Why we may fall ill when we're on holiday

In this research, Claudia Hammond wanted to find out why people fall ill in their holidays, and a possible reason for it could be that the most of them before going on holiday rush to get everything done related with the work so they can run-up to their holiday. This affliction is so common that it even has a name, leisure sickness.

The dutch psychologist Vingerhoets who gave a name to this illness, asked more than 1.800 people to find out if they have suffered a leisure sickness, but the results were surprising. Only a 3% of people said they did, but even this little number, it is a reason for him to look for a physiological explanation.

Firstly, the logical explanation for the illness we get as soon as we stop working, is that the stress hormones that help us cope with work deadlines get out of balance, and leave us open to infection. Secondly, the other less logical reason is that we are so busy during work that we don't notice that we are becoming ill until we have the chance to relax.

Another pshycologist interested in this topic, James Pennebaker, also did a study observing ill students watching a film and he found out, that the more interesting the movie was the less they coughed, and in the boring scenes  they seemed to notice their sore throats and cough a lot. So, the phsycologist came to the conclusion that the less that's going around a person, the worse their symptoms are.

Finally, another logical explanation is the cabin fever. Travelling is always tiring, particulary by plane. In a plane, the recycled air is often blamed  for his rate of infection plus the sitting in an endclosed space and the humidity can often cause an infection.

To sum up, I agree the most with the last explanation because I also became ill more than once after travelling to Germany by plane but I also see the point of the first one, because after school, holidays are the first time that the body can finally relax and calm down, so in my opinion, the leisure sickness must be a mix of all factors.

DICTIONARY:

- Run-up: anarse'n ràpid

-Affliction: aflicció

-Cope: fer front a 

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150216-the-truth-about-holiday-illnesses

Paralyzed girl walks in New York Fashion Week

The 19 years old girl, Megan Silcott has suffered for nearly the past two years from a rare neurological disorder also called "Kissing disease". I'ts really common among teenagers and it normally disappears after a few weeks with a sore throat, nausea and fatigue, but not in her case because it ended up manifesting into the illness ADEM, wich paralyze you from the waist down.

Megan Silcott, noticed her illness in one of the worst ways. One morning after a party night she wantet to get up and go to shower but she couldn't move. Before this morning,  she has been a healthy athelete and her biggest dream was to become a model, but this dream seemed nearly impossible due to her doctors who told her that the chances for her to walk again were very little, but the teenager never thought about giving up, so she did the best that she could and started to attend a therapy during two years, and as it seems, with success.

The famous designer Nina Perdomo heard about her story and wanted to make her dream become real so she invited Megan to participate in her runaway with the aid of a walker and this was only the beggining of her carreer as a model.

In conclusion, this story is really impressful and it shows again that anything can be possible if you truly want it and work for it.

DICTIONARY;
-Sore throat: mal de coll
-Aid: ajuda

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/02/20/paralyzed-maryland-girl-18-walks-in-new-york-fashion-week/

IS INTERNET MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE?

It is believed that the Internet and Social Networks like Facebook or Twitter are very appropiate and popular to meet new people around the world. In addition, it is also very useful to solve problems as well as answer questions, but in spite of it, is it really making the world a better place or is it making it worse?

In the first place, I agree that Internet makes it all easier in every way, not only to meet new people. Nowadays, the Social Networks offer new learning methods and a lot of opportunities that we never could have imagined that they were achievable, like chatting with somebody who lives far far away from you or to order food in the Internet, what seems really crazy.

On the other hand, the Internet also brought a lot of problems to our society. Due to some Social Network, a lot of teenagers have been bullied from other kids because of their weight or other issues and the truth is that a few of them ended up with suicide.

In conclusion, the Internet has made the world a better place because it offers a lot of chances although we shouldn't forget the risks and control it a little bit more to avoid such problems.

Research Project Summary

Have you ever heard about Pandora?

Of course you have... but in this case I'm not talking about the mythology story, I'm talking about the wonderful jewellery world of Pandora!

This project is based on the study, description and comparison of the company and their rivalry. In fact, this work consists of two parts; in the first theoretical one I explain all the parts of the company, from the history to their range of products and rivalry and on a practical one I compare three different points of view, mine as a seller of Pandora, the one of the costumers and finally the one of a few employees of the company.

How three people can make a baby

A lot of people said that 2015 would be a year full of surprises and changes and they really meant it so. In 2015 children in de U.K may be born with the DNA of three different people, so they will have one father and two mothers. This idea seems crazy and dangerous for the consequences but it has a nice background because it could save a lot of lifes. 

The procedure would allow women who carry genes with deseases to have their own biological children without passing down the risk and it is an easy process;  the nucleus is taken from a mother's egg and is inserted into the donor egg with the mitochondria. The resulting egg is then fertilized with the father's sperm and a healthy baby can be born.

For now it seems that it has success because the British Parliament voted to pass a bill authorizing this technique and if the House of Lords also votes in favor it probably could become legal by October. 

In my opinion, this method would be a big chance for a lot of families who can't have a baby, but I also think that it also takes a huge risk because the third mother could always want to  require claims for her child. 

http://news.yahoo.com/three-people-baby-185550160--politics.html

GERMANY 2014

Last christmas I went, of course, to visit my family in Germany. Despite that we had school the 23th I had to leave that day because I wouldn't have had time to arrive at time to go to the church. Religion and going to church isn't very important in my family, only my great-grandparents go every week. But on the 24th of december my whole family is forced to go because it is the only moment in the year that we are all together, so it's quite funny because most people in church occupy two or three seats, and we are about thirty.

After church, we all go home, eat together and than we open the presents. All this act is always a chaos because we are too many in one house. Even if it is very stressing we do it every year and it's always hilarious. And the next days, the stress begins; we visit everyday another family member and eat at their house, so normally after holidays my jeans doesn't fit anymore. 

This year, I was very excited because my cousin was pregnant and finally get her baby and I saw her for the first time, and she is soooo sweet. Besides the christmass meals, I went to a lot of trips with my family and went skiing with my granfather.

In summary, these days were just amazing, besides the homework we had to do... but I can't wait to go back.

CARMEN DELL'OREFICE

Personally, for me Carmen dell'Orefice is the authentic proof that beauty can stay forever.
The american actress and model is 83 years old and still looks pretty good, she seems about 20 years younger than she really is and so is her actitude. She has absolutely no problem with her age and considers herself pretty enough to keep up with the younger models.
She was discovered at the age of 13 by the photographer Herman Landschoff and with 15 years she already appeared of the Vogue cover.
The fact that she was Salvador Dali's muse in her early years surprised me most, but despite the succes, she lost most of her money in the stock market, and probably because of this she returned to the model bussiness.
Carmen dell'Orifice told in an interview the secrets of her beauty, and they weren't that surprising. In summary, she just lived healthy during her life, she didn't smoke or drink alcohol, had an healthy diet and of course, had a few beauty operations. All these are things that all women could do and it seems very easy, but surely it's not that easy to renounce always to drink a cocktail or eat fastfood.

In conclusion, I think that the her return was a great decision because she is now a new idol for a lot of women and inspires them to live healthy and so to keep their beauty.