O.A.R. set to perform at the Battleship Amphitheater Oct 9, 2009
Popular roots rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) is set to rock the boat at the Battleship Amphitheater Saturday, Oct. 17. The band, which will kick off its fall tour Oct. 14, will be making its third stop in Wilmington. (The Seahawk, NC)
Oct. 8: A fierce box-office battle mounting in summer 2011 Oct 9, 2009
I absolutely adored The Smurfs as a kid, but the film is sandwiched between Captain America and Battleship and is preceded by Transformers 3 Harry Potter and now Pirates 4 ... I m still thoroughly confused about how Battleship is going to work and the studio isn t helping by saying that all plot details will be kept under wraps. (Carroll County Times, MD)
Hollywood's New Toys Oct 4, 2009
have bought the rights to Lego, Dreamworks bought View-Master, and Universal bought Ouija, Candyland, Battleship, and Barbie ... They know the game of Battleship ... And called out the Battleship movie for being nothing more than "shameless promotional tie-in material." The biggest complaint is that there is no reason most of these movies need to be tied to a product. (Suite101.com)
On the Penguins: Games that made the arena Oct 4, 2009
Not only was St. Louis on the short end of a 4-1 final, but watched the Civic Arena crowd embrace Steve (Demolition Derby) Durbano and Bob (Battleship) Kelly, who had been acquired from the Blues six days earlier. When Durbano and Kelly were among the players honored as stars of the game, they came out of the runway with each raising the other's arm. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Wal-Mart selling 100 $10 toys for holidays Oct 1, 2009
Several board games are available for $10, including Connect 4, Battleship, Monopoly, Trouble and Jenga, among others. After last year's dismal holiday, toy retailers are ramping up competition for consumers' dollars as the crucial holiday season approaches. (AZCentral -- Business)
Wal-Mart’s list of $10 toys grows Oct 1, 2009
Several board games are available for $10, as well, including Connect 4, Battleship, Monopoly, Trouble, and Jenga, among others. Remembering last year s dismal holiday revenues, toy retailers are ramping up the competition for consumers dollars as this year s holiday season approaches. (Boston Globe)
Extra Points Archive: The Athlete, The Artist Sep 24, 2009
The second was in 1984 when the Naval Academy came to Chapel Hill, and Navy officials invited the Mortons to their guest box in Kenan Stadium to say thanks for his work spearheading the establishment of the USS North Carolina battleship memorial in Wilmington. "The first time, he drove Julia crazy," says Harris Prevost, a long-time friend and aide of Morton's at Grandfather Mountain. (Tarheelblue.com)
‘Do It Yourself’ presents the sum of its parts Sep 20, 2009
Ortega has taken a haggard-looking Volkswagen Beetle, in battleship gray, and pulled it apart, so that every detachable component, from the door locks to the inner tubes, has been separated and extended in space along horizontal or vertical axes. The parts have been suspended from the ceiling, the logic of their positioning perfectly maintained. (Boston Globe)
Get-Well Gamers Charity Raffle to Take Place at Austin Game Developers Conference Sep 15, 2009
Winner Will Receive EVE Online Caldari Raven Battleship ... The lucky winner will receive a battleship, donated by CCP, the creator of EVE Online. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Report: Loggerhead Turtles at Risk of Extinction Sep 4, 2009
"These trends are very difficult to reverse. It's like turning a big battleship," said Blair Witherington, a research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who helped write the report. "We really ought to be doing it now.". (Fox News)
Collective security: Putin draws a lesson from World War II Sep 2, 2009
45am when a German battleship opened fire on a Polish fort in Westerplatte on the Baltic Sea. Mr Putin, along with leaders of two dozen nations from both sides in the war, were due to gather later in the ruins of the fort to remember the beginning of history's bloodiest conflict, which killed at least 50 million people, including 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Children's Board Games That Teach L... Aug 30, 2009
Battleship, by Hasbro for ages seven and up is a board game of strategy and logical thinking. Each player must hide his ships while trying to find his opponent's ships and destroying their fleet. (Suite101.com)
'Jon & Kate Plus Eight' Recap: A Day With Mommy, then... Aug 19, 2009
Kate, meanwhile, took the three 5-year-old boys to visit the battleship North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C. (The three little girls were presumably being watched by Ashley, the family friend who had accompanied Kate and the children on their vacation ... Just like last week s trip to the serpentarium, the battleship visit entailed a ferry-boat ride to the mainland, and like most episodes, it relied heavily on the little kids cuteness ... Kate told the camera that she always tries to build some... (Fox News)
Lego Movie Being Built Aug 13, 2009
The success of and for Hasbro has woken Hollywood up to the potential of movies based on toy lines, with the likes of Monopoly, Battleship, Stretch Armstrong, Max Steel, Hot Wheels and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe all now set to get their own films. Lego has already been used to great effect in a series of videogames, with the likes of Indiana Jones, Batman, Star Wars and soon Rock Band all immortalized in the iconic Danish building bricks. (IGN FilmForce)
Blind women help detect breast cancer Jul 31, 2009
"It's like the game Battleship," he added. "You have the exact location.". (CNN -- World)
Why S.F. needs the 49ers Jul 17, 2009
It is a perfectly lovely place with a population of just over 100,000 people, most of whom would love to have a football stadium in their midst, even if it is a battleship in a bathtub. I remember talking to Bill Walsh about his team's return from winning the 1982 Super Bowl. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Among the many Virginia foster children, Audwin seeks a permanent home Jul 15, 2009
But he loves Battleship "because it works your brain.". Audwin also loves to be outside: swimming, kayaking, roasting marshmallows, riding bikes and playing go-karts. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Outdoor LCD Window Thermometer Jul 13, 2009
UPDATED DAILY Monday, July 13, 2009. Are you still worried about global warming. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Samsung Omnia II Jul 11, 2009
Battleship drinking game player rewards losers. Things that best friends just have to do. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Made for you Jul 5, 2009
Every floor of every motel building in the country has an ice machine; every convenience store sells it by the sackful, and every drink you are served contains lumps of ice big enough to sink a battleship. All cold drinks in America are served at a temperature which could cryogenically freeze human tissue. (BBC News -- Americas)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Review Jul 5, 2009
space-walk on the surface of a battleship. There are multiple side missions that will help expand your understanding of the story as well. (IGN Xbox)
Letters Jul 5, 2009
" Wow, makes the Bible, the New Testament, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, or the speech given by General Douglas MacArthur on the battleship Missouri at the end of World War II seem nanoscale in comparison. I think even the mindless buffoon Homer Simpson could have babbled out a better response. Yet, no account on how nary a peep is protested as Lord Obama and his Obots are trying to bring the Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist/Maoist utopian socialist... (Asia Times Online)
The Ultimate List: Multi-Boot Games Jul 5, 2009
Chess, checkers, dominoes, reversi, backgammon, Battleship, Connect Four, and Shanghai. all two player, and they only need one copy of the game. (IGN Game Boy)
Battleship Drinking Game Jul 3, 2009
IGN: Battleship: The Drinking Game ... Battleship: The Drinking Game ... July 2, 2009 - It'd be pretty hard to find a kid that didn't enjoy a few rounds of Battleship while growing up. (IGN Gear)
* [FILM REVIEW] The movie industrys new plaything Jun 26, 2009
Last year it announced a deal with Universal in which at least four more of its best-known brands, including board games like Monopoly, Battleship and Candyland, would be turned into movies by industry heavyweights like Ridley Scott and Gore Verbinski. This story has been viewed 354 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Steel Makes the Day Jun 24, 2009
Color-wise the Ducks again will sport green, yellow, white and black in jersey colors plus steel (looking very much like battleship grey) in pants, but no more yellow pants. Also gone are the yellow (pea-green) helmets. (eDuck.com)
Feller Returns To MoundThe Hall of Fame's oldest living member turned back the clock, pitching in an old-timers' game. Jun 23, 2009
Ninety-year-old "Rapid Robert" Feller, one-time flamethrower of the -- he of the 266 wins, three no-hitters, and four prime years spent on a World War II battleship wearing a different kind of uniform -- was, indeed, seated behind a folding table on the sidewalk. Some uninformed passers-by might have assumed Feller was a kindly gentleman selling tickets for the VFW's 50-50 raffle. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)
MURRIETA: Fathers, sons bond over Battleship (7) Jun 22, 2009
MURRIETA: Fathers, sons bond over Battleship : North County Times - Californian 04-24-2009 ... MURRIETA: Fathers, sons bond over Battleship ... Bob Marincic and his son Matthew, 11, plan their attack during a father-son Battleship game Friday at Lamb's Fellowship Church in Murrieta. (North County Times)
Spotted®: The focus is on you! Jun 6, 2009
Shipmates that served aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) will hold their 36th annual reunion Sept. 2-8 in Norfolk, Va. For information, contact (803) 469-3579 or (203) 281- 4693. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Wolfenstein Details Jun 3, 2009
The trailer shows B.J. infiltrating a German battleship, dispatching Nazi officers and sailors before being cornered and then narrowly escaping thanks to a magical amulet that decides just then to show off what it can do. That sets the stage for the adventures in this game, as B.J. must discover where the amulet's powers come from. (IGN PC Games)
Wilzig, Grangers await decision on track, again Jun 3, 2009
Both Wilzig and the Granger Group are firmly entrenched, and the town is in the middle, like a battleship with missiles lobbing over us, back and forth, he said. Fitzsimmons also noted, with some relief, that at least the issue of the garage/motorcycle storage building has been put to rest. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Battlestations Review May 20, 2009
The array of naval equipment is even greater; there are submarines, PT Boats, destroyers, light cruisers, cruisers, battleships, and carriers ... And there's nothing quite like engaging in a pitched naval and air battle, with battleships blazing away with their huge guns and maneuvering amidst the splashes of near misses ... Each mission can have multiple stages; you might have to do everything from clearing the enemy fighter cover from the skies to taking control of an aircraft carrier and... (IGN PC Games)
Berg Boards Battleship May 19, 2009
Connections for Battleship ... Details for Battleship. (IGN FilmForce)
Smith: Peacock a fit for Athens hall May 16, 2009
He could jerry rig a battleship. He abhors the thought of retirement, which is why you see him getting his hands dirty every day as he goes about repairing and installing something or other at some construction site somewhere or other. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Gunn student remembered as 'smart, caring' classmate who loved music, video games May 9, 2009
Other games that involve battles include Risk, Battleship, and chess and you'd never see someone trying to make an association between those games and suicide. I understand that people fear things they don't understand. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Bombs Away Announced May 2, 2009
You are about to maybe sink my battleship. Anybody else getting a little bit of the gunship mission vibe from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. (IGN Wireless Games)
Text of news conference Apr 30, 2009
And so the way we are constantly thinking about this issue, of how to bring about the changes that the American people need, is to is to say, if we can move this big battleship a few degrees in a different direction, you may not see all the consequences of that change a week from now or three months from now, but 10 years from now or 20 years from now, our kids will be able to look back and say, that was when we started getting serious about clean energy. That's when health care started to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Decision gives filibuster proof majority... Apr 29, 2009
and that should also just about put the final torpedo in norm colemans battleship. i feel a warm glow creeping in. (The Drudge Report)
Cassidy stands the test of time Apr 18, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. It's been a long and sometimes rocky road but Jim Cassidy, at 46, is still among the greatest jockeys going around, writes Peter Bartlett. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
How To Take Your Home Network With You Apr 17, 2009
Compared to the PogoPlug, which is the Zodiac inflatable boat of online storage solutions, the HP MediaSmart server is a battleship. It costs more (models start at $599 list with 750GB of easily-expandable storage), does more, and takes more time to learn how to use. (CBS News)
A First, Best Impression Apr 16, 2009
For one thing, NU hasnt worked out much in the old battleship this spring; Pelinis worked the team out on the grass fields. The stadium track will be faster, the sight lines different. (Nebraska Statepaper)
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Apr 9, 2009
Remember, this means youre within physical punching range of one another, so dont bully your friends puny MRI Blade ship with your overpowered Trident Battleship. Problems in engineering. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)
Pitt as a university is on a win streak Apr 2, 2009
But the Pitt Panthers are home today, still trying to peel the hurt from last weekend's two-point loss to Villanova, and couldn't you just tell by the faces of Jamie Dixon and Levance Fields and Sam Young that the peeling would be an arduous process that might just well be interminable, like defoliating with your fingernail the painted side of a battleship. On TV, they show the coach's face and the players' faces, but no one saw Steve Pederson's face. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
• COLUMN: Look out, T.F., the Chimera are here Mar 27, 2009
Black-ops specialist Nathan Hale and other soldiers of the hyper-secret Special Projects and Research Association escape from San Francisco, hijack a Chimera battleship and are shot down near Twin Falls, which lies on the "Liberty Defense Perimeter.". Hale and his comrades nonetheless manage to reactivate two defensive towers to repel the Chimera fleet. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Titanic discoverer talks about exploration career Mar 26, 2009
Ballard, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, projected his slideshow and walked the audience through the highlights of his 120 undersea expeditions, which include the first manned expedition to the mid-ocean rift in the Atlantic Ocean, his discovery of new life off the Galapagos Islands, and finding historic shipwrecks such as the Titanic, the U.S.S. Yorktown and the Nazi battleship Bismarck. He is also responsible for locating PT-109, the boat President John F. Kennedy used during... (Daily Orange, NY)
Food and Dining Briefs for March 26 Mar 26, 2009
BlueFire Grill has new chef: La Costa Resort as appointed Gina Rodriguez as the new chef de cuisine at its 324-seat BlueFire Grill restaurant. She will oversee daily kitchen operations and menu development. (North County Times)
GDC: EA Mobile reveals 2009 iPhone game lineup Mar 25, 2009
EA Mobile also plans to release iPhone/iPod touch games based on popular board games, including Connect 4, Battleship, Risk, Monopoly classic, Trivial Pursuit and Clue. EA Mobile indicates that Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf and Trivial Pursuit will be coming in Spring and late April, respectively. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
KEITH: The new ace of Milwaukee Mar 19, 2009
"His fastball gets to the circle [in front of the plate] and just -- kaboom! -- explodes," said Kendall, making a noise like he just sunk someone's battleship. "He's got a great changeup and control. And he can use any pitch at any time.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Xbox 360 and EA Bring Beloved HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT to Next Generation of Players Mar 18, 2009
Now your cousin in Boston can sink your Battleship in Phoenix ... Starting Wednesday, players can download digital versions of some of the world's most beloved family-friendly board games: SCRABBLE, CONNECT 4, BATTLESHIP and YAHTZEE. Through Xbox LIVE, fans can then play these cherished games with friends and family members(1) seated nearby on the couch or across the globe. (PR Newswire)
Memphis Softball Hawaiian Adventure Part Three Mar 14, 2009
After the history lesson, the Tigers watched a video about the event and then visited the memorial built on top of the Arizona battleship. The team then took a tour of downtown Honolulu on the charter bus, and then had time to relax before preparing for the day's only game against Hawaii that took place at midnight CST (7 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time). (Gotigersgo.com)
'Selling Democracy' screens propaganda films of the Marshall Plan Mar 8, 2009
As regards film, that question usually gets posed in terms of totalitarian societies: Sergei Eisenstein's agitprop classic of Soviet cinema, "Battleship Potemkin," say, or Leni Riefenstahl's documentary "Triumph of the Will," about the 1934 Nazi Party rally at Nuremburg. What about when the propaganda is made by a democracy. (Boston Globe)
Stocks the Rich Executives Are Buying Feb 27, 2009
Games like Battleship, Candy Land, Risk, and Twister. I think kids will continue to play these games simply because their parents did. (MSNBC -- Business)
Hollywood is banking on the love of the video game Feb 27, 2009
Michael Bay has been linked to a "Ouija" movie, Verbinski to "Clue," Peter Berg to "Battleship," Kevin Lima to "Candy Land," and Ridley Scott to - we kid you not - "Monopoly.". Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
FANTASY CLICKS: Fantasy baseball tips; trade for Granger? Feb 21, 2009
-- I cannot look at a gray article of clothing without thinking of the classic quote: "Never wear battleship gray ... 10,000 sailors will want to board you." 4. -- Truth be told, this clip stems from Murphy's only appearance as a non-cast-member host, circa December 1984. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Where to take the kids for spring break? Feb 19, 2009
And a short drive to Mobile lets you tour the USS Alabama battleship; or a drive to Pensacola for the Navy Museum - the guys love the military stuff. And Foley is nearby for the mandatory vacation shopping. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Car chases, chariot races Feb 13, 2009
Brian DePalma has some nerve: The Union Station gunfight between Eliot Ness and several of Al Capone's meanest is modeled on the Odessa Steps sequence from the 1925 Russian classic "The Battleship Potemkin" - right down to the runaway baby carriage. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998). (Boston Globe)
