MICE ALSO SING

 Yes, and male mice are emitting high-frequency sounds; of course, are impossible to perceive by the human ear, and they do when they detect the presence of female mice, presumably as part of the courtship process.

According to research, these vocalizations were not random but songs, as commented Timothy Holy, one of the researchers. "There was a pattern, sounded like birds singing."

To demonstrate, the scientists reported sound recordings, adapted to the human ear. "It really sounds like the chirping of birds."

To qualify as singing, the sounds should have two main Characteristics:

- A syllabic diversity it means that a multitude of different sounds.
- A temporal regularity, like a chord melody becomes.

During the research the scientists analyzed a group of 750 syllables produced by a single male mouse for a period of 210 seconds and concluded that the animal producing these sounds following a parting and not random.

These are added to the list of creatures that sing in the presence of a member of the opposite sex, birds, whales, insects and possibly bats, and of course the man.
 

WHO ARE THE FOUR KINGS OF THE CARDS?

When it comes to the design of the cards is a major conflict: the four kings represent great historical rulers and who are they?

It is a common belief that the four royal cards represent David king of Swords; Alexander the Great king of Shamrocks; King Charlemagne king of hearts and Caesar Augustus, king of diamonds. This belief seems to be at odds with the history.

Around the sixteenth century the player card games Frenchman made some changes on the cards, making them look very close to what we use today. They adopted the four symbols that also use today, swords, hearts, diamonds and shamrocks, each representing a class: the nobility, clergy, merchants and peasants.

At that time the card manufacturers began to assign identities of actual letters and printed on the cards. The actual identity cards in different, depending on the manufacturer's personal choice.

After the French Revolution took place in the 18th century, manufacturers of cards left to write the names of the kings in the cards, because the monarchy was no longer welcome in France. The French model of card games was the most successful and was adopted worldwide by fans of card games. However, the actual letters used today in card games do not represent any particular figure king.

DIFFERENT CLOTHES

It is true that everybody is equal; we have the same rights, obligations, opportunities, but we are different in other things like, everybody are from different cultures. one of those cultures is "Japanese Culture".

The japanese culture has a lot of differences with other cultures and one of those differences is the Kimono, the kimono is the traditional cloth that was wearing until the war. The term mono means thing and Ki=Kiru means carry.

The kimonos are large and big sleeves. There are a lot kinds of kimonos that are wearing for men, women and kids. The shape, color, material and the decoration depend of the gender, age, season, and the occasion. The accesories for the kimono are "geta"; wood sandals and "tabi"; traditional socks that separete the thumb from the rest of the toes.

In the past the formal Kimono was take away for the European clothing and the "yukata"; a really simple Kimono, was used every day. With the emperor Meiji, the European clothes became the uniformof the army. After the big "Kantô" Earthquake, the person that wore Kimono was victim of robbery. In the actuality the people wear European clothing and yukata in special moments.

I like kimonos and I hope to wear one of those in the future.

JAPAN

Every body have goals and dreams during their lives, and I am not the exception. I have a lot of goals like graduate from the unersity, learn new languages or apply to a scholarship; but my biggest dream is one day travel to Japan and live over there.

I think that the history and culture from this culture is intersting and amazing; Koijiki according legend, Japan was founded in the VII Century B.C.; their rulers were called Emperor. Also in this culture originated the samurai who are known for their weapons and their strunggle to defend the Honor.

Maybe I do not understand a lot of things from their culture but I have been learning about this culture, so that one day I will be part of this great society someday.

CHERRY BLOSSOM

 

 

 

 

The sakura or cherry blossom japanese is one of the best know symbols of japanese culture.

 

 

 

 

 

The cherry blossom blooms during the spring; in Japan is done the festival of "Hanabi" in his honor since it is the flower most significant, during which relatives and friends gather in parks of cherry trees and shadow of these and, as a picnic share food while celebrating the appearence of flowers.

 

During the year trees remain only lined with leaves and are bare in winter, but early spring bloom, decorating the parks appearence of pink clouds.

I LOST SOMETHING AND I DID NOT NOTICE.

The last days I have been feeling different, I do not care the things, If I do homework or not do not worry me, I feel like I have lost something important and I do not know really well was is it. This new person is not me I do not know who I am.
The last week were the exams, but I did not study for any exam, because I do not really care if I won or not the exams. When I am "cuerda", this situation worry me, and I tried to do something to "enmendar" the things that I have done it. Like know,  because I am "cuerda" right now is that I am writing my blogs.
I have the sensation that I have lost something, maybe my inspiration, my streght, my way or all those things. I do not what can I do, the only thing that I know is that I have to do something and quickly because if not, there will be big consequences.

JULY 3RD

Today we went to a farm with all my group. It was a funny day, at the beggining  the teachers made a small presentation, Valery was talking when someone scream because there was a "rat" almost everybody were on the  chairs, of course I was acting normal (but inside I was scared), then someone else said it was a lie.
 Anyway, then we were in groups. We had to walk, jump, run, be into a pool. It was really funny, there was jus one bad thing: I hurt myself. :p

JUNE 28TH

Yesterday my group of seminario and I were working, it was funny because we had to clean a piece of earth and cut grass. It is not like we usually use a "machete", "piocha" or "azadon" so it was funny the way that we did the things.
However we did not finish yesterday so today we looked some help us.
Today I went to my classes of japanese, then I went back to the place of seminario and my group were not there anymore.

JUNE 26TH

Today I went to my classes of japanese, it is a kind of difficult to learn because it is not the same pronunciation, and the writing is completly different; they have three different alphabets. But I am happy to learn it.
I have to sleep early today because tomorrow I have to help to cut the grass for seminario.

JUNE 21ST

I am happy because today is the last day of classes because tomottow will start vacations. I have been waiting for this so much time.
I hope to sleep a lot because I really miss my bed.
I think that the mext weeke I will start my classes of japanese and I will go to the place where my gorup and I will do our project of seminario

JUNE 19TH

Yesterday I had an admission test in the university and tomorow I have another; physics, I am kind of worry because I have not studied yet.
Anyway it has been a normar day, some homework and housework. I hope not to get another report like yesterday; because I went to University for my exam of language and I was not sure if I would had art class.
So I hope that it was the first and the last.

JUNE 14TH

Today was my father´s birthday, but he does not live with ys because his jos is in the coast.
Anyway right now I am finishing my scholarship papers because tomorrow my mom is going to take them to the Capital. I am anxious because are few documents with I have to make a good impresion and I hope to get it because I really want that scholarship, more that anything else.

SORRY, FOR BE LATE

Sorry teacher I know that I had to write before but I forget it. So please forgive me. Anyway I have a diary, so I am going to write the things that I write in my diary:
June 12th.
I am in the moment that I have to choose what I am going to study and what I will do in the future; when I think about it I can see that the time have been passing so fast and I did not noticed it before.
I remember all the things that I lived before, my childhood, my friends,  classmates or loves.
I feel a kind of sad and do not really well; why?, maybe is because I am stress and tired or maybe the reason is another.
Anyway I will finishe my homework and then I will sleep, is almost midnight and I would like to not go to study and stay in bed all day, but that is impossible, my mom is not going to let me do that.

JUNE 8TH 2012

This is the second week af the unit, and I feel so lazzy than ever. I want to sleep all day and do nothing.

Anyway it has been a stressing week. On tuesday I had to finish my papers of the scholarship  to Japan, I ran all the afternoon, I went to seep at 11:30 pm; it was really tired. On Wednesday I got up early and I traveled to Capital, I had a meeting and now I have to change some things of my papers, I am little bit scared about the scholarship because is not a scholarship for Guatemala, is a scholarship for all the countries that have the Japanese embassy. For this year there were not any guatemalan that got a scholarship.

I really want this opportunity and I am going to take risks, I will do everything that I can and more. I will never give up.

Good luck to myself... :-)

TE OPPORTUNITY OF MY LIFE

Hi, At first I would like that the last week was a kind of boring so there was not anything interesting so that is way I did not write, but today I going to write all my thoughts and feelings of this week and parta of the last.
Last week; everyday was study, eat, do homework and work...until thrusday; I was in the computer doing homework whe I saw an e-mail from a schoolarship, at first I just saw it, but then I had curisity so I opened it. It was about a Japan schoolarship, I started to read it and I saw that I could applicated to one: "tecnico universitario". I was exciting and I told to my mom and she got excited too. I thought all the opportunities of this and I decided to start my papers and now I am doing all the things for my schoolarship, and I have to stop to work because I do not have enought time  now. I admited that I am excited and happy, but I am worry about the answer of all this, and a little bit scary that if all my efforts are not enought, because japan is my big dream... I will work hard and I will do all the things that I can and more. :)

A GREAT WEEK

It was Ok this week because I watched a movien in class, I played PolyBanck after a lot of years, and the funniest thing was that on Friday I filmed a movie in Emily`s house, it was really funny and I really enjoyed to...Allan, ops! I don´t have to said anything yet. Anyway I try to be optimistic all this week so this was the reason of why was a great week, So my best advice to have an amazing week is to be optimistic every day and give our best effort because if is not like that, everything that we will do is going to turn badly. So I also follow my own advice this coming week. Good luck to myself.

A LITTLE BIT OF STRESS

It was a kind of bussy week; homework, job, home... and now University too. Anyway but the thing that maybe make me feel a little bit of stress was Seminario, well I mean it is easy but until now, like a group we are not cordinated, maybe it is because we don not communicated between us, so I think that I will talk with each member of the group because if we continued like that, at the end of the year we will kill each other. Obviously if someone is stressed, the things that he or she does are going to be bad, and this case those things will affect all the group...mmmh Maybe I hve to hurry up to talk with the group; If not.....

MY BLOG WITHOUT FLOW

This week was a little bit boring, and this is the reason of why today I do not feel MY FLOW, every week I have a topic to write but today is not like that, so today I do not write a lot...mmmh maybe I have to look my flow in the refregerator, or in my bed or maybe in the bathroom, I do not know but I am going to look it because I really need it.
"Oh flow where are you?!" ...

SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!

This was the most busy and tired week of my year, and this was for two reasons: one, it is because I need money so I have to "work" for get it, and for this my time was so tight and I did not sleep; and the second reason was because I had an a easy for temario and as a good student I did it a day before to give it... I know that was not my best decision because the techer gave it two weeks before of the holly week... ok I admit it was my fault.
The nex time I swear I will be more organized with my homeworks, my work and my time...well I hope.

HOLLY WEEK

I was waiting for this week but it was to short, I can not believe it. Everyday was busy, short or tired; it supposed that this week was for take a rest, but it was not like that, almost all the teachers gave homework and, as we are good students we "do" all our homework... Common nobody do that, I will said that we have to do our homeworks the first day that the teachers gave them, but it is not somethig that we can do easly. So my best advice is to pray to God: "God, please help us to convince teachers not to give homework..."

homeworks

Is normal that a student have homeworks, but is so usual that we never do the homework the day that the teachers leave; we always have to do a day before to give them. The people say that we have to do it when the teachers leave them, but is really hard to follow that advice. I think that the best that we can do is: think about that the teachers are going to leave another homeworks, so if we leave everything to the last moment is more probably that we are going to forget some of them or we are not going to do well them.
So if you are lazy; like me, make your best effort and stand your laziness and do the homework, and then you are not going to be worry about them. Just have willpower.

new unit

Yeah! this week start the "Spirit Week" today was of cartoons and I get dress of catwoman; because I think that she is cute, sexy and beautiful so I really love this character. Anyway last week were examas and were really tired but I feel a little bit scary because I know that my grade of biology is not going to be good so my mom is will  make me "Muerte Subita" but I going to do the housework, cook and be a good daugther and then my mom is not going to be really angry... I hope.

Special Exams & Cultural Exchange

This week were special exams becuase the next week are the real exams. The special exams are really easy but I don´t like math pre-U so much because I like to do the things really well and slow but with this course I have to write and think pretty fast and when I finished the classwork my brain can´t do any kinf of math´s operation like: "7*6/2" its is really stressing for me because I felt like a dummy, this course is like a horse race!!!! Anyway   but no everything is bad because today friday were a feria of cultural exchanges the information that they gave us was exciting but the price is really expensive: $5000!!! My parents is not going to give the money because is too much, but in anyway the good new is that the magazine "Aula" of Prensa Libre took a picture to my friends and I...so that meaning that I am going to be famous, that is cool. 

Last week my group of seminario had a store because we need money, but on friday we didn´t seld  because said that they would put a store but is a week and  until now they don´t put the store; anyway it was a really normal week and there wasn´t anythig interesting... so boring!

THE SAME THINGS

Nothing special to tell this week, Maybe that this week my group of Seminario had a store all this week and we got enough money but I think that we need to get more money, maybe we will make a Car Wash, Sell Pizza or go to the lights traffic and ask money to each car; maybe if we do that, we will pay all our project. Anyway all the days of this week was the same: study, do homework, go to school. 

THERE WAS SO NORMAL... If the next week is equal I will die of boredom.

MY WEEK

On tuestay was Valentains' Day, it was ok because my secret friend gave a "panda bear" it was really cute, and his name is February "GUAU" great name, I do not have imagination so I can not do anything. Today my group and I had a Store and we got money, that is really amazing!! Anyway this week it was not really amazing at all...the people like be popular and we grow up that does not change, so the people continued look the group of people that is popular, but I think that the popularity really does not matter a lot, so I think that is not fair that when someone popular make a mistake the people does not pay atention, but when a good person that is not popular make a mistake they recived a punishment; that is not fair becuase there is not equality...but like Leslie said: "karma is going to do justice for us"...

A GOOD WEEK

It was a good week, I studied and did my homework but I danced too. It could be that the worst thing of my week was my biology exposition because I was so nervous, so I forgot some of the information. I recived some candies and chocolates because the next week is San Valentains´ Day, I hope to recived something nice. Oh, this week gave my first class of "S" dance, it was so excited; anyway I am going to wait what´s happen the next week...

Week One

This week we were told to write blogs about our week at school. My weeks are the same. I study. I have a lot of homework. I'm still not sure which is my favorite class.
Nothing interesting happens. It is always the same. But, I really like school. I can see my friends there, and have fun.
Next week will be different, I hope
Sara