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The dataset generation failed because of a cast error
Error code: DatasetGenerationCastError
Exception: DatasetGenerationCastError
Message: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 4 new columns ({'neg_paras', 'answers', 'bridge', 'pos_paras'}) and 3 missing columns ({'domain', 'sp', 'answer'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/NomaDamas/concurrentqa/Retriever_CQA_train_all_original.json (at revision 8f6597b7d9a1c504a72ee340a336c9d9003e107b)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)
Traceback: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2011, in _prepare_split_single
writer.write_table(table)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/arrow_writer.py", line 585, in write_table
pa_table = table_cast(pa_table, self._schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2302, in table_cast
return cast_table_to_schema(table, schema)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/table.py", line 2256, in cast_table_to_schema
raise CastError(
datasets.table.CastError: Couldn't cast
_id: string
answers: list<item: string>
child 0, item: string
question: string
pos_paras: list<item: struct<title: string, text: string>>
child 0, item: struct<title: string, text: string>
child 0, title: string
child 1, text: string
neg_paras: list<item: struct<title: string, text: string>>
child 0, item: struct<title: string, text: string>
child 0, title: string
child 1, text: string
type: string
bridge: string
to
{'question': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'answer': Value(dtype='string', id=None), '_id': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'domain': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='int64', id=None), length=-1, id=None), 'type': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'sp': [{'title': Value(dtype='string', id=None), 'sents': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='string', id=None), length=-1, id=None), 'sp_sent_idx': Sequence(feature=Value(dtype='int64', id=None), length=-1, id=None)}]}
because column names don't match
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1321, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 935, in convert_to_parquet
builder.download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1027, in download_and_prepare
self._download_and_prepare(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1122, in _download_and_prepare
self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1882, in _prepare_split
for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2013, in _prepare_split_single
raise DatasetGenerationCastError.from_cast_error(
datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationCastError: An error occurred while generating the dataset
All the data files must have the same columns, but at some point there are 4 new columns ({'neg_paras', 'answers', 'bridge', 'pos_paras'}) and 3 missing columns ({'domain', 'sp', 'answer'}).
This happened while the json dataset builder was generating data using
hf://datasets/NomaDamas/concurrentqa/Retriever_CQA_train_all_original.json (at revision 8f6597b7d9a1c504a72ee340a336c9d9003e107b)
Please either edit the data files to have matching columns, or separate them into different configurations (see docs at https://hf.co/docs/hub/datasets-manual-configuration#multiple-configurations)Need help to make the dataset viewer work? Make sure to review how to configure the dataset viewer, and open a discussion for direct support.
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According to the spokesperson who claimed Enron's exposure to Pacific Gas & Electric would not affect their financial condition, how long was Lay's meeting with Cheney? | 30-minute | PAIRIDX:63096 | [
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"The stock was down 94 cents at $29.96 in late trading.",
"Charlotte-based Duke, which produces 3,000 megawatts, or about 5 percent of the state's power, fell $2.20 to $40.20 after reaching $38.44, down 9.3 percent.",
"A megawatt is enough to light 1,000 typical United States homes.",
"Houston-based Dynegy, which controls 2,800 megawatts of power in a partnership with NRG Energy Inc. of Minneapolis, fell $3.11 to $47.81 after falling as much as 9.7 percent to $46. NRG Energy shares fell $1.50 to $29.90. Calpine Corp., a San Jose, California-based generator and power-plant developer, fell $5.04, or 9.9 percent, to $45.60. Houston-based Reliant fell $1.85 to $43.50. Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Williams Cos. fell $1.17 to $40.70. Enron Corp. of Houston, which sells power and natural gas in California, fell $1.56 to $54.14. Enron's exposure to Pacific Gas & Electric ``will not have any material effect on earnings or our financial condition,'' Enron spokesman Vance Meyer said."
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"Aides say Cheney met with only half a dozen of the interest groups seeking input into the policy, including Enron Corp., the Houston energy conglomerate that is a large and longtime Bush contributor, and the Edison Electric Institute, an energy trade group.",
"Vance Meyer, a spokesman for Enron, said the firm's chairman, Kenneth Lay, and another executive had a 30-minute meeting with Cheney.",
"Edison assembled 15 or 20 chief executives to meet with Cheney.",
"But Lundquist and Knudsen, representing Cheney, met with half of the 400 or so groups -- industry, environmental, regulatory and academic -- that requested access.",
"Exactly which groups the Cheney advisers met with is being kept secret by the White House.",
"The task force's stealthy operation reflects Cheney's distaste for publicity.",
"Following news reports about the private nature of the energy deliberations, Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and Government Reform Committee requested information about the groups the task force met with."
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What organization is the company that opened NAP of the Americas in Miami a subsidiary of? | Verizon Communications | PAIRIDX:63089 | [
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"title": "e6562_p12",
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"MG's back-office systems required ``substantial adjustment'' to comply with Enron's standards, the company's statement said.",
"``Enron Metals has cooperated fully throughout this period with the LME and has taken steps to remedy the situation,'' the company said.",
"Communications Company Terremark Issues Warns Investors about Losses Beatrice E. Garcia 07 17 2001 KRTBN Knight-Ridder Tribune Business News: The Miami Herald - Florida Copyright (C) 2001 KRTBN Knight Ridder Tribune Business News; Source: World Reporter (TM) Terremark Worldwide, which last month opened the long-awaited, highly touted NAP of the Americas in downtown Miami, lost $103.9 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, warned investors about its need to raise additional capital and noted that its auditors have concerns about the company's ability to its operations.",
"In a report issued July 9 and included in Terremark's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company's independent auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers in Fort Lauderdale, said that Terremark \"has suffered recurring losses from operations and has a net liquidity deficit that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.\""
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"title": "Terremark",
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"Terremark Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, is a provider of information technology services.",
"Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the company has data centers in the United States, Europe and Latin America; it offers services which include managed hosting, colocation, disaster recovery, data storage, and cloud computing."
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George Jenkins was a general partner with a firm that co-lead the $18 million in second-round financing for Pryor Resources alongside what other existing investor? | Thayer Capital Partners | PAIRIDX:63080 | [
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"Medschool.com, which has raised more than $38 million to date, will use the funds for technology development, content acquisition, and business expansion.",
"George Jenkins, general partner of Patricof & Co. Ventures, and Don Lothrop, managing partner at Delphi, will join the board of directors.",
"Elliot Royce, senior vice president of GE Equity, will also join the board as an observer.",
"http: www.medschool.com Real Estate Technology Firm Vectiv Has $13 Million Round Two BERKELEY, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Vectiv, which provides technol ogy that enables businesses to acquire and manage real estate assets, said it secured $13 million in its second round of funding, led by AC Ventures and Convergence Partners.",
"Previous investor campsix also participated.",
"Sc ott Killips, an AC Ventures partner, will join the company's board of dire ctors.",
"The company will use the funds to expand its staff and operations, and for product development, sales and marketing.?",
"http: www.vectiv.com Retail, Promotion Firm DemandTec Raises $16 Million Series B?"
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"title": "e2972_p10",
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"T he company said it plans to use the new funds for product development.",
"As a result of this financing, Ken Howery of Thiel Capital Management has been granted a seat on the company's three-member board.",
"FierceWireless plans to officially launch its flagship product, a monthly publication geared toward the mobile Internet-related markets, this June.",
"http: www.fiercewireless.com Pryor Resources Closes $18 Million Round Two mail?",
"top OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (VENTUREWIRE) -- Pryor Resources, a business sk ills training company, said it has raised $18 million in second-round financing from co-leading existing investors Thayer Capital Partners, Patricof & Co. Ventures.",
"The company said that it expects funds from this round to carry it through the fourth quarter, near the time the company expects to reach profitability.",
"The company has raised a total of $126 million from Thayer a nd Patricof.",
"The company formed after the acquisition of CareerTrack by Fred Pryor Seminars and later acquired e-learning company, e-train.com."
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What firm invested in both ShoppingList.com and Acta? | Comdisco Ventures | PAIRIDX:63079 | [
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"ShoppingList.com is backed by Trinity Ventures, Brentwood Venture Capital, Venture Strategy Partners, Comdisco Ventures, and Technology Development Fund.",
"http: www.shoppinglist.com Interactive Silicon Names Transmeta Chairman to Board AUSTIN, Texas -- Interactive Silicon, a semiconductor and software company, said Murray Goldman, chairman of Transmeta, joined its board of directors.",
"Prior to joining Transmeta, Mr. Goldman was vice president and assistant general manager of Motorola's semiconductor products sector.",
"There are now five members on Interactive Silicon's board of directors.",
"The company's backers include Band of Angels Fund, Dell Computer, Siemens Venture Capital, Synopsys, Austin Ventures, and individuals from Band of Angels.",
"http: www.interactivesi.com Cierra Photonics Adds Advanced Fiber Co-Founder to Board SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Cierra Photonics, which designs and manufactures wavelength discrimination components for the fiber optic telecommunications industry, said it has appointed Donald Green to its board of directors.",
"Mr. Green co-founded Advanced Fiber Communications, Optilink Corp., and Digital Telephone Systems."
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"Mr. Allen is CFO and vice president of finance and operations for Network Appliance.",
"Investors for Acta include Colman Partners, Comdisco Ventures, Greylock, Norwest Venture Partners, Sycamore Venture Capital, United States Venture Partners, and Van Wagoner Fund.",
"http: www.acta.com DMR Consulting Exec Joins Software Firm infoShark's Board CHANTILLY, Va. -- InfoShark, a provider of software products that enable enterprises to build a business-to-business infrastructure for accessing, exchanging and transmitting XML data, said it elected Michael J. Poehner, president and chief executive officer of DMR Consulting, to its board of directors.",
"Investors include JMI Equity Fund, Lazard Technology Partners, and 21st Century Ventures.",
"http: www.infoshark.com incuVest Names Merck Division Senior VP to Board NEW YORK -- incuVest, a venture capital incubator and accelerator, said it appointed Margaret G. McGlynn of Merck to its board of directors.",
"Ms. McGlynn serves as senior vice president of Merck's human health marketing division."
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How long in kilometers is a pipeline that Enron is to construct and lay from Qater to the Emirate whose city of the same name has a population of 1.5 million in 2014? | 350 | PAIRIDX:63071 | [
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"Abu Dhabi (US , UK ; Arabic: أبو ظبي \"Abū Ẓabī \" ] ) is the capital and the second most populous city of the United Arab Emirates (the most populous being Dubai), and also capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the UAE's seven emirates.",
"Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast.",
"The city proper had a population of 1.5 million in 2014."
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"However, one industry specialist said yesterday Enron was talking of \"selling\" at least part of its shareholding.",
"The threat raises critical issues for western companies seeking to profit from accessing state-owned oil and gas in the Gulf.",
"The project was launched two years ago by Abu Dhabi, the wealthiest of the United Arab Emirates, to promote energy security for the Gulf.",
"But Abu Dhabiis seen as a prime example of a state where prestige and opaque domestic political considerations can be as important as profitability in such a large-scale project, especially in the early stages.",
"Dolphin's majority owner is UAE's Offsets Group (UOG), an offshoot of Abu Dhabi's defence procurement industry.",
"In March, Dolphin, a relative newcomer on Abu Dhabi's energy scene, signed a Dollars 3.5bn agreement with Qatar to exploit and pipe up to 2bn cubic feet a day of gas from Qatar's prolific North Field to Abu Dhabi.",
"Qatari gas is the source of Abu Dhabi's long-term energy strategy, and Enron 's role was to develop, at a profit, the downstream section, primarily to construct and lay the 350km pipeline from Qatar to Abu Dhabi."
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What person referenced the person who's contact number was 713-853-4329 in a 03 21 2001 08:55 AM e-mail to Karen Denne concerning an article Tim Belden was looking for? | Ann M Schmidt | PAIRIDX:63065 | [
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"'Colleagues: URM positions as of June 2001 (more precisely as of end of May) are now available at the following level of details: The position (long, short, and net) in electric utility \"x\" The position (long, short, and net) per customer in the electric utility \"x\".",
"The position (long, short, and net) per rate schedule customer class in electric utility \"x\".",
"Aggregates of the above per State, NERC Region, and Customer.",
"If you need any position for a specific utility in your service territory, please contact Miyung Buster (713-853-4329) by email with cc to: Stella Chan, Pat Keene, Harry Kingerski, and or Amr Ibrahim and we shall attempt to provide the data in the shortest possible time (currently aiming at within the same business day).",
"Best regards AI 713-853-3037'"
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"'Tim -- This is the only article our \"research department\" could find.",
"Hope it's the one you were looking for.",
"kd - Forwarded by Karen Denne Corp Enron on 03 21 2001 08:55 AM From: Ann M Schmidt 03 20 2001 04:14 PM To: Karen Denne Corp Enron@ENRON cc: Subject: San Diego Union-Tribune Karen, I have combed carefully through past San Diego Union-Tribune articles for the article Tim Belden is looking for and below are the only two articles that I can find that remotely address Steve Peace and the stranded cost issue.",
"I have a feeling it may not be what they are exactly looking for but then again it may be.",
"I even had Miyung Buster and Lynette Barnes take a stab at finding it and they had no luck.",
"Please let me know if this is it and if not I can combed through again.",
"Thanks, Ann NEWS ELECTION '98 PROPOSITION 9 Sparks fly over utilities measure Consumer groups vs. broad coalition Ed Mendel STAFF WRITER 10 11 1998 The San Diego Union-Tribune 1 2 A-1 (Copyright 1998) SACRAMENTO -- It looked like a triumph of legislative deal-making when, after a year and a half of talks, a sweeping plan to deregulate electricity in California came together in the final hours of the legislative session two years ago."
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Which company invested in VoteHere.net's Series C funding round and also invested in CheckSpace's Series A funding round? | Northwest Venture Associates | PAIRIDX:63059 | [
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"Simulis received $2.5 million in its first round of financing earlier this year from undisclosed investment groups.",
"http: www.simulis.c om?",
"Voting App Firm VoteHere.net Raises $10 Million Series C?",
"BELLEVUE, Wash. (VENTUREWIRE) -- VoteHere.net, a firm that develops secu re online voting applications, said it has raised $10 million in its Series C round.",
"Northwest Venture Associates led the round with Compaq Computer and Cisco Systems also participating.",
"Tom Simpson, the managing partner of Northwest Venture Associates, will join VoteHere.net's board.",
"During this fall's presidential election, VoteHere.net teamed with Compaq to provide pilot online voting in Arizona and California.",
"http: www.votehere.net Wireless Tech Firm Time Domain Gets $5 Million Third Round WALTHAM, Mass.",
"(VENTUREWIRE) -- Time Domain, a Huntsville, Alaba ma-based wideband wireless technology firm, said Marconi Ventures, the ven ture arm of the global communications company, took a $5 million minority equity stake in the company.",
"Time Domain said this is its third round of f inancing and that it will use the funds for working capital.?"
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"Dexter Paine III, president of Fox Paine; Harvi Sachar, founder of itsquare.com and SiliconIndia; and Derrick Chen, director of venture investing at Rare Ventures, also provided funding.",
"The company added Mr. Shriram and Mr. Newman to its board of directors.",
"Invertica said it will use the funds to expand its sales staff and for marketing.",
"http: www.invertica.com Payment Service CheckSpace Raises $11 Million in Series A SEATTLE -- CheckSpace, which provides an online payment service for small businesses, their vendors, and customers, said it secured $11 million in its Series A round led by Voyager Capital.",
"Northwest Venture Associates, Kellet Investment, and Staenberg Venture Partners funded the round as well.",
"Individual investors Boris Putanec, co-founder and vice president of corporate strategy at Ariba; K.B.",
"Chandrasekhar, co-founder, CEO, and chairman of the board at Jamcracker; Scott Oki, former senior vice president of sales and marketing at Microsoft; and managing directors of Internet Capital Group, Sam Jahallah and Robert Pollan, also participated."
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Anthony Fell, chairman of RBC Dominion Securities, proposed an idea of turning what entity, that began in the early 1900s and underwent a name change in 1974, into a not-for-profit establishment? | Hydro One | PAIRIDX:63058 | [
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"Hydro One Limited is an electricity transmission and distribution utility serving the Canadian province of Ontario.",
"Hydro One traces its history to the early 20th century and the establishment of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (renamed \"Ontario Hydro\" in 1974).",
"In October 1998, the provincial government of Premier Mike Harris passed the \"Energy Competition Act\" which restructured Ontario Hydro into separate entities responsible for electrical generation, transmission/delivery, and price management with a final goal of total privatization."
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"A senior official in the Ontario government, who did not want to be identified, said the proposal \"is a step backward to the old days of Ontario Hydro.\"",
"He was referring to the debt-laden utility that was split into Ontario Power Generation, the electricity generating arm, and Hydro One, whose network of high-voltage transmission lines spans 30,000 kilometres.",
"The Premier's office would not comment.",
"A spokeswoman for Energy Minister Jim Wilson would say only that \"there are a number of options on the table.\"",
"Sources on Bay Street and at Queen's Park said the idea of turning Hydro One into a not-for-profit entity is being propelled by Anthony Fell, the chairman of Royal Bank-owned RBC Dominion Securities, Bay Street's largest dealer.",
"If the new Hydro One took this shape, it would raise about $10-billion through the sale of bonds to investors.",
"The dealers' commission on the sale of the bonds, which would rank among the biggest debt issues in history, would range from $25-million to $40-million, one Bay Street executive said."
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The enterprise software company, founded in 1981 that was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2005 invested in the $15 million Series B funding round of what collaborative app provider for commercial real estate? | Workspeed | PAIRIDX:63056 | [
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"Peregrine Systems, Inc. was an enterprise software company, founded in 1981, that sold enterprise asset management, change management, and ITIL-based IT service management software.",
"Following an accounting scandal and bankruptcy in 2003, Peregrine was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2005.",
"HP now markets the Peregrine products as part of its IT Service Management solutions, within the HP Software Division portfolio."
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"top BOSTON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Point Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, said it raised $5.4 million in its Series B led by the Kaufmann Fund, which contributed $5 million, and from undisclosed institutional and private investors.",
"The money will be used for clinical testing of its lead compound PT-100, which is being developed to treat hematopoietic disorders.",
"This rou nd is expected to last until the middle of 2002. The board of directors remain s at five members, since no new seats were granted.",
"The company has raised $2 0 million to date.",
"Past investors include Boston-based Claflin Capital and Chicago-based Portage.",
"Don Kiepert is the president and CEO of Poi nt Therapeutics.",
"Point Therapeutics develops therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and hematopoietic disorders.",
"Telephone 617-636-0673. Workspeed Raises $15 Million in Series B mail?",
"top SAN FRANCISCO (VENTUREWIRE) -- Workspeed, a provider of Internet and wireless collaborative applications for commercial real estate, said that it has raised $15 million in Series B financing led by previous investor Parte ch International with participation from Apollo Real Estate Advisors; Archon Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Goldman Sachs; Insignia Financial Group Mack-Cali Realty; Newmark and Company Real Estate; Peregrine Systems; Jack Resnick & Sons, Inc.; Lawrence Ruben Company; Vornado Realty Trust; and unnamed individuals and funds."
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Who was the chief of staff for the US. representative who received a three page letter from White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales in response to his questions concerning Rove's dealings with Bush's energy task force? | Phil Schiliro | PAIRIDX:63052 | [
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"Administration officials had said earlier that Rove helped determine how to market the plan but had not been involved in developing it.",
"White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday in a three-page letter to Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), who had questioned Rove's actions, that Rove was not a member of Bush's energy task force and did not attend any of its meetings.",
"\"He did participate in a number of other meetings at which the contours of the administration's energy policy were discussed,\" Gonzales wrote.",
"Gonzales said the discussions were general and had no direct and predictable impact on Rove's holdings in any individual company.",
"The letter said the task force's recommendations \"were general in nature, setting forth broad proposals for action but leaving the specifics to the governmental actors further downstream.\"",
"\"The formulation of national energy policy is a classic example of the sort of broad policy discussion that is expressly excluded from regulatory coverage,\" the letter said."
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"BYLINE: RICHARD SIMON, TIMES STAFF WRITER DATELINE: WASHINGTON BODY: So what if President Bush has opposed electricity price controls sought by California officials?",
"Or that he has proposed cutting aid to states for incarcerating illegal immigrants convicted of crimes?",
"Or that he has visited 26 states in his first 100 days in office--but not the most populous?",
"Bush really does care about California, the White House insists, even if the state preferred Al Gore on election day.",
"Administration officials said they have done a lot and plan to do more to lessen the electricity turmoil expected this summer.",
"\"I don't think he's treated California any differently than any other state,\" said Rep. George P. Radanovich (R-Mariposa).",
"Some Californians feel otherwise.",
"\"The Bush administration's treatment of California started at indifference, moved to neglect and has now reached actual harm,\" complained Phil Schiliro, chief of staff for Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Los Angeles)."
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The company spokeswoman who was quoted as saying "We have worked in very good faith with the state, selling voluntarily into the market, negotiating with them for long-term contracts and working with them to solve the problem" was employed by a company that sold what product to the company that was the biggest developer of power plants in the U.S.? | gas | PAIRIDX:63050 | [
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"``Williams fully expects to be paid the money that is owed us,'' spokeswoman Paula Hall-Collins said.",
"``We have worked in very good faith with the state, selling voluntarily into the market, negotiating with them for long-term contracts and working with them to solve the problem.''",
"Enron Corp., an energy trader that has set aside unspecified reserve for possible losses in California, has not been approached about debt forgiveness, said Karen Denne, a company spokeswoman.",
"``This proposal.",
"is news to us,'' and does not address the immediate problem of electricity shortages in California this summer, Denne said.",
"Industry analysts say California, which has already had scattered blackouts this winter, will face more this summer when power demand surges.",
"Buying the Grid Davis said at the meeting that negotiations to buy PG&E Corp.'s power transmission system may take another 30 days, though he was optimistic an agreement could be reached within two weeks, analysts said."
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"Williams spokeswoman Paula Hall-Collins said she couldn't comment on whether the company would continue to sell power in California if it had to do so at prices set by federal regulators.",
"The average price of electricity in the California-Oregon border region rose ninefold last quarter from a year ago, according to Bloomberg Energy Service statistics.",
"Other companies selling power in California include Duke Energy Corp., Enron Corp., Reliant Energy Inc., Calpine Corp., El Paso Corp. Mirant Corp. and AES Corp. Edison, based in Rosemead, California, and PG&E, based in San Francisco, have lost more than $14 billion buying power in the open market at prices that far exceeded what they could charge customers.",
"Williams sells gas to AES Corp., the largest United States power-plant developer, to fuel California generators, and also sells the power from those plants in the open market.",
"Shares of Williams rose 11 cents to $40.26. PG&E rose 12 cents to $11.65, and Edison rose 16 cents to $12.98. --Mark Johnson in Washington, (202) 624-1849 or mjohnson7@bloomberg.net, through the Princeton newsroom, (609) 279-4000 slb pjm Enron Europe Pres Sees NETA Boosting Trade Volumes By Christina Cheddar Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES 04 04 2001 Dow Jones News Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Enron Europe President John Sheriff expects the U.K.'s New Electricity Trading Arrangements, or NETA, to lead to \"dramatically\" higher power trading volumes in the second quarter for his company."
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The news service that ran a 11/7/01 story titled "United States FERC watching Enron's impact on energy markets" ran a story on 3/22/01 about what state's deregulation struggles with its state grid manager? | Texas | PAIRIDX:63049 | [
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What university founded in 1911 with almost 12,000 students has Mark Baxter been a director at an institute within it? | Southern Methodist University | PAIRIDX:63045 | [
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What concerns point out an assessment that affect the eastern side of the US specially the east of the river that is the 15th largest river by discharge in the whole world? | transmission transfer capability | PAIRIDX:63041 | [
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"As a supplement to its 2001 Summer Assessment report, NERC also published a 2001 Summer Special Assessment.",
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In October of 2001, Enron sold its Indian oil and gas assets to a company that formed joint venture Pan American Energy LLC alongside BP Amoco PLC and what other company? | Bridas Corp | PAIRIDX:63037 | [
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"The dlrs 3 billion Dabhol project has been mired in financial disputes when its main customer, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, failed to pay several of its bills.",
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"Enron Confirms India Oil, Gas Assets Sale To BG Grp 10 03 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) SINGAPORE -(Dow Jones)- Enron Oil and Gas India Ltd., a subsidiary of United States energy major Enron Corp. (ENE), confirmed Wednesday that it has sold its Indian oil and gas assets to the U.K.'s BG Group PLC (BRG) for US$388 million."
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"Enron's Azurix blocks construction of Argentina-Uruguay gas pipeline - report 07 18 2001 AFX News (c) 2001 by AFP-Extel News Ltd LA PLATA, Argentina (AFX) - Enron Corp water and sewage unit Azurix Buenos Aires SA has obtained a restraining order against the construction of the Cruz del Sur pipeline under the River Plate from Argentina to Uruguay, the daily El Dia reported.",
"Works were paralyzed BG Group PLC, BP Amoco PLC and Bridas Corp joint venture Pan American Energy LLC, BASF AG's Wintershall and Enron Corp and Perez Companc SA's Transportadora Gas del Sur venture Gasoducto Cruz del Sur SA from Punta Lara in Argentina to Colonia, Uruguay, it said."
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"Telephone 313-874-8572 o Optical Networking Firm Gets CEO, $13.25 Million First Round SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Sparkolor, a developer of optical networking components and modules, said it appointed Mukesh Patel as its new chief executive officer.",
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In June of 2001, Mirant was pursuing a complaint regarding a proposal to revise generator mitigation procedures by an ISO responsible for a geographic region comprising how many states in the northeastern US? | six | PAIRIDX:63023 | [
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"'FERC has already stricken some items off of its agenda (the meeting begins in about 30 minutes).",
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"We will let you know what happens at the meeting on the remaining agenda items.",
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At the time when Sen. Barbara Boxer was trying to introduce legislation to force FERC to order power suppliers to refund California billions in electricity overcharges, the person who was House Majority Whip was born on what date? | April 8, 1947 | PAIRIDX:63022 | [
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"2000. You'll also hear from:?",
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"* Claude Leglise, VP, New Business Group & GM, Home?",
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"* Michel Mayer, GM, Pervasive Computing, IBM?",
"* Larry Smarr, Professor, Department of Computer Science?",
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"Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive C omputing?",
"December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp: technologicpartners.com tp conf to2000 investor index?",
"Amerindo Investment Advisors, Argentum Capital Partners, AsiaTech Intern et Group, Bain Capital Brookside Fund, Band of Angels, Barclays, Canaan Partners, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Chase H&Q, Cornerstone Properties, Crystal Internet Venture Funds, Doll Capital Management, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EMS, First Republic Bank, GE Asset Management, Gideon Hixon, H Lee.Putnam Internet Partners, Holden, I NG Furman Selz Investments, Intel Capital, Investcare Partners Limited Partnership, Kaiser Permanente, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Madge.web, Men lo Ventures, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, NextGen Capital, PSINet, Raza Ventures, Reuters Holdings Switzerland, Royal Dutsch Shell Group, Softbank Venture Capital, Tenet Healthcare, The Sturm Group, Triad Media Ventures, TriNorth Capital, Tullaree, Vulcan Ventures, Wachovia Capit al Associates, Walnut Group, WR Hambrecht & Co."
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What firm invested in both The Iris Group's first round of funding as well as OptiMight Communications? | Hook Partners | PAIRIDX:63015 | [
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"To learn more, go to: http: www.tpsite.com tp vf default.html Top Stories o Four Optical Startups to Raise $100 Million in Initial Funds PLANO, Texas.",
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"http: www.optimight.com World Wide Packets Adds David Allen as VP for Europe mail?",
"top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- World Wide Packets, which provides hardware and software for optical broadband connectivity, said it has appointed David Allen vice president for Europe.",
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"Specialist Clinton Energy Sherri Zeiler Sr.",
"Specialist EES Retained Team Cary Bryant Specialist Sales Operations Kimberly Collins Specialist National C&P Programs Terry Robertson Specialist Project Control Systems Jennifer Rudolph Specialist Executive Briefing Jacqueline Simpson Specialist Clinton Energy Juan Cid Staff A&E Group Ann Engelhart Staff A&E Group Leasa Lopez Admin.",
"Coordinator Legal Erika Boutte-Dupre Sr. Admin.",
"Assistant Gas Commodity Esmeralda Hinojosa Sr. Admin.",
"Assistant Risk Management Karen Street Sr. Admin.",
"Assistant Corporate Development Please join us in congratulating these individuals on their promotions and acknowledging their hard work and dedication to the success of EES.",
"As we move forward in standardizing job groups across Enron, the Sr. Director job group will no longer be used in the Commercial peer group.'"
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"The company said it will use the funding expand its product offerings and develop new products for voice transmission on a variety of network systems.",
"Kurt Jaggers, a managing director for TA Associates will take a seat on the company's board of directors as a result of the investment.",
"http: www.voyanttech.com $10 Million Round Three for Speech Reconition Firm VerbalTek SAN JOSE, Calif. -- VerbalTek, a developer of speech recognition technology for wireless Internet infrastructure, said it raised $10 million in its third round of financing.",
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a professor of which university located in California? | Claremont Graduate University | PAIRIDX:63006 | [
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"Adjoining and within walking distance of one another, design was based on that of Oxford University and Cambridge University."
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"For some retailers, the impact is minimal.",
"Clerks can switch from an electric-powered cash register to battery-powered calculators.",
"Some compani es can fire portable generators to power their phone system with minimal disruption.",
"The California Manufacturing and Technology Association recently estimated a summer of blackouts could cost the state $21 billion and 136,000 jobs as manufacturers curtail production and retail stores suffer a slowdown.",
"The Bay Area Economic Forum has estimated that rolling blackouts could cost as much as $15 billion and 15,000 jobs.",
"A summer of rolling blackouts also will test the emotional mettle of Californians, who normally rally when faced with such natural disasters as earthquakes and wildfires.",
"\"It's going to be an interesting natural experiment,\" said Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Davidson professor of management at Claremont Graduate University.",
"\"When there is a natural calamity, people often respond really positively.",
"This is different in the sense it is not a natural calamity and you can bla me politicians and gougers for it."
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What person was an analyst for both Sanford C. Bernstein and Co. in New York as well as Merrill Lynch, commenting on the struggles Enron was facing while working at both organizations? | Duane Grubert | PAIRIDX:63005 | [
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"While referring to the latest SEC news as \"noise,\" Merrill Lynch analyst Donato J. Eassey said it would subdue Enron's stock price.",
"\"We believe the timing and directional uncertainty of this new development will at best cap Enron's stock price in the mid-teens while increasing overall volatility,\" Eassey said in a note Thursday.",
"Late Wednesday, Enron said it created a special committee headed by University of Texas law school dean William Powers to respond to the SEC investigation.",
"Powers also was elected to Enron's board of directors.",
"\"I have asked the board to take this action to address fully and forthrightly investors' questions and concerns,\" said Enron chairman and chief executive Kenneth L. Lay.",
"\"We will also make every appropriate public disclosure during the course of the SEC's investigation.\"",
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"At 11.55 am, Enron was down 1.35 usd, or 9.57 pct, to 12.55. The DJIA rose 61.23 points to 9,136.44, the S&P 500 gained 8.76 points to 1 ,068.40 points, the Nasdaq composite climbed 23.02 points to 1,713.40. Yesterday, Enron announced the election of William Powers Jr to the board, to chair a Special Committee that will examine and take any appropriate act ions with respect to transactions between Enron and entities connected to r elated parties.",
"In addition to reviewing the transactions in question, the Special Committe e is charged with communicating with the SEC and recommending any other act ions it deems appropriate.",
"While the investigation might take time to draw a conclusion, the immediate cash crunch Enron has been facing is expected to be resolved, said Merrill Lynch analyst Duane Grubert.",
"One step in that direction came following Enron's announcement that JP Morg an and Salomon Smith Barney Inc have executed commitment letters to provide 1 bln usd in secured credit lines supported by the company's Northern Natu ral Gas and Transwestern Pipeline assets."
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Which White House spokesperson works as a consultant for the NFL? | Ari Fleischer | PAIRIDX:63004 | [
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"Today, the White House halfheartedly welcomed action by federal regulators to impose throughout the West a system that looks and smells a lot like price caps -- though the White House said it was something different.",
"\"This is not a price control,\" Ari Fleischer, the White House spokesman, said.",
"\"This is a market-based mitigation plan that now will extend to 11 Western states.\"",
"In fact, it bore some resemblance to a proposal made by 10 leading economists who urged a middle ground between fixed prices and a deregulated electricity market.",
"Mr. Davis used their proposal to support his position in favor of limited price restraints when Mr. Bush visited California.",
"The White House shift from outright opposition to price controls to its more nuanced position today exemplifies how Mr. Bush has tempered his embrace of completely unfettered markets in recent weeks."
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"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."
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Which of the firms investing in the company that had Patricof & Co's Michael Duran and Anila Fund's Moses S. Joseph join its board of directors was founded in 1979 has over 1$.9 billion under management, and has offices in Waltham and Palo Alto? | Advanced Technology Ventures | PAIRIDX:63002 | [
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"Michael Duran of Patricof & Co. and Moses S. Joseph from Anila Fund will join the company's board of directors.",
"The company will use the funds for product development and to expand its staff.",
"http: www.bravidacorp.com E-Business Firm TIS Worldwide Gets $23 Million in Round Two NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- TIS Worldwide, an online business inte grator that specializes in delivering Internet-based sales and customer se rvice applications, said it raised $23 million in its second round led by Silverline Technologies and Westbury Equity Partners.",
"Previous investor ?G oldman Sachs also participated, along with Pogue Capital Management and Ran a Investment Company.",
"Shankar Iyer, CEO of Silverline Technologies, and Jo seph Fogg, chairman of Westbury Capital Partners, joined the board of dire ctors.",
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The person who was best known for co-founding Microsoft alongside Bill Gates was a principal with what consulting group at the time he served on the board of directors of HomeJupiter? | United Consulting | PAIRIDX:62995 | [
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"The company was founded by chief executive officer Kathy Jardine, a former executive at Lehman Brothers who most recently worked with New York -based construction firm Stephens Constructing, and her sister-in-law, chief technology officer Lisa Jardine, who was most recently systems manager of futures trading at Merrill Lynch in Tokyo.",
"HomeJupiter, which intends to raise an additional $1 million in venture financing, has raised $525,000 in seed funding from Cutter Mill Partners and individual investors.",
"The company's board of directors include James Bolton of Andersen Consulting; Drew Gautrau, a former business director at Priceline; Paul Allen, a principal at United Consulting; Dave Lapin of Cisco Systems; and Tom Towers, senior vice president of Infonet DataCommunications.",
"http: www.homejupiter.com Patient Monitoring Firm LifeShirt.com Now Called VivoMetrics LOS ANGELES -- LifeShirt.com, a continuous, ambulatory monitoring company, said it changed its name to VivoMetrics.",
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The news service that shared a June 3, 2001 story from the Contra Costa Times written by Matt Sebastian shared a story on 4/7/01 from the San Jose Mercury that was written by Brandon Bailey and was how many words long? | 1209 | PAIRIDX:62993 | [
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"Visit The Charlotte Observer on the World Wide Web at http: www.charlotte.com JOURNAL-CODE: CH LOAD-DATE: June 3, 2001 26 of 143 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Contra Costa Times June 3, 2001, Sunday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K1314 LENGTH: 653 words HEADLINE: Judge refuses to override PUC over PG&E bankruptcy BYLINE: By Matt Sebastian BODY: SAN FRANCISCO _ Fearing \"jurisdictional chaos,\" the federal judge overseeing Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s bankruptcy has refused to override the California Public Utilities Commission, a decision that could keep the utility's electricity rates capped for another year.",
"United States Bankruptcy Judge Dennis Montali, in a 30-page written ruling issued late Friday afternoon, declined to block state regulators from adopting new bookkeeping rules that effectively cap PG&E's consumer rates through March 31. The judge found that the PUC may perform its regulatory duties even while the utility is in the midst of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization."
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"FERC had ruled on the issue in February, and on Friday it reinforced that ruling, saying the ISO misinterpreted its earlier decision and must comply.",
"The ruling could increase pressure to find \"creative\" solutions to who will pay for California's power, said Jan Smutny-Jones, head of the Independent Energy Producers Association.",
"\"Obviously the ISO doesn't have the money and the utilities don't have the money either.",
"The question is, where do we go from here,\" he said.",
"\"My hope is that it does not make blackouts more likely.\"",
"The state hasn't decided whether it will appeal the decision, said Roger Salazar, a spokesman for Gov.",
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"But he said the federal ruling appears to make it likely that California will have to buy more electricity on the utilities' behalf.",
"The Bee's David Whitney can be reached at (202) 383-0004 or dwhitney@mcclatchydc.com.",
"LOAD-DATE: April 8, 2001 ?4 of 4 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service San Jose Mercury News April 7, 2001, Saturday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K3364 LENGTH: 1209 words HEADLINE: Filing for Chapter 11 may help PG&E's debt but it won't solve power crisis BYLINE: By Brandon Bailey BODY: SAN JOSE, Calif. _ Filing for bankruptcy protection may help PG&E with its debts, but it won't solve the state's power crunch."
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The Interstate that has opened the mountains to staggering growth west of Denver approximately traces the path of what route east of the Rocky Mountains? | U.S. Route 40 | PAIRIDX:62988 | [
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"In Colorado, Interstate 70 has opened the mountains to staggering growth west of Denver.",
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"The landscapers are a rare breed in a town teeming with newcomers: Cox has lived here all his life; Stark moved from Southern California in 1979. Both grumble about the changes they've seen, and both vow to leave.",
"\"I moved here when this town was nice,\" Stark says.",
"\"Now you can't drive down the road without getting cut off and flipped off.\"",
"Cox complains he can barely get around at all.",
"A drive across town used to take 20 minutes.",
"Now, he grunts, \"You've got to pack a lunch.\"",
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"I-70 approximately traces the path of U.S. Route 40 (US 40, the old National Road) east of the Rocky Mountains.",
"West of the Rockies, the route of I-70 was derived from multiple sources.",
"The Interstate runs through or near many major cities, including Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Columbus, Pittsburgh and Baltimore."
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The distributor that released the press release titled "Smart Business 50 Stock Index Outperforms the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq" on 08-07-2001 is based in which city? | New York City | PAIRIDX:62979 | [
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"After completion of the deal, Saur will have some 8 mln clients in the coun try, the report said.",
"The disposal by Enron of its water operations in the country is part of the company's wider policy of reducing its operations in Argentina and intensi fying them in Brazil, BAE said.",
"jmp jms For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.af xpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"Ziff Davis SMART BUSINESS Honors the Top 50 United States Companies That Are Using t he Internet to Grow Their Business 08 07 2001 PR Newswire (Copyright (c) 2001, PR Newswire) Smart Business 50 Stock Index Outperforms the S&P 500 Index and Nasdaq NEW YORK, Aug. 7 PRNewswire -- Ziff Davis SMART BUSINESS, the magazine fo r senior managers using technology and business services to grow their comp anies, announced today its second annual Smart Business 50. The Smart Busin ess 50 honors the top 50 United States companies that have done the best job of usin g the Internet to enhance and expand their existing business."
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"The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations, at first using teleprinters.",
"The founder, Herbert Muschel, operated the service from his house in Manhattan for approximately 15 years.",
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The series of LNG conferences that LNG 13 is part of was begun in 1968 as the brainchild of the Gas Technology Institute, the International Institute of Refrigeration, and a global association founded in what year? | 1931 | PAIRIDX:62978 | [
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"This series of LNG conference began in 1968 as the brain-child of three international bodies as official sponsors-the International Gas Union (IGU), the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and the International Institute of Refrigeration(IIR).",
"``LNG 13 brings together the world's major LNG producers and customers and it will be the largest-ever on record with participants flocking in from over 50 countries,'' Lee said.",
"If the scope of participation is expansive, so is the content.",
"The conference program will include a comprehensive and topical agenda presented by industry experts at the forefront of their field, with technical and workshop sessions and presentation by film and posters which is consist of seven paper sessions, four workshops, a poster session and five daily film sessions which cover virtually all commercial, technical and operational aspects such as new LNG projects, safety, and supply and demand.",
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The gas company of Abu Dhabi that was established in March 1999 and what country will sign the production sharing and final development agreement for multi-billion dollar project to deliver gas from Qatar abroad shortly? | Qatar | PAIRIDX:62977 | [
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"It was established in March 1999 by the Government of Abu Dhabi.",
"As of today, Dolphin Energy is owned by Mubadala Development Company, on behalf of the Government of Abu Dhabi, (51% of shares), Total S.A. (24.5%) and Occidental Petroleum (24.5%).",
"It as also a subsidiary based in Doha, Qatar."
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"It is understood that Enron is considering an offer price of about 80 cents to the dollar, it said.",
"Enron declined on Friday to confirm it was in talks with Tata, but said the best solution would be for the Indian government, or one of its Indian financial backers, to take on Dabhol.",
"Tata Power recently held talks with Indian financial institutions involved with the project.",
"Officials from Dabhol Power Company, Enron's Indian arm, also attended.",
"About 70 pct of the Dabhol plant was funded by debt, with Indian financial institutions providing 1.4 bln usd and foreign lenders the balance.",
"Enron's Indian unit defaulted in September on interest payments to international lenders, blaming stopped payments by the Maharashtra State Electricity Board, the plant's sole client.",
"tb pb For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"Qatar, Dolphin to sign final mega gas deal \"shortly\" 10 14 2001 Agence France-Presse (Copyright 2001) ABU DHABI, Oct 14 (AFP) - Qatar and Dolphin Energy will sign the final development and production sharing agreement (DPSA) for a multi- billion-dollar project to deliver Qatari gas abroad \"shortly\", the UAE Offsets Group (UOG) said Sunday."
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The publication that had an article named "MORE WORK NEEDED TO REVIVE INDIA'S DABHOL PROJECT: ENRON CHIEF" on 7/10/01 ran a story on 4/25/01 about a committee from what country renegotiating an agreement with Enron? | INDIAN | PAIRIDX:62976 | [
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"'Electricity Cost Data Spread the Blame Power: Many suppliers charged more than the firms that Davis has pilloried, records show.",
"Los Angeles Times, 07 10 01 Duke Energy Asked to Allow Release of Data Power: Senator says the generator is refusing to make public some information crucial to the price-gouging probe.",
"Firm says it's complying.",
"Los Angeles Times, 07 10 01 California to get plan for refunds Houston Chronicle, 07 10 01 INDIA: CEO of Enron's Indian unit Dabhol quits.",
"Reuters English News Service, 07 10 01 US Enron Chmn Confirms India Dabhol Pwr CEO's Resignation Dow Jones Energy Service, 07 10 01 Enron's Kenneth Lay on its $3 Bln Indian Power Project: Comment Bloomberg, 07 10 01 MORE WORK NEEDED TO REVIVE INDIA'S DABHOL PROJECT: ENRON CHIEF Asia Pulse, 07 10 01 Tropic Networks reveals investors: $60-million financing National Post, 07 10 01 India: New engg consultant for Enron project likely Business Line (The Hindu), 07 10 01 India: Centre firm on Dabhol Business Line (The Hindu), 07 10 01 Enron has no immediate plan to quit India, says Lay Business Standard, 07 10 01 Enron seeks CII's help on Dabhol Business Standard, 07 10 01 Enron takes some heat, but rates a `buy' Chicago Tribune, 07 10 01 Power Producers' 2Q Bolstered By April, May Prices Dow Jones News Service, 07 09 01 Enron's Kenneth Lay on India's Dabhol Power Project: Comment Bloomberg, 07 09 01 Prosecutors to Get Reliant, Mirant, Dynegy Documents (Update1) Bloomberg, 07 09 01 California; Metro Desk Electricity Cost Data Spread the Blame Power: Many suppliers charged more than the firms that Davis has pilloried, records show."
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"INDIAN COMMITTEE TO RENEGOTIATE POWER AGREEMENT WITH ENRON 04 25 2001 Asia Pulse (c) Copyright 2001 Asia Pulse PTE Ltd. NEW DELHI, April 25 Asia Pulse - A high-level committee comprising representatives of the federal Government, Maharashtra Government, and Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) will renegotiate the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) including cost of power with US energy giant Enron promoted Dabhol Power Company (DPC).",
"\"Various parameters of the contract entered into by MSEB with the DPC would be renegotiated by a negotiating team that will be constituted in the next 2-3 days,\" the Maharashtra Chief Minister, Vilasrao Deshmukh, said.",
"The major objectives of the negotiating team would be to find ways and means to significantly reduce the cost of power from Dabhol project so as to make it more affordable, he said adding recommendations of the Energy Review Committee headed by M G Godbole would serve as inputs for negotiations."
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TransConnect was to be a member of the planned non-profit regional transmission organization that issued a proposal to alleviate price surges by forcing companies to sell power into California and other Western states during Stage 3 emergencies that a person from FERC with what last name added onto a meeting agenda? | Hebert | PAIRIDX:62973 | [
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"Reuters English News Service, 05 04 01 INTERVIEW:Early Resolution Seen On India Dabhol Pwr Spat Dow Jones, 05 04 01 Edison to Start Ad Campaign Urging Approval of Power-Line Sale Bloomberg, 05 07 01 Corporate Bond Alert: WorldCom, RadioShack on Docket (Update1) Bloomberg, 05 04 01 Six Western Power Providers Complete First Step to Form Independent Transmission Company 05 04 2001 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 2001, Business Wire) PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 4, 2000--In an effort to ensure reliability and maximize cost efficiencies, six western utilities have been granted preliminary approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to form an independent high voltage electricity transmission company serving six Western states.",
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"'Executive Summary FERC Considers Price Caps in the West Davis SoCal Ed MOU subject to legislative revisions (we still stand by our early reports that the SoCal Davis transmission deal will most likely fail and that SoCal will follow PG&E into bankruptcy court) FERC mitigates price spikes in the West FERC Chairman Hebert has placed a RTO West proposal onto the agenda for this week's meeting.",
"The proposal would \"mitigate\" price surges by requiring generating companies to sell power into California and other western states during Stage 3 emergencies (when there is less than 1% surplus electricity in the grid) and cap the price generators could charge during these highest states of emergency.",
"1) The FERC proposal would not set price caps for any other time than Stage 3 emergencies 2) It would expire after a year 3) It would set the top reference rate at \"cost plus\" based on the cost to produce electricity by the most inefficient producer FERC is also looking at initiatives that would encourage the agriculture industry to possibly sell their power and natural gas contracts instead of using them to produce their products."
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In November of 2001, did the Schwab Center for Investment Research issue an optimistic or pessimistic earnings forecast for the company that eventually became the world's largest seller of data converters by reaching a market share of 48.5% in 2012? | pessimistic | PAIRIDX:62972 | [
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"'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Morning Market View(TM) for Wednesday, November 21, 2001 as of 9:30AM EST Information provided by Schwab Center for Investment Research STOCKS POISED TO OPEN SLIGHTLY LOWER Equity index futures were lower but off of early lows following better-than-expected economic data, reflecting possible stabilization in the job market.",
"The futures had been down earlier amid contrasting earnings forecasts and a downgrade on technology titan Microsoft Corp. (MSFT,65,f1).",
"Biotech bellwether Amgen (AMGN,58,f1) offered optimistic sales and earnings guidance, while Analog Devices (ADI,42,f2) was more pessimistic.",
"Treasuries fell on the jobless numbers, while bleak European economic data limited strength in the euro-zone.",
"In equities news, Microsoft Corp. was lower in the premarket session after a Salomon Smith Barney analyst downgraded the company, citing extended valuation due to potentially overly optimistic sales forecasts for the new Xbox video-game box.",
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"Solid is backed by Apax Partners, BancBoston Capital, Bayview 2000, CDC-Valeurs de Croissance, Conventum, Essex Investment Management, Intel 64 Fund, Nokia Pension Fund, Pogue International Fund, Prime Technology Ventures, Robertso n Stephens Funds, and RS Coinvestment Fund.",
"http: www.solidtech.com GlobalSight Adds Russ Davis as Sr. VP, World Sales mail?",
"top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- GlobalSight, a provider of infrastructur e software and strategy for Web globalization, said it named Russ Davis as senior vice president, worldwide sales and field operations.",
"Mr. Davis most recently served as vice president of worldwide sales at DecisionPoint Applications.",
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"Also added was John Sabella as vice president of engineering.",
"Mr. Sabella formerly served as vice president of engineering at DoubleClick, an online advertising management firm.",
"MySkyWeb is funded by Aslan Angel Investor Group.",
"http: www.myskyweb.com MARKETING & SALES Centerpoint Broadband Adds Jay Bowker as Worldwide Sales VP mail?",
"top SAN JOSE, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Centerpoint Broadband Technologies, an optical networking company, said it appointed Jay Bowker as vice president of optical worldwide sales.",
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A 44-megawatt gas-powered generator was installed by the New York Power Authority near Brentwood at the former Pilgrim State psychiatric hospital, providing power to an island that comprises how many counties? | four | PAIRIDX:62962 | [
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"The 79-megawatt limit is one megawatt short of triggering intensive Public Service Commission siting and environmental review, meaning that proposals for these smaller plants can proceed more quickly.",
"Long Island's newest electrical generator came on line last week, just in time to help LIPA squeak through a summer when power supplies may be pushed to the limit.",
"But the generator, a 44-megawatt gas-powered unit hurriedly installed by the New York Power Authority at the former Pilgrim State psychiatric hospital near Brentwood, will be too small to provide more than temporary relief for what energy officials say is an impending Long Island power shortage.",
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"However, many people in the New York metropolitan area (even those living in Brooklyn and Queens) colloquially use the term \"Long Island\" (or \"The Island\") exclusively to refer to the Nassau–Suffolk county area collectively, which is mainly suburban in character.",
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The author of the article titled "Power supplier to pay state" for The Orange County Register" wrote a story for the same paper about an ex-energy leader on 4/19/01 that was how many words long? | 275 | PAIRIDX:62958 | [
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"A1, 804 words, Feds want surcharge to pay utilities' debts; THE PLAN: Additional rate boost likely, cash would go to power suppliers, Carolyn Said The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, CA), May 1, 2001, Tuesday, STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS, K3262, 699 words, Professor converts manure to electricity in effort to save money, By Jerry Bunin The Washington Post, May 01, 2001, Tuesday, Final Edition, FINANCIAL; Pg."
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What financial backer of ECOutlook has also invested in Space.com? | Venrock Associates | PAIRIDX:62943 | [
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"http: www.sportsya.com Ex-Arthur Andersen Partner Joins ECOutlook as President COO HOUSTON -- ECOutlook.com, an online business services company that provides a link between organizations for automated business information exchange, said it has named Mathew Verghese as its new president and CEO.",
"Mr. Verghese succeeds founder and chief business development officer James Paat as president and COO.",
"Mr. Paat will focus on continuing to attract new business to ECOutlook.com and serve as vice-chairman of ECOutlook.com's advisory board.",
"Prior to joining ECOutlook.com Mr. Verghese was a partner and CFO at Arthur Andersen.",
"Mr. Verghese will serve on ECOutlook.com's board of directors with Tom Frederick, general partner at Venrock Associates and Varel Freeman, senior partner at Baring Latin America Private Equity Fund.",
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"Space.com, which also acquired its rival SpaceWatch.com, is backed by Blue Chip Venture, Greylock, PaineWebber, SpaceVest, Venrock Associates, and NBC.",
"http: www.space.com AudioHighway.com Merges With Music Hub NicheMusic.com CUPERTINO, Calif. -- AudioHighway.com, a publicly traded information and entertainment Internet company, said it has signed a letter of intent to merge with privately-held NicheMusic.com, a music hub specializing in world music.",
"Under the terms of the transaction, audiohighway.com will merge with nicheMusic.com and its online and offline properties in an all-stock transaction.",
"Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.",
"The merger is subject to shareholder approval and is slated for completion by the end of the year.",
"NicheMusic.com is backed by Pinnacle Systems, Great Eagle Limited, and individual investors.",
"http: www.nichemusic.com http: www.audiohighway.com CT Holdings Takes 40% of Telephony ASP Perclick DALLAS -- CT Holdings, an incubator of early stage Internet services companies, today announced that it will acquire approximately 40% of Perclick.com, an application service provider that provides network, customer, and financial management services for the Internet Protocol telephony market."
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On June 01, 2001, it was announced that Arexis named its new CEO from a company that moved its headquarters to Cambridge, England in what year? | 2013 | PAIRIDX:62935 | [
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"DivXNetworks Names Eotec Founder Shahi Ghanem as COO FINANCE Semantix Names Ron Johnston Acting Chief Financial Officer TECHNOLOGY Discovery Therapeutics Adds William Wheeler, Kenneth Rice Rare Medium Exec Michael Flickman Joins The FeedRoom as CTO Osprey Systems Promotes Bruce Wright and Ben Pureza EXECUTIVE SEARCHES SR. DIRECTOR, QUANTITATIVE ANALYTICS-NEW YORK VP MARKETING-CUPERTINO, CA VP MARKETING-SEATTLE DIRECTOR OF UK ADVERTISING SALES-LONDON VICE PRESIDENT-LOS ANGELES AREA DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT-ITHACA, NY TOP MANAGEMENT Arexis Names New CEO from AstraZeneca mail?"
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Which investor participating in Artel's fourth round of funding is named after the body of water that divides Boston and Cambridge? | Charles River Ventures | PAIRIDX:62934 | [
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"http: www.bisanjia.com Infrastructure Firm Soneta Gets Funding from Gray Cary DALLAS -- Soneta, which develops technology and applications for e-commerce service providers, said it has received an undisclosed amount of cash and a pledge of services from the Internet technology law firm of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich in return for an equity stake.",
"The details of the deal were not disclosed.",
"Last week, Soneta said it closed its Series A round of financing with a $2 million investment from Yazam.",
"http: www.soneta.com Video Networking Firm Artel Raises $10.5 Million Round Four MARLBOROUGH, Mass.",
"-- Artel, which provides video networking systems to cable television and telecommunications service providers, said it has secured $10.5 million in its fourth round of funding.",
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The person listed directly after Bill Williams III on the recipient list of a August 24, 2001 2:01 PM e-mail from Jeff Dasovich about CAISO being involved in scam with CDWR had a surname of what national origin? | English | PAIRIDX:62931 | [
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"Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 2:01 PM To: Hall, Steve C. (Legal); Alvarez, Ray; Frank, Robert; Mara, Susan; Nicolay, Christi L.; Novosel, Sarah; Perrino, Dave; Steffes, James D.; Walton, Steve; Palmer, Mark A. (PR); Comnes, Alan; Badeer, Robert; Williams III, Bill; Mallory, Chris; Denne, Karen; Belden, Tim; Yoder, Christian; Sanders, Richard B. Subject: RE: As the CAISO Turns: CAISO involved in scam with CDWR to purchase excess power from CDWR's long-term contracts Since Congressman's Ose's been asking FERC alot of questons about what the ISO, DWR, etc.",
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"Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Hall, Steve C. Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 1:52 PM To: Alvarez, Ray; Dasovich, Jeff; Frank, Robert; Mara, Susan; Nicolay, Christi L.; Novosel, Sarah; Perrino, Dave; Steffes, James D.; Walton, Steve; Palmer, Mark A. (PR); Comnes, Alan; Badeer, Robert; Williams III, Bill; Mallory, Chris; Denne, Karen; Belden, Tim; Yoder, Christian; Sanders, Richard B. Subject: As the CAISO Turns: CAISO involved in scam with CDWR to purchase excess power from CDWR's long-term contracts Everyone, This is hot news showing that the CAISO CDWR relationship is even more cozy than we thought."
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What is the 2016 Census Bureau population estimate of the city that has created high power demands becaause it is fast-growing in the state that built 22 new power plants in 5 years according to what a person named Noel stated in a speech at the Houston Energy Expo? | 1,317,929 | PAIRIDX:62923 | [
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"Serving this 200,000 square miles of territory and 6 million customers requires an awful lot of transmission, distribution and wire,\" Noel said in a speech at the Houston Energy Expo.",
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"Currently, has 65,000 MW of generation and a 2000 peak summer load of around 57,000 MW.",
"Twenty-two new power plants have been built in Texas in the past five years, 15 are under construction and 30 are on the drawing board, he said.",
"Moving that power from often remote plants to the biggest markets presents a challenge, particularly in four areas served by ERCOT, which manages 85 percent of the Texas power grid.",
"\"You can't get it from there to here,\" Noel said of the trouble spots.",
"Transmission constraints exist in moving power from the south to the north, where fast-growing Dallas creates a high demand; inside Dallas itself; from the Rio Grande Valley to Austin and San Antonio in Central Texas; and from lightly populated West Texas to the eastern half of the state."
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"The city's population ranks ninth in the U.S. and third in Texas after Houston and San Antonio.",
"The city's prominence arose from its historical importance as a center for the oil and cotton industries, and its position along numerous railroad lines.",
"The bulk of the city is in Dallas County, of which it is the county seat; however, sections of the city are located in Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties.",
"According to the 2010 United States Census, the city had a population of 1,197,816.",
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The newspaper which published the article titled "Lenders to Dabhol to vote on termination notice" on 5/19/01 was first published in what year? | 1961 | PAIRIDX:62922 | [
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"'8 Concerns Get Saudi Gas Project Role The New York Times, 05 19 01 8 Western Firms Picked for Huge Saudi Gas Project Los Angeles Times, 05 19 01 2 Houston-based companies win Saudi gas prize Kingdom inviting 8 Western firms back in Houston Chronicle, 05 19 01 Utility withdraws offer of aid Associated Press Newswires, 05 19 01 Racicot lobbying for energy giant Enron Associated Press Newswires, 05 19 01 INDIA: SBI says Enron move not to hit lenders.",
"Reuters English News Service, 05 19 01 Enron threatens to stop electricity supply to Indian state Associated Press Newswires, 05 19 01 Gas bonanza in Saudi for BP and Shell: Eight companies are given stakes in pounds 15 billion bid to develop South Ghawar reserves The Daily Telegraph, 05 19 01 Western oil companies invited back by Saudis The Independent - London, 05 19 01 DPC issues PTN to MSEB, Deshmukh terms it as \"improper step\" Press Trust of India Limited, 05 19 01 India's largest US investor Enron issues pull-out warning Agence France-Presse, 05 19 01 Lenders to Dabhol to vote on termination notice The Economic Times, 05 19 01 Business Financial Desk; Section C 8 Concerns Get Saudi Gas Project Role AP 05 19 2001 The New York Times Page 2, Column 5 c. 2001 New York Times Company DALLAS, May 18 -- The Exxon Mobil Corporation and Royal Dutch Shell led a group of eight oil companies that will take part in a $25 billion gas development program in Saudi Arabia, the country's biggest opening of its oil and gas industry to outsiders since the 1970's."
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What did the executive director of the Utility Consumer's Action Network say the Davis bill would provide temporary protection against? | further rate shocks | PAIRIDX:62910 | [
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"Many lawmakers are reluctant to allow that.",
"\"Any kind of meaningful competition in California has been postponed until 2004, 2005, at which time some of the long-term contracts start ending,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego.",
"Ultimately, Davis said in an interview, \"the long-term solution to this problem depends on having more power than we need.\"",
"Generators base their prices \"on how much power they know you do or do not have,\" Davis said.",
"To protect consumers from being gouged, he said, the state's goal should be to always have at least 15% more power than it needs.",
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"FERC, she said, must legally determine if charges from generating companies are reasonable.",
"TURN and other groups will also press for re-regulation of the industry and will begin to explore municipally owned generating plants.",
"Michael Shames of the Utility Consumers' Action Network supports the Davis bill, although he said it won't fix \"the almost irreparably broken California energy system.\"",
"\"The problem is that California's electricity customers have been subjected to market prices in a dysfunctional energy market,\" Shames said.",
"\"It's a market controlled by the sellers of power and their cronies.\"",
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Which investor participated in Kick.com's first round of funding and also backed Pointshare? | Utah | PAIRIDX:62909 | [
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"The funds will go towards general operations.",
"http: www.redsiren.com Net Music News Firm Kick.com Lands $6 Million in Round One SAN FRANCISCO -- Kick.com, which provides personalized delivery of music news and information, said it raised $6 million in its first round.",
"Utah and 550 Digital Media Ventures, the newly launched venture capital arm of Sony Broadband Entertainment, participated in the round.",
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"http: www.acceleratetv.com http: www.respondtv.com Platform.net Acquires Music Site Digitalnoise.com BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- Platform.net, an urban lifestyle portal and e-commerce network, said it acquired digitalnoise.com, a webcaster of house, drum'n'bass, techno, big beat, and hip-hop music, for an undisclosed amount of stock.",
"The company said it will retain the inventory, technology, and most of the staff of digitalnoise.com.",
"Platform.net backers include Spinnaker, Sony Music Entertainment, and individual investor Michael Tannen.",
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"http: www.platform.net o Pointshare Buys Net Healthcare Services Firm MedServe Link BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Pointshare, which provides online business services to physicians, hospitals, diagnostic and imaging centers, and health plans, said it acquired online healthcare services provider MedServe Link for an undisclosed amount.",
"John Haugo, chief executive officer of MedServe, will join Pointshare's board.",
"Pointshare, which withdrew its planned IPO in June, is backed by investors including ABS Capital, Boston University Community Technology Fund, Brown McMillan, Cardinal Health Partners, Child Health Investment, HLM Management, Imperial, J&W Seligman, Morgenthaler, MPM Asset Management, Salix Ventures, Utah, and Van Wagoner Capital Management."
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Who did the company that employed Virginia Turezyn as a managing director when rentanything.com received $3 million in seed funding hire as a managing director specializing in software investments and internet infrastructure? | John Hershey | PAIRIDX:62898 | [
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"The company plans to use the funds to continue developing its Web site.",
"http: www.rentanything.com Web Training Tech Firm Tcert Raises $1.5 Million First Round ATLANTA -- Tcert, a creater of Web-based training systems, said it received $1.5 million in its first round of funding from MOL.com Berhad.",
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"http: www.infinityllc.com Advertisement VentureFinance The monthly guide to capital for growing companies.",
"Who just got money, and who's looking for it.",
"Subscribe at http: www.tpsite.com tp vf default.html SEND TO A FRIEND To subscribe to VentureWire, tell your friends and colleagues to go to: http: venturewire.net This copy of VentureWire may be distributed freely, provided that the distribution is without charge, that the issue is distributed complete and unaltered, and that all copies retain the Technologic copyright notice."
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Of the companies on the VentureWire company index, which is an investor in Asera? | Bowman Capital Management | PAIRIDX:62886 | [
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"After cutting 20, BlackHog has 52 employees.",
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"top NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- An item in Thursday's VentureWire about Au xyn Bioscience Ventures misspelled the name of the company's chief Ganesh Kisho re.",
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"http: www.asera.com OptiGlobe Appoints Ramon Quintana to Lead Mexican Operations mail?",
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One Shell Plaza, Two Shell Plaza, 700 Rusk, 1100 Louisiana, and Chase Tower are all part of the skyline of which city's downtown? | Houston | PAIRIDX:62882 | [
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"Ernst & Young has leased 127,000 square feet in the 570,000-square-foot building, scheduled to open in 2002. HKS Architects designed it.",
"Enron Center South, a 40-story tower under construction at the corner of Smith and Bell.",
"Cesar Pelli & Associates designed the 1.2 million-square-foot building.",
"The first tenants will move into Enron Center South this year, and the building will be complete in 2002. Hines is the developer.",
"Hines has been a key player in shaping the downtown skyline.",
"The firm began with the development of One Shell Plaza in 1971. It later added Two Shell Plaza, Pennzoil Place, 700 Rusk, 1100 Louisiana, Chase Tower, the Wortham Theater Center and Bank of America Center, which formerly was known as RepublicBank Center.",
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How much was paid in US Dollars for British Telecom's Yell in part by an investment firm which CMGI ended plans to establish an international venture fund with in September? | $3 billion | PAIRIDX:62881 | [
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"The firm has not ruled out making additional investments in venture-backed companies it already has in its portfolio.",
"Hicks Muse cited market difficulty and investor reluctance as factors in its change of investment strategy.",
"The company's venture capital portfolio includes Latin American travel site Despegar.com, Web-based community developer Ramius, online sports content provider Sports.com, data and dedicated Internet service provider Teligent, and ISP Vectrix.",
"In September, CMGI called off plans to establish an international venture fund with Hicks Muse Tate & Furst and PCCW.",
"Telephone 214-740-7300. o e-ffinity Properties Formed to Fund Real Estate Tech Firms NEW YORK -- Brookfield Properties, Chase Capital Partners, CIBC Capital Partners, and Trilon Capital Partners said they formed a real estate technology partnership called e-ffinity properties to provide venture capital to emerging technology companies for new telecommunication and technology-based products and services for real estate companies and their tenants."
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"http: www.pelagonet.com m&a Hicks Muse and Apax Buy BT's Yell For $3 Billion mail?",
"top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Private equity firms Hicks Muse Tate & Furst and Apax Partners said they have purchased British Telecom's Yell, a yellow pag es directory and classified advertising business, for GBP 2.14 billion ($3 billion).",
"The firms had been in talks for several months, though the final purchase price has dropped significantly from the $4.3 billion said to be offered earlier.",
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"The transaction will be financed partly with GBP 1.45 billion in debt underwritten by Merrill Lynch and CIBC Merrill Lynch also advised both Hicks Muse and Apax in the deal.",
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The former Secretary of Education who was on Co-nect's board of directors and was also a Senator and Governor of Tennessee was born in what year? | 1940 | PAIRIDX:62880 | [
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"http: www.wavesplitter.com CRM Vendor Respond UK Gets $5.9 Million from Interregnum, 3i KETTERING, England -- Respond UK, a CRM software and services vendor, said it raised $5.9 million in its third round of funding from 3i and Interregnum.",
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"http: www.respond.co.uk o Educational Tools Firm Co-nect Gets $7 Million, New CEO BOSTON -- Co-nect, which provides schools with online tools, training and resources, said it has secured $7 million led by Rex.",
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"\"You don't see banner headlines, 'United States has record coal production in the year 2000, and we did it in a way much more environmental ly responsible.'",
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"The fiber core is the part of the fiber that actually carries the light signal transmission.",
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The person who said he will send his own refund formula to the five commissioners of the FERC within a week said the question of the what makes a big difference in how El Paso Merchant's market share will be measured? | geographic market | PAIRIDX:62859 | [
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"The companies said refunds should be offset by the larger amounts they are owed for unpaid power deliveries to the state.",
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"Wagner acknowledged that his refund number was imprecise and said further hearings before FERC are needed to pi n down the figure.",
"Calpine Corp. of San Jose and possibly one other supplier are expected to reach individual settlements with the state, the judge said.",
"\"A lot of the parties genuinely wanted to settle and others didn't,\" Wagner told reporters.",
"\"There's an old southern saying,\" said the 72-year-old Tennessean.",
"\"You can take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.\"",
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"All shippers were trying to move as much gas as they could into the state.",
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"The issue of market share appeared to loom large in the administrative hearing, which has become the closest thing to a trial arising from California's energy crisis.",
"A company that controls a large portion of any market enhances its ability to dictate prices and other conditions.",
"El Paso Merchant has argued that its market share should be computed as a proportion of the statewide natural gas market, in which case it would fa ll below 20% and would not raise anti-competitive concerns.",
"But the PUC counters that, because of difficulties in shipping gas fro m north to south within the state, El Paso's true market is limited to Southe rn California.",
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The Bee staff writer that co-wrote a story with Dale Kasler and John Hill on 6/16/2001 about California spending $43 billion on long-term power contracts wrote an article on 4/4/2001 about power plants used during peak times are proposed to remain in place for how long? | 30 to 40 years | PAIRIDX:62857 | [
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"One can only wonder where the next skirmish in the war will break out, but there are plenty of potential battlegrounds -- offshore oil drilling, perhaps, or timber harvesting, or water.",
"The Bee's Dan Walters can be reached at (916) 321-1195 or dwalters@sacbee.c om Veil is lifted on pacts The scrutiny begins, but one thing is certain -- prices can go either way By Carrie Peyton, Dale Kasler and John Hill Bee Staff Writers (Published June 16, 2001) The $43 billion California is spending on long-term power contracts is only an estimate, state officials acknowledged Friday, and the amount could easi ly go higher or lower because about half the supply is tied to fluctuating natural gas prices.",
"The disclosure came as the state released edited versions of the 38 electricity contracts it has signed so far, many at prices that exceed the newly deflated spot and futures markets.",
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"Davis' solutions may be in trouble: New plants built in California don't ha ve to sell electricity here, state lawyers conclude By Carrie Peyton Bee Staff Writer (Published April 4, 2001) California can't require builders of new power plants to sell electricity here, even as a trade-off for super-fast environmental review, lawyers at t he state Energy Commission have concluded.",
"Their position, reached despite Gov.",
"Gray Davis' vow that new megawatts \"wi ll stay in California,\" emerged as part of a fast-track approval for expanding a south state power plant.",
"It comes as the agency that oversees plant licensing is whittling away at t he presumption that emergency \"peaking\" plants installed this summer will be temporary.",
"Some of the peaking plants - to be used only at times of highest energy demand - are now proposed to stay in place 30 to 40 years.",
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How much did A Ramdas allege KPTC agreed to pay for power (per unit) from a 410 MW barge mounted power project? | Rs 5.63 | PAIRIDX:62848 | [
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"On the other hand, he spoke warmly of Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, mentioning the names of the Chief Ministers by name.",
"He said that he found in their attitude \"perceptible changes for the better.\"",
"Our Bureau Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"'Panel to clear Tannir Bhavi project deal' The Times of India News Service 03 23 2001 The Times of India Copyright (C) 2001 The Times of India; Source: World Reporter (TM) BANGALORE: The controversial Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) on the 410 MW Tannir Bhavi barge-mounted project will be submitted for approval to the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC), Power Minister Veerakumar A. Patil told the Assembly on Thursday.",
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"All PPAs have to be cleared by the KERC before implementation.''",
"Earlier, A. Ramdas (BJP) alleged that the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (KPTC) had to pay a steep Rs 5.63 per unit for Tannir Bhavi power as per the terms of the PPA.",
"``Even if we don't buy the power, we have to pay Rs 650 crore, in dollars, absorbing the differences in the price of naphta, as per the PPA.",
"What is the government's vested interest in this project?''",
"he asked.",
"Patil said the PPA, which includes escrow cover, had to be honoured following a direction from the Karnataka High Court.",
"``We are facing power shortage, specially at the height of summer, and are buying power from wherever possible.",
"The KPTC Chairman and I are going to Delhi to see if we can get more power from the central grid,'' he added.",
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In what year was the firm founded that participated in the Series B round of funding for Cierra Photonics along with Worldview Technology Partners, Mayfield Fund, Chase Capital Partners and RWI Group? | 1969 | PAIRIDX:62845 | [
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"Other details of the investment were not released.",
"Beeline has also received funding from Infinity and PacRim Venture Partners.",
"http: www.beelinenetworks.com Fiber Optic Firm Cierra Photonics Gets $40 Million Series B SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Cierra Photonics, which produces wafer scale integration technology for fiber optic components, said it has secured $40 million in its Series B round of funding led by Worldview Technology Partners.",
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"Regulators are concerned that if businesses flee the system, the state will be stuck with too much electricity under long-term e lectricity contracts through 2021. That would mean residential ratepayers would be stuck paying the bulk of the $43 billion in future power costs, a point that has enraged consumer groups.",
"Currently, only about 88,000 custo mers buy their energy through direct access (per CEC statistics), including about 10,000 large commercial industrial customers, and about 78,000 resid ences.",
"Alternative service providers shifted most of their customers back to California's primary utility suppliers (SoCal Ed., PG&E, SDG&E) earlier this year when prices skyrocketed and they could no longer compete with uti lity rates capped by the Legislature.",
"California legislators argue that direct access is the keystone of the late st Edison bailout plan, sponsored by Assembly Speaker Pro Tem Fred Keeley.",
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"The order directs the utilities to resume payments to QFs within 15 days of end of billing period, Commissioner Carl Wood said.",
"If they don't comply, the utilities will suffer from penalties equal to the amount owed to the QFs, he said.",
"Wood withdrew, on Monday, his idea for a fixed price payment of $79 per megawatt hour.",
"During a conference call to note holders late Tuesday, Edison's CFO Ted Craver, Jr. said SoCal Edison plans to make interest payments on some of its defaulted debts, with the first payment on some commercial paper outstanding made around the end of next week.",
"Craver also said that with the utility's planned payments and its commitment to make interest payments, starting this week, as they come due, SoCal Ed will become current on all outstanding interest rate payments.",
"Meanwhile, the CPUC's order regarding payments to QFs came just as the state's power grid operator issued a \"Stage Two\" power alert throughout California, calling for increased consumer conservation."
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"PJM will be the OASIS operator for PJM West.",
"Allegheny Energy will operate under the existing ECAR rules regarding operating reserve requirements, reserve sharing, and other operating standards, and will work with PJM to develop a regime to ensure that PJM West receives full credit for its capacity anywhere within the PJM market.",
"ICAP will not be expanding into PJM West.",
"PJM will retain certain functions related to the operation of the energy market, including the PJM market, congestion management protocol, and marke t monitoring responsibilities.",
"Allegheny Energy will freely participate in th e PJM energy market, including the necessary wholesale price cap.",
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"Converse ly, if First Energy were to remain in the Alliance, some of Orion ,s generat ion would be located in the Alliance and some in PJM West (assuming Duquesne joins PJM West).",
"Requiring First Energy to join PJM West would not only de al with that seams issue, but would also further expand the size and liquidit y of the wholesale market in the eastern United States.",
"First Energy's ISO games While the agreement between Allegheny and PJM paves the way for Duquesne to join PJM, what about PennPower, the subsidiary of First Energy that serves some suburbs of Pittsburgh and up to the New Castle area of the Commonwealth?",
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"\"Publishers Weekly\" described the book as \"drawing from such sources such as the Tower of Babel, the Balkan Wars and the Ebonics controversy, to explain how the claims people make about 'their' specific language are really about identity politics.\"",
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The paper that ran a 7/31 story titled "Davis spokesman under fire for stock" ran a story on 5/10 about the PUC's concerns over a rate raise of what amount? | $4.8 billion | PAIRIDX:62826 | [
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"Bad day for Davis; bad day for Calpine.",
"Best, Jeff Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 7 31: Davis spokesman under fire for stock Sac Bee, Tues, 7 31: Davis energy aide leaves -- without pay Sac Bee, Tues, 7 31: Power delivery efficiency questioned: Output at low-co st generating plants has been cut while costlier ones continue to operate Sac Bee, Tues, 7 31: Davis: FERC excluding $5 billion of owed refunds Sac Bee, Tues, 7 31: Bill would streamline the path to local power: More cities, including Davis, are taking a look at creating municipal utility districts SD Union, Tues, 7 31: SDG&E denies it deceived ratepayers about debt SD Union, Tues, 7 31: Sempra set to unveil plans for new plant, business pa rk SD Union, Tues, 7 31: Davis press secretary confirms buying energy company stock LA Times, Tues, 7 31: Davis' Energy Advisors Draw SEC Attention SF Chron, Tues, 7 31: California governor's press secretary confirms buying energy company stock SF Chron, Tues, 7 31: PG&E's $500,000,000 second-quarter surprise SF Chron, Tues, 7 31: Power and 'juice' SF Chron, Tues, 7 31: S.F."
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What did an OC48 capacity contract trade for on August 2nd of 2003 for the route going from New York to the metro area that ranked eight in the US in terms of population according to the US Census? | $0.00016 DS0 mile month | PAIRIDX:62817 | [
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"A contract for OC48 for calendar year 2003 on the Seattle-Los Angeles route last traded Aug. 1 at $0.000175 DS0 mile month as part of a similar three-route package.",
"A contract for OC48 capacity for 2003 on the New York-Miami route last traded Aug. 2 at $0.00016 DS0 mile month.",
"That represents a decline of $0.00001 on the offer price.",
"Traders and brokers also spent much of the day discussing the surprise departure of Jeffrey Skilling as president and chief executive of Enron Corp. (ENE).",
"Skilling was an early proponent of bandwidth trading.",
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What is the date of birth for the person who created the bill that would allow Gray Davis to temporarily waive some air pollution limits? | September 15, 1949 | PAIRIDX:62816 | [
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"\"It is a contrived crisis in order to produce 1000 percent increases in profits for some of these generators.\"",
"On the agenda when the committee meets Thursday will be a bill by Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, that would allow California Gov.",
"Gray Davis to temporarily waive some air pollution limits to increase power production in the state when blackouts are imminent.",
"It also would include: federal help to ease a power transmission bottleneck in the Central Valle y; mandated power savings at federal facilities; state discretion in adjusting daylight savings time; an easing of the ties of some small, independent power generators to larg e utilities.",
"Earlier this month, a subcommittee chaired by Barton rejected Waxman's price-cap amendment as some California Republicans complained that the idea of limiting power rates was politically inspired and would do nothing to solve California's crisis."
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"Following the 2014 primary defeat of Ralph Hall, Barton became the dean of the Texas congressional delegation.",
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In what month and year was the entity founded that WAM!NET received equity funding from along with MCI WorldCom, WindStar, and Sumitomo? | November 1981 | PAIRIDX:62810 | [
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"Mr. Staudt was senior operating officer of Healtheon WebMD.",
"He has also served as chairman and CEO of Mede America.",
"With his arrival, former CEO Andrew Sawyer will now serve as president of the Insurance division.",
"BenefitPort has a commitment of $60 million in financial backing from the Trident Partnership, a private equity fund advised by Marsh & McLennan Capital and J.P. Morgan.",
"http: www.benefitport.com Digital Content Firm WAM!NET Appoints President EAGAN, Minn. -- WAM!NET, which provides digital content management services, said it has appointed William Sulivan as its new president.",
"Mr. Sullivan joined WAM!NET in March as senior vice president.",
"Prior to joining the company, he was CEO of PR21, a New York-based public relations firm.",
"WAM!NET has received equity funding from MCI WorldCom, WindStar, Silicon Graphics, and Sumitomo.",
"http: www.wamnet.com VC Fund News o Italian VC MyQube Opens Silicon Valley Office MILAN -- MyQube, a European early-stage venture capital firm, said it opened a new office in Silicon Valley."
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What member of the Technology Outlook 2000 investor index was an investor in BioMimetic Pharmaceuticals' Series A funding? | Holden | PAIRIDX:62805 | [
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"http: www.kestrelsolutions.com new money Biotech Firm BioMimetic Raises $6.5 Million in Series A mail?",
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"The company plans to dedicate the new funds to product development and clinical trials.",
"As a result of th is financing, John Kim and Ann Hanham of Burrill & Co., Michael Block from Holden, and Arnold Caplan of the Skeletal Research Center at Case Western Reserve University have been granted seats on the company's seven-member board.",
"Telephone 615-844-1280 Israeli Routers Maker HyWire Gets $5 Million First Round mail?",
"top NETANYA, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- Munich, Germany-based Infineon Technologies, formerly Siemens Semiconductor Group, announced it participat ed in a $5 million first round for HyWire, an Israeli-startup that develops chips and subsystems for Internet and communication infrastructure routers."
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"he's just one of six keynote speakers at Technology Outlook?",
"2000. You'll also hear from:?",
"* Michael Ramsay, CEO of TiVo?",
"* Henry Yuen, CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International?",
"* Claude Leglise, VP, New Business Group & GM, Home?",
"Products Group, Intel?",
"* Michel Mayer, GM, Pervasive Computing, IBM?",
"* Larry Smarr, Professor, Department of Computer Science?",
"and Engineer ing, UC San Diego?",
"Technology Outlook 2000: The Future of Pervasive C omputing?",
"December 4 and 5, San Franciscohttp: technologicpartners.com tp conf to2000 investor index?",
"Amerindo Investment Advisors, Argentum Capital Partners, AsiaTech Intern et Group, Bain Capital Brookside Fund, Band of Angels, Barclays, Canaan Partners, Charlesbank Capital Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Chase H&Q, Cornerstone Properties, Crystal Internet Venture Funds, Doll Capital Management, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EMS, First Republic Bank, GE Asset Management, Gideon Hixon, H Lee.Putnam Internet Partners, Holden, I NG Furman Selz Investments, Intel Capital, Investcare Partners Limited Partnership, Kaiser Permanente, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Madge.web, Men lo Ventures, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Venture Partners, NextGen Capital, PSINet, Raza Ventures, Reuters Holdings Switzerland, Royal Dutsch Shell Group, Softbank Venture Capital, Tenet Healthcare, The Sturm Group, Triad Media Ventures, TriNorth Capital, Tullaree, Vulcan Ventures, Wachovia Capit al Associates, Walnut Group, WR Hambrecht & Co."
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The mountain that California's Legislature urges the US Secretary of Energy to speed up the review of scientific data regarding its suitability as permanent federal repository for high level radioactive materials is located in what state? | Nevada | PAIRIDX:62801 | [
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"It then was made a two-year bill, meaning it won't be considered until next January.",
"Sen. Tom McClintock of Simi Valley has sponsored Senate Joint Resolution 13 a non-binding resolution that reads, \"the Legislature hereby determine s that nuclear energy is a necessary source of electricity generation, with no detrimental impact on its citizens and environment; and be it further resolved that the Legislature of the State of California urges the United States Secretary of Energy to expedite the review of the scientific data regarding Yucca Mountain's suitability as a permanent federal repository fo r high-level radioactive materials and make his recommendation to the preside nt this year.\"",
"\"This is the first step in the debate,\" McClintock told me.",
"The second step will begin this summer when state and federal legislators hear from citizens calling them in the dark during blackouts.",
"That will concentrate minds on the necessity of bringing back to America an electrici ty source that is safe, cheap and almost unlimited."
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"It is the site of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, which is currently identified by Congressional law as the nation's spent nuclear waste storage facility.",
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In what year was the university found that Cindy Jennings previously worked at in Law Admissions? | 1965 | PAIRIDX:62800 | [
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"She holds an MBA from the University of Washington and BFA from Syracuse University.?",
"Her most recent work experience was as a marketing research analyst with the Federal Reserv e Bank of San Francisco.?",
"She will be handling marketing, admissions, and student services for the Evening MBA Program.",
"She writes, \"I live in North Berkeley, I like to sail and snowboard, and I have four cats.\"?",
"She can be reached at 510-642-1406 or via e-mail mstjohn@haas.berkeley.edu.",
"Her office is in S460. MBA ADMISSIONS WELCOMES THREE NEW STAFF MEMBERS Cindy Jennings is the new graduate admissions advisor in the MBA Admissions office.",
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The chief of EDF in India and the Indian classical vocalist, have what name in common? | Ramesh Narayan | PAIRIDX:62798 | [
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"EDF walked out of a proposed 1,000-megawatt power project in the western Indian state of Maharashtra following years of hurdles and hold-ups.",
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"\"We gave it a long, hard try for seven years The coal-pricing and risk issues finally made the project unviable.",
"Recent regulatory changes also made the project's tariff unacceptable,\" said Narayan.",
"While EDF struggled to get off the ground in India it added 34,000 megawatts of power in countries such as Germany and China.",
"The pull out of EDF followed the withdrawal in January last year of US-based Cogentrix Energy Inc., from a 1.3 billion dollar, 1,000- megawatt power project in the southern state of Karnataka.",
"Now another US energy giant, Enron Corp., has moved closer to pulling the plug on its Indian plant."
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Who is on both the thread regarding Bilas Proposed Decision with Glen Hass and the Douglass Importance of the WPTF with Alan Comnes? | Dasovich, Jeff | PAIRIDX:62797 | [
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"'Hi Glen: Good call this AM.",
"Mike Day is in fact writing some comments on behalf of Wild Goose and there may be some interest from other folks to sign on and file jointly.",
"However, Mike won't have something to look at before COB tomorrow, and it's unclear at this point how many folks might sign on.",
"So I think it's prudent to continue drafting TW's comments.",
"As soon as I get something from Mike Day, I'll forward to you so you folks can review.",
"Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Hass, Glen Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:36 AM To: Watson, Kimberly; Lindberg, Lorraine; Lohman, TK; Donoho, Lindy; Dasovich, Jeff; Pryor, Tony; Lichtenwalter, Blair; Lokey, Teb Cc: Harris, Steven; Kilmer III, Robert; Miller, Mary Kay Subject: FW: Bilas Proposed Decision SoCal GIR As requested, Mark Baldwin has put together a summary of the Proposed Decision and Comment Points for filing on Friday."
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"Alan --Original Message -- From: Dasovich, Jeff Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:27 PM To: Comnes, Alan; Kaufman, Paul Subject: RE: WPTF and Douglass Importance: High I've notified Gary that my name should replace Sue's and our involvement with WPTF only goes through the end of the year.",
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"That make sense?",
"Dan's summaries only go through the end of the year.",
"Same there, I've been contact with Dan.",
"Let me know if this answers the questions and works.",
"Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Comnes, Alan Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:26 PM To: Dasovich, Jeff; Kaufman, Paul Subject: WPTF and Douglass Jeff or Paul: Do either of you know how far out our WPTF membership goes?"
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In addition to Richard Sanders, who else might have been unavailable for the 6:00AM Pacific conference call initiated by the individual who identified the use of price caps during the summer of 2001 as a contentious issue for the development of business strategies within California? | Rick Shapiro | PAIRIDX:62788 | [
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"Let's be as specific as possible, but limit the list to \"hot buttons.\"",
"In this regard, Jim Steffes identified \"the imposition of price caps in the summer of 2001\" as the hot button.",
"Are there others?",
"What are the forums we expect will affect our business interests?",
"For each forum, how do we want to posture Enron?",
"Do we want to be the most aggressive company?",
"Do we want to act alone?",
"Do we want to work only in coalitions?",
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"The company employs approximately 1,100 people.",
"Service Resources also announced that Michael Lustig has joined the company as its first chief operating officer.",
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"http: www.serviceresources.com Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Entertainment Gets $8.6M Round One mail?",
"top LONDON (VENTUREWIRE) -- Shine Entertainment, a television and film pr oduction company owned by Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch, and TV producer Waheed Alli, announced it has raised over GBP 6 million ($8.6 million) in first round funding.",
"3i led the round, while LongAcre advised on the placing and Olswang provided legal counsel.",
"Co-founder Ms. Murdoch owns a majority of the company, while 3i, Mr. Alli, and BskyB hold minority stakes.",
"Post-money, the company garnered a valuatio n of $32.2 million.",
"As a result of this round, 3i gains a seat on the board.",
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"After his father's death in 1952, Murdoch declined to join his late father's registered public company and created his own private company, News Limited.",
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In what month did NetSales receive over $30 million from organizations including the bank that became the world's largest by market cap in July 2015? | March | PAIRIDX:62785 | [
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"In July 2015, Wells Fargo became the world's largest bank by market capitalization, edging past ICBC, before slipping behind JP Morgan Chase in September 2016, in the wake of a scandal involving the creation of over 2 million fake bank accounts by Wells Fargo employees.",
"Wells Fargo surpassed Citigroup Inc. to become the third-largest U.S. bank by assets at the end of 2015.",
"Wells Fargo is the second-largest bank in deposits, home mortgage servicing, and debit cards.",
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"Over the summer, the company sold its online software sales division, eliminating 70 jobs, as part of it s shift from a business-to-consumer focus to a business-to-business market.",
"NetSales received $31.75 million in March from Norwest Equity Partners, Tim e Warner, Chase Manhattan, Wells Fargo, Advanta Partners, HarbourVest Partner s, and Kansas City Equity Partners.",
"http: www.netsales.com Reward Program Stockback.com Lays Off 50% of Staff NEW YORK (VENTUREWIRE) -- Stockback.com, a Web site that rewards consumers who use partner sites by putting their money into savings progr ams such as mutual funds, said it laid off almost 50% of its 66-member sta ff."
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The Republican California State Senator who tacitly admitted that the state's power exchange system wasn't effective and needed to be shielded against competition later became the chairman of the California Republican Party on what date? | March 3, 2013 | PAIRIDX:62783 | [
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"\"California had made a big investment in the power exchange,\" said Sen. Jim Brulte, R-Rancho Cucamonga, who was one of probably just a handful of legislators who knew about the provision before it became law.",
"\"The PUC decision would have put that investment at risk.\"",
"Which is another way of saying that the power exchange wasn't working and had to be protected from competition.",
"Richard Bilas, the PUC commissioner who was pushing the hardest for the reform the Legislature overturned, said he never liked the idea of mandating a single exchange in which the utilities would have to buy all their power.",
"Bilas wasn't a member of the commission when the PUC restructured California's electricity industry.",
"But he said the result reminded him of the former Soviet Union, where leaders declared that they were going to move to a market economy and then appointed a group of central planners to figure out how those markets should function."
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"James L. Brulte (born April 13, 1956) is the chairman of the California Republican Party, since March 3, 2013.",
"Brulte formerly served as a Republican in the California State Senate, representing the 31st district, from 1996 to 2004.",
"He also served as the Senate Republican leader from 2000 to 2004.",
"Brulte also served as Vice-Chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.",
"He was previously the Republican Leader of the California State Assembly from 1992 to 1996.",
"Brulte is the only freshman to ever serve as a party leader in both houses of the California State Legislature."
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The paper that ran a 5/10 story titled "PUC sweats $4.8 billion rate raise" ran a story on 5/8 whose titled spoke about what contributing to blackouts? | Hot spell | PAIRIDX:62780 | [
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"'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"PUC sweats $4.8 billion rate raise\" Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"PG&E wants panel to get boot\" Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"Major job losses predicted; governor presses generators\" Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"Bond-sale bill goes to Davis Sac Bee, Thurs, 5 10: \"State revenue outlook shrinks SD Union, Thurs, 5 10: \"No blackouts despite dip in supplies\" SD Union (AP), Wed, 5 9: \"Biggest users face huge rate hikes under PUC pla n\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"Rate Hikes Up to 60\" Proposed by PUC Chief\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"Bush Energy Stance Begins to Worry Some in GOP\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"In Office Buildings, the Lights Are On, But Nobody 's Home\" LA Times, Thurs, 5 10: \"Power Shifts to Congress\" (Commentary) SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Proud state forced to knees in power hunt\" SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Power bills set to skyrocket for heavy users Graduated rate increase would take effect in June SF Chron (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"Developments in California's energy crisis SF Chron (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"PG&E says fewer small power plants offline SF Chron (AP), Thurs, 5 10: \"A look at two rate designs before power regulators\" SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Lights stay on despite failure of big plant\" SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"PG&E fights consumer committee Obstruction feared in bankruptcy case SF Chron, Thurs, 5 10: \"Generators silent on Davis plan He offers lower compensation to stave off Edison bankruptcy Mercury News, Thurs, 5 10: \"Rate plans shield most households\" Mercury News, Thurs, 5 10: \"Energy bond plan gets final legislative OK, faces delay\" Mercury News, Thurs, 5 10: \"Fusion research gets a boost\" OC Register, Thurs, 5 10: \"Power is Money PUC details plan to raise Edison rates up to 34%."
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"'Please see the following articles: Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"$13.4 billion bond bill clears split Assembly\" Sac Bee, Tues, 5 8: \"Dan Walters: Summer-like heat brings blackouts, partisan fingerpointing\" Sac Bee, Sun, 5 6: \"How Californians got burned\" (Jeff Skilli ng quoted) SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Heat wave spawns statewide blackouts\" SD Union, Tues, 5 8: \"Bond clears Assembly with a partisan twist\" (Enron mentioned) SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Refinery merger could raise California gas pric es\" SD Union (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Enron could supply universities with state-subsidized power\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Edison's agony For CEO, Life in 'Foxhole' Means Little Sleep, Peace\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Power Cut to Parts of State\" LA Times,Tues, 5 8: \"Landlords, Janitors Join in Plan to Save Energy\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Effort to Repay State for Power Is Delayed\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts Mean More Than Inconvenience for Disabled\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"In 1st Hearing, PUC Urged to Lift Rate Hike\" LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"An Oilman's Dream\" (Commentary) LA Times, Tues, 5 8: \"Cheney's an Oaf on Conservation\" (Commentary) SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Secret power deals contain hidden costs THE CLAUSE: A link to natural gas prices SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Bush won't budge on fuel prices Despite fears of a $3 gallon, he will oppose controls\" SF Chron, Tues, 5 8: \"Hot weather sparks new round of blackouts SUPPLIES LOW: Usage keeps climbing as temperatures surpass 90 degrees SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Developments in California's energy crisis\" SF Chron (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts hit California as spring heat wave se ts in\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Scorching heat sparks rolling blackouts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"More than 100,000 customers hit by power blackou ts\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"Carmaker Says Outages Could Damage Equipment, Harm Efficiency\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"SF Airport plans to run extra generators\" Mercury News, Tues, 5 8: \"EXEMPT FROM BLACKOUTSThe state Public Utilities Commission exempts the following energy users from rolling\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Blackouts back, businesses cope\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Shortage somewhat a surprise\" OC Register (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Energy notebook Gas pipeline expansion OKd to benefit Southwest\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Energy borrowing OKd Democrats in Assembly support the $13.4 billion bond over GOP opposition\" OC Register, Tues, 5 8: \"Jones has bright ideas on electricity\" (Commentary) Individual.com (Businesswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Power Scramble A Forbes.com Special Report\" Individual.com (Bridgenews), Tues, 5 8: \"[B] Calif. ISO says power blackouts this evening unlikely\" Individual.com (PRnewswire), Tues, 5 8: \"Stage 2 Electrical Emergency Declared; SCE to Curtail 'Load' for Some Customers\" Individual.com (AP), Tues, 5 8: \"Rolling Blackouts Hit California\" Energy Insighty, Tues, 5 8: \"Hearts, minds, & pocketbooks\" - Hot spell forces blackouts: More outages are probable today in a likely preview of a long, hot summer."
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The former communications consultant that was paid $150/hr by Davis which was considered an outrageous expense to taxpayers by Lewis Uhler once worked for which president? | Clinton | PAIRIDX:62775 | [
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"said Lewis Uhler, president of the National Tax Limitation Committee, which filed the lawsuit.",
"In June, Davis said Fabiani was no longer a communications consultant because his work had been \"successfully implemented.\"",
"Lehane, on the other hand, dropped his contract with Edison and signed a new agreement with Davis.",
"Lehane's new contract required him to work a maximum of 66 hours a month at $150 an hour.",
"His payments were to be capped at $76,000 for work from June 26 to Nov. 20, 2001. 'OUTRAGEOUS EXPENSE' \"This was an outrageous expense to taxpayers,\" Uhler said.",
"\"I believe there was a clear violation of conflict-of-interest laws.\"",
"The consultants decided it was not worth the legal fees to fight the lawsuit, Maviglio said.",
"The two could not be reached for comment.",
"\"It's shameful when people have to surrender their jobs in public service because of a lawsuit,\" Maviglio said.",
"Jones, who filed a complaint with the Fair Political Practices Commission concerning the two consultants, said, \"I think it's clear from recent actions by the governor's office that there have been rampant violations of the state's conflict-of-interest laws."
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"ADDING INSULT TO INJURY Lewis Uhler, with the Tax-Limitation Committee, said, \"We are kind of addin g insult to injury to then have the governor who feels the pressure of this crisis to spend this kind of dough for damage control.\"",
"Secretary of State Bill Jones last week asked the Fair Political Practices Commission to investigate Lehane and Fabiani and their relationship with Edison.",
"Jones said \"the unseemly conflicts of interest by (Davis') advisers during the energy crisis are increasing the people's cynicism.\"",
"A spokeswoman for the FPPC said the agency was reviewing Jones' complaint.",
"Both Lehane and Fabiani have promised to file their required financial disclosure reports this week.",
"Now private citizens and communications consultants, Lehane and Fabiani worked inside the Clinton White House and for Vice President Al Gore during his failed 2000 campaign.",
"They earned the nickname \"Masters of Disaster\" fo r consistently handling public relations matters during Clinton's various scandals."
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In what year was born the Chief Judge who heard case no. 99-1460? | 1940 | PAIRIDX:62774 | [
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"The judges appeared to agree with the FCC 's contention that substantial evidence showed the licensee 's partners knowingly deceived the agency to retain a rural service area (RSA) license for Catron, N.M.",
"The license was awarded by lottery in 1988, when noncitizens were barred from holding an ownership stake in FCC licensees.",
"Hearing oral arguments in Alee Cellular Commun-ications v. FCC (case no.",
"99-1460) Jan. 16 were Chief Judge Harry T. Edwards and Judges Douglas H. Ginsburg and A. Raymond Randolph.",
"In 1992, FCC Administrative Law Judge Walter C. Miller ruled that Alee had told the Commission falsely that all of its 14 partners were United States citizens when it knew one wasn 't (TR, Jan. 11, 1993).",
"The finding was part of a broader proceeding in which Mr. Miller found that nearly two dozen cellular license applicants, including Alee, had agreed to share with each other the revenue earned using RSA licenses."
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"title": "Harry T. Edwards",
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"Harry Thomas Edwards (born November 3, 1940), an American jurist and legal scholar, is currently a senior circuit judge and chief judge emeritus on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C.",
"Circuit in Washington, D.C., and a professor of law at the New York University School of Law."
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To what additional position did Enron name the man they announced as treasurer around the time Jesse Jackson was asking energy companies to hire more minorities? | vice-president of finance | PAIRIDX:62772 | [
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"The Daily Telegraph, 11 14 01 MARK TO MARKET: Retail Sales To Surge On Free Money Capital Markets Report, 11 14 01 Just stick it out or be a sucker The Economic Times, 11 14 01 Deal made; now Dynegy must make it work Chicago Tribune, 11 14 01 Dynegy defends merger partner CEO says Enron errors not illegal Chicago Tribune, 11 14 01 USA: UPDATE 1-Calpers calls on Enron board to step aside in merger.",
"Reuters English News Service, 11 13 01 Enron CEO helps present Greenspan award Associated Press Newswires, 11 13 01 CalPERS Opposes Enron Board Members' Appt To Dynegy Board Dow Jones Energy Service, 11 13 01 Jesse Jackson Asks Energy Companies to Hire More Minorities Dow Jones Business News, 11 13 01 CalPERS Speaks Out On Enron Business Wire, 11 13 01 Enron Names Raymond Bowen Treasurer Dow Jones News Service, 11 13 01 USA: Enron names Raymond Bowen treasurer."
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"title": "e19680_p91",
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"The company also said it had fired two executives - Glisan, managing director and treasurer, and Kristina Mordaunt, managing director and general counsel - for their supposed involvement with the limited partnerships formed by Enron's then chief financial officer Andrew Fastow.",
"Fastow earned as much as $30 million through his role with the partnerships, while a number of other Enron employees also invested in them personally.",
"The other employees involved, including executives Michael Kopper, Kathy Lynn and Anne Yeager, no longer worked for Enron.",
"-Scott Austin; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400 Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"USA: Enron names Raymond Bowen treasurer.",
"11 13 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. HOUSTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Enron Corp. which in recent weeks has reshuffled its management in response to a United States regulatory probe into murky transactions, said on Tuesday it named Raymond Bowen treasurer and vice-president of finance."
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Whose transmission system represents more than three quarters of grid assets to be administered by the entity that the Phase 2 filing due on December 1 will require additional details about how that entity can become part of a larger West-wide RTO Order? | Bonneville | PAIRIDX:62768 | [
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"Also seeks comments on whether CAISO should impose an adder to address generator unpaid bills.",
"RTO West: RTO West Phase 1 filing (made back in Nov 2000) is accepted.",
"TransConnect, a Transco proposed by RTO West's transmission-owning IOUs, was also accepted.",
"Incentive rates allowed if owner separates transmission from the generati on.",
"Phase 2 filing due December 1. This filing will require tariffs and additional details including how RTO West can become part of a larger West-wide RTO Order encourages Canadian utilities to be a part of RTO West"
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"The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission unanimously accepted the so-called RTO West proposal, which would create one of the largest regional transmission organizations yet.",
"FERC regulators welcomed the plan as a significant milestone in the commission's ambitious program to radically reshape the United States interconnected power grid.",
"The commission's Order No.",
"2000 is designed to create large regional RTOs throughout the United States to independently manage transmission assets, with twin goals of promoting more robust competitive power markets while assuring grid reliability.",
"Bonneville's transmission system represents more than three-quarters of the grid assets to be administered by RTO West.",
"The United States Department of Energy power marketing agency is a major player in the Pacific Northwest and California power markets due to its massive portfolio of hydropower generation.",
"Joining Bonneville in the effort are a number of investor-owned utilities: Avista Corp. (AVA), Enron Corp.'s Portland General Electric Co. (ENE), Idacorp's Idaho Power (IDA), Montana Power Company (MTP), Scottish Power's PacifiCorp (SPI), Puget Sound Energy (PSDC) and (Sierra Pacific Resources (SRP)."
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Which retired Republican Politician from California and born on 01/19/1931 was among those calling for the FERC to roll back rates for San Diego's electricity consumers? | Ron Packard | PAIRIDX:62766 | [
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"Ronald C. \"Ron\" Packard, D.M.D.",
"(born January 19, 1931) is a retired Republican politician from California who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001."
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"The generators \"are playing games,\" asserted Rep. Bob Filner (D-Calif.).",
"\"They are robbing people of their livelihoods, even threatening to murder people's businesses.",
"That's criminal to me.\"",
"Besides Filner, other House members attending the hearing were all Republicans: subcommittee chairman Joe Barton (Texas), Brian Bilbray (Calif.), Randy Cunnigham (Calif.), Duncan Hunter (Calif.), Ron Packard (Calif.) and John Shadegg (Ariz.) California Representatives Filner, Hunter and Bilbray all called on FERC to roll back the wholesale rates being charged to San Diego's electricity consumers.",
"Bilbray and Hunter also said they would support a bill (H.R.",
"5131) introduced by Filner (see related article, this REPORT) that would set the price for wholesale power sold in the Western Systems Coordinating Council region after June 1, 2000, at no more than the average price for the preceding three years, and would require refunds to ultimate consumers.",
"While skeptical about the need to order refunds, Hoecker said that the Commission would take a new look at the issue."
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Who wrote a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of Sempra Energy saying that Dynegy did not instruct SDG&E to shut down generating units? | Stephen W. Bergstrom | PAIRIDX:62761 | [
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"But since such simple market economics would take awhile, the legislature imposed a temporary rate freeze to protect most parts of the state from higher prices.",
"In San Diego, the freeze came off this year letting the market set the price, a very high price.",
"SDG&E is owned by Sempra Energy, where Stephen Baum is CEO.",
"Stephen Baum (Chief Executive Officer, Sempra Energy): It's been a terrible shock to our customers, seeing real-time prices for the first time.",
"And those prices are way out of sight because the wholesale market is broken and needs to be fixed.",
"Michaels: The vast wholesale market is something new.",
"California utilities used to own most of the power plants, the high-voltage transmission lines and the system to deliver power to homes and businesses.",
"Under deregulation the utilities still deliver the power, but had to turn operations of the transmission lines over to a state agency."
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"On April 6, for example, its stock fell 5%, to $48.34, after utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a unit of PG&E Corp., filed for bankruptcy.",
"(Dynegy provides power to the California market as a wholesaler but not to PG&E directly.)",
"Dynegy has also been quibbling recently with another teetering California utility, Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric, which claimed April 12 that Dynegy ordered it to shutter some of the facilities the utility sold it in 1999 -- but that it still operates -- because it doesn't think it will get paid.",
"Dynegy denied the charge.",
"\"Dynegy did not instruct SDG&E to shut down generating units, nor did we suggest that we would not make power available to creditworthy buyers,\" Stephen W. Bergstrom, Dynegy's president and COO, wrote in a letter to SDG&E Chairman and CEO Stephen Baum.",
"Dynegy has tried to downplay its exposure to the state's power woes."
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