systems; San Jose, CA 9. Scott McNealy, CEO, Sun Microsystems; Palo Alto, CA 10. Dennis Kozlowski, CEO, Tyco International; Exeter, NH 11. David Pottruck, CEO, Charles Schwab; San Francisco, CA 12. Steven Jobs, CEO, Apple Computer; Cupertino, CA 13. James McNerney Jr., CEO, 3M; St. Paul, MN 14. Steven Appleton, CEO, Micron Technology; Boise, ID 15. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO, General Electric; Fairfield, CT 16. Henry Paulson Jr., CEO, Goldman Sachs; New York, NY 17. Kenneth Freeman, CEO, Quest Diagnostics; Teterboro, NJ 18. Steven Burd, CEO, Safeway; Pleasanton, CA 19. Frederick Smith, CEO, FedEx; Memphis, TN 20. Craig Barrett, CEO, Intel; Santa Clara, CA 21. Michael Dell, CEO, Dell Computer; Round Rock, TX 22. Richard Fairbank, CEO, Capital One; Falls Church, VA 23. Kenneth Chenault, CEO, American Express; New York, NY 24. James Kelly, CEO, United Parcel Service; Atlanta, GA 25. Robert Ulrich, CEO, Target; Minneapolis, MN 26. William McGuire, CEO, UnitedHealth Group; Edina, MN 27. George David, CEO, United Technologies; Hartford, CT 28. James Truchard, CEO, National Instruments; Austin, TX 29. Richard Kovacevich, CEO, Wells Fargo; San Francisco, CA 30. Henry Nicholas III, CEO, Broadcom; Irvine, CA 31. Robert Nardelli, CEO, Home Depot; Atlanta, GA 32. Arthur Levinson, CEO, Genentecc; San Francisco, CA 33. Gordon Bethune, CEO, Continental Airlines; Houston, TX 34. Ronald DeFeo, CEO, Terex; Westport, CT 35. Leonard Schaeffer, CEO, Wellpoint Health Networks; Thousand Oaks, CA 36. William Wise, CEO, El Paso; Houston, TX 37. Robert Walter, CEO, Cardinal Health; Dublin, OH 38. Alain Belda, CEO, Alcoa; Pittsburgh, PA 39. Kevin Knight, CEO, Knight Transportation; Phoenix, AZ 40. Russell Lewis, CEO, New York Times Company; New York, NY 41. Dan Akerson, CEO, XO Communications; Reston, VA 42. Jacques Nasser, CEO, Ford Motor, Dearborn, MI 43. Roger Jarvis, CEO, Spinnaker Exploration; Houston, TX 44. Jure Sola, CEO, Sanmina; San Jose, CA 45. David D'Alessandro, CEO, John Hancock Financial Services; Boston, MA 46. Douglas Rock, CEO, Smith International; Houston, TX 47. Willem Roelandts, CEO, Xilinx; San Jose, CA 48. John Wren, CEO, Omnicom; New York, NY 49. Clark McLeod, CEO, McLeodUSA; Cedar Rapids, IA 50. William Wrigley Jr., CEO, WM." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9027_p27", "sents": [ "http: www.reef.com new directors Broadband Service Firm Incanta Names Edaflow CEO as Chairman mail this story?", "top ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- Incanta, a provider of managed content services to broadband service providers, said it named Tim Cobb as chairman of the board.", "Aside from being an individual investor in Incanta, Mr. Cobb is founder, chairman and CEO of edaflow, a provider of software and services for the apparel industry.", "Mr. Conn joins board members Ron Dizy of Celtic House, Reid Funston of Reicon Capital, Dave Samuel of Mosaic Venture Partners, and Scott Ryan and John Brothers, both of Incanta.", "The company is backed by Mosaic Venture Partners, Intel Capital, AT&T Canada, Celtic House, Reicon Capital, Imlay Investments, Gray Ventures, Blackboard, and Marathon Capital.", "http: www.incanta.net CES International Names Cinergy Managing Director to Board mail this story?", "top ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- CES International, a software company for the utility industry, said it elected Brian Stallman, managing director of Cinergy, to its board of directors." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 4 ] }, { "title": "e2942_p8", "sents": [ "Mr. Goulding will oversee sales in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacifi c. Mr. Goulding previously served as vice president of worldwide sales at I-Logix.", "The company also announced the promotion of Bob Tenace to vice president of sales for Central and South America, previously serving as the director of North American sales.", "Artisan is backed by 3i Group, Defta Partners, Pi Capital, Pond Venture Partners, Quester, Questor, and Vertex Management.", "http: www.artisansw.com Middle2 Ockham Names Oracle Manager Brent Wells as Sales VP mail?", "top ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- Ockham Technologies, a provider of sales performance management, said it named Brent Wells as vice president of sale s. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Wells was branch manager for the Southeas t region at Oracle.", "Ockham is backed by Imlay Investments, Mellon Ventures, Monarch Capital Partners, and Noro-Moseley Partners.", "http: www.ockhamtech.com ePartners Adds Former Ernst & Young Exec to Sales Team mail?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Dikshit", "sents": [ "Dikshit (also spelled as Dixit or Dikshitar) (pronounced \"deek-shitt\") ( ) (Hindi: दीक्षित ), is a Hindu family name.", "The word is an adjective form of the Sanskrit word \"diksha\", meaning provider of knowledge.", "\"Dikshita\" in Sanskrit derives itself as a person involved in scientific studies, and literally translates as \"one who has received initiation or one who is initiated\".", "The surname is usually associated with high class Hindu Brahmins and punjabi high class jatts in India, especially in North India.", "People with this surname also have their roots in the Indian states of Punjab Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, , Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Bengal." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e1911_p29", "sents": [ "The Centre promised that the additional power would be made available from the Eastern Grid.", "Dikshit told Prabhu that the Delhi government was negotiating with the Chhatisgarh government to buy 100 MW.", "She said the Delhi government was facing severe problem in getting power from Himachal Pradesh Electricity Board due to reduction in the power generation in the state.", "The government is now contemplating talks with West Bengal to purchase power.", "Dikshit said her government was negotiating a deal with Enron, but was reluctant to buy electricity due to the high tariff quoted by the company.", "Dikshit said additional power was also expected from the three units at Dadri, Badarpur and Raj Ghat power stations which would be become functional by May 10. Besides Dikshit, Delhi power minister Narendra Nath and principal secretary power Ashok Pradhan and Delhi Vidyut Board chairman Jagdish Sagar were also present.", "Enron ready to pull out, but lenders say wait Business Times Bureau 04 27 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) MUMBAI: The Dabhol Power Company board, which met on Wednesday in London, authorised the company management to issue a termination notice to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e7205_p16", "sents": [ "NanoGram has developed technology that enables the manufacture of nanoscale compositions.", "Dow Corning, NEC of Japan, ABB of Switzerland, Bay Partners, Hydro Quebec CapiTech of Canada, France's Groupe Siparex, Japan's Techno-Venture, SBV Venture Partners, Fountainhead Capital, XR Ventures, Sands Brothers, Institutional Venture Partners, Venrock Associates, and Nth Power Technologies participated in the round.", "http: www.nanogram.com Public Relations Apps Firm Vocus Gets $8.4 Million Round Two LANHAM, Md.", "-- Vocus, which provides Web-based software applications for electronic public relations and external relationship management, said it has secured $8.4 million in its second round of funding led by Lazard Technology Partners.", "Vocus' first round investors, Edison Venture fund and Carmel Associates, also participated in the round.", "Vocus said it will use the funds to expand its sales and marketing efforts, as well as expand its product and service offerings.", "In addition to the investment, Kevin Burns, managing principal of Lazard, has taken a seat on Vocus' board." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e9389_p14", "sents": [ "Fidelity Ventures, iVisionary Ventures, and JMI Equity Fund, which invested in Managed Objects' initial round, also participated.", "Deutsche Banc Alex Brown served as the placement agent for Managed Obects throughout the financing process.", "Managed Objects said it will use the funds for product launches and general growth.", "Managed Objects has elected Kevin Burns, managing principal of Lazard Technologies, to its board of directors.", "http: www.managedobjects.com Management Technology Provider Yantra Gets $41 Million ACTON, Mass.", "-- Yantra, a provider of management technology for the manufacturing and retail industries, said it received $41 million from Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Private Equity, Amerindo, Broadvision, VerticalNet, and Eastman Chemical Company.", "The funds will be used for marketing and R&D.", "http: www.yantra.com Nano-Particle Material Manufacturer Raises $10 Million FREMONT, Calif. -- NanoGram, which synthesizes complex compounds and manufactures nano-particle materials, said it raised $10 million in its most recent round of funding.", "The round was raised from previous investors Institutional Venture Partners, Venrock Associates, Nth Power Technologies, and new investors NEC, Techno-Venture, and Sands Brothers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "2014 MLS Dispersal Draft", "sents": [ "The 2014 MLS Dispersal Draft was held by Major League Soccer on November 19, 2014 to distribute players who were formerly under contract to Chivas USA.", "Chivas USA was contracted by the league following the 2014 MLS season." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Major League Soccer", "sents": [ "Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league, sanctioned by U.S. Soccer, that represents the sport's highest level in both the United States and Canada.", "MLS constitutes one of the major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada.", "The league comprises 22 teams—19 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada.", "The MLS regular season runs from March to October, with each team playing 34 games; the team with the best record is awarded the Supporters' Shield.", "The postseason includes twelve teams competing in the MLS Cup Playoffs through November and December, culminating in the championship game, the MLS Cup.", "MLS teams also play in other domestic competitions against teams from other divisions in the U.S. Open Cup and in the Canadian Championship.", "MLS teams also compete against continental rivals in the CONCACAF Champions League." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3975_p1", "sents": [ "EAT, DRINK, BE MERRY: Free food & drink from the best E-Bars in town!", "Sold out 5 years in a row!", "Register now at http: www.supercybersuds.org Also in This Issue: New Money: o Launch, $3 Million Seed Funding for Semiconductor Firm Quake o Mobile Device Software Firm Mobli Has $2 Million First Round o Online Bond Marketplace eBond Raises $1 Million Seed Round o SIP Software Firm Indigo Software Gets $4 Million Round One o Software Developer For Internet Protocol Raises $1.5 Million o Swedish Arm of eWork Exchange Gets First Round Funding o Waveguide Developer Teem Photonics Gets $31 Million o Cogency Semiconductor Takes $20 Million in Round Two o Content Site InvestorForce.com Raises $52 Million Series D o Strategic Management Group Raises $50 Million Second Round o $9.6 Million Round Two for Disk Storage Firm NanoMagnetics o Cube8.com To Invest Up To $7 Million in Telecom Firm Corex o IT Training Firm IQdestination Raises $7 Million Series B o Net Forms Developer Cardiff Raises $10 Million o Nutripeak.com Gets $5 Million Series B, Acquires eNutrition o Orsus Solutions Raises $20 Million in Strategic Third Round o Partner Manager Allegis Gets $26 Million in Mezzanine Funds o TelePacific Communications Adds $19 Million To Third Round o Web Enabler ChinaCast Technology Gains $28.6 Million o E-Business Resource India.com Raises $11 Million Round o Security Provider Amsec Raises $3 Million in Series C o Wireless Entertainment Firm Digital Bridges Gets $14 Million o Education E-Transaction Firm KawamaCommerce Gets Funds o VentureWorx Takes 3% Stake in Management Firm Vertical Think New Products: o Digital Delivery Provider Etems Networks Launches o ASP Provider OnShare Launches File Sharing Service o Direct Marketing Management Firm Screen4me Announces Launch o Steel Industry Trading Platform FerrousExchange Launches M&A: o SOC Producer Cygnal Acquires IP Core Provider SiLogiX o Chinese Internet Portal Sohu.com to Acquire ChinaRen.com Elderly Care Manager CareGuide Buys Senior Care Review New Directors: o Redback Vice Chairman Named Chairman of Telenisus o Education Service Provider LearnSomething Adds Two to Board o Two Board Members Join Directory Assistance Firm, infoUSA o Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror Fan Site Fandom Elects Board Member New People: o Wireless Multimedia Firm ShareWave Names CEO and President o E-Commerce Company MarketMile Hires New President and CEO o Former CFO of Buystream Joins Linux IT Firm Nitrosoft as CEO VC Fund News: o Consultant Summa Technologies Forms Summa VentureWorks o Lattitude Partners Closes $60 Million Technology Fund VC Personnel: o Former Lucent Optical Group Head Joins Clarity Partners VW Corrections: o Daedalus Venture Group o MinorityInterest Network Advertisement Event: B2B AND THE FORTUNE 1000 - THE REALITY BEHIND THE HYPE Tuesday, October 3, 2000 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm - Palo Alto, CA An interactive forum designed for B2B investors, executives and entrepreneurs who want the latest information on how B2B E-commerce will evolve as Fortune 1000 organizations come online." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e1217_p1", "sents": [ "Newspaper Software Firm Raises $3 Million First Round o Waste Management ASP Envectra Has $4.9 Million Seed Round o B2B Wireless ASP Terion Announces $50 Million Funding o Open-Source Firm Wasabi Systems Closes $500,000 Round One o Science Communications Secures Pre-Series A Funding o Airslide Systems Closes $35 Million Second Round of Funding o B2B Service Firm SupplySolutions Has $20 Million Round Two o Behavioral Technology Firm Gets $11.2 Million in Series B o Communications Firm Brainshark Has $14 Million Second Round o Evant Solutions Raises $12 Million in Second Round o French Mobile Location Service Provider Raises $15.1 Million o Image Sensor Tech Firm Y Media Gets $7.5 Million Series B o Net Advertising Tech Firm iWeb Closes $8.6 Million Series B o SpinCircuit and Avet Form Partnership, Avnet Takes Stake o TimesTen Performance Software Closes $21.5 Million Mezzanine o Advent Leads $4 Million Round for Shipping Site NETlogistiK o ArrayComm Raises $34 Million in Series F Funding Round o B2B Software Firm Sienna Secures $4 Million in Second Round o Deutsche Bank Takes Stake in Securities Software Firm Lewtan o Mobile Platform Firm Synchrologic Gets $22 Million D Round o ASP Reasoning Gets $15 Million Series D New Products: o Online College Student Advisor PureAdvice.com Launches o Universal Wireless Infrastructure Firm Sentica Launches o Christianity.com Launches, Ex-Pepperdine President Named CEO o Incubator Brainspark Launches Digital Design Firm EC1 Media New Deals: o Failure of Investment Talks Leads to Clickmango.com Closure o Scour Lays Off 52 Following Dissolution of Investment Talks o Ad Firms OneMediaPlace and iMediaPoint Enter Alliance o E-Security Firm iDefense in $10 Million Venture with Itochu o Silicon Peak Takes Stake in Information Firm for Physicians M&A: o Intersil Buys Wireless Component Firm SiCOM for $196 Million o ICG Increases Stake in PaperExchange.com from 20% to 83% o Network Appliance to Acquire WebManage for $75 Million o Heyde Group Acquires European VC Firm Value Partner New Directors: o Acta Technology Adds Network Appliance CFO to Board o DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board o incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board o Irish XML App Firm Vordel Adds Corporate Financier to Board o RedEnvelope Names Prophet Brand CEO to Its Board New People: o Net Video Firm Vividon Makes Ex-Vignette VP President, CEO o Former Motorola Executive is New CEO for Foxcom Wireless o MEI Software Systems Promotes VP to President and Acting CEO VC Fund News: o Brazil's Banco Pactual Launches BRR $75 Million Tech Fund o KPN and VNU Launch $30 Million Fund For European Tech Firms o Draper Laboratory Launches $15 Million Venture Subsidiary VC Personnel: o High Tech Venture Firm YankeeTek Ventures Gets New Partner o NIF Ventures Promotes Partner to Run Silicon Valley Office VW Corrections: o Rtime Advertisement Healthcare Outlook: Where Medicine Meets the Internet Will e-health complement traditional healthcare systems or create new markets?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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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, 2 ] }, { "title": "e20365_p12", "sents": [ "'s request for information.", "\"We will cooperate fully with the S.E.C.", "and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest,\" he said.", "FRONT PAGE - FIRST SECTION: SEC probes Enron over financial dealings Financial Times; Oct 23, 2001 By JULIE EARLE, JOHN LABATE and SHEILA MCNULTY Enron, the US energy giant, disclosed yesterday that the Securities and Exc hange Commission had asked it to provide financial information at the start of an informal inquiry.", "The announcement follows a rapid sell-off in the stock in reaction to Enron 's surprise revelation last week of a Dollars 1.2bn charge to equity to eli minate the dilutive effects of closing one of its controversial financing v ehicles.", "In revealing the SEC call for more detailed information \"regarding certain related party transactions\", Enron hopes to counter growing criticism that it should be more transparent.", "\"We welcome this request,\" said Kenneth Lay, Enron chairman and chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5, 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e26707_p5", "sents": [ "<br <br Mr. Schaller strongly denied published reports that it was holding acquisition discussions with Cisco Systems.", "<br <br BrightLink Networks, which was founded in October 1998, is backed by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ ePlanet, Sprout Group, Menlo Ventures, Global Crossing, Goldman, Sachs, CS First Boston, Vision Capital, Mitsui, Wit SoundView, and W.R. Hambrecht & Co.< font <br <br <a href=\"http: www.brightlink.com\" target=\"_new\" <font face='arial,helvetica' size='2' http: www.brightlink.com< font a td tr table <br <font face='arial,helvetica' color=\"#006699\" size=\"3\" <b BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT< b font <br <br <table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 <tr <td &#8226; <a name=\"vwNMPKMIJIJI\" <b <font face='arial,helvetica' size=\"2\" Online Insight Adds Ex Ivex Exec as VP, Business Development< font ba td <td align=\"right\" <a href=\"#vwNMPKMIJIJIx\" <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=NMPKMIJIJI\" 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\" ATLANTA -- Online Insight, which provides CRM applications designed to enable companies to understand the preferences of their customers, said it has appointed Gregory Koutrelakos as vice president of business development." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e6231_p17", "sents": [ "Sources close to the company had previously said the round would close at $100 million.", "The new investors in the round included OppenheimerFunds, Essex Investment Management, Graham Partners, J. &W. Seligman, Kemper Small Capitalization Equity Fund, the KVS-Small Cap Growth Fund managed by Scuder Investments, Pyramid Technology, Temasek, and Wit SoundView.", "3Com, Access Technology Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Flatiron Partners, Hewlett-Packard, and seed investor El Dorado also participated.", "FusionOne, which has raised $140 million to date, said it will use the funds to provide resources needed to enhance its platform, continue to drive subscribers to its synchronization services, and deploy synchronization-enabled technology to its partners.", "http: www.fusionone.com Broadcast Manager Reliacast Gets $35 Million Third Round HERNDON, Va. -- Reliacast, a provider of software for audience management during Web-based live, interactive, and entertainment events, said it received $35 million in its third round of funding led by SCP Private Equity Partners and Generation Partners." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6243_p1", "sents": [ "But an unconfirmed news report last week said the federal agency had concluded that generators had not abused the market.", "And others say concerns about megawatt laundering are exaggerated.", "Among them is Jan Smutny-Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers Association, a power-firm trade group, and chairman of the Independent System Operator, which oversees most of California's power grid.", "While acknowledging that such laundering is possible, Smutny-Jones said there is no evidence it is actually occurring or is widespread.", "\"This is one of those things that's turning into an urban legend,\" he said.", "\"I don't want to characterize this as a significant problem.\"", "Even some critics of the way power is purchased in California concede that most of what has been labeled megawatt laundering probably reflects nothing more sinister than the ability of some entrepreneurs to take advantage of a good deal when they see one.", "Nonetheless, they see evidence that at least some California-produced power is being sold out of and back into the state at a higher price." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e234_p4", "sents": [ "The alternative producers' rates are pegged to the price of natural gas, which has skyrocketed in recent months.", "Driving down and stabilizing their prices is a critical factor in Davis' overall plan of buying power without imposing additional consumer rate hikes.", "As a growing number of unpaid producers have dropped offline, state officials have been forced to purchase replacement supplies on the pricey spot market.", "A worst-case scenario materialized Monday, when a lack of electricity supplies forced state officials to order rolling blackouts.", "\"A number of plants are out for maintenance, but it's very clear to me that there are a significant number that are off due to nonpayment,\" said Jan Smutny-Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers.", "\"My concern is that this is a prelude to what we'll see this summer.\"", "PG&E spokesman John Nelson described the alternative producers as victims of the state's energy meltdown.", "\"Many of these generators are relatively small enterprises that cannot afford to continue operating on a daily basis.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "California Energy Commission", "sents": [ "The California Energy Commission, formally the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, is California’s primary energy policy and planning agency.", "Created in 1974 and headquartered in Sacramento, the Commission has responsibility for activities that include forecasting future energy needs, promoting energy efficiency through appliance and building standards, and supporting renewable energy technologies.", "The Commission is a division of the California Natural Resources Agency, which is under the direction of Cabinet Secretary John Laird.", "One of its prominent responsibilities is maintenance of the California Energy Code." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e1420_p48", "sents": [ "* Times staff writer Carl Ingram contributed to this story.", "Powering Up California Power plant projects recently licensed by the California Energy Commission and when they are expected to go online: * * Two of four turbines are expected to go online in December 2001; the other two are expected to go online in March 2002. Source: California Energy Commission GRAPHIC: PHOTO: (2 photos) Gov.", "Gray Davis urges California Energy Commission to approve Metcalf Energy Center, a 600-megawatt power plant planned for San Jose.", "Demonstrators greet Davis on his way to news conference in Sacramento.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: Associated Press PHOTO: (2 photos) Gov.", "Gray Davis urges California Energy Commission to approve Metcalf Energy Center, a 600-megawatt power plant planned for San Jose.", "Demonstrators greet Davis on his way to news conference in Sacramento.", "PHOTOGRAPHER: ROBERT DURELL Los Angeles Times GRAPHIC: Powering Up California, Los Angeles Times LOAD-DATE: April 19, 2001 10 of 63 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service The Orange County Register April 19, 2001, Thursday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K7970 LENGTH: 275 words HEADLINE: Ex-energy chief leery of state buying power lines BYLINE: By Kate Berry BODY: ONTARIO, Calif. _ Former Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said Wednesday that he is \"uncomfortable\" with the state's $2.76 billion purchase of the transmission lines of Southern California Edison because it would derail future plans to fully deregulate the state's electricity market." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5850_p29", "sents": [ "Davis adviser Nancy McFadden said the state needs FERC to lay the groundwork for the state to seek refunds from public utilities by ordering refunds from corporate energy suppliers.", "But during a conference call Sunday with reporters, McFadden and Davis press secretary Steve Maviglio couldn't explain how the governor would go about getting refunds from companies whose wholesale power prices aren't regulated by FERC.", "Davis testified before the United States Congress last week that generators overcharged the state $9 billion and that FERC should order the refunds.", "State Sen. Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, has asked for an investigation into Davis's testimony, saying the figures were based on \"shaky calculations.\"", "To come up with its conclusions, the ISO compared hourly market prices received by sellers to an estimate of market prices that could have been expected under competitive market conditions.", "The ISO established a benchmark for what it determined was competitive - at times about $125 per megawatt-hour to $200 MWh, a fraction of actual prices in the market - based on the cost of natural gas and compliance with air-quality rules." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3040_p0", "sents": [ "'Just in case anyone had any doubts about how Davis is approaching the issue Davis announces four new energy advisors Updated: May 18, 2001 - 2:54 p.m. Gov.", "Gray Davis has added four new advisers to his energy staff, including members of former Vice President Al Gore's staff and campaign team.", "Chris Lehane, former Gore press secretary, and Mark Fabiani, a deputy campaign manager for the Gore-Lieberman presidential run, will coordinate the governor's communications staff on energy issues and help recruit a new director of communications.", "Lehane and Fabiani's company will earn $30,000 per month for six months.", "Nancy McFadden, former deputy chief of staff to Gore, will earn $118,000 a year as a senior adviser to the governor, said Steve Maviglio, Davis' spokesman.", "McFadden will concentrate on the governor's relations with federal regulators and with generators.", "Davis also has recruited Kellan Fluckiger, chief operations officer for the Independent System Operator, keeper of the state's power grid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e490_p20", "sents": [ "Sources said that due to this standoff the committee is unlikely to submit its report within first week of April according to the terms of reference.", "An Enron spokesperson said, ``We have made our stand very clear before the committee that for a renegotiation of a contract signed by various parties, including the government of India, the government of Maharashtra and the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), all parties should be part of the review process.''", "P.S.", "Paunikar, technical director, MSEB, said, ``We had requested top officials from the ministries of power and finance and the CEA to be present during the renegotiation meetings with the DPC.", "But the Centre has declined to depute any official for this purpose.''", "DPC's stance has surprised industry observers since during the previous renegotiation committee proceedings under Kirit Parikh, the company had not set any conditions of this sort.", "The Centre has justified its stand not to depute any officials stating that review of Dabhol project is strictly a state affair and that it has no role to play in it." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 3, 5 ] }, { "title": "Kirit Parikh", "sents": [ "Kirit S. Parikh is Emeritus Professor (on retirement as Director) and Founder Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India.", "He has also served as Senior Economic Advisor to United Nations Development Programme from October 1997 to September 1998.", "He has been a member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) of the Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and had been a member of EAC of Prime Ministers Rajiv Gandhi, V.P.Singh, Chandra Shekhar and P.V.", "Narasimha Rao." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3127_p39", "sents": [ "Travel Site Viator Promotes COO Jan Knox to President mail?", "top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Viator, a provider of travel destinat ion content, technology, and distribution services, announced the promotion of Jan Knox to the company's first president.", "Ms. Knox has been with the compa ny for two years and most recently served as the company's chief operating officer in Sydney, Australia and will relocate to San Francisco.", "Viator is backed by Australia Technology Group, Technology Venture Partners, Travelocity, Worldspan, and individual investors.", "http: www.viator.com IKANO Appoints New President and Chief Operating Officer mail?", "top SALT LAKE CITY (VENTUREWIRE) -- IKANO Communications, a provider of Internet networking infrastructure and branded services, said it has appointed Garth Howard as president and chief operating officer.", "Mr. Howard, who most recently served as president of custom solutions for Convergys' customer management group, replaces founder Henry Smith as president.", "Mr. Smith will continue on as the company's CEO." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] }, { "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, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Pistoia", "sents": [ "Pistoia (] ) is a city and \"comune\" in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.", "It is a typical Italian medieval city, and it attracts many tourists, especially in the summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Tuscany", "sents": [ "Tuscany ( ; Italian: \"Toscana\" , ] ) is a region in central Italy with an area of about 23,000 km2 and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013).", "The regional capital is Florence (\"Firenze\")." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "The Mad Capsule Markets 1997–2004", "sents": [ "The Mad Capsule Markets 1997–2004 is third compilation album by The Mad Capsule Markets.", "This album features a collection of hits from Digidogheadlock to Cistm Konfliqt....", "Songs were re-mastered by Takeshi Ueda for the release.", "Changes include extended intros to Asphalt-Beach and Bit Crusherrrr and an added scream to Scary as the song gets faster.", "In the UK edition the DVD was included with the disc instead of the two being sold separately as they are in Japan.", "The DVD features the re-mastered tracks dubbed over the original videos." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Cistm Konfliqt...", "sents": [ "Cistm Konfliqt... (\"system conflict\") is the eleventh and last studio album by Japanese band The Mad Capsule Markets.", "It was released in 2004 in Japan and 2005 in the United Kingdom.", "The UK version included two bonus live tracks, a video for \"W.O.R.L.D\", and an alternative cover.", "This lyrics showed an interest in politics, for example the song \"Scary\" has the lines \"Tell me now, why are we killing and dying; America, Europe, Asia, Middle East; Religion, History, Greed\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Allard Roen", "sents": [ "Allard Roen (May 8, 1921–August 28, 2008) was an American businessman in the hospitality industry.", "He was the Managing Director of the Desert Inn and the Stardust Resort and Casino in Paradise, Nevada.", "He was a co-founder of the Sunrise Hospital, The Boulevard Mall and the Las Vegas Country Club.", "Later, he was a co-founder and the on-site Manager of the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Paradise, Nevada", "sents": [ "Paradise is an unincorporated town and census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Nevada, United States, adjacent to the city of Las Vegas.", "The population was 223,167 at the 2010 census, making it the most populous unincorporated community in Nevada.", "As an unincorporated town, it is governed by the Clark County Commission with input from the Paradise Town Advisory Board.", "Paradise was formed on December 8, 1950." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Sayyadwada", "sents": [ "Sayyadwada is a small Shia muslims village in East Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.", "It is near the district headquarters Kakinada, about 25 km away." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Andhra Pradesh", "sents": [ "Andhra Pradesh ( ) (   ) is one of the 29 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of the country.", "The state is the seventh-largest state in India covering an area of 162970 km2 .", "As per 2011 Census of India, the state is tenth-largest by population with 49,386,799 inhabitants." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3564_p16", "sents": [ "\"You can't come to a solution of this problem until you know exactly what t he Department of Water Resources is spending,\" said Senate President Pro Tempo re John Burton, D-San Francisco.", "A Davis spokesman said the administration expects to begin complying with t he legislators' request soon.", "But there is a question about whether standard confidentiality clauses prevent release of long-term contracts and concern that revealing daily purchases would result in higher prices.", "\"The governor philosophically wants to release them as soon as possible,\" said Steve Maviglio, Davis' press secretary.", "\"We just want to make sure we don't adversely affect our ability to get power at lower cost for the summer.\"", "Reserve power levels dropped yesterday, and the state power grid operator declared a Stage 2 alert for the first time in three weeks.", "The Independent System Operator said some power plants were off-line for maintenance and ho t weather across the state increased demand." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "e538_p29", "sents": [ "The Independent System Operator said 10,500 megawatts of power were offline due to maintenance Tuesday and another 2,900 of QF generation remained unavailable.", "The CPUC also ordered Tuesday that the utilities hand over the money they've collected for power through retail rates in order to cover the costs of the state's Department of Water Resources, which has been buying power on their behalf since early this year.", "The commission will discuss the details of the issue at its continuation meeting next Tuesday, Lynch said.", "Myra P. Saefong is a reporter for CBS.MarketWatch.com in San Francisco.", "Hefty payday for Enron's top execs $7 mln bonus for chairman, $5.6 mln to CEO for 2000 By Lisa Sanders, CBS.MarketWatch.com Last Update: 5:22 PM ET Mar 27, 2001 DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Enron's ability to continually transform itself has generated strong results for the Houston-based energy company, CEO and President Jeffrey Skilling said Tuesday.", "His remarks, made to members of the Dallas business community attending Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business management briefing series, came on the same day that Enron (ENE: news, msgs, alerts) filed its annual proxy statement." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Soros Fund Management", "sents": [ "Soros Fund Management, LLC is a private American investment management firm.", "It is currently structured as a family office but formerly as a hedge fund.", "The firm was founded in 1969 by George Soros and in 2010 was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades.", "It is headquartered at 250 West 55th Street in New York City." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e7205_p27", "sents": [ "Mr. Abraham is the co-founder, president, and CEO of optical networking startup Mintera.", "Backers for Onex Communications include Venrock Associates, Star, St. Paul Venture Capital, Seed Fund, and TranSwitch.", "http: www.onexco.com Essential.com Names Its CEO and President as Board Chairman BURLINGTON, Mass.", "-- Essential.com, a Web-based energy and communication marketplace, said it has appointed Paul R. Lewis, who joined Essential.com in June as president and chief executive officer, as chairman of the board.", "He will replace former chairman, Akhil Garland, who has resigned from the board.", "Mr. Lewis previously served as general manager of the IBM's global services consulting group.", "Essential.com is backed by Soros Fund Management and included investments from McKinley Capital Partners and Triad Media Ventures.", "http: www.essential.com New People o WireConnect Names Technology Ventures EIR as CEO ATLANTA -- WireConnect, a business-to-business e-commerce marketplace for the wire and cable industry, said it appointed Christopher Herschend as its first chief executive officer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e2932_p0", "sents": [ "'Following are IEP media activities planned for Thursday May 17: 9:30 AM FOX News Ch.", "Interview Tentatively scheduled to appear on \"Neil Cavuto\" or \"Fox Report\" 10:00 AM Los Angeles Media Briefing Millennium Biltmore Hotel 506 South Grand Avenue Heinsbergen Room Topic: Briefing of \"Powerful Ideas\" 12:00 Noon Statewide Media Teleconference 1-800-374-2393 Pass Code: Independent Energy Producers Feel free to listen in 3:00 PM Orange County Register Editorial Board Meeting IEP will also be monitoring the Senator Dunn Investigative hearings on Friday in Irvine from 9am - 5pm.", "We'll keep you posted Thanks, Jean -- Jean Munoz McNally Temple Associates, Inc. 916-447-8186 916-447-6326 (fx)" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Fox Report", "sents": [ "The Fox Report is an American evening television news program on Fox News Channel, which debuted on September 13, 1999 as a seven-night-a-week broadcast with Shepard Smith as main anchor of the program until it was relegated to weekends only after the October 4, 2013 broadcast.", "Since 2014, the program has been anchored by Julie Banderas on Saturdays and Harris Faulkner on Sundays.", "The \"Fox Report\" is executive produced by FNC executive producer of news, Jay Wallace." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "XEWT-TDT", "sents": [ "XEWT-TDT is the television call sign for the Televisa television station in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.", "Informally called \"Tu Canal\" (Your Channel), the channel can also be seen in most parts of the San Diego market.", "It is also available on K band via the SatMex 5 satellite at 116.8°W.", "Its studios are located on 3rd Avenue in Chula Vista, California and transmitter are located on Mount San Antonio in Tijuana." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Televisa", "sents": [ "Grupo Televisa, S.A.B.", "(] ) is a Mexican multimedia mass media company, and the largest in Hispanic America as well as the first of all the Spanish-speaking world.", "It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Ralph Nader", "sents": [ "Ralph Nader ( ; born February 27, 1934) is an American political activist, author, lecturer, and attorney, noted for his involvement in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes.", "The son of Lebanese immigrants to the United States, Nader was educated at Princeton and Harvard and first came to prominence in 1965 with the publication of the bestselling book \"Unsafe at Any Speed\", a critique of the safety record of American automobile manufacturers that became known as one of the most important journalistic pieces of the 20th century.", "Following the publication of \"Unsafe at Any Speed\", Nader led a group of volunteer law students — dubbed \"Nader's Raiders\" — in a groundbreaking investigation of the Federal Trade Commission, leading directly to that agency's overhaul and reform.", "In the 1970s, Nader leveraged his growing popularity to establish a number of advocacy and watchdog groups including the Public Interest Research Group, the Center for Auto Safety, and Public Citizen." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "e5815_p69", "sents": [ "At least eight of them could lose their seats in 2002 if national Republicans keep up the California-be-damned drumbeat.", "Democrat Al Gore carried three of the 20 GOP-held districts in the 2000 presidential election.", "Gore plus Green candidate Ralph Nader ran virtually even with Bush in another three districts.", "Redistricting, under the complete control of Democrats, could weaken additional GOP incumbents.", "There is a precedent for the danger that national Republcians may be courting.", "In governing, Bush and Cheney have played to their conservative base just as former President Bill Clinton, Gore and Hillary Rodham Clinton pandered to their liberal base in the first two years of their administration.", "The Clinton administration's ultra-liberalism cost Democrats both houses of Congress in 1994, and decimated the party in several solidly Democratic Southern states.", "Republicans won three Democratic House seats in Georgia in 1994, and took another through a party switch.", "Since 1994, no white Democrat has represented Georgia in the House." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Aberdovey railway station", "sents": [ "Aberdovey railway station (Welsh: \"Aberdyfi\" ) serves the seaside resort of Aberdyfi in Gwynedd, Wales.", "The station is on the Cambrian Coast Railway with passenger services every 2 hours (weekday daytimes) calling at all stations between Machynlleth and Pwllheli, including Tywyn, Barmouth, Harlech and Porthmadog.", "Passengers can connect at Machynlleth for trains to Aberystwyth or Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "Porthmadog", "sents": [ "Porthmadog ( ; ] ), known locally as \"Port\", and since 1974, rendered into Welsh from its former Anglicised form, Portmadoc, is a small coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, in Wales.", "Prior to the Local Government Act 1972 it was in the administrative county of Caernarfonshire.", "The town lies 5 mi east of Criccieth, 11 mi south west of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 mi north of Dolgellau and 20 mi south of Caernarfon.", "The community had a population of 4,185 (2011 census)." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27521_p0", "sents": [ "\"THRIVING UNDER SUSPICION El Paso will be sitting pretty even if it has to p ay fines BusinessWeek, 08 06 01 Dabhol jeopardy The Economic Times, 08 03 01 Petrobras tries to prevent BG accessing Brazil-Bolivia pipeline - report AFX News, 08 02 01 The Corporation: STRATEGIES THRIVING UNDER SUSPICION El Paso will be sitting pretty even if it has to p ay fines By Stephanie Anderson Forest in Houston, with Christopher Palmeri in Los An geles 08 06 2001 BusinessWeek 72 (Copyright 2001 McGraw-Hill, Inc.) Market manipulator.", "Poster child for California's energy woes.", "Member of th e Texas cabal shaking down West Coast consumers.", "As the Golden State's ener gy debacle picked up speed this spring, El Paso Corp. suddenly found itself cast in the role of Public Enemy No.", "1. State and federal regulators are i nvestigating charges that El Paso used its control of a key pipeline to sha rply boost the price of natural gas flowing into the state." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3, 4 ] }, { "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, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e9449_p0", "sents": [ "'I reviewed the proposed legislation written by SCE introducing changes to the PU Code for Rate Stabilization at the end of the AB 1890 Rate Freeze.", "The following are my observations: SCE realizes that maintaining the AB1890 Rate Freeze will most likely not help them recover their remaining CTCs and may in fact result in reducing the level of CTC revenues recovered thus far.", "Under the AB1890 Rate Freeze, SCE's shareholders now incur the risks associated with the commodity market prices.", "SCE also realizes that the CPUC, State of California, and public will not allow SCE to artificially end the rate freeze early and forego recovery of CTCs as revealed in the bill language: \"which could cause such electrical corporations to elect to take a loss on collection of utility generation-related assets and obligations in order to terminate the rate freeze that is currently providing protection from the current high and volatile electricity prices.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] }, { "title": "e9449_p2", "sents": [ "It is clear the SCE wants to move to a new paradigm from the AB1890 Rate Freeze where SCE's shareholders incur the risks of high and volatile comodity prices to this Rate Stabilization Proposal (Rate Freeze or Cap) where ratepayers incur such risks.", "(This clearly demonstrates why utilities are the wrong company for the job).", "Despite our philosophical beliefs or future value propositions, if the Rate Stabilization Proposal allows utilities to end the rate freeze early and does not equally apply to DA customers, depending on when utilities will elect to end the AB1890 Rate Freeze, we may be talking about a $100 million hit or swing to our book.", "Needless to say, we need to support parity between DA and SO under the Rate Stabilization Proposal.", "Roger'" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "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 ] }, { "title": "e8228_p2", "sents": [ "Instead, FERC proposed changes to the governing boards of the state's two wholesale-market operators - the Independent System Operator and Power Exchange - said the state's three investor-owned utilities should no longer be required to buy a majority of their power from the CalPX, and proposed penalties for utilities that put off buying the power they need until the last minute.", "FERC also proposed capping the price paid to all bidders in California's power auctions at $150 MWh.", "Individual bidders could still get higher prices, but would have to justify their claims to FERC.", "FERC may issue its final order as early as Dec. 13, and commissioners said California shouldn't expect it to differ from the proposed changes recommended by FERC earlier this month.", "The comment period for FERC's draft order closed Nov. 22. (MORE) Dow Jones Newswires 27-11-00 2305GMT Final Order Won't Order Refunds Davis warned FERC commissioners at a public hearing in San Diego two weeks ago that a failure to order refunds would produce a \"ratepayer revolt.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Phil Angelides", "sents": [ "Phillip Nicholas \"Phil\" Angelides ( ; born June 12, 1953) is an American politician who was California State Treasurer and the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of California in the 2006 elections.", "Angelides served as the Chair of the Apollo Alliance and of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e3705_p35", "sents": [ "The utility wants its share of consumer revenue increased, leaving less for the state.", "Under a bill lawmakers passed in January, it was the calculation of how muc h of consumer money was needed to reimburse the state for energy purchases th at would dictate how many bonds the state could sell to repay itself.", "The limit on bond sales was four times that calculation, totaling about $13 billion.", "But both utilities challenged the PUC's initial decision, saying it was too generous to the state.", "Fearing legal action from the utilities, lawmakers passed a second bill in May that delinked the authorization to sell up to $13.4 billion in bonds fr om the calculation of how much consumer money the utilities receive.", "That bill allows the bond sale to happen as early as Aug. 14. As a result, yesterday the Davis administration and State Treasurer Phil Angelides said the utilities' move did not affect the bond sale, scheduled for late summer." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 5 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6756_p0", "sents": [ "'FYI.", "Fairly accurate account of the activities in California.", "Assembly released new version of Hertzberg's bill late last night.", "Another update to follow shortly.", "Best, Jeff State Senate OKs bailing out Edison from bankruptcy Assembly plans own version for utility Lynda Gledhill and Robert Salladay, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, July 21, 2001 ,2001 San Francisco Chronicle: http: www.sfgate.com cgi-bin article.cgi?f ca 2001 07 21 MN133267.DTL Sacramento -- The state Senate approved a plan yesterday to keep Southern California Edison from falling into bankruptcy, but the bill crafted as an alternative to the pact between the utility and Gov.", "Gray Davis faces an uncertain future.", "The bill by Democratic Sens.", "Richard Polanco of Los Angeles and Byron Sher of Palo Alto would give the state a five-year option to buy the utility's transmission lines and would have the state guarantee no more than $2.5 billion of the utility's debt." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4, 7 ] }, { "title": "Byron Sher", "sents": [ "Byron D. Sher (born February 7, 1928) is an American Democratic politician.", "He served in the California State Senate from 1996 to 2004, prior to which, he served in the California State Assembly between 1980 and 1996.", "Sher was also a longtime professor at Stanford Law School.", "He currently serves as the California Senate Rules Committee appointee to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3420_p0", "sents": [ "'Los Angeles Power Firm Chief Lists Solutions for Crisis Los Angeles Times, 05 27 01 Cutting Kilowatt Hours Californians see rewards in conservation San Francisco Chronicle, 05 27 01 W and the Coast: California dreaming Houston Chronicle, 05 27 01 Houston's top execs in energy Oil and gas claims 8 of 10 highest- paid Houston Chronicle, 05 27 01 Enron's Indian Unit Dabhol Rejects Payment From State in Quarrel Over Bills Dow Jones Business News, 05 27 01 SAUDI ARABIA: UPDATE 3-Saudi seen revealing gas leaders before June signing.", "Reuters English News Service, 05 27 01 Oil Cos Told To Accept Aramco As Gas JV Partner -Report Dow Jones Energy Service, 05 27 01 India: Indian lenders of DPC to participate in Singapore meet Business Line (The Hindu), 05 27 01 Senator Calls for Hearings Into Energy Regulators' Moves The New York Times, 05 26 01 Enron's secret bid to save deregulation PRIVATE MEETING: Chairman pitches his plan to prominent Californians San Francisco Chronicle, 05 26 01 USA: Beverly Hills crowd unmoved by Enron pitch - paper." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Houston Chronicle", "sents": [ "The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Texas, United States.", "s of 2016 , it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States.", "With its 1995 buy-out of long-time rival the \"Houston Post\", the \"Chronicle\" became Houston's primary newspaper." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Myanmar Red Cross Society", "sents": [ "Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) was founded in 1937 and it was earlier called Burma Red Cross.", "It has its headquarters in Yangon." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Yangon", "sents": [ "Yangon (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် , MLCTS \"rankun mrui\", ] ; formerly known as Rangoon, literally: \"End of Strife\") is the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar, also known as Burma.", "Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government relocated the capital to the purpose-built city of Naypyidaw in central Myanmar.", "With over 7 million people, Yangon is Myanmar's largest city and its most important commercial centre." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e3418_p68", "sents": [ "Here Lies There's no marker on the runway at LAX to commemorate President Bill Clinton's notorious $200 haircut, but Los Angeles' Rancho Park Golf Course now has a bronze plaque set in a boulder to memorialize Clinton's golf game there last August.", "The marker reads \"President of the United States William Jefferson Clinton played golf at Rancho Park Golf Course August 12, 2000,\" and beneath it the names of three officials, one of whom was in the First Foursome--L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan.", "Clinton didn't turn in a scorecard, but his game was said to be \"around 85.\"", "Former Clinton White House aide Ben Austin, now deputy mayor to Riordan, says that in spite of reports to the contrary, \"presidents don't cheat at golf.", "Presidents' opponents cheat for them,\" a statement bolstered by former President George Bush, who marveled after he left the White House, \"It's amazing how many people beat you at golf now that you're no longer president.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Richard Riordan", "sents": [ "Richard Joseph \"Dick\" Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is an American investment banker, businessman, investor, and politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California serving from 1993 to 2001.", "He is a member of the Republican Party.", "To date, Riordan remains the most recent Republican to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Żytna", "sents": [ "Żytna (German: \"Zyttna\" ) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lyski, within Rybnik County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.", "It lies approximately 17 km west of Rybnik and 52 km west of the regional capital Katowice." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Rybnik", "sents": [ "Rybnik (German: \"Rybnick\") is a city in southwestern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship.", "The city first developed as a fishing centre (\"rybnik\" means \"fishpond\" in several Slavic languages) in medieval ages, then was a capital of so-called Rybnik State.", "Rybnik grew as an important centre of coal mining and the seat of the surrounding county in the 19th century.", "Under Poland's communist rule from 1945-1989 the city was projected to grow as a main mining centre of southern Poland." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Robertson Stephens", "sents": [ "Robertson Stephens was a San Francisco-based boutique investment bank that focused primarily on technology companies.", "The firm was closed by its parent company, FleetBoston in July 2002 as a result of the collapse of the technology sector and the end of the dot-com bubble." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "e25089_p2", "sents": [ "If you have any other questions please feel free to give me a shout.", "I haven't been too specific on requirements as we are really just looking for the smartest and best people and are less concerned about previous experience, etc.", "It has been a fairly good hiring strategy to date-since I joined Pacific Crest, we have had zero attrition or turnover.", "Regards, James P.S.", "If you are ever in town on a weekday, feel free to come by-we are at the top of the United States Bank Tower (big Pinky) and have the best view in Portland.", "James E. Faucette Vice President, Equity Research Pacific Crest Securities 111 SW Fifth Ave., 42nd Floor Portland, OR 97204 Tel: (503) 248-0721 Fax: (503) 417-9370 DISCLAIMER Notice Regarding Entry of Orders and Instructions: Please do not transmit orders and or instructions regarding your Robertson Stephens account(s) by e-mail.", "Orders and or instructions transmitted by e-mail will not be accepted by Robertson Stephens, and Robertson Stephens will not be responsible for carrying out such orders and or instructions." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 6 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5558_p43", "sents": [ "Last year, the commission made a formal finding that prices in California were neither.", "But the modest \"price mitigation\" measures it adopted were widely criticized as mere nibbling around the edges.", "Not so, says Hebert.", "\"I don't think there is any doubt that the commission's plan is working and is bringing down prices,\" he told reporter s this week.", "He condemned what he called \"the ideology of price caps.\"", "The two new FERC members, Wood and Nora M. Brownell, have not offered ringing endorsements of FERC's actions to date.", "During Senate confirmation hearings last month, they indicated they favored closer, tighter scrutiny of industry.", "Wood, past chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission and a confidant of the president, signaled in interviews that a return to regulation would be preferable to dysfunctional markets that deprive consumers of the benefits of competition.", "\"No tool is off the table, even if it's a bad tool,\" Wood told the PBS program \"Frontline.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e407_p14", "sents": [ "In the last case, several companies including Enron Corp. have committed to building wind power facilities out on the western plains, to supply power to the more densely populated eastern half of Texas.", "INCENTIVES TO BUILD TRANSMISSION Though companies have already anted up to erect power lines in the problem areas, the state will have to provide attractive rates of return to encourage continuing infrastructure investments, he said.", "\"The rate of return is going to have to be a little higher than it was in the past,\" Noel said.", "He expected that the Texas Public Utility Commission, which negotiates such rates with the utilities, would look to a range of 10-12 percent return on investment, as opposed to current rates in the neighborhood of eight percent.", "Transmission is the only major part of the state's electricity market which will still be regulated after retail deregulation kicks off, he said.", "The wholesale market has been deregulated since 1995. \"We believe the infrastructure has to be regulated,\" Noel said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1339_p1", "sents": [ "\"There are two alternatives,\" says the Bowen source.", "\"Lawmakers will either fashion a better deal or allow SCE to work out their problems in bankruptcy court.\"", "Bowen is the chair of the Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee.", "The deal calls for SCE to sell its transmission assets to the state Department of Water Resources (DWR) for 2.3 times its book value or $2.76 billion.", "The agreement also calls for the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to establish a rate plan so that $3.5 billion of debt could be recovered by SCE for its power purchases before the state began buying electricity in January.", "\"This is the single most important cash flow provision of the memorandum of understanding,\" says a source with the state Office of Ratepayer Advocate (ORA).", "\"SCE will collect all of the costs they have incurred.\"", "ORA had argued against bailing SCE out of debt saying its parent company had ample funds." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "e6484_p5", "sents": [ "These fines and penalties are excessively punitive.", "Fourth, the bounty-hunter provisions of the bill provide an incentive for employees and interest groups to investigate businesses for profit.?", "Other bounty-hunter legislation passed by the Legislature has resulted in many frivolous lawsuits.?", "Some of the costs associated with these suits are absorbed by businesses and some of the costs are passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices.?", "In any event, the bounty-hunter provisions have the potential to unnecessarily increase energy costs.?", "The regulatory branc h of our government already has the authority to investigate alleged unfair business practices.?", "This authority should not be passed on to employees an d interest groups.", "ABX2 65 establishes a terrible precedent and has the very real potential to reduce existing energy supplies and to discourage future energy infrastructure investment within the State.", "Office of Ratepayer Advocate Following the charge of Pacific Bell, CMTA and other business lobby groups have successfully slowed the progress of SB 201 (Speier D-Hillsborough) whi ch repeals the sunset of the Office of Ratepayer Advocate (ORA).?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 8 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Onkyokei", "sents": [ "The Onkyo music movement or Onkyokei (音響系 , Onkyōkei ) (translation: \"reverberation of sound\") is a form of free improvisation, emerging from Japan in the late 1990s.", "Onkyō (translation: \"sound, noise, echo\") places much more emphasis on sound texture than on musical structure, distilling elements of techno, noise, and electronic music into a unique hybrid." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Taku Sugimoto", "sents": [ "He initially gained attention in the late 1990s for his restrained, melodic playing, unusual in the world of free improvisation.", "Critic Bruce Russell describes this era of Sugimoto's music by writing: \"Sugimoto is perhaps the pre-eminent stylist on the guitar ...", "He brings a golden glow to every session he partakes in, having abandoned amped up noise in favour of a much more introspective and calligraphic style of play.\"" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5850_p12", "sents": [ "\"There just seem to be unusual occurrences and these fluctuations where it will be unusually warm for a few weeks and then unusually cold, and that can be hard on certain plants,\" Sorrells said.", "The biotechnology giant Monsanto has an extensive search program for plant genes that are resistant to drought and other stresses in hopes of engineering hardier crops.", "While a company spokesman said those efforts are not aimed specifically at global warming, they are in response to an increasing demand from farmers for more resilient plants.", "Agricultural scientists agree there are higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.", "But they disagree on whether the increase is caused by human activity and whether it leads to global warming.", "Higher carbon dioxide is not necessarily bad for agriculture; it's what plants breathe, after all.", "Even climatic warming could have short-term benefits.", "\"The temperature change in itself might lengthen the growing season and it might enable people farther north to grow crops that are now\" not feasible, said Paul Waggoner, a scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 7 ] }, { "title": "Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station", "sents": [ "The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) is the Connecticut state government's agricultural experiment station, a state government component that engages in scientific research and public outreach in agriculture and related fields.", "It is the oldest state experiment station in the United States, having been founded in 1875.", "Its official mission is to \"develop, advance, and disseminate scientific knowledge, improve agricultural productivity and environmental quality, protect plants, and enhance human health and well-being through research for the benefit of Connecticut residents and the nation.\"", "The station operates a main research campus in New Haven, a research farm in Hamden, a satellite research facility and farm in Windsor, and a research farm in Griswold." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1994 Algerian Super Cup", "sents": [ "The 1994 Algerian Super Cup is the 3rd edition of Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Championnat National and 1993–94 Algerian Cup competitions.", "The match was scheduled to be played on 8 September 1994 at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers between 1993–94 Championnat National winners US Chaouia and 1993–94 Algerian Cup winners JS Kabylie." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "US Chaouia", "sents": [ "Union Sportive des Chaouia or simply US Chaouia is an Algerian football club based in Oum El Bouaghi .", "The club was founded in 1936 and its colors are yellow and black.", "Their stadium, the Stade Hassouna Zerdani, has a capacity of some 5,000 people.", "The club is currently playing in the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Aeromonas dhakensis", "sents": [ "\"Aeromonas dhakensis\" is a Gram-negative bacterium first isolated from aquariums in Portugal in 2005.", "The species is globally distributed in aquatic environments, like other species in the \"Aermonas\" genus." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Aeromonas", "sents": [ "Aeromonas is a genus of Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that morphologically resemble members of the family Enterobacteriaceae.", "Most of the 14 described species have been associated with human diseases.", "The most important pathogens are \"A. hydrophila\", \"A. caviae\", and \"A. veronii\" biovar \"sobria\".", "The organisms are ubiquitous in fresh and brackish water." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "1992 Ole Miss Rebels football team", "sents": [ "The 1992 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season.", "The Rebels were led by 10th-year head coach Billy Brewer and played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, and alternate-site home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi.", "They competed as members of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in second in the Western Division with a record of 9–3 (5–3 SEC).", "They were invited to the 1992 Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Air Force, 13–0." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Vaught–Hemingway Stadium", "sents": [ "Vaught–Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field is an outdoor athletic stadium located in Oxford, Mississippi, United States.", "The stadium serves as the home for the University of Mississippi Rebels college football team.", "The stadium is named after Johnny Vaught and Judge William Hemingway.", "Since its expansion in 2016, it is the largest stadium in the state of Mississippi with a capacity of 64,038 and also holds the state record for attendance at 66,176." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Parsons Corporation", "sents": [ "Parsons Corporation (Parsons) is a technology-driven engineering services firm headquartered in Pasadena, California, with more than 70 years of experience in the engineering, construction, technical, and professional services industries.", "Founded in 1944 by engineer Ralph M. Parsons, Parsons Corporation is currently one of the largest such companies in the United States.", "It is 100% owned by its Employee Stock Ownership Trust." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "e3406_p1", "sents": [ "Robert C. Bonner Partner Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher James W. Boswell President J.G.", "Boswell Company Stephen I. Chazen CEO & Executive Vice President Corporate Development Occidental Petroleum Corporation Gareth C.C.", "Chang Chairman & CEO GC3 & Associates International, LLC Dunson K. Cheng Chairman & President Cathay Bank Andrew Cherng Chairman Panda Management Company Paul V. Colony Vice Chairman Aon Worldwide Resources R. Thomas Decker Chairman Strategic Resources William H. Fain, Jr.", "Managing Partner Johnson Fain Partners David Fleming Chair of the Executive Committee Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation Robert Flowers President Community & Investment Development Washington Mutual Bank Stephen E. Frank Chairman, President & CEO Southern California Edison Company S. David Freeman General Manager Department of Water & Power City of Los Angeles Ronald R. Gastelum General Manager Metropolitan Water District Jeffrey L. Glassman Partner Riordan & McKinzie Rupert G.L.", "Grant Senior Account Executive 1717 Capital Management Company George L. Graziadio Chairman of the Board, President & CEO Imperial Bancorp Robert V. Graziano President & COO Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc. David Helwig Senior Vice President, Large Group Services Blue Cross of California Don Jue Vice President - Marketing, System Sales IBM Americas Larry A. Keller Executive Director Port of Los Angeles Mark S. Liberman Vice President - West Region United Airlines Margaret J. Liptay Managing Director Marsh Risk & Insurance Services David C. Lizarraga President & CEO TELACU Industries John F. Llewellyn President & CEO Forest Lawn Memorial - Parks & Mortuaries Douglas M. Lopez President CEO Dial Employment Group Robert J. Lowe President Lowe Enterprises William L. MacDonald President & CEO Clark Bardes Consulting Compensation Resource Group Thomas L. Mack Vice President Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation Christopher C. Martin President AC Martin Partners, Inc. John C. McKeon Senior Vice President Advertising Los Angeles Times Thomas V. McKernan, Jr. President & CEO Automobile Club of Southern California James F. McNulty Chairman & CEO Parsons Corporation Leigh Morrison Vice President - Western Region Compaq Computer Corporation Philip M. Neal Chairman of the Board & CEO Avery Dennison Juliet Oehler Chief Financial Officer Tom York Enterprises Joseph Otting Executive Vice President Union Bank of California Jane G. Pisano Senior Vice President - External Relations University of Southern California Alfred A. Plamann President & CEO United Western Grocers, Inc. Alan Puzarne Senior Vice President & Chief Executive Southern Region Blue Shield of California Norman E. Ross, Jr. Sr. Vice President - Western Region Delon Hampton & Associates Chartered William M. Royer Managing Director CITIBANK Gregory F. Sanford President & CEO United States Trust Company, N.A Keitha T. Schofield Executive Vice President Farmers Insurance Group Kathleen Scovern-McKeon Director of Sales General Manager Growth Markets AT&T John H. Semcken III Vice President Majestic Realty Co. R.K Spackman Manager - Government & Public Affairs Chevron Products Company Lee M. Stewart President Energy Transportation Services The Gas Company Steve Sugerman Senior Vice President & Partner Fleishman-Hillard - Los Angeles Heidi Trost Vice President, Los Angeles EDS Ron F. Wagley, CLU, ChFC President Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Company John F. Walker, Jr." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e28004_p12", "sents": [ "<http: www.kavado.com * Inkra Networks Adds VP of Sales, VP of Operations top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NIILOPJMII FREMONT, CALIF. -- Inkra Networks, which designs systems that deliver streamlined and enhanced services for Internet data centers, said it appointed Michael Rivers as vice president of sales.", "Prior to joining Inkra, he was vice president of sales at Nortel Networks.", "The company also appointed Marty DiPietro, most recently vice president of operations at Siara Systems, as vice president of operations.", "Inkra is backed by Battery Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Storm, and Greenstone Venture Partners.", "<http: www.inkra.com FINANCE * Confluence Networks Appoints Two to Management Team top mail <http: people.venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=NMHMQJHMII MILPITAS, CALIF. -- Confluence Networks, which develops storage networking systems, said it appointed Mark Davis, former vice president of marketing at Evolve Software, as its new senior vice president of marketing, and Rob Seim, co-founder and former chief financial officer at Villa Montage Systems, as its new vice president of finance and controller." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "e4810_p3", "sents": [ "The new subsidiary will be led by Olaf Koch, vice president of corporate e-business, and John Stellman, vice president of mergers and acquisitions.", "http: www.dcx.net o Optical Network Provider Yipes Gets $139 Million Third Round SAN FRANCISCO -- Yipes, a provider of managed optical IP networks, said it raised $139 million in its third round, bringing the company's total equity funding to more than $230 million.", "The round was led by Charter Growth Capital and included new investors Castle Creek Partners, Cross Pacific Technology Partners, DRW Venture Partners, Focus Capital, Glynn, JK&B Capital, the Kaufman Fund, Montech SAS, Radiant Capital, SAVVIS Communications, Storm, Telecom and Technology Ventures Capital, and Westway Capital.", "Previous investors Norwest Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, the Sprout Group, Banc Boston Capital, Chase Capital Partners, and Soros Private Equity Partners also participated.", "The company will use the funds to develop and deploy its gigabit network.", "http: www.yipes.com Dow, Andersen, Campsix Launch Product Development Venture SAN FRANCISCO -- Dow Chemical, Andersen Consulting, and Internet incubator campsix announced they have launched a new company that will provide an integrated, Web-based system of tools and business services to assist users in collaborating on developing new products." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1, 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Kids in Glass Houses", "sents": [ "Kids in Glass Houses was a Welsh rock band from Pontycymmer.", "The band's name was inspired by the lyrics \"not throwing stones at you anymore\" from the Glassjaw song \"Tip Your Bartender\".", "The band achieved success on the strength of the singles \"Give Me What I Want\" and \"Saturday\" off their debut album \"Smart Casual\" in 2008.", "The band released their second album \"Dirt\" in early 2010, releasing four singles; most notably \"Matters at All\".", "The band's third album, \"In Gold Blood\", was released on 15 August 2011.", "Their fourth album, 'Peace', was released on 30 September 2013." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] }, { "title": "Give Me What I Want", "sents": [ "\"Give Me What I Want\" is the second single by Kids in Glass Houses to be taken from the band's debut album \"Smart Casual\".", "It was released on 19 May 2008.", "The song was nominated for the Kerrang!", "Award for Best Single." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e1835_p1", "sents": [ "Lisa -- Forwarded by Lisa Yoho NA Enron on 04 26 2001 11:23 AM -- Ricardo Charvel 04 26 2001 10:49 AM To: Lisa Yoho NA Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: Re: Sempra Pipeline Sempra owns an LDC (that impoers gas from California) in Mexicali together with a group called Proxima (Mexican private company) at least a couple of years ago they began the project and then the construction of a natural gas pipeline from California to ROSARITO.", "Rosarito is where several fuel fired thermoelectric plants have been sited since the early 1960's.", "Now some gas fired thermo's are being built and there is no nat gas in Baja other than the one imported from the United States Sempra is building that line to supply the new plants in Rosarito.", "Jeff Dasovich was trying to get that pipelint to be open access last year.", "I am not sure where that is.", "The building, permitting an dealing with the different interests in the region ha been difficult." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Mexicali", "sents": [ "Mexicali ( ; ] ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California and seat of the Municipality of Mexicali.", "The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 996,826; making the city and metropolitan area the second most populous in Baja California." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Betty White's Off Their Rockers", "sents": [ "Betty White's Off Their Rockers is an American comedy television series launched in 2012, that broadcast on NBC for its first two seasons and Lifetime beginning with the third.", "The series is hosted by Betty White, and is based on the Belgian television format \"Benidorm Bastards\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Betty White", "sents": [ "Betty Marion White Ludden (known professionally as Betty White; born January 17, 1922) is an American actress and comedian, with the longest television career of a female entertainer.", "Regarded as a pioneer of television, she was one of the first women to have control both in front of and behind the camera; and is recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom, which contributed to her receiving the honorary title \"Mayor of Hollywood\" in 1955." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e27370_p0", "sents": [ "\"We got the first draft of Ben Zycher's abstract on the politics and economics of the CA energy problems.", "(The paper is scheduled to be released in late Sept.) I had pushed for an abstract to be released in August in time to help forstall bad things on direct access.", "Here is the draft abstract which is exceeding turgid.", "I highlighted some key direct access statements.", "It has some good things to say about DA mixed in with all the econobabble.", "I have pressed upon the Pacific Research Institute the need to get some media hype on this -- starting no later than Monday.", "Gary Ackerman (650) 324-3250 is taking the lead in working with PRI.", "I suggested a press release attaching the abstract.", "I asked Gary to work with Jeff and Karen in my absence." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 5, 6 ] }, { "title": "Gary Ackerman", "sents": [ "Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is a former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013.", "He is a member of the Democratic Party.", "On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013 after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e10642_p77", "sents": [ "Interim arbitration procedures adopted in the 1996 local competition order allowed an FCC arbitrator in a carrier interconnection proceeding only to issue arbitration awards that were proposed as a \"final offer by ap arty in a proceeding.", "Pay-Per-Call Providers Case Should Go to FCC, Court Says The United States District Court in New York City has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that WorldCom, Inc., unlawfully blocked calls to pay-per-call \"900 \"-n umber services.", "District Judge John G. Koeltl told a group of pay-per-call servi ce providers to take their complaints against WorldCom to the FCC.", "The plaintiffs charged that MCI WorldCom, Inc. (now WorldCom) violated sections 201 and 202 of the Communications Act of 1934. Those provisions require common carriers to provide services under \"just and reasonable terms and forbid \"unreasonable discrimination in the provision of common c arrier services.", "The plaintiffs also alleged that WorldCom violated FCC rules by not providi ng sufficient notice before blocking their numbers." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] }, { "title": "New York City", "sents": [ "The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.", "With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 sqmi , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.", "Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.", "A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media and entertainment, art, fashion, research, technology, education, politics, and sports, its fast pace defining the term \"New York minute\".", "Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Charles Emmerson", "sents": [ "Charles Emmerson (born 1976) is a British-Australian historian.", "He was born in Melbourne and grew up in London.", "He studied Modern History at Oxford University, and pursued postgraduate studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris.", "He has worked for the International Crisis Group, the World Economic Forum, the Financial Times, and Chatham House, where he is currently a senior research fellow.", "He has written two well-received books: \"The Future History of the Arctic\" (2010) and \"1913: The World Before the Great War\" (2013).", "Emmerson has also contributed to programmes on BBC Radio 3." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 3 ] }, { "title": "World Economic Forum", "sents": [ "The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva.", "Recognized by the Swiss authorities as an international body, its mission is cited as \"committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic, and other leaders of society to shape global, regional, and industry agendas\"." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Zweites Buch", "sents": [ "The Zweites Buch (] , \"Second Book\"), unofficially published in English as Hitler's Secret Book and then officially Hitler's Second Book, is an unedited transcript of Adolf Hitler's thoughts on foreign policy written in 1928; it was written after \"Mein Kampf\" and was not published in his lifetime.", "The \"Zweites Buch\" was not published in 1928 because \"Mein Kampf\" did not sell well at that time and Hitler's publisher, Franz-Eher-Verlag, told Hitler that a second book would hinder sales even more." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Adolf Hitler", "sents": [ "Adolf Hitler (] ; 20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician who was the leader of the Nazi Party (\"Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei\"; NSDAP), Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and Führer (\"Leader\") of Nazi Germany from 1934 to 1945.", "As dictator, Hitler initiated World War II in Europe with the invasion of Poland in September 1939, and was central to the Holocaust." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e19601_p20", "sents": [ "The issues that have plagued the Houston-based company over the past three weeks continue to weigh on it, according to Jeff Dietert, an analyst at Simmons and Co. \"It's a bit of a vicious cycle,\" he said.", "\"The stock price declines, credit concerns go up, counterparties attempt to reduce their exposure and the earnings power of the company deteriorates.\"", "He added the nation's largest trader of natural gas and electricity needs to \"get all its ducks in a row\" so it can meet with its stock and bond holders to discuss Enron's capitalization and plans for strengthening its balance sheet.", "Already, at least one of Enron's rivals is benefiting from the company's woes.", "El Paso Corp., which also runs an energy marketing and trading business, said on Wednesday it has gained market share in the past few weeks as a result of reluctance on the part of companies to do business with Enron." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 2 ] }, { "title": "e68_p1", "sents": [ "By C. Bryson Hull 03 15 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, March 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street took a hard look at Enron Corp.'s content delivery plans this week after it ended its video-on-demand deal with Blockbuster Inc. but remained largely unfazed by the failure of the flagship deal, analysts said on Thursday.", "On balance, most analysts viewed the busted 20-year exclusive agreement as disappointing, but by no means a fatal blow to Enron Broadband Services' (EBS) budding content delivery segment.", "Most reiterated buy or strong buy ratings for the Houston company and maintained bullish earnings targets for the Enron Broadband Services division.", "But all are awaiting an indication of how Enron will reconfigure the content delivery initiative.", "\"I think Blockbuster represented kind of an anchor tenant for the broadband business, so they have lost a contract that was important,\" said Jeff Dietert, an analyst with Houston investment house Simmons and Co. Now EBS will have to pursue smaller contracts to make up the loss, which could mean a longer road to create as big a book of business, Dietert said." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1, 4 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e6559_p9", "sents": [ "Brett Trueman, the Donald and Ruth Seiler Professor of Public Accounting and chair of the Haas Accounting Group, was quoted in USA Today on June 22, in a story about accounting.?", "Read the full article at http: www.usatoday.com money covers 2001-06-22-bcovfri.htm.", "Trueman was quoted in both the San Jose Mercury News and USA Today on June 20. Read the articles at http: www0.mercurycenter.com business top 068259.htm and http: www.usatoday.com life cyber invest 2001-06-20-tech-accounting.htm.", "Reuven Lehavy, assistant professor in the Haas Accounting Group, appeared on CBS Evening news.?", "See video of the interview here: http: www.haas.berkeley.edu:24874 ramgen media-services Lehavy.rm.", "Dean Laura Tyson was interviewed by CNN's Jeff Greenfield on June 19 and commented on patient's rights.", "Business Week featured Hal Varian in its June 18 story \"Era of Efficiency.\"?", "Read it here: http: www.businessweek.com magazine content 01_25 b3737701.htm.", "Varian was also quoted in the tech weekly section of Ottawa Citizen on June 18. Terry Marsh, associate professor in the Haas Finance Group, published an article in the Financial Times on June 18. Read it here: http: globalarchive.ft.com globalarchive articles.html?print=true&id 061800 1231. Sea Power & Associates appeared in CNN.com on June 18, along with co-founder Misha Cornes, MBA 01.?" ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "e19847_p15", "sents": [ "It is available in the program offices and student lounges.", "The alumni subscription rate is $35 and the foreign alumni rate is $50. All the subscription info is at CMR's web site: www.haas.berkeley.edu cmr - HAAS IN THE NEWS A study of market analysts' performance for the year 2000, which was co-authored by Brett Trueman, the Donald and Ruth Seiler Professor of Public Accounting and chair of the Haas Accounting Group, and Reuven Lehavy, assistant professor in the Haas Accounting Group, appeared in The American Enterprise Online in their September issue.", "Read the full article here: http: www.taemag.com taesep01b.htm.", "Janet Yellen was mentioned in the Capital Markets Report on September 1 in an article about tax cuts and debt paydowns.", "The Seattle Times quoted Severin Borenstein, the E.T.", "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration, on September 1 in an article about the absence of power blackouts this summer.", "Ken Rosen, professor of the Haas Real Estate Group and chairman of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, was featured in the Los Angeles Times on August 28 in an article about commercial real estate and in connection to Shorenstein Read more here: http: latimes.com templates misc printstory.jsp?slug=la%2D000069589aug28. Financial Times mentioned Raymond Miles, professor emeritus and former dean, in its August 21 issue in an article about the future of Hewlett-Packard." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 1 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e20472_p116", "sents": [ "They will examine offers that two Indian companies have put forward for buy ing the United States energy giant's 65 percent stake, and those of two other United States f irms, in Dabhol Power Company (DPC), which is building the controversial pr oject, the source told Reuters.", "The meeting of lenders, who include multinational banks such as Citibank an d Bank of America will be held on November 3, the source added.", "At stake is not just the fate of the $2.9 billion, 2,184 MW project, which is India's largest foreign direct investment, but also the over $600 millio n investment of Enron, General Electric and Bechtel.", "All three companies are founders of DPC, which in 1995 got permission from India's Maharashtra state government to set up the plant on its coast.", "The plant's first phase of 740 MW was completed in 1999, but work on the se cond phase of 1,444 MW, which is 97 percent complete, was abruptly stopped in June this year following a blazing row with cash-strapped state utility MSEB." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 1 ] }, { "title": "Bank of America", "sents": [ "Bank of America Corporation (abbreviated as BofA) is a multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.", "It is ranked 2nd on the list of largest banks in the United States by assets.", "As of 2016, Bank of America was the 26th largest company in the United States by total revenue.", "In 2016, it was ranked #11 on the Forbes Magazine Global 2000 list of largest companies in the world." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "e5533_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: Getting turned on over a turn-off Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: New pacts could ease blackouts:Edison crafts five-ye ar deals to help relieve the fiscal burden on its alternative energy suppliers Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: Lockyer to seek grand jury probe of power players Sac Bee, Thurs.", "6 14: Energy Digest: PUC: Edison must pay some QF debts SD Union, Wed. 6 13: New price restrictions for electricity said to be coming SD Union, Wed. 6 13: Governor plans to release details on state's power purchases SD Union, Wed. 6 13: Draft of blackout plan offers forecasts instead of warnings SD Union, Wed. 6 13: California governor to release details of state's pow er purchases SD Union, Wed. 6 13: Report: Energy executives selling stock for millions (Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling mentioned) SD Union, Wed. 6 13: News briefs on California's power crisis SD Union, Thurs." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 2, 3 ] }, { "title": "e2326_p0", "sents": [ "'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Mon, 5 7: \"It's crunch time on power rates\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"SDG&E shutoff notices increasing\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"State OKs $7 billion contract\" SD Union, Sun, 5 6: \"The energy crisis gives Filner some easy targets\" SD Union, Sat, 5 5: \"Gephardt tells rally here he's pushing price caps\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Proud Linemen Take a Hit\" LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Utility's Workers Watch Helplessly as Company Falls\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Utility Bills Are Just One Way People Pay for Energy Crisis\" LA Times, Mon, 5 7: \"Questions Remains Who'll Take Brunt of the Rate Hikes LA Times, Sun, 5 6: \"Riordan and Freeman's Feud Erupts in Public\" LA Times, Sat, 5 5: \"Cheney Rejects Price Caps, Aid for Calif. Power Crisi s\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Rolling Health Hazards Summer Blackouts May Pose Public Health Risks\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Oh, that boom in 2002 SF Chron (AP), Mon, 5 7: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"United States considers withdrawing lawsuits against coal industry Pollution controls affect power plants SF Chron, Mon, 5 7: \"Swimming pool owners get PG&E discounts Operating pumps at night saves energy SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Legislators plan to sue United States panel on energy Top state Democrats want cap on prices\" SF Chron, Sun, 5 6: \"Nevada's winning hand -- power State sees profit in California's crisis\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Share prices rise amid news of big energy deals\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Florida shrugs off Calif-blackout scenario\" Mercury News, Mon, 5 7: \"Hot days worry energy watchers\" OC Register, Mon, 5 7: \"Unplugged Manking has lived thousands of years without electricity." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] } ]

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[ { "title": "Oklahoma School for the Blind", "sents": [ "Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB), commonly known as Parkview School, is located in Muskogee, Oklahoma.", "Since the early 1900s, the school's primary mission has been to provide specialized education to students who are identified as being blind or visually impaired.", "Currently under the operation of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, the school continues to provide residential education for its nearly 120 students from pre-school to senior high." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0 ] }, { "title": "Muskogee, Oklahoma", "sents": [ "Muskogee ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Muskogee County, Oklahoma, United States.", "Home to Bacone College, it lies approximately 48 miles southeast of Tulsa.", "The population of the city was 39,223 as of the 2010 census, a 2.4 percent increase from 38,310 at the 2000 census, making it the eleventh-largest city in Oklahoma." ], "sp_sent_idx": [ 0, 2 ] } ]