JohnStone blog about EssexInformation about EssexHomeRecent PostsA way to Healthy LifeFarms Laid Out as in the Old CountryIt deserves the billingThe latest travel newsMore about RiyadhRecent CommentsArchivesSeptember 2013August 2013July 2013May 2013October 2012September 2012CategoriesTravelUncategorizedA way to Healthy LifePosted By  John Stone on September 27, 2013We are constantly told that regular exercise is key to a long and healthy life, but with many of us having sedentary jobs and hobbies we often turn to the gym to get our exercise quota. But, according to the study, the participants who partook in physical activities such as running and the gym didn’t necessarily live longer. People are vulnerable to skin cancer. In fact those who lived longest tended to follow a lifestyle that kept them active through their work or hobbies, rather than following sports or attending a gym.MarriageIt’s a well-known fact that getting divorced is one of the most stressful things that a person can go through, and this was clear from the study results.The researchers found that the divorced men in the study were at a much higher mortality risk – in fact fewer than a third reached old age.The happily married men, on the other hand, were likely to live to the age of 70 and beyond.Those men who divorced and remarried were less likely to live long lives, and the thinking behind this was that they had previously undergone the stress of a divorce.The happily married women in the group lived longer than those who had divorced and remarried. However, those who chose not to remarry tended to fare better than the divorced men, usually going on to live long lives. The researchers concluded that getting divorced tended to be more harmful to men’s health than to women’s.Category: Uncategorized |  Comments Off                     Tags:Farms Laid Out as in the Old CountryPosted By  John Stone on August 25, 2013The land seemed stretched to infinity, broken only by streams and fences and clusters of rooftops a few miles apart. Evidently these were the Amana villages. But where, I wondered, were the horse-drawn buggies? And the stern, bearded patriarchs? As I walked toward the modern 400-pupil school at Middle Amana, I was puzzled: The children were dressed like children in any or­dinary American school.Superintendent Charles L. Selzer set me straight: “People often confuse us with other religious groups that live apart from the mod­ern world. They think we don’t follow federal or state laws with regard to education and taxes, even though we always have. We have a public school and licensed teachers, and we don’t teach religion in the classroom.”In Amana, at the history museum, I got a further education in what the Amanaites actually are. I picked up a map showing the location of the seven towns. It looked like a connect-the-dots drawing of a clipper. At the end of the handle was East Amana; at the joint, Amana; left a