- Ask yourself why you want to be fit. Is it to be healthy, to do better in physical activities (like sports) or for other reasons?
- Decide what activities are right for you. Do you like to run or walk? Whatever you do should be something you enjoy. And always think about your safety!
- Pace yourself. Fitness is a gradual process, so don't rush or over-exercise. Set up a daily schedule. Starting at the top might be painful or tiring. Just like for video games, start at the beginning and work your way up to higher levels.
- Set goals. Keep track of your progress, and as you reach these goals, you'll feel good about what you've accomplished.
- Talk to others. People you know may have tips that make your activities easier and more fun!
- Work with a partner. It may be more fun if you do your activities with a friend, who can keep you company and motivated.
- Be flexible. Change your schedule, goals or activities if you need or want to; don't feel like you always have to stick to the same routine to be fit. Trying new activities that exercise different parts of the body can keep things interesting too.
- Eat a healthy diet. For example, fruits and veggies have a lot of nutrients your body needs. Many other healthy foods can also be combined for a balanced diet to give you energy.
- Eat several hours before your activity, or wait until afterwards. You don't want to be too full before exercising, or you might become tired or feel sick afterwards.
- Drink water and milk. While water is the No. 1 thirst-quencher (remember how thirsty you were after P.E.?), milk has the calcium to strengthen your bones.
20 November 2007
Extra Tips To Be Fit :)
Be aware! Be Safe!
The Internet contains an infinite number of high-quality, interesting, intriguing, and well-designed sites, and surfing on the Web is usually a source of enjoyment and acquisition of knowledge. However, because there is no supervision in this environment, it is sometimes difficult to know when positive activity could become dangerous and cause damage. It is important for you to be aware of the dangers lurking on the Internet and protect yourself.
Don't:
- give out your name, age, address, school, phone number, picture about yourself or anyone else without your parent's permission. This includes chat rooms, instant messages, email, etc...
- meet with someone in person that you met on the Internet unless your parent have agreed and will go with you. People aren't always who they say they are and that an adult can pretend to be a kid online.
- answer/open e-mails, enclosures, links...from people you don't know.
- give your password to anyone except your parents.
Follow family's rules for online safety at home, at school, at the library or at a friend or relative's house. Protect yourself!
15 November 2007
"My family"
My family is great…
It is the best family in the world. I love my family because they are my friends and they help me when I need…My parents are the best because I can trust them.
My stepmother is a very good person. She is very nice - not like in those stories about stepmothers.
I have one brother and two sisters.
My brother is twenty six years old. I love fighting with him.
I have got one older sister, and one younger sister. My older sister either is pretty boring or pretty cool. The smaller one is the same thing, but she is also very cute.
I love my family. They are the perfect family!
It is the best family in the world. I love my family because they are my friends and they help me when I need…My parents are the best because I can trust them.
My stepmother is a very good person. She is very nice - not like in those stories about stepmothers.
I have one brother and two sisters.
My brother is twenty six years old. I love fighting with him.
I have got one older sister, and one younger sister. My older sister either is pretty boring or pretty cool. The smaller one is the same thing, but she is also very cute.
I love my family. They are the perfect family!
Inês Sousa 701
"Mi Soledad"
Mi Soledad (My Solitude) is a unique 90-minute fusion of flamenco dance, music and song, in which Cortés takes audiences on an intimate and provocative journey through one man’s private emotions. Through the music and his unmistakable trademark zapateado, Cortés goes straight to the soul of his art, using a rich palette full of the colours of flamenco to express solitude, intimacy and the manifestation of man as an individual.
Combining the musical rhythms of jazz, classical and flamenco genres with a live ten-piece orchestra and a seven-member vocal ensemble, Mi Soledad features music and lyrics by José Carbonell, Antonio Carbonell and Cortés. Mi Soledad features costume design by Jean Paul Gaultier, lighting design by Francois de la Ossa and Ricardo Requejo. Antonio Carbonell also serves as musical director.
You can see Mi Soledad on December 15 at 10.00 pm in Guimarães.
Wish Tour 2007
Reamonn is a German rock band that is well known all over Europe. Its members are Rea Garvey (voice/acoustic guitar), Uwe (lead guitar), Sebi (saxophone/Hammond organkeyboards), Mike Gommeringer (Gomezz) (drums), and Phil (bass guitar).
In 1997 Rea Garvey left his former band The Reckless Pedestrians and home town Tralee, Ireland to go to Germany with only 50 DM and a demo record in his pocket. He put an ad into the local paper Stockacher Anzeiger which stated, "Singer needs band for a record and shows." Mike Gommeringer (Gomezz) saw it. They met up and recruited Uwe, Sebi and Phil. In 1998 the band was set up. Their first gig was on New Year's Eve 1998/1999 in Stockach.
In order to get a recording contract, they played at Logo, a pub in Hamburg, in front of 16 representatives of various record labels in 1999. The band was quickly given several contract offers, from which they settled on Virgin Records.
Their first album Tuesday (produced by Steve Lyon) and the first single "Supergirl" were major successes. Both went gold and became the most-played song on German radio in 2000. Reamonn became stars and played at many festivals and concerts. In autumn 2000 they went on their own tour to promote their first album with support from Heyday. Future songs "Josephine" and "Waiting There For You" achieved similar success.
The second album Dream No. 7 was released in 2001. The name comes from the number of their former home and rehearsal room in Munzingen, a suburb of Freiburg. With the single "Weep", they had a guest appearance in the German movie Mondscheintarif.
Their third album Beautiful Sky was recorded in Spain and released in 2003. It reached No. 3 in the German album charts and went double platinum. The band toured with Robbie Williams. Their 2005 album Wish was produced in Los Angeles.
On July 7, 2007 they performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg.
In 1997 Rea Garvey left his former band The Reckless Pedestrians and home town Tralee, Ireland to go to Germany with only 50 DM and a demo record in his pocket. He put an ad into the local paper Stockacher Anzeiger which stated, "Singer needs band for a record and shows." Mike Gommeringer (Gomezz) saw it. They met up and recruited Uwe, Sebi and Phil. In 1998 the band was set up. Their first gig was on New Year's Eve 1998/1999 in Stockach.
In order to get a recording contract, they played at Logo, a pub in Hamburg, in front of 16 representatives of various record labels in 1999. The band was quickly given several contract offers, from which they settled on Virgin Records.
Their first album Tuesday (produced by Steve Lyon) and the first single "Supergirl" were major successes. Both went gold and became the most-played song on German radio in 2000. Reamonn became stars and played at many festivals and concerts. In autumn 2000 they went on their own tour to promote their first album with support from Heyday. Future songs "Josephine" and "Waiting There For You" achieved similar success.
The second album Dream No. 7 was released in 2001. The name comes from the number of their former home and rehearsal room in Munzingen, a suburb of Freiburg. With the single "Weep", they had a guest appearance in the German movie Mondscheintarif.
Their third album Beautiful Sky was recorded in Spain and released in 2003. It reached No. 3 in the German album charts and went double platinum. The band toured with Robbie Williams. Their 2005 album Wish was produced in Los Angeles.
On July 7, 2007 they performed at the German leg of Live Earth in Hamburg.
They are on tour in Portugal at the moment.
7 November 2007
Thanksgiving - 22nd November
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the end of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
On Thanksgiving, families and friends gather for a reunion, a day of thanks, and a festive meal. Some people attend a religious service on the eve before or day of Thanksgiving.
In giving thanks, people are grateful for a wide variety of blessings in their lives and for events in which they felt God played a role in helping them. They appreciate the bountiful food of the harvest season, share food with guests, and donate food through charities.
The Thanksgiving dinner is usually served during the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day. Often guests bring food items or help with cooking in the kitchen as part of a happy, communal meal. When the family and guests come to the table to eat, a grace to thank God is said before partaking of the meal. In keeping with the holiday theme of giving thanks, during the socializing or the meal, people talk about what they are thankful for or tell about experiences during the past year which have caused them to feel grateful.
In the United States, certain kinds of food are traditionally served at Thanksgiving meals. First and foremost, turkey is usually the featured item on any Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that Thanksgiving is sometimes referred to as "Turkey Day"). Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn (maize), other fall vegetables, and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner. All of these primary dishes are actually native to the Americas or were introduced as a new food source to the Europeans when they arrived.
In the United States, Thanksgiving is a four-day weekend vacation in school and college calendars. Most businesses close only for the Thursday of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Eve, on the Wednesday night before, is traditionally one of the busiest nights of the year for bars and clubs, both in terms of sales and volume of patrons, as many students have returned to their hometowns from college.
On Thanksgiving Day, families and friends usually gather for a large meal or dinner, the result being that the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
In giving thanks, people are grateful for a wide variety of blessings in their lives and for events in which they felt God played a role in helping them. They appreciate the bountiful food of the harvest season, share food with guests, and donate food through charities.
The Thanksgiving dinner is usually served during the afternoon of Thanksgiving Day. Often guests bring food items or help with cooking in the kitchen as part of a happy, communal meal. When the family and guests come to the table to eat, a grace to thank God is said before partaking of the meal. In keeping with the holiday theme of giving thanks, during the socializing or the meal, people talk about what they are thankful for or tell about experiences during the past year which have caused them to feel grateful.
In the United States, certain kinds of food are traditionally served at Thanksgiving meals. First and foremost, turkey is usually the featured item on any Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that Thanksgiving is sometimes referred to as "Turkey Day"). Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn (maize), other fall vegetables, and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner. All of these primary dishes are actually native to the Americas or were introduced as a new food source to the Europeans when they arrived.
In the United States, Thanksgiving is a four-day weekend vacation in school and college calendars. Most businesses close only for the Thursday of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Eve, on the Wednesday night before, is traditionally one of the busiest nights of the year for bars and clubs, both in terms of sales and volume of patrons, as many students have returned to their hometowns from college.
On Thanksgiving Day, families and friends usually gather for a large meal or dinner, the result being that the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
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