Kingda Ka is the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world.
The train is launched by a hydraulic launch mechanism to 128 miles
per hour (206 km/h) in 3.5 seconds. At the end of the launch track,
the train climbs the main top hat tower reaching a height of 456
feet (139.5 m) That’s 45 stories into the sky.
Who knew that making movies would be difficult? I always thought it
was just guys wearing monocles lazing about in deck chairs yelling
at people through megaphones. Funnily enough, a friend tells me
that it’s a lot more complicated than that. She also tells me
that people don’t wear monocles anymore.
Aretha Franklin's storied career is the focus of two new
retrospectives, "Rare & Unreleased Recordings From the Golden
Reign of the Queen of Soul" and "Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Franklin Live
in Philly, 1972."
On this Veterans Day, meet a man who likes to say he was a "guest
of the Gestapo" in a Nazi prisoner of war camp during World War II,
but refuses to consider himself a prisoner.
Less than 30 minutes after the unofficial results were in Saturday
night, Charles "Chuck" Wagner held a Sheriff Wagner hat in his
hand. Wagner, who finished second in the Oct. 20 primary, beat
Rapides Parish Sheriff's Maj. Mike Slocum to become the new sheriff
of Rapides Parish.
The news last week that Dell signed an agreement to acquire
Everdream, a SaaS (Software as a Service) vendor for remote
management of desktops, was further evidence of a once phenomenally
successful high-tech company trying to change its product offerings
to satisfy the new and more complex requirements of its enterprise
customers and to return to its former glory.
1 Dario Mollo and Tony Martin
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
Kingda Ka is the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world. The train is launched by a hydraulic launch mechanism to 128 miles per hour (206 km/h) in 3.5 seconds. At the end of the launch track, the train climbs the main top hat tower reaching a height of 456 feet (139.5 m) That’s 45 stories into the sky.
2 Rebekka Bakken
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
Who knew that making movies would be difficult? I always thought it was just guys wearing monocles lazing about in deck chairs yelling at people through megaphones. Funnily enough, a friend tells me that it’s a lot more complicated than that. She also tells me that people don’t wear monocles anymore.
3 Ramsey Lewis
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
Esterad Investment profits surge 93.4%
4 Sissel
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
Aretha Franklin's storied career is the focus of two new retrospectives, "Rare & Unreleased Recordings From the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul" and "Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Franklin Live in Philly, 1972."
5 DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
On this Veterans Day, meet a man who likes to say he was a "guest of the Gestapo" in a Nazi prisoner of war camp during World War II, but refuses to consider himself a prisoner.
6 Claudio Lolli and Il Parto...
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
Less than 30 minutes after the unofficial results were in Saturday night, Charles "Chuck" Wagner held a Sheriff Wagner hat in his hand. Wagner, who finished second in the Oct. 20 primary, beat Rapides Parish Sheriff's Maj. Mike Slocum to become the new sheriff of Rapides Parish.
7 Monochrome Set
DANIEL O'DONNELL and MARY DUFF
The news last week that Dell signed an agreement to acquire Everdream, a SaaS (Software as a Service) vendor for remote management of desktops, was further evidence of a once phenomenally successful high-tech company trying to change its product offerings to satisfy the new and more complex requirements of its enterprise customers and to return to its former glory.