Patagonia Trek 2015 We just can't keep away. In November we return to the Patagonian Icecap. Huemul Circuit with Icecap Extension. Different route, but same amazing landscapes! Slower paced expedition, would suit ageing mountaineers/trekkers. 2 places remaining. Contact via http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/contact.php if interested. #trekking#patagonia#expedition#icecap#trek
Patagonia Trek 2015 We just can't keep away. In November we return to the Patagonian Icecap. Huemul Circuit with Icecap Extension. Different route, but same amazing landscapes! Slower paced expedition, would suit ageing mountaineers/trekkers. 2 places remaining. Contact via http://www.spanishhighs.co.uk/contact.php if interested. #trekking#patagonia#expedition#icecap#trek
See Photos Of Some Top Nigerian Celebrities Then And Now This major throwback photos of some of our favourite entertainers will surely shock you, some looked better and some seems not to be ageing at all, see more below.. Basket Mouth Princess Toju babyFace Julius Agwu Julius Agwu Segun Arinze Kate Henshaw
See Photos Of Some Top Nigerian Celebrities Then And Now. 10:02 AM. This major throwback photos of some of our favourite entertainers will surely shock you, some looked better and some seems not to be ageing at all, see more below.. C8 Basket Mouth ...
Megan Thorsen Sun, 09 Aug 2015 16:35:27 GMT - Reshared Post - Public
Study confirms factors previously suggested to contribute to long life: low inflammation, long telomeres. It doesn't provide any advice on how to keep those factors in good shape. I imagine a low inflammation diet might be some help, though.
How to Live to 100: Scientists Crack the Secrets of Centenarians
For the first time, a team of experts from Newcastle University's Institute for Ageing and Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, explored which biological and pathological processes may be the most important for successful ageing after 100 years of age.
The research is in EBioMedicine. (full open access)
How to Live to 100: Scientists Crack the Secrets of Centenarians
For the first time, a team of experts from Newcastle University's Institute for Ageing and Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, explored which biological and pathological processes may be the most important for successful ageing after 100 years of age.
The research is in EBioMedicine. (full open access)
Al Jazeera English Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:53:16 GMT - Community - The reVIEW (Feedback)
+Al Jazeera English had many interesting and varied programmes on the channel this past week. Here are our top three picks:
1 - In 'When I Die: Inside #Japan 's Death Industry' 101 East explores how Japan's funeral industry is getting creative as the ageing nation runs out of space for the dead [http://aje.io/r6ky].
2 - Head to Head speaks to Michael T Flynn, the former head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, on how to deal with #ISIL and #Iran [http://aje.io/gckk].
3 - In ' #Nollywood' Al Jazeera World looks at the story behind #Nigeria 's domestic movie industry, the second biggest producer of films in the world [http://aje.io/sdas].
One of the two permanent waterfalls in world-famous Milford Sound, the Stirling Falls drops to a height of 146 metres and is fed by the glaciers just behind it.
The boat cruises take you right underneath it so prepared to get drenched by icy waters. Apparently, it also has anti-ageing qualities:-)
Have a beautiful day (or evening) my friends!
I'm off to Mongolia from Friday for 4 weeks so next post hopefully will be a landscape of this wonderful place:-)
Location: Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand Photography and Copyright by +Nila Sweeney
+Al Jazeera English had many interesting and varied programmes on the channel this past week. Here are our top three picks:
1 - In 'When I Die: Inside #Japan 's Death Industry' 101 East explores how Japan's funeral industry is getting creative as the ageing nation runs out of space for the dead [http://aje.io/r6ky].
2 - Head to Head speaks to Michael T Flynn, the former head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency, on how to deal with #ISIL and #Iran [http://aje.io/gckk].
3 - In ' #Nollywood' Al Jazeera World looks at the story behind Nigeria's domestic movie industry, the second biggest producer of films in the world [http://aje.io/sdas].
""This study, showing for the first time that inflammation levels predict successful ageing even in the extreme old, makes a strong case to assume that chronic inflammation drives human ageing too."
Atishay Rattan Sun, 09 Aug 2015 11:51:34 GMT - Google+ - Public
** Air India Plans to Replace Ageing A320s on Gulf Routes NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India plans to deploy new fuel-efficient planes on the Gulf routes, replacing A320 classic aircraft after questions were raised about the safety of passengers flying its...
Air India Plans to Replace Ageing A320s on Gulf Routes NEW DELHI: National carrier Air India plans to deploy new fuel-efficient planes on the Gulf routes, replacing A320 classic aircraft after questions were raised about t...
Whisky aged in space expected to taste out of this world
The Japanese distillery announced this week that it will be launching samples of its alcohol into space in order to conduct experiments on the "development of mellowness in alcoholic beverage through the use of a microgravity environment".
The research, being organised by Suntory's Global Innovation Centre, will see the company send six different samples of its spirits into orbit with the cooperation of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). Launching from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Centre later in the month, the beverage payload will be conveyed to the Kibo module of the International Space Station (ISS), where scientists will begin research into just how mellow space really tastes.
The Suntory batch will be divided into two groups, with Group 1 samples being aged for 1 year and Group 2 samples for 2 or more years, with the exact length of ageing for the longer batch as yet undecided (although we suppose if the crew onboard the ISS get a hankering for a poker night that may put a sudden halt to Group 2's ageing window). Control batches will be stored in Japan during the experiment period, and testers will analyse and compare the two sets at the conclusion of the ageing process.
Suntory is conducting the research to help it refine its scientific understanding of the molecular mechanism "that makes alcohol mellow". According to a statement to the press, prior research by the company has suggested "the probability that mellowness develops by promoted formation of the high-dimensional molecular structure in the alcoholic beverage in environments where liquid convection is suppressed". Taking these findings further, the space maturation experiments are looking "to verify the effect of the convection-free state created by a microgravity environment to the mellowing of alcoholic beverage".
How they'll determine the results of the experiment won't be anything as simple as an old-fashioned taste test, either (although that will also take place). Suntory intends to measure the samples' substance diffusion and analyse the drinks' high-dimensional structure by X-ray to see what effect the convection-free state has on the liquor. All in the name of taste!
As crazy as it sounds, this isn't even the first time scientists have struck upon the idea of sending whisky into space to see how it alters the flavour. A team of US researchers conducted a similar experiment between 2011 and 2014, launching a sample of Ardberg Scotch Whisky into orbit for more than 1,000 days, with a spokesperson for the company commenting: "This is one small step for man but one giant leap for whisky." That research has not yet been published.
One of the two permanent waterfalls in world-famous Milford Sound, the Stirling Falls drops to a height of 146 metres and is fed by the glaciers just behind it.
The boat cruises take you right underneath it so prepared to get drenched by icy waters. Apparently, it also has anti-ageing qualities:-)
Have a beautiful day (or evening) my friends!
I'm off to Mongolia from Friday for 4 weeks so next post hopefully will be a landscape of this wonderful place:-)
Location: Milford Sound, South Island, New Zealand Photography and Copyright by +Nila Sweeney
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