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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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.