Asia held hostage on the high seas Nov 20, 2008
Code-named Operation Atalanta - the armada will be the EU's first-ever naval action. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States Navy's 5th Fleet are also in the area amid a flotilla of warships from the UK, Canada, France, Turkey, Germany and Russia. (Asia Times Online)
Sins of a Solar Empire: Entrenchment First Look Oct 16, 2008
The kicker is that these mines are invisible to them unless they have a scout vessel in their armada; scouts are the only units that can detect the mines. The beauty of this system is that it suddenly places new value in scouts. (IGN PC Games)
North San Diego County Community News Briefs: Adopt a family for the holidays Dec 11, 2007
CARLSBAD -- The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly Sundowner, from 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 12 at the Grand Pacific Palisades Resort , 5805 Armada Drive. Business professionals eat, drink and network at the event. (North County Times)
Don't fear the recall Nov 26, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007. Cox News Service photosThe World Wildlife Fund offers symbolic adoptions of animals, including the emperor penguin. (The Daily Reflector)
Trinkets and treasure: China tames the US Aug 31, 2007
With almost 200 ships, nearly twice the fleet of the great Spanish Armada almost two centuries later, the Chinese fleet dominated the waters of the western South Pacific and Indian oceans, all the way to the east coast of Africa. In his 2006 book 1421: The Year that the Chinese Discovered America, Gavin Menzies argues that the emperor's chief admiral, Zheng He, actually sailed up the east coast of South America to the Caribbean, "discovering" the New World (the one that native Americans had... (Asia Times Online)
Evolution of the shape-changers from toy to big screen Jun 29, 2007
2001 Hasbro returns the characters to vehicle form with new toy lines: Robots in Disguise and Armada. 2002 Dreamwave Productions has a best-selling comic series with Generation 1, focusing on the original 1980s designs of the characters. (USA Today)
Being Optimus Prime: a review of the Transformers movie toys Jun 27, 2007
I admit to following Beast Wars, especially the episode when they brought back Starscream, but the terrible Pokemon-rip-off that was Transformers: Armada almost made me lose my lunch. After they tried to turn Transformers into a game of collecting little robots, I just couldn't be bothered. (Ars Technica)
Hot dish: At the Eclectic, dessert is the main course May 16, 2007
By The Daily Reflector. Wednesday, May 16, 2007. (The Daily Reflector)
20,000 rubber ducks bob along New River for charity Jan 28, 2007
than enthused as the armada of bathtub toys bobbed past. LocalLinks. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
Keeping more eyes on the planet Jan 19, 2007
How vital is America's armada of Earth-watching satellites ... Many know this armada is in serious trouble. (Christian Science Monitor)
