Taylor, the latte boy

Sé que no está permitido poner videos en el blog, pero tenía que ponerlo, está divertida la canción y ella es una excelente actriz.

The End

Hey again…well, as I heard at Linda's home, this is the last post, but I'm not sure, so I won't say goodbye yet. This week's Thursday we went to Linda's to watch the Murder We Wrote videos, which are (I think) the main point of doing this blog. The videos were really cool, and I could notice that every team gave their best effort to do a great job; some movie were very serious and some others very funny, but all of them had the math, which was the most important part, oh! and also the scientific method, including the name of the steps and everything. I even felt bad for my video, because after watching the others' I felt like we should've tried EVEN HARDER!!

Anyway, my math grade isn't so awesome this time, and my average of the third partial isn't so good either, but neither it's bad. I think Integral Calculus, and math in general are not my strongest, but still… I pretty much admire people who can deal with them.

Well, with nothing else to say but…ONE WEEK LEFT!!! Goodbye =)

Fun art

WWOOOOW! Analyze it! =P

And about this week...

This week is going to be (and it’s been so far) EXHAUSTING!!! Actually, the three weeks that are left are going to be the worst for me, because we had to present “The Wiz” here in Obregón, then we have to go to Culiacán (which isn’t so bad), and after we come back we have to do all the exams we missed, and then work intensively in final projects, specially Emprendedor, so………..I need summer vacations!

I just hope everything goes fine, and I wish I can have the energy to keep studying for the finals.
Math class has been terrible, because I don’t understand the graphs, well…I barely do, but it’s not enough.

Ceneval results were good, and congratulations POTER! :DDDD!! I knew you were smart, but now I know you’re brilliant…way to go! Haha

I’m just back from the play, actually, so I feel kind of tired…FOLLOW THE YELLOW PATH! ;)

"Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned"

Holy Week

Oh hi!

I guess this week I should write about this Holy Week, but what am I supposed to say? Holy Week is supposed to be a time to practice our religion and that stuff, but no one cares about that, or almost nobody does.

Anyway, I’m not the most religious person either, so let me tell you about my vacations…well, I stayed here! These vacations were active, because I went with some friends to play volleyball and front tennis (or however it’s called); it sounds pathetic, but it wasn’t at all. Actually, I just hanged out with 4 friends and my boyfriend in this lonely town, but I finally got a break from school which was what I wanted the most.

So, as you can see, I have nothing else to say, because I did nothing! :D I hope you all had lots of fun and drama queens and kings, get ready for Culiacán.

- Why do you rarely find mathematicians spending time at the beach?
- Because they have sine and cosine to get a tan and don't need the sun!

HAHA! Math jokes ¬¬

The weekend

This weekend was nice! I went to Los Mochis, Sinaloa (again) and I thought it was going to be boring, but it turned out to be cool. I bought some new clothes and shoes =) and my possible prom dress (yay!).

I missed the TOEFL, but I'm going to take it on Monday, which is ok because there are going to be less people in the classroom, so it's easier for me to concentrate.

I'm excited about the MURDER WE WROTE; I know it's tough and I'm not going to sleep at all! (I guess) but those projects are always fun and we learn a lot from them (at least I do).

Well..I'm tired...so.. bye

Ceneval

It's been a long weekend, but it was also a long week of studying and preparing for Ceneval. Though I'm not going to have an excellent grade, I hope I can get at least the 1050 points for the 30%, and if I don't, well... =(

Anyway, I don't know what else to write about. I went to Los Mochis, Sinaloa on saturday, and it wasn't so bad after all, because I went out with my cousins and I got a dog!

I can't wait for high school to be over. It's exhausting! But still...I'm sure I'm going to regret this comment someday.

See you around!

Charts

(Click on them to see better)

Week 9!

This week we were asked to create a schedule according to our plan of how we are going to be working through the month, but they are in the entry above, due to the fact that they're images and I lose the connection everytime I want to put an image with some text.

Anyway, this week is a BUSY week, a lot of projects and exams, so let's put on our "lucky sweater" right? So if we smell like really bad it might be because we didn't have time to wash the sweater!

I have to be brief, because I haven't studied for science yet. Have a nice week and good luck with the exams.

"Love your neighbor as yourself, but don't take down the fence". Carl Sandburg
It sounds funny, but it's kind of true.

Bye! =)

Questions and answers..

New questions for Murder, we wrote. It’s exhausting, but I think I’m learning something extra, beyond the normal school program.

1. What is the Newton’s Law of Cooling?
According to Newton, it is the difference between the temperature of an object and the temperature of the environment around that object.

2. What variables in your problem correspond with the variables in the Newton’s Law of Cooling?
The environment temperature; the K, which is the proportional rate to the temperature whether it increases or decreases; the C, which is a constant related to time = 0, and this one takes me to the body temperature (y), where both C and y are the same if time is 0; and finally, there’s time, that varies, as the temperature according to the time it was taken.

3. According to this Law, at what time approximately the death happened?
Well, it was a long process, and a little bit stressful (personal opinion), because we had to analyze six different scenes of the crime, but finally we got to the conclusion that it occurred between 8:43 pm and 9:55 pm.
We have a lot of theories and different points of view, but I’ll take the math expert’s opinion, who thinks it happened any minute among 9:50 pm and 9:55 pm, because of the professor’s condition.

4. How does the room temperature affect the time of death?
If the place is very cold, the body cools faster; and if the environment is hotter, the body takes longer to get cold. It’s obviously easier and more exact to get the answer from a warm environment.

5. How does an illness (e.g. fever) affect the time of death?
Focusing on fever, if the body suffered from it, it would take longer for it to become cold. Depends on the illness to determine if the body cools down faster or more slowly.

6. How exact is the approximation of the Newton’s Law of Cooling for predicting the time of death?
It depends on how long the body has been in decomposition and in the environment, which is a very important factor.
For our project, it can be almost exact or even exact at all, because the environment is helpful.

There you go. I’ve got no words for today either, I’m just too tired and I have other homeworks, but I’ll leave you interesting news here:

HE MARRIES THE WITNESS OF HIS WEDDING.

“You don’t love a woman because she’s beautiful; she’s beautiful because you love her”…right?

See you.

Murder, we wrote...

Aloha! Today I’m going to answer the last four questions of “The Process” part, or at least I’m going to try. Here they are:

4. What methods are commonly used to find the time of death?

There are two factors:

1. The rate method: It consists on measuring the changes produced by a process, and if it happened while it started or when it stopped.

2. The concurrence method: It compares some events of which we know the time in which they took place, with the event that is under investigation.

5. What factors are considered in Algor Mortis?

The body temperature at the time of death and the length of the temperature of the surface where the body is.

6. How does the environment affect the time of death?

It can include four factors:

1. The “size” of the body: It depends on the density of the body and its temperature.

2. The clothing and coverings: These might protect the body from cooling.

3. The movement and humidity of the air: The temperature or process of cooling can depend on the movement of air and the humidity of the place.

4.The immersion in water: Water it a heat conductor, so the body cools down faster.

7. What can you tell about the different methods of temperature reading of the body? Do they make a difference in the results?

I think both methods (Henssge’s and Newton’s) can be very useful, because both consider almost the same factors to determine the temperature, but I think one of them is more exact because you get different results from each.

In spite of the precision of these methods, I think nothing can be calculated exactly as it happened, and the only ones who know the truth are the victim and the murderer.

Math class became difficult today; I was like “Yay, I’m willing to get another 100”, but session 39 problems, well…let’s just say they’re not so much my style. Anyway, I’ll try to understand them. =/

I’ve got nothing to say, I’ve been very sleepy these days, and just wishing for school to be OVER!

"Death cannot stop true love; all it can do is delay it for a little while."

I mean, if such thing as true love exists, right?

See you. =)

Videos

G12 es pura calidá! :P y si no me creen...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcEuGEXj3Bw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZNmbL3zYXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLQamPQk088
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqrTRO70aeY

Corazón de Pulpo

Otro de estos xD

The Big Grade

Hey! =)
I was waiting for a topic to write about this week, but since it never came up, I believe it’s going to be free writing.

All I have to say about this week is……..IT WAS AMAZING! I didn’t get as much stressed as former semesters and exams were easier than ever (most of them), but the really big news is my calculus grade: 99! Who would’ve thought! It truly took me by surprise. Somehow, I knew I wasn’t going to fail, but I was expecting an 85 or something like that, so I’m really glad I got that big number (though a 100 would’ve been nicer…maybe next time).
Anyway, I’m happier than happy and I hope to keep it up for the whole semester.

I have nothing else to write about this time, so this will be like my first short entry. February 14th is coming soon, so I hope you all have your presents ready for me (jaja..right).

See you next week…and a week after that, and maybe a week after that. Only God knows (or anything you believe in). Good bye! =P

"It is better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves."
Women! Meditate it ;)..and men, you too.

My New Philosophy

From Broadway's "You're a good man Charlie Brown" in the Tony Awards 1999
Recommended by David Higuera =)

Hey there…welcome to this special entry. We are THE MATHSOQUISTS.

As part of the math final project, we were asked to make a short movie about a crime scene. The project is called “The Murder We Wrote” and the name of the movie is…well, we don’t know yet, but….

Starring:

Esmeralda Campos Muñoz as “The journalist”

Gloria Inés Higuera Ley as “The media expert”

José Luis Márquez Sabag as “The math expert”

Khalil Abraham López Mohamed as “The forensic scientist”

Bravo! =)

Links to these experts and actors: On the low right corner ;) (or near there)

Some questions to answer:

1. What is forensic science?

It is the application of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a civil action.

2. What kind of evidence can be collected in a murder case?

It can be biological evidence, trace evidence, impression evidence (such as fingerprints, footwear impressions, and tire tracks), controlled substances, firearms, and other evidence in criminal investigations.

3. Why is important to determine the time of death?

To know the phisiological changes the body may have had during that time and for cross-check evidence to get suspects.

After hours and hours of exhausting analization of what could be the main objective of this project, we finally got to the conclusion that it can help us to understand the importance of the use of calculus (integral and differential) in real life situations, so it’s supposed to be a fun and memorable way to learn the application of this out of the classroom, which is more enriching.

PS: We don’t like pain.

"I've made the most important discovery of my life. It's only in the mysterious equation of love that any logical reasons can be found". John Forbes Nash, in A Beautiful Mind.

Source:

www.en.wikipedia.org/Forensic_science

Hahaha

Niño simpático!! Para que se pongan de buenas =P

Hellooooooooo!! Good evening to you!…am I happy? Yes, yes I am. First of all, because today is Thursday and tomorrow I have one class only (emprendedor) so my weekend starts today.

Also..this week I didn’t fail the math quiz (or any other), which is great news, and I won 6 points in that calculus game…YAAAY!! :D it’s like winning a race to Brian O’Conner (The Fast and the Furious), or an Oscar to Titanic…Ok! Well…it’s not, but I feel good anyway.

I wish you all good luck in your exams, and I wish good luck to teachers grading our exams (TIP: don’t ask open questions, so you can save time on reading…jaja yeah right).

I feel really tired and I haven’t had much sleep, so I hope it’s worth it (grades will tell me next week).

Yesterday, Khalil and I were doing calculus homework, but first we ate chicken milanese and we were like: “is this milanese the derivative for chicken?” “yeah..so a cow is like the integral for dairy products”

I know it’s not funny, ‘cause we’re not trying to be! It’s like having a serious mental problem. Oh, and in my dreams…numbers stalk me. Seriously…they do.

Anyway, I don’t feel like writing much today, I just hope you enjoy this weekend and don’t study…just pretend you know =) Is there any good future for me as a psychologist?

“If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear the pain of loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater” =| Deeeeeeeep!

Why love quotes? February :D I know love may stink sometimes, but it can be good ocasionally.

Bye!

PS: No math quote this week

Pink feat. Steve Tyler – Misery

Picture: Ya no me deja esta cosa poner picture!!

"We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others..."

- Pascal, Blaise

I’ve got to say this week that I’m disappointed because I failed the quiz. It’s no big deal, I know, it happens to anyone (or everyone jeje) but I know I can do the homework by myself and by the time I see the quiz my mind is totally clear (and by clear I mean like…white, you know), so maybe my nerves are betraying me.

It’s interesting how numbers can be related to everything for some people; in philosophy class, I learned about Pythagoras and how he seemed the world as number, he said that everything was made by a magical power to shape reality and stars were arranged between harmony and numbers.

I like more this week’s classes because I understand the topics. I think it’s better for me just to follow a process than to understand the reason of every exercise, even though I’m conscious it’s not a good thing.

Oh..I made some research on the Internet, and I found that calculus is useful for modern sciences and technologies, like aviation, building techniques, amng others. But, as Linda told us last semester, there are some people that apply it perfectly without having a clue (albañiles), so, no matter how much you study, it depends on each one’s abilities.

Ok..’til next post.

"If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with a little rain!" – Dolly Parton

PS: About the quote, one single word…………Pepe! ¬¬

Corazón de butifarra

"Soy tan versátil que no me soporto" JAJAJ
Video recomendado para todos los que usan "CaroinaRhehra"
Proporcionado por Khalil x)

Mmm...hola otra vez

Esta es la segunda entrada de la semana. No es que esté traumada con esto ni nada por el estilo, pero no entendí si se refiere con "post" a poner comentarios o a poner entradas.

Bueno, como sea, espero que les haya gustado el video jeje, tiene un mensaje positivo: TODOS CANTAMOS MEJOR QUE ELLA. Es un buen consuelo, ¿no?

No puedo hablar más de cálculo porque ya escribí mi opinión por el momento; creo que las integrales me van a gustar (no que les entienda), o por lo menos un poco más que cualquier otra mate que haya llevado.

Manden las direcciones de sus blogs para andar de chismosa. El blog de Martín "pelochino" Mendivil está bien cool les informo, como que tenía ganas de hacer uno porque se esmeró bastante ja.

"Me gustan los polinomios, pero sólo hasta cierto grado."

Jaja, quien no lo entendió, pues nimodo.

Adiós.

Ah…y para aquellos que aman el café, ahí les va esta página. ¿Sabías que el café puede ser mortal?

Foto: Algo que encontré por ahí, ¿las dos son reales? Pues piénsenlo dos veces.

American Idol

La mejor audición en toda la historia de AI!

Well, hello!

As you can see in the title, this is the first time I write a blog. I mean, it's not my thing but I have to try, don't I?

Anyway, for those who don't know me yet, my name is Gloria Inés Higuera Ley (Glo), I'm 17 years old (July 29th...gifts are welcome), and I was born in Cd. Obregón, Son., México.
I have one older brother, whose name is David, and he studies in Monterrey, N.L., where, by the way, I'm going to be living in a few months.
Things I love to do: hang out with my friends, watch movies and study calculus (oh yes, the last one's my favorite above all).

Well, moving on to the activity...
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Why does it start with this quotation?
My answer should be this:
According to my personal point of view, it is a motivation for us (the students) to keep caring about things that really matter, because those are the reasons we keep going day by day.

But...my real answer is:
It's a nice phrase, yay!
No, just kidding, I really liked it, because it's deep and concrete.

What I enjoyed about this week's classes was the application of calculus in business, even though I'm not so good at solving the problems.

I think a blog is to express some of our thoughts and feelings about anything (and really...anything), so for the goal of this class, I think we could use it when we feel like we learned something that we enjoyed, or when we disagree with some points of view, or that kind of stuff that are simple but important.

Picture: my boyfriend (Jimmy) and I. Yeah, so cute, I know.
Weather: FREEZING!

"But i'm no wiser than the fool i was before" =)

See you, or...should I say...write you?
Anyway, good bye.