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Do Kevin Silva and Tony Dreams have the same job? | No | PAIRIDX:82486 | [
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"\"We live in a society,\" he said, \"that relies on things outside of ourselves for entertainment.",
"Maybe we've forgotten how much fun it is to entertain ourselves.\"",
"If we've forgotten, maybe it's Lark Camp that will remind us.",
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"Here is a sampling of this year's whacko camp riddles (they get better every year).",
"\"What do you get when you play new age music backwards?\"",
"answer: new age music.",
"\"How do you know when a bagpipe is out of tune?\"",
"answer: when someone is blowing on it.",
"\"How do you know it's your lead singer knocking at the door?\"",
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"\"What's the difference between an accordian and an uzi?\"",
"answer: an uzi stops after 20 rounds.",
"Why do bagpipers walk while playing?\"",
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"Kevin Silva Vice President, Corporate Development Silvaris Corporation Tel: 206-328-0185 Email: [email protected] www.silvaris.com"
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"Anthony Lopez (born January 22, 1994), better known as Tony Dreams, is an American singer and songwriter from Waco, Texas.",
"In 2016, he began to gain recognition following the release of a collection of four singles, entitled ‘The One’, ‘Come Over’, ‘Do That’, and his first major release ‘Rewind’.",
"‘Rewind’ was the official debut single for Dreams.",
"It was released on September 10, 2016 through TopNotch Music.",
"‘Rewind’ was the product of Dreams’ collaboration with DjsNeverEndingStory, former in house producer for the Grammy award winning music production team, The Trak Starz.",
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Do Hrusova and Turkovice both have over 250 inhabitants? | No | PAIRIDX:82485 | [
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"Hrušová \"(German: Kruschau)\" is a village in the Ústí nad Orlicí District, Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic.",
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What municipality is closer to the East, Gmina Mielec or Gmina Msciwojow? | No | PAIRIDX:82478 | [
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"Gmina Mielec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Mielec County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland.",
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"Gmina Mściwojów is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.",
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Are the peeling theorem and Kuratowski embedding both related to math and/or science? | No | PAIRIDX:82476 | [
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Are Alaska Native Wireless LLC and CFE Company established or owned by the same company? | No | PAIRIDX:82474 | [
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"It was followed by Alaska Native Wireless LLC, which is partly owned by AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., which bid $2.8 billion.",
"Salmon PCS LLC -partly owned by Cingular Wireless LLC -bid $2.3 billion.",
"The highest bids continued to be for licenses in the largest market, New Yo rk City, with Verizon Wireless the high bidder on two licenses there and Alask a Native Wireless the top bidder on a third.",
"Thirty-seven bidders remained eligible after bidding was completed Jan. 19. The reauction has moved into a phase that requires bidders to be more activ e in each round to retain their bidding eligibility.",
"In a related development, the FCC affirmed its decision last year to modify its rules for C and F block auctions (TR, Aug. 28, 2000).",
"In an order on reconsideration released in Wireless Telecommunications dock et 97-82, the Commission denied five petitions for reconsideration of the rule s changes, which allow large entities to bid on some licenses while reserving others for small businesses known as \"designated entities (DEs)."
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"The CFE Company is a joint venture established by GE Aviation and the Garrett Engine Division of Allied Signal (now Honeywell Aerospace) in June 1987.",
"The company produces the CFE738, a small turbofan engine used on the Dassault Falcon 2000.",
"\"CFE\" stands for \"Commercial Fan Engines\"."
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Were David Wohl and Jorja Fox born in the same decade? | No | PAIRIDX:82469 | [
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"Jorja-An \"Jorja\" Fox (born July 7, 1968) is an American actress and producer.",
"She first came to prominence as a recurring guest star on the medical drama \"ER\" as Dr. Maggie Doyle from 1996 to 1999.",
"This was followed by another critical success in the recurring role of Secret Service Agent Gina Toscano on the political drama \"The West Wing\" in 2000.",
"She played Sara Sidle in the police procedural drama \"\", both as a regular (2000–2007, 2010–2015) and recurring (2008–2010) cast member."
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Do both Fenway Partners and ST Telemedia invest in entities involved in technology? | No | PAIRIDX:82463 | [
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"The round was led by NIB Capital and included an investment from the company's initial investor Residentie Investments.",
"The company said it will use the funding to increase its research and development, sales and marketing, and European expansion activities.",
"http: www.anachron.com Logistics ASP Elogex Raises $6.2 Million Series B CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Elogex, an application service provider that provides commerce and transportation execution products and services for the logistics and distribution industry, said it raised $6.2 million in its Series B funding.",
"New investor Fenway Partners led the round, which also included individual investors.",
"John Anderson, who leads Fenway Partners subsidiary Big Wheel Partners, will represent Fenway on the company's board of directors.",
"The company will use the funding for sales and marketing, further product development, and for recruiting additional executive management.",
"Elogex, which raised a $1.3 million Series A round from individuals earlier this year, said it will launch a collaborative commerce platform this quarter."
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"Started operations in 1994, it has built a portfolio of complementary assets and businesses across Asia, Europe and the Americas.",
"It is a portfolio company of Temasek Holdings.",
"In 2016, the company refreshed its corporate identity, adopting a new logo and streamlined business name 'ST Telemedia'."
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Did both of the composers Attilio Malachia Ariosti and Gerrit Jan van Eijken live until their 60s? | No | PAIRIDX:82460 | [
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Were the Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 and Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 both enacted by the Parliament of the United Kingdom under the same ruler? | No | PAIRIDX:82459 | [
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"The Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957 (1957 c. 60 5 and 6 Eliz 2) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.",
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"c.69), or \"An Act to make further provision for the Protection of Women and Girls, the suppression of brothels, and other purposes\", was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the latest in a 25-year series of legislation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland beginning with the Offences against the Person Act 1861 that raised the age of consent and delineated the penalties for sexual offences against women and minors.",
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Which occurrence happened more recently, the Patti Starr affair or the Merinda-Pam Burridge collision? | No | PAIRIDX:82454 | [
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"The Patti Starr affair, sometimes referred to as Pattigate or the Patti Starr scandal was a political controversy that affected the Ontario Liberal government between 1989 and 1990.",
"Patti Starr was a fundraiser and supporter who made illegal political contributions through her role as head of a charity called the Toronto Section of the National Council of Jewish Women.",
"Through her scheme she made $160,000 in contributions to Federal, Provincial, and Municipal politicians.",
"In particular she contributed to Liberal campaign funds during the 1987 provincial election including those of some senior cabinet ministers.",
"When the scheme was revealed it contributed to the downfall of the Liberal government in 1990.",
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"A collision between the private cruiser \"Merinda\" and the Sydney HarbourCat \"Pam Burridge\", which occurred on 28 March 2007 near the Sydney Harbour Bridge, claimed the lives of four members of Australia's ice skating elite, and injured two other people.",
"The skaters were on board the nine-metre motor cruiser \"Merinda\" to celebrate the national team's performance at the World Championships in Tokyo the week before."
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Which orthorhombic manganese mineral, Jarosewichite or Groutite, can be red? | No | PAIRIDX:82448 | [
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"Jarosewichite is a rare manganese arsenate mineral with formula: MnMn(AsO)(OH).",
"It was first described in Franklin, New Jersey which is its only reported occurrence.",
"Its chemical composition and structure are similar to chlorophoenicite.",
"This mineral is orthorhombic with 2/m2/m2/m point group.",
"Its crystals are prismatic or barrel-shaped.",
"The color of jarosewichite is dark red to black.",
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Was Rosalind Looby's role at Credit Suisse First Boston Corp. identical to Matthews Beachcroft's role at the Bank of England? | No | PAIRIDX:82251 | [
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"Bank of America Corp. and First Union, for example, recently missed their profit goals, partly because of larger-than-expected loan-loss provisions.",
"Disappointed Wall Street analysts downgraded both companies, a nd their stocks slid.",
"While those developments don 't constitute a bank crisis, banks aren 't benefiting from their association with languish ing telecom companies.",
"Telecom isn 't the only industry causing banks to spew red ink, says Cred it Suisse First Boston Corp. analyst Rosalind Looby.",
"Movie theater companies, dotcoms, and California electric utilities are doing their part, too.",
"\"We are in the midst of a broader deterioration in commercial credit qua lity driven by loose lending standards adopted in the mid-1990s, Ms. Looby comments in a recent report.",
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"They changed tacks during the dotcom frenzy on Wall Street.",
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"Matthews Beachcroft was Governor of the Bank of England from 1756 to 1758.",
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Who was born closer to 1950, Alexander Hicks or Isaac Deutscher? | No | PAIRIDX:82249 | [
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"He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Emory University, where he has been since 1986 (as Chair of Sociology 1988‑91, as Full Professor 1993-2017, as Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology 2007-10).",
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Did Brian McGarvey and Marc Andreessen both sit on a board of directors? | No | PAIRIDX:82245 | [
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"and idealab Capital Partners.",
"Paytrust will expand its board to include representatives from E*Trade, Financial Technology Ventures, and idealab!.",
"http: www.paymybills.com http: www.paytrust.com Mylackey.com Chief Executive Steps Down SEATTLE -- Mylackey.com, which enables consumers to arrange for the completion of errands online, said its chief executive, Brian McGarvey, has resigned his position.",
"The company said Mr. McGarvey resigned to allow a more experienced executive to run the company.",
"He will remain with the company as a member of its board of directors.",
"The chief executive's responsibilities will be handled by the company's senior management until a permanent replacement is found.",
"Mylackey.com is backed by Golden Gate Partners, WaldenVC, and individual investors.",
"http: www.mylackey.com Broadband Tech Firm Sigma Raises $20 Million in First Round TORONTO -- Sigma Systems Group, which provides operational support services for residential broadband service and telecommunications service providers, said it raised $20 million in its first round of funding."
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"He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used Web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.",
"He founded and later sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard.",
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"He sits on the board of directors of Facebook, eBay, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, among others.",
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The Quaintance Block is a much older builder than the Wakala al-Sultan Qaitbay | No | PAIRIDX:82236 | [
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"Sabil-Kuttab-Wakala of Sultan Qa'it Bay is a complex of wakala (inn), sebil and kuttab built by Sultan Al-Ashraf Abu Al-Nasr Qaitbay in 882 AH / 1477 CE, located in Islamic Cairo, the historic medieval district of Cairo, Egypt.",
"It is one of the two wakalas built by Sultan Qaitbay during his reign, another one being Wakala al-Sultan Qaitbay at Bab Al-Nasr street.",
"Adjacent sebil-kuttab sits at the western end of the wakala.",
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As of 2002 ClairVoyante plans to have more employees than DEKRA. | No | PAIRIDX:82233 | [
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"Selby Venture Partners, a new investor, led the round.",
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"As a result of the financing, there were three new appointments to ClairVoyante's five-member board of directors: Douglas Barry, a general partner with Selby Venture Partners; Tim Oren, a general partner with Pacifica Fund; and private investor Scott Macomber, who was most recently president of fabless IC company Silicon Image.",
"ClairVoyante, which currently has a team of six, sai d it is actively hiring engineers and business development executives.",
"Ms. Elliot anticipates the headcount to reach 19 by the year's end, and 35 by t he close of 2002. She told VentureWire that company will be looking for Series B financing of between $10 million and $20 million, to close by the first quarter 2002. http: www.clairvoyante.com Financial Tech Firm Mantas Closes First Round mail?"
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"DEKRA is a vehicle inspection company founded in Berlin, Germany in 1925 as \"Deutscher Kraftfahrzeug-Überwachungs-Verein\" (German Motor Vehicle Inspection Association).",
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Which single was the first to be released, "Christmas in My Heart" or "En Rouge et Noir"? | No | PAIRIDX:82232 | [
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Did Richard Hercules or Samir Das teach at the University of Cincinnati? | No | PAIRIDX:82228 | [
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"HRPath is backed by individuals, including Mr. Burrill.",
"http: www.hrpath.com New People o Clothes Visualization Firm enFashion Names President & CEO NEW YORK -- EnFasion, a creator of virtual apparel try-on technology, said it has appointed Sheree Waterson, former vice president of merchandizing at Gymboree subsidiary Zutopia, as its president and chief executive officer.",
"Ms. Waterson was also a vice president at Wet Seal.",
"enFashion is backed by individual investors.",
"http: www.enfashion.com DemandVideo Promotes Richard Hercules to President and CEO MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- DemandVideo, a provider of video-on-demand technology, said it promoted Richard Hercules to president and CEO, succeeding Rajiv Jaluria, who has been promoted to Chairman.",
"Mr. Hercules, joined DemandVideo last April as executive vice president of engineering and operations.",
"DemandVideo completed its second-round financing with venture capital firms ComVentures and Chase Capital Partners earlier this year.",
"http: www.demandvideo.com VC Fund News o International Investment Group Launches Romanian Incubator BUCHAREST -- NEST, a Romanian incubator, launched in conjunction with initial funding from the Romanian Post-Privatization Fund."
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"He was former faculty in University of Texas at San Antonio and University of Cincinnati where he conducted research in computer science particularly in wireless networking.",
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Do both the Boas River Formation and the Haverford Mudstone preserve equally old fossils? | No | PAIRIDX:82227 | [
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Did Deepak Kamra and Leopold Z Goldstein work in the field of medicine? | No | PAIRIDX:82225 | [
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"Medisite, which has raised over $80 million in financing, said it will use the funds to build brands among physicians, students and medical residents.",
"Funding will also go towards building relationships with pharmaceutical industry and organizatio ns that want to reach physicians.",
"http: www.medsite.com Net Securities Firm Recourse Raises $20 Million Round Three PALO ALTO, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Recourse Technologies, an Int ernet and network security company, said it has raised $20 million in its third round of funding led by Canaan Partners.",
"Other investors include Int el Capital, as well as previous investors Doll Capital Management and Menl o Ventures.",
"The company said it will use the funds to expand its product d evelopment services, and for sales and marketing.",
"Deepak Kamra, a general partner at Canaan Partners, will take a seat on Recourse's board of direc tors.",
"http: www.recourse.com?",
"Network Services Firm MindSHIFT Secures $21 Million?",
"RESTON, Va. (VENTUREWIRE) -- MindSHIFT, which provides small and medium- size businesses with network installation, operation, and maintenance services, said it has secured $21 million in funding from JP Morgan Capital, Columbia Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and Hewlett-Packard."
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Are Langenrohr and Kohlberg both in Germany? | No | PAIRIDX:82222 | [
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Is one of the museums mentioned, between the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame or the Museum of Foreign Debt, located in Las Vegas? | No | PAIRIDX:82217 | [
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"title": "American TV Game Show Hall of Fame",
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"The American TV Game Show Hall of Fame is a museum located in the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel & Casino.",
"The first induction ceremony was held on October 13, 2007 at the Las Vegas Hilton for inductees: Peter Marshall, Hugh Downs, Wink Martindale, and Monty Hall.",
"The concept was originated by entertainment publicist Jerry Digney.",
"The logo was designed by Dan Acree."
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"title": "Museum of Foreign Debt",
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"The Museum of Foreign Debt (Spanish: \"Museo de la Deuda Externa\" ) was opened on April 28, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.",
"The museum highlights the dangers of borrowing money from abroad.",
"The Argentine economic crisis that drove the 2001 riots in Argentina prompted the largest foreign debt default in history – approximately $100 billion USD."
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Which business was/is involved in food services, MF Global or RADHAKRISHNA Hospitality Services Ltd? | No | PAIRIDX:82212 | [
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"title": "MF Global",
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"MF Global, formerly known as Man Financial, was a major global financial derivatives broker, or commodities brokerage firm that went bankrupt in 2011.",
"MF Global provided exchange-traded derivatives, such as futures and options as well as over-the-counter products such as contracts for difference (CFDs), foreign exchange and spread betting.",
"MF Global Inc., its broker-dealer subsidiary, was a primary dealer in United States Treasury securities.",
"A series of perceived liquidity problems and large fines and penalties dogged MF Global starting in 2008, and led to its bankruptcy in 2011."
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"India: Food court at Tidel Park 04 04 2001 Business Line (The Hindu) Copyright (C) 2001 Kasturi & Sons Ltd (KSL); Source: World Reporter (TM) - Asia Intelligence Wire CHENNAI, April 3. RADHAKRISHNA Hospitality Services Ltd (RKHS), a joint venture between the Radhakrishna group and Eurest International, a part of Compass Granada Plc of the UK, has set up a 12,600 sq.",
"ft. food court at the Tidel Software Park in Chennai.",
"According to Mr Saajid Khan, Vice-President, RKHS, this is the first RKHS food court in the business and industry segment.",
"RKHS, which initially catered to food services requirements of offshore and remote site business and institutional projects, recently diversified to land operations.",
"It had set up facilities in retail outlets such as Shoppers' Stop, with which it has a national agreement, camps, hospitals and a range of business and industrial establishments such as Hyundai, Enron and Ford India, he said."
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Between Lehman Brother Holdings and Wibra, which company operates in the Netherlands and Belgium? | No | PAIRIDX:82211 | [
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"Shares of J.P. Morgan Chase added $2.80 to $41.71, Citigroup rose 2.25 to 42.85, and Bank of America moved ahead 3.11 to 52.78. Goldman Sachs Group improved 3.90 to 89.81, Merrill Lynch tacked on 3.25 to 57.70, and Lehman Brothers Holdings gained 2.55 to 67.35. Shares of Applied Materials advanced 81 cents to 50.25 in Nasdaq Stock Market trading, after the semiconductor-gear maker affirmed the company's second-quarter outlook for revenue and earnings.",
"That helped dispel some of the doubt about capital spending in technology products and equipment that has been at the heart of the market's recent distress.",
"Motorola also made progress, adding 31 cents to 15.99, after the cellphone and chip manufacturer announced plans to cut jobs to further reduce its costs.",
"Shares of Tibco Software, which came into the session off the 52-week low of 7.22 reached Thursday, climbed 2.41 to 10.44 on Nasdaq, after the enterprise-software producer posted fiscal first-quarter earnings that beat analysts' lowered estimates."
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"Wibra operates over 280 stores with 2700 employees in the Netherlands and Belgium."
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Which person has ever been the chief financial officer for Dynegy, Robert Doty, or Cees Maas? | No | PAIRIDX:82209 | [
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"``He decided the best thing was to waive it altogether after speaking to employees at a meeting this afternoon,'' Enron spokesman Mark Palmer said.",
"Lay declined to comment.",
"Lay is entitled to receive a lump sum payment equal to $20.2 million, multiplied by the number of full calendar years remaining on his contract, if he terminates his employment under certain circumstances, such as the acquisition by Dynegy, Enron said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today.",
"``That's a ridiculous amount of money for a man who's already made himself probably tens of millions of dollars,'' said Andrew Whalley, manager of the Legg Mason International Utilities Trust, which sold a $5 million stake in Enron in April because of concern about its bookkeeping.",
"Lay had gains of $123.4 million from the exercise of options in 2000, in addition to his regular salary.",
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"He has been with the company since 1992 and became CFO in 1996.",
"He graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam with a degree in physical engineering and a master's degree in economics."
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Are Barium chlorate and Anacardic acids safe for your skin? | No | PAIRIDX:82207 | [
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"Barium chlorate, Ba(ClO), is a white crystalline solid, the barium salt of chloric acid.",
"It is an irritant and toxic, as are all soluble barium compounds.",
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"It also finds use in the production of chloric acid."
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"Anacardic acid is a yellow liquid.",
"It is partially miscible with ethanol and ether, but nearly immiscible with water.",
"Chemically, anacardic acid is a mixture of several closely related organic compounds.",
"Each consists of a salicylic acid substituted with an alkyl chain that has 15 or 17 carbon atoms.",
"The alkyl group may be saturated or unsaturated; anacardic acid is a mixture of saturated and unsaturated molecules.",
"The exact mixture depends on the species of the plant.",
"The 15 carbon unsaturated side chain compound found in the cashew plant is lethal to Gram positive bacteria."
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Sumana Das has likely appeared in more advertising than Eduardo Ojea Qui ntana. | No | PAIRIDX:82206 | [
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"Sumana Das (born 27 January 1984) is an Indian television actress.",
"She has appeared in many adverstisements.",
"She rose to fame working in \"Bayttaab Dil Kee Tamanna Hai\" on Sony in the lead role as Shamoli.",
"She has also worked in \"Kya Mast Hai Life\" on Disney Channel as Ria."
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"Total revenue grew 24 pct year-on-year to 147 mln pesos, as \"TGS continues to grow its revenues in all of its business segments,\" CEO Eduardo Ojea Qui ntana said.",
"NGL sales surged 86 pct year-on-year to 31.1 mln pesos, after a partial tak eover of the Cerri complex's production at Bahia Blanca, although volumes d eclined as a result of the start-up of the Mega project at the beginning of 2001, Ojea Quintana said.",
"Gas transport revenue rose 11 pct year-on-year to 109.6 mln pesos as averag e gas transportation contracted capacity rose 6 pct to 62.5 mln cubic metre s daily, following a capacity expansion completed in June.",
"However, he also noted \"important challenges, mostly associated with the re levant regulatory issues that remain unresolved, as well as the deep econom ic crisis that Argentina is currently undergoing.\"",
"\"These negative factors have adversely affected our investment plans for th e current year and for 2002,\" Ojea Quintana added."
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Between Carrie Peyton and Cutler Beckett, who was likely wealthier? | No | PAIRIDX:82205 | [
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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 [email protected] 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.",
"It also unveiled the most detailed portrait yet of $7.6 billion in state spending since January, when California stepped in to buy power on behalf of battered utilities which said they could no longer afford to pay their suppliers."
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"Lord Cutler Beckett is a fictional character portrayed by Tom Hollander in the second and third \"Pirates of the Caribbean\" films.",
"He makes his debut in \"\" as a major supporting villain and has a more central part in the franchise's third installment \"\".",
"A devious, ruthless, manipulative, elegant, sarcastic, and treacherous mastermind, Beckett is the chairman of the \"East India Trading Company\", and representative of King George II of Great Britain."
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Are these Missouri townships, Washington and Kingston, both in DeKalb County? | No | PAIRIDX:82204 | [
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"title": "Washington Township, DeKalb County, Missouri",
"sents": [
"Washington Township is a township in DeKalb County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.",
"Its population was 1,844 as of the 2010 census."
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"title": "Kingston Township, Caldwell County, Missouri",
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"Kingston Township is one of twelve townships in Caldwell County, Missouri, USA.",
"As of the 2000 census, its population was 543."
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Are both of these diplomats from the Americas? | No | PAIRIDX:82203 | [
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"They haven't done their homework and they don't understand history.\"",
"Hebert also touched in the most detail yet on the controversial article in \"The New York Times\" in which Hebert suggested that Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay had approached him to in effect offer a quid-pro-quo, Enron's support if he changed his views on electricity deregulation.",
"For the complete interviews and the rest of the energy industry's most exciting new news service please see http: www.energybusinesswatch.com For more information, call EBW subscriber services at 202-625-8328. MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here http: tbutton.prnewswire.com prn 11690X25362155 CONTACT: EnergyBusinessWatch subscriber services, 202-625-8328 14:03 EDT Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"Natural Gas Project Decision Due Soon-Venezuelan Official 07 24 2001 Dow Jones Energy Service (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Venezuela should announce a decision in the next few days on developers for natural gas projects in the country, Ignacio Arcaya, ambassador of Venezuela to the United States, told a press briefing Tuesday morning."
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"title": "R. Borden Reams",
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"Robert Borden Reams (January 27, 1904 – March 26, 1994) was an American diplomat.",
"He was the first United States Ambassador to Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso), Dahomey (now Benin), Niger, and Ivory Coast (now Côte d'Ivoire) simultaneously.",
"On July 31, 1960, an envoy, Donald R. Norland, had presented his credentials as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim on the previous day of Reams' appointment."
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Are both of the films comedies? | No | PAIRIDX:82201 | [
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"title": "Snapphanar (miniseries)",
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"Snapphanar is a Swedish miniseries directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein that aired in three parts on Sveriges Television during Christmas 2006.",
"It is a historical drama about the Snapphane peasant rebel movement that fought against the Swedish rule of Scania in the 17th century.",
"The \"Snapphanar\" was a rebellion of those people, who fought secretly for Denmark during 1660-1700."
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"title": "Charlie the Unicorn",
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"\"Charlie the Unicorn\" is a 2005 Flash animated comedy short film and viral video created by Jason Steele of independent film company FilmCow in Orlando, Florida.",
"The short follows Charlie, a lethargic unicorn, who is taken by two other unicorns on an adventure to the mythical \"Candy Mountain.\"",
"However, as it turns out, the journey is a farce, and Charlie gets hoodwinked by the other two unicorns."
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Between Urmila Mahanta and Barry Abramson which one is an actor/ actress? | No | PAIRIDX:82200 | [
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"title": "Urmila Mahanta",
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"Urmila Mahanta is an Indian actress.",
"A student of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Mahanta appeared in various plays, short films and television series, before making her feature film debut in the critically acclaimed 2012 Tamil crime thriller \"Vazhakku Enn 18/9\".",
"She has acted in Hindi, Assamese, Bengali and Malayalam films."
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"Some analysts cautioned that some producers without long-term contracts could be negatively affected by the order.",
"* * * \"FERC's decision to expand the soft price cap throughout the western grid is not very painful for generators,\" Barry Abramson, UBS Warburg analyst, said in a research note.",
"\"The expanded soft price cap will have little impact on the earnings of the wholesale generating companies.",
"By definition, every other power plant is more efficient than the least efficient power plant, a nd thus every other power plant should be able to make a good profit selling at the soft price cap.",
"\"Furthermore, on most days, most of the power that is produced is sold at prices below the soft price cap, so the soft-price cap has little impact on the overall earnings of the wholesale generators in the region,\" Abramson said.",
"FERC on Monday unanimously voted 5-to-0 to expand wholesale price caps to t he 10 western states comprising the Western Systems Coordinating Council."
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Does Triton or Sell Oil have gas acquired from India? | No | PAIRIDX:82199 | [
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"title": "Triton Energy",
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"Triton Energy Limited (NYSE: OIL ) (formerly known as Triton Energy Corporation prior to March 25, 1996) was one of the largest independent oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in the United States.",
"Triton was founded in Dallas, Texas by E.R.",
"Wiley in 1962, and had total proved reserves of almost 300 million barrels of oil equivalent when Amerada Hess Corporation purchased it in 2001 for $3.2 billion.",
"At the time, Triton had operations in North and South America, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand."
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"title": "e20081_p39",
"sents": [
"Regional Organizations The commission has moved further since the 1996 order to ensure that power-sellers have equal access to transmission lines and that utilities aren't protecting the market for their own power plants.",
"Recognizing that competitive power suppliers and marketers won't get into the business if they're not sure they can fairly sell power through utility lines, the commission has told utilities to join regional transmission organizations, or RTOs.",
"The RTOs would independently control the grid even in states that haven't opened their energy markets to competition.",
"Last week the commission told utilities to join an RTO by Dec. 15 or risk losing the authority to set their own rates based on market conditions, or having merger approvals delayed.",
"Commission Chairman Pat Wood said recently he hopes Congress will step in if the high court rules against FERC.",
"Enron to Sell Oil, Gas Fields in India to BG Group (Update1) 2001-10-03 16:13 (New York) Enron to Sell Oil, Gas Fields in India to BG Group (Update1) (Adds closing share price.)"
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Have both American Express and Emmay Entertainment companies lost money in bond investments? | No | PAIRIDX:82197 | [
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"Back then, United States government-ordered thrift shutdowns and foreclosures caused shareholders to lose their investments and borrowers to lose their properties.",
"In Japan, failed banks were propped up, and their problems allowed to fester.",
"Still, American-style free markets are hardly immune from excesses, and more and more become apparent the longer the economy idles.",
"Telecom companies spent tens of billions of dollars to lay tens of millions of miles of fiber-optic cables, an estimated 2.6% of which is now being used.",
"Blue-chip American Express ended up writing off more than $1 billion in junk bond investments that were considered relatively low risks until the economy went sour.",
"\"Subprime\" lender Providian Financial Corp. sent its earnings and stock price soaring in the late 1990s by tapping the once largely ignored pool of consumers with checkered borrowing records.",
"Providian insisted that it used sophisticated models to limit its risks.",
"Nonetheless, it ended up announcing a surprising 71% drop in third-quarter earnings last month, and its stock fell by more than half."
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"title": "Emmay Entertainment",
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"Emmay Entertainment and Motion Pictures LLP is an Indian content production company based in Mumbai, India.",
"It was founded by Nikkhil Advani, and in 2011.",
"After its inception, it began with full-length feature films and gradually expanded to television, short films, telefilms and digital content."
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Did Ian Hampshire play in the VFL? | No | PAIRIDX:82196 | [
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"title": "Tony Hunt (Australian footballer)",
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"Tony Hunt (born 10 May 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).",
"Winner of 2016 Vin Russell Cup although it is widely thought that he had minimal contribution in achieving this feat and that his partner was by far the most significant contributor."
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"He played as a ruckman."
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Are Enron and Leister both companies that are in the energy industry? | No | PAIRIDX:82194 | [
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"He returned to college and earned his master's of business administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.",
"Soon after, he was hired by Enron and joined the associates program.",
"The expansion of the associates program in the early 1990s was accompanied by a change in the layout of Enron's offices to reflect a more open corporate culture.",
"Skilling wanted to express a sense of equal opportunity by advocating an environment where everyone operated in an open office space.",
"Skilling also began to offer an axiom to new employees wanting to propose new ideas: The quality of an idea is usually proportionate to its distance from the 50th floor.",
"The 50th floor is where Enron's top executives, including Skilling, have their offices.",
"The concept of an open office in the energy industry was revolutionary in the early 1990s, said Bob Bruner, a professor at the University of Virginia who has done a case study on Enron's evolution."
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"title": "Leister Technologies",
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"The company is currently based in Kaegiswil, near Sarnen in Switzerland.",
"It was founded in 1949 by Karl Leister.",
"Leister ist active in more than 120 countries around the world.",
"About 98% of Leister production is exported."
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Are Accident Advice Hotline and the Israeli venture capital firm both practice law? | No | PAIRIDX:82192 | [
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"title": "Accident Advice Helpline",
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"Accident Advice Helpline (AAH) is part of the UK's largest personal injury specialist law firm located in Watford, Hertfordshire.",
"They specialise in providing information and access to personal injury solicitors under the terms of the conditional fee agreement (CFA), colloquially known as no win no fee in the UK.",
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"The new Israeli venture capital firm raised $60 milllion from investors including Nomura International and Poalim Capital Markets.",
"The company said the seed fund will make investments in communications, semiconductors, and electronics companies.",
"The firm said it will make investments primarily within Israel.",
"http: www.delta-ventures.com Velocity Raises $7 Million, Targets Northwest Firms SEATTLE -- Velocity announced it has raised $7 million in its venture capital fund for Velocity Partners.",
"The fund targets early-stage Northwest companies seeking pre-venture funding before raising a larger funding round.",
"The firm said it intends to invest between $100,000 and $500,000 in 20 companies.",
"So far, Velocity, which was founded by managing partner David Alhadeff, currently has in its portfolio Worldcatch.com, PlyMedia, PlayNetwork and SeasonTicket.com.",
"Additionally, Velocity announced it has teamed up with Sequoia Capital to identify and invest in Northwest-based opportunities.",
"The company's backers include Whitney & Co. and The Mathew G. Norton Company, as well as executives from Northwest-based technology and non-technology companies."
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Which of these firms (EOS or Canadian Powerex) is state owned? | No | PAIRIDX:82191 | [
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"title": "Extended Secondary School (East Germany)",
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"The extended secondary school, officially \"twelve-class general educational polytechnic secondary school\", abbreviation EOS, was the standard institution of higher education in the education system of East Germany.",
"It finished with the final examination called \"Reifeprüfung\" /Abitur (A-Level) at the end of the 12th grade, granting the \"Reifezeugnis\", the certificate of eligibility for university entrance.",
"The school structure was a four-class comprehensive school without any internal or external differentiation.",
"The EOS was established in 1959 to replace the hitherto existing \"Oberschule\" as laid down by the \"Act on Socialistic Development of the School System in the German Democratic Republic\" effective December 2, 1959.",
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"The governor's office will release future short-term contracts and spot market buys will be released on a quarterly basis, with a 90-day lag time.",
"Second quarter information will be released in October and third quar ter documents will be available in January.",
"Davis maintains DWR needs the delay to protect its ability to negotiate further spot-market power buys.",
"According to the DWR, Canadian Powerex, the marketing arm of BC Hydro, has been paid $1.05 billion for spot market purchases as of May 31. But Atlant a-based Mirant Corp. topped that list, getting $1.24 billion as of the end of May.",
"The newly released short-term contracts also show what the state h ad to pay when it needed power the most.",
"On March 19 and 20, when rolling blackouts hit California again, the state was forced into paying above-aver age prices in its largest short-term contracts.",
"For example, Mirant sold t he state 650 megawatts an hour at off-peak usage times on March 20 for $345 a megawatt hour, more than $70 above the average price of $272.96. The day before, Mirant charged $343 a megawatt hour at off-peak in northern Califo rnia when the average cost was $254.52. Also on March 19, Mirant charged t he state about $96 above the average price for power in Northern California on a sale of 6,400 megawatt hours during off-peak times."
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Who was at a higher position to make decisions based on the passages? | No | PAIRIDX:82190 | [
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"title": "Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa",
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"The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed Head of State of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.",
"The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post.",
"However, in throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958–1972 and 1977–1985, and governor rules of 1999–2002.",
"In the case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there were two direct governor rules, in 1975 and 1994, when the provincial chief ministers of those times were removed and assemblies dissolved."
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"\"All here's an update on what we've been doing with the Governors.",
"Should I be putting Steve Kean on these email updates?",
"As you all know, there were several governors events over the past 3 to 4 days in Washington DC: Paul and I met with Steve Reynolds from Wyoming Gov Geringer's office.",
"They would like us to put forward the name of an Enron individual that could participate in an Energy council that is being formed (actually commissioned by the legislature) to study energy issues for the state.",
"Geringer would also like to come to Houston to learn about our vision in moving from an assets based to a market based entity.",
"We had contacted Scott Cealy (spelling) with Arizona Governor Hull's office last week and Paul sat with Gov Hull at the RGA dinner on Monday night and had a chance to thank her for her leadership in opposing price caps."
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are both Richard Bills and Nigel Godrich are well-renowned musical engineers? | No | PAIRIDX:82186 | [
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"Today's prices aren't going to be affected by prices engineered several months ago.''",
"But generators can use that information to time their sales and drive up their prices, said Oscar Hidalgo, spokesman for the Department of Water Resources.",
"''We still feel that those will hinder our leverage in gaining reasonably priced power on the spot market,'' he said ''It shows our position on the daily spot market and what we're willing to pay,'' he said.",
"Some state officials have criticized the long-term deals most of which are 10 years saying they are too long.",
"By signing long-term contracts including 41 deals with 27 power generators worth about $43 billion the state could get burned if energy prices go down, said Public Utilities Commissioner Richard Bills.",
"LOAD-DATE: July 2, 2001 3 of 65 DOCUMENTS Copyright 2001 Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Knight Ridder Tribune News Service Contra Costa Times July 3, 2001, Tuesday SECTION: STATE AND REGIONAL NEWS KR-ACC-NO: K5203 LENGTH: 752 words HEADLINE: Tourists to California just roll with the outages BYLINE: By Jasmine Kripalani BODY: SAN FRANCISCO _ Tourists are constantly asking the gift shop manager at Coit Tower if a blackout could occur while they ride the elevator to the top of the 210-foot fire hose nozzle-shaped landmark."
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"Godrich has also worked extensively with Radiohead singer Thom Yorke on his solo material, and is a member of the bands Atoms for Peace (with Yorke) and Ultraísta.",
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"He is the creator of the music webseries \"From the Basement\"."
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Were both dioceses located in Italy? | No | PAIRIDX:82182 | [
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"The Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette (Latin: \"Dioecesis Marquettensis\" ) is a suffragan diocese of the Roman rite, encompassing all of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Detroit.",
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"It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lecce."
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Do Carol Caole and Roy Sebag both focus on investments in their work? | No | PAIRIDX:82179 | [
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"Carol Caole, an analyst with Prudential Securities in Houston, downgraded E nron from a buy to a hold Monday primarily because of issues surrounding th e credibility of Enron's management.",
"Several times over the past six months, Caole asked specific questions of s enior Enron executives, she said.",
"They denied problems existed, but six wee ks to two months later it was revealed there were, indeed, issues, she said Coale recently asked about an SEC investigation and was told there wasn't o ne.",
"But, she said, it turns out it's an \"inquiry,\" not an investigation.",
"Abreast of the Market Minnesota Mining and GM Climb In a Rally That Builds Late in Day By Robert O'Brien Dow Jones Newswires 10 23 2001 The Wall Street Journal C2 (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) NEW YORK -- During yesterday's Wall Street rally, investors responded with accommodation toward the release of third-quarter earnings results and four th-quarter forecasts."
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"In 2014, Sebag founded GoldMoney Inc and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer.",
"GoldMoney Inc is a gold savings/payments company publicly listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.",
"He is also the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and 53% owner of Natural Resource Holdings, Ltd. a publicly traded company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.",
"In 2016, Sebag along with Diana Widmaier Picasso founded Menē - which designs, manufactures, and markets 24 karat gold jewelry that is retailed direct-to-consumer through a transparent and empowering online shopping experience."
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Which series is considered to be science fiction? | No | PAIRIDX:82175 | [
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"title": "Virgin Missing Adventures",
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"The Virgin Missing Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series \"Doctor Who\", which had been cancelled in 1989, featuring stories set between televised episodes of the programme.",
"The novels were published from 1994 to 1997, and featured the First through Sixth Doctors.",
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"She dwells in the magical small forest of Ealdwood, from which the tales take their name."
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Does Campos Lindos belong in the state of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil? | No | PAIRIDX:82174 | [
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"Campos Lindos is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Tocantins.",
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Between Jacob of Jeterbogk and Lawrence Makovich, who was a theology lecturer? | No | PAIRIDX:82171 | [
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"Jacob of Juterbogk (c. 1381 – 30 April 1465) was a German monk and theologian.",
"Benedict Stolzenhagen, known in religion as Jacob, was born at Jüterbog in Brandenburg of poor peasant stock.",
"He became a Cistercian at the monastery of Paradiz in Poland, and was, sent by the abbot to the university of Kraków, where he became master in philosophy and doctor of theology.",
"He returned to his monastery, of which he became abbot.",
"In 1441, however, discontented with the absence of strict discipline in his community, he obtained the leave of the papal legate at the council of Basel to transfer himself to the Carthusians, entering the monastery of Salvatorberg near Erfurt, of which he became prior.",
"He lectured on theology at the University of Erfurt, of which he was rector in 1456, and wrote around eighty treatises.",
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"Fine, but will a change in utility ownership help solve California's energy crisis?",
"Not really, says Lawrence Makovich, senior electricity analyst at Cambridge Energy Research Associates.",
"\"California is pursuing distractions, arguing about transmission lines and utility finances,\" he says.",
"\"It needs to build power plants.\"",
"But Freeman counters that state authority and public ownership are just what will ensure that plants are built.",
"\"We'll see to it that enough plants are built and old plants re-powered to give the state a 15% reserve of power,\" says Freeman, who has headed the Tennessee Valley Authority, the New York State Power Authority and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District in a long career.",
"Attaining a 15% reserve would mean adding at least 5,000 megawatts of power--enough to serve about 3.75 million typical homes.",
"The price of power, he reckons, will be $ 60 to $ 70 a megawatt-hour.",
"That's about double the cost before the energy crisis--but a bargain compared with current rates in California's dysfunctional spot market."
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Do the Finkbine-Guild Lumber Company and Wireless Intelect Labs manufacture or sell the same type of product? | No | PAIRIDX:82170 | [
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"The Finkbine-Guild Lumber Company was established to harvest and market the virgin longleaf pine (\"Pinus\" \"palustris\" L.) stands of southern Mississippi during the early 20th century.",
"The main sawmills were located in Wiggins and D'Lo, Mississippi.",
"When the local timber supply dwindled, the company tried to utilize redwood trees from California, but that operation failed because of high transportation costs.",
"Other attempts were made at promoting a more diversified use of the cutover timberlands; some ventures were successful while others were not."
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"Compete is backed by Charles River Ventures and idealab!.",
"Man Jit Singh is the company's CEO.",
"http: www.compete.com EdgeMatrix and MobileOne Form Wireless Intellect Labs mail?",
"top SINGAPORE (VENTUREWIRE) -- Edgematrix, a developer of information infrastructure technology products and professional services, and MobileOne a mobile operator, announced they have agreed to form Wireless Intellect Labs, an independent wireless research center that will focus on wireless broadband software, and multichannel commerce and transactions.",
"Both companies will invest $1 million to fund the center in the first year.",
"Wireless Intellect Labs will begin operations in the third quarter, and wil l license its technology to telecommunications operators and manufacturers.",
"Approximately 10 employees will staff the company.",
"The company also expects to hire a general manager by the third quarter.",
"Mr. Varun Arora, senior director of planning and development at EdgeMatrix, will head the research center.",
"EdgeMatrix is backed by over $12 million from 3i, Agency.com, and NetworkAsia."
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Which company is from the United Kingdom | No | PAIRIDX:82162 | [
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"It was founded by John Denholm of Greenock in 1866 and today has an annual turnover of over £250 million.",
"It employs over 3,000 people around the world."
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"http: www.stiventures.com Debis Capital Services Launches $63 Million Fund STUTTGART, Germany -- Debis Capital Services, the investment unit of DaimlerChrysler Services, said it launched a EUR 75 million ($63 million) fund.",
"The fund will invest in other venture capital funds and directly into startup companies.",
"Direct investments into startup companies will only be as a coinvestor.",
"Debis Capital Services said it would likely team with the direct venture capital affiliate of DaimlerChrysler, DaimlerChrysler Venture Capital.",
"The fund will not be directly affiliated with DaimlerChrysler and will seek its initial capital from private investors.",
"http: www.debis.com GoldenEgg and E-Street Merge as Syntek Capital Group LONDON -- GoldenEgg Ventures, which invests in business-to-business, enabling technology, and multimedia service firms, and E-Street, which focuses on convergence and infrastructure deals, said they will merge to form Syntek Capital Group, which will focus on media and telecommunications businesses in Europe and the United States."
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Between Rajeev Khandelwal and Nicola McLean who is the oldest? | No | PAIRIDX:82161 | [
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"title": "Rajeev Khandelwal",
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"Rajeev Khandelwal (] ; born 16 October 1975) is an Indian television and film actor, singer and host.",
"One of the most popular Indian television and film actors he has established a career in Hindi television shows and films.",
"He is a recipient of many awards for his different performances."
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"She is a former Miss Scotland."
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Did Poland's 2008 summer olympic team have more athletes than Kazakhstan's 2014 winter olympic team? | No | PAIRIDX:82160 | [
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Did the man who worked as CEO of Comdisco work in the same profession as Jack Tobin? | No | PAIRIDX:82159 | [
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"Robert Belfer ran Belco Petroleum, and comes from a sophisticated family of oil operatives.",
"He should be able to spot anything that even smacked of chicanery in the oil business from just his old-boy ties.",
"I know this family; they are very smart and very wise to the ways of Wall Street, Main Street and the oil patch.",
"Norman Blake is a gent I met years ago at USFG, before he sold it at a huge profit.",
"This man has recently served as CEO of Comdisco, a leasing company that is not only comfortable with debt and financing, it is wallowing in it.",
"Blake has General Electric training.",
"This man can smell things that are not so right from miles away.",
"Where was he in all of this?",
"Stuck in Comdisco hell?",
"Ronnie Chan is a longtime kingpin in Hong Kong, a place where financial originality is always on display.",
"Chan certainly would have understood how unseemly all of these 17 partnerships would have appeared."
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"title": "John F. Tobin",
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"John Frederick \"Jack\" Tobin (January 1, 1880 – October 27, 1954) was an American college football player and coach.",
"Tobin attended the University of Chicago, where he played college football under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.",
"He was a \"star guard\" for the Maroons during the 1904 season.",
"In 1905, he served as head coach at Tulane University alongside assistant Harry Ludlow for the 1905 season.",
"Tulane lost its only game, 5–0, that year.",
"Tulane accused its opponent, LSU, of using ineligible players, and the disagreement resulted in a hiatus of the series until 1911.",
"In October, he returned to play for the Chicago team.",
"In December 1905, he accepted the position of athletic director at Tulane.",
"Tobin graduated from Chicago in June 1906, and passed the Illinois bar examination.",
"He was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity.",
"In 1906, he intended to begin practicing law after coaching at the University of Utah during the upcoming season.",
"He later worked as a judge in Utah."
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Which of the two men had a longer life span? | No | PAIRIDX:82158 | [
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"title": "Max Liedtke",
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"He was honoured as Righteous Among the Nations for his resistance against the \"liquidation\" of the entire Jewish population (including slave labor) of the ghetto in Przemyśl in eastern Poland."
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"He served as Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of Ministers) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989.",
"He also served as chairman of the State Council (nominal head of state) from 1973 to 1976."
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Which team is more likely to have competed recently? | No | PAIRIDX:82156 | [
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"Greenville Lions were an American soccer team that played in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) D3 Pro League (later known as the \"USL Second Division\") and operated an amateur team, Greenville Lions Premier, in the Premier Development League (PDL), the third and fourth tiers of the American soccer pyramid at the time.",
"The team was founded in 2001 and operated until 2003."
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"title": "Persita Tangerang",
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"Persita Tangerang, or simply Persita, officially the Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia Tangerang, is an Indonesian football club based in Tangerang, Indonesia.",
"They compete in the Liga 2.",
"Their nickname is \"Pendekar Cisadane\" (Cisadane Warriors)."
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Is Kraaker Kiessee or Laguna Glaciar located at a higher elevation? | No | PAIRIDX:82155 | [
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"Kraaker Kiessee is a lake in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.",
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"It located in the Illampu - Janq'u Uma massif.",
"Its surface area is 0.2 km².",
"At an elevation of 5,038 m, it is the 19th highest lake in the world."
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Is either business located in China? | No | PAIRIDX:82153 | [
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"title": "Rajshri Productions",
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"Rajshri Productions Pvt.",
"Ltd., established in 1947, is a film production company based in Mumbai, India, and primarily involved in producing Hindi films.",
"This company produced several films that were critically acclaimed.",
"The most popular films produced by the company include \"Dosti\" (1964),\"Nadiya ke paar\" (1982) \"Maine Pyar Kiya\" (1989) and \"Hum Aapke Hain Kaun\" (1994).",
"It's recent project was Piya Albela, a tv serial on Zee TV ,which is created by Sooraj Barjatya."
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"Yet we're fighting in a part of the world where a misstep or assassination could shock the oil market and suddenly jack prices up.",
"I don't even want to think about how much economic damage that could do.",
"So far, investors have barely batted an eye.",
"Average prices for energy stocks plunged earlier this year--forecasting less demand as business slowed.",
"Now, however, there's hope for a recovery by mid-2002. Starting in late September, average prices turned and rose.",
"Consumers, too, have put away their worry beads.",
"Just last May, drivers screamed when gasoline reached an average of $1.72 a gallon at the pump.",
"Now it's $1.25 and could drop by an additional 10 cents, says Fred Rozell, retail-pricing director at the Oil Price Information Service in Lakewood, N.J. You see the same story in natural gas.",
"Prices to residential consumers dropped about 23 percent over the first nine months of 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics."
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Was Active Intelligenc or Cognos based out of Ontario? | No | PAIRIDX:82152 | [
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"Yozma Venture Capital led the round, an Infineon spokesman said.",
"Infineon made its investment through its venture capital unit, Infineon Ventures.",
"http: www.infineon.com Software Firm Actimize Closes Round One with $4 Million mail?",
"top HERZELIYA, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- Carmel Ventures, a venture capita l firm focused on software companies, said it invested $4 million in Actimize, a developer of business intelligence software, as the sole investor in the company's first round of funding.",
"Actimize has developed Active Intelligenc e, a software platform that analyzes actions within a company's information system and delivers the relevant infromtion to the appropriate people withi n the company.",
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"http: www.actimize.com Streaming Ad Firm EyeWonder Raising $6 Million Series B mail?",
"top ATLANTA (VENTUREWIRE) -- Internet streaming firm EyeWonder is raisin ga $6 million Series B round with plans to improve the soft online advertising market, according to EyeWonder's CEO John Vincent."
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"title": "Cognos",
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"Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries until being acquired by IBM on January 31, 2008.",
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Who is oldest between Mark Frevert and David Offensend? | No | PAIRIDX:82149 | [
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"Mark Frevert, 46, chairman and chief executive officer of Enron Wholesale Services, was named vice chairman of Enron.",
"The wholesale business, which includes marketing and trading of energy and other commodities such as metals, is Enron's core operation and main profit driver.",
"For the first six months of 2001, wholesale services brought in nearly $97 billion in revenues.",
"Enron itself reported $100.2 billion in revenues for the first half of the year.",
"Both Whalley and Frevert played key roles in boosting the company's deliveries of energy and other commodities in North America and Europe, Lay said.",
"\"They share a number of things in common,\" Lay said.",
"\"They are good leaders.\"",
"The two will work with Lay in the chairman's office to run the company and set its strategy.",
"Both were traveling on business for Enron Tuesday and not available for comment.",
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"He was replaced at NYPL by Iris Weinshall."
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Do both entities relate to investing? | No | PAIRIDX:82146 | [
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"Big Growth Was Predicted Utilities reaping profits from plant sales also trumpeted the consumer windfall theme.",
"Electricity rates would drop 20% by 2001, Pacific Gas & Electric's top executive, Robert Glynn, said in early 1998. \"There is no product bought on a daily basis that has such a predictable downward price trajectory into the future.\"",
"But to its Wall Street audience, the power suppliers emphasized climbing revenues.",
"Atlanta-based Southern Co., now Mirant, told investors in 1999 that its plan to buy plants and market power had brought the company to the \"doorstep of significant growth opportunities.\"",
"\"We believe our strategies will result in the best shareholder return available,\" Bill Dahlberg, then-chief executive officer, said shortly after buying three California plants.",
"Mirant spokeswoman Jamie Stephenson said assurances given the public and assumptions directed to Wall Street were \"just a different way of delivering the same message.\"",
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"Despite his investing successes and broad network, however, Conway has a mixed reputation within Silicon Valley circles and has been known to bully, threaten and even humiliate to achieve his goals: in an article titled \"Ron Conway: The Scariest Man In Silicon Valley,\" Business Insider noted that \"Conway is a bare-knuckled bruiser who will bully and intimidate fellow investors and his own entrepreneurs if they cross him, or do something he doesn't like.\""
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Did the DPC board of directors have their meeting in the same place Patrick Redmond served as a solicitor before becoming a writer? | No | PAIRIDX:82145 | [
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"At a meeting in London on Wednesday, the DPC board of directors authorised chief executive officer Neil McGregor and Enron India chief K. Wade Cline to serve a \"preliminary\" termination notice for sale of power, within the next four weeks, to the Maharashtra electricity board.",
"The two-part power station is being erected at the port town of Dabhol, some 200 kilometres south of the state capital Bombay.",
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"Weltbild Publishing Group (German: \"Verlagsgruppe Weltbild\" ) is a major German publisher and media retailer based in Augsburg.",
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Do Shoeless Joe's or Dow Chemical have the word company in their full name? | No | PAIRIDX:82143 | [
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"Long-distance and data services company WorldCom Group (WCOM,12.45,f1) reported a 41% decline in 3Q profits to $0.16 per share, matching the First Call consensus forecast.",
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"Dow Chemical Company (DOW,35,f2), the largest United States chemical maker, reported a 3Q profit, excluding restructuring costs, of $0.16 per share, in line with the Street's mean estimate.",
"Dow said it sees 4Q profits of $0.10-$0.20 per share, compared to the Street's consensus of $0.17 per share.",
"- TREASURY AND ECONOMIC SUMMARY Bonds rose across the curve following the release of a slew of economic data this morning.",
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Are both Healthcare Outlook and Crazy John's mobile phone providers? | No | PAIRIDX:82142 | [
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"Healthcare Outlook's Private Equity Platform has dedicated a special track that will feature management presentations by early-stage companies looking to improve the clinical trial process.",
"In addition, the meeting will feature an industry roundtable, From the Pipeline Through Clinical Trials, moderated by Sam Collela, Managing Director of Versant.",
"Healthcare Outlook, Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals: Discovery, Development and Delivery.",
"Healthcare Outlook January 22, 2002 San Francisco Airport Marriott, Burlingame, Calif http: www.healthcareoutlook.com <http: venturewire.com ads ad.asp?id =3D1441 To cancel, change, or update your subscription: <http: alert.venturewire.com account.asp"
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Who was an actor Jim MacIntosh or Houseley Stevenson? | No | PAIRIDX:82141 | [
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"But an extensive investigation by The Chronicle has found that not only were generators shut down to boost prices but these \"gaming\" tactics contributed to the plants' deteriorating condition.",
"\"We suspected it,\" said Jim MacIntosh, the manager of grid operations for the ISO.",
"\"It was a sure factor in driving up prices.\"",
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"Unusual phone calls Operators at a San Bernardino County power plant owned by Reliant Energy Inc. say a complex plan to manipulate the California energy market began early last year with a series of unusual telephone calls from the company's headquarters in Houston.",
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"\"Plenty of people are not being chased away who will build supply,\" said Michael Kahn, chairman of the California Electricity Oversight Board.",
"\"There is a very long line of those willing to step into the place of Enron,\" said Peace, referring to the company's testimony earlier that it scuttled plans to build 300 megawatts of peaking power in the state because of price uncertainty.",
"\"Supply is being addressed.",
"What's not being addressed is pricing,\" said Loretta Lynch, president of the California Public Utility Commission.",
"The session threatened to become acrimonious as Peace repeatedly directed verbal jabs at FERC Commissioner Curtis Hebert Jr., the lone Republican among the four sitting commissioners and an ardent opponent of price controls and market intervention.",
"The governor's critical taped remarks ended with a pointed barb that FERC's market-restructuring order last week undermined the state's authority, but \"apart from that, I think you're a fine group of people.\""
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"It is bordered by Chenjiaqiao subdistrict to the east, Jiulongpo district to the south, Bicheng subdistrict of Bishan, Chongqing Campus town to the north.",
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Which one is the oldest railway station, Zoo station or Westall railway station ? | No | PAIRIDX:82133 | [
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Which of these two men was a political consultant and not an actual politician? | No | PAIRIDX:82131 | [
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"\"This is not a partisan thing.",
"It's a pox on everybody's house,\" said David Townsend, a Democratic political consultant.",
"\"People are basically saying, 'Fix it.'",
"The public's level of frustration is expected to escalate in the coming months, when the effects of the power crisis multiply.",
"Baldassare is in the midst of surveying Californians on the energy crisis a nd has dropped in on a number of focus groups.",
"Many participants reported that they're generally unhappy with the situation but still aren't sure whom to blame.",
"According to Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, politicians are doing what they can to make sure it's not them.",
"\"Each legislator out there is trying to insulate himself or herself from th e worst blame for the energy crisis,\" she said.",
"\"They're attempting to inoculate themselves from inevitable attacks from opponents.\"",
"The Bee's Emily Bazar can be reached at (916) 326-5540 or [email protected] Bush's mixed message: Fossil fuels tomorrow don't solve crisis now (Published May 18, 2001) President Bush seeks to focus public attention on tomorrow's energy challen ge while doing little to prevent a looming electricity crisis that may start in California this summer and spread to other parts of the country."
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Is The California Chamber or Elektro-Slovenija the only one of their kind of business in their country? | No | PAIRIDX:82130 | [
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"The California Chamber is part of the California Alliance for Energy and Economic Stability, a coalition that sought to shift more of the electricit y rate increase from businesses to households.",
"Under the plan approved by the PUC, businesses are expected to pay about $4 .6 billion more for electricity and households will pay an additional $1.1 billion.",
"Even if they are spared on their utility bills, consumers still will be pinched by higher prices for goods and services as businesses pass along their electricity price increases.",
"The rate increases mean that utility bills will consume about 25 percent to 30 percent of a big manufacturer's budget, Puglia estimated, up from about 15 percent now.",
"``I wouldn't be surprised if we see some companies go out of business becau se of this,'' said Justin Bradley, director of energy programs for the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Association, a high-tech trade group.",
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"The company was founded in 1991 by the Government of Slovenia.",
"It is the only power transmission system operator in the country.",
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Do the states where Relief Hose Company No. 2 and Bonclarken are located both have two words in their name? | No | PAIRIDX:82125 | [
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"Bonclarken is a conference center located in Flat Rock, North Carolina (between Asheville, North Carolina and Greenville, South Carolina) operated by the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (ARP).",
"Bonclarken is the conference center of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church.",
"The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is a conservative evangelical Christian denomination that traces its roots to the Reformation, particularly the work of John Calvin and John Knox.",
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"The firehouse was built in 1894 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 2000.",
"The building is a well-preserved example of a Victorian-era High Gothic style firehouse.",
"The firehouse has hosted many municipal activities and at times housed Borough Council chambers and the public library.",
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Was Proline films founded before the dissolution of Amicus Productions? | No | PAIRIDX:82124 | [
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"Proline Film was founded in 2004 by a famous Russian movie composer and producer Andrey Sigle.",
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Did James Conway play the same position for the same soccer club as Stephen Bray? | No | PAIRIDX:82123 | [
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"He plays his club football for Ballinderry Shamrocks.",
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Was Google WiFi or JAFCO Ventures the company that was self funded and did not raise outside money? | No | PAIRIDX:82121 | [
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"It is entirely funded by Google and installed primarily on Mountain View lightposts.",
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"The round was led by investors JAFCO Ventures with a $4 million investment, General Catalyst with $2 million and I-Group Hotbank as a $1 million investor.",
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"http: www.myezsale.com E-Learning Firm LearningFramework Gets $5 Million Series B ORLANDO, Fla. -- LearningFramework, which provides technology for learning and knowledge management, said it raised $5 million in its Series B round of funding from undisclosed individual investors.",
"The company will use the funds to expand its platform and staff.",
"LearningFramework was founded in April 2000 and has raised $8 million to date.",
"http: www.learningframework.com Education Site iMind Gets Series B Funding CORTE MADERA, Calif. -- iMind Education Systems, a developer of Internet-based education applications for K-12 students, said it received an undisclosed amount of funding in its Series B round, bringing the total amount raised to $15 million.",
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Did SoCal Edison request information from pipelines as far back as the year West Bengal State Electricity Board was founded? | No | PAIRIDX:82120 | [
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"RP00-241-000 FYI Judge Wagner issued a subpoena to Transwestern and several other pipelines in the referenced proceeding at SoCal Edison's request.",
"The request sought information on scheduled, actual and contracts quantities to the California border for the time period 1997 to present.",
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"It has now been restructured and split into two companies, namely West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company (WBSEDCL) and West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company (WBSETCL).",
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Were Oun Kham and Le Du Tong both monarchs in the seventeenth centuries? | No | PAIRIDX:82119 | [
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"He reigned as emperor from 1705–1729 (24 năm), the first ten years of which his father Lê Hy Tông was alive and elevated in semi-retirement to Retired Emperor (Vietnamese: \"Thái thượng hoàng\" ).",
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Were Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings registered during the same century as Sukyo Mahikari was registered? | No | PAIRIDX:82116 | [
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"The plant cannot be built without a zoning change for the 28-acre site from industrial to public utility.",
"The Pompano Beach Planning and Zoning Board has already approved the rezoning.",
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"It was founded by Kotama Okada in 1959 under the name L. H. Yokoshi no Tomo.",
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Are the Museum of the City of Athenand the Walter Elwood Museum in the same country? | No | PAIRIDX:82115 | [
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Was the special provision from 1989 that allowed Enron to reduce its property taxes by $15 million in 1990 challenged in court in the territory that is home to the Regina Apostolorum Academy? | No | PAIRIDX:82111 | [
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"But under a special 1989 provision Enron and other large business property owners were allowed to choose September 1st as their tax assessment date, when the company has less gas stored in Bammel field.",
"Enron was able to reduce its property taxes by $15 million in 1990, blowing a hole in the school districts budget, according to Katherine Trumbull, a tax accountant with the school district The Spring school district went to court to challenge the new tax provision as unconstitutional and won at the appeals court level.",
"Enron appealed this decision to the Texas Supreme Court.",
"While the case was pending Enron's Political Action Committee (PAC) and senior executives contributed heavily to the election campaigns of every Republican judges vying for seats (all the members of the Texas Supreme Court are elected and may take money from contributors for the campaign expenses).",
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Did Vladimir Korlenko and Jim Gogek both work in the field of journalism? | No | PAIRIDX:82109 | [
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"Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Ukrainian: Володимир Галактионович Короленко , Volodymyr Halaktyonovych Korolenko; Russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко ) (27 July 1853 – 25 December 1921) was a Russian and Ukrainian short story writer, journalist, human rights activist and humanitarian.",
"His best-known work include the short novel \"The Blind Musician\" (1886), as well as numerous short stories based upon his experience of exile in Siberia.",
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"Present were Don Sevrens, news editor insight section; Bill Osborne, senior editor opinion; Jim Gogek, editorial writer; Bernie Jones, editor, opinion pages; Craig Rose, the reporter who has written extensively on the topic, and a photographer.",
"My two primary messages were that (1) wholesale and retail competition is working elsewhere, particularly in Pennsylvania, and can eventually work in California if the rules are changed, and (2) California has a severe supply shortage and needs to focus on providing incentives for new generation and expediting the permitting process.",
"I was subtly trying to get across the message that leadership was needed to help Californians deal with the need to reconcile their environmental and land use goals with the need to bring their power supply and demand into balance.",
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"Joseph Gelfer (born 1974 in Southampton, England) is a British author and academic.He is noted for his academic analysis of spiritual and religious topics and masculinity.",
"His book \"2012: Decoding the Countercultural Apocalypse\" which brought together scholarly analyses of the end of the world phenomenon from anthropology, Mayan studies, religious studies and cultural studies attracted considerable media attention.",
"He continues to examine spiritual and gender issues using rigorous academic methods and cross disciplinary studies."
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"The Kerala Books and Publications Society is a society owned by the Government of Kerala headquartered at Kakkanad, Kochi.",
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"<http: www.safe-reuse.com * Digital Content Services Firm Simulacra Media Raises $615K top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=INONQNHNII LONDON -- Simulacra Media, a consultancy that provides services to assist organizations in managing and distributing digital content, said it raised GBP 430,000 ($615,000) in funding.",
"Investors included FirstStage Capital.",
"Simulcara said it will use the new capital to implement its strategy for growth over the next three years, invest further in its technology, and expand staff.",
"<http: www.simulacramedia.com * PR Platform Provider Vocus Gets $2.5M Credit Facility top mail <http: venturewire.com o_mailer.asp?sid=HHLNLLINII LANHAM, MD.",
"-- Vocus, a provider of a Web-based public relations automation platform for the public relations industry, said it has closed a $2.5 million revolving credit facility.",
"VentureBank@PNC underwrote the facility, which will provide working capital to assist Vocus in pursuing its growth strategy and expanding customer base.",
"In June the company raised a $13.4-million Series B round from Carmel Associaties, Edison Venture Fund, Lazard Technology Partners, and Sterling Venture Partners."
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Do the Alberta Price Indeces and Shawarmer both produce food industry products? | No | PAIRIDX:82104 | [
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"Shawarmer is a Middle Eastern quick service restaurant chain specializing in Shawarma.",
"Shawarmer opened its first branch in Riyadh in 1999 and currently is operating in 13 cities in Saudi with more than 70 Branches.",
"Shawarmer concept revolves around innovating the traditional shawarma, and maintaining international quality standards to their offering, making Shawarmer one of the biggest food industry players in Saudi Arabia."
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"Canadian Enerdata Limited continues to publish the Alberta Gas Price Indices in the Canadian Gas Price Reporter.",
"Peter Krenkel, President of NGX, stated, \"We believe that inclusion of data from EnronOnline will serve to make our price indices among the best in North America.",
"The industry has been very supportive of the visibility and integrity we are able to bring to the Alberta Gas Price Indices, which removes the guesswork around gas price index methodology.",
"However, after reviewing the matter with Enron and other industry participants, we recognized that Enron had legitimate concerns and the industry felt that \"more is better\".",
"The inclusion of data from the highly liquid EnronOnline system should improve the quality of our price indices even further.\"",
"Rob Milnthorp, President and CEO of Enron Canada commented, \"We are very pleased to have EnronOnline transactions included in the Alberta Gas Price Indices.",
"This will provide industry participants with a more comprehensive source of data and a better opportunity to manage risk around these price indices as they are now assured that all their transactions on EnronOnline will be included in the computation of the Alberta Price Indices.\""
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Of the company that needs buyers for Enron Corps'. $3 Billion power project, and the company that acquired Yahoo in 2010, What is the name of the one based in America? | No | PAIRIDX:82102 | [
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"``I think it's more the fact that they've got the partnership where they want it.''",
"Units of EOTT rose $1.09 to $21.20, a 52-week high.",
"On June 30, EOTT had 27.5 million common units.",
"Enron's shares rose $1.08 to $31.57. EOTT plans to issue equity and long-term debt to refinance short-term debt from a $117 million acquisition of pipelines and storage terminals in June.",
"It also plans to replace a $1 billion credit facility.",
"IDBI's Vohra on Buyers for Enron Indian Power Venture: Comment 2001-09-07 11:22 (New York) Mumbai, Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- P.P.",
"Vohra, the new chairman of the Industrial Development Bank of India, speaks on finding buyers for Enron Corp.'s $3 billion power project in the country.",
"He was speaking to reporters after a meeting between officials of financial institution and the government.",
"IDBI is one of the lenders to the project.",
"``Financial institutions have been asked (by the government) to talk to stakeholders, including the primary stakeholder (Enron), and look for various acceptable buyers."
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"Monster Worldwide, Inc. () is an American provider of global online employment solutions, the largest of which is Monster.com.",
"Through online media sites and services, Monster Worldwide delivers targeted audiences to advertisers.",
"During the year ended December 31, 2010, these operating segments represented approximately 46%, 40% and 14% of its consolidated revenue, respectively.",
"On August 24, 2010, Monster completed the acquisition of Yahoo!",
"HotJobs from Yahoo!.",
"On December 31, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of JobBusan, a business that provides online recruiting in Busan, South Korea."
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The Dvorak award for excellence in Telecommunications was given for the development of Instant Messenger or to Chuck Forsberg for the development of ZMODEM? | No | PAIRIDX:82101 | [
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"Mark Hogan, head of the 100-person eGM unit, said \"We're on a migration path to weave it into the organization.\"",
"Hogan expects to find another position within GM, he said.",
"GM is still interested in exploiting the Web, but \"people are doing a lot less arm-waving about it\" with the end of the Internet bubble.",
"-- AOL.com redesigned AOL Time Warner's AOL.com Web site has been reworked to make its member services, including Instant Messenger and email, more easily accessible on the Net.",
"The page is substantially less complicated or busy than its previous form, offering links to categories of information, but not highlighting numerous content items.",
"-- For late-breaking market news you can't afford to miss, go to http: CBS.MarketWatch.com =================================== LOGIN to access your account: https: investing.schwab.com trading start - To unsubscribe or modify your Email Alert customization options, log in using the link below or copy and paste it into your browser's address window: https: investing.schwab.com trading start?SANC=EAMyAlerts - Notice: All email sent to or from the Charles Schwab corporate email system may be retained, monitored and or reviewed by Schwab personnel."
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"title": "Chuck Forsberg",
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"Chuck Forsberg (May 6, 1944 – September 24, 2015) developed two data transmission protocols popular for uploading and downloading files from dial-up bulletin board systems in the 1990s.",
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"He was also the project engineer on the Tektronix 4010-series graphics terminals."
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Did the Siege of Prague or the Nuku Hiva Campaign take place first? | No | PAIRIDX:82097 | [
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"title": "Nuku Hiva Campaign",
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"The Nuku Hiva Campaign was an armed conflict between the United States and the Polynesian inhabitants of Nuku Hiva during the War of 1812.",
"It occurred in 1813, following Captain David Porter's decision to sail his fleet to the island for repairs before continuing his raid against British shipping.",
"Upon arrival, the Americans became involved in a tribal war and allied themselves with the Te I'i people against the Happah and Tai Pi clans."
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"title": "Siege of Prague",
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"The Siege of Prague was an unsuccessful attempt by a Prussian army led by Frederick the Great to capture the Austrian city of Prague during the Third Silesian War (Seven Years' War).",
"It took place in May 1757 immediately after the Battle of Prague.",
"Despite having won that battle, Frederick had lost 14,300 dead, and his severely depleted force was not strong enough to assault Prague.",
"Instead Frederick decided to besiege the city, hoping to force it into submission through lack of supplies.",
"40,000 Austrian troops were trapped in the city, though they were themselves not strong enough to consider launching a sortie.",
"Frederick attempted to gain intelligence from within Prague by sending the criminal Christian Andreas Käsebier several times into the besieged city."
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Are Apache and StarTimes both TV companies? | No | PAIRIDX:82095 | [
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"title": "e19594_p20",
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"According to Tony Lentini, a spokesman for the Houston natural-gas producer many of the hedges were established to lock in the value of acquisitions the company made.",
"Apache unwound all but one hedge, a transaction that involved Enron and oth er parties, Lentini said.",
"Apache has a gain of about $70 million from the various transactions, but t he company hasn't determined yet how the gain will be accounted for in its financial results, the spokesman said.",
"Apache has been an outspoken critic of the merchant energy trading because of the company's perception that the system is underregulated and creates e xcessive energy price volatility.",
"-Christina Cheddar, Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5166; christina.cheddar@do wjones.com Copyright 2000 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.",
"USA: Enron shares fall below $8 - set new nine-year low.",
"11 07 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. NEW YORK, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Shares of Enron Corp. fell in a new round of se lling on Wednesday that set new nine-year lows, amid concerns about the ene rgy trading giant's ability to raise cash."
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"StarTimes is a Chinese multinational media company with strong presence in Africa.",
"StarTimes offers digital terrestrial television and satellite television services to consumers.",
"StarTimes also provides digital television technologies to countries and television broadcasting industries which are switching from analog to digital television.",
"StarTimes is a leading digital TV-operator across Sub-Saharan Africa.",
"StarTimes' arrival on African market disrupted traditional model of TV industry by making Pay TV affordable to every family and not only to the upper class.",
"As of May 2017, StarTimes operates in 30 countries and serves 10 million subscribers."
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Which state prison has more than 5 separate facillites? | No | PAIRIDX:82094 | [
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"title": "Schelmentoren",
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"The Schelmentoren in Heerlen is a Medieval Building that has served as a defendable living tower for the Here van Are (sometimes called the counts van Ahr-Hochstaden) and their successors.",
"As part of the Landsfort Herle, it served as a prison tower.",
"It is believed to be built on command of Theoderich van Are.",
"What is certain is that the building existed in the 12th century."
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"title": "Arizona State Prison Complex – Yuma",
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"Arizona State Prison Complex – Yuma is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC).",
"ASPC-Yuma is located in San Luis, Yuma County, Arizona, 187 miles southwest from the state capital of Phoenix, Arizona.",
"It lies about 12 miles south of downtown Yuma and only about three miles north of the Mexican border."
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Is the Governor of O'ahu from the same state as the institute in which Mark Baldassare works? | No | PAIRIDX:82093 | [
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"The Governor of Oʻ ahu (Hawaiian: \"\" ) was the royal governor or viceroy of the island of Oʻ ahu in the Kingdom of Hawaii.",
"The Governor of Oʻ ahu resided at Honolulu and was usually a Hawaiian chief or prince and could even be a woman.",
"The governor had authority over the island of Oahu and Honolulu, the kingdom's capital, and it was up to the governor to appoint lieutenant governors to assist them.",
"The governor had replaced the old alii aimokus of the islands, but sovereignty remained with the king.",
"The island governors were under the jurisdiction of the Ministers of the Interiors.",
"Either the governor or the monarch had the power to call in foreign assistance in time of troubles.",
"This occurred a few times, including the uprising of the Emmaites in 1874 when John Owen Dominis called for British and American assistance.",
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"Mark Baldassare, a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California who regularly surveys voter attitudes, said Governor Davis's approval rating in his polls was at 66 percent as recently as September.",
"But, Mr. Baldassare said, he had also detected signs it was declining because of public concerns over the rising prices and power shortages.",
"Two years into his four-year term, the power crisis could thus have a deep impact on Governor Davis's reputation and his future prospects.",
"He has been perceived as largely reactive, as well as exceptionally deliberate and slow.",
"\"It would be hard to find someone better prepared, if you look at his r,sum,\" Mr. Keeley, of the Assembly, said, referring to the fact that Governor Davis has spent virtually his entire career in public service, as everything from Gov.",
"Jerry Brown's chief of staff to the state controller to lieutenant governor.",
"\"But,\" Mr. Keeley added, \"this is a governor who doesn't expend political capital without a great deal of deliberation and anguish."
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Which chess master was defeated by Gata Kamsky, Paul van der Sterren or Marmaduke Wyvill? | No | PAIRIDX:82090 | [
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"title": "Paul van der Sterren",
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"Paul van der Sterren ( born 17 March 1956 in Venlo, Netherlands) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.",
"He won the Dutch Chess Championship twice, in 1985 and 1993.",
"In 1993 he qualified for the Candidates Tournament for the FIDE World Chess Championship 1996, but was eliminated in the first round (+1 -3 =3) by Gata Kamsky."
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"Marmaduke Wyvill (22 December 1815 in Constable Burton – 25 June 1896 in Bournemouth) was a leading English chess master and Liberal Party politician.",
"He was among the world's strongest players in the 1840s and 1850s."
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What shopping center is located in Oxford, England? | No | PAIRIDX:82089 | [
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"title": "Grand Central, Birmingham",
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"Grand Central is a shopping centre located in Birmingham, England, that opened on 24 September 2015.",
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"Templars Square is a shopping centre located in Between Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford, England.",
"It was opened in 1965 and was known as Cowley Centre until 1989.",
"It is the largest enclosed shopping centre in Oxford."
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Who is the president of an entertainment business? | No | PAIRIDX:82086 | [
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"The lay-offs follow Icebox's announcement that it has sold its \"Zombie College\" series to Fox Broadcasting.",
"The company spokeswoman said the lay-offs are aimed at reducing production cost.",
"The company said it will now focus on subcontracting production services, and will work with some of its former employees on a freelance basis.",
"Employees received severance as compensation.",
"Icebox is backed by eCompanies and Bessemer Venture Partners.",
"The company also said it has appointed Strauss Zelnick, the president and chief executive officer of BMG Entertainment to its board of directors.",
"http: www.icebox.com new products Messaging Firm Multimate.net Changes Name, Launches Product SANTA CLARA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Multimate.net, an instant m essaging technology firm, said it has changed its name to MessageVine.",
"The company also said it is launching a server-based edition of its instant messaging technology customized for telecommunications carriers and Intern et providers and portals.",
"The company raised a seed round of over $7 milli on from Cedar Advisors, Technorov, and CSK Venture Capital at the end of 1 999. http: www.messagevine.com?"
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"title": "Anil Ambani",
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"Anil Dhirubhai Ambani is an Indian business magnate.",
"He is the chairman of Reliance Group (also referred to Reliance ADA Group) which came into existence in June 2005 following a demerger from Reliance Industries Limited.",
"He leads a large number of stock listed corporations including Reliance Capital, Reliance Infrastructure, Reliance Power and Reliance Communications.",
"Ambani's net worth was $3.3 billion according to the Forbes billionaire list in the year of 2016."
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Which community is located closer to another town? | No | PAIRIDX:82085 | [
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"title": "Ribier, California",
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"Ribier is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California.",
"It is located on the railroad 11 mi southeast of Bakersfield, at an elevation of 446 feet (136 m)."
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"title": "Stowe, West Virginia",
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"Stowe is an unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia, United States.",
"Stowe is located on County Route 16 and Buffalo Creek 8 mi east-northeast of Man."
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Between the Governor of British Mauritius and Michael Shames, who worked in the United States? | No | PAIRIDX:82084 | [
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"title": "Governor of British Mauritius",
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"The British Governor of Mauritius was an official who ruled British Mauritius (now Republic of Mauritius) during the British colonial period between 1810 and 1968.",
"Upon the end of British rule and the creation of Mauritius (Commonwealth realm) in 1968, this office was replaced by the Governor-General, who represented the British Monarch and not the Government of the United Kingdom as did the Governor.",
"The office of Governor-General was itself abolished in 1992 and replaced by the post of President when Mauritius became a Republic."
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"In the last 18 months, Sempra Energy's trading subsidiary has raked in $310 million in profit.",
"That's $120 million more than the sum Sempra paid for th e trading outfit 3 1 2 years ago.",
"And analysts expect profit to climb higher as the trading arm continues to take advantage of volatile energy markets in California and across the United States.",
"The trading activities of San Diego-based Sempra are drawing increasing scrutiny from regulators and consumer watchdogs who question why the state is doling out attractive energy contracts to a company that already is flush with cash.",
"Records recently revealed that a Sempra power generator sold all its capacity at attractive prices over an extended period to the California Department of Water Resources, which has been procuring power for the state 's largest utilities.",
"\"Sempra has become like the multimillionaire that refuses to tip,\" said Michael Shames, executive director of the Utility Consumers' Action Network in San Diego."
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Are Kiodex Risk Workbench(SM) and Green Star Media both publishing companies? | No | PAIRIDX:82082 | [
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"Customers requiring additional functionality from the Kiodex Risk Workbench(SM) will be able to access its features directly through a paid subscription to Kiodex.",
"Accessed via the internet, the Kiodex Risk Workbench(SM) is a risk-management system that provides pricing tools, market data, and financial reports to assist corporations in managing their exposure to market volatility and in complying with Financial Accounting Standards Board(FASB) Statement 133. Reports generated by the Kiodex Risk Workbench(SM) will be available through EnronOnline in the second half of 2001. Trades executed on EnronOnline can be automatically fed into the Kiodex Risk Workbench(SM) for analysis, eliminating the need for manual deal entry.",
"\"Kiodex and Enron share the goal of bringing market-leading risk management, transparency, and liquidity to existing and developing commodities markets,\" stated R. Martin Chavez, Kiodex CEO.",
"\"The placement of our risk services on EnronOnline, the world's most successful B2B marketplace, brings simple and cost-effective straight-through processing and best risk practices to thousands of corporations worldwide.\""
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"title": "Green Star Media",
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"Green Star Media Ltd is a United Kingdom-based international publisher of specialist sports content through websites, e-magazines and e-books.",
"The company relies on a subscription-based business model where advertising is not a significant source of revenue.",
"The company publishes informed and easy-to-follow advice for coaches in football (soccer), rugby, basketball, for athletes in endurance sports, and sports physiotherapists (physical therapists)."
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Is the HomeForm Group in the process lobbying the Senate about utilities? | No | PAIRIDX:82080 | [
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"title": "HomeForm Group",
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"The HomeForm Group was one of the largest retailers of fitted home improvement products in the United Kingdom.",
"The head office was in Cornbrook, Manchester.",
"HomeForm operated several brands, Möben Kitchens, Sharps Bedrooms, and Dolphin Bathrooms, as well as Kitchens Direct."
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"\"The Senate is on the record saying a legislative solution is better than bankruptcy.",
"And for the millionth time, this company has no intention of filing for bankruptcy.\"",
"Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, and Keeley, D-Boulder Creek, who sponsored legislation to rescue Southern California Edison but failed to gain the support of a majority of the Assembly, are expected to hold work sessions this week to put together a comprehensive piece of legislation that can gain the support of the Senate, Gov.",
"Gray Davis and the utility.",
"It's unclear who will participate in the work group or whether lawmakers can hammer out legislation and pass it before the Aug. 15 deadline set in a memorandum of understanding Southern California Edison Ed signed with the state in April.",
"The MOU calls for the state to buy the utility's transmission lines for $2.76 billion and enable it to issue debt backed by ratepayers to recoup $3.5 billion in unrecovered wholesale power costs."
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Which samurai Prince Narinaga or li Naomasa was born earlier? | No | PAIRIDX:82076 | [
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"title": "Prince Narinaga",
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"Prince Narinaga (成良親王 , Narinaga Shinnō , also called Prince Nariyoshi) (1326 – 1337/1344) reigned from 1334 to 1338 and was one of two Seii Taishogun during the Kemmu Restoration.",
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"title": "Ii Naomasa",
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"Ii Naomasa (井伊 直政 , March 4, 1561 – March 24, 1602) was a general under the Sengoku period \"daimyō\", and later shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu.",
"He is regarded as one of the Four Guardians of the Tokugawa along with Honda Tadakatsu, Sakakibara Yasumasa, and Sakai Tadatsugu.",
"He led the clan after the death of his foster mother, Ii Naotora."
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There is more than three centuries between Ferdinando Fuga's death and James Iaco's departure from Mission Energy? | No | PAIRIDX:82074 | [
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"title": "e5975_p26",
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"The company has grown rapidly in recent years, nearly quadrupling generation capacity since 1998. As of July 2000, Mission Energy trailed only AES Corp. of Arlington, Va., internationally, according to Platts, an information company that tracks the independent power industry.",
"Mission Energy's revenue soared 260% to $3.2 billion from 1998 to 2000. But profit growth has not kept pace.",
"Net income of $125.3 million in 2000 was nearly $7 million less than what the company earned in 1998 on a fraction of the revenue.",
"Just as worrisome to the company's ability to grow is the recent flight of executives.",
"As the energy crisis in California grew, nearly a dozen key executives bolted, including Chief Financial Officer James Iaco, Corporate Secretary Martha Spikes and Thomas Legro, a vice president.",
"These latest defections add to what has become a nearly complete turnover in Mission Energy's management since early 2000, including the departures of Chief Executive Ed Muller, Senior Vice President S. Linn Williams and Michael Childers, a vice president of business development who was one of the company's chief architects for growth."
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"title": "Ferdinando Fuga",
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"Ferdinando Fuga (November 11, 1699 – February 7, 1782) was an Italian architect, born in Florence, known for his work in Rome and Naples.",
"Much of his early work was in Rome, notably, the Palazzo della Consulta (1732–7) at the Quirinal, the Palazzo Corsini (1736–54), the façade of the Santa Maria Maggiore (1741–3), and the Church of Sant'Apollinare (1742–8).",
"He later moved to Naples and notably designed the Albergo de'Poveri (an enormous work-house) (1751–81), the façade of the Chiesa dei Gerolomini, and that of the Palazzo Giordano (both c.1780,)."
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Was Nicholas Curson or Wolfgang Hoppe born first? | No | PAIRIDX:82073 | [
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"title": "Nick Curson",
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"Nicholas \"Nick\" Curson (born 1973) is an American strength and conditioning coach (S&C coach), founder of \"Speed Of Sport\" gym in Torrance, California.",
"Curson has been involved with various S&C training modalities since the mid-90's, as a Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) practitioner, competitor and instructor.",
"Since late 2009, he has specialized in Eastern Bloc influenced Marinovich Training Systems and works closely with Russian–born neuroscientist and neurophysiologist Dr. Igor Lavrov of the S.M.",
"Kirov Military Medical Academy and currently a Mayo Clinic principal researcher.",
"Curson describes himself as a \"sports performance specialist\", since he is not credentialed with a \"Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist\" (CSCS) certificate."
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"title": "Wolfgang Hoppe",
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"Wolfgang Hoppe (] ; born 14 November 1957, Apolda, Thuringia) is an East German former decathlete, bob pilot and 36-time international medal winner who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s.",
"Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won six medals with two golds (Two-man: 1984, Four-man: 1984), three silvers (Two-man: 1988, Four-man: 1988, 1992), and one bronze (1994)."
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Which mine has the largest reserves in tonnage? | No | PAIRIDX:82069 | [
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"title": "Hrazdan mine",
"sents": [
"The Hrazdan mine is a large mine in the center of Armenia in Kotayk Province.",
"Hrazdan represents one of the largest iron reserve in Armenia having estimated reserves of 77 million tonnes of ore grading 40% iron."
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"title": "Shalozersky mine",
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"The Shalozersky mine is a large mine in the north of Russia in the Republic of Karelia.",
"Shalozersky represents one of the largest nickel reserve in Russia having estimated reserves of 306.1 million tonnes of ore grading 0.14% nickel, 4.56 million oz of platinum, 3.91 million oz of palladium and 0.85 million oz of gold.",
"The 306.1 million tonnes of ore contains 0.43 million tonnes of nickel metal."
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Which location is not experiencing blackouts? | No | PAIRIDX:82068 | [
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"title": "Tutin, Serbia",
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"Tutin () is a town and municipality located in the Raška District of the western Serbia.",
"According to a 2011 census, the municipality of Tutin has a population of 31,155 people.",
"It is the first municipality in Serbia that has renewable wind power."
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"title": "e2044_p100",
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"Why not at least schedule blackouts so people can plan for them?",
"she asked.",
"Why not?",
"In San Francisco, the Bay Area Economic Forum released a study indicating that power woes could deliver a $ 17-billion blow to the state's economy in lost production, the cost of rate increases and increased product prices.",
"That may be conservative.",
"The study did not include the $ 5.1 billion the state has spent so far to buy power for the insolvent private utilities.",
"Republicans in the Legislature are stalling bills that would float a $ 10-billion revenue bond issue to finance power purchases and keep the state fiscally above water.",
"They have latched onto a powerful issue, Davis' unwillingness to detail how he's spending the taxpayers' billions.",
"Davis says he needs secrecy for competitive reasons as he bargains with power companies, though he is letting out a slightly wider trickle of figures.",
"Wall Street, already wary about the credit-worthiness of the state, thinks poorly of the delay in issuing the bonds."
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Did Richard S. Sutton and Peter Kiewit both found computational reinforcement learning? | No | PAIRIDX:82065 | [
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"title": "e6886_p90",
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"\"There is a greater demand than I can supply.\"",
"At the University of Kentucky, the mining engineering program has averaged seven to eight graduates per year for the last decade.",
"Last September, just one incoming freshman entered the program.",
"\"But with the renewed emphasis on energy, the new administration with an energy policy, we're counting on 15, perhaps as many as 20 students registering this fall,\" said Richard Sweigard, chairman of the Lexington, Ky., UK mining engineering program.",
"Graduates are hired right out of school, generally by Central Appalachian companies, Sweigard said.",
"But within the last two years, outside firms have come calling.",
"\"We've had TXU and Peter Kiewit come to Lexington looking for mining engineers,\" he said.",
"\"A few companies have called pleading for people, but what more can I do?\"",
"UMWA maintains no shortage While the companies are crying, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) says there is no shortage, that thousands of union personnel sit idle."
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"title": "Richard S. Sutton",
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"Richard S. Sutton is a Canadian computer scientist.",
"Currently he is professor of Computer Science and iCORE chair at the University of Alberta.",
"Dr. Sutton is considered one of the founding fathers of modern computational reinforcement learning, having several significant contributions to the field, including temporal difference learning, policy gradient methods, the Dyna architecture."
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