Monday, October 7, 2013
Stock market investment - Rafael
I'm not what one would call a risky investor. Even when I'm trying to be more audacious, some part of my brain tells me I ought not to. Therefore, my strategy was to diversify my investments into a risky one and two possibly safe bets. My risky investment was to buy shares from the Alpha Natural Resources company, a large American producer of metallurgical and thermal coal. Natural resources being of critical importance, the share prices for the company have been showing a fluctuation for the last year and the low prices were the factor that made the company's shares attractive to me. My other two investments were made in the IT sector given my background knowledge about them. As a long term approach, I'm investing in Yahoo given the optimism that surrounds the introduction of Marisa Meyer as CEO and her moves to make the company more competitive; this optimism is visible in the upward tendency that Yahoo's share prices have exhibited throughout the last year. Finally, with the current mobile fever I couldn't help but invest in a semiconductors company, specialised in embedded processors. Their shares remained practically stable in the last 5 days but the overall tendency over the period of a month is of a steady increase.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Stock Market
Looking through all the possible choises i went for two options in the Health Care area. The first one is Rockwell Medican Inc which is a medical supplies company, during the last year has been increasing its value and the shares are quite cheap, so i thought it could be a good option. Therefore, this company has created a new drug to treat kidney disease, this drug has been prove and it's about to be released into the market, i think this fact could be a huge improvement on my profit. The next one is called Allience Health Care Services Inc, this option seem to be a safe one, because during the last few year has been continuously growing and has never decreased its value more than 9%. I am going to keep looking for other options, because i didn't spend all my capital in these two companies. Maybe i will invest on technology,this is the field that has evolved more rapidly over the last decade and i am sure it is going to keep up!
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Article The Nordic diet... the Scandinavian secret coming over here
Article adress
The author of this article, based on research at Sweden's Lund University, points the reader's attention toward the suggestion that people from the UK and Ireland may benefit from the Nordic diet as it will improve their health. The main point is that a typical menu from Scandinavian countries is rich in fish, berries, breads made from wholegrain and good oils. These products contain vitamin-rich nutrients, antioxidants, natural plant compounds which are highly necessary for our body such as Omega-3,6,9 fatty acids, minerals, vitamin A, C, K and so on. Therefore, substituting calorie-dense food with the Nordic diet, people may lower levels of their harmful cholesterol. Moreover, this type of diet may help to maintain brain functions in adults and improve brain development in children, reduce the number of instances of heart diseases, strokes and cancers.
Although I totally agree with the author concerning the importance and positive influence on health of such a diet, we should also take into account some specific differences between nationalities. For example, Scandinavians may be adjusted to eating oily fish in big quantities, while the average Irish or British person might find it difficult to digest even in small amounts. Another instance could be that an intake of considerable amounts of food atypical for a particular area may cause allergic reactions, hypersensitivity or conditions related to vitamin overdose.
So, in my opinion, the answer lies not in what particular type of diet a person chooses but in "moderation" and diversity of food they eat.
The author of this article, based on research at Sweden's Lund University, points the reader's attention toward the suggestion that people from the UK and Ireland may benefit from the Nordic diet as it will improve their health. The main point is that a typical menu from Scandinavian countries is rich in fish, berries, breads made from wholegrain and good oils. These products contain vitamin-rich nutrients, antioxidants, natural plant compounds which are highly necessary for our body such as Omega-3,6,9 fatty acids, minerals, vitamin A, C, K and so on. Therefore, substituting calorie-dense food with the Nordic diet, people may lower levels of their harmful cholesterol. Moreover, this type of diet may help to maintain brain functions in adults and improve brain development in children, reduce the number of instances of heart diseases, strokes and cancers.
Although I totally agree with the author concerning the importance and positive influence on health of such a diet, we should also take into account some specific differences between nationalities. For example, Scandinavians may be adjusted to eating oily fish in big quantities, while the average Irish or British person might find it difficult to digest even in small amounts. Another instance could be that an intake of considerable amounts of food atypical for a particular area may cause allergic reactions, hypersensitivity or conditions related to vitamin overdose.
So, in my opinion, the answer lies not in what particular type of diet a person chooses but in "moderation" and diversity of food they eat.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Follow your grandpa's diet plan
Original article
In this article, the author suggests that imitating the diet of our forebears could be beneficial to our health. The main point of this diet is to avoid processed food and to control portion size. The author defends the idea that, even though our grandparents consumed lots of eggs, sausages, bacon, milk, butter, bread and potatoes, they didn't get overweight. That was because their diet was based around fresh, whole food, they sat down to eat, which encouraged them to eat only when hungry and stopping when full, and by eating in moderation. I particularly advocate a moderate, everything-allowed and fresh-food based diet. It seems highly important nowadays to sit down, forget about smartphones, TV and gadgets and have a proper meal amidst meaningful conversation with people that are important to you.
Edited by Alex
In this article, the author suggests that imitating the diet of our forebears could be beneficial to our health. The main point of this diet is to avoid processed food and to control portion size. The author defends the idea that, even though our grandparents consumed lots of eggs, sausages, bacon, milk, butter, bread and potatoes, they didn't get overweight. That was because their diet was based around fresh, whole food, they sat down to eat, which encouraged them to eat only when hungry and stopping when full, and by eating in moderation. I particularly advocate a moderate, everything-allowed and fresh-food based diet. It seems highly important nowadays to sit down, forget about smartphones, TV and gadgets and have a proper meal amidst meaningful conversation with people that are important to you.
Edited by Alex
Diabetes
Nowadays Diabetes has become topical problem in every community.In addition it is related to other problems such as Obesity. So, I would like to talk about Diabetes in general and how it is.
First of all, Diabetes is a group of metabolic diseases in which the person has high blood glucose (blood sugar) because insulin production is inadequate, or because the body's cells do not respond to insulin, or both.
However, there are three types of Diabetes.The First one, when the body does not reduce insulin and the second type when the body's cells does not react to insulin or the body does not produce enough insulin.The last type affects only on pregnancy women. So,it is the second type which is related to Obesity.
People who have this problem have a much higher risk to their health and weight because of eating the wrong food and drink. They are overweight (obese) because of their metabolic system.
Obese people and people who have Diabetes should erase follow a healthy diet and doexercise to avoid or decrease the risk of diseases diseases for example heart problems or high blood pressure.
www.medicalnewstoday.com/info/diabetes/
"Meta Carto Semiotics" ... fun to say!
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How are children's maps different from or similar to other ones?
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How are children's maps different from or similar to other ones?
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