Today marks the second anniversary of this blog. And this second year we characterize by their lights, but also (and perhaps more importantly) for their shadows.
Throughout all this time we can say that somehow we have become a source of evolutionary and geological information. We are consistently in the top of the English-language blogs paleontological Wikio cited as (sometimes even we are first.) Sometimes we have become among the top 20 English-speaking blogosphere blogs scientists, although usually lately is to be among the 30-40 most frequently mentioned.
This second year to create new sections has led to the strengthening of existing ones ( Distinguished Scientists, communicators Excepionales , Interviews from Beyond , Great Sites ). However, we could not avoid the temptation to devote to Referral Programs on television to promote popular science, in its various facets. We hope that time will allow us to continue with this task adequately disclose those initiatives, people and most important sites that have or had for the scientific awakening of our society ...
We exceeded the barrier of 30,000 visits, which means an average of slightly more visitors than our blog EIIGPBS . This is clear that we have reached one of the objectives we had when we started this journey, to increase our range of action and more readers are interested in the blog.
But we have the rest of objectives? Let's see: 1 .-
Expand topics: In this case it is clear that it does have more than met the target. In "MAS / BS" have tried from dinosaurs to hominids from evolution to astronomy, from geology to nature conservation ... a plethora of issues that we do not fit in the Somosaguas Blog.
2 .- Higher levels of "hearing" We've said it before ... conseguidísimo. In fact, we even have a few followers regulars that we see in our section below on the right.
3 .- Visibility: It is intimately linked to the above, but with the difference that the existence This blog should have attracted people to the blog of EIIGPBS. We have no real data on this issue, but it is true that a considerable percentage of visits Somosaguas Blog are from this "MAS / BS" (although it will come more from "The Pakozoico ", " News PMMV " or " Paleozapping "). In any case, this is perhaps the weakest of all we wanted to get ... and interestingly, was supposed to be the main cause of the creation of "Beyond Somosaguas (UCM) Beyond Somosaguas" .
Finally, comment is one of the worst problems of our blog (perhaps really the only). In this second year, the number of entries we've seen come to light from these pages has been very (very) lower than that seen in the first year. Specifically, only 54 entries have been published, compared with 110 that was when we celebrated the first anniversary . This is less than half, is that the drafters ever spend less time writing in this blog (even some that have not yet been released). The reasons are varied, from the burdens that are adaptations of the Bologna Process imposed on students of the Faculty of Geology of the UCM (surprising because none of our writers are immersed in it-but it still seems to affect-) to the administrative, educational and scientific tables that fill the researchers who are part the kitch the blog editor.
Well, one can only leave with the hope that this little problem is solved and next year we can say proudly that "Beyond Somosaguas (UCM) Beyond Somosaguas" is that smokes the large number of entries that is, their high quality and excellent reception that readers are leave us your comments ...
selectivity ... study evolution with us ... Outstanding communicators
Today have left notes of selectivity for all students tested at the Community of Madrid since the end of this week will begin pre-registration process (For those who were considered outside Madrid that period ends today.) We
this because this year, as in the past, the UCM has released his self-promotion number of "Tribuna Complutense" whose purpose was to attract the largest number of new students into their classrooms ... This is something they actually do most universities, if not all ... so it is not to be too significant for it ... The curiosity is that this year, in its section devoted to careers in science capture is a special mention on the studies of evolution, which I transcribe below (along with some links and some pictures that I include my own).
Research continues 151 years after publication The Origin of Species
says Juan Luis Arsuaga this year is to celebrate the 151 anniversary of The Origin of Species of Charles Darwin, and next year the 152, but it does not matter now, but what really matters is what that book meant for the evolution of science. In fact, today there is even a branch of medicine known as Darwinian medicine, which studies the diseases from the point of view evolution.
After a century of the publication of a scientific theory it is normal that has been accepted or refuted, what is not normal that a book debates continue raising emaciated after so long. However, this is what happens to The Origin of Species . It is also true, as we claimed Juan Luis Arsuaga , a paleoanthropologist and director of UCM-ISCIII joint center of Evolution and Human Behavior, discussing the theory of evolution "are not scientists."
Ayala was well, without knowing it, the recommendation Arsuaga giving the researchers: "better to talk about the evolution of Darwin himself, because it was not a prophet, but a scientist." Arsuaga also clear that Darwin did not "say that we came from apes, but we are still monkeys, we have not ceased to be." In the same vein is expressed Manuel Martín-Loeches , director of the cognitive neuroscience section of the center of Evolution and Human Behavior, who believes that the human brain is the result of a long evolution that started with the Australopithecines or earlier.
Studies world
The Complutense
there are several groups studying evolution. Many of them do in situ, in places as close as the campus Somosaguas or saw Burgos Atapuerca , while others go to the roots of our species in Africa land. Studies were done from different perspectives, both anthropological and which studies the fossil , behavioral and even analyzing the DNA of the remains.
Just to know ourselves better.
seems that after all, the UCM is a global powerhouse in the field of Evolution ... and that they have only spoken of the studies more paleontological ... After reading the story published I have come forward to enroll again ... but ... What college? "Geological or Biological?
Today marks the centenary of the birth of a great explorer of the oceans and promoter of its wonders:
Jacques-Yves Cousteau (1910-1997)
As normally, we here only a brief version of his biography. For those who want more information, we recommend you visit the Cousteau Society and, of course, the Wikipedia .
Born near Bordeaux, he studied in Paris for 20 years old to enter the Naval Academy and graduated as an artillery officer. During the thirties of the twentieth century began developing what would become his greatest invention alongside Emile Gagnan , the first scuba diving marketable, which in 1943 was called the Aqua-Lung . Meanwhile participated in the Second World War, the French naval forces, conducting operations against the Italian intelligence in France. Thanks to their participation in these transactions and his experience as a diver, at the end the war he entrusted the command of Underwater Research Group of the French army. During those years he participated in various operations of underwater archeology and rescue (including bathyscaphe teacher FNRS-2 Piccard Jacques ).
Finally, Cousteau left military service in 1949 to found the French oceanographic group, renting the boat Calypso , which over the years became famous in the world. The first campaigns of the group were related to marine archeology, but quickly went to the world of nature and conservation.
In 1953 he published his first book devoted to these topics, "Le Monde du Silence" . And three years later produced a film with the same title which won the Golden Palm at Cannes and an Academy Award Film Hollywood.
is certain that the popularity and fame she acquired with these awards were influential at the time of year to be granted following the direction of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and was appointed member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States.
From that time he directed his main outreach activity to the natural values \u200b\u200bof the seas and oceans to the general public, through its first television series, " The Odyssey of Commander Cousteau Underwater " , produced by U.S. television companies, which imposed a personal style adventure in itself, something that has gradually been imposing in many documentaries.
In 1973 he founded the Cousteau Society for the Protection of Ocean Life , which allowed him to continue making many expeditions to across the globe, to show everyone his wonders in multiple documentary (more than a hundred over your life) and books. And over the years continued to develop new tools for underwater exploration, including mini-submarines or turbo-speed, which could be defined as underwater motorcycle.
During the seventies and eighties continued to receive awards such as the International Environmental Prize of the UN in 1977 and eventually was elected to the Academie Francaise in 1988. On the other hand, in 1979 his son Philippe died in a plane crash, which affected him greatly, making it closer to his eldest son Jean-Michel , who left his career as an architect to join his father in marine exploration and scientific dissemination.
A year after the sinking of his flagship, the Calypso , Commander Jacques-Yves Cousteau died at age 87.
Fortunately, besides all the effort he made to the disclosure of the mysteries of the deep sea, another legacy he has left after his death has been a family that is deeply committed to continuing its work of spreading and conservation of ocean ecosystems. These include his son Jean-Michel , and grandchildren Fabien , Celine , Alexandra and Philippe .
IFFHS PUFFF OF THE DOMAIN FACTOR BEYOND POSSESSION IBRAHIMOVIC
PRIOR NOTE: First of all read http : / / futbolisticametrica.blogspot.com/2010/03/un-poco-de-metodologia.html. This is not about to tell the exact time with hours, minutes and seconds. It is admitted that said "between 5 and 5:05 is more accurate to say the" 5-plus ", this in turn is more accurate to say" between 4 and 6, and this in turn is more accurate to say "afternoon", ACCURACY NO. BUT YOUR SEARCH us closer to objectivity, that the abandonment of that performance.
How many times have we felt a contradictory feeling inside when we see a team that has seemed to play better and control the game ends up losing? Sometimes cause is an unfortunate play, one or more erroneous arbitration awards or critical injuries when the result is about to settle. But not always the case. In fact, most of the time that assails us that feeling is often due to focus our attention on some aspects of the game and forget others, colorful above the less visible, the individual over the group, strategic and over the tactical, beautiful above the important ...
Commentators sports, especially on television, tend to glorify those aspects of the game on which a preference, either as former players or spectators. Commentators often this only broadcast your favorite team on a few occasions, forcing in most cases to describe or interpret the events of football teams for not have to feel sympathy. And that leads to finding a desirable aesthetic ideal for the neutral spectator, which leaves it up continuously when we want to convince that football has to be beautiful before useful, being forgotten that the real reason a sport is overcoming personnel, competition, victory, and for the fans, the success of your team. Sometimes when we see a party that is roughly neutral in our eye that we regret this or that team "played well" or "play ugly" and we forget that the sole purpose of that guy who tries to chat in the bar bar is not entertaining the crowd, but taking the girl into the garden and enjoy it. If they both enjoy, all other envelopes.
Thinking about all this happened to me a numerical disquisition about something that could be called domain factor, and whose object is framed in a percentage figure the value of what has been done by both teams during the aprtido once already completed. It would, how could it be otherwise, of an exercise in realism football above the subjective idealism, a figure that in most cases do justice to the final result. Although not always. Well, go there.
FIRST GOAL
Let's be honest for once. You play football to win, and getting goals wins. And in most games the score is often low. In what it would have the ball, make passes, hanging ball into the area, making metiesen auction if no goals? On a scale they have to weigh the other factors together, as though these are consequential (ie, are a means to an end), that is immediate (ie, an end in itself.) That's why the score in a match should weigh 51% in that domain factor
...... UUUUY GOOO!
What is the closest to a goal? That shot is about to get on the scoreboard. Now, are no differences.
"On the one hand, those shots would have covered all necessary but not sufficient: There are those shots that rejects goalkeeper or if that day is not can be inspired goals, and striker can not do more to foster this situation. Among these I would distinguish between reject falling back on the pitch, which can lead to a second play, and going out. Within the latter, one must distinguish between those who favor a corner, we could consider a second play), and those going out of bounds, that exceptions favored by particularly powerful punches, no more than a return of possession.
"Secondly there are the sticks. Tend to overestimate a lot, considering them little more than half a goal. It is certainly merit to the suit required by the front (and an attacker who fired 3 times in the bottom will have more merit than if the commands out), but as Don Alfredo "the club is for something." Again I would distinguish between those who re-enter the field and going out. The former have as much merit as if they were reject the goalie, because although, strictly speaking have gone outside the framework, it is also true that the more elusive area for a goalkeeper is the inner span next to posts and rails, to the point that if bounces back in, it is almost impossible to stop. The latter are balls that have gone straight out, while for the same reason must be evaluated with special merit, later nuance to what extent or to what extent.
"In third place are the stops of the goalkeeper. Has merit by the striker fired into the net, but I always have more if it prevents the goalkeeper can hold the ball, because it encourages second play, allowing a situation to break the spherical domain. And the doorman also plays: If the shot is very very good, and the doorman for, you'd better stop shooting.
-Finally the balls to go out. I hereby make three distinctions. On the one hand the balls to go out after hitting the bat, they deserve to be valued in a special way inferior to those balls that have gone between the posts or have led to reject these, but higher than those coming out cleanly. On the other hand the balls would go out in an area close to the goal that by convention could define as the imaginary area that would form the small area you get up in the air (about 18.3 x 5.5 meters, or about 100 square meters, which models would be occupied by about 18 goals and poles), these balls are directed clearly a goal but was deflected by a lack of definition, by an effect on the beating, sometimes with the wind (especially if the shot is far away) or by pressure or even the touch of a hand. These should be valued albeit considerably less than the previous. Finally, going beyond even the six-yard lines (ie, more than 5.5 meters on each side or more than 3 meters over the bar pro) which I would appreciate not in any way, any professional footballer can send the ball into the area shooting from the midfield.
How do we value? We propose:
-Balls outside the imaginary 0.
"Balls in the imaginary area, but outside the goal and sticks X
-balls goalkeeper saves, 2X
-Balls that hit the sticks and go out 3X
; Up here the less valuable, those who lost possession of the ball. Let:
-Balls that go into the net, rejects the goalkeeper and go outside or out of the area, 4X
-Balls that hit the clubs but fall within the field of play but outside the area, 5X
"Balls that go between the sticks, goalkeeper rejects and go to corner or fall within the area (by defining a danger zone), 10X
, "Balls that hit the sticks and come into the area 11X.
latter are the most dangerous, as in past years, I always worthwhile plus the fact that touch bats, because the player good setter tends to set the shots to avoid the goalie. This fast and soon, has more merit to the stick to shoot the doll.
Once the abstract value can be concrete. If we gave 51% of importance to goals, that is, more than half the attempts being the foundation for success would be given more than half of the remainder, ie 25%. If we apply the abstract formulation of this amount we would have to divide out by weighting each type of shooting between the two equipment, while respecting the importance we gave to everyone. The total of "X" have been distributed 36. There are only three rules out: If the total of shots account for 25% of the estate factor, every kind of shot should contribute ; X · (25/36).
For example, the balls in the bottom that have entered the scoring area 11 ° (0.6944) = 7.6389. If a team has shot 4 times and has stopped all the other team goalkeeper and 1, the first amount 1.11% to FD and another 0.28. Or what is the same as the equivalent to 1.3889 2X is shared with 4-fifths to one and the remaining for the other.
As not all parties are given the entire collection was calculated separately in the first instance and then again to the rule of three for the total sum and its parts (eg 15, with 10 for one and 5 for another) were adjusted to 25% (in this case 10 • [25/15] and 5 • [25/15], ie 8.33 to 16.67 for one another).
WHAT IS? POSSESSION, THAT FACT MISTAKEN
What is best dating or not having them? It's easy: Have Them
Does having many appointments or have few appointments? It's easy too: Better many few.
But what is better to have 5 appointments and not take any appointment or have 1
success? Going back to the mediate and immediate. If we forget the goal, it is best to have the ball, because you can build plays, look for holes to define and in any case, you deprive him of that factor to rival. But is it always the same possession? Obviously not, because the possession serves the goal, and thus is more valuable the more you easy that goal and it is most difficult to reverse. Let distinctions:
-On one side is the possession in his own half. Since the vast majority of goals are produced by stepping the opponent, and since the vast majority of moves that lead to goal and are gestated in the field of rivals, I would regard as 0, this possession. The longer you are on your own terrain run the clock on you.
"On the other is the possession in the opposite field, but I would establish an important distinction if the possession occurs within or outside the penalty area. Possession of the ball outside the penalty area has the utility that lets you stay close to the land where the movements, uncheck, dribbles or shots are dangerous, but the distance or the progressive loss angle makes it much less important than when the ball rolls over the area. The shots or moves within that rectangle usually involve a charge of danger or a much higher effectiveness, not to mention the violations in this area involve the release of penalty which, in most of occasions, resulting in a goal. I therefore X should be to assess how the former and the latter as 2X.
After 51% of the goals and 25% of cases, the remainder to be distributed for possession 24%, a rate of 8% for the opposite field possession outside the area and 16% for remaining within the area.
SUMMARY OF FACTOR DOMAIN OF A PARTY (IN PERCENTAGES)
A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE (A BRING THEM SOME MEMORIES BUT IS FICTION)
Bad match between Inter Milan and FC Bonito.
Bad had possession 32% (19 in own grounds, 11 on the contrary, 2 penalty area), the beautiful 68% (24/41/3)
Inter. shot 3 times out, one small area in the Boni 1 time, within the small area.
Inter. shot 5 times on goal, scoring 3 goals, stopping a the porter and the other being rejected was a corner. Bonito shot 7 times on goal, 1 goal, 3 reject and 3 stops.
Scholars criticize = precarious future Law Science ...
last month combined two relatively independent and interesting facts that have to converge in the writing of this post ...
one hand, the cabinet approved the draft of the new Act Science, Technology and Innovation , will try to bring national legislation to the new situation of research in Spain, very different from 1986, date for which data Science Act in force until now.
so unflattering This is one of the things that the new law supposed to try to improve ... However, and here is the mental connection between both incidents, the Federation of Young Researchers , also known as interns has been a precarious = of the groups most critical with the new bill. And the two main criticisms have been raised can be summarized as:
is necessary to establish a research career structure that clearly presents the steps in which it is based and management and temporal duration. In the bill only mentioned types of contracts but does not provide the connections between them, which can lead to bizarre situations such as someone to stay indefinitely in the position of "postdoctoral" but never definitively stabilize its job.
Of course, it is also essential to a substantial increase in funding dedicated to these issues by the state. Only then logará that Spain reaches a dignified position in developed countries, something that clearly deserves the quality of their research but yet we are denied by the shortage of funds devoted to research.
Indeed, although the new law could imply an improvement over the current situation seems clearly insufficient to meet all the challenges facing our country in the near future. Fortunately, we still have time to be able to make changes, amendments and modifications that allow us to achieve a leading position among scientific societies between the pro- that theoretically we are.
Today marks the second anniversary of this blog. And this second year we characterize by their lights, but also (and perhaps more importantly) for their shadows. 
This second year to create new sections has led to the strengthening of existing ones ( Distinguished Scientists, communicators Excepionales , Interviews from Beyond , Great Sites ). However, we could not avoid the temptation to devote to Referral Programs on television to promote popular science, in its various facets. We hope that time will allow us to continue with this task adequately disclose those initiatives, people and most important sites that have or had for the scientific awakening of our society ... 
Finally, comment is one of the worst problems of our blog (perhaps really the only). In this second year, the number of entries we've seen come to light from these pages has been very (very) lower than that seen in the first year. Specifically, only 54 entries have been published, compared with 110 that was when we celebrated the first anniversary . This is less than half, is that the drafters ever spend less time writing in this blog (even some that have not yet been released). The reasons are varied, from the burdens that are adaptations of the Bologna Process imposed on students of the Faculty of Geology of the UCM (surprising because none of our writers are immersed in it-but it still seems to affect-) to the administrative, educational and scientific tables that fill the researchers who are part the kitch the blog editor. 
says Juan Luis Arsuaga 
