 Monday,
March 15, 2010
(Day 8)
Today's Distance:
25 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...
Today's route ended in the town of Haßfurt
(English: Hassfurt) – a town of about 14,000 people in Bavaria.
It is situated on the river Main. Here you can find the Hassfurt Bridge,
which is thought to be the first Cantilever bridge built. Cantilevers
are structures that project horizontally into space and supported on
only one end. Along the way today, the route went through Walsdorf (a
tiny town of about 3,000 people). Also, Priesendorf was a part of
the 22-mile day. Priesendorf is a tiny community of about 1,500 people
in the Steigerwald (forest) on the small river Aurach. Several forests
were encountered today. German forests directly or indirectly employ
about 1.3 million people – compared to 750,000 in what many Germans see
as their primary industry, cars, and compared to 810,000 in electronics
and 465,000 in the chemical industry. Germany has the highest volume of
tree wood of any European country, though Finland, Sweden and Austria
may be better known for their woods. This resource is extremely valuable
for the environment and precious for many industries, such as tourism
and timber. Yet experts warn that the situation is critical and up to
20% of all trees in German forests are sick.
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 Learn
Something Today About Health & Fitness...
The percentage of overweight and obese kids
and teens has more than doubled over the past 30 years. Although many
factors contribute to this problem, children are becoming more
sedentary. In other words, they're sitting around a lot more than they
used to. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average child is
watching about 3 hours of television each day, and spends 5½ hours on
all screen media combined (TV, videos/DVDs, computer time outside of
schoolwork, and video games). Parents, listen up! One of the best ways
to get kids to be more active is to limit the amount of time spent in
sedentary activities, especially watching TV or playing video games. So,
how much exercise is enough? All kids 2 years and older should get at
least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise on most, preferably
all, days of the week.
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 Learn
Some Of The German Language...
"Zero"
– null
│ "One"
– eins
│ "Two"
– zwei
│ "Three"
– drei
│ "Four"
– vier
│ "Five"
– fünf
│ "Six"
– sechs
│ "Seven"
– sieben
│ "Eight"
– acht
│ "Nine"
– neun
│ "Ten"
– zehn
│ "Eleven"
–
elf
│ "Twelve"
– zwölf
│ "Half"
– halb
│ "Less"
– weniger
│ "More"
– mehr
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 Did
You Know?
Eating too much carbohydrate-rich and fatty
food makes you overweight. To stay in shape and at the right weight, you
should eat these foods only in moderate amounts, and exercise regularly
to ensure your body is efficient at burning off any excess.
Carbohydrates are foods such as sugars and starches, found in abundance
in foods such as bread, rice, potatoes, and sweet things. They are the
body's main source of energy along with fats. Fats are greasy food that
won't dissolve in water. Some are solid, such as meat fat and cheese.
Others, such as corn oil, are liquid. Fats are not only used by the body
as energy stores, but are a source of vitamins D and E. Too much fat not
only makes you fat, but too much "saturated" fat (mainly animal fat such
as butter) can boost the risk of heart disease. ______________________________________________________________________________
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