'Batman' pulled over by police - because even masked superheroes need car insurance

As reported on Mirror.co.uk:

It was a Dark Knight Rising for the motorist in Birmingham dressed as Batman who was booked for driving without a licence and insurance.

Holy crime fighters! You Gotham Be Kidding Me!

Even superheroes need car insurance when they get behind the wheel in Birmingham.

Traffic cops were confronted by the caped crusader when they stopped a vehicle on the mean streets of Rubery last night, reports the Birmingham Mail.

It was a Dark Knight Rising for the motorist dressed who was dressed as Batman - because he was booked for driving without a licence and insurance.

The Batmobile - a humble saloon - was seized by officers from Central Motorway Policing Group.

It isn't clear why exactly the man was dressed as Batman....[though as far as I am concerned there doesn't need to be a reason].

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Giant lions and cave bears do battle in the Mousterian

Animal bones dating back as far as 60,000 years have been found in the Imanai cave in the republic of Bashkiria, deep within the Ural Mountains of Russia.

Pavel Kosintsev, of the regional Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology in Yekaterinburg, told The Siberian Times that, 'We found about 500 bones and fragments of bones of the giant cave lion……..Such a large quantity of giant cave lion bones at one site is really unique, the only one in the world so far discovered…..Usually lions did not go so deep into the cave, it is not typical for them.’

'We also found the skull of a cave bear pierced with the spear, yet there were no evidence that ancient people hunted cave bears, at least not in the Urals,'  said Mr Kosintsev.

He suggests that the cave may have been a ritual site where animal sacrifices took place.  Given the size of their size and perhaps the danger they posed, I feel that this explanation might need a little more evidence to back it up - the ritual killing of giant cave lions and cave bears would certainly have been a risky exercise! 

Though, a spear through a bear’s skull is certainly indicative of death by hominid!  Further analysis of the bones will no doubt bring to light a clearer view of the often used 'ritual' explanation.

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Artefact-it.com – looks interesting for community projects

This looks well worth further investigation!

As stated on their website:

“Our aim is to enable you to create a heritage resource for your community,  that will preserve memories, generate new research and interpret lost or forgotten heritage locations or buildings. We can help you with a project that will enable your society, voluntary group or heritage centre, to record and promote your heritage, preserving it for future generations and making it accessible to all.

We can create an interactive, digital, heritage resource in a number of formats which will enable the user to tailor their learning experience so they can view all or part of the information.  The participant can access filmed interviews, mini documentaries, photo galleries, oral history recordings and interviews, or a 3d virtual reconstruction which is an animated sequence of a chosen site from a specific period of history, showing how it may have once looked.

This information can be displayed on a laptop, tablet, pc or touch-screen.  It can be made into a CD-ROM or DVD or put onto a memory stick. It can also be duplicated or downloaded, ensuring your heritage is made available to the widest possible audience.  The company has had nearly 20 years experience working within the heritage sector, creating a range of resources from many different periods of history. The team is led by an archaeologist and work with professional historians and archaeologists specialising in a range of heritage fields"

In addition:

“We offer free funding advice, providing support through all aspects of the funding process and have extensive knowledge of appropriate funding bodies with a very high success rate.

We will work with a group from the beginning of an idea right through to the finished project and will seek funding for training packages which will enable your group to take part at all stages.”

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