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Brigadier
I hope you're not talking about this:
It is so cathartic whacking on enemies, real or imaginary, especially after a hard day in the office.
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It is so cathartic whacking on enemies, real or imaginary, especially after a hard day in the office.
Miragedriver
Brigadier
‘Image of a lifetime’ shows twin tornadoes spawned from a single supercell
Twin tornadoes spawned beneath massive supercell. Photo: Courtesy of ©Kelly DeLay
Storm chaser has captured a rare and stunning image showing two tornadoes spawned from a single, massive supercell last Thursday in Simla, Colorado.
He posted the on his and feeds on Sunday, generating plenty of retweets and commentary.
At least eight tornadoes swept across Colorado on Thursday, including one that destroyed and/or damaged several homes, according to the .
Delay’s image clearly shows the twin twisters–the stronger of the two at the right–touching down beneath the towering supercell that pelted the region with hail.
On Monday, Delay offered a description of the event, and how he captured the image, to DL Cade of the photography website, :
“This was a beautiful storm, very large and powerful obviously. When I chase storms, I like to stay back for the most part so I can see structure. I am interested in the whole picture not just if it produces a tornado.
“Because of the road network, I chose to come up from the back side of the storm, which put me into the hail, BUT what a view! There is nickel to golfball-sized hail in every shot I took.
“From the moment I was on the storm, the cone tornado was on the ground, I chased up a dirt road that turned to mud. I was on the storm and close for about 30 minutes, then had to turn back because the road was so bad.”
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Twin tornadoes spawned beneath massive supercell. Photo: Courtesy of ©Kelly DeLay
Storm chaser has captured a rare and stunning image showing two tornadoes spawned from a single, massive supercell last Thursday in Simla, Colorado.
He posted the on his and feeds on Sunday, generating plenty of retweets and commentary.
At least eight tornadoes swept across Colorado on Thursday, including one that destroyed and/or damaged several homes, according to the .
Delay’s image clearly shows the twin twisters–the stronger of the two at the right–touching down beneath the towering supercell that pelted the region with hail.
On Monday, Delay offered a description of the event, and how he captured the image, to DL Cade of the photography website, :
“This was a beautiful storm, very large and powerful obviously. When I chase storms, I like to stay back for the most part so I can see structure. I am interested in the whole picture not just if it produces a tornado.
“Because of the road network, I chose to come up from the back side of the storm, which put me into the hail, BUT what a view! There is nickel to golfball-sized hail in every shot I took.
“From the moment I was on the storm, the cone tornado was on the ground, I chased up a dirt road that turned to mud. I was on the storm and close for about 30 minutes, then had to turn back because the road was so bad.”
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Miragedriver
Brigadier
Creep Photographs
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Batman Unmasked: Meet Maryland's Hospital Hero
April 3, 2012
By , and MATT LAROTONDA
DAN HARRIS
Anchor, 'Good Morning America' Weekend Edition
BEN FORER
Production Associate
via
'Batman' Pulled Over By Police Caught on Tape
On March 21, police caught Batman on Route 29 in Silver Spring, Md., outside Washington D.C. He was pulled over because his license plate had no numbers, only the Batman symbol.
"It's a black Lamborghini and a driver dressed as Batman," the police officer said over the radio. "You can send me Robin if you wish."
The quickly went viral, and the media search to identify the man behind the mask intensified.
was the first to discover the Cape Crusader's identity and unmasked him in a front-page story. It turned out he was not Bruce Wayne but Lenny B. Robinson, a 48-year-old father of three.
Robinson discovered Batman about 12 years ago when his son, Brandon, became obsessed with the superhero. He was drawn to the comic book icon because of what Batman couldn't do.
"He's a superhero, but he doesn't have any superpowers," Robinson told ABC News. "We all can be Batman."
Robinson, who made a lot of money when he sold the cleaning business he founded, spent $5,000 on his custom-made batsuit, which weighs 35 pounds, and turned his house into a shrine to the Darknight Detective.
It takes Robinson 45 minutes to transform into Batman.
Once he's in, he sweats enough to lose 5 pounds of water weight, and using a bathroom is out of the question. But the Batman routine is not just some funny little hobby. Robinson suits up and hops into his $250,000 car to entertain sick children at local hospitals. He was en route to a hospital when he was pulled over.
"When I put the suit on and I quote unquote become Batman, I think I am Batman," Robinson said. The police did not give him a ticket for his Batman act.
ABC News accompanied Robinson to a hospital, where he greeted children and passed out Batman paraphernalia.
"Think about that every day -- getting better," he said to the kids. "You are the real superheroes."
But Robinson's batsuit doesn't protect him from the emotion of the moment.
"I saw the kids in there, and my heart's breaking," Robinson told ABC News. "On the inside I'm crying like a little baby."
Robinson is helping people, but being Batman has also helped him.
"You wouldn't have liked me," he told ABC News. "I consider myself back then a little on the obnoxious side."
Now, Robinson stays focused on other people, not himself. The definition, one could argue, of a superhero.
April 3, 2012
By , and MATT LAROTONDA
DAN HARRIS
Anchor, 'Good Morning America' Weekend Edition
BEN FORER
Production Associate
via
'Batman' Pulled Over By Police Caught on Tape
On March 21, police caught Batman on Route 29 in Silver Spring, Md., outside Washington D.C. He was pulled over because his license plate had no numbers, only the Batman symbol.
"It's a black Lamborghini and a driver dressed as Batman," the police officer said over the radio. "You can send me Robin if you wish."
The quickly went viral, and the media search to identify the man behind the mask intensified.
was the first to discover the Cape Crusader's identity and unmasked him in a front-page story. It turned out he was not Bruce Wayne but Lenny B. Robinson, a 48-year-old father of three.
Robinson discovered Batman about 12 years ago when his son, Brandon, became obsessed with the superhero. He was drawn to the comic book icon because of what Batman couldn't do.
"He's a superhero, but he doesn't have any superpowers," Robinson told ABC News. "We all can be Batman."
Robinson, who made a lot of money when he sold the cleaning business he founded, spent $5,000 on his custom-made batsuit, which weighs 35 pounds, and turned his house into a shrine to the Darknight Detective.
It takes Robinson 45 minutes to transform into Batman.
Once he's in, he sweats enough to lose 5 pounds of water weight, and using a bathroom is out of the question. But the Batman routine is not just some funny little hobby. Robinson suits up and hops into his $250,000 car to entertain sick children at local hospitals. He was en route to a hospital when he was pulled over.
"When I put the suit on and I quote unquote become Batman, I think I am Batman," Robinson said. The police did not give him a ticket for his Batman act.
ABC News accompanied Robinson to a hospital, where he greeted children and passed out Batman paraphernalia.
"Think about that every day -- getting better," he said to the kids. "You are the real superheroes."
But Robinson's batsuit doesn't protect him from the emotion of the moment.
"I saw the kids in there, and my heart's breaking," Robinson told ABC News. "On the inside I'm crying like a little baby."
Robinson is helping people, but being Batman has also helped him.
"You wouldn't have liked me," he told ABC News. "I consider myself back then a little on the obnoxious side."
Now, Robinson stays focused on other people, not himself. The definition, one could argue, of a superhero.
solarz
Brigadier
That's one heavy suit. I wonder what kind of material he's using. A medieval steel plate armor weighs 30-50 lbs, so it sounds like his suit is actually made of metal? Wonder why? Is he actually concerned about protection?
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Looking at the suit, I don't think its metal rather rubber and polymers. It's a full body suit custom made for cosplay based off the 1980s Michael Keaton suit that means a black rubber material with sculpted muscles and padding.
Batman and super hero cosplayers are known to go high end not the cheapo Halloween costume you buy for one night them never use again. There is a whole cottage industry of artisans who craft costumes for such taking months and constructing props, costumes and replicas that look like they came right off the Hollywood set. Materials vary based on the inspiration but they often are designed to allow full flexibility and even some moch fighting as cosplayers at conventions or occasional wear in production on screen or stage may mean mixing it up in choreographed battles. Bat in the Sun productions Super Power Beat Down for example uses such high grade cosplay costumes costom built for there short cross over battles.
BIS SPBD has also used replica Batmobiles and even gotten some of the actors from the original production to play in the role such as Jason David Frank who wore there Green Ranger suit to take on Ryu or White Ranger to take on Scorpion or the Adult version of Anikan Skywalker from Episodes 2-3 of star wars who played a form used by Gandalf the grey to take on Darth Vader.
Batman and super hero cosplayers are known to go high end not the cheapo Halloween costume you buy for one night them never use again. There is a whole cottage industry of artisans who craft costumes for such taking months and constructing props, costumes and replicas that look like they came right off the Hollywood set. Materials vary based on the inspiration but they often are designed to allow full flexibility and even some moch fighting as cosplayers at conventions or occasional wear in production on screen or stage may mean mixing it up in choreographed battles. Bat in the Sun productions Super Power Beat Down for example uses such high grade cosplay costumes costom built for there short cross over battles.
BIS SPBD has also used replica Batmobiles and even gotten some of the actors from the original production to play in the role such as Jason David Frank who wore there Green Ranger suit to take on Ryu or White Ranger to take on Scorpion or the Adult version of Anikan Skywalker from Episodes 2-3 of star wars who played a form used by Gandalf the grey to take on Darth Vader.
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Australia 'paid migrant smugglers to turn back'
- 6 hours ago
- From the section
Migrants returning to Indonesia said their crew had been paid by the Australian navy to turn back
Migrants on a boat headed for Australia have told the UN that the crew was paid by the Australian navy to turn back.
James Lynch, a spokesman for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), told the BBC that passengers saw smugglers being paid after the boat was intercepted.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday admitted using "creative" strategies to stop migrant boats but refused to go into detail.
The country's immigration and foreign ministers denied payments were made.
"The boat that was rescued by the Indonesian navy on 31 May - we have interviewed the 65 passengers and they have said that the crew received a payment," said Mr Lynch.
He said the passengers - 54 from Sri Lanka, 10 from Bangladesh, and one from Myanmar - were transferred to a customs boat for four days "before being put on two boats and sent back to Indonesia".
He added: "Mr Abbott says the reason is to save lives because people risk their lives on the boats, and I agree, but I'm not sure putting them back on boats and sending them back is the answer."
'Wrong signal'
Mr Lynch said Australia had a responsibility under UN treaties, which it had signed, to see if any of the migrants were in need of international protection.
He accused Australia of "sending the wrong signal" to other countries in the region - including Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand - which the UN is trying to persuade to allow migrants to disembark.
Australia has a zero tolerance approach to migrant boats approaching its territory
Indonesia's foreign ministry said it was "very concerned" about the alleged payment.
The Indonesian navy said it intercepted the boats on their return and arrested the crew, who said they had each been paid A$5,000 ($3,900; £2,500) to turn back.
Local police chief Hidayat told AFP news agency: "I saw the money with my own eyes."
Speaking to Radio 3AW on Friday morning, Mr Abbott refused to deny that a payment had been made, saying simply that "creative strategies" had been developed to stop the migrant boats.
"We have stopped the trade and we will do what we have to do to ensure that it stays stopped," he said.
Media captionTony Abbott told radio station 3AW: ''I am just not going to get into hypotheticals''
Under Australia's controversial policies, no migrants and asylum seekers are allowed to reach its territories by boat. They are instead intercepted at sea and turned back or taken to detention facilities on the island nation of Nauru and on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
Australia and asylum
- Asylum seekers - mainly from Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Iraq and Iran - travel to Australia's Christmas Island by boat from Indonesia
- The number of boats rose sharply in 2012 and early 2013. Scores of people have died making the journey
- To stop the influx, the government has adopted hard-line measures intended as a deterrent
- Everyone who arrives is detained. Under a new policy, they are processed in Nauru and Papua New Guinea. Those found to be refugees will be resettled in PNG, Nauru or Cambodia
- Tony Abbott's government has also adopted a policy of tow-backs, or turning boats around
- Rights groups and the UN have voiced serious concerns about the policies and accuse Australia of shirking international obligations
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If true, this will go down as one of the most heartless, irresponsible and utterly unbelievably stupid things any government has done.
If Abbott ordered this, not only should he be immediately removed from office, but also tried and jailed.
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