Healthy Living, Tips

Ourmedia's goal is to expose, advance and preserve digital creativity at the grassroots level. The Web site offers free storage and free bandwidth forever. The catch is that you have to be willing to share your video, audio, photos, films, ads, animation or music for free forever. There are groups for seniors into video, parrot lovers, digital storytelling and so much more, you could get lost forever. But, if you are looking for free storage and Internet access to your media, you could look here.

Poynter On-line's columnist Thomas T. Huang writes about why it's important for each journalist to write a personal mission statement. "That might sound hokey or touchy-feely, but bear with me. Personal mission statements can drive us and affect how we conduct daily journalism. They can guide us through tough times." If your journalism practice could use a bit of inspiration, take a moment to read his entire column online.

J-Lab's new how-to site for community journalism is a companion to the New Voices citizen media initiative. J-Learning will cover Web hosting, HTML coding, digital photography, new media reporting and more.

Ypulse is an independent blog for media and marketing professionals looking to understand the commercial Generation Y (teen) market. It's published by Anastasia Goodstein a journalist who worked with several leading consumer online & television brands before starting Ypulse in 2004. Don't miss her links to Youth Media (KUSP's Youthtopia made the cut, as did former SPers Radio Arte and Blunt Youth Radio) and Teen Blogs. And if you're making youth media, promote your project here!

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The American Council on Exercise has a collection of instructions for strengthening and agility exercises that require little or no equipment. So, if you can't get to a class or a gym, or want reminders about how to perform certain basic exercises, this site may be a help to you. It would be a good idea to have a friend check your form.

"We Can!" is a program from four of the National Health Institutes designed to help parents and caregivers maintain a healthy weight in children aged 8- to 13- years-old . Links send you to plenty of resources, including a parent's handbook, a toolkit, print ads, and posters. Some materials are available in Spanish, Vietnamese, and Filipino.

Steve Outing of Poynter Online's E-Media Tidbits writes that Apple Computer's release of new podcast features on its iTunes music software (the free application that everyone who owns an iPod uses) means that podcasting has taken a big step toward being mainstream. Rather than consumers having to jump through hoops and find a separate application in order to listen to podcasts, it's simply part of an application that millions of people already use. He says every public radio station probably should be offering podcasts by now (but they're not all doing it yet). Read more about podcasting in general on this Wikipedia Webpage with links to more resources.

The official Government Web site aimed at promoting the eating of fruits and vegetables has different sections devoted to the needs of differing segments of society: Women, men, and African Americans.

The Produce for Better Health Foundation advocates eating all five color categories of fruits and vegetables to promote good health. Research, policy information, consumer information, recipes, a glossary, and more can be found on their nicely organized Web site.