The Longest Way

"My name is Christoph Rehage, I was born on November 9th in 1981 in Hanover, Germany.

My mother is originally from Hungary, and I have a lovely little sister and a little brother – they live with my Dad and our cat and our dog in a little town called Bad Nenndorf in the Northwest of Germany. I have spent a high school year in Wichita, Kansas before, and I have had jobs in Frankfurt and Paris."

This is the beginning of a log story. Christoph decided to walk from Beijing to his little home town in Germany. The result is an amazing blog: pleople, places, experiences... A long journey to discover what to do in life.

If you want to find out how far he went you have to visit his blog: The Longest Way

Gout, the Ailment of Kings, Now Afflicts the Midle Class

Lonnie Matthews, a retired building maintenance engineer in Burlington, N.C., has something in common with King Henry VIII, Sir Isaac Newton and Benjamin Franklin. He has gout.
Often called the “disease of kings” because of its association with the rich foods and copious alcohol once available only to aristocrats, gout is staging a middle-class comeback as American society grows older and heavier.

Read the complete article from The New York Times

Start-up electric car companies

At the New York International Auto Show, small start-up companies are fighting for traction in the slowly emerging electric car market.

Woman survived accident 'due to washboard stomach'

A woman survived a paragliding accident because her "washboard" stomach muscles protected her other organs.
Experts said her life was saved by her high level of fitness, which meant her stomach muscles acted as a "girdle" to protect her other vital organs.


Read the whole story from Telegraph.co.uk

Affordable green living

A development in Western Massachusetts features solar powered, tightly sealed and super-insulated homes, which are nearly off the grid and affordable.