Blog#6

1. I interviewed Dr.Puche She studies Biological Sciences & She currently works at  University of Illinois at Chicago as a Adjunct Assistant Professor

2.    Dr.Puche is a reliable because she studies biological sciences & she would know about genetics because she studies things like this for a living.

3.      I called Dr.Puche & i interveiwed her on 

• What roles does Dna play?
• What roles does Genes play?
• How doe you get skin cancer?
• How can you prevent skin cancer?

Part A
1. I emailed my cousin (Alex) to find out information about the Mayans and Aztecs.
Back in his highschool he toke a class on the Mayans and Aztecs. His job is an
accountant.
2. He is a reliable source because he studied the Mayans and Aztecs.
3. I emailed him to get information on the Mayans and Aztecs, I emailed him 4/26/2012

Part B

• I asked him background knowledge on them.
• I asked what their culture was like.
• I asked what kind of religions did they have.

Blog Post #7

Title: Natural Australia (website)

http://www.australia.com/explore/things-to-do/natural-australia.aspx?channel=paid-search&campaign=us-local-fy2012-project167-167-nature-aus&message=brand&publisher=yahoo&adgroup=wildlife(phrase)&keyword=animals%20of%20australia&matchtype=phrase

Author: Curtis Falls

This website is reliable because it was updated in 2012, and there are many corporate links associated with the website.

1. 2012
2. Curtis Falls, and Tourism Queensland
3. It conects to other websites to show proof and expand more on the information they use

#6 -importing interview

BLOG POST #6

My Interview

 

PART A

1.  I interviewed my trainer for hunter jumper, equitation, and jumper riding.  She teaches at my AA circut barn 5 days a week.  She has done it since she was 18 years old and knows everything there is to know about horses.

2.  She has been around horses since she was younger then 18 and has los of experience when it comes to teaching.

3.  I interviewed her through text on April 12, 2012.

 

PART B

1.  How do you find the horses from Europe?

Answer: We have a contact that arranges for us to go visit a number of different farms so we can see their sale horses

 

2.  How do you find the right one?

Answwer:  We determine which horse to buy, by the ability of the horse, ability of the rider, size of the horse, its bloodlines, experience of the horse, and your price range.

 

3. How many do you usually try when you go to Europe?

Answer: Ususally we try around 40 horses minimum per trip and narrow it down to the top 3.  We then go to ride the horses again and decide which one to have the vet do an exam on the begin the importing process.

 

3.  How much does it cost to fly them here?

Answer: For a gelding it costs $5,000, for a mare it is $7,000, and for a stallion it costs $10,000.

 

4.  How long do they stay in quarentine?

Answer: The quarentine station that we use is in New York.  The geldings are only required to stay for 3 days.  The mares and stallion have to stay for a week.

 

Horse Classification

There are more horse breeds than we can count, but there are only three classifications that horses fall into: cold blood, warm blood, and hot blood.  The differences in the horses in each classification are as follows:

1.       Cold Blood: Horses that are classified as cold bloods are a big muscular draft horses that are born and bred as work horses to pull heavy loads or plow fields.  An example would be the Clydesdale.

2.       Hot Blood: Horses that are classified as hot blooded are born and bred for speed. There are only five breeds of horses that are classified as “hot blooded.” They are as follows: (1) the Akhal-Teke; (2) the Barb; (30 the Turkoman (now extinct); (4) the Arabian; and (5) the Thoroughbred.  Hot bloods are highly intelligent horses.  They learn quickly and they are naturally athletic and versatile.  You are probably most familiar with the hot blood Arabian horse and the hot blood Thoroughbred horse.

3.       Warm Blood: Originally the term “warm blood horse” meant that the horse was a cross between a cold blood (draft) horse and a hot blood (one of five breeds) horse.  Accordingly, the warm blood breeds got started when European carriage and war horses were crossed with Arabian of Thoroughbreds.  The result was a tall riding horse that had more refinement that a draft horse, but was larger, more durable and had a more easy-going temperament than a hot blood.  Today, there are actually tow different meanings of “warm blood horse.” The first meaning refers to a specific subset of horse breeds, the second meaning refers to horses that have a moderate temperament.

the killings of dolphins in japan

In this movie, Richard O' Barry explains that the Japanesse in Taiji have constructed a secert cove to murder dolphins and sell them for meat. Normally you would think that this isint a big deal because we do the same thing with fish and cows and other animals. But dolphins have been becoming endangered because of the killings and scientist have found larg amounts of mercury in the dolphin meat, which is a problem because mercury can make you have a deasiese where you lose your eye sight and hearing. Another problem is that the people killing the dolphins say that its their culture and that they cant stop the killings. This relates to what we are currently learning in world clutures today, about the Huarani people and how the Ecuadorians wanna drill for oil in their rainforrest and the Haurani people dont wont them there and dont want the missionaires there ethier. But the reason why the missionaires are there is because they need to teach the Haurani to be clivilized people. You see, the Haurani people barely wear any clothes and they are still living in the Stone Age, and the missionaires are there to help them be civilized. The haurani have a right to say no because its their culture and not someone else, just like how its the Japanesses culutre and not the Americans.

How Genes Are Passed On?

In this book,Genetics,Richard Beatty explains What genes are and How Genes are passed on.One fact that supports this main idea is A basic feature of all life is that cells divide to make more cells.Another  fact that supports this main idea is A single cell divides to form two offspring cells. This is how single-celled life forms such as bactria reproduce. Finally, the author gives an example that It is also how larger, more complicated life forms such as ourselves grow & develope to support the main idea. This ideas are similar to the main idea of how genes are passed on because they all are refferences of how they are passed on to there offsprings & also how we ourselves grow & develope.

• Cells divide
• The chromosomes spread apart to create another unique cell
• The parents have 48 chromosome but they give away 24 each to create there offsprings talents etc.
• Cells divide to make more cells

Global Warming-book

AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
-book not divided by chapters, it is divided by sections & i read 4 sections.
 
In this book, Al Gore explains that global warming is a serious issue and that there are many things humans need to do to put an end to it.
One fact that supports this main idea is that the thin layer of atmosphere is being thickened by huge quantities of human-caused carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. And as it thickens, it traps a lot of infrared radiation that would otherwise escape the atmosphere and continue out to the universe. As a result, the temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and oceans is getting dangerously warmer. Another example that supports this main idea is this quote "Our own Glacier National Park will soon need to be named 'the park formerly known as glacier'." this quote really shows how global warming really is effecting the world and things inside it. Finally, the author gives all the reasons why we need to pay more attention to this global issue and what things everyday people can do to put an end to the warming of our climate. All of the pictures and explanations provided helped to support the main idea.
These ideas are similar to what we learned in biology class because we learned about evolution and the temperature of the earth.

1.) glaciers are melting

2.) our new technologies, combined with our numbers, have made us collectively a force of nature

3.) the entire Aral sea is now essentially, gone.

4.) when we divert too much water without regard for nature, rivers sometimes no longer reach the sea.

5.) irrigation has long worked wonders for humankind. But we have the power to divert giant rivers according to our design instead of nature's.

6.) old habits+old technology= predictable consequences 

     old habits+new technology= dramatically altered consequences

7.) we are witnessing an unprecedented and massive collision between our civilization and the earth.