alibayram/wikipedia-40-langs huggingface dataset:
Yuu Miyake

is a Japanese composer and sound engineer formally for Bandai Namco Entertainment. His most known work surfaced with Katamari Damacy soundtracks, on which he served as a sound director. Other notable works include various tracks in the Tekken and Ridge Racer series.

Biography
As a child, Miyake attended his mother's Electone classes. However, he could not adapt to the pieces he was given to play. He also listened to anime themes, disco and Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Prior to joining Namco, Miyake was a university student specializing in management information. His first game with the company was Tekken 3. This led to him working on subsequent titles in the franchise, including Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken 4. He considers his work on these games to be his "specialty".

In 2000, Miyake worked with Namco director Keita Takahashi on a video project called "Texas 2000". Takahashi was so impressed with his work that he gave him full responsibility as sound director on the 2004 release Katamari Damacy. He was given creative freedom, and considers the sound design and music to have been a major aspect of the game's success. He aimed to write catchy melodies for the game, feeling that video game music since the second half of the 90s had become unmemorable. He also served as the sound director for future titles in the series, and composed for Takahashi's Noby Noby Boy in 2009.

In 2011, he left Bandai Namco to become a freelance composer and established Miyakeyuu Studio, feeling that he would not grow any further as a musician at the company. He has continued to contribute tracks to further Bandai Namco games, and has also worked on games by other companies. He also started a side project with former Bandai Namco co-worker Yoshihito Yano, named Mikanz. Miyake attended MAGFest 13 in January 2015, holding a QA conference and performing various Katamari Damacy series songs under his DJ handle of "eutron". Yano also attended the event.

Outside of his work in the video game industry, he has served as a part-time lecturer at Tokyo Polytechnic University since 2014.

Works

References

External links

Yuu Miyake at MobyGames

1973 births
Japanese audio engineers
Japanese composers
Japanese male composers
Katamari
Living people
Video game composers
Japanese techno musicians
Oxalyl fluoride

Oxalyl fluoride is the organofluorine compound with the formula (COF)2.  It is a fluorinated derivative of oxalic acid. This colorless liquid is prepared by reaction of sodium fluoride with oxalyl chloride.

Oxalyl fluoride is being investigated for use in etching as a replacement for compounds which have the liability of high global warming potential.

See also
 Oxalyl chloride
 Oxalyl bromide
 Dioxane tetraketone
 Oxalyl

References

Acyl fluorides
Inorganic carbon compounds
Carbon oxohalides
Flying: The Early Years 1970–1973

Flying: The Early Years 1970–1973 is a compilation album by the British rock band UFO.

The compilation is the digitally remastered edition of 3 albums compiled to a double disc set. These recording encompass the complete Decca/Nova years from 1972–73 and the albums UFO 1, UFO 2 (a.k.a. Flying) and UFO Live. In addition to all of these tracks is the non-LP single, "Galactic Love" and its b-side, "Loving Cup", edited from the UFO Live album.

Track listing 
Disc 1
"Unidentified Flying Object"
"Boogie for George"
"C'Mon Everybody"
"Shake It All About"
"Timothy"
"Treacle People"
"Evil"
"Loving Cup" (BBC Session)
"Follow You Home" (BBC Session)
"Come Away (Melinda)" (BBC Session)
"Prince Kajuku"
"Coming of Prince Kajuku"
"Star Storm"

Disc 2
"Silver Bird"
"Flying"
"C'Mon Everybody" (live)
"Who Do You Love?" (live) (Ellas McDaniel)
"Prince Kajuku/Coming of Prince Kajuku" (live)
"Boogie for George" (live)
"Follow You Home" (live)
"Galactic Love" (single)
"Loving Cup" (B-Side)

2004 compilation albums
UFO (band) compilation albums
Castle Communications compilation albums
The Essential UFO

The Essential UFO is a greatest hits album by UFO, released in 1992. This compilation covers the classic Michael Schenker era from 1974–79, with tracks from Phenomenon, Force It, No Heavy Petting, Lights Out, Obsession, and the live Strangers in the Night. The tracks are arranged almost completely chronologically, except the Obsession ('78) tracks are programmed before the Lights Out ('77) tracks. Every track of Strangers In The Night is included on this compilation, either in studio or live form (everything except tracks 8-10).

Track listing
All tracks are the original studio recordings unless stated otherwise.

"Doctor Doctor" (Michael Schenker, Phil Mogg) – 4:07  (from the album Phenomenon)
"Rock Bottom" (Schenker, Mogg) – 6:30 (from the album Phenomenon)
"Out in the Street" (Pete Way, Mogg) – 5:10 (from the album Force It)
"Mother Mary" (Schenker, Mogg, Way, Parker) – 3:45 (from the album Force It)
"Natural Thing" (Schenker, Mogg, Way) – 4:00 (from the album No Heavy Petting)
"I'm a Loser" (Schenker, Mogg) – 3:48 (from the album No Heavy Petting)
"Only You Can Rock Me" (Mogg, Schenker, Way) – 4:05 (from the album Obsession)
"Lookin' Out for No. 1" (Mogg, Way) – 4:32 (from the album Obsession)
"Cherry" (Mogg, Way) – 3:32 (from the album Obsession)
"Born to Lose" (Mogg, Schenker, Way) – 3:33 (from the album Obsession)
"Too Hot to Handle" (Mogg, Way) – 3:37 (from the album Lights Out)
"Lights Out" (Mogg, Andy Parker, Schenker, Way) – 4:31 (from the album Lights Out)
"Love to Love" (Mogg, Schenker) – 7:36 (from the album Lights Out)
"This Kid's" (Schenker, Mogg) – 4:50 (from the live album Strangers in the Night)
"Let It Roll" (Schenker, Mogg) – 4:51 (from the live album Strangers in the Night)
"Shoot Shoot" (Schenker, Way, Parker, Mogg) – 4:05 (from the live album Strangers in the Night)

References

1992 greatest hits albums
UFO (band) compilation albums
Chrysalis Records compilation albums
Corn tea

Oksusu-cha () or corn tea is a Korean tea made from corn. While oksusu-suyeom-cha () or corn silk tea refers to the tea made from corn silk, oksusu-cha can be made from corn kernels, corn silk, or a combination of both. The caffeine-free infusion is a popular hot drink in winter. Along with bori-cha (barley tea), oksusu-cha is one of the free grain teas served in many restaurants in place of water.

In Gangwon Province, the tea is called gangnaengi-cha ()—gangnaengi is a Gangwon dialect for "corn"—and is consumed throughout late autumn and winter in most households.

Preparation 
Traditionally, corn kernels are dried and roasted to prepare oksusu-cha. The roasted corn kernels are then boiled in water until the tea turns yellow. The tea is then strained and the boiled corn discarded. Although the drink is naturally sweet, sugar is sometimes added when a sweeter flavor is desired.

Roasted corn kernels are available at groceries, traditional markets and supermarkets in Korea, as well as at Korean groceries abroad. Tea bags containing ground corn are also commercially available.

Blends 
Oksusu-cha is often combined with bori-cha (barley tea), as the corn's sweetness offsets the slightly bitter flavor of the barley.

Gallery

See also 
 Bori-cha – barley tea
 Hyeonmi-cha – brown rice tea
 Memil-cha – buckwheat tea
 Roasted grain beverage

References 

Herbal tea
Korean tea
Maize-based drinks
Michael Gruber (skier)

Michael Gruber (born 5 December 1979 in Schwarzach im Pongau) is an Austrian nordic combined skier who competed from 1997 to 2008. He won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km team event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Gruber won two 4 x 5 km team event medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 2003 and a bronze in 2005. He has two individual career victories (1998: 7.5 km sprint, 2004: 15 km individual).

He retired after the 2007-08 season.

References
Database Olympics record
FIS Newsflash 177 announcement of Gruber's retirement. April 30, 2008.

1979 births
Living people
People from St. Johann im Pongau District
Nordic combined skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Nordic combined skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Austria
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Olympic Nordic combined skiers for Austria
Austrian male Nordic combined skiers
Olympic medalists in Nordic combined
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Recipients of the Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
Skiers from Salzburg (state)
Pauline Small

Pauline Small (November 30, 1924 – March 9, 2005) was the first woman to be elected to office in the Crow Tribe of Indians.  In 1966 she was elected to Vice-Secretary of the Crow Tribal Council, holding office de facto to 1972, and served in various positions within the Crow Tribal Offices, many to do with supporting education.

Early life and education
Pauline White Man Runs Him was born on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana.  The youngest of three children, she was raised in the Valley of the Chiefs district on the reservation.  Small was a granddaughter of White Man Runs Him.

Marriage and family
She married Ivan James Small, Sr., a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians.  They made their home in Busby, Montana.  Eventually they moved to the family allotment of Packs The Hat in the Rotten Grass area.

Tribal politics
Small was active in Crow tribal politics.  In 1966 she was elected to the position of Vice-Secretary of the Tribal Council, the first woman to hold any office. She served in that position until 1972, and has been active on various committees of the Tribal council.

Deeply interested in education, she was a member of the Lodge Grass Board of Trustees, serving as Chair for eight years; Crow Tribal Education Committee; and the 107th Committee of the Crow Tribal Council.  A member of the Crow Nation, she was very involved with tribal government. Small was an active supporter of Indian rodeo for 30 years.

References

External links 
 —Article about Pauline Small's support for Indian rodeo
 The Minneapolist Institute of Arts—Quote from Pauline Small

1924 births
2005 deaths
Crow tribe
Female Native American leaders
Haskell Indian Nations University alumni
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American women politicians
People from Lodge Grass, Montana
20th-century Native American women
20th-century Native Americans
21st-century Native American women
21st-century Native Americans
Native American women in politics
The Best of UFO: Gold Collection

Best of UFO is a greatest hits collection by the British hard rock band UFO, released in 1996 as part of EMI Records' Gold Collection series.

Track listing
"Doctor Doctor" - 4:27 (from the album Phenomenon)
"Only You Can Rock Me" - 4:10 (from the album Obsession)
"Let It Roll" - 3:56 (from the album Force It)
"Shoot Shoot" - 3:40 (from the album Force It)
"Let It Rain" - 4:00 (from the album Mechanix)
"When It's Time to Rock" - 5:25 (from the album Making Contact)
"Rock Bottom" - 6:29 (from the album Phenomenon)
"Love to Love" - 6:55 (from the album Lights Out)
"High Flyer" - 4:03 (from the album Force It)
"Can You Roll Her" - 2:57 (from the album No Heavy Petting)''
"Pack It Up (And Go)" - 3:15 (from the album Obsession)
"Hot & Ready" - 3:17 (from the album Obsession)
"This Time" - 3:44 (from the album Misdemeanor)
"Long Gone" - 5:20 (from the album The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent)
"Young Blood" - 3:02 (from the album No Place to Run)
"Lonely Heart" - 4:12 (from the album The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent)

References

1999 greatest hits albums
UFO (band) compilation albums
EMI Records compilation albums
Lafayette High School (Louisiana)

Lafayette High School (LHS) is a public four-year public high school located at 3000 W Congress Street in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States.

Academics
Lafayette High is home to the Academy of Health Careers, one of the magnet programs of the Lafayette Parish School System.

Athletics
Lafayette High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Notable alumni
Armand Duplantis, World record holder, reigning Olympic and World Champion in the Track and field event Pole Vault
Paul Bako, MLB player for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs
David Benoit, former NBA player for the Utah Jazz, the New Jersey Nets and the Orlando Magic
Ross Brupbacher, former NFL player for the Chicago Bears
Lance Cormier, former MLB player (Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Tampa Bay Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers)
Trev Faulk, former NFL player for the St. Louis Rams
Cedric Figaro, former NFL player for the San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, Cleveland Browns, St. Louis Rams
Jerry Fontenot, former NFL player for the Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints and Cincinnati Bengals 
Leigh Hennessy, world champion gymnast and movie stunt performer
Phil Nugent, former NFL player for the Denver Broncos

References

External links

Lafayette Parish School System Magnet Academies

Gifted Schools
Schools in Lafayette, Louisiana
Educational institutions in the United States with year of establishment missing
Tyomkino, Tyomkinskoye Rural Settlement, Tyomkinsky District, Smolensk Oblast

Tyomkino () is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tyomkinsky District in Smolensk Oblast of Russia. Population:

History
Tyomkino was occupied by German forces during World War II and is still surrounded by a series of trenches and fortifications. The site of fierce fighting, munitions are still regularly unearthed in its fields.

Tourism and recreation
Tyomkino is a popular holiday destination, with its pure underground springs believed to have healing and recuperative powers.

Religion
Believed to be the final resting place of Saint Makaria, it has become a place of pilgrimage for followers of the Russian Orthodox faith. She was canonized for her powers of healing.

A new Russian Orthodox Church, constructed entirely of wood, has recently been built in Tyomkino.

References

Rural localities in Smolensk Oblast
Rio Branco Football Club

Rio Branco Football Club, commonly referred to as Rio Branco, is a Brazilian professional club based in Rio Branco, Acre founded on 8 June 1919. It competes in the Campeonato Acreano, the top flight of the Acre state football league.

It is the most successful club in Acre, having won a record 47 state titles, 31 of those being won in the amateur era. Rio Branco also took part in the national league in 21 seasons, the most of any club from the state. It is also the first Northern Brazil and the only club from Acre to play in a continental cup, featuring in the 1997 Copa CONMEBOL after winning the Copa Norte in the same year. 

Rio Branco's highest national league finish was achieved in 1989, when they finished 16th in the Brazilian Série B. The club's home colours are red and white and the team mascot is the Altaneira star, a symbol from the Acre state flag.

Rio Branco is currently ranked third among Acre teams in CBF's national club ranking, at 98th place overall.

History
On June 8, 1919, the club was founded by the lawyer Luiz Mestrinho Filho, a relative of Governor Gilberto Mestrinho.

In 1947, the club won the first state championship organized by the Acre State Football Federation. From 1955 to 1957, Rio Branco won three state championships in a row.

Rio Branco won the first edition of Copa Norte in 1997, beating Remo of Pará state, in the final. Rio Branco gained the right to compete in that year's Copa CONMEBOL. The club was eliminated in the first round of Copa CONMEBOL, by Deportes Tolima, of Colombia, after losing in the penalty shootout. From 2002 to 2005, Rio Branco won four state championships in a row.

Season records

Stadium

Rio Branco currently plays in their home stadium, the Estádio José de Melo, which has a maximum capacity of 8,000 people.

The club also plays at Arena da Floresta, which has a maximum capacity of 20,000 people.

Colors
Rio Branco's official colors are red and white. Rio Branco's home kit is composed of a red shirt, red shorts and red socks.

Notable players

Doka Madureira
Testinha

Honours

Regional
 Copa Norte
 Winners (1): 1997
 Torneio de Integração da Amazônia
 Winners (3): 1976, 1979, 1984

State
 Campeonato Acreano
 Winners (49): 1919, 1921, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962 (Territorial), 1964, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023

References

External links
 Official website
 Arquivo de Clubes

 
Association football clubs established in 1919
Football clubs in Acre (state)
1919 establishments in Brazil
Rio Branco, Acre
Copa Norte winners
The Knight of the Sacred Lake

The Knight of the Sacred Lake is a historical fantasy novel by Rosalind Miles. It was first published in 2000 by Simon & Schuster in the UK followed by Crown Books in the US. The book is a retelling of the Arthurian legend and follows the lives of Queen Guinevere, consort of King Arthur and her struggles with the king's nephews Agravain and Gawain; the queen is torn between her love for her husband, her land, and her lover, Lancelot. The book was part of a series, The Guinevere Novels, and was followed by The Child of the Holy Grail. Reviewing the book, Publishers Weekly described it as "a lush, feminist take on the English epic".

Plot introduction
The Knight of the Sacred Lake is a variant of an Arthurian legend. It follows the lives of Queen Guinevere, or Guenevere, and her strife with Agravain and Gawain, as well as that of her lover's, Lancelot, as they both enter different paths in their lives, away from each other.

Plot summary
As High King and Queen, Arthur and Guenevere reign supreme across the many kingdoms of Great Britain. Still, Guenevere secretly mourns the loss of her beloved Lancelot, who has returned to the Sacred Lake of his boyhood, hoping to restore his faith in chivalry in the place where he learned to be a knight. In a glittering Pentecost ceremony, new knights are sworn to the Round Table, including Arthur's nephews, Agravain and Gawain. After many years of strife, peace is restored to Guenevere's realm.

But betrayal, jealousy, and ancient blood feuds fester unseen. Morgan le Fay, now the mother of Arthur's only son, Mordred, has become the focus of Merlin's age-old quest to ensure the survival of the house of Pendragon. From the east comes the shattering news that Guenevere may have a rival for Lancelot's love. A bleak shadow falls again across Camelot—and across the sacred isle of Avalon, where Roman priests threaten the life of the Lady herself. At the center of the storm is Guenevere, torn between her love for her husband, her people, and Sir Lancelot of the Lake.

Characters in "Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Country"
Guenevere - Queen of the Summer Country, protagonist, narrator
Lancelot - Guenevere's lover and second protagonist
King Arthur - Guenevere's husband
Agravain
Gawain
Merlin
Mordred - Son of Morgan and Arthur
Morgan le Fay
Amir - Deceased son of Arthur and Guenevere

Major themes
Arthurian Legend

Literary significance & criticism
"The popular and prolific Miles injects the tale with poesy... an engrossing if unorthodox read. No doubt Miles's fans will be pleased with this lush, feminist take on the English epic."
- Publishers Weekly

Sources, references, external links, quotations
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780609808023
http://www.rosalind.net

Specific

2000 novels
Modern Arthurian fiction
Novels set in sub-Roman Britain
American historical novels
Ebby Halliday

Ebby Halliday (born Vera Lucille Koch; March 9, 1911 – September 8, 2015) was an American realtor and businesswoman who founded Ebby Halliday Realtors.

She was one of the first successful female entrepreneurs in Dallas and is recognized as the "First Lady of Real Estate". John S. Baen, a professor of real estate at the University of North Texas in Denton comments, ''she was the first woman to enter what was a chauvinistic profession in a macho state'' and that ''she beat those ol' boys at their own game.''

Halliday was born in Leslie, Arkansas, and graduated from high school in Abilene, Kansas, in 1929. She got a $10-a-week job selling women's hats at The Jones Store in Kansas City. In less than a year, she was the top salesperson. In 1938, she was asked to take over the millinery department at Dallas' W.A. Green Store. Soon she had her own Dallas boutique, Ebby's Hats. She founded her real estate company in 1945.

Halliday married former FBI agent Maurice Acers in 1965. Maurice Acers died in 1993. She celebrated her 100th birthday on March 9, 2011. She died at the age of 104 on September 8, 2015, in her sleep, with her friends and family by her side.

Halliday received the Horatio Alger Award in 2005.

See also
 List of centenarians (businesspeople)

References

External links
Ebby Halliday, 98, visits client, 97 – The Dallas Morning News
Official site
Top 280 Companies ranked by 2003 sales volume – realtor.org
February 2006 Newsletter – Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce
Yellow Rose Named For Texas Legend Ebby Halliday

1911 births
2015 deaths
People from Abilene, Kansas
Businesspeople from Dallas
American real estate businesspeople
American centenarians
People from Searcy County, Arkansas
Women centenarians
You (Aretha Franklin album)

You is the twenty-second studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on October 16, 1975, by Atlantic Records.

Background
It was a commercial disappointment, stalling at #83 on Billboards album chart. The album's only pop chart single, "Mr. D.J." peaked at #53 on Billboard'''s Hot 100,  while climbing to only #13 R&B. The title track, issued as the follow-up, reached #15 R&B. The album brought an end to Aretha's long collaboration with Atlantic producer Jerry Wexler.

Critical receptionThe Guardian'' named "Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.)" one of Franklin's "30 Greatest Songs", and called it "a horn and call-and-response vocal-laden strut that defies anyone in earshot not to dance."

Track listing

 "Mr. D.J. (5 for the D.J.)" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:25
 "It Only Happens (When I Look at You)" (Ken Gold, Michael Denne) - 4:23
 "I'm Not Strong Enough To Love You Again" (Frank Johnson) - 4:16
 "Walk Softly" (Van McCoy) - 4:48
 "You Make My Life" (Bettye Crutcher, Frederick Knight) - 4:15
 "Without You" (Randy Stewart, Mack Rice) - 5:13
 "The Sha-La Bandit" (Jerry Ferguson, Wade Davis) - 4:00
 "You" (Jerry Butler, Marvin Yancy, Randy Stewart) - 4:40
 "You Got All The Aces" (Ronnie Shannon) - 3:52
 "As Long As You Are There" (Carolyn Franklin) - 3:44

Personnel

Performance
 Aretha Franklin – lead vocals
 Clarence McDonald, Sylvester Rivers – keyboards
 Jay Graydon, Ray Parker Jr., Lee Ritenour, David T. Walker – guitar
 Scott Edwards, Tony Newton – bass guitar
 Ed Greene – drums
 Gary Coleman – percussion
 Bobbye Hall – congas
 Jim Horn – flute (2)
 Bud Brisbois – trumpet (2)
 Tom Scott – saxophone (6)
 Ernie Watts – saxophone (7)
 Gene Page – arrangements
 Harry Bluestone – concertmaster of string section
 Margaret Branch – backing vocals
 Brenda Bryant – backing vocals
 Cissy Houston – backing vocals
 Pam Vincent – backing vocals

Production
 Producers – Aretha Franklin and Jerry Wexler
 Engineer – Frank Kejmar 
 Assistant Engineer – Steve Hall 
 Mixing – Aretha Franklin and Dave Hassinger
 Mix Assistant – Jim Nipar 
 Copyist – George Annis 
 Cover Photo – Norman Dugger

References

1975 albums
Aretha Franklin albums
Albums arranged by Gene Page
Albums produced by Jerry Wexler
Atlantic Records albums
Sparkle (soundtrack)

Music from the Warner Bros. Picture "Sparkle" is a soundtrack album and twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. Released on June 1, 1976, the disc is the soundtrack album for the 1976 Warner Bros. motion picture Sparkle, starring Irene Cara. The songs on the soundtrack feature the instrumental tracks and backing vocals from the film versions, with Franklin's voice taking the place of the original lead vocalists.

This album returned Aretha to Gold status after two low-selling albums. The first single release, "Something He Can Feel", was a  1 R&B hit for her and reached  28 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, it was Aretha's only Pop Top 40 hit during the second half of the 1970s. "Something He Can Feel" was nominated for the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female grammy at the 1977 Grammy awards. The album itself reached the Top 20 of Billboards main album chart and was certified Gold for US sales of over 500,000 copies. In 2009, it was reissued on Rhino Records' budget Flashback Records label. The songs "Something He Can Feel" and "Hooked on Your Love" were covered by En Vogue on their 1992 multi-platinum hit album Funky Divas.

Track listing
All songs written by Curtis Mayfield.

"Sparkle" (4:13)
"Something He Can Feel" (6:21)
"Hooked on Your Love" (5:00)
"Look into Your Heart" (4:04)
"I Get High" (4:11)
"Jump" (2:19)
"Loving You Baby" (3:48)
"Rock with Me" (3:11)

Charts

Singles

Curtis Mayfield, Phil Upchurch, Gary Thompson - guitars
Rich Tufo, Floyd Morris - keyboards
Quinton Joseph - drums
Henry Gibson - congas, cowbell
Lucky Scott - bass

See also
List of number-one R&B albums of 1976 (U.S.)

References

Aretha Franklin albums
Curtis Mayfield soundtracks
1976 soundtrack albums
Albums produced by Curtis Mayfield
Curtom Records albums
Atlantic Records soundtracks
Rhino Records soundtracks
Musical film soundtracks
Drama film soundtracks
Advanced Computerized Execution System

The Advanced Computerized Execution System (ACES) is a NASDAQ subscription service paid for by market makers that allows order-entry firms trading in Nasdaq Capital Market and Nasdaq global market stocks access to a market maker's internal trading system to route to them using the ACES "Pass-Through". The market maker then executes the order internally, and sends a confirmation and trade report back through ACES to the order entry firm.

ACES acts as an order-routing interface between a firm entering orders, of any security, and a market maker's order management system. ACES is a voluntary service for which market makers must register. Once officially registered, market makers can then authorize their order entry customers to send them an order flow. Securities are designed as specified for automatic execution.

ACES automatically sends the trade information to Automated Confirmation Transaction Service (ACT) for reporting.

Part of the evolution of ACES includes the elimination of the execution function in 1998 with the introduction of new order handling rules. These rules encouraged Nasdaq participants to manage their order file internally rather than on ACES. The choice to keep the 'E' in ACES was merely because the acronym was not complete without it.

References

Financial markets
Nasdaq
Almighty Fire

Almighty Fire is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on April 13, 1978, by Atlantic Records. By the time of the album's release, Franklin was going through a commercial slump, due in part to the widespread popularity of disco.

Franklin was reunited with Curtis Mayfield after their earlier success together with the Sparkle soundtrack.

The title single reached at #12 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and the follow-up single, "More Than Just a Joy", peaked at #51.
The album earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 1979 Grammy Awards.

Track listing
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.

Side one
"Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)" – 4:36
"Lady, Lady" – 2:45
"More Than Just a Joy" – 3:03
"Keep On Loving You" – 3:12
"I Needed You Baby" – 4:38

Side two
"Close to You" – 4:22
"No Matter Who You Love" – 4:01
"This You Can Believe" – 4:46
"I'm Your Speed" (Aretha Franklin, Glynn Turman) – 3:40

Personnel 
 Aretha Franklin – vocals
 Curtis Mayfield – guitar
 Gary Thompson – guitar
 Joseph "Lucky" Scott – bass guitar
 Donnell Hagan – drums
 Henry Gibson – congas
 Rich Tufo – keyboards, arrangements
 Lenard Druss – horns contractor
 Sol Bobrov – strings contractor
 Alfonzo Surrett – background vocals
 Mattie Butler – background vocals
 Ricki Linton – background vocals
 Denese Heard and the Jones Girls – background vocals

Production
 Producer – Curtis Mayfield
 Engineers – Roger Anfinsen and Fred Breitberg
 Remix – Roger Anfinsen 
 Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios (New York City).
 Album cover concept – Aretha Franklin

References

External links
Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)

1978 albums
Aretha Franklin albums
Albums produced by Curtis Mayfield
Atlantic Records albums
Harry Howard (musician)

Harry Howard is an Australian musician who played bass guitar in Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls both also featuring his older brother, Rowland S. Howard. He then played guitar in Pink Stainless Tail for several years.

Howard now fronts his own band Harry Howard and the NDE where he sings his own songs and plays guitar. The band also includes Edwina Preston on backing vocals, Acetone organ and Stylophone, Clare Moore on drums and Dave Graney on bass guitar. They have played extensively in and around Melbourne since 2011. The band have also done two European tours and released three LPs Near Death Experience; Pretty and Sleepless Girls on Spooky Records, Melbourne, Crane Records France and Beast Records, France.

Howard has been involved in another project "ATOM" with Edwina Preston and Ben Hepworth, affiliated with It Records, Melbourne; ATOM's first LP, 'In Every Dream Home' was released in early 2020.

Harry Howard and Edwina Preston also play together as "Duet". "Duet" plan to release an LP of original songs and covers in 2019.

Discography

Harry Howard and the NDE

 Near Death Experience, 2012
 Pretty, 2013
 Sleepless Girls, 2016

References 

Australian bass guitarists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Melbourne
Crime & the City Solution members
Oldcastle, Ontario

Oldcastle is an unincorporated community in the town of Tecumseh, Ontario, Canada. It is bounded to the north by Highway 3, to the east by the Chrysler Canada Greenway trail, to the south by County Road 8 (Townline), and to the west by Howard Avenue. It is the starting point of the Chrysler Canada Greenway rail trail. Its western half consists primarily of industries and businesses, while the remaining area is farmland and residential.

Business 

It is home to Ciociaro Club of Windsor, the largest Italian Club in Southwestern Ontario. The club sits on  of land bordered by North Talbot Road and Oldcastle Road, including several baseball diamonds and soccer fields, and is encircled by a  cycling track.

Wrestling
The community was known as a venue for Border City Wrestling from 1995 to 2005 and even hosted BCW Can-Am Tag Team Championship events with such notable wrestlers as Tommy Dreamer, Brooklyn Brawler, Johnny Swinger, Cyrus and Terry Taylor. Wrestling was held at the Ciociaro Club on North Talbot Road and drew as much as 1,000 people to the matches.

On March 3, 2001, Tommy Dreamer defeated Scott D'Amore and Rhyno in 3-way match to win the Heavyweight Title. In a controversial match on March 12, 2002, Scott D'Amore and Sabu defeated Taylor and Cyrus to win the titles, however, since Sabu, who replaced Simon Diamond as D'Amore's partner last minute, was not officially in the match, the match was declared non-title, and the titles were returned to Taylor and Cyrus.

Fibre Internet 

In 2012 MNSi Telecom started installing optical fiber cable Internet service to Walkerville with a gradual roll-out of upgrades through to 2020. The Walkerville upgrade is part of an expected investment of more than $35 million. As of 2016, the service is available in Walkerville, Oldcastle, and East Windsor.

Notable people

Oldcastle is the hometown of retired Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Wellwood and his brother Eric who was a Philadelphia Flyers prospect.

References

External links 

 City of Windsor
 Community of Windsor, Ontario – Community Living Resources Windsor ON, Canada

Communities in Essex County, Ontario
Jatun Sacha Foundation

The Jatun Sacha Foundation is a private Ecuadorian non profit NGO (nongovernmental organisation) founded in 1985. The purpose of this organisation is outlined on its website as:

"Foundation Jatun Sacha is dedicated to the conservation, investigation and management of ecologically important habitats, environmental education and community development."

The name Jatun Sacha is derived from the local Kichwa language, variably translated as "big forest" or "big jungle".

Network of biological reserves 
The Jatun Sacha Foundation is an Ecuadorian non governmental non profit, private organization. It was legally established in 1989 by Ministerial Agreement No. 270 from the Ministry of Agriculture, Jatun Sacha mission is to promote the conservation of the Ecuador's biodiversity, through technical training, scientific research, environmental education programs at national and international level,  sustainable management of natural resources, community development, and the training of leaders with ethnic and gender participation.  A major part of this foundation's  function is the ownership and management of biological reserves which are found throughout Ecuador, which range in size from around 4 square kilometres to just over 25 square kilometres. Each reserve has an associated Biological station with infrastructure to support researchers, courses groups, students, visitors and volunteers who come to help with such tasks as reforestation, environmental education at nearby schools and research into sustainable agricultural practices. Volunteers may also assist with scientific studies of the local flora and fauna undertaken by biologists at these stations - the facilitation of scientific research being another function of the biological stations-. Of the reserves, two are located east of the Andes, one in the Amazon basin, two in high altitude ecosystems in the Andes mountains, two in the west of the country in more coastal ecosystems, and one station on the Galápagos islands.  These reserves include:

Amazon Reserves
 Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve and Research Station

Andean Reserves
 Guandera Biological Reserve and Research Station

Coastal Reserves
 Bilsa Biological Reserve and Research Station
 Congal Biomarine Reserve and Research Station

Galápagos Reserve
 San Cristobal Biological Reserve and Research Station

Affiliated organizations 
The foundation works cooperatively with many other conservation groups such the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and Conservation International (CI), while volunteers are found and placed independently or through volunteer organizations such as their New Zealand based partner organisation, the Global volunteer network.

References

External links 
 Website of the Jatun Sacha foundation
 Website of the global volunteer network

Environmental organisations based in Ecuador
Wally Firth

Walter "Wally" Firth (born January 25, 1935) is a former Canadian politician.

A Métis, Firth was the first Native politician from the North to win a seat in the House of Commons of Canada. He served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories during the 1970s. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1972 federal election and re-elected in 1974. He did not run for re-election in 1979, but attempted to return to the House of Commons in the 1980 election. He was defeated in the riding of Western Arctic.

In private life, Firth had various careers as an airplane pilot, flying instructor, broadcaster and fur trader. He was also active as a Native rights advocate.

Firth made another attempt to return to the House of Commons in the 1997 federal election, this time running as an Independent in Western Arctic, but was again unsuccessful.

Firth subsequently returned to the New Democratic Party attempting to win the party's nomination in Yukon for the 2004 election but was unsuccessful.

Electoral history

References

External links
 

1935 births
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from the Northwest Territories
New Democratic Party MPs
First Nations politicians
Métis politicians
Canadian Métis people
Indigenous Members of the House of Commons of Canada
English Electric diesel engines

English Electric's K, RK and V type diesel engines were manufactured  by the English Electric company of the United Kingdom for stationary, rail transport and maritime use between 1934 and 1968.

History
Initially, the "K" type engine developed in the 1930s were offered in I4, I6, I7 and I8 variants, had 2-valve cylinder heads and ran at 600-680 rpm. In 1940, turbocharging became an option, boosting power output by about 61%.

Due to the demand of more power, the Mark I "RK" (Revised K) and "V" type were introduced in 1947. The "V" type were built in V8, V12 and V16 configurations.

In 1951, the engines received 4-valve cylinder heads, thus creating Mark II "RK" and "V" types which ran at 750-900rpm. Intercooling was now optional, adding a "C" to the engine designation should it be equipped. More revisions saw the creation of the Mark III engines in 1962.

Unlike other comparable engines (and unusually for its size), EE used timing chains instead of timing gears. This was changed in 1968 with the introduction of the RK3 series by Ruston-Paxman after the demise of EE in the same year.

Nomenclature 
4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16 - Cylinder count
C - Intercooler
S - Supercharged (actually turbocharged)
K, RK, V - Engine type
M, T - Intended purpose
M - Maritime
T - Rail Traction

Variants

References 

Diesel locomotive engines
English Electric locomotives
Diesel engines by maker
Epic Soundtracks

Epic Soundtracks was the stage name of the British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey (23 March 1959 – 6 November 1997). Born in Croydon, Surrey, he was brought up in Solihull, Midlands with his brother Adrian Nicholas Godfrey, who was known as Nikki Sudden (1956–2006).

In 1972, Kevin and Adrian formed the nucleus of what was to become the post-punk rock group Swell Maps, with "Soundtracks" on drums and piano, and "Sudden" on guitar and vocals.

Soundtracks later played drums for Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls. In 1991, Soundtracks decided to focus on his own songwriting career, and began the series of recordings that comprised his three solo records. As a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist he released three critically acclaimed solo albums, and two more were released posthumously.

Notable fans of Soundtracks' solo work include Evan Dando and Thurston Moore. Dave Graney paid tribute to Soundtracks with the song "A Boy Named Epic" on The Royal Dave Graney Show's 2003 album The Brother Who Lived. Arthur Lee's backing band, Baby Lemonade, paid tribute as well, with a song off their 2001 High Life Suite LP called,"Song for Epic".

Epic Soundtracks died in his sleep on 6 November 1997, at his flat in West Hampstead, London. His funeral took place in Leamington Spa Baptist Church on 1 December. The official cause of death was ruled as inconclusive.

Selected discography
Popular Classical (aka Jelly, Babies) 7" (1981)
Rain, Rain, Rain (with Jowe Head) 12" (1982)
Rise Above  (1992)
Sleeping Star (1994)
Debris (1995)
Change My Life (1996)

Posthumous releases
Everything is Temporary (1999) [compilation]
Good Things (2005)
Wild Smile (2012) [compilation]
Film Soundtracks (2017)

References

External links
 Biography
 In Memoriam

1959 births
1997 deaths
People from Solihull
English rock drummers
British male drummers
20th-century English musicians
20th-century British drummers
Crime & the City Solution members
20th-century British male musicians
Robert Street Bridge

The Robert Street Bridge is a reinforced concrete multiple-arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The bridge is notable for its complex design that was required to accommodate river traffic, the St. Paul Union Pacific Vertical-lift Rail Bridge crossing underneath it at an angle, and roadways on the downtown side of St. Paul. The bridge is also notable for a monumental reinforced concrete rainbow arch. The rainbow arch not only provides 62 feet of headroom above the river, but also provides a strong aesthetic focus. It was built in 1924–1926 by Fegles Construction Company, Ltd. and designed by Toltz, King & Day. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The bridge as well as Robert Street itself are named after Captain Louis Roberts, a notable French Canadian river boat captain, businessman and early settler of Saint Paul, MN.

The bridge was commissioned in the early 1920s to replace a wrought-iron span, originally built in 1884–1885, that had become obsolete due to increasing traffic. The engineers who designed the bridge had several obstacles to work around. The tracks of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, St. Paul Union Depot, and the Chicago Great Western Railway mainline were factors. The engineers also had to provide adequate clearance above the river, as defined by the United States War Department at the time. Finally, the bridge had to clear Second Street in downtown St. Paul and work through a busy manufacturing district at the south end. The location of nearly every pier was dictated by these requirements. As a result, the bridge was designed with a combination of barrel-arch and rib-arch flanking spans and a rainbow arch for the central span.

One of the members of the crew building the bridge was Warren Burger, future Chief Justice of the United States.

See also

List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota

References
 

1926 establishments in Minnesota
Art Deco architecture in Minnesota
Bridges completed in 1926
Bridges in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bridges over the Mississippi River
Concrete bridges in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Through arch bridges in the United States
The Princess of Dhagabad

The Princess of Dhagabad is a 2000 novel, the first book of a trilogy by Anna Kashina.

Plot introduction
The Princess of Dhagabad follows the princess as she grows up, in fictional Dhagabad, into a young woman of seventeen, when she proves that she more than capable of taking her destiny—and the destiny of Dhagabad—into her hands.

Plot summary

A magical book written with the exotic flavor of Arabian Nights, The Princess of Dhagabad is the first in a trilogy of fantasy novels. This sensuous and vividly imagined novel is about the coming-of-age of an Arabian princess, who is destined to be heiress to the throne of Dhagabad, and her relationship with Hasan, an all-powerful djinn who becomes her slave, teacher and steadfast companion. 
The Princess of Dhagabad follows the princess as she grows from a child of twelve into a young woman of seventeen, at which age she proves, against all tradition, that she is more than capable of taking her destiny-and the destiny of Dhagabad-in hand.

Hasan, her devoted djinn, whose power and omniscience crush him under an unbearable burden, gradually releases himself from his centuries-old pain and apathy. He grows to enjoy spending time with his mistress, until one day-against all odds-he discovers a power greater than wisdom or immortality, greater than suffering—love.

Characters in "The Princess of Dhagabad"

Princess - The Princess of Dhagabad, protagonist
Hasan the Djinn - The princess' slave djinn
The Sultan- The princess' father, Sultan of Dhagabad
The Sultana- The princess' mother, Sultana of Dhagabad

Major themes
Djinn
Arabian Nights
Princesses
Marriage
Fictional places

Release details
2000, USA, Herodias , Pub date 15 May 2000, Hardcover

Sources, references, external links, quotations
Anna Kashina's official book website

American fantasy novels
2000 American novels
List of first overall NHL draft picks

The NHL Entry Draft, originally known as the NHL Amateur Draft, is a collective meeting in which the franchises of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the exclusive rights to available amateur players who meet the eligibility requirements to play professional hockey in the NHL. First held in 1963, the draft prior to 1969 was a shorter affair. Any amateur player who was aged 17 years and older and was not already sponsored by an NHL club was eligible to be drafted. In 1969 the rules were changed so that any amateur player between the ages of 17 and 20 was eligible to be drafted. The draft has grown, and in 2021, 223 players were selected over seven rounds.

A total of 60 different players have been selected first. Of those, 43 have been Canadian, eight American, three Russian, two Czech, two Swedish, one Slovak and one Swiss. Every first overall pick taken between 1968 and 2016 has played in at least 299 NHL games. Three players retired without having played an NHL game.

The Montreal Canadiens have had the most first overall picks of any other team, selecting six players first overall since 1963. The Anaheim Ducks, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, San Jose Sharks, Seattle Kraken, Vancouver Canucks and Vegas Golden Knights have never selected first overall. Five players have come from the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League, more than any other team. Eleven players have won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year: Gilbert Perreault, Denis Potvin, Bobby Smith, Dale Hawerchuk, Mario Lemieux, Bryan Berard, Alexander Ovechkin, Patrick Kane, Nathan MacKinnon, Aaron Ekblad and Auston Matthews. Eight have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Perreault, Potvin, Guy Lafleur, Eric Lindros, Hawerchuk, Lemieux, Mats Sundin and Mike Modano.

First overall picks 

Key

Notes
 Wendel Clark was drafted as a defenceman

See also 
 WHA Amateur Draft

References 
General

 
 
 
 
 
 

Specific
Barabinsk

Barabinsk () is a town in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia, located in the Baraba steppe on the Trans-Siberian Railway between Omsk and Novosibirsk. Population:

History
It was founded at the end of the 19th century and was granted town status in 1917.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Barabinsk serves as the administrative center of Barabinsky District, even though it is not a part of it. As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the Town of Barabinsk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the Town of Barabinsk is incorporated within Barabinsky Municipal District as Barabinsk Urban Settlement.

Economy
The most important economic sectors are the production of building material as well as metal and agricultural industries.

Climate
Barabinsk has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with very cold winters and warm summers. Precipitation is quite low, but is somewhat higher from June to September than at other times of the year.

Notable people 

Anatoly Marchenko (1938–1986), Soviet dissident
Alexandr Shiplyuk (born 1966), scientist

References

Notes

Sources

External links
Official website of Barabinsk 
Directory of organizations in Barabinsk 

Cities and towns in Novosibirsk Oblast
Survival of the Fastest

Survival of the Fastest is the first album by the Irish thrash metal band Gama Bomb. The album was released on the European music label Witches Brew in 2006, after an initial 2005 self-release.

Track listing 
All lyrics and music written by Gama Bomb except "Bullet Belt" (music by Kevy Canavan, lyrics by Gama Bomb).

Bonus tracks 
"The Survival Option" – 2:11
"M.A.D." – 2:34

These were originally released on the band's 2004 single "The Fatal Mission" and were not included on the 2005 limited-release version of the album.

Band members 
 Philly Byrne – lead vocal
 Joe McGuigan – bass guitar and backing vocal
 Luke Graham – guitar
 Kevy Canavan – lead guitar
 Damien Boyce – drums on "M.A.D" and "The Survival Option"
 Ronan Fitzpatrick – drums on everything else

External links 
 Witches Brew

2006 debut albums
Gama Bomb albums