My Vacations (blog session 6)

Hi:

  Have you think yet what you gonna do for this vacations, this short vacations? I have thought it yet. On this summer I want to travel to somewhere in Chile, and I’ve thought about the Limari Valley, that is on the 4^th region, between Illapel and Elqui valleys. When I was child, I lived there, so I have really good remembers, like when I went to the river, or go deep into hills and the mountain range mountains to the smalls towns, those places were so quiet, and I think that were more “mystic” than the Elqui Valley. I have put in contact with some really old friends that live in Monte Patria (the town where I lived) in case that I would go there.

I also want to go to the south. I already have gone to the south, and I were marveled with all the view that you can see everywhere. The lakes, bushes, volcanoes, rivers and also there are really nice cities and towns, like Frutillar, Puerto Varas, Lycanray or some places in Villarica, and a lot more.

I’m starting saving some money for the travel, and the rest I want to get it on the way, and how I probably will go with some friends that play music, we want to make money playing music on the street. I will carry a camp tend, so the cost of accommodation will be cheaper than if we stayed on cabins or hotels, etc. So those are my plans, what are yours?... see you!

Green Life

Hello dear classmates:

 Today we need to talk about the environmental cares and also about our ecological practices. On the latest years this topic has become really common, and every time you turn on the TV you can see something that has relation with the ecological staffs. In fact there are adds that shows their products make with recyclable materials, etc.

If people want to learn about, they probably would find a lot of information on websites, www.greenpeace.com for example, is a website that has a lot of information and in various topics, like global warming, international news, national, projects that are damaging for the nature, etc.  There are another websites also where you can get information about how to have a new style of life that contributes to the nature, by recycling, eating news diets, salving energy, etc. They teach you what to do and how you can do it. I use to participate in some activities but now I don’t do it.

In my case, I don’t have a really a green life, but I want to started to be more conscious about the environments. The only thing that I use to do is recycle the glass bottles, and sometimes batteries. I want to recycle more that I do actually and for that I need to search where I can do it. I want also to use a bike, because is a good exercise, you don’t contaminate and also you save money.

About the carbon-sprint, I haven’t heard to much about it, but I think that would read about.  See you.

Dear Professor, I think my husband may be a Neanderthal

Hello:

 I’ve found an interesting article on The Guardian, that talks about our genetic relation with the Neanderthals. It calls my attention because the teacher showed us on evolution classes this research.

The biologist, on May 2010, said that our modern human ancestor had sex with the Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia.  There are some people who descend from that interbreeding.

This information came out in a talk, when prof. Svante Pääbo  and the team that created the draft sequence of the Neanderthal genome showed the evidence of the comparison between the modern human genome and Neanderthal genome. They found out that the human genome have some Neanderthal’s genome segments.

Certainly was a reaction on the people, who started to send mails to Pääbo expressing that they were sure they (or some close person of them) were more Neanderthal than the investigation showed.  In fact, some 45 men said they were fully or partially Neanderthals and  the same with two women. On the letters, there were more cases of suspect of men (that they probably have something of Neanderthal) than women. In fact some women offer their husbands for some future investigations.

Pääbo, said that those appreciations where far from have some truth on them. He pointed that probably the reason of that people reaction and thinking were our stereotype of our cousins.  He also said that "It says something about how we view Neanderthals" making mention of what people says about the topic.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/nov/16/dear-professor-husband-neanderthal