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  A blueprint for aging has the power to add years to your life, one expert says

  On the brink of turning 50, aging expert Debra Whitman found herself filled with questions about the later stages of life: How long will I live? Will I lose my memory? Will I have enough money? How will I die?Frustrated by the lack of resources, Whitman, who serves as AARP's executive vice president and chief public policy officer, took it upon herself to fill the gap. She authored "The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of Midlife and Beyond," a book designed to guide adults in navigating the "second half of life" with happiness and health.To age healthily, Whitman emphasizes five key habits: regular exercise, a nutritious diet, maintaining a healthy weight, avoiding smoking, and limiting alcohol consumption. Even adopting just one of these habits can extend life expectancy by two years, while practicing all five could add up to 14 years for women and 12 years for men. Whitman also points out that these lifestyle habits are effective in reducing the risk of dementia, addressing the fears many have about cognitive decline.Whitman also draws inspiration from other cultures regarding attitudes toward aging. She highlights Singapore's Silver Academies, which promote lifelong learning, and New Zealand's Kiwi Coffin Club, which combines social interaction with a focus on meaningful end-of-life preparations. She believes that community connections are essential for healthy aging, noting that loneliness can shorten one's lifespan by up to 15 years.Her research shows that fostering relationships and staying socially active are vital to living well in later years. With the right mindset, aging can be a positive experience—one filled with opportunities to share wisdom, contribute to the community, and find joy in relationships. Whitman encourages people to think of aging as a time for growth, connection, and purpose, instead of fearing the unknown.

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  Three years after abortion was legalized, access to abortion is dwindling in Milley's Argentina

  Montecarlo, a small city in Misiones, Argentina, faces challenges in providing basic health services. María, a resident, faced obstacles when seeking an abortion in 2024 despite Argentina’s legal framework allowing abortions up to 14 weeks since 2021. Local hospitals were unable to provide the medication due to shortages, and María struggled to find affordable misoprostol. Ultimately, María sought help from Amnesty International, who intervened to ensure her access.Argentina has faced a significant shortage of supplies for abortion access under the current government, with President Javier Milei halting purchases of necessary medications. Amnesty International, among other organizations, reports that barriers to accessing legal abortions have grown. Complaints have risen by 80% as citizens encounter difficulties in obtaining free medication.People hold green handkerchiefs during a demonstration in support of safe and legal abortion access to mark International Safe Abortion Day, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 28, 2023. Mariana Nedelcu/Reuters/FileThe lack of national supplies has forced some provincial governments to make direct purchases to maintain reproductive rights, leading to regional inequalities. Amnesty International highlights that access to legal abortion services plays a crucial role in reducing maternal mortality, emphasizing that this essential health service must be available to everyone as part of public health programs.

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  Taichung's Cingmei Art Museum opens on December 13! The first museum by Kengo Kuma in Taiwan, designed with a nature-inspired concept and landscape architecture that blends seamlessly into its environment.

  The "Qin Art Museum" located in the Qinmei Caowu Living District in Taichung will officially open on December 13, 2024. After more than ten years of trial and transformation, and six years of construction projects, this landscape-style building integrated into the neighborhood has been completed. , also became Kengo Kuma’s first art museum work in Taiwan.A temporary art museum that originated more than ten years agoLooking back on the transformation of the Qin Art Museum over the past ten years, in 2012, the "Qin Art Museum" was transformed from an idle elementary school into a temporary art museum that combined outdoor public exhibition areas and broke the boundaries of traditional exhibitions; in 2019, the "Gongjia Art Museum" challenged Taiwan's common The construction site was built into a public works art gallery, successfully transcending spatial barriers and turning the construction site into a cultural site where people can live, communicate, and learn and experience freely; the 2020 "Satoyama Ichiji Public Art" project truly presents the world through design and art. Come into life and shape Cao Wudao's unique creative life outlook.Over the years, these projects have connected design and people, people and neighborhoods, and people and life, exerting social influence and accumulating energy to become the new generation of Qin Art Museum that is about to open. In the future, this international landscape art museum will become a long-term base, adhering to the principle that "imagination is the foundation of all innovation", embracing the curatorial spirit of "popular themes, niche interpretation; niche themes, mass interpretation" to carry out cultural curation, CaoWudao issue planning, children's education, lifestyle selection and catering and other diversified business models.Nature-based landscape architecture designed by Kengo Kuma’s teamThe new generation Qin Art Museum takes "an emerging art environment that combines greenery, creativity, inspiration and inspires imagination" as its business positioning and hardware facilities. It is designed by Kengo Kuma's architectural team, inheriting the previous brand characteristics and taking into account The Qinmei Caowu Living Circle, where the art museum is located, takes the entire landscape and environmental scale into consideration, giving the venue a thin and light visual appearance as if "opening up the earth", and using the "Tangcao" pattern as the design inspiration to create a transparent The complex and varied use of curly arcs encircles the building from the outside in, as well as the surrounding curved forest paths, paddling pools and other interactive circulation lines, allowing the Qin Art Museum to integrate the neighborhood, nature and art into a high-rise building and grass enlightenment. An urban oasis among the forests.Kengo Kuma's architectural team has imbued the building with a thin, translucent image, as if "lifting the earth" (Photo / Cingmei Art Museum)The building covers one floor above ground and one underground floor. It adopts a steel structure, which is more flexible and lighter than traditional reinforced concrete construction methods and can also reduce carbon emissions. The 410-square-meter green roof is developed based on a stable door-shaped structure and is slowly expanded. Out of the curvature of the curved surface, countless small triangular steel plates are connected in series to form one point after another. The particles are stacked into three-dimensional lines and surfaces, forming a natural and smooth twisting angle like hills.The connection between the roof and the land is smoothly transformed into a staircase, replacing the abrupt inward arc and the conflicting feeling of the steel end turning, making it naturally become a part of the landscape; in addition, a green roof is also built The water circulation system is used for the sustainable growth and maintenance of plants, and also allows visitors to step on the grass to rest and enjoy the different urban ecological scenery.In order to echo the green texture of Caowu Road, Kengo Kuma's architectural team also used nearly 1,282 wood grain grilles of various shapes on the exterior of the building to deepen the warm temperament of Qin Art Museum, and used large-area floor-to-ceiling windows to create a penetrating space that extends The vision of the internal and external landscape makes the field of vision wider. Various design details allow Qin Art Museum to be naturally hidden in a green environment. Its unobtrusive image echoes the life of the neighborhood.An indoor exhibition experience like a mountain adventureCompared with outdoor design that focuses on the connection between architecture and the environment, interior design pays more attention to the interaction between people and space. Continuing the rhythmic undulations consistent with the exterior, Kengo Kuma's architectural team simulated the natural scene with wooden grilles, slate walls, and undulating floors, plus dancing beams on the ceiling, making walking indoors feel like a mountain adventure. When viewing the exhibition, you can not only focus on the works in front of you, but also follow the terrain to enhance the visual effect and extend the three-dimensional and layered vision in the distance.The interior design focuses on the interactive relationship between people and space, using building materials and varied elevations to simulate natural landscapes (Photo / Cingmei Art Museum)Passing through the revolving reception desk, passing through the sky bridge gallery, spiral staircase, and underground exhibition hall, Tangcao design lines are also used in the space, drawing out new visual ideas between horizontal and vertical levels. The architectural team used neat and delicate beveled corners to deliberately reveal the lines of the building materials, layer by layer to create a spatial texture with varying depths. The wooden grilles surrounding the space also reflect different flows of light and shadow as the day and night change. , bring richer imagination.With the arrival of public facilities, the opening of the first exhibition, cultural and educational promotion and other activities, the Qin Art Museum will officially transform into an imaginative and inspiring place in the neighborhood, using multiple functions to lead everyone into in-depth artistic exploration.Qin Art Museum CMP INSPIRATIONAddress | No. 79, Guanqian Road, West District, Taichung City 403Phone｜04-2328-5000

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