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So many wonderful things have been said and written in the last few days about the late Hank Aaron whose greatness in transcending his sportcannot be measured in baseball's currency of statistics, awards and titles.

Aaron, who died Friday at age 86, was a model for us to admire and emulate through hisdignity, integrity, humility, philanthropy and perseverance through times good, bad and ugly.

He literally spoke softlyand carried a big stick. When he did speak, pointedly truth-telling when silence meant acceptance, the Hammer'swords also carried awallop.

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From strictly a sports perspective, people tend to focus on the shiniest objects. For one, Aaron'spursuit and capture of what was thought to be an unreachable target, the 714 career home runs by the bigger-than-life Babe Ruth. It'shard to overstate the lasting impact Ruth has hadas the first superstar professional athlete in America, a true original as a ballplayer and cultural phenomenon.

When Henry Louis Aaron hit his715th career homer, he wasn't replacing George Herman Ruthatop baseball's Mount Olympus;he was joining him and very few others. Aaron didn't let ugliness the racism he endured then and over his lifetime ruin what should have been a pure celebration of a extraordinary accomplishment.

There's a lot to praise about Aaron and his career, but perhaps not getting enough attention is hislongevity. He played in the majors from 1954 to 1976. How many of today's athletes will play 23seasons in any professional sport? Not that they "need" to.

The economics of the game aren't the same, of course, and the motivation of an athlete to reach financial security can be satisfied in onestroke of a pen. Even adjusting the salaries of Aaron's era to today's dollars, ballplayers didn't have the leverage, and thus the earning power, to build that nest egg in similar fashion. According to research reported by baseball-reference.com, Aaron is listed as earning $6,000 as a Milwaukee Braves rookie in 1954 and his top base salary was $240,000 each of his last two seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers.

'HE BLAZED TRAILS': Savannahians recall Hank Aaron'sgreatness

The durable Aaron not only played a long time, he wasconsistently productive. Whether you consider him (755 home runs in the pre-steroid era) or Barry Bonds (762) the reigning Home Run King, Aaron still is No. 1 in runs batted in (2,297), extra-base hits (1,477) and total bases (6,856).

He didn't perform any less magnificently on the bigger stage of the playoffs.His Braves teams didn't get to the postseason often they wonthe World Series in 1957 and lost in 1958, both against the dynastic New York Yankees.Hammerin' Hank made a pretty good accounting of himself, batting.362 (25 of 69) with six home runs and 16 RBIs in 17 playoff games.

Compare him to his contemporaries.He didn't make the All-Star Game only twice as a 20-year-old rookie and as a 42-year-old designated hitter but was selected each of the 21 years in between. He played in 25 total, as there were multiple games some seasons. Imaginetrying to cracktheNational League's lineup withoutfieldersthe likes of Willie Mays,Roberto Clemente, Stan Musial, Frank Robinson and Aaron.

Want a fantastic stat? He never struck out 100 times in a season. Yet he hit at least 20 homers for 20 consecutive seasons, including eight seasons of 40 with a high of 47.

So he didn't win more than one MVP award (NL in 1957). The career .305 hitter did win two batting titles, four HR and RBI crowns, three NL Gold Gloves and was the first player to reach the milestones of 500 homers and 3,000 hits (he totaled3,771). There's a reason that since 1999 the top hitter each season receives the Hank Aaron Award.

You know when Aaronwasn't the first? He was not unanimously selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He got in on the first ballot in 1982but received only 97.8% of the votes nine short. There wassome misplaced sense of baseball history,ignorance or worsegoing on with those nine voters.

There's no debate whether or notAaron is one of the greatest, and it canbe argued he is the greatest all-around player. He could do it all hit for average, hit with power, run, field and throw in a rare combination of talents and, rarer still, the ability to reach one'spotential as a player and a person.

Nathan Dominitz is the Sports Content Editor of the Savannah Morning News and savannahnow.com. Contact him at ndominitz@savannahnow.com. Twitter @NathanDominitz

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The lifestyle you lead has a big impact on your health and increases your susceptibility to chronic illnesses. Now, whether you lead a plant-based lifestyle or not, you may have heard of Blue Zones. Blue Zones are geographic locations that have been proven to lower the rates of chronic illnesses and increase life expectancy. Heres a quick breakdown of what Blue Zones are and how they contribute to longevity.

What are Blue Zones?

This term was first used by author Dan Buettner in his book The Blue Zones. The non-scientific term Blue Zone refers to the geographic locations that were given to regions in which people were seen to live notably longer and healthier lives, compared to the rest of the world.

According to Buettner, there are five known Blue Zones, namely Icaria (Greece), Ogliastra (Italy), Okinawa (Japan), Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica) and Loma Linda in California. However, despite these being the only Blue Zones Buettner mentions, there may still be other unidentified Blue Zones.

What do Blue Zones have in common?

While diseases and mortality rates are seen as uncommon amongst these populations, studies have shown that these regions have a higher number of people that live past the age of 90 and 100, respectively.

Through research, these were the commonalities that were found:

Their diets consist of whole food plants

One of the major commonalities found in these locations is that those that live there eat primarily a plant-based diet. However, despite predominantly eating plant-based foods, most groups arent strictly vegan and tend to eat meat from time to time. By reducing their meat intake, theyre not only reducing the risk of multiple diseases but also creating longevity.

Fasting

Another common practice in the Blue Zones is fasting and reducing calorie intake. With most groups following the 80% rule, studies have shown that by fasting and eating until youre 80% full, trains your body to reduce your hunger and feel full longer. By fasting and reducing their calorie intake, groups are welcoming various health benefits such as improving blood sugar and cholesterol levels.

Exercising is part of their routine

Aside from their diet being predominantly plant-based, exercising has also played a key role in the ageing and longevity process. While they may not be actively exercising in the Blue Zones, taking part in walking, gardening and any other daily activities forms part of their exercise and daily routines.

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While you may not be living in a Blue Zone, by trying a plant-based diet you could be preventing and reducing your risk of getting chronic diseases in the future. With so many tasty and flavourful plant-based dishes becoming more accessible and affordable, youll be able to cook up new dishes as well as as a variation of your favourite dishes.

Thinking about trying a plant-based diet? Join a supportive community that will give you tips and help you on your plant-based journey.

Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/weloveveganuary and take the pledge to join the plant-based community.

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That 19-year longevity gap is emblematic of striking disparities in health and economic welfare across relatively small distances in Greater Sydney.

Virtually all Sydney suburbs with a median death age between 86 and 88 years the highest band of longevity were in wealthy areas to the citys north and east.

However, three quarters of districts with the lowest longevity those with a median death age of between 69 and 72 years were in less wealthy parts of west and south-western Sydney.

The median age at death for the whole of Greater Sydney was 81 years between 2014 and 2018 (the median being the midpoint of all death ages in that period).

Professor John Glover, the director of PHIDU, said the huge divide across Sydney was driven by layers of socio-economic disadvantage which contribute to much poorer health outcomes in some neighbourhoods.

Although disturbing, the statistics on median age of death hide as much as they reveal because they do not tell us about the life-long burden of poor health, stress and disability which is endured by many, he said.

Kittu Randhawa, chief executive officer of the Community Resource Network, a peak body for social service organisations in western Sydney, said it is a shame on our city to have a difference in lifespans of almost two decades between suburbs located so close together.

With a divide like that youd think we were talking about two different countries, she said. Its certainly not the Australia that everyone likes to brag about.

The heartbreak experienced by Joyce Davison during the past four years draws attention to the human cost of Sydneys health divide.

The 71-year old Dunghutti woman, who has lived in Bidwill for 45 years, lost her husband Ronnie four years ago.

He was admitted to Nepean Hospital for something simple by a local GP but never came home. He ended up catching golden staph in there, Mrs Davison said. Mr Davison died a few days after Christmas 2016 aged 68. The couple had been together for 48 years.

But tragedy has struck the family twice more since. In 2018 Mrs Davisons daughter, Rita, died from a heart attack at the age of 46. Ten months later, her third child, Ronald, passed away due to pneumonia aged 45.

My son had always been a sickly child from the age of 12 months old, she said.

Mrs Davison has been in and out of hospital herself since having her appendix removed last year. But she is reluctant to use some local health services.

Our people just dont trust the hospital, she said.

PHIDUs figures show the number of potential years of life lost due to premature death in the Bidwill area was 85 per cent higher than the national norm between 2014 and 2018.

Cherrybrooks local public health area, only about 20 kilometres east of Bidwills, has a different distinction; Sydneys equal highest lifespans. It was one of four neighbourhoods with a median age at death of 88 years along with Cromer-Narrabeen-Collaroy, Ryde-Hunters Hill and Gordon-Killara-Pymble.

All those areas have an above-average concentration of residential aged care places which can affect local area comparisons of median death age. But Professor Glover says other indicators of longevity tell a similar story of the stark regional differences in how long Sydneysiders live.

In Cherrybrooks local health area, for instance, the likelihood of death before the age of 75 was 42 per cent below the national average between 2014 and 2018. In Gordon-Killara-Pymble that likelihood was almost 60 per cent lower than the average.

But in the Bidwell area the likelihood of death before age 75 in that period was 82 per cent higher than the average.

It means a lot of people in that area are dying fairly young to get a rate that high, Professor Glover said.

Cherrybrook resident Lesley de Gorter.Credit:Wolter Peeters

Other parts of western Sydney also have unusually high rates of premature mortality. The analysis shows that in Ashcroft-Busby-Millar, near Liverpool, the potential years of life lost due to death before the age of 75 was 72 per cent higher than the national average between 2014 and 2018.

In Cherrybrook the potential years of life lost due to premature death was almost 50 per cent below the national norm in that period.

High school teacher, Lesley de Gorter, moved to Cherrybrook with her husband Henri and their family 20 years ago. The couples two adult children, who both attended university, have moved out of home.

Ms de Gorter, who plays soccer for the local club, says the perks of living in Cherrybrook include a strong sense of community, the proximity to the shops and public transport and the quiet, leafy surrounds although she would like to be closer to the beach.

We are so far away from the ocean, she said. That bugs me a little bit. But weve got a nice pool.

Ms de Gorter, 58, is planning on an active retirement. Shes studying to become a pilates instructor and hopes to turn her double garage into a pilates studio as a later-life side hustle.

Major variations in many other health indicators underpin the gulf in lifespans across Sydney.

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The PHIDUs analysis shows rates of cancer, diabetes and obesity are all much higher in Bidwill than Cherrybrook. More than 40 per cent of those in the Cherrybrook area took a free government bowel cancer screening test (offered to those aged over 50) in 2016 and 2017 compared with only 25 per cent in Bidwills area. But the rate of positive tests among those that did participate in Bidwill (12.6 per cent) was almost double that in Cherrybrooks (6.9 per cent).

In Bidwills public health area nearly one in 10 residents aged between 16 and 64 was receiving the disability support pension in mid-2017, the PHIDU data shows. In Cherrybrooks the share was about one in 60.

Professor Alex Broom, director of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies at Sydney University, said a complex blend of factors had created a postcode lottery when it comes to health outcomes. He says some government policies, including subsidies for private health insurance, were stoking the variations in health outcomes between wealthy and disadvantaged neighbourhoods.

We are seeing increasing differences and thats costly to the whole of society, Professor Broom said.

Striking economic differences reinforce Sydneys divergent health statistics.

At the last census Bidwills median household income was $41,500 a year, less than a third of what the typical household in Cherrybrook had at its disposal ($127,000).

Bidwill has a much higher share of residents living in public housing than the state average and a relatively low rate of home ownership. The district also has a high proportion of Indigenous residents.

Economists warn the coronavirus pandemic could worsen the existing inequalities of income and wealth which contribute to the health disparities.

Matt Wade is a senior economics writer at The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Theglobal longevity and anti-senescence therapies marketshould grow from $329.8 million in 2018 to $644.4 million by 2023 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.3% during 2018-2023.

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The scope of this report is broad and covers various therapies currently under trials in the global longevity and anti-senescence therapy market. The market estimation has been performed with consideration for revenue generation in the forecast years 2018-2023 after the expected availability of products in the market by 2023. The global longevity and anti-senescence therapy market has been segmented by the following therapies: Senolytic drug therapy, Gene therapy, Immunotherapy and Other therapies which includes stem cell-based therapies, etc.

Revenue forecasts from 2028 to 2023 are given for each therapy and application, with estimated values derived from the expected revenue generation in the first year of launch.

The report also includes a discussion of the major players performing research or the potential players across each regional longevity and anti-senescence therapy market. Further, it explains the major drivers and regional dynamics of the global longevity and anti-senescence therapy market and current trends within the industry.

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Global longevity and anti-senescence therapy market deals in the adoption of different therapies and treatment options used to extend human longevity and lifespan. Human longevity is typically used to describe the length of an individuals lifetime and is sometimes used as a synonym for life expectancy in the demography. Anti-senescence is the process by which cells stop dividing irreversibly and enter a stage of permanent growth arrest, eliminating cell death. Anti-senescence therapy is used in the treatment of senescence induced through unrepaired DNA damage or other cellular stresses.

Global longevity and anti-senescence market will witness rapid growth over the forecast period (2018-2023) owing to an increasing emphasis on Stem Cell Research and an increasing demand for cell-based assays in research and development.

An increasing geriatric population across the globe and a rising awareness of antiaging products among generation Y and later generations are the major factors expected to promote the growth of global longevity and anti-senescence market. Factors such as a surging level of disposable income and increasing advancements in anti-senescence technologies are also providing traction to the global longevity and anti-senescence market growth over the forecast period (2018-2023).

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Senolytics, placenta stem cells and blood transfusions are some of the hot technologies picking up pace in the longevity and anti-anti-senescence market. Companies and start-ups across the globe such as Unity Biotechnology, Human Longevity Inc., Calico Life Sciences, Acorda Therapeutics, etc. are working extensively in this field for the extension of human longevity by focusing on study of genomics, microbiome, bioinformatics and stem cell therapies, etc. These factors are poised to drive market growth over the forecast period.

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A material commonly used in solar panels has been found to repair itself when damaged - and scientists think this ability could be vital for the future of clean energy.

The substance, called antimony selenide, is whats known as a solar absorber material. This means it can be used to harness solar energy and convert this power into electricity.

The team at the University of York, UK who made the discovery are now looking at how this technology could be used to create longer-lasting solar panels, which could potentially 'self-heal' when damaged.

One of the biggest hindrances to progress in this type of technology is the reliability and longevity of cells. Currently, solar panels have an average lifespan of between 25-30 years, so developing technology which can repair itself could be a crucial breakthrough.

Antimony selenides surprising self-healing capability is similar to when a starfish or reptile regrows a limb after an accident, explains Professor Keith McKenna who led the research.

"The process by which this semi-conducting material self-heals is rather like how a salamander is able to re-grow limbs when one is severed, he says. Antimony selenide repairs broken bonds created when it is cleaved by forming new ones.

"This ability is as unusual in the materials world as it is in the animal kingdom and has important implications for applications of these materials in optoelectronics and photochemistry."

Solar power is a technology people around the world are keen to perfect. With many governments pledging to reach net-zero over the next 10 to 30 years, securing reliable alternatives to fossil fuels is essential.

Researchers at GlobalData believe that space-based solar power (SBSP) could be the key to a total transition to green energy. SBSP involves using mirror-like reflectors, which are positioned on satellites moving around Earths orbit. These reflectors would concentrate the suns energy onto solar panels, allowing for power to be harnessed outside of daylight hours.

At the moment solar panels collect power for an average of 29 per cent of the day, but SBSP would mean they could be illuminated 99 per cent of the time.

For now, SBSP is purely conceptual, but scientists do believe it could be a reality soon. The US Naval Research Laboratory conducted its first test in this field in May last year.

Earlier this year scientists in South Korea created the first fully transparent solar panel, which could be a major step forward for domestic solar power usage. Traditionally, they are opaque because of the semiconductor layers within the cells, but researchers at Incheon University were able to use titanium dioxide and nickel oxide instead.

Last year double-sided solar panels were developed for the first time too, which were found to be 35 per cent more effective.

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Just as modern life with all its stresses and strains has been pushing people to travel for physical transformation, the pandemic is also reminding people of their ultimate vulnerability as humans with a finite amount of time on the planet.

In the year ahead, as rising numbers of people take steps to improve their immunity and longevity, the spotlight will shine on places and communities around the world that are already getting it right.

The worlds 'Blue Zones' are found in:

These regions have been identified by experts as destinations where people live the longest. In the UK, the average life expectancy for a man is 79.9 and for a woman is 83.6 however, in these Blue Zones, people regularly live to 90, if not 100.

After studying the lifestyles of people in Blue Zones, numerous parallels were found in the way that they approached eating, exercising, socialising and spending their time.

Instead of going to the gym, they built up fitness through every-day natural movement from activities such as gardening; they eat smaller portions of home-grown plant-based food and stop before they are full; they are part of a close-knit, supportive community and take part in stress-relieving rituals such as prayer and siesta.

Many also drink moderate amounts of wine with friends and at meal times.

In leading research into the Blue Zones, American explorer, National Geographic fellow and author of The Blue Zones book, Dan Buettner, noticed that people living in these places didnt necessarily become centenarians because they had better genes it was because they naturally had better lifestyles and diets.

They had close family connections and traditions, and a sense of purpose (in Japan they call this 'ikigai'). "If you want to live longer and be healthier, don't try to change your behaviours, because that never lasts for the long run," explains Buettner, "think about changing your environment.

Not everyone will be able to (or want to) live in Blue Zones, but it's pivotal visit these regions to learn from them. In the future, Blue Zones will become hotbeds for 'longevity tourism,' as we seek out clues and tips to live longer lives.

On the sub-tropical Japanese island of Okinawa, where there are 35 centenarians for every 100,000 inhabitants five times more than the rest of Japan, which already has a high average life expectancy (87.4 years) the Halekulani hotel has already started offering 'Secrets of Longevity' retreats. These trips include buying native ingredients in the local market, and visiting the worlds first deep-sea-water hot spa facility.

Meanwhile, in Puglia, Italy (not far from Sardinia), luxury hotel Borgo Egnazia is selling Blue Zone-inspired 'Longevity Programmes' that includes cooking lessons, movement classes in the countryside, evening social events and meal plans.

Down on the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Ricas Blue Zone, visitors can book into a yoga retreat, eat freshly caught fish, go surfing and ride horses along the beach.

Alternatively, Blue Zone explorers can head to the little-known island of Ikaria in Greece, where they can dine in relaxed tavernas and swim in the turquoise sea.

It might be a little more difficult to immerse yourself in Californias Blue Zone of Loma Linda, which is home to a community of Seventh-Day Adventists, but the state has many amazing wellness retreats to try from Canyon Ranch Woodside to the Ranch Malibu not to mention delicious food and beautiful natural wilderness.

As we recover from the difficulties of 2020, could this be the travel trend everyone is jumping on in 2021?

Jenny Southan is the editor and founder of travel trend forecasting agency Globetrender.

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