 Tuesday,
March 23, 2010
(Day 16)
Today's Distance:
30 Miles
Please go to
Paul's P.A.C.E. Blog to read about today's happenings
in Germany during P.A.C.E. Trek 2010. Also, be sure to take a few
minutes to view Paul's
videos
and
pictures!
 Learn
Something Today About Germany...
Spangdahlem Air Base is a U.S. Air Force base located
near Spangdahlem, Germany. The Air
Base is home of the 52d Fighter Wing which maintains, deploys and
employs Lockheed Martin Block 50 F-16CJ and Republic A/OA-10 aircraft
and TPS-75 radar systems in support of NATO and the national defense
directives. Spangdahlem Air Base has been a military presence in Germany
for over 50 years. The base lies in the southwestern portion of the
country in the German Land or state of Rhineland-Palatinate (called
Rhineland-Pfalz in German) not far from the borders of Belgium,
Luxembourg, and France. Specifically, Spangdahlem Air Base is located in
the Eifel, a region of rolling hills and valleys created by ancient
volcanic craters. The climate is generally cool. Light rain and fog are
common. The temperature in winter stays close to freezing, while summer
temperatures hover between the 60s and upper 70s Fahrenheit. Usually
people compare the areas climate to the western part of Washington
state. This part of Germany gets an average of 100 days of sunshine per
year.
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 Learn
Something Today About Health & Fitness...
Some people are confused about what
constitutes being "overweight" and what it means to be "obese". Let's
look at some basic definitions:
 Overweight:
Overweight refers to an excess of body weight compared to set standards.
The excess weight may come from muscle, bone, fat, and/or body water.
Individuals with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 to 29.9 are considered
overweight.
Obesity: Obesity refers specifically to having an abnormally
high proportion of body fat. Individuals with a BMI of 30 or more are
considered obese.
A number of methods are used to determine if someone is overweight or
obese. Some are based on the relation between height and weight; others
are based on measurements of body fat. The most commonly used method
today is body mass index (BMI). There is a convenient tool online to use to determine
a child's, or teen's, BMI offered by the USDA/ARS
Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine.
Click here for the Kids' BMI calculator.
Are you an adult and interested in what your BMI is?
Click here for the
adult BMI calculator.
Finally, don't miss the Healthy Eating Calculator for young people (for ages
2 to 20).
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 Learn
Some Of The German Language...
"Blizzard"
der Schneesturm
│ "Cloud"
die Wolke
│ "Dry"
trocken
│ "Fog"
der Nebel
│ "Frost"
der Frost
│ "Hail"
der Hagel
│ "Hazy"
diesig
│ "Hurricane"
der Orkan
│ "Rain"
der Regen
│ "Rainfall"
die Niederschlδge
│ "Snow"
der Schnee
│ "Snow
storm"
der Schneesturm
│ "Storm"
der Sturm
│ "Sunny"
sonnig
│ "Thunder"
der Donner
│ "Tornado"
der Tornado
│ "Wind"
der Wind
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 Did
You Know?
The human body is made up of
many different systems: Circulatory System (heart, blood, vessels);
Respiratory System (nose, trachea, lungs); Immune System (many
types of protein, cells, organs, tissues); Skeletal System
(bones); Excretory System (lungs, large intestine, kidneys);
Urinary System (bladder, kidneys); Muscular System (muscles);
Endocrine System (glands); Digestive System (mouth, esophogus,
stomach, intestines); Nervous System (brain, spinal cord, nerves);
and, Reproductive System (male and female reproductive organs). ______________________________________________________________________________
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