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Female rendition of the Riddler, DC Comics. The character wears a domino mask either with a green suit and bowler hat, or a green unitard with question mark prints.
Supanova Expo, Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney, Australia (Saturday 18 June 2016)
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, 25 miles (40 km) north of Miami. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2019 census, the city has an estimated population of 182,437. Fort Lauderdale is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018.
The city is a popular tourist destination, with an average year-round temperature of 75.5 °F (24.2 °C) and 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. Greater Fort Lauderdale which takes in all of Broward County hosted 12 million visitors in 2012, including 2.8 million international visitors. The city and county in 2012 collected $43.9 million from the 5% hotel tax it charges, after hotels in the area recorded an occupancy rate for the year of 72.7 percent and an average daily rate of $114.48. The district has 561 hotels and motels comprising nearly 35,000 rooms. Forty six cruise ships sailed from Port Everglades in 2012. Greater Fort Lauderdale has over 4,000 restaurants, 63 golf courses, 12 shopping malls, 16 museums, 132 nightclubs, 278 parkland campsites, and 100 marinas housing 45,000 resident yachts.
Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale (1782–1838), younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale. William Lauderdale was the commander of the detachment of soldiers who built the first fort. However, development of the city did not begin until 50 years after the forts were abandoned at the end of the conflict. Three forts named "Fort Lauderdale" were constructed; the first was at the fork of the New River, the second at Tarpon Bend on the New River between the Colee Hammock and Rio Vista neighborhoods, and the third near the site of the Bahia Mar Marina.
The area in which the city of Fort Lauderdale would later be founded was inhabited for more than two thousand years by the Tequesta Indians. Contact with Spanish explorers in the 16th century proved disastrous for the Tequesta, as the Europeans unwittingly brought with them diseases, such as smallpox, to which the native populations possessed no resistance. For the Tequesta, disease, coupled with continuing conflict with their Calusa neighbors, contributed greatly to their decline over the next two centuries. By 1763, there were only a few Tequesta left in Florida, and most of them were evacuated to Cuba when the Spanish ceded Florida to the British in 1763, under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the Seven Years' War. Although control of the area changed between Spain, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Confederate States of America, it remained largely undeveloped until the 20th century.
The Fort Lauderdale area was known as the "New River Settlement" before the 20th century. In the 1830s there were approximately 70 settlers living along the New River. William Cooley, the local Justice of the Peace, was a farmer and wrecker, who traded with the Seminole Indians. On January 6, 1836, while Cooley was leading an attempt to salvage a wrecked ship, a band of Seminoles attacked his farm, killing his wife and children, and the children's tutor. The other farms in the settlement were not attacked, but all the white residents in the area abandoned the settlement, fleeing first to the Cape Florida Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, and then to Key West.
The first United States stockade named Fort Lauderdale was built in 1838, and subsequently was a site of fighting during the Second Seminole War. The fort was abandoned in 1842, after the end of the war, and the area remained virtually unpopulated until the 1890s. It was not until Frank Stranahan arrived in the area in 1893 to operate a ferry across the New River, and the Florida East Coast Railroad's completion of a route through the area in 1896, that any organized development began. The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County.
Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a great deal of economic dislocation. In July 1935, an African-American man named Rubin Stacy was accused of robbing a white woman at knife point. He was arrested and being transported to a Miami jail when police were run off the road by a mob. A group of 100 white men proceeded to hang Stacy from a tree near the scene of his alleged robbery. His body was riddled with some twenty bullets. The murder was subsequently used by the press in Nazi Germany to discredit US critiques of its own persecution of Jews, Communists, and Catholics.
When World War II began, Fort Lauderdale became a major US base, with a Naval Air Station to train pilots, radar operators, and fire control, operators. A Coast Guard base at Port Everglades was also established.
On July 4, 1961, African Americans started a series of protests, wade-ins, at beaches that were off-limits to them, to protest "the failure of the county to build a road to the Negro beach". On July 11, 1962, a verdict by Ted Cabot went against the city's policy of racial segregation of public beaches.
Today, Fort Lauderdale is a major yachting center, one of the nation's largest tourist destinations, and the center of a metropolitan division with 1.8 million people.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida
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Ah the docks…one of my favorite places in Gotham. They’re so simple; only water and crates, ships and cargo. These docks are mine now. They say that Great White Shark owned this area once, in one of his many failed attempts to establish himself in this city. Word has it there was also a war here recently—Shark vs. Hush vs. Riddler—I suppose it was he who won out…and it’s Riddler I’m taking this area from. He’s here somewhere, at least by the word of his former henchmen he is…though he’s not being as flamboyant as usual…there’s no clue left behind as to where he is, but he’s here…I know it…but in the meantime I guess I’ll have to make my own riddle…hey Hart! When does a Riddler goon not float?! Hahahaha! Throw em in!
The Penguin moves from Robinson Plaza (#68) to attack the Western Docks (#69), placing the Riddler in peril.
A place I drove to and meditated (well, sort of) while waiting for Erin to finish her morning class. I had never made note of Lake Lemon on a map; it's just north of Bloomington which already has the awesome and huge Lake Monroe to the southwest. Lake Lemon was peaceful. Made me yearn (again) for my own canoe. I really need my own canoe. 8:36PM
No date for this one taken at Moor Park (thanks to afc45014 and David) of Riddles Standard Class 4 76041 of 14D Neasden working a parcels service. As far as I can see the loco move on from Neasden where it was new to, in June 1962 so we are presumably prior to that date.
The loco was new from Doncaster Works in July 1954 and withdrawn from Chester shed in April 1967. Scrapping was at Cohen's in Kettering the following October.
Image from a negative in my collection taken by an unknown photographer.
22/9/23 At Moorgates 75069 and 92214 leave the sheep singularly unimpressed despite the noise from the two BR. Standard locos as they headed south to Pickering.
Copyright Neville Wellings
Doing the job they were intended for, Riddles '4MT' 2-6-4T no.80080 storms away from Irwell Vale with the 15:55 Bury-Rawtenstall train.
The Riddler is finished! He has no hat...but I can't do anything about it so he just has no hat. I need to work on getting him a better shirt....but he'll get there.
Hauling a short train of presflo wagons Doncaster 9F 92198 is at an unidentified location. New in October 1958 the loco was withdrawn from Frodingham in August 1964 after a working life of less than six years. Four years later the last few members of the class of 251 locos were withdrawn from Carnforth Shed at the end of steam.
The Patrick O'Brien Collection
SDCC time again, and what a disappointment... again.
I think by now it has become more than obvious that Lego doesn't really give a damn about the European collectors, fans and customers - or anyone living outside San Diego or NY, for that matter. "Build hype and excitement around the brand", "Creating brand awareness", they say. For whom, if I may ask? For those attending a convention? Why the public announcements then? Why the "limited" issues flashed before our eyes? Why not just giving away limited batches of ACTUAL products that will be released in the following year? What the heck, even BrickArms does it like that and still gets a great deal of "hype" and "brand awareness", I might add. What is this, some sort of "look what a cool minifig we can design, but hey, you'll never get it, because it's limited and hey, we also have to leave a bit more to be squeezed out of the character in the following year... Maybe a printed leg here, a different torso there..." ?
I just learned that a Batman/Riddler/Flash set has been announced at SDCC and will be out in 2014. Apparently, it will contain a hotrod for the Riddler. So here's some "hype" marketing on my side. By the time the set is out, I'll get you a proper minifig-scale hotrod for the Riddler and I'll give away building instructions for free - yes, for FREE! - just so you won't have to buy that set! The little hotrod in the image is just a preview, but I promisse the minifig-scale version will be more than just a joke meant to sell 3 minifigs.
Obviously, this is just bitter irony, as most obviously you WILL pay the money for the set just to get the minifigs that everyone wants... Because you know that is all that "Batman: The Riddler Chase" is about, right? I might be wrong about all of this, but the fact still remains: It's just frustrating to see a brand that we all love - and promote, I might add - going... "limited".
Enough debate, I'm back :)
If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a huge Riddler fan. (My favorite villain.)
This mini-shelf represents a small number of my Riddler collection, with a custom Riddler trophy I received today, special ordered from Etsy. It features an AC power cord, so it can be on all the time!
The Riddle Brothers settled here along the Little Blitzen River in 1900 or so and lived here for 50 years. The BLM maintains the ranch now as an open-air-museum.
Another shot from my shoot at CCEE with Riki 'Riddle' Lecotey. Riki's husband had made a comment about how he loved images that pulled back a bit and created more of a sense of grand scale so we decided to try it for a few images and I'm quite pleased how it turned out!
WD 2-10-0
During World War 2 there was an urgent need for large freight locomotives to assist with the war effort at home and overseas. As the war ground on, and materials became scarce, the thoughts of the Railway Executive Committee turned to the production of a simplified LMS 2-8-0, which before 1943 was the standard War Department locomotive. The resultant Ministry of Supply design was faster to build with a simple construction. In total 935 of these rugged engines were built by North British Locomotive Co and Vulcan Foundry Ltd with delivery commencing in January 1943. However, for overseas use, particularly in the Middle East where there were more railways of lighter construction than in Europe, the 2-8-0s were rather heavy with their 16½ tons axle load.
Using many of the standard components, designer Robert Riddles took the basic WD 2-8-0 layout and extended it with an extra driving wheel set to spread the weight to reduce the axle loading. In total 150 of the WD 2-10-0s were built by the North British Locomotive Co. of Glasgow, Scotland in two batches, the first of 100 starting in December 1943 and the second 50 in 1945.
WD 90775 – The Royal Norfolk Regiment.
WD 90775 was one of 12 Austerity 2-10-0's delivered to the Ministry of Supply in December 1943 and allocated for use in the Middle East.
After the end of the Second World War, it was abundantly clear that many locomotives were necessary in Greece. In October 1945 the British military authorities in Egypt declared that the 16 2-10-0's in store there were surplus to requirements and it was decided to send them all to Greece.
Now in the ownership of Hellenic State Railways their top link duty was the Istanbul express between Thessalonica and Pithion. Another important job was the Athens to Yugoslavia International express between Thessalonica and the border.
After a working life in Greece of 27 years, 90775 was eventually repatriated in August 1984, arriving back in the UK at Ipswich Docks onboard the Greek vessel Empros. It has been working on the NNR since 2003 and was purchased by the M&GN society in 2006.
The Locomotive is numbered 90775 (as the last British Railways engine of the same design was numbered 90774) and was named 'The Royal Norfolk Regiment' in September 2017.
I updated my own version of riddler.
I like the way the hair looks.
The hat is inspired by the old Adam West riddler top hat.
Please comment if you are going to favorite.
Left to right:Enigma(based on the comic book Batman:the savagery of the sensei.
Riddler:duh
Eddy:just someone I made when I was bored.
Enigma and Eddy will show up in my takeovers for GCW3.
A welcome but unlikely candidate to be hauling a rake of TPO's from Loughborough south.....but welcome nonetheless.
GCR Gala 27/01/2019
Riddles '4MT' 4-6-0 no.75078, climbs towards Oakworth Station with the 14:45 Keighley-Oxenhope train.
Riddle me this, Batman!
Intelligent but highly narcissistic, the green suited Riddler is one of Batman’s greatest foes.