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Powerhouse or power house may refer to: * Power station, a facility (or former facility) for the generation of electric power Businesses * Powerhouse Animation Studios, an animation studio * powerHouse Books, a Brooklyn-based publisher of high-end art and photography books * Dick Smith Electronics Powerhouse, a chain of electronics stores operating in Australia and New Zealand * Powerhouse (retailer), a former electrical goods chain in the United Kingdom * Powerhouse Pilates (studio), a chain of Pilates studios in the United States Power stations * Power House (Alcatraz), a power station on Alcatraz Island * Powerhouse Museum, former power station, now science and technology museum in Sydney, Australia * The Powerhouse (San Luis Obispo, California), former power station on the campus of California Polytechnic State University Venues *Powerhouse (club), a gay club in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK * Brisbane Powerhouse, a performing arts center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Power Station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many power stations contain one or more Electric generator, generators, rotating machine that converts mechanical power into three-phase electric power. The relative motion between a magnetic field and a Electrical conductor, conductor creates an electric current. The energy source harnessed to turn the generator varies widely. Most power stations in the world burn fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, oil, and natural gas to generate electricity. Low-carbon power sources include nuclear power, and use of renewable energy, renewables such as solar power, solar, wind power, wind, geothermal power, geothermal, and hydroelectricity, hydroelectric. History In early 1871 Belgian inventor Zénobe Gramme invented a generator powerfu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (rock Band)
Geordie ( ) are a British rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne initially active in the 1970s with notable songs such as "Don't Do That", "All Because of You", "Can You Do It", "Electric Lady" and "Goodbye Love". History Formation (1971–1980) The original Geordie line-up (from February 1972) included: Vic Malcolm (lead guitar), Tom Hill (bass guitar), Brian Gibson (drums) and Brian Johnson (lead vocals). Their first single, "Don't Do That" broke into the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart in December 1972. In March 1973, Geordie released their debut album, ''Hope You Like It'' on EMI label. Trying to compete with such British glam rock outfits as Slade and Sweet (Geordie supported the former on a UK tour, as well as the latter at a concert at the Rainbow Club, London in March 1973), they achieved UK Top 10 status with "All Because of You" (April 1973) and had a UK Top 20 hit with "Can You Do It" (July 1973). They also had several appearances on BBC Television including 15 app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Power may refer to: Common meanings * Power (physics), meaning "rate of doing work" ** Engine power, the power put out by an engine ** Electric power, a type of energy * Power (social and political), the ability to influence people or events Mathematics, science and technology Computing * IBM POWER (software), an IBM operating system enhancement package * IBM POWER architecture, a RISC instruction set architecture * Power ISA, a RISC instruction set architecture derived from PowerPC * IBM Power microprocessors, made by IBM, which implement those RISC architectures * Power.org, a predecessor to the OpenPOWER Foundation Mathematics * Exponentiation, "''x'' to the power of ''y''" * Power function * Power of a point * Statistical power Physics * Magnification, the factor by which an optical system enlarges an image * Optical power, the degree to which a lens converges or diverges light Social sciences and politics * Economic power, encompassing several concepts that economists us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (TV Series)
''Powerhouse'' is an American television series produced by the Educational Film Center at Northern Virginia ETV, which aired on PBS for 16 episodes in 1982. It was billed as "a 16-part series for young people and their families," with the target audience being primarily children, preteens, teenagers, and young adults. The series was later rerun by Nickelodeon from 1984 to 1986. Premise Set in Washington, D.C., ''Powerhouse'' is focused on the adventures of a racially and ethnically diverse group of three teenagers, two kids, and one adult from the inner city, based at a former boxing and sports gym hangout turned into a youth community center. The center was founded by Brenda Gaines, a woman who inherited the property from her late father, PowerHouse Gaines, a legendary boxer. The basic message of the series is that every person is a source of creativity and of true positive "I Can" power expressed in the lyrics of the show's theme song as "We all have a Powerhouse deep down i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (instrumental)
"Powerhouse" (1937) is an instrumental musical composition by Raymond Scott, perhaps best known today as background music for chase and assembly line scenes in animated short films produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. History In scripted comments read on the First Anniversary Special of CBS Radio's ''Saturday Night Swing Club'', on which the Raymond Scott Quintette performed, host Paul Douglas announced that "Powerhouse" had been premiered on that program in January or early February 1937. Scott's Quintette (actually a sextet) first recorded "Powerhouse" in New York on February 20, 1937, along with three other titles. This recording was first commercially issued on the Irving Mills-owned Master Records label as Master 111 (mx. M-120-1), coupled with another Scott composition, "The Toy Trumpet". After the demise of the Master label late in 1937, "Powerhouse" was reissued on Brunswick 7993, and subsequently on Columbia 36311 (after the CBS purchase of ARC, which included the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (White Heart Album)
''Powerhouse'' is the seventh album by the Christian rock band White Heart and the first with Brian Wooten on guitars, Anthony Sallee on bass guitar and the first album on the Star Song label, and the band's only album with Mark Nemer on drums. It was released in late 1990. White Heart continues their arena rock sound from their previous album ''Freedom'' with the title song and "Independence Day" becoming hits on Christian Rock radio while their ballads like "Desert Rose" and "Lay It Down" were hits on Christian radio (AC/CHR) stations. ''Powerhouse'' peaked at number 4 on the ''Billboard'' Top Christian Albums chart. White Heart also released a 25-minute video on VHS called ''Live at the Power House'' featuring concert footage, music videos for "Independence Day" and "Desert Rose" and interviews. Track listing # "Independence Day" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Florian) – 5:37 # "Powerhouse" (Sallee, Smiley, Wooten, Gersmehl, Nemer) – 4:30 # "Desert Rose" (Smiley, Gersmehl, Flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (Planningtorock Album)
''Powerhouse'' is the fourth studio album of English musician Planningtorock. The album was critically well-received and landed at number 27 on ''The Quietus''s list of the best albums of 2018. Critical reception ''Powerhouse'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average In colloquial, ordinary language, an average is a single number or value that best represents a set of data. The type of average taken as most typically representative of a list of numbers is the arithmetic mean the sum of the numbers divided by ... score of 74, based on 7 reviews. Track listing References Planningtorock albums 2018 albums DFA Records albums {{2010s-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (Mustasch Album)
''Powerhouse'' is the third full-length album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ... by Swedish heavy metal band Mustasch. It was released in 2005, and peaked at number 10 on the Swedish charts. Track listing #"Haunted by Myself" - 4:13 #"Accident Black Spot" - 3:33 #"Frosty White" - 3:54 #"Dogwash" - 3:04 #"Turn It Down" - 2:49 #"Life on Earth" - 5:36 #"Powerhouse" - 3:26 #"I Lied" - 4:23 #"I'm Alright" - 3:28 #"Evil Doer" - 2:58 #"In the Deep - October" - 8:01 References 2005 albums Mustasch albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (The Jazz Crusaders Album)
''Powerhouse'' is a 1969 album by The Jazz Crusaders. It was their fourteenth album produced by Richard Bock for World Pacific Jazz Records. It was the first album in which Joe Sample played on the Fender Rhodes and according to Thom Jurek in his AllMusic review, would mark a turning point for the band. Track listing #" Promises, Promises" - (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) #"Love and Peace" - ( Arthur Adams) #"Hey Jude" - (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) #"Sting Ray" - ( Wayne Henderson) #"Fancy Dance" - ( Joe Sample) #" Love is Blue" - ( André Popp, Blackburn, Pierre Cour Pierre Cour (5 April 1916 – 22 December 1995) was a French songwriter who wrote songs for several generations of artists. He wrote a number of successful songs in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Among those who recorded his songs are Dalida, Rog ...) #"Cookie Man" - (Wayne Henderson) #" Upstairs" - (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) #"Fire Water" - ( Charles Williams) Personnel * Wayne Henderson – trombone * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerhouse (Deep Purple Album)
''Powerhouse'' is a 1977 compilation album by Deep Purple, featuring previously unreleased live and studio tracks from the band's Mark II line-up at the height of its powers. The album achieved Gold Certification in Japan.Powerhouse, Certified Gold – Warner Pioneer Music, Asia, 1977 – http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=43&lot=734 Track listing All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where indicated. ;Side one # "Painted Horse" – 5:19 (outtake from the '' Who Do We Think We Are'' sessions in July 1972) # " Hush" ( Joe South) – 4:37 (live from the '' Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' program in September 1969) # "Wring That Neck" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice, Nick Simper) – 12:51 (live from the '' Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' program in September 1969) ;Side two #" Child in Time" – live – 12:29 (live from the '' Concerto for Group and Orchestra'' program in September 1969) # " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Power (composer)
Simon Power (born 14 February 1958) is an English composer & sound designer, best known for his work on the BBC's Classic Novelisation range of ''Doctor Who'' audiobooks. Career Between the late 1980s and mid-1990s, Power produced a number of tracks and remixes under a variety of names including Atomix, Marine Boy, Angel Deluxe. He had chart success as Powerhouse when On the Floor (Champion Records) reached no.80 in the official UK charts. The E.P. La Monde Marine (1990) became a much sought after cult release and the tracks 'Laura, Laura' and 'La Monde Marine' gained airplay on The John Peel Show and Kiss FM. During the mid-1990s he worked with Future Publishing Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History 1985–2012 The company was founded by Chris Anderson a ...'s ''Future Music'' magazine, producing a series of cover mounted sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
