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Kaboom (other)
Kaboom is an onomatopoeic term representing the sound of an explosion. It may also refer to: Film and television * ''Kaboom'' (film), a 2010 film directed by Gregg Araki * "Kaboom" (''Parks and Recreation''), an episode of ''Parks and Recreation'' Music * ''Kaboom!'' (album), a 2011 album by I Fight Dragons * KFOG KaBoom, a yearly concert in San Francisco sponsored by KFOG * "Kaboom", an unreleased 2008 duet with Lady Gaga and Kalenna Harper Video games * ''Kaboom!'' (video game), an Atari 2600 video game * '' Kaboom: The Suicide Bombing Game'' (also known as ''Kaboom!''), a flash game Organisations *KaBOOM! (non-profit organization), a U.S. non-profit organization that helps communities build local play-spaces for children * KaBOOM! (publisher), a U.S. comics publisher *Kaboom Studios Other uses * ''Kaboom'' (book), a 2010 Iraq War memoir by Matt Gallagher * Kaboom (breakfast cereal), produced by General Mills * KaBoom (candy), the original name of the candy W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaboom (film)
''Kaboom'' is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Gregg Araki and starring Thomas Dekker (actor), Thomas Dekker, Juno Temple, Haley Bennett, and James Duval. A science fiction story centered on the sexual adventures of a group of college students and their investigation of a bizarre cult, the film premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the first ever Queer Palm for its contribution to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender issues. Plot Smith, an 18-year-old film student who identifies sexually as "undeclared," has been having strange dreams recently. He is going to college with his best friend, Stella, whom he has known since junior high, and finds a note saying he is the "chosen son." He has a roommate named Thor, whom he lusts after even though Thor is straight. Smith and Stella go to a party where Stella hooks up with a girl named Lorelei, who Smith recognizes from one of his dreams. Later, a red-haired girl vomits on his shoe, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaboom Studios
Kaboom Studios Limited (formerly Geoff Brown Holdings Limited) was a British holding company established by Geoff Brown in January 1997 to pursue video game development investment. History In December 1996, Geoff Brown acquired a 75% stake in Silicon Dreams Studio for at least . Silicon Dreams Studio was founded by Brown in March 1994, as in-house development team for his publishing company, U.S. Gold, until the entire CentreGold umbrella (including U.S. Gold and Silicon Dreams) was sold to Eidos Interactive in April 1996. In January 1997, Brown also acquired Attention to Detail, and opened Geoff Brown Holdings to manage the majority ownerships in the two studios. A motion capture studio, Audiomotion, was established under the Geoff Brown Holdings umbrella in 1997, and Pivotal Games, another developer, was acquired by the company in August 2000. In 2003, Kaboom Studios faced major financial issues, resulting in the closure of Attention to Detail and Silicon Dreams Studio on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ka-Boom!
''Ka-Boom!'' was an off-Broadway musical that ran at the Carter Theatre in New York City in 1980. Directed by ''Godspell'' co-creator John-Michael Tebelak, with book and lyrics by Bruce Kluger and music by Joe Ercole, the two-act musical told the story of the five sole survivors of a nuclear holocaust that had destroyed the world, who were spared by God so that he could audition them for his new show, ''Creation, Part Two.'' Plot ''Ka-Boom!'' opens with its characters on their knees, singing in prayer. We quickly discover that they are the five sole survivors of a nuclear war that has destroyed all of humanity. They are: Tony, a showy Las Vegas lounge singer who was performing at the Sands Hotel when the blast hit; Jasmine, a cynical writer whose resume included jobs at ''The New Yorker'' and ''The Village Voice''; Hattie, a stripper who was dancing at her burlesque club, The Ka-Boom Room, when the world ended; June, a perky musical-comedy performer who'd just wrapped up her 17t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley University
Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and 22 specialized and professional accreditors. History The Bradley Polytechnic Institute was founded by philanthropist Lydia Moss Bradley in 1897 in memory of her husband Tobias and their six children, all of whom died before Bradley, leaving her a childless widow. The Bradleys had discussed establishing an orphanage in memory of their deceased children. After some study and travel to various institutions, Mrs. Bradley decided instead to found a school where young people could learn how to do practical things to prepare them for living in the modern world. As a first step toward her goal, in 1892 she purchased a controlling interest in Parsons Horological School in LaPorte, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church And Dwight
Church & Dwight is an American consumer goods company focusing on personal care, household products, and specialty products. The company was founded in 1846 and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey. It is the parent company of well-known brands such as Arm & Hammer, Trojan, OxiClean, and First Response. In 2021, Church & Dwight reported annual revenue of $3.6 billion. The company's products and services include a wide range of consumer goods, including laundry detergent, air fresheners, baking soda, condoms, pregnancy tests, and oral hygiene products. History The company was founded in 1847 to unify two companies created by John Dwight of Massachusetts and his brother-in-law, Austin Church of Connecticut. Their partnership had begun in 1846 with the two founders selling sodium bicarbonate (also known as baking soda) that they refined in Dwight's kitchen. The Arm & Hammer name and logo, which dates back to the 1860s, is often incorrectly claimed to have originated with tycoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KaBoom (candy)
The Wonka Xploder was a chocolate bar launched by Nestlé in the United States in 2000, and in the UK in 1999. In Australia, it was released under the "KaBoom" name. Described as "tongue crackling candy", the bar's ingredients included milk chocolate Milk chocolate is a solid chocolate confectionery containing cocoa, sugar and milk. Chocolate was originally sold and consumed as a beverage in pre-Columbian times, and upon its introduction to Western Europe. Major milk chocolate producers incl ... and popping candy. The bar was discontinued in 2005, but was re-released as "Tinglerz" in 2008. Notes Products introduced in 1999 Chocolate bars Nestlé brands Products and services discontinued in 2005 The Willy Wonka Candy Company brands {{confection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaboom (breakfast Cereal)
Kaboom was the name of a vitamin-fortified, circus-themed breakfast cereal produced by General Mills, which contained oat cereal bits shaped like smiling clown faces and marshmallow bears, lions, elephants, and stars. Its mascot was a smiling circus clown. It originated in 1969. Known primarily as a breakfast cereal of the 1970s and 1980s, Kaboom remained available for sale until 2010 when it was discontinued by General Mills. Appearances * Kaboom cereal was referenced in the first chapter of Don DeLillo's 1985 novel White Noise. * Quentin Tarantino's 2003 movie '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' included a scene in which character Vernita Green uses a gun hidden in a box of Kaboom cereal in an attempt to kill The Bride. * A box of Kaboom also appears as a focal point in the Butthole Surfers' video for their song "Cherub". * Kaboom cereal was referenced in the " Game of Tones" episode of ''Futurama''. * Kaboom was the subject of a humorous essay at Ace of Spades HQ on September 4, 2013. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaboom (book)
''Kaboom: A Soldier's War Journal'' was a popular military blog from November 2007 to June 2008, before it was shut down by the writer's military command hierarchy, chain of command. The author of the online journal, who went by the pseudonym of LT G, wrote about the front-line experiences in the Iraq War as a United States Army soldier. A scout platoon leader, LT G often incorporated the trials and tribulations of his platoon in his writings, offering a brash and brutally honest perspective of modern warfare. ''Kaboom'' was shut down, and subsequently deleted, after LT G made a post detailing his turning down of a promotion in an effort to stay with his soldiers. Before ''Kaboom'' was shut down, it was one of the few military blogs to garner attention and press coverage from the print media. This can be attributed to LT G's literary writing style. In a nationally published story chronicling the rise and fall of ''Kaboom'', LT G was revealed to be Matt Gallagher (author), Matt Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KaBOOM! (publisher)
Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Hollywood, helping to option comic book projects as producers and working to develop them into films with the studios, but were getting increasingly frustrated with the process. Richie planned to start Boom! to get away from Hollywood. Before Boom!, Richie and Cosby worked briefly with Dave Elliott and Garry Leach in 2004 to revive 1980s comic book publishing house Atomeka Press. While working with Atomeka, Richie cut a deal with Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis to publish their series ''Hero Squared,'' with the ''Hero Squared X-Tra Sized Special'' one-shot. When Giffen was featured as a guest at the Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, he grabbed a drink with Richie after the show and persuaded him to part ways with Atomeka Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaboom (Parks And Recreation)
"Kaboom" is the sixth episode of the second season of ''Parks and Recreation'', and the twelfth overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on October 22, 2009. In the episode, Leslie tries to have the pit filled in and injures Andy in the process, opening Pawnee up to a possible lawsuit. The episode was written by Aisha Muharrar and directed by Charles McDougall, and featured guest performances by comedians Paul Scheer and H. Jon Benjamin. "Kaboom" saw the filling in of the Pawnee pit, a focal plot device in ''Parks and Recreation'' since the first episode. As part of a multi-network television campaign to spotlight volunteerism, the episode prominently featured the real-life organization KaBOOM!, a charity that builds playgrounds in locations all over the United States. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by 4.98 million household viewers, an improvement over the previous week. "Kaboom" received generally positive rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KaBOOM! (non-profit Organization)
KABOOM! is an American non-profit organization that helps communities build playgrounds for children. History Darell Hammond and Dawn Hutchison founded the company KABOOM! in 1996. They were inspired to start KaBOOM! after reading a story in ''The Washington Post'' about two local children who suffocated while playing in an abandoned car because they had nowhere else to play. Hammond had previously helped build several playgrounds for other charitable organizations. Hammond was also partially inspired by his upbringing in the Mooseheart Child City & School, a group home in Mooseheart, Illinois. Hammond previously studied under Dr. John Kretzmann, director of the Assets Based Community Development Institute in the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The institute, which focuses on mobilizing struggling communities using resources already at hand, served as a community-build model for KaBOOM! Hammond was also influenced by his participation in the Columbus, Ohio, and Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Suicide Bombing Game
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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