Special Purpose Agency May be used to issue bonds to retire stranded debt in preparation for deregulation Stranded costs/investments - Prudent costs incurred by a utility which may not be recoverable under market-based retail competition Examples are undepreciated generating facilities, deferred costs, and long term contract costs For NCMPA1 and NCEMPA, the bond debt is considered a stranded cost Unregulated - Those portions of the utility industry not regulated by FERC or state utility commissions Such aspects as generation and power marketing are unregulated The uncertainty of deregulation is forcing utilities to consider beefing up their efforts in the unregulated portions of the business
Symbolic Processing Array The SPA consists of those processors that are part of, or are connected to, the IUA and that perform knowledge-based image understanding tasks In the original IUA architecture, the SPA was the top level array of processors designed to specifically execute schema systems In the current IUA, any processor that performs high-level vision tasks is considered to be part of the SPA even if it also performs non-SPA tasks as well
Secure Password Authentication - SPA is used to prevent unauthorized use of a SMTP mail host to send e-mail It is used by MSN to send e-mail SPA is not supported by Windows CE's Inbox The Pocket PC 2002 supports SPA in the Inbox application
A spa is a place where water with minerals in it comes out of the ground. People drink the water or go in it in order to improve their health. Fiuggi, a spa town famous for its water
A health spa is a kind of hotel where people go to do exercise and have special treatments in order to improve their health. Spring or resort with thermal or mineral water for drinking and bathing. The word derives from a Belgian town whose springs reputedly had curative powers. Mineral springs usually contain various salts, trace minerals, and gases; many are naturally carbonated. Most thermal springs (see hot spring) also contain minerals. Warm-water bathing aids relaxation (see hydrotherapy), and high salt or sulfur content helps some skin conditions. Drinking mineral water is believed to aid digestion, and waters with specific minerals are used for particular conditions
A small tank of water that may seat from two to twelve people Water is heated to near body temperature, mixed with air and introduced to the spa to give the bather an invigorating bath
Special Protection Area Sites of international importance classified under the EC Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds These sites are also SSSIs under national legislation, however special considerations, as set out by the Habitats Directive, apply to development proposals in or likely to affect them
a popular form of aquatic recreation Available in a range of sizes and shapes, these products are used for relaxing bathing, arthritis relief and fun!!! Portable, ready to plug in and inground, built-in variations are available Units feature heated water, air jets and massage therapy Hot tubs are a design variation, usually of wooden construction The phrase "hot tub" is sometimes used interchangeably with that of the term "spa "
A process in which a system administrator can define a user - including accounts, access rights, and passwords - and assign the user access to all relevant target systems at one time (i e , at a single point in the administration process)
{i} mineral spring; resort area with mineral springs; luxurious resort; health spa, establishment that provides facilities for improving one's physical fitness