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1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
shot clock two years later, resetting the clock when a shot was attempted. Women's basketball adopted a 30-second clock in 1971. The NCAA adopted a 45-second shot clock for men while continuing with the 30-second clock for women in 1985. The men's shot clock was then reduced to 35 seconds in 1993, a... | 6,140,900 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
ball touches the rim and slightly bounces over the basketball hoop it will be called as a loose ball.
# Fouls, free throws and violations.
Dribbling was not part of the original game, but was introduced in 1901. At the time, a player could only bounce the ball once, and could not shoot after he ha... | 6,140,901 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
guarded player withheld the ball from play for five seconds, play was stopped and resumed with a jump ball; such a situation has since become a violation by the ball-carrier. Goaltending became a violation in 1944, and offensive goaltending in 1958.
Free throws were introduced shortly after basketb... | 6,140,902 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
attempt is unsuccessful, two free throw shots are awarded (three if the player was attempting a three-point field goal). If an offensive player is fouled while not in the act of shooting, or if a player is fouled in a loose-ball situation, the penalty varies by level of play and the number of fouls ... | 6,140,903 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
a second, but if he misses, the ball is live.
- If the team has 10 or more fouls in the half, the player fouled gets two free throws, often called the "double bonus".
- All overtime periods are considered an extension of the second half for purposes of accumulated fouls. Also, NFHS rules accumulat... | 6,140,904 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
removed from the women's game.
- All overtime periods are considered an extension of the fourth quarter for purposes of accumulated fouls.
- In the NBA:
- If the player's team has 4 or fewer team fouls in the quarter, the team fouled gets possession of the ball.
- Starting with the team's fifth ... | 6,140,905 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
foul in the last two minutes results in possession by the team fouled, and all subsequent fouls result in two free throws.
- In the WNBA:
- All foul limits are identical to those in the NBA, except that the team foul limit does not reset until the final minute of a quarter or overtime period.
- I... | 6,140,906 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
live.
- All overtime periods are considered an extension of the fourth quarter for purposes of accumulated fouls.
- In FIBA 3x3 (half-court) play:
- A player who is fouled on an unsuccessful field goal attempt receives one free throw if the attempt was from inside the 'three-point" arc, and two f... | 6,140,907 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
foul in the game, the player fouled gets two free throws.
- Starting with the team's 10th foul in the game, the player fouled gets two free throws, and the shooter's team gets possession of the ball.
A player has 10 seconds to attempt a free throw. If the player does not attempt a free throw withi... | 6,140,908 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
player and a defensive player. In order to draw an offensive charge the defensive player must establish legal guarding positioning in the path of the offensive player. If contact is made, the officials would issue an offensive charge. No points will be allowed and the ball is turned over. The defens... | 6,140,909 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
zone: In 1997, the NBA introduced an arc of a 4-foot (1.22 m) radius around the basket, in which an offensive foul for charging could not be assessed. This was to prevent defensive players from attempting to draw an offensive foul on their opponents by standing underneath the basket. FIBA adopted th... | 6,140,910 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
there was one umpire to judge fouls and one referee to judge the ball; the tradition of calling one official the "referee" and the other one or two the "umpires" has remained (the NBA, however, uses different terminology, referring to the lead official as "crew chief" and the others as "referees"). ... | 6,140,911 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
expired. This exception was introduced by the NBA in 2002 and adopted by FIBA in 2006. The NCAA, however, has permitted instant replay for timing, the value of a field goal (two or three points), shot clock violations, and for purposes of disqualifying players because of unsportsmanlike conduct. The... | 6,140,912 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
field goal was eliminated in 1938, in favor of the ball being given to the non-scoring team from behind the end line where the goal was scored, in order to make play more continuous. The jump ball was still used to start the game and every period, and to restart the game after a held ball. However, ... | 6,140,913 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
system for all jump ball situations except the beginning of the game, and in 2003, FIBA adopted a similar rule, except for the start of the third period and overtime. In 2004, the rule was changed in FIBA that the arrow applies for all situations after the opening tap.
In 1976, the NBA introduced a... | 6,140,914 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
facilities, regulations regarding teams, players, captains and coaches, playing regulations, violations, fouls and their penalties, special situations, and the officials and table officials. The rules also cover officials' signals, the scoresheet, protest procedure, classification of teams and telev... | 6,140,915 |
1643014 | Rules of basketball | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rules%20of%20basketball | Rules of basketball
tions, violations, fouls and their penalties, special situations, and the officials and table officials. The rules also cover officials' signals, the scoresheet, protest procedure, classification of teams and television timeouts.
# External links.
- Rules of the Game @ usabasketball.com FIBA, NBA,... | 6,140,916 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
Triangular arbitrage
Triangular arbitrage (also referred to as cross currency arbitrage or three-point arbitrage) is the act of exploiting an arbitrage opportunity resulting from a pricing discrepancy among three different currencies in the foreign exchange market. A triangular arbitrage strategy ... | 6,140,917 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
Profitable triangular arbitrage is very rarely possible because when such opportunities arise, traders execute trades that take advantage of the imperfections and prices adjust up or down until the opportunity disappears.
# Cross exchange rate discrepancies.
Triangular arbitrage opportunities may... | 6,140,918 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
exchange rate as implied from the exchange rates of other currencies, then a no-arbitrage condition is sustained. However, if an inequality exists between the market cross exchange rate, formula_2, and the implicit cross exchange rate, formula_6, then there exists an opportunity for arbitrage profi... | 6,140,919 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
out of alignment with cross exchange rates, any banks or traders who detect the discrepancy have an opportunity to earn arbitrage profits via a triangular arbitrage strategy. To execute a triangular arbitrage trading strategy, a bank would calculate cross exchange rates and compare them with exchan... | 6,140,920 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
trader at Citibank then sees that Crédit Agricole is quoting pounds at an ask price of 1.1910 €/£ (in other words it is willing to sell pounds at that price). While the quoted market cross exchange rate is 1.1910 €/£, Citibank's trader realizes that the implicit cross exchange rate is 1.1971 €/£ (b... | 6,140,921 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
for euros with Deutsche Bank, then exchanging euros for pounds with Crédit Agricole, and finally exchanging pounds for dollars with Barclays. The following steps illustrate the triangular arbitrage transaction.
- 1. Citibank sells $5,000,000 to Deutsche Bank for euros, receiving €4,085,500. ($5,00... | 6,140,922 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
reason for dividing the euro amount by the euro/pound exchange rate in this example is that the exchange rate is quoted in euro terms, as is the amount being traded. One could multiply the euro amount by the reciprocal pound/euro exchange rate and still calculate the ending amount of pounds.
# Evi... | 6,140,923 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
yen (JPY) and the Swiss franc (CHF) found that although a limited number of arbitrage opportunities appeared to exist for as many as 100 seconds, 95% of them lasted for 5 seconds or less, and 60% lasted for 1 second or less. Further, most arbitrage opportunities were found to have small magnitudes,... | 6,140,924 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
been identified during different times of day. Transactions involving the JPY and CHF have demonstrated a smaller number of opportunities and long average duration around 01:00 and 10:00 UTC, contrasted with a greater number of opportunities and short average duration around 13:00 and 16:00 UTC. Su... | 6,140,925 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
UTC, and the least liquid around 22:00 and 01:00 UTC. The periods of highest liquidity correspond with the periods of greatest incidence of opportunities for triangular arbitrage. This correspondence is substantiated by the observation of narrower bid-ask spreads during periods of high liquidity, r... | 6,140,926 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
the decrease to broader adoption of electronic trading platforms and trading algorithms during the same period. Such electronic systems have enabled traders to trade and react rapidly to price changes. The speed gained from these technologies improved trading efficiency and the correction of mispri... | 6,140,927 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
there exists a delay between the identification of such an opportunity, the initiation of trades, and the arrival of trades to the party quoting the mispricing. Even though such delays are only milliseconds in duration, they are deemed significant. For example, if a trader places each trade as a li... | 6,140,928 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
competing for each arbitrage opportunity; for arbitrage to be profitable a trader would need to identify and execute each arbitrage opportunity faster than competitors. Competing arbitrageurs are expected to persist in striving to increase their execution speed of trades by engaging in what some re... | 6,140,929 |
1643024 | Triangular arbitrage | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Triangular%20arbitrage | Triangular arbitrage
itors. Competing arbitrageurs are expected to persist in striving to increase their execution speed of trades by engaging in what some researchers describe as an "electronic trading 'arms race'." The costs involved in keeping ahead in such a competition present difficulty in consistently beating ot... | 6,140,930 |
1643040 | USS Caldwell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS%20Caldwell | USS Caldwell
USS Caldwell
Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Caldwell, in honor of Lieutenant James R. Caldwell.
- , was the lead ship of the of destroyers, commissioned in 1917, served in World War I and decommissioned in 1922.
- , was a , commissioned in 1942, served in World War II and decommissi... | 6,140,931 |
1643055 | Lake Roosevelt | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lake%20Roosevelt | Lake Roosevelt
e Roosevelt
Lake Roosevelt or Roosevelt Lake is the name of multiple places:
in the United States:
- Theodore Roosevelt Lake ("Roosevelt Lake" or "Lake Roosevelt") on the Salt River in Arizona
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake ("Lake Roosevelt") on the Columbia River in Washington
- Lake Roosevelt Nation... | 6,140,932 |
1643056 | Division of Dampier | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Dampier | Division of Dampier
Division of Dampier
The Division of Dampier was an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1913 and abolished in 1922. It was named for the navigator William Dampier, the first Englishman to see Australia, and was located in rural Western Australia, including... | 6,140,933 |
1643033 | Palexpo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palexpo | Palexpo
Palexpo
Palexpo is a convention center in Geneva, Switzerland. The buildings are owned by the canton of Geneva while the company is a semi-private foundation. The center is located close to Geneva Cointrin International Airport. There are seven halls, and 102,000 square metres of exhibition space. The Geneva M... | 6,140,934 |
1643033 | Palexpo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palexpo | Palexpo
convention center's architecture, furnishings and technology. During this renovation, the Palexpo Wi-Fi network was upgraded using Xirrus wi-fi arrays to provide wireless internet for all employees and guests.
# Events.
Palexpo hosts a variety of convention and sporting events, including the 2014 Davis Cup se... | 6,140,935 |
1643033 | Palexpo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palexpo | Palexpo
provide wireless internet for all employees and guests.
# Events.
Palexpo hosts a variety of convention and sporting events, including the 2014 Davis Cup semifinals between Switzerland and Italy.
In 2001 the European Automotive Hall of Fame opened and inducted its first class of 13 members. Permanent plaques... | 6,140,936 |
1643039 | Division of Dalley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Dalley | Division of Dalley
Division of Dalley
The Division of Dalley was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It was named for the colonial politician William Dalley and was located in the inner s... | 6,140,937 |
1643039 | Division of Dalley | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Dalley | Division of Dalley
olitician William Dalley and was located in the inner suburbs of Sydney, including Balmain, Glebe and Leichhardt. It was abolished in 1969.
For most of its history it was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, which held it without interruption from 1910 onward. In the 1930s it was a stronghold... | 6,140,938 |
1643038 | Weak inflection | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weak%20inflection | Weak inflection
Weak inflection
In grammar, the term weak (originally coined in German: "schwach") is used in opposition to the term strong ("stark") to designate a conjugation or declension when a language has two parallel systems. The only constant feature in all the grammatical usages of the word "weak" is that it ... | 6,140,939 |
1643038 | Weak inflection | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weak%20inflection | Weak inflection
conjugations). It is only in this context that the term would be applied to modern English.
By extension, the terminology was also applied to Germanic nouns. Here too, the weak noun was the consonantal declension, such as the German nouns that form their genitive in "-n". Examples:
Although the term "... | 6,140,940 |
1643038 | Weak inflection | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weak%20inflection | Weak inflection
situation in nouns and verbs in that every adjective can be declined using either the strong or the weak declension. As with the nouns, weak in this case means the declension in "-n". In this context, the terms "strong" and "weak" seem particularly appropriate, since the strong declension carries more i... | 6,140,941 |
1643038 | Weak inflection | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weak%20inflection | Weak inflection
or weak (likely to collapse under the weight of a prefix or suffix). Verbs with a weak radical are termed weak verbs, and form partially regular exceptions to the normal conjugation rule. The consonants "he", "waw", and "nun" are among those likely to make a verb weak.
# Regularity.
The terms "weak" a... | 6,140,942 |
1643038 | Weak inflection | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weak%20inflection | Weak inflection
eak verbs are regular, whereas Germanic strong verbs, despite the regularity of the system, are normally taught as irregular verbs; but there are also irregular weak verbs in English and German, and in Hebrew the weak verbs are the most irregular ones. In the case of the German noun, the strong noun is ... | 6,140,943 |
1643065 | Royal College Building | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal%20College%20Building | Royal College Building
Royal College Building
Royal College Building can refer to:
- Royal College Building, Colombo, Sri Lanka is the oldest building of Royal College Colombo.
- Royal College Building, Glasgow, Scotland, UK is the oldest building of John Anderson Campus of University of Strathclyde. | 6,140,944 |
1643067 | Division of Darebin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division%20of%20Darebin | Division of Darebin
Division of Darebin
The Division of Darebin was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1949, and was named for the Darebin Creek. It was located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, including Heidelberg, Preston, Reservoir and Thornbury. It was a fairly safe seat... | 6,140,945 |
1643061 | Andrew McCormick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew%20McCormick | Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
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Andrew McCormick (アンドリュー・マコーミック) (born 5 February 1967) is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union coach and former player.
The son of All Black Fergie McCormick, McCormick (nicknamed "Angus") was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and came to Japan to play for Tos... | 6,140,946 |
1643061 | Andrew McCormick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew%20McCormick | Andrew McCormick
s educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and came to Japan to play for Toshiba Fuchu in 1992. He was a powerful centre who had a large impact and played 25 times for the Japan national rugby union team, which he captained during the 1999 Rugby World Cup. A hugely popular player, he began coaching a... | 6,140,947 |
1643069 | Christ Air | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ%20Air | Christ Air
Christ Air
Christ Air is an aerial skateboarding trick where, while flying in the air, the skateboarder picks up their board into one of their hands and then spreads their arms and straightens their legs forming a pose that resembles Jesus Christ on the cross. It was invented by skater Christian Hosoi. Rece... | 6,140,948 |
1643072 | National Agricultural Fieldays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Agricultural%20Fieldays | National Agricultural Fieldays
National Agricultural Fieldays
The National Agricultural Fieldays is an annual national agricultural show and field day event held in mid-June at the Mystery Creek Events Centre near Hamilton, New Zealand. It styles itself as "the biggest agricultural trade show in the southern hemispher... | 6,140,949 |
1643072 | National Agricultural Fieldays | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Agricultural%20Fieldays | National Agricultural Fieldays
tors through its gates. Smaller shows, held annually in New Zealand's towns and communities, are generally called "agricultural and pastoral shows" (A&P shows). The event has visitor attractions such as sheepdog trials and tractor pulling contests.
Between 1985 and 1998 the Fieldays Soci... | 6,140,950 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
Salt River Project
The Salt River Project (SRP) is the umbrella name for two separate entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, an agency of the state of Arizona that serves as an electrical utility for the Phoenix metropolitan area, and the Salt River Valley Wate... | 6,140,951 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
nearly all of the Phoenix metropolitan area. A large portion of its electric service territory is shared with Arizona Public Service.
# Governance.
Each company of SRP is governed separately.
For the Association, landowners elect a president, a vice president, a 10-member board of governors and 30... | 6,140,952 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
system. For instance, a person who owns five acres casts five votes.
# History.
Early settlers in Phoenix and nearby areas were forced to rely on the flow of the Salt River to sustain agricultural activities. The river was prone to both floods and droughts and proved to be a less than reliable reso... | 6,140,953 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
(800 km²) of private land belonging to the ranchers and farmers in the association were pledged for collateral and the association was officially incorporated February 7, 1903, becoming the first multipurpose project started under the reclamation act. Following on March 14, 1903 this project was one ... | 6,140,954 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
River among the various members living in the valley.
Hydroelectricity was produced at the dam site during construction, and used for the manufacture of cement and other purposes. In 1906 (before the dam was completed) electricity began to be produced from a hydroelectric generator within the dam. A... | 6,140,955 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
Shortly thereafter, the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District was created, the second half of SRP as it exists today. Over the next several decades, a series of major improvements along the Salt and Verde rivers would raise the number of reservoirs in the district to six, and... | 6,140,956 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
Along with the six reservoirs along the Salt and Verde rivers, SRP operates dams at the Blue Ridge Reservoir as well as the Granite Reef Diversion Dam and a number of canals, making the SRP a major provider of water to the Phoenix area.
# Salt River reservoirs.
SRP owns and operates four reservoirs... | 6,140,957 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
are considered perhaps the crowning achievements of SRP. With the initial funds raised by the association in 1903, an ambitious project was begun several miles east of Phoenix in the Tonto Valley, at the confluence of the Tonto Creek and the Salt River. When it was completed in 1911, Roosevelt Dam wa... | 6,140,958 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
and providing much needed flood control space on the Salt River. Shortly after completion, however, the area entered into a prolonged period of drought, and it would be some time before the new capacity was used, with the lake finally reaching historic levels of 90% capacity in early 2005.
With an a... | 6,140,959 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
at only 2,600 acres (11 km²) of surface area at full capacity, and can store of water.
Like the rest of the Salt River lakes downstream from Roosevelt, Apache Lake is long and narrow, filling the bottom of the canyon it resides in. It does have a hydroelectric generating station.
## Canyon Lake.
C... | 6,140,960 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
of surface area when full, holding . Like the other Salt River dams, it is equipped with hydroelectric generators.
## Saguaro Lake.
Saguaro Lake is formed by the Stewart Mountain Dam, downstream from Canyon Lake. Completed in 1930, it was the last of the reservoirs to be built on the Salt River. It... | 6,140,961 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
are used for recreational purposes as well as water storage and flood control.
## Bartlett Lake.
The first of the lakes on the Verde River was created with the construction of the Bartlett Dam, finishing in 1939. At 308.5 feet (94 m) tall, the multiple-arch dam is lacking in hydroelectric generatin... | 6,140,962 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
was done by the Phelps Dodge Corporation as part of a water exchange agreement. In 1949, the city of Phoenix funded the construction of spillway gates for the dam in exchange for water rights for city users. Like Bartlett, this dam does not have hydroelectric generating capabilities. At 2,800 acres (... | 6,140,963 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
and in 2005 SRP took possession of the dam and water production facilities. Located on the Mogollon Rim, C.C. Cragin is not on the Salt or Verde rivers but is a part of the general watershed covered in the SRP area. The small lake has a storage capacity of only of water and is used to augment the wat... | 6,140,964 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
finished in 1906 to replace the Arizona Dam, which had been washed away by floods the previous year.
# Canal system.
SRP operates several important canals that run in a network through much of the southern half of the Phoenix metropolitan area, helping distribute water from the Salt River system. M... | 6,140,965 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
also operates a number of flood control canals throughout the Phoenix area.
# Power generation.
Besides the power generated at several of the dams along the Salt River, SRP owns or operates, in part, several power generating stations throughout the state:
- Agua Fria Generating Station
- Coronado... | 6,140,966 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
by Arizona Public Service)
- Santan Generating Station
- Arizona Falls
# Membership in organizations.
## Public Affairs Council.
Renee Eastman, representing Salt River Project, is on the 2013-2014 Board of Directors for the Public Affairs Council (PAC).
## National Conference of State Legislatu... | 6,140,967 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
and Industry.
Gena Trimble, an Associate General Manager at SRP, is on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Salt River Project is an "Arizona Trustee" member of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
## Greater Phoenix Urban League.
Russell Smoldon, repre... | 6,140,968 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
Public Power Association (APPA).
## Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee.
Salt River Project is a member of the Labor and Management Public Affairs Committee (LAMPAC), a utility labor organization.
## Democratic Attorneys General Association.
Salt River Project sponsored programming on t... | 6,140,969 |
1643029 | Salt River Project | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salt%20River%20Project | Salt River Project
## Democratic Attorneys General Association.
Salt River Project sponsored programming on the order of $15,000 between 2006 and 2009 to the Democratic Attorneys General Association.
## Western Governors Association.
Salt River Project took part in several energy-related initiatives for and through ... | 6,140,970 |
1643058 | Helderberg College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helderberg%20College | Helderberg College
Helderberg College
Helderberg College of Higher Education is a private higher education institution situated in Somerset West, South Africa, about thirty minutes from Cape Town. It was established in 1893 - the first Seventh-day Adventist College established outside of North America under the name "... | 6,140,971 |
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qualifications are registered on the national qualifications frame work of the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). It is also accredited by the Adventist Accrediting Association (AAA).
It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school ... | 6,140,972 |
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the first move, the College became known as Spion Kop College, and in 1928 the last move established Helderberg College, on the slopes of Helderberg Mountain, just outside Somerset West, South Africa.
## Claremont Union College (1893-1917).
The first Seventh-day Adventist College outside North Amer... | 6,140,973 |
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complex.
Union College offered primary, secondary and tertiary education. College subjects included Greek and Latin, Trigonometry and Geometry, Chemistry and Physics, Logic and Moral Science. Besides the classical academic education, emphasis was placed on character development, a vocational program... | 6,140,974 |
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who were well prepared for life's tasks. The initial view favoured a strong four-year classical education such as was taught at other notable colleges and academies. With the passage of time, the emphasis swung to the offering of a shorter, more practical course. Despite academic polemics and financi... | 6,140,975 |
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because of the strong conviction that a secluded, rural location was most conducive to true education, but by 1917 sprawling urban growth posed a threat. Consequently, the College was relocated on a mission station from Ladysmith, Natal, and 1918 was spent in erecting buildings, largely from material... | 6,140,976 |
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to the status of a junior college, major changes in academic offerings included the introduction of a one-year course in Shorthand, a two-year Normal Course (teacher training programme), and a four-year course resembling the classical course originally offered at Union College. The latter did not get... | 6,140,977 |
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courses.
It soon became evident that the remote location and inaccessibility of Spion Kop College were insurmountable obstacles and in 1925 a committee was appointed to select a new location. After looking at 50 farms in the Western Cape, the committee unanimously chose Bakkerskloof with its flouris... | 6,140,978 |
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were two staff cottages, farm sheds and outbuildings. The institution was renamed Helderberg College after the mountain towering protectively above it. Despite the depression, the total enrolment climbed to 154 by 1930, and has grown steadily ever since. Today there are more than 60 buildings on camp... | 6,140,979 |
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a year. Many of these graduates have continued their studies in South Africa and abroad.
The academic growth of the College can be viewed from three perspectives: the course offerings, academic qualifications of staff, and library holdings.
A review of the course offerings of the past reveals perio... | 6,140,980 |
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Domestic Science-Normal, with Commercial-Normal being added in 1946. A two-year Bible Instructors' Course was also offered.
The first real major change in curriculum came in 1951 when the College became a senior college and, under the guidance of A J Raitt, started to offer the degree courses of the... | 6,140,981 |
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of diploma courses and some were lengthened and others shortened. A five-year theology programme was attempted, and even a pre-nursing course was published.
Graduation exercises became more formal with the change of status to senior college. The 1955 graduating class was the first to wear full acade... | 6,140,982 |
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system's flagship institution Andrews University (located in Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA), to offer the BTh (Bachelor of Theology) and BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) degrees. From this initial agreement, the affiliation was extended to the BA degree which could also include a four-year ... | 6,140,983 |
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of Dr D Birkenstock, the Andrews University affiliation was extended when the MA in Religion degree was first offered on campus. The programme was spread over four years with a quarter being taught each year. Starting with Drs Strand and Heppenstall, many lecturers from overseas made a real contribut... | 6,140,984 |
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USA). This affiliation provided alternative accreditation and academic recognition for the BBA degree, majoring in either accounting or management.
Changes in the South African education landscape subsequent to the first democratic elections in 1994 impacted directly on the College. In terms of the ... | 6,140,985 |
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South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), and that met the requirements of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and the Department of Education (DoE) have been able to take their place alongside the public sector institutions in providing nationally and internationally recognized programmes of ... | 6,140,986 |
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graduate study in South Africa are able to do so with ease, as there is a common registering body with controlled standards and criteria. In addition, the courses done at Helderberg College are accredited by AAA (Adventist Accrediting Association), which makes them transferable to any one of the more... | 6,140,987 |
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L Rasmussen who joined the staff in 1947 to teach history. In 1949 the principal, W E McClure, returned from furlough with a doctorate, as did F C Clarke, whose specialty was science. The offering of UNISA degrees on campus made it easier for a number of the staff to earn BA degrees and in many cases... | 6,140,988 |
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for lecturers and through its staff development programme, encourages and assists the teaching faculty in upgrading their qualifications where needed with the objective of 50% of the teaching staff having their terminal degrees by 2011. As of November 2016, 50% of the full time teaching staff have te... | 6,140,989 |
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floors in the renovated Meade House, was opened officially. While K B Cronjé was director of library services, book holdings topped 50 000, besides many other materials such as periodicals, audiotapes and teaching materials. In the basement are the E G White Research Centre and the Heritage Room whic... | 6,140,990 |
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is to “make religion a personal experience in the life of each student, a practical religion which finds expression in the standards of conduct, in the attitudes and ideals, and in the development of a sense of individual responsibility for the betterment of mankind” (Principal M P Robison, College C... | 6,140,991 |
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students have never been at a loss for ways to serve. From the establishment of the Missionary Volunteer Society in the early days of Claremont Union College to the present, students have gained valuable experience in leadership as they have organised and run their own outreach activities to those in... | 6,140,992 |
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sunshine to patients in nearby hospitals and old age homes. These find their counterparts today in the form of soup kitchens in the squatter camps, outreach to Boys' Town and visiting the sick and elderly in hospitals and old age homes.
## Physical Recreation.
The harmonious development of all the ... | 6,140,993 |
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(b) to recognise that God is constantly at work – and so to fulfil our mission, we must also be involved in productive activity; and (c) to teach the discipline of systematic, well-regulated labour as an aid to sound development and sense of self-worth.
Each of the colleges mentioned above generated... | 6,140,994 |
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Students were required to work seven hours a week for which they received payment to help defray fees.
Spion Kop College continued the tradition and philosophy, but other activities achieved prominence. A great deal of building was done and so students were involved in brick making, carpentry, and b... | 6,140,995 |
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A nut butter factory was started to provide a non-dairy spread which was in harmony with the health principles of the College. Students were required to work 30 hours a month, for which they were paid.
During the Helderberg College era (from 1928), the number and variety of work opportunities increa... | 6,140,996 |
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student workers to lay out gardens, trim hedges, and care for the appearance of the College. With the number of new buildings going up, there was a greater need for cleaning crews. The growing enrolment also meant more students were needed to work in the kitchen and dining room. In the laundry, the y... | 6,140,997 |
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should he or she so choose. Today it is no longer compulsory to work a fixed number of hours on campus as in the past. However, exposure to practical work experience on or off campus is an integral part of the student's preparation for graduation. At present approximately a third of the students appl... | 6,140,998 |
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had learned while in college. And many are the alumni world-wide who can still on occasion recall with satisfaction the sound of the knock-off bell!
## Student Clubs.
Since the very origins of universities in the thirteenth century, students have organised themselves into clubs. Helderberg has been... | 6,140,999 |
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