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The wide use of boomboxes in urban communities led to the boombox being coined a "ghetto blaster", a nickname which was soon used as part of a backlash against the boombox and hip hop culture. The character Radio Raheem in Spike Lee 's drama film Do the Right Thing (1989) personifies the connotations associated with "ghetto blasters" and is a ...
The End of the World (also known as End of Ze World) was a Flash animated viral video created by Jason Windsor of Albino Blacksheep in 2003. [1] [2] ...
[4] [5] With a top speed of 80 mph (130 km/h), it was also set to become the world's fastest. [6] Kennywood unveiled plans for the new ride, dubbed Steel Phantom, on July 27, 1990. [6] [7] Steel Phantom was built on the former site of Laser Loop, a Shuttle Loop coaster removed after the 1990 season. [7] It also reused Laser Loop's loading station.
The well-received ride held the title for the world's tallest vertical loop (145 feet) from its opening until 2013. Superman: Krypton Coaster stands 168 feet (51 m) tall and reaches a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km/h).
In addition, when it opened, Son of Beast was the only wooden roller coaster to feature a vertical loop. [54] The loop was removed prior to the 2007 season. [21] [55] Its records for height, speed, and drop length remain unbroken. [a] Son of Beast's track layout after the loop was removed. The seven world records held at its introduction were:
The XB-1 performed its first flight test on March 22, 2024, flown by Chief Test Pilot Bill Shoemaker from Mojave Air and Space Port. [1] On April 16, 2024, the FAA issued a special license for the XB-1 to exceed Mach 1 at the nearby Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor. Test flights to Mach 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 were planned for later in 2024. [25]
The ride opened on May 11, 2013, on the most successful opening weekend to date in the park's history. GateKeeper featured the highest inversion in the world when it opened, with its 170-foot (52 m) Wing Over drop. It also broke several Wing Coaster records, including those for height, speed, track length, drop height and number of inversions.
Boom Blox is a 2008 puzzle video game by Electronic Arts for the Wii and N-Gage. [5] [6] It was developed by EA Los Angeles and directed by filmmaker Steven Spielberg.[7]The game presents a series of physics-based puzzles, the objective being either to keep structures made of blocks from being knocked down or to knock them over by various means, using the Wii Remote to throw, shoot, and grab ...