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Kuala Lumpar International Airport (KLIA). This is the Adrian Newey designed McLaren, one of several Formula 1 cars on display to celebrate the first Malaysian Grand Prix taking place the next day (17 October 1999).
The race was won by British driver, Eddie Irvine in a Ferrari. The result was controversial. Michael Schumacher was second in the other Ferrari, but both cars were disqualified because of a technical infringement, handing victory to third placed Mika Hakkinen in the McLaren. This also gave Mika his second consecutive World Championship title. However, Ferrari took the decison to court, and the result was given back to Ferrari. The decison resulted in Ferrari being the Constructors World Champion that year. West McLaren Mercedes came second in the Constructors Championship with drivers David Coulthard and Mika Hakkinen.
In 1999, Mika qualified in Pole Position in 11 of the 16 races. He won 5 races and David won 2 races, giving victory to McLaren in 7 of the 16 races.
McLaren Motor Racing was created by New Zealand racing driver Bruce McLaren in 1963. Bruce died in 1970, while testing one of his cars at the Goodwood racing circuit in West Sussex. In 1981, the team merged with Project Four Racing, run by Ron Dennis. The team is based in the UK at Woking, Surrey. The engines are designed and built at the Ilmor factory (Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains) in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, UK.
Pentax MX.
Fujichrome 100.
16 October 1999.
something had to be done with the tonnes of blackberries i picked last week and had cooling in the fridge, so pastry was made and a pie was baked. i didn't have enough dough to form a complete top shell, as usual, and the decison was made to bring out the little person cookie cutter to satisfy my inner cannibal.
crust: whatever your usual is, use it. i like a whole wheat crust with shortening.
the pie: about 6 cups of berries, tossed with 2 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp cornstarch (or quick-cook tapioca flour), a few shots of vanilla (i use dark rum that has had a split vanilla bean soaking in it, since i refuse to pay usurious fees to the vanilla mongers), some orange zest or lemon zest, and that's it. dock the bottom pastry layer, heap on the fruit, brush the top crust with a beaten egg and some sugar and bake at 400° f for 30 minutes, then cover with tinfoil and bake at 350° f for 30 minutes. serves one.
the shrieks of the doomed crust-humans are delicious.
That time of year has come... its middle of winter and I am trying to decide one what I want to do to my car in 2010. The car is rollin' on stock wheels with Blizzak snow tires and this is the view behind my desk.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
The Royal Bleuz preform at the DU Pride Showcase on Dillard Decision Day. (Photo by Sabree Hill/ Dillard University Photographer)
Sam Webb (L) bleeding heavily, seemed undaunted by the cut or the flamboyent style of Anthony Small (R), Webb challenging for the British & Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Titles. Sam Webb won on a majority decison of the judges on points. Anthony Small's flamboyent style did not help him in this long awaited grudge match. Webb had twice beaten Small as amateurs.
Quizás la proliferación de gente que pide por las calles, las innumerables veces que nos hemos sentido un poco engañados al dar dinero a quien lo hace, y nuestra propia facilidad para mirar hacia otro lado cuando los vemos, hacen que pasen ante nosotros como almas en pena: oímos sus lamentos, pero no las vemos.
Seguramente las hay que eligen este modo de vida, habrá otras que esconden otras vidas no tan angustiosas como las que muestran , y habrá quienes fueron como nosotros, y malos golpes de la vida y del destino, mala suerte o malas decisones les han conducido a lo que son. A veces no sabemos lo cerca que está la línea entre lo que no somos y lo que podríamos llegar a ser, a veces para lo bueno y otras para lo malo...
P.D. Sé que le falta foco, es que es un recorte de un robado que hice de lejos, pero tenía ganas de subirla. : )
a last minute addition, since the twine may have appeared cheap without some further decorative distraction. i scouted a few possible drop spots before grudgingly settling for this newspaper box. i was already late getting to the gym, so the decison was hastily made.
apologies for the wandering focus in this set - i only had my 90 af with me and with no time to bracket or stage, i relied (foolishly) on the autofocus to do the job. when we let robots make decisions, we must live with the results.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
Lootbag
0810
Stop. Jacket off (wet), water change, eat. Accessed Objective B).
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Decision time, GO, NO GO
Completed Objective B). This is a signficant event. It is here I deceide if I procede to objectives C) and D). I have to make a decision, GO, NO GO based on the following information
*are you on/ahead of schedule?
*do you feel tired?
*are you injured?
*do you feel confident you can go down, move along and get out on time?
*do you have the proper kit?
*is the weather favourable?
*are you making the right decision with the available information?
*based on your previous experience how are you prepared?
The only thing you want to do is make the right decision. There is no loss of face not achieving this task. This decision has to be egoless. Difficult to do once your pumped up and moving along. Hence the forced rest, kit re-arrangement, physical marking on the map forcing myself to go through the implications.
All these things seem a bit meladramatic and possibly weird to someone who is not in this place at this time after travelling since 0530. But beleive me if you cannot honestly answer these questions with 100% surity you will have a bad day. Why?
Objective C, D
Objective C to D involves going from around 140 metres (does not sound far) from the current elevation of the road to the creek water line. This is complicated by the fact the terrain is steep (approx 45-60 degree), the terrain is slippery, wet and we are just coming out of winter. Then traversing a downward moving creekline in rocky densly covered bush at the bottom of a wet mountain range.
What does this mean?
Descent
Well the fact the place is so steep and wet, the ground will possilby not be stable. Anything you try to grab will be covered in moss and be wet. So it could be rotten. Also the ground has significant rock cover near the top increasing the likelyhood of slipping. The ground cover can be dry & slippery or wet and slippery.
Traversal
Once at the creekline the chances of going up the slope of 45-60 degrees is very difficult. If you get down you are going to expend a lot of energy trying to get back up - if you can. If the weather is wet, the creekline will be swollen making it more difficult to get around. If the weather is dry it will mean the easier to traverse but with a slight increase in chance of bushfire.
Injury
If you fall & break a leg, sprain an ankle the chances of getting out quickly decrease. Anyone coming in to get you will have a *very difficult* time trying to extract you.
Unknown
There is always the unknown factor you cannot take into account due to inexperience or factors you have not taken into account.
Conclusion
So with these decisons mulled over I decided to continue. I was confident I could pull this off in the time I estimated. I had planned and thought the situation out as carefully as I could. It's a go.
Bootload, Lootbag, Objective Beta, 2006SEP190843 [?]
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“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
Bell's P-76 had its roots in the P-39 Airacobra, one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II.
The Airacobra had an innovative layout, with the engine installed in the center fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller via a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.
Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the P-39 design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, limiting it to low-altitude work. As such it was rejected by the RAF for use over western Europe and passed over to the USSR where performance at high altitude was less important.
Bell permanently tried to improve the aircraft. Trials of a laminar flow wing (in the XP-39E) and several alternative engines were unsuccessful, so the basic concept was taken into two directions: The mid-engine, gun-through-hub concept was developed further in the overall larger Bell XP-63 Kingcobra, and a radical re-design of the whole aircraft around its basic structure and its power unit, which became the XP-76.
The basic concept was simple: the proven Allison V-1710 engine was to be retained, but the rest of the aircraft was to be lightened and "minimized" wherever possible in order to improve its performance - a similar way Grumman went with the F8F Bearcat.
Anyway, Bell's construction team did not find much options, at least without compromising other factors like rigidity or armament. In a almost desperate move the decison was made to change the aircraft's layout altogether - making the P-39 a pusher aircraft! The Allison V-1710 allowed a simple switch from a pull to a push arrangement, and with a canard layout lots of weight could be saved: the tail section was competely deleted, and the heavy extension shaft and the respective gears for the front propeller became obsolete, too.
Wind tunnel tests confirmed the basic idea, even though the new layout called for several major innovations and new constructions which postponed development and service introduction considerably until late 1943.
These innovation comprised, for instance, the first (moderately) swept wings on an USAAF aircraft, due to CG and atability reasons. Unlike the very similar but bigger Curtiss XP-55 Ascender the XP-76 "Airaconda" had a very good performance, compared to the standard P-39. It was more agile, had a better rate of climb and retained the powerful 37mm cannon, which was highly effective against large air targets as well as ground targets. The gun was complemented by foud 0.5" machine guns, all grouped into the aircraft's nose.
By January 1944 the first service machines, designated P-76A, were delivered to homeland defence units for evaluation, especially against the P-39 as well as the P-40. Anyway, pilots distrusted the very different aircraft. The high tricycle landing caused frequent problems, especially on soggy ground, and several accidents with propeller contacts during exagerrated take-offs did not build the P-76's reputation - even the though the aircraft was basically good and a true step forward from the P-39. But to no avail: no ally would take it, neither Great Britain (having the disappointing P-39 still in mind) nor the Soviet Union.
The P-76's career was short, though. The machines were too late for the Aleutian Campaign, and none saw real combat action. Furthermore, more capable aircraft had entered the scene in the meantime, like the P-47 and the P-51, so the P-76 was primarily used for combat training on the USA mainland.
Only about 80 of this unique aircraft were built, before production switched to the more conventional P-63 Kingcobra.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 26 ft 10 1/2 in (8.2 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 3 in (9,54 m)
Height: 13 ft (3.96 m)
Wing area: 190 sq ft (17.71 m²)
Empty weight: 4.900lb (2.225 kg)
Loaded weight: 6.530 lb (2.965 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 7.709 lb (3.500 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Allison V-1710-47R liquid-cooled V12 engine, 1,325 hp (955 kW),
driving a four-blade pusehr propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 390 mph at 19,300 ft (628 km/h)
Range: 635 mi (1,020 km)
Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,700 m)
Rate of climb: 3,750 ft/min (19 m/s)
Wing loading: 34.6 lb/sq ft (169 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)
Time to climb: 15,000 in 4.5 min at 160 mph (260 km/h).
Armament:
1x 1.5 cal. (37 mm) M4 cannon in the nose with 30 rounds of HE-T ammunition
4x .50 cal. (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns, nose-mounted with 200 RPG
Up to 1.000 lb or ordnance, including a drop tank or (rarely used) a single 1.000 lb bomb on
a centerline pylon; alternatively two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs under the wings or six unguided
HVAR missiles.
The kit and its assembly:
This shinden-esque whif aircraft was spawned by a series of P-39 CG illustrations - modified skins for a flight simulator which depicted the Airacobra as a pusher with a canard layout. This looked very interesting, and since I had a Hobby Boss P-39Q in the stash with no real plan until now, I gave the inspiration green light and turned on the saw.
The CGs already showed some inplausibilities, though - all perspectives were carefully taken from a shallow side perspective, hiding problematic areas! So, soon it became clear that my build could not be a 1:1 copy of the virtual art, because that would either not be possible, or simply look poor in hardware form.
As consequence, the simple P-39 pusher conversion idea turned into a major kitbash and body sculpting job, that somehow looked more and more like a diminuitive Kyushu J7W Shinden!?
What went into the thing:
● Central fuselage with engine, cockpit and front end of a Hobby Boss P-39
● Wings from a revell Me 262
● Horizontal stabilizers from an Italeri Fw 190
● The twin fins are stabilizers from the Me 262, too
● The propeller comes from the MPM P-47H kit
● Landing gear was scratched from the spares box
A lucky find were the Me 262 wings: they perfectly fit in depth onto the Airacobra's fuselage, and they added the "modern" look I was looking for. The original wings were simply to straight and deep, proportions would hardly work. Unfortunatly this meant that the cutouts on the wings for the Me 262's engine nacelles had to be filled, and that the landing gear wells had to be improvised, too. The wings roots had to be re.sculpted, too, since the Me 262 wings are much thinner than the P-39's.
Another problem was the fuselage's relative length - with the tail cut off, it's just too short in order to take canards on the nose - that was already recognizable in the CGs where the front fuselage had been stretched.
I did the same, with two measures: Firstly, a 10mm plug was inserted in front of the cockpit - a massive lump of putty that was sanded into shape. Furthermore, just glueing the spinner onto the nose would not yield a proper look. So I added a P-38 nose (Airfix kit) that was reduced in height and re-scuplted the lower fuselage, adding depth. As a consequence, the front wheel well moved forward and had to be re-shaped, too. Lots of messy putty work!
A third dubious section was the propeller, or better its interesction with the fuselage. Again, the CGs did not yield any potential solution. Since pusher props call for ground clearance I decided to fix the propeller axis so high that the spinner would be flush with the aircraft's spine - the pointed XP-47H propeller (It's one massive piece, with lots of flash...) was perfect and finally found a good and unexpected use. As per usual I built a metal axis construction with a styrene tube adapter inside the fuselage for the propeller, so that it can spin freely.
In order to shape a more or less elegant transition from the oval P-39 fuselage to the round spinner I added another plug, about 5mm long and again sculpted from putty.
With that in place the overall proprotions became clearer. Next step was to clip the Me 262 wings, so that the span would match the fuselage length, and I had to devise a way to mount fins. The CG just used the P-39's stabilizers, vertically placed on the wings' trailing edge. But, again, this does not work well in hardware form. These "fins" are much too tall, and just mounting them in that place looks rather awkward.
My solution was then to add small carrier booms - actually these a massive, modern 500 lb bombs without fins, placed on the trailing edges and protruding. This makes a more plausible and stable-looking base for fins, IMHO, and after several options (including P-51 and P-47 stabilizers)I used trimmed Me 262 stabilizers. Their sweeped leading edge matches the wings' shape just well - and the Fw 190 stabilizers which were glued to the nose as canards also look in-style, and overall more modern than the P-39's rounded wing shapes.
Slowly the P-76 took more and more shape, and I was surprised how much it started to resemble the Kyushu Shinden, which was a bigger aircraft, though.
Painting and markings:
A weird aircraft needs IMHO a rather subtle paint scheme, so I settled for a standard USAAF livery with overall Olive Drab upper sides, some Medium Green blotches on all wing surfaces and Neutral Grey undersides.
As basic colors I used Modelmaster's ANA 613 for the upper surfaces and FS 36231 (instead of the true Neutral Grey FS 36173) for the lower sides; the green blotches are frequently quoted as FS 34096, but this is IMHO too "green", the tone has a rather blue-ish hue. So I went for a more a yellow-ish tone and settled for Humbrol 102 (Army Green). All tones were later lightened and weathered through dry-painting (also highlighting some panels) and a black ink wash - both tones somewhat came closer to each other through this treatment, but I think this happened on real world aircraft, too?
The only colorful highlight is a yellow nose.
All interior surfaces were painted in zinc chromate primer: on top of an olive green base (Humbrol 159) some dry-painting with Modelmaster's Zinc Chromate Green was added.
Markings were puzzled together from various sources. The red-rimmed Stars-And-Bars were AFAIK still in use in late 1943, and they add some contrast to the otherwise simple aircraft. The white stripes were used as ID markings in the Aleutian theatre - another small individual note. Otherwise, P-40's of the 344th FS/343rd FG were used as benchmarks.
In the end, and interesting experiment that shows that CG ideas must not translate well into model kit hardware form. Nevertheless, the P-76 looks interesting - at some times I thought it would look rather German or like an aircraft from Captain America or the 'The Sky Crawlers' anime movie?
Abby and I took another walk in Red Rocks today. It snowed yesterday, and -- to our surprise -- we found a snowman by the frozen pond.
Abby started barking at it, and then, the closer I got to it, the more cautiously she approached it.
Here, she makes an uneasy decison to sit down next to it. Note the look of horror on her face.
Wymondham Abbey with the restored Ha Ha wall
Copyright © Robert Vardigans 2009
In recent years the Ha Ha was in a sorry state with the ditch overgrown and the wall beggining to crumble in places. The Charity Trustees took the generous decison to fund repair of the Ha Ha as their contribution to the Abbey's 900th anniversary celebrations.
A Ha Ha is defined as "a boundary to a garden, pleasure ground or park of such a kind as not to interrupt the view from within" it's name deriving from the expression of surprise at meeting the obstacle.
When standing from the Abbey side looking over the meadow the Ha Ha is invisable and all you can see is a continuation of green meadow.
The wall stretches over 250 metres in length and total cost of renervation was in excess of £55,000
Work started early last year, English Heriatge provided an initial grant of £1,500 towards the clearance costs, with further clearance of the ditch undertaken by Norfolk Probation's Unpaid Community Work Unit. Work on the wall was overseen by Architect Neil Birdsall and completed by John Allen Masonry Ltd. of Briston, whose specilaist craftsmen brought in large quantity of flints fixed in place with traditional Norfolk limestone mortar.
Broadland Horticultural of Carleton Forehoe will now manage the meadow to eradicate nettles and thistles and maintain the reed bed towards the river as a natural wildlife habitat. The meadows are regsitered with the Norfolk Wildlife Trust as a County Wildlife Site and the earthworks are registered as a Norfolk Monuments Management Project with the Abbey being a Grade I listed building and ancient monument.
On 20th September 2009 a short service of blessing took place in the meadow to mark completion of the project and to express thanks to everyone involved in the restoration.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
Bell's P-76 had its roots in the P-39 Airacobra, one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II.
The Airacobra had an innovative layout, with the engine installed in the center fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller via a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.
Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the P-39 design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, limiting it to low-altitude work. As such it was rejected by the RAF for use over western Europe and passed over to the USSR where performance at high altitude was less important.
Bell permanently tried to improve the aircraft. Trials of a laminar flow wing (in the XP-39E) and several alternative engines were unsuccessful, so the basic concept was taken into two directions: The mid-engine, gun-through-hub concept was developed further in the overall larger Bell XP-63 Kingcobra, and a radical re-design of the whole aircraft around its basic structure and its power unit, which became the XP-76.
The basic concept was simple: the proven Allison V-1710 engine was to be retained, but the rest of the aircraft was to be lightened and "minimized" wherever possible in order to improve its performance - a similar way Grumman went with the F8F Bearcat.
Anyway, Bell's construction team did not find much options, at least without compromising other factors like rigidity or armament. In a almost desperate move the decison was made to change the aircraft's layout altogether - making the P-39 a pusher aircraft! The Allison V-1710 allowed a simple switch from a pull to a push arrangement, and with a canard layout lots of weight could be saved: the tail section was competely deleted, and the heavy extension shaft and the respective gears for the front propeller became obsolete, too.
Wind tunnel tests confirmed the basic idea, even though the new layout called for several major innovations and new constructions which postponed development and service introduction considerably until late 1943.
These innovation comprised, for instance, the first (moderately) swept wings on an USAAF aircraft, due to CG and atability reasons. Unlike the very similar but bigger Curtiss XP-55 Ascender the XP-76 "Airaconda" had a very good performance, compared to the standard P-39. It was more agile, had a better rate of climb and retained the powerful 37mm cannon, which was highly effective against large air targets as well as ground targets. The gun was complemented by foud 0.5" machine guns, all grouped into the aircraft's nose.
By January 1944 the first service machines, designated P-76A, were delivered to homeland defence units for evaluation, especially against the P-39 as well as the P-40. Anyway, pilots distrusted the very different aircraft. The high tricycle landing caused frequent problems, especially on soggy ground, and several accidents with propeller contacts during exagerrated take-offs did not build the P-76's reputation - even the though the aircraft was basically good and a true step forward from the P-39. But to no avail: no ally would take it, neither Great Britain (having the disappointing P-39 still in mind) nor the Soviet Union.
The P-76's career was short, though. The machines were too late for the Aleutian Campaign, and none saw real combat action. Furthermore, more capable aircraft had entered the scene in the meantime, like the P-47 and the P-51, so the P-76 was primarily used for combat training on the USA mainland.
Only about 80 of this unique aircraft were built, before production switched to the more conventional P-63 Kingcobra.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 26 ft 10 1/2 in (8.2 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 3 in (9,54 m)
Height: 13 ft (3.96 m)
Wing area: 190 sq ft (17.71 m²)
Empty weight: 4.900lb (2.225 kg)
Loaded weight: 6.530 lb (2.965 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 7.709 lb (3.500 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Allison V-1710-47R liquid-cooled V12 engine, 1,325 hp (955 kW),
driving a four-blade pusehr propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 390 mph at 19,300 ft (628 km/h)
Range: 635 mi (1,020 km)
Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,700 m)
Rate of climb: 3,750 ft/min (19 m/s)
Wing loading: 34.6 lb/sq ft (169 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)
Time to climb: 15,000 in 4.5 min at 160 mph (260 km/h).
Armament:
1x 1.5 cal. (37 mm) M4 cannon in the nose with 30 rounds of HE-T ammunition
4x .50 cal. (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns, nose-mounted with 200 RPG
Up to 1.000 lb or ordnance, including a drop tank or (rarely used) a single 1.000 lb bomb on
a centerline pylon; alternatively two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs under the wings or six unguided
HVAR missiles.
The kit and its assembly:
This shinden-esque whif aircraft was spawned by a series of P-39 CG illustrations - modified skins for a flight simulator which depicted the Airacobra as a pusher with a canard layout. This looked very interesting, and since I had a Hobby Boss P-39Q in the stash with no real plan until now, I gave the inspiration green light and turned on the saw.
The CGs already showed some inplausibilities, though - all perspectives were carefully taken from a shallow side perspective, hiding problematic areas! So, soon it became clear that my build could not be a 1:1 copy of the virtual art, because that would either not be possible, or simply look poor in hardware form.
As consequence, the simple P-39 pusher conversion idea turned into a major kitbash and body sculpting job, that somehow looked more and more like a diminuitive Kyushu J7W Shinden!?
What went into the thing:
● Central fuselage with engine, cockpit and front end of a Hobby Boss P-39
● Wings from a revell Me 262
● Horizontal stabilizers from an Italeri Fw 190
● The twin fins are stabilizers from the Me 262, too
● The propeller comes from the MPM P-47H kit
● Landing gear was scratched from the spares box
A lucky find were the Me 262 wings: they perfectly fit in depth onto the Airacobra's fuselage, and they added the "modern" look I was looking for. The original wings were simply to straight and deep, proportions would hardly work. Unfortunatly this meant that the cutouts on the wings for the Me 262's engine nacelles had to be filled, and that the landing gear wells had to be improvised, too. The wings roots had to be re.sculpted, too, since the Me 262 wings are much thinner than the P-39's.
Another problem was the fuselage's relative length - with the tail cut off, it's just too short in order to take canards on the nose - that was already recognizable in the CGs where the front fuselage had been stretched.
I did the same, with two measures: Firstly, a 10mm plug was inserted in front of the cockpit - a massive lump of putty that was sanded into shape. Furthermore, just glueing the spinner onto the nose would not yield a proper look. So I added a P-38 nose (Airfix kit) that was reduced in height and re-scuplted the lower fuselage, adding depth. As a consequence, the front wheel well moved forward and had to be re-shaped, too. Lots of messy putty work!
A third dubious section was the propeller, or better its interesction with the fuselage. Again, the CGs did not yield any potential solution. Since pusher props call for ground clearance I decided to fix the propeller axis so high that the spinner would be flush with the aircraft's spine - the pointed XP-47H propeller (It's one massive piece, with lots of flash...) was perfect and finally found a good and unexpected use. As per usual I built a metal axis construction with a styrene tube adapter inside the fuselage for the propeller, so that it can spin freely.
In order to shape a more or less elegant transition from the oval P-39 fuselage to the round spinner I added another plug, about 5mm long and again sculpted from putty.
With that in place the overall proprotions became clearer. Next step was to clip the Me 262 wings, so that the span would match the fuselage length, and I had to devise a way to mount fins. The CG just used the P-39's stabilizers, vertically placed on the wings' trailing edge. But, again, this does not work well in hardware form. These "fins" are much too tall, and just mounting them in that place looks rather awkward.
My solution was then to add small carrier booms - actually these a massive, modern 500 lb bombs without fins, placed on the trailing edges and protruding. This makes a more plausible and stable-looking base for fins, IMHO, and after several options (including P-51 and P-47 stabilizers)I used trimmed Me 262 stabilizers. Their sweeped leading edge matches the wings' shape just well - and the Fw 190 stabilizers which were glued to the nose as canards also look in-style, and overall more modern than the P-39's rounded wing shapes.
Slowly the P-76 took more and more shape, and I was surprised how much it started to resemble the Kyushu Shinden, which was a bigger aircraft, though.
Painting and markings:
A weird aircraft needs IMHO a rather subtle paint scheme, so I settled for a standard USAAF livery with overall Olive Drab upper sides, some Medium Green blotches on all wing surfaces and Neutral Grey undersides.
As basic colors I used Modelmaster's ANA 613 for the upper surfaces and FS 36231 (instead of the true Neutral Grey FS 36173) for the lower sides; the green blotches are frequently quoted as FS 34096, but this is IMHO too "green", the tone has a rather blue-ish hue. So I went for a more a yellow-ish tone and settled for Humbrol 102 (Army Green). All tones were later lightened and weathered through dry-painting (also highlighting some panels) and a black ink wash - both tones somewhat came closer to each other through this treatment, but I think this happened on real world aircraft, too?
The only colorful highlight is a yellow nose.
All interior surfaces were painted in zinc chromate primer: on top of an olive green base (Humbrol 159) some dry-painting with Modelmaster's Zinc Chromate Green was added.
Markings were puzzled together from various sources. The red-rimmed Stars-And-Bars were AFAIK still in use in late 1943, and they add some contrast to the otherwise simple aircraft. The white stripes were used as ID markings in the Aleutian theatre - another small individual note. Otherwise, P-40's of the 344th FS/343rd FG were used as benchmarks.
In the end, and interesting experiment that shows that CG ideas must not translate well into model kit hardware form. Nevertheless, the P-76 looks interesting - at some times I thought it would look rather German or like an aircraft from Captain America or the 'The Sky Crawlers' anime movie?
May 2002 - almost 17 - Last day of Junior Year - Lubbock High School, Lubbock, Texas
This Cubs cap just about never left this boy's head for at least 4 years running.
(I had to wrest it away for cleaning :) and the second it was dry it was right back on his head) The strap in the back was taped, stapled, and pinned. A cherished cap, it was.
Some how it disappeared the day of the accident and was never found.
I wish it could be returned.
if you want to know about that day............. my two sons were injured by contacting a metal pipe to a high voltage wire. they were trying to get a little ground squirrel out of the pipe for some small children while they were at a family birthday party. My son, Tyler, was severely burned, he coded at the site, was revived, and he died 10 days later from anoxic brain injury and electrical burn complications. (electricity is a strange creature)
To be accurate, I guess I must tell you that I had a decison to make that day. A most difficult one. Because of Tyler's brain injury, and the fact that he would never regain consciousness, it was up to me to have the physicians' disconnect his life support. So on that day, July 24, 2002, after life support was discontinued, my son Tyler died in my arms, leaving this earth much like he'd entered it - in the arms of his mother.
Tyler would have been 17 on August 2, 2002. He was a very popular kid. Lots of friends, top 5 in his class, winning smile, big brother to many and champion of the underdog. He played baseball (for his mom) and football (for himself) and he was a very strong power lifter.
My younger son, Tanner, was electrocuted and burned as well, however he has made a good physical recovery, and a pretty good emotional recovery although he carries serious scars in his heart and spirit. Tyler was his best friend. Tanner is the subject of many of my photos. For months afterward, he wasn't sure he could stay in this life and felt the accident was his fault. That chills me to this day.
You can see photos of Tanner here.
So on July 14, 2002, my world as I knew it came to a crashing halt.
It's been a long hard journey to get here, today.
As for the Tarot card, the blasted tower, it came my way in a meditation spread on the Friday night before the accident on Sunday. I thought it regarded a relationship issue. Months later, reviewing my notes, I could make a little better sense of it all. Retrospect is a wondrous thing. If only I'd known. catastrophe, indeed.
Read here for a story about Tyler's parrot, Ms. Buddy.
They say the first bird you see of the new year, is a sign of what to expect from the year. Well here is my first bird of 2012. A large, fluffy, cute, Barred Owl. Not counting my domestic birds of course xD
I named him Buddy, found him in the goat barn...probably eating mice, and looking to eat chickens. He let me climb up pretty close, get a few pics, then flew out a door I opened
Wisdom in this year to come, with magic at work behind my decisons, I feel blessed :)
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“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
A young Preston player bowled over in an attempt on goal but lawfully under the rules of the game. Field Hockey can be dangerous but the risks are kept to a minimum by two umpires .
Of course at local league level, the standard of umpiring can vary quite a bit and as a rule each side provides an umpire . In higer league and national and international games more experienced , better qualified and very carefully vetted umpires control the games.
As with football the most popular team game in the UK ( hockey is the second most popular in terms of numbers who participate actively) the arbitrqators who uphold the rules have a vital but increasingly difficult role to play.
It is of course far easier for fans and spectators and indeed players to criticise and often be abusive to referees and umpires than simply accept the decision and get on with the game. Some of this criticism is fueled by passion and frustration but much of it is "denial."
In field hockey both umpires use a fix set of signals so that each of them knows what decision they have given and so do the players and most umpires i watch also briefly explain / justify their decision to the player / players whom the decision goes against.
I've been watching hockey and shooting it for maybe five years now and still haven't mastered what are a quite complex set of rules. In fact, i know , that , in lower leagues, many of the players do not know the minuteae of the official rules and thus contest genuine , correct and impartial decisions made.
The nightmare for many arbitrators oif team games is when they are unsighted and an infringement occurs. They can only make their best call and players really ough to accept them and get on with the game. In virtually all such scenarios that I have witnessed through the lens , the disdavantage to a penalised team by difficult decisons they find hard to accept is much less than the disadvantage they bring on themselves in terms of losing the plot, losing focus and indeed making their side vulnerable defensively where the opposition quickly get on with it whilst their opponents are bickering about a decision.
Mosy recently, whilst in Bolton after the game, back at the clubhouse , I had the pleasure / priveledge to meet a world class FIH field hockey umpire , a charismatic Canadian called Keeley Dunn. She is in the UK on secondment for six months . Keeley is extremely articulate and passionate about her vocation , for that is what umpiring seemed to be for her and I found her to be most direct and completly honest. From that conversation I learned a great deal about the game from an umpire's perspective and the way top class field hockey umpires get accredited and are monitored to ensure the highest standards and to ensure impartiality.
Hence for example, FIH umpires are elected to cover national and international games but , as I understood it , are merely renumerated for travel , accommodation and get a modest allowance for food. They are not paid. When I retorted that they ought to be , she replied that , in some cases where that had happened , mentioning no countries here of course , this had led to corruption and that of course is detrimental to the game and the integrity of officials , which in my view should never be in question.
I guess you need knowledge, experience, courage and a lot of self confidence to umpire such games. Keeley has a website / blog and is a member of Flickr. One of her most recent entries is an honest and at times moving account of why she sought secondment in the UK and how that has helped her in her goal to be one of the best. My guess is that she has got there and that is just on a chance meeting.
In that account (of what was a crisis of confidence that led her to these shores) she speaks of one of those enlighteningmoments , a few words in the right palxce that triggered a theraputic re-think. It was mainly the simpel advice to be in the right palce at the right time during a game.
this shot from the Preston Bolton match is illustrative of how that advice applies to my trade as well. I am becoming increasingly more ruthless in deleting shots friom all the one's I take at games and I was in two minds about this one but couldn't bring myself to bin it. In many ways covering fast moving team games through the lens it is a bit of a lottery , with players and sometimes umpires moving into the shot and you get shots like this.
still can't look back and live by the 'what if ?' mantra! Can't wait to shoot the game tommorow night. so excited that I haven't gone to bed yet. Andrew just sent a message by gmail that he had finsihed packing and was off to sleep. He has to get a taxi at four a.m. to Manchester airport this morning. I am taking a bus from Eccles to the airport in Liverpool at around 3 in rthe afternoon . It will be a push to get to the stadium at least 30 minutes before the game starts but fingers crossed I'll get there a little bit earlier .
BTW Keely's Flickjr is here
And check out her blog here
Her account on her blog of that crisis ,as mentioned above, is a recommended read it is witty , has irony and full of what self-effacing charm touched with a steely determination to be who she is.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
Bell's P-76 had its roots in the P-39 Airacobra, one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II.
The Airacobra had an innovative layout, with the engine installed in the center fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller via a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.
Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the P-39 design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, limiting it to low-altitude work. As such it was rejected by the RAF for use over western Europe and passed over to the USSR where performance at high altitude was less important.
Bell permanently tried to improve the aircraft. Trials of a laminar flow wing (in the XP-39E) and several alternative engines were unsuccessful, so the basic concept was taken into two directions: The mid-engine, gun-through-hub concept was developed further in the overall larger Bell XP-63 Kingcobra, and a radical re-design of the whole aircraft around its basic structure and its power unit, which became the XP-76.
The basic concept was simple: the proven Allison V-1710 engine was to be retained, but the rest of the aircraft was to be lightened and "minimized" wherever possible in order to improve its performance - a similar way Grumman went with the F8F Bearcat.
Anyway, Bell's construction team did not find much options, at least without compromising other factors like rigidity or armament. In a almost desperate move the decison was made to change the aircraft's layout altogether - making the P-39 a pusher aircraft! The Allison V-1710 allowed a simple switch from a pull to a push arrangement, and with a canard layout lots of weight could be saved: the tail section was competely deleted, and the heavy extension shaft and the respective gears for the front propeller became obsolete, too.
Wind tunnel tests confirmed the basic idea, even though the new layout called for several major innovations and new constructions which postponed development and service introduction considerably until late 1943.
These innovation comprised, for instance, the first (moderately) swept wings on an USAAF aircraft, due to CG and atability reasons. Unlike the very similar but bigger Curtiss XP-55 Ascender the XP-76 "Airaconda" had a very good performance, compared to the standard P-39. It was more agile, had a better rate of climb and retained the powerful 37mm cannon, which was highly effective against large air targets as well as ground targets. The gun was complemented by foud 0.5" machine guns, all grouped into the aircraft's nose.
By January 1944 the first service machines, designated P-76A, were delivered to homeland defence units for evaluation, especially against the P-39 as well as the P-40. Anyway, pilots distrusted the very different aircraft. The high tricycle landing caused frequent problems, especially on soggy ground, and several accidents with propeller contacts during exagerrated take-offs did not build the P-76's reputation - even the though the aircraft was basically good and a true step forward from the P-39. But to no avail: no ally would take it, neither Great Britain (having the disappointing P-39 still in mind) nor the Soviet Union.
The P-76's career was short, though. The machines were too late for the Aleutian Campaign, and none saw real combat action. Furthermore, more capable aircraft had entered the scene in the meantime, like the P-47 and the P-51, so the P-76 was primarily used for combat training on the USA mainland.
Only about 80 of this unique aircraft were built, before production switched to the more conventional P-63 Kingcobra.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 26 ft 10 1/2 in (8.2 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 3 in (9,54 m)
Height: 13 ft (3.96 m)
Wing area: 190 sq ft (17.71 m²)
Empty weight: 4.900lb (2.225 kg)
Loaded weight: 6.530 lb (2.965 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 7.709 lb (3.500 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Allison V-1710-47R liquid-cooled V12 engine, 1,325 hp (955 kW),
driving a four-blade pusehr propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 390 mph at 19,300 ft (628 km/h)
Range: 635 mi (1,020 km)
Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,700 m)
Rate of climb: 3,750 ft/min (19 m/s)
Wing loading: 34.6 lb/sq ft (169 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)
Time to climb: 15,000 in 4.5 min at 160 mph (260 km/h).
Armament:
1x 1.5 cal. (37 mm) M4 cannon in the nose with 30 rounds of HE-T ammunition
4x .50 cal. (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns, nose-mounted with 200 RPG
Up to 1.000 lb or ordnance, including a drop tank or (rarely used) a single 1.000 lb bomb on
a centerline pylon; alternatively two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs under the wings or six unguided
HVAR missiles.
The kit and its assembly:
This shinden-esque whif aircraft was spawned by a series of P-39 CG illustrations - modified skins for a flight simulator which depicted the Airacobra as a pusher with a canard layout. This looked very interesting, and since I had a Hobby Boss P-39Q in the stash with no real plan until now, I gave the inspiration green light and turned on the saw.
The CGs already showed some inplausibilities, though - all perspectives were carefully taken from a shallow side perspective, hiding problematic areas! So, soon it became clear that my build could not be a 1:1 copy of the virtual art, because that would either not be possible, or simply look poor in hardware form.
As consequence, the simple P-39 pusher conversion idea turned into a major kitbash and body sculpting job, that somehow looked more and more like a diminuitive Kyushu J7W Shinden!?
What went into the thing:
● Central fuselage with engine, cockpit and front end of a Hobby Boss P-39
● Wings from a revell Me 262
● Horizontal stabilizers from an Italeri Fw 190
● The twin fins are stabilizers from the Me 262, too
● The propeller comes from the MPM P-47H kit
● Landing gear was scratched from the spares box
A lucky find were the Me 262 wings: they perfectly fit in depth onto the Airacobra's fuselage, and they added the "modern" look I was looking for. The original wings were simply to straight and deep, proportions would hardly work. Unfortunatly this meant that the cutouts on the wings for the Me 262's engine nacelles had to be filled, and that the landing gear wells had to be improvised, too. The wings roots had to be re.sculpted, too, since the Me 262 wings are much thinner than the P-39's.
Another problem was the fuselage's relative length - with the tail cut off, it's just too short in order to take canards on the nose - that was already recognizable in the CGs where the front fuselage had been stretched.
I did the same, with two measures: Firstly, a 10mm plug was inserted in front of the cockpit - a massive lump of putty that was sanded into shape. Furthermore, just glueing the spinner onto the nose would not yield a proper look. So I added a P-38 nose (Airfix kit) that was reduced in height and re-scuplted the lower fuselage, adding depth. As a consequence, the front wheel well moved forward and had to be re-shaped, too. Lots of messy putty work!
A third dubious section was the propeller, or better its interesction with the fuselage. Again, the CGs did not yield any potential solution. Since pusher props call for ground clearance I decided to fix the propeller axis so high that the spinner would be flush with the aircraft's spine - the pointed XP-47H propeller (It's one massive piece, with lots of flash...) was perfect and finally found a good and unexpected use. As per usual I built a metal axis construction with a styrene tube adapter inside the fuselage for the propeller, so that it can spin freely.
In order to shape a more or less elegant transition from the oval P-39 fuselage to the round spinner I added another plug, about 5mm long and again sculpted from putty.
With that in place the overall proprotions became clearer. Next step was to clip the Me 262 wings, so that the span would match the fuselage length, and I had to devise a way to mount fins. The CG just used the P-39's stabilizers, vertically placed on the wings' trailing edge. But, again, this does not work well in hardware form. These "fins" are much too tall, and just mounting them in that place looks rather awkward.
My solution was then to add small carrier booms - actually these a massive, modern 500 lb bombs without fins, placed on the trailing edges and protruding. This makes a more plausible and stable-looking base for fins, IMHO, and after several options (including P-51 and P-47 stabilizers)I used trimmed Me 262 stabilizers. Their sweeped leading edge matches the wings' shape just well - and the Fw 190 stabilizers which were glued to the nose as canards also look in-style, and overall more modern than the P-39's rounded wing shapes.
Slowly the P-76 took more and more shape, and I was surprised how much it started to resemble the Kyushu Shinden, which was a bigger aircraft, though.
Painting and markings:
A weird aircraft needs IMHO a rather subtle paint scheme, so I settled for a standard USAAF livery with overall Olive Drab upper sides, some Medium Green blotches on all wing surfaces and Neutral Grey undersides.
As basic colors I used Modelmaster's ANA 613 for the upper surfaces and FS 36231 (instead of the true Neutral Grey FS 36173) for the lower sides; the green blotches are frequently quoted as FS 34096, but this is IMHO too "green", the tone has a rather blue-ish hue. So I went for a more a yellow-ish tone and settled for Humbrol 102 (Army Green). All tones were later lightened and weathered through dry-painting (also highlighting some panels) and a black ink wash - both tones somewhat came closer to each other through this treatment, but I think this happened on real world aircraft, too?
The only colorful highlight is a yellow nose.
All interior surfaces were painted in zinc chromate primer: on top of an olive green base (Humbrol 159) some dry-painting with Modelmaster's Zinc Chromate Green was added.
Markings were puzzled together from various sources. The red-rimmed Stars-And-Bars were AFAIK still in use in late 1943, and they add some contrast to the otherwise simple aircraft. The white stripes were used as ID markings in the Aleutian theatre - another small individual note. Otherwise, P-40's of the 344th FS/343rd FG were used as benchmarks.
In the end, and interesting experiment that shows that CG ideas must not translate well into model kit hardware form. Nevertheless, the P-76 looks interesting - at some times I thought it would look rather German or like an aircraft from Captain America or the 'The Sky Crawlers' anime movie?
Il 2009 per il nostro caro sindaco si sta avviando a conclusione così come era iniziato: trionfalmente. Agli inizi dell’anno l’avevamo lasciato a fronteggiare eroicamente l’impressionante potenza d’urto di un’imponente raccolta firme, organizzata da gran parte delle forze dell’opposizione e da cospicui pezzi della vivacissima società civile palermitana per dargli una robusta spallata detronizzante e chiedergli di andarsene.
Chiunque, come minimo, se la sarebbe presa e ci sarebbe rimasto male: ma come? Ti impegni, ti sbatti – scusando l’espressione – come un matto per il rinnovamento cool di questa città, metti pure le manone giallo-fumetto di Paperopoli come cartelli stradali, rinunci addirittura a dei tie break per presenziare a qualche taglio di nastro… e che fanno i palermitani? Tramano e firmano per chiedere le dimissioni? Roba da demoralizzare un cavallo. Ma il nostro è un tipo davvero tosto, tempra dura, forgiata sotto il sole cocente dei campi in terra rossa dei circoli del tennis, dove se perdi due primi turni di fila, devi offrire l’aperitivo a tutte le teste di serie. Insomma, ci vuole pelo sullo stomaco per sopravvivere in un ambiente così.
Allora, brandendo da par suo racchetta e calice – da sempre inseparabili compagni di avventura – piano piano, passo dopo passo, con una meticolosità pari solo ai risultati, il primo cittadino si è rimboccato le maniche ed ha ripreso a lavorare con ancor più lena per il bene della bedda Palermo. E il proverbiale tocco magico non ha tardato a lastricare di successi le vie e le vite degli palermitani, e pazienza se per partito preso gruppi di ingrati cittadini ti impediscono di salire sul carro della santuzza e “darti” alla folla adorante.
Gli ultimi mesi, dunque, sono stati un esaltante campionario di mirabilie: soffermandoci per esigenze di spazi solo sugli esempi più fulgidi, si va dalla oculatissima conduzione del carrozzone Amia, con i suoi colonnelli in turbante che giocano a emiri e sceicchi in quel di Dubai e con la favolosa voragine nel bilancio, fino al clamoroso raddoppio dell’Irpef, in barba al solito, preconcetto, ostracismo del consiglio comunale.
Naturalmente passando - last but not least, anzi - dal fiore all’occhiello di tutta l’amministrazione del nostro caro sindaco, talmente profumato e lucente da oscurare addirittura il pur recente capolavoro delle Ztl: l’impeccabile gestione dei rifiuti cittadini, che ha fatto della nostra città un modello e un punto di riferimento in materia di munnizza. Niente emissioni, esalazioni, inceneritori, termovalorizzatori, campane per la differenziata, riciclo, riuso, raccolta porta a porta… tutta roba superata, spazzatura, è proprio il caso di dire. A Palermo, semplicemente, i rifiuti ormai si lasciano dove sono, cioè dappertutto, al sole come sotto la pioggia, a socializzare tra loro in cumuli e cumuli di gioiosa promiscuità.
Ma si sa, anche le rose più fresche hanno le spine, e così, nel perfetto ingranaggio sforna-successi messo su dal nostro caro sindaco - con la preziosa collaborazione, è giusto dirlo, dei fedeli alleati di una maggioranza giorno dopo giorno sempre più compatta - rischia ora di finire il sassolino della candidatura di Palermo alle Olimpiadi del 2020. Sì, perchè la roboante idea lanciata dallo charmant assessore regionale al Turismo – appassionato di mortadella e foulard – può causare all’eroico sindaco, tenuto completamente all’oscuro della decisone di “lanciare” la sua città, un ingiusto danno di immagine e, forse, fargli perdere anche qualcosina dei suoi altissimi consensi. Allora? Buttarsi giù? Assolutamente, ci vuole ben altro per fare vacillare il nostro caro sindaco.
Ecco, allora, immediata, la contromossa - finissima strategia politica - per riaccendere i riflettori sulle sua gesta: accelerare il progetto più ambizioso, organizzare e realizzare a Palermo l’edizione più rivoluzionaria dell’America’s Cup, non già nel mare di Mondello – banale - ma nelle acque del centro storico cittadino, così ricche in abbondanza di fango e munnizza.
E nessuna Palermo olimpica riuscirà a togliere luce al sogno di questo uomo di mare, e del suo fidato skipper, il “tattico” della Gesip Franco Alioto, e a impedirgli di entrare nella storia.
Ma se la candidatura, come è probabile, dovesse reggere e rivelarsi davvero seria e forte… beh, vorrà dire che i palermitani aggiungeranno al loro amatissimo anello al naso anche quelli olimpici.
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While on our photo walk in DC as it approached lunchtime I saw a full square city block of “mobile delicatessens” parked and small crowds of customer beginning to quickly descend upon this location. A DC city block is approximately 1/10th of a mile. So what I was looking at was actually 4/10th of a mile of food choices. Being that it was lunchtime, of course I have to feed my tour guide. When he saw the trucks he got all excited and quickly pulled out his phone to “tweet” and find out where his favorite vendor was parked amongst them. In DC, there is an app that will tell you where your favorite truck is parked. Those businesses that don’t “tweet” their location are placed on a “shame list of businesses that don’t tweet”. My experience with Sacramento area food trucks has been they attempt to provide a variety of quick and inexpensive dining options beyond the typical hotdog and a pretzel. As this business continues to grow and prosper, the quality of the food has improved considerably. In DC, mobile food trucks are regulated by the DC Department of Consumer Affairs. Lunch trucks have to comply with Health Department regulations, the truck must be inspected and receive a certification, in order to be in operation. The operating license is issued to the individual vendor not the business or the truck. The license, which is good for three years, must be in the possession of the individual and the truck they are operating when selling food from the truck.
Sam Webb (R) connects a strong right hook to Anthony Small (L), Webb challenging for the British & Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Titles. Sam Webb won on a majority decison of the judges on points. Anthony Small's flamboyent style did not help him in this long awaited grudge match. Webb had twice beaten Small as amateurs.
After one of the mounts had snapped, and over all build quality of the exhaust. I made the decison to buy a brand new system, complete with inlet and exhaust manifold.
Oggi è stata una giornata fruttuosa, in verità ho anche trovato la D di dimenticare e la D di dado.
Ma ho deciso di mettere la D di disperazione, perché prossimamente inizierà lo studio furioso per la maturità ( alla mia scuola è a febbraio lo scritto).
C'è anche la D di delusione, quella che si prova fin troppo spesso in amore ed amicizia.
La D di desiderio, quello che tutti hanno, un sogno che vorrebbero vedere avverato.
La D di destinazione, chi non vorrebbe concludere la vita pensado di aver fatto tutto il possibile immaginabile?
La D di Domodossola, quella a cui mi manca fermarmi, mi manchi tu in generale.
La D di delitto, quanto volte non ti viene voglia di uccidere una certa persona?
La D di disprezzo, per certi comportamenti.
La D di decisone, che porta avanti.
All'interno un'altra foto.
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“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
“Somos polvo de estrellas” es el nuevo libro de divulgación escrito de manera amena, sencilla y didáctica por el astrónomo José Maza, Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas (1999).
El lanzamiento del libro, editado por el Grupo Planeta, se realizó el viernes 7 de abril a las 20.00 horas, en el mirador más alto de Latinoamerica, Sky Costanera.
El libro fue presentado por la presidenta de la Academia Chilena de Ciencias, María Teresa Ruiz, quien recientemente fue reconocida con el premio For Woman in Science en la categoría Ciencias Exactas, entregado por ‘L’Oreal UNESCO.
Jose Maza
José Maza Sancho nació en Valparaíso en 1948.
En 1964 ingresó a la Escuela de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Chile y en 1966 tomó los primeros cursos de astronomía impartidos por esta Casa de Estudios. Obtuvo el grado de Magister en 1975 y el de Doctor en 1979, ambos con mención en Astrofísica, conferidos por la Universidad de Toronto, Canadá.
En 1987 se le nombró profesor titular de la Universidad de Chile. En 1995 obtuvo una Cátedra Presidencial en Ciencias y entre 1997 y 2000 fue el Director del Departamento de Astronomía de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas. Es autor de numerosos trabajos de investigación publicados en revistas internacionales.
José Maza fue parte del grupo de investigadores del proyecto Calán – Tololo (junto a Mario Hamuy), investigación clave en el descubrimiento en 1988 de la aceleración del universo y de la existencia de una nueva componente de energía oscura que constituye el 70% de toda la energía del Universo. Este hecho fue la base para que Brian Schmidt y Saul Perlmutter ganaran el Premio Nobel de Física 2011.
El proyecto Calán – Tololo fue reconocido por la Real Academia de Ciencias de Suecia, como un “scientifc background” del Nobel de Física de ese año.
Sus áreas de investigación son las supernovas y la energía oscura y la telescopía robótica.
Sobre el Premio Nacional
El jurado que lo distinguió como Premio Nacional basó la decisón en su contribución al conocimiento de la velocidad de expansión del universo y a la determinación de la geometría del universo a gran escala, usando supernovas tipo 1a como indicadores de distancia.
Este reconocimiento premió además su destacada trayectoria como educador y divulgador de la astronomía en Chile.
Sam Webb (R) gets in close to avoid the long reaching defense of Anthony Small (L), Webb challenging for the British & Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Titles. Sam Webb won on a majority decison of the judges on points. Anthony Small's flamboyent style did not help him in this long awaited grudge match. Webb had twice beaten Small as amateurs.
One of the few good things about the Arriva Cross Country Franchise, is that several redundant HST power cars have been brought back from the dead,the decison to abandon restaurant/buffet cars is not a good move!, after being stored for several years 43303 makes her first return to service for a long time,its last use with Virgin Trains as 43103, still regaining her Valenta and original number sister 43104 helps from the rear.
Sam Webb (L) battles in this close fought challenge with Anthony Small (R), Webb challenging for the British & Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Titles. Sam Webb won on a majority decison of the judges on points. Anthony Small's flamboyent style did not help him in this long awaited grudge match. Webb had twice beaten Small as amateurs.
Sí señor. Este año hemos podido disfrutar de una maravillosa Vuelta España, que nada ha tenido que envidiar, según los entendidos, al Giro o al mismísimo Tour.
Lo cierto y verdad es que, las etapas que he tenido ocasión de ver concluir, han sido todo un lujo para los que amamos al Ciclismo con mayúscular. Sí, el Ciclismo limpio, sin especulación de ningún tipo. El juego limpio.
Me alegro especialmente por el ganador, Alberto CONTADOR. Quien me conoce sabe muy bien por qué. Ambos somos madrileños y yo he tenido la suerte y el honor, por qué no decirlo, de haber disfrutado de su ciclismo cuando se iniciabla con la bicicleta, junto a mi hijo entre otros deportistas con ilusión que pretendías destacar en un mundo tan complejo como el que nos toca vivir.
Pues eso, que luego me enrollo mucho, mi más sincera enhorabuena ALBERTO. Nos has hechos disfrutar mucho, muchísimo y no sólo por tu pedalear infatigable. Lo que mas me ha sorprendido, además de tu esfuerzo incansable y la decisón por buscar la justa recompensa al ataque sistemático al que has sido sometido estos dos últimos años, ha sido la generosidad con tus máximos rivales los cuales ha demostrado también que, además de grandes ciclistas, tenemos buenísimas personas.
Enhorabuena, campeones.
Saludos.
MANU
My sl is being a bugger today and wont lemme see anything without wonky pixels BUT anyhoo I hadn't done much with this lil corner of my home but when I saw these gorgeous Suzani's by Knopfe I was INSPIRED! As always I got over excited n couldnt choose, I got the fatpack which has so so so soooooooooooooo many stunning choices. Argh decisions decisons ;)
The cutest lil stepladder in the world is by Samantha Smadga at Baffle. It has loads of different textures n poses (6 I think) all built in and its adorable.
Sam Webb (L) and Anthony Small (R) exchange points, Webb challenging for the British & Commonwealth Light-Middleweight Titles. Sam Webb won on a majority decison of the judges on points. Anthony Small's flamboyent style did not help him in this long awaited grudge match. Webb had twice beaten Small as amateurs.