Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Bosnian Pyramids




Recently, Dr. Sam Osmanagich appeared on Coast to Coast AM radio program to talk about his discovery of what is being called the Bosnian Pyramids. He even went so far to write a book; The Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun.

This term has been applied to a collection of natural geological formations near the town of Visoko, which is northwest of Sarajevo.

Now, going by what was posted in Wikipedia, scientists still state that there are no pyramids there. Calling such claims as a "Cruel hoax on an unsuspecting public."

The 700 foot tall hill known as Visocica hill is refer to by Dr. Sam Osmanagich as the "Pyramid of the Sun", and two nearby hills, identified from satellite and aerial photography, as the "Pyramid of the Moon" and the "Pyramid of the (Bosnian) Dragon." Plus another two, one of which is named the "Pyramid of the Earth", have been mentioned in Osmanagich's reports). Geologists point out that the "pyramid" forms that Osmanagich are pointing out are natural. In the U.S., such formations are referred to as 'flatirons.' There are hundreds of them in the US, and in Russia, China, etc.

Quoting the Wekipedia article: On 8 May 2006, members of the Geological team investigating Visočica on behalf of the Archaeological Park: Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun Foundation held a press conference in Tuzla to present the results of their research. The academics, from the Faculty of Mining and Geology at the University of Tuzla and led by Professor Dr. Vrabac, concluded that the hill is a natural geological formation, made of clastic sediments of layered composition and varying thickness, and that its shape is a consequence of endodynamical and exodynamical processes in the post-Miocene era.

According to Professor Vrabac, who specializes in paleogeology, there are dozens of similar morphological formations in the Sarajevo-Zenica mining basin alone. The Geological team report on Visocica, based on the data collected in six drill holes at 3 to 17 metre depths, is supported by the Research and Teaching Council of the Faculty of Mining and Geology, as well as the Association of Geologists of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. end quote.

What is the real meaning of this discovery of Dr. Osmanagich, is what it means for prehistory. These pyramids are much bigger and older than the Pyramids of Giza and may date back to about 32,000 BC which per dates every human made structure on the planet by about 27,000 years.

But, Dr. Sam Osmanagich has a lot of "baggage" to overcome. I am quoting a article from the smithsonian magazine (online) here: His views of world history—described in his books published in Bosnia—are unconventional. In The World of the Maya, which was reprinted in English in the United States, he writes that "Mayan hieroglyphics tell us that their ancestors came from the Pleiades....first arriving at Atlantis where they created an advanced civilization." He speculates that when a 26,000-year cycle of the Maya calendar is completed in 2012, humankind might be raised to a higher level by vibrations that will "overcome the age of darkness which has been oppressing us." In another work, Alternative History, he argues that Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders escaped to a secret underground base in Antarctica from which they did battle with Adm. Richard Byrd's 1946 Antarctic expedition.

"His books are filled with these kinds of stories," says journalist Vuk Bacanovic, one of Osmanagich's few identifiable critics in the Sarajevo press corps. "It's like a religion based on corrupted New Age ideology." end quote.

Anyway, the reader can check out the links below or Google the Bosnian Pyramids for many articles on this subject.


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Ref.
1. Wikipedia, Bosnian Pyramids (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_pyramids).
2. Bosnian Pyramid website(http://www.bosnianpyramid.com/).
3. Attainable Mind blog(http://www.attainablemind.com/2010/02/bosnian-pyramids-biggest-and-oldest-on.html).
4. Smithsonian Magazine(http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Mystery-of-Bosnias-Ancient-Pyramids.html).

Thursday, December 23, 2010

A Klingon Christmas Carol on Stage!

A Chicago stage production of Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol" with a Star Trek twist - spoken in Klingon! A poster states to the public "Scrooge has no honour, nor any courage."

Klingon ( or "thingan Hol" in that language) was developed back in 1984 by linguist Marc Okrand when Star Trek III: The Search for Spock."

The miserly alien warrior known as SQuja' (aka Scrooge) is visited by three holiday ghosts during the Klingon Feast of the Long Night.

The play itself was written by Christopher O. Kidder and Sasha Walloch.

For more details, go ahead and click on the link info below.

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Ref.
1. The Telegraph. "Klingon Christmas Carol brought to the stage" December 23, 2010. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8215826/Klingon-Christmas-Carol-brought-to-the-stage.html).

Monday, December 13, 2010

Starfleet Bridge Bunnies Drawing



A little something something that my friend Syd gave me over this past weekend (which happened to be my 51st birthday!). In both ink and in color. This is the link to his gallery on Deviant-art.com (http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/). So please take the time and visit his website.

There I am in the Captain's chair of my own starship. Surrounded by lovely ladies (aka Bridge Bunnies. A term taken from a different sci-fi universe known as Macross/Robotech). The expression "Its good to be Captain." comes to mind.

My friend Syd has made some great character drawings of me in the past. In fact, I used one of his Robotech drawings with me in the cockpit of a veritech fighter as the header for my other blog: Aerospace,Technology, Paranormal, and UFO News (http://aerospacedreams.blogspot.com/).

I also have a deviant-art website (http://darth-deviant.deviantart.com/) if you would like to take a look at some of my own meager artwork over there.


Saturday, December 11, 2010

Additional Space Cruiser Yamato Clips!

Found some more Space Cruiser Yamato clips on YouTub. This one here has some extended scenes from the launching of the great ship to face off a attack from the aliens! The first use of the Wave Motion Cannon!


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Space Cruiser Yamato-Road Show video found!

Here is a very interesting YouTube clip I found dealing with the Space Cruiser Yamato live-action movie release (should have already taken place by now).


Anyway, if you have problems with the video on my blog, just view it on YouTube direct.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Demise of My F-6F Hellcat Model


It only lasted for four flights.

It was a small, made out of foam; scale model of the US. Navy's F-6F Hellcat from World War Two. It was a gift from several radio control modelers that I know trying to get me back into the hobby again. Electric power, four channels (throttle, rudder, aileron, and elevator) for control. I never got around to putting any numbers on the fuselage side (like that shown with the accompanying photograph here), just the "star and bars" on the wings and fuse.

The first three flights were really little hops. The speed controller kept over heating and shutting the system down. The resulting crash landings were repairable. The last flight with a different battery acted like it went suddenly tail heavy. Two minutes later with the Hellcat looping all over the sky finally impacted the earth and the foam wing exploded and the fuselage crushed up like a beer can.

Only thing now is to salvage what parts I can from the wreck. Wait until I can save up enough money for a new model - and do it all over again.

The thing about RC model airplanes is that you cannot be afraid to crash them. Your goal is to "put" off the crash for as long as one can get away with. Sometimes, it happens on the very first flight. Then sometimes, after ten years of faithful service, you sell the model to somebody else; and they crash it on their first flight.

Thats just part of the hobby I guess.


Sunday, November 7, 2010

More Construction of LOTS Battlefield









Here are some more new construction pictures that I took today. We focus mainly on digging out the harbor section and moving the freshly dug earth over to the "mountains" to extend a road to make a more gentle sloping road that leads from the tunnel.

Soaking the ground with water first, and then running a tiller (with a brand new engine on it) over it. From that point on, its using a shovel and a wheel barrow.

Also, with the aid of some photo software, I can now show how the "harbor" will look like. The harbor is on the north side of the model "French" port city we are building.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy2SNonKsek)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUYKIGLp4.
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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Buildings and Roads for LOTS Battlefield






L.O.T.S. = Lubbock Oddball Tankers Society.

The fellows have asked me to showcase some of the progress that has been made over the past 3-4 weeks. The pictures here are of the roads/footpaths being poured. Some more images of the bridges and some of the buildings that have been built so far.

From Top to Bottom-

1. Ricky's bridge going over the main river.

2. Tim near the center of town with his 'tavern' to the left of the main road and Ricky's 'store' to the right of the road and near the future center of town where there are plans to have a little fountain.

3. The forest made from old artificial Christmas trees.

4. My 'farm house' made out of foam board and Popsicle sticks for the window coverings and door. Still under construction.

5. A very simple small bridge I built using two center tile blocks and garden paving stones for the bridge and garden edging stones for the bridge sides.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Commemorative Air Force Airshow Images











Just some images I finally got around to posting from the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) airshow in Midland, Texas, back on October 9, 2010. It was good to see the B-29 FiFi flying again! All the pictures I'm posting on this blog are ones that I took that day. By the way, that is me standing next to the business end of the A-10 Warthog!

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Top 10 Low Pass Flybys of All Time

The title says it all.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Star Trek Phase II-What it Would Have Looked Like

Star Trek Phase II - the tv series that never happened. Someone has now done some cgi work of what that U.S.S. Enterprise would have looked like.



This is the YouTube link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-at54tjZzw)

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

RC Tank Warfare - A New Part of the Hobby for Me







It just takes one person to start a chain reaction.

Friend Keith decided to pick up a 1/16th scale Tiger I tank. After all the "hey, ain't that cool" and "wow!" etc., and finding YouTube videos of the little buggers in action, our little band of brothers have decided to build their very own battlefield.

Site owner Ricky, putting up part of his land for the play area, orders himself a M-41 Walker Bulldog American tank. Keith goes off and builds himself a bridge and not to be outdone, Ricky builds another, different kind of bridge.

Others pitch in to sculpt the land, dig out a river channel, etc. All the while waiting on their own model tanks to come in - or waiting on the next paycheck to go and order one for themselves. With this post, you can see the size of the future battlefield as well as the two bridges mentioned above. There are plans for a small scale airfield to go along with the main runways that are used for radio control model airplane flight.

The site is located northwest of Lubbock, Texas; just off of the Clovis Highway. I have suggested the following name: Taylor Field Tankers Association (TFTA). That is still 'un' official as of right now. A whole lot of digging and building needs to take place before TFTA is ready to host a battle event. But plans are afoot for something to take place in 2011.

Here are some links that I have been collecting for the past week and a half now..

1. Wonder Hobby(http://www.wonderhobby.com/116rctanks.html).
2. Tank Town at Bomber Field (http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6239792/anchors_6909641/mpage_2/key_/anchor/tm.htm#6909641).
3. two thanks for the price of one (http://matomart.com/prodview.php?p=674).

TX Tanks on YouTube-

A- Texas Armor Association (http://www.texasarmor.com/).

1. Bomberfield Tank Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq7cOwLh1_Y).
2. RC Tank IR Tank Battle 1 16th scale(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw5EzUVYf48).
3. TX Armor February Tank Battle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg-fKtMlNbg).
4. TX Armor battle prep(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npmUJDJO3nc).
5. rctankwars.com(http://rctankwars.com/).

Another note is that we would need to make sure to make the tank hulls water tight to allow for limited river crossing. Check the instructions with each tank I guess. Found a YouTube video of a M-41 crossing a stream. Looks to be about half inch to one inch deep.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diWn58r1nrk) and
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLpvKGxkbhM).

Some more neat tank videos & websites...

6. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3OfNcBJxD0).
7. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66XziWdtq3c).
8. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdU_4mUP08).
9. Fire trucks in German(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHugEVdfFhw).
10. ebpage with links(http://jbwid.com/idxrctank.htm).
11. Frontline models(http://www.frontline-models.com/rcarmorclubsusa.htm).
12. RCTankwarfare forum - out of England
(http://www.rctankwarfare.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=5471).
13. hobbyhavoc.com . (http://www.hobbyhavoc.com/forum/index.php?
PHPSESSID=2aea7c483656c4a801b69b052af21634&action=forum#4).

UPDATE (October 1, 2010): Well, I pulled the trigger today and order my own M-41 Walker Bulldog tank. This one will just be the basic tank. I'll have to upgrade it later with the metal treads, etc.

UPDATE 2 (October 6, 2010): The UPS truck dropped off the package today (2 days ahead of schedule). Way to go http://www.xenonproject.com/ (the folks I bought my tank from). Charging the battery tonight and after work tomorrow, will give it a driving test.

UPDATE 3 (October 18, 2010): Well, order with caution from Xenon Project people! This past weekend, had to crack the tank hull to look at its inner workings. The tank was pulling to the right all the time-making it hard to drive. The ad that I responded to stated that I would be getting metal gear drive. When I checked - it was plastic gears! Thus they engaged in false advertising in my case. The smoke and sounds were not all that important to me when I bought it to begin with. Now going to have to see about what recourse I might have available.

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Ref. Tank model images taken from RaidenTech.com website to illustrate the two models mention in the post.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Triad Toys Doll Clothing





In the back of my mind, I have been wanting to do a kinda of James Bond/Matt Helm photostory using my action figures as the actors of course. I'm waiting on news about that future Matt Helm movie project and what might be spun off of it for my Matt Helm custom. I already have a few James Bond to choose from in my collection already.

And what would be a good spy story without some good looking female eye-candy hanging around? I already have most of the female action figures that Blue Box originally released from a few years ago, but civilian clothing for them has been lacking unless I modified some Mattel Barbie stuff.

Crusing One Sixth Warrior forum today, I spotted a post about Triad Toys offering sexy outfits for the 1/6th ladies in your life. (And really, this is jsut an excuse to post some sexy looking babe dolls). Quote: Triad is releasing more casual and fashion-based outft sets. Starting with the contemporary skin-tight dresses. Each set comes with two (2) dresses in different colors and styles. There is a total of three sets in the latest Nite Out 2.0 series, totaling 6 different dress styles.

Two outfits per set that run $19.99 per set which isn't too bad a price for these hard economic times. Figures not included in these sets.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Space Battleship Yamato (2010) Preview.v2


After responding to a post on the space1970 blog (http://space1970.blogspot.com/2010/09/star-blazers-1979.html#comment-form), I decided to go and look up some new trailers and found this one.

This is a new trailer update for the Space Cruiser YAMATO movie. In this one, we get to see more of the enemy spaceships and more space combat.

UPDATE October 16, 2010: Well, the original YouTube trailer I linked too was deleted. So below are some links to other (newer) releases of the trailers for the new live action Spacecruiser Yamato.

UPDATE 2 November 4, 2010: The trailers I link too all seem to get deleted after a few days. Here is another attempt at one (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbupyeGlBPA).


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1. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sJrCxD3Zz0) & with English subtitles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH9XY8Z7I7c).
2. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSoCYr1FEk4).
3. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIAXTaxjyXU).
4. Casting info(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3tzrwoZoXY).
5. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL6g6MLxuIY).

Friday, August 27, 2010

"Those Voices Don't Speak for the Rest of Us"

Important words from the first man that I was able to vote for as President of the United States. The left still want to keep tearing this man down. The more they try, the harder they are going to fall is all I can say.

Right-Wing Women ROCK!

A fun little video I came across on YouTube.


Monday, August 9, 2010

Warbirds Over West Texas-Aug 6-8, 2010











August 6, 7, and 8th this year, I was a part of our local RC model club's annual event - Warbirds Over West Texas. Put on by Wings Miniature Aircraft Society (www.wingsmas.org). Held at the Abernathy Municipal Airport. Here are a few images that I took over the past 3 days.....

I of course, found a way to sneak my action figures into the event!

UPDATE 1 (August 12, 2010): West Texas Warbirds 2010 pictures by Tom Wagner. Showing Me with Ms. Brittney Bennett with Tom Wagner's P-47.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Sarah Palin and Germany?

Found this on The Jawa Report! Germans might be ready for a visit from one Sarah Palin!



Click on video to watch it on YouTube if you have too.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Krista Branch - I Am America

Krista Branch - I Am America. A great tune and something we need to remember this November when the next election takes place. Also, due to the sizing problems, just click on the video and watch it on YouTube.


Thursday, July 15, 2010

Incorrect Markings on RTF Model Airplanes

I've been drooling over what Nitroplanes/Airfield RC have been coming out with this past year.

However, I'm disappointed that their quaility control at the Chinese factory(
I assume) is terribly lacking. Point in fact is with American military aircraft from World War Two to Vietnam and the modern era. The "Star & Bar" is displayed on top of the left wing and bottom of the right wing with the point of the star pointing in the direction of travel or up if on the fuselage. And on both sides of the fuselage. In the modern era, the American flag is displayed on the vertical tail usually. If you are standing on the left or port side of a airplane, the flag is normal looking, on the right or starboard side, it is the reverse view "as if you were looking at the flag on a flagpole."


Case in point: Airfields' popular 55" wingspan P-51D Mustang with either the red nose spinner or the yellow spinner. Truth be known, I would love to buy the yellow nose
Mustang. But I cannot bring myself to - because of the incorrect wing markings done on the yellow airplane. They got it right with the red spinner
airplane! What happened here with the yellow one? Even more bizarre, their smaller 30" wingspan size P-51s are correct in their wing markings!?

The Art-Tech P-51D is done correctly. The pictures prove it on their own website!


Then moving on to the big, beautiful Twin 70mm ductfan powered F-4e done up in U.S. Navy colors by ProJet. And the star & bar is on top of the starboard(i.e. right wing). To make matters worse, the point of the star is facing AFT, Not Forward like it should!!!









The color schemes are not bad-don't get me wrong about that. But to allow such models to reach the public with these type of mistakes point to poor oversite management in my opinion. That F-4E just begs for the USAF southeast asia paint scheme on a future model release. I hope that they can get it right when they do it.

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Nitroplanes.com-
Projet F-4e twin 70mm DF(http://www.nitroplanes.com/90f4efiedfrc.html).
Airfield RC P-51 55" yellow (http://www.nitroplanes.com/93a51-51-yellow-rtf-24g-eretract.html).
Airfield RC P-51 55" red (http://www.nitroplanes.com/93a51-51-silver-rtf-24g-eretract.html).
Airfield RC 31.5" P-51 blue (http://www.nitroplanes.com/93a275-800p51-blue-rtf-24g.html).
Art-Tech 29.5" P-51D (http://www.nitroplanes.com/at-21133-minip51.html).