What's the secret to living to 100?

<h1 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; font-size: 26px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Study, work, retire? How to prepare for a 100-year life</h1><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" data-type="byline-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">Courtesy: <b><i>Driftxposa Health</i></b></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" data-type="byline-area" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">By Eoghan Macguire, CNN </p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span class="timingText" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Posted at</span> 0408 GMT (1208 HKT) August 24, 2018</p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><b>CNN HEALTH</b></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiwDvQL0d2p1ONv4PAAUj8Eo9CJRr_TKlTVUpTXxmmCebpvR1E2oCmt9ig0f5ef36SBURpoTwrKVrgdZr07kW9va4EDrJbM56ZK96WQRetOgTLnkXv6evMRa2rZicuYbM1FcIkkEiWoU/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwiwDvQL0d2p1ONv4PAAUj8Eo9CJRr_TKlTVUpTXxmmCebpvR1E2oCmt9ig0f5ef36SBURpoTwrKVrgdZr07kW9va4EDrJbM56ZK96WQRetOgTLnkXv6evMRa2rZicuYbM1FcIkkEiWoU/" /></a></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><br></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);">STORY<span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"> HIGHLIGHTS,</span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><br></span></p><p class="cnnds_txt_grey_small" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(115, 115, 115);"><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">JAPAN</span><span style="font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 1px; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"> with highest percentage of centenarians, is preparing for the 100-year life</span></p></div><div class="_53039000 storyHighlightsGlobal styles_storyHighlights__1IpdF _2df25e03" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 16px; border-width: 2px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 0, 0) rgb(230, 230, 230) rgb(230, 230, 230); border-image: initial; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; margin-bottom: 20px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><ul class="styles_list__1_Bwk" style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><li class="styles_highlight__1bpMD cnnds_txt_small" data-area="normal-highlight" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; font-size: 14px;">Experts say the world should prepare for larger aging populations</li></ul></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span data-type="sourceText" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">(CNN) — </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">What's the secret to living to 100? Some say it's ensuring plenty of <a href="https://www.forbes.com/2009/04/06/centenarians-exercise-diet-personal-finance-retirement-live-to-100.html#6fc67212cbe7" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">exercise</a>; others point to the benefits of a <a href="http://english.china.com/news/china/54/20151023/488922.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">mild climate</a>. There are even some who suggest that a<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/21/health/how-to-live-to-100-acciaroli-centenarians/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;">healthy sex life</a> has plenty do with it.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The number of people<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"> </span>who live to 100 may be relatively small, but it's becoming more common -- particularly in countries like Japan, which has the <a href="http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/04/21/worlds-centenarian-population-projected-to-grow-eightfold-by-2050/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">highest proportion of centenarians</a> in the world.</div><div class="_53039000" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Data from Japan's Ministry of Health estimate that there <a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201709150056.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">were</a> 67,824 Japanese people 100 or older as of 2017. In 1965, when the country began recording statistics on its senior citizens, there were just <a href="https://www.mhlw.go.jp/file/04-Houdouhappyou-12304250-Roukenkyoku-Koureishashienka/0000097112.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">153 centenarians</a>.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">As a result, policymakers in Japan have begun to look at how to cater to those who make it to the 100 club -- and what they find could be of use to the rest of the world in the years to come.</span><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpeS6wVwGUidrM_ebiOY_Oal_6Gn2ikhwUP-YIc0RQroMYeg13OESa2bSEpDZ6f4OJzIJPs6gNkSlm1j4jsrOYRKnUdMz3lXGHysB0M1WXHNVduMvKAvkMyx9LB2anmkDg3Gef74wf4A/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpeS6wVwGUidrM_ebiOY_Oal_6Gn2ikhwUP-YIc0RQroMYeg13OESa2bSEpDZ6f4OJzIJPs6gNkSlm1j4jsrOYRKnUdMz3lXGHysB0M1WXHNVduMvKAvkMyx9LB2anmkDg3Gef74wf4A/" /></a>Related<a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/07/27/health/living-longer-sanjay-gupta/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Article:</span> Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Forget science (for now); living longer is in your hands</a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Over the past year, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has led a series of meetings at the <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/ongoingtopics/pdf/2017/09/11/AimsAndThemes.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Council for Designing 100-year Life Society</a>, an expert group set up to prepare for a rise in the number of centenarians.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The committee has analyzed <a href="http://japan.kantei.go.jp/ongoingtopics/pdf/2017/09/11/AimsAndThemes.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">issues</a> as diverse as reforming social security policy, reappraising what it <a href="https://japan.kantei.go.jp/98_abe/actions/201805/_00023.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">means</a> to be elderly and diversifying corporate hiring practices.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">But it's not just more centenarians the country is having to prepare <span style="font-size: 17.6px;">for.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Challenges of an aging population</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Twenty-seven</span> percent of Japan's population is 65 or older, according to World Bank <a href="https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?end=2017&locations=JP&start=1960&view=chart" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">data</a>. In 1990, that figure was as low as 11%.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">While living longer is usually a positive, it inevitably creates a number of practical challenges, such as the burden on the state to provide services, pensions and care for an increased number of elderly people. In Japan, this is compounded by a low birth rate, which means there are fewer people of working age to pay for services for the elderly through taxes or work for Japanese companies.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The number of newborns has fallen for 37 consecutive years in Japan, and the Ministry of Health <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/07/health/japan-child-population-record-low-intl/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;">projects</a> that the population will plummet from its current 126.26 million to 86.74 million by 2060.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 22px;">  A 'multistage' life</span><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"> those to attend early meetings of Abe's council was Lynda Gratton, professor of management practice at London Business School and co-author of the book "<a href="http://www.lyndagratton.com/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity</a>."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">When addressing this issue of aging populations, she says, it's important that governments and businesses "tell a story" about how people can begin to live "multistage lives" in which they are able to take career breaks and work longer and across numerous fields. This "narrative" will help signal the challenges ahead and encourage the conversation on what life in aging societies will look like, Gratton adds.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgMAhwupYNdcuNLHmRM3YKllo54weBbE586kD9W84hFbmDW8-HVCuSX-hgMQe10Fo0Hfrh_32o_Llf5tXgaqO2B0zNs1GLwXI44HR0UmzaxOmVWZ0GE53XHXS3lONzal5i3lqf9xu45w/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOgMAhwupYNdcuNLHmRM3YKllo54weBbE586kD9W84hFbmDW8-HVCuSX-hgMQe10Fo0Hfrh_32o_Llf5tXgaqO2B0zNs1GLwXI44HR0UmzaxOmVWZ0GE53XHXS3lONzal5i3lqf9xu45w/" /></a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Related<a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/07/23/health/living-longer-philosophy-partner/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Article:</span> A philosopher asks: Is a longer life a happier one?</a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The Japanese government has <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/08/17/editorials/extending-retirement-age-civil-servants/#.W3wWZc5KiUk" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">proposed</a> extending the mandatory retirement age for civil servants from 60 to 65. It has also <a href="http://www5.cao.go.jp/keizai-shimon/kaigi/cabinet/2018/2018_basicpolicies_en.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">spoken</a> of encouraging "recurrent education," helping people retrain throughout their careers, as well as enabling those who want to work into the later years to do so.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Professor Hiroko Akiyama of the University of Tokyo's Institute of Gerontology believes these are welcome developments but says the pace of change needs to be faster. "Our labor force is shrinking, so we have to take drastic measures now," she said.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Akiyama points to how job-sharing, flexible working patterns and telecommuting can all play a part in helping more people stay in the workplace longer. The likes of artificial intelligence and robotics, far from reducing job opportunities, can also help seniors work longer by compensating for qualities that people may lose as they get older, such as strength or flexibility, she adds.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Beyond the world of work, health care systems will probably be affected by aging populations and be forced to adapt accordingly. <a href="https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2015/06/how-will-ageing-populations-affect-politics/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Politics and values</a> could also be begin to change, with elderly people more commonly thought of as more conservative voters.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Managing an aging world</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Japan has been one of the most visible nations in addressing these challenges but is far from alone in being affected by them.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">The global population of older persons (those 60 or older) numbered 962 million in 2017, according to the UN World Population Ageing <a href="http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/WPA2017_Highlights.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">report</a>. That's more than twice as many as in 1980, when there were 382 million older persons world wide, and the number is expected to double again by 2050, to nearly 2.1 billion.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Aging populations are most pronounced in Europe and North America, according to the report. The US Census Bureau projects that the number of centenarians there will balloon from <a href="https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/PEP/2017/PEPSYASEXN" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">86,248</a> in 2017 to <a href="https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2014/demo/popproj/2014-summary-tables.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">600,000</a> by 2060. Yet these issues are also weighing on the likes of <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/02/health/hong-kong-world-longest-life-expectancy-longevity-intl/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;">Hong Kong</a>, <a href="http://www.oecd.org/employment/emp/33906935.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">South Korea</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.sg/news/content/singapore-feeling-impact-of-rapidly-ageing-population" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Singapore</a>, <a href="https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/older-people/older-australia-at-a-glance/contents/demographics-of-older-australians/australia-s-changing-age-and-gender-profile" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">Australia</a> and <a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11955333" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">New Zealand</a>.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">By 2050, older persons are expected to make up 35% of populations in Europe, 28% in North America, 25% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 24% in Asia, 23% in Oceania and 9% in Africa, the UN report estimates.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Gratton points to positive developments in Denmark, which has looked at <a href="https://www.health-rehab.dk/skjulte-artikler/danish-health-and-elderly-care-2030-a-future-study-scenario/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">scenarios</a> for future elderly care, and Singapore, which she says has gone through its policies and removed any suggestions that older people may be less able to perform certain tasks or roles than younger people</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVh_ntVSgs7KAVT4DizYJw5fC7Nj_rokLjuENeB9fj1C7z3cXLhSxhdMeuLZAZl_BILiYUvfr42gwyklkAJGWNErZ_j-m76baGipwItlkvb_DAMc-lrOQr13zKzgmcAO7CPjIUdI_UYY4/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVh_ntVSgs7KAVT4DizYJw5fC7Nj_rokLjuENeB9fj1C7z3cXLhSxhdMeuLZAZl_BILiYUvfr42gwyklkAJGWNErZ_j-m76baGipwItlkvb_DAMc-lrOQr13zKzgmcAO7CPjIUdI_UYY4/" /></a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Related<a aria-disabled="false" aria-label="Related Article: In the 'land of the immortals': Japan's centenarian pop band" class="_0308207a _1e227843 " href="https://edition-m.cnn.com/2018/06/08/health/japan-longevity-centenarians-aging-population/index.html" icon="" name="Related Article: In the 'land of the immortals': Japan's centenarian pop band" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); transition: color 0.2s; text-decoration: none;" target=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> Article:</span> In the 'land of the immortals': Japan's centenarian pop band</a></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Akiyama, meanwhile, says Japan has been forced to look at the issue earlier than most nations, given the pace at which its population is aging. The country's politicians also seem less eager than others to attract young foreign workers</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Age of opportunity?</h3></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 17.6px;">Yet there could also be opportunity within the challenges of an aging society.</span><br></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Businesses in Japan have begun to open <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Japan-s-Aeon-goes-gray-with-gyms-for-seniors" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">fitness clubs</a> that cater to the elderly while robot carers have been <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-ageing-robots-widerimage/aging-japan-robots-may-have-role-in-future-of-elder-care-idUSKBN1H33AB" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank">introduced to nursing homes</a>, high-value devices that could become lucrative exports.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Gratton says Japan is at the forefront of developing robotics and machines that assist the elderly while "over-55s are spending more than anybody else" in the country.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">However, she adds that countries globally must also begin to plan for a future in which the traditional three-stage life of study, work and retirement no longer applies.</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Get CNN Health's weekly newsletter</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 16px;">Sign</span><a href="https://cnn.us11.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=47c9040f6ff957a59bd88396e&id=ddc799ed25" style="font-size: 14px; box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); transition: color 0.4s ease;" target="_blank"> up here to get <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Results Are In with Dr. Sanjay Gupta</span></a><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px;">every Tuesday from the CNN Health team.</span></div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">"People have got to be much more proactive," she says. As well as planning, saving and staying healthy, they must be "more savvy about what the future is going to be like."</div><div class="styles_BodyText__195s6 _9db439e9 speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 16px; padding-right: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 16px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;">Rather than thinking about growing ever older, she adds, people should think about being younger for longer.</div>

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World’s ‘poorest president

<h1 class="article-title" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); word-wrap: break-word; font-family: Roboto-Bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">World’s ‘poorest president ’ rejects retirement pension</h1><div class="article-date" style="margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(158, 158, 158); width: 288px; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Global News | Aug. 20, 2018</div><div class="article-date" style="margin: 12px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(158, 158, 158); width: 288px; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Courtesy: Driftxposa</div><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Former Uruguayan president José Mujica, who was dubbed “the world’s poorest president” has rejected the pension from his time as a senator.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhYtd7wKzL83uYVnj0rH2jgh2Wqok3zU7DNh-LxZ1MbYGh_SOf4E-uGPDw7pIUXNDeKyoDFHoVz32t1mRmVgWNGLeWzmvHNkc_9FRB4DtSM6woIX4lvawmeu5edMcDkkMIX7TPGlnsHA/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhYtd7wKzL83uYVnj0rH2jgh2Wqok3zU7DNh-LxZ1MbYGh_SOf4E-uGPDw7pIUXNDeKyoDFHoVz32t1mRmVgWNGLeWzmvHNkc_9FRB4DtSM6woIX4lvawmeu5edMcDkkMIX7TPGlnsHA/" /></a><br></p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The 83 years old resigned early this week from his post of a senator. He had held the position since 2015 when his five-year term as a president ended.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The former president has termed his decision to retire as personal</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“I’d say it’s exhaustion after the long journey. Nevertheless, while my mind works, I can’t resign from solidarity and the battle of ideas,” Mujica said in his his resignation official in a letter to the head of the Senate.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mujica resigned from his position despite having the right to stay on as Senator until 2020.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">PRESIDENTIAL TENURE</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mujica’s down to earth lifestyle is what made him famous. Mujica made $1200 (Sh1.2 million) a month during his five year term as president.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is slightly lower than President Uhuru Kenyatta’s monthly salary of Sh1.4 million salary a month.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Furthermore, Mujica went on to donate 90% of his fortune to charity.</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Mujica also refused to live in the presidential palace during his tenure as president opting to live on his farm with his wife where they grow flowers</p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">He<span style="font-size: 18px;"> also turned down an offer of $1 million in 2014 for his light blue 1987 Volkswagen Beetle saying that he needed it to drive his three legged dog.</span></p><p class="article-text" style="margin: 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); word-break: break-word; font-family: Roboto, Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 18px;">“I’m called the poorest president, but I don’t feel poor. Poor people are those who only work to try to keep an expensive lifestyle and always want more and more. This is a matter of freedom. 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<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/0/blogger.g?blogID=4237404731363298009" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"> A Man killed his pregnant Wife and two toddler daughters. </span></b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216824870278955&set=a.2355294526677&type=3" target="_blank"><img alt="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216824870278955&set=a.2355294526677&type=3" border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQo0gMt7KnF1HhuOIH2u4lS8Np-qpzhaCyZm9YlENIwf0aNi8Yj8d9YhKOYX2VMBr1ZUmm-rAVPLR3f1ucEbSf2y0hY2A74HMgnQ494NxE90O0SvJYMk68ZwFXRttid7AgQ5Yx6_XXeCw/" /></a></div> Courtesy: Julie Vanderlaan<br /> written by <a class="opt360-author-name" href="http://dearly.com/author/sara-vallone/">Sara Vallone</a> but added my story<br /> <div class="_2Rwr46R4c8YpPJ6cex9Cji tk-proxima-nova relative io-article-body" data-emailgate="1" data-reactid="134"> Nickole Atkinson believes she was one of the last people to see Shanann Watts alive.<br /> Atkinson told <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/friend-colorado-woman-allegedly-killed-husband-shocked-arrest/story?id=57277333" target="_blank">ABC News</a> that around 2:00 a.m. on August 13, she dropped Shanann off at home after they flew back into town from a work trip.<br /> Atkinson said she watched Shanann walk into her home and close the door. The friends were supposed to meet up later that day, so when Atkinson hadn't heard from Shanann, she called her husband, Chris Watts, to see what was going on.<br /> <div class="shortcode-caption"> <div class="text"> <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/friend-colorado-woman-allegedly-killed-husband-shocked-arrest/story?id=57277333" target="_blank">ABC News</a></div> </div> During the call, Chris revealed that he and Shanann were separating. Atkinson told ABC News that she was not concerned with their marital problems at the time.<br /> She reported Shanann missing around 1:40 p.m.<br /> Eventually, Chris reportedly admitted to killing Shanann and their two daughters, four-year-old Bella and three-year-old Celeste. The girls' bodies were found in an oil tank, Shanann's was nearby in a shallow grave. A motive has not yet been revealed.<br /> Many of Chris and Shanann's family and friends found it hard to believe that something like this could happen.<br /> However, as one mom pointed out on Facebook, women in abusive relationships make sure you never see the ugly side of it.<br /> Julie VanderLaan was previously involved in an abusive relationship. As she explained on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/1379633769/posts/10216816447788398/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, the story of Shanann Watts hit close to home for her.<br /> She wrote:<br /> <blockquote> The news in Colorado... is heavy on my heart. A Man killed his pregnant Wife and two toddler daughters. What hurts... is that everything I've read... no one “knew”. Her social media boasts pictures of a happy family - their friends and family “had no idea” there were problems. He is a “great guy... a great Husband and Father” - how could he have done this!?</blockquote> VanderLaan answered the question of “how could he have done this?”:<br /> <blockquote> It's because he did it when no one was looking.</blockquote> She explained that she posted on Facebook because she lived through the abuse, she survived:<br /> <blockquote> I’m not posting this for attention, I have LIVED this. When I left, everybody was so surprised. They asked why I wouldn’t stay any longer, you can’t just give up on a marriage.<br /> Why did I leave? Because my daughters and my safety is worth it.</blockquote> VanderLaan used her experience to speak to others:<br /> <blockquote> This is going to sting... not just a little. But a lot. The man you love... Does he call you a b*tch? A c*nt? A wh*re? That's not love.<br /> Did he hock a loogie and spit in your face on Mother’s Day? That’s not love.<br /> Has he called you a fatass after you just gave BIRTH to his child and told you “good luck leaving, nobody would ever want you... look at you” THAT'S NOT LOVE.<br /> Has he shoved you so hard that you flew back, landed on the coffee table then reached for your cell phone and he took it along with all the house phones and hid them so you couldn’t call the cops on him while he sat there crying apologizing for what he had just done? HE'S NOT SORRY AND THAT'S NOT LOVE.<br /> Has he punched holes in your wall? In your bedroom door? In your bathroom door because all you were trying to do is take a bath but he wasn’t done arguing yet? That's not love.<br /> Has he purposely slammed your hand in the door so hard that you ended up having to go get X-rays to see if it was fractured and you were almost too embarrassed to tell the ER doctors what really happened? That’s not love.<br /> Has he locked you outside in the middle of a Michigan winter when all you were wearing is a T-shirt and laughed in your face before he shut the door and locked it? That’s not love.<br /> Have you went to bed at night, locked your bedroom door and still refused to sleep with your back facing the door incase somehow he broke in and you wouldn’t have enough time to react? That's not love.<br /> Does he do this behind closed doors... when no one else is around? Does everyone he knows... friends and family... love him because they have no idea who he truly is when no one is looking?<br /> He doesn't love you.<br /> If you have ever cried yourself to sleep. If you've ever prayed for God to change his heart. If you've ever prayed for strength to leave.<br /> Leave. Now.<br /> Leave before you are the one on the news. Leave before your family is questioning what/how/why it happened. Because “they didn't know.”<br /> He is strong... but you are stronger.<br /> Do I believe people are capable of change? Yes... I pray they do.<br /> There are GOOD men out there. Men who won't even raise their voice, let alone their hand. Find him. You'll then know love.</blockquote> In the case of Shanann Watts, Atkinson said that looking back, there were some telling signs:<br /> <blockquote> “He wasn't being the loving Chris that he normally was. He wasn't touching or hugging or doing stuff like that. He wasn't being as attentive to the girls as he normally is."</blockquote> But she said: “Anyone in their right mind will start piecing things together and think something had happened, but you don’t want to go there. You want to believe the best in people.”<br /> Chris remains in custody and has been accused of first-degree murder and tampering with a body.</div> Noted to add: sharing this post written by Rachel Wilson but added my story.

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<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqLnM_JfppucwpQG8lmGlB0y2RpWF2-Ya3SyB8GeQpXevwo6q6kh8MeYPNLD1q5d49zHGkLVU2Tn4zP0YKHR4Bf_tjgn_lPMlq72k1VX4Yx-atV_6BekbogkH42s0pzvQPWuy84yr7Ao/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTqLnM_JfppucwpQG8lmGlB0y2RpWF2-Ya3SyB8GeQpXevwo6q6kh8MeYPNLD1q5d49zHGkLVU2Tn4zP0YKHR4Bf_tjgn_lPMlq72k1VX4Yx-atV_6BekbogkH42s0pzvQPWuy84yr7Ao/" /></a><br></p><p>Courtesy: <b><u>Dailymail gist.</u></b></p><p><b><u>By:</u> Driftxposa</b></p><p>American President - Donald Trump explains his statement against Africans:<br></p><p>"If after 50 years of independence you have not built the necessary infrastructure for your people, are you humans?</p><p>"If you sit on gold, diamond, oil, manganese, uranium... and your people don't have food, are you humans?</p><p>"If to stay in power, you buy weapons from strangers to kill your own citizens, are you humans?</p><p>"If your only social project is to stay in power for life, are you being human?</p><p>"If you despise and shoot your own citizens like game, who will respect them?"</p><p>"if you take all resources meant for development of your country  for personal property are you humans?</p><p>" if you leave your country healthcare unattended and  treat yourself abroad are you humans?</p><p>"Until your leaders think less of themselves and more about your people. You are  not human but animals</p>

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Driftxposa with Engr Oluseyi Makinde. The gubernatorial aspirant under the peoples Democratic Party in oyo state

<p>SEYI MAKINDE FLAYS AJIMOBI OVER FRESH FM DEMOLITION... <br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vssQZ7T68zn47JfkAvJQ1qOyy3B60er_qsryecrYmcs8AwvxOoXPh2K13fFTxEqPLsbxEXLxgZFYWLrJAGgD1_WLAOvrQpaHLjTleuvyj-RcMNZtwlmgvM-Z77gfjFp_kE_Rbu5-TyM/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vssQZ7T68zn47JfkAvJQ1qOyy3B60er_qsryecrYmcs8AwvxOoXPh2K13fFTxEqPLsbxEXLxgZFYWLrJAGgD1_WLAOvrQpaHLjTleuvyj-RcMNZtwlmgvM-Z77gfjFp_kE_Rbu5-TyM/" /></a><br></p><p>Here is my press statement, signed by my director of communications on the demolished Fresh Fm Ibadan this morning by the Oyo State Government.    </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZATG9Dmjm2q4lIKc5RE8gzflSwb11fSN4TwNgFz4sd5b1wLqYmxN-TMb6cX7opXQAr9KZSkEil4vFFzeR3CTZLlizVXfIBph6dXgTHnixUga9bSNcscdJOAn4MXlSIU2TYhknVqLZ9c/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUZATG9Dmjm2q4lIKc5RE8gzflSwb11fSN4TwNgFz4sd5b1wLqYmxN-TMb6cX7opXQAr9KZSkEil4vFFzeR3CTZLlizVXfIBph6dXgTHnixUga9bSNcscdJOAn4MXlSIU2TYhknVqLZ9c/" /></a><br></p><p>The gubernatorial aspirant under the peoples Democratic Party in oyo state Engnr Seyi Makinde has paid a solidarity visit to the Fresh FM Station which was demolished early this morning by the oyo state government. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NZX5mBUvwUp_IEHmGDVauRozIEfe_FbU3pD_tZpM_qbvv7Z12WmTbaKOnzcgJzSlae7z2D3v3Lh502QrxUp3miqRq-QSgkgQZrBwwvx9lcnYGmVZI_hAVL-0n2jnVWy3ywJpNwzO1Uc/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NZX5mBUvwUp_IEHmGDVauRozIEfe_FbU3pD_tZpM_qbvv7Z12WmTbaKOnzcgJzSlae7z2D3v3Lh502QrxUp3miqRq-QSgkgQZrBwwvx9lcnYGmVZI_hAVL-0n2jnVWy3ywJpNwzO1Uc/" /></a><br></p><p>In a statement issued by the Seyi Makinde organisation and signed by Prince Dotun Oyelade,  Makinde said he had to personally visit the station to confirm the incident because he believed that no government under civilian rule could contemplate not to talk of actually bulldozing a popular Radio station under flimsy excuse.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMOzb8O3e3HLUU2gzHWTLiXFuRJcPuAUouhplkUZBbqfX5pNaJF2iUAu4DrP67e5eOckP-9vuXz2YT7CZtakS-nGURT8w_XewwCztGGWkPhi5rIhvfGWFUuXwqwQLVmrA6gbYDoGGROI/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxMOzb8O3e3HLUU2gzHWTLiXFuRJcPuAUouhplkUZBbqfX5pNaJF2iUAu4DrP67e5eOckP-9vuXz2YT7CZtakS-nGURT8w_XewwCztGGWkPhi5rIhvfGWFUuXwqwQLVmrA6gbYDoGGROI/" /></a><br></p><p>Engr Makinde who met the chairman of the radio station, Dr Yinka Ayefele said that his visit was beyond politics as the sad development endangers freedom of speech which is the rock upon which true Democracy is built.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTPBGtwCd3lV-HESS7vJSFeMNIVFNTqfdrs59Jxa6Xfch9Nhne7PKWxRE7LHeWL1qiJBrt7OFLDCEGRS-IH9k1ku9UG6ADnMjAw0pf9xlsox0M7KTqpzXNRta0-PyMDlTlzz-ItZfb8I/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFTPBGtwCd3lV-HESS7vJSFeMNIVFNTqfdrs59Jxa6Xfch9Nhne7PKWxRE7LHeWL1qiJBrt7OFLDCEGRS-IH9k1ku9UG6ADnMjAw0pf9xlsox0M7KTqpzXNRta0-PyMDlTlzz-ItZfb8I/" /></a><br></p><p>Walking through the ruins of the station amidst wild jubilation from thousands of people who thronged the station in sympathy and disbelief, Makinde said that what the state government did was selective justice, sparing hundreds of structures to target the radio Station out of sheer vendetta. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmySoZVt9Y49NsKqjuhcvYi_0ZHAzgzGpyNj8O5we6YUHv24yziIk2SZe6H1fBuDhOw7UzmYbO50UkU-XCwYxtSO6JEE_RdO6l3mh4picY_MNrs4_0A9zAz_6SUNYTKNSF45RGOqE_bo/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmySoZVt9Y49NsKqjuhcvYi_0ZHAzgzGpyNj8O5we6YUHv24yziIk2SZe6H1fBuDhOw7UzmYbO50UkU-XCwYxtSO6JEE_RdO6l3mh4picY_MNrs4_0A9zAz_6SUNYTKNSF45RGOqE_bo/" /></a><br></p><p>He encouraged the staff and management not to despair as better times will soon come. #FreshFm #PressFreedom #Seyimakinde2019  #Omituntun2019 #PDP #OyoState #Ibadan</p>

Driftxposa with Engr Oluseyi Makinde. The gubernatorial aspirant under the peoples Democratic Party in oyo state

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Due process was followed in the demolition of the Music House belonging to the popular musician, Yinka Ayefele.

<div class="full-block body-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; width: 320px; margin: 12px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px 10px; line-height: 1.2em; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; font-size: 1.7em; line-height: 1.1em; font-weight: bolder; font-family: OpenSansCondBold, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Why we demolished musicians Music House - Oyo govt</h1><span class="timestate article-time" style="margin-top: 0.5em; display: block; font-size: 0.9em; color: rgb(119, 119, 119);">Pulse News Agency Local by NAN | 19:50 | 20.08.2018</span><h3 style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.2em; padding: 12px 0px 0px;">The Special Adviser to Gov Abiola  Ajimobi on Physical Planning and Development Control gave the reasons at a press conference in Ibadan.</h3><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQPTFLjQ_oxZpfShXf0Ly4-Enw_3DKJt5c-twsaEhVxIy2bcPMe1uaPxNmx9jPWW6jsur4e9A9off3NNLXdR1nc8li6tLRM_7Hux5dp0rP6qhMRwTxubUi4p_uaAl-BYaWUMqJUleIts/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQPTFLjQ_oxZpfShXf0Ly4-Enw_3DKJt5c-twsaEhVxIy2bcPMe1uaPxNmx9jPWW6jsur4e9A9off3NNLXdR1nc8li6tLRM_7Hux5dp0rP6qhMRwTxubUi4p_uaAl-BYaWUMqJUleIts/" /></a><span style="font-size: 1em;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 1em;">TheOyo State Government on Monday said that due process was followed in the demolition of the Music House belonging to the popular musician, Yinka Ayefele.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">He also said that no court order restrained it from carrying out its statutory role in the public interest.</span><strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">Mr </span><strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;">Waheed Gbadamosi, </strong><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">the Special Adviser to</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span><strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;">Gov. Abiola  Ajimobi </strong><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">on Physical Planning and Development Control, claimed at a press conference in Ibadan that government gave ample opportunity for Music House to regularise its building plan.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">He further said the organisation was duly informed through several correspondences, adding that the action of the government to demolish the building was not politically motivated.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">Gbadamosi said that it was established during a visit to the building that it encroached into the sight distance of the Y junction along Lagelu Estate, stressing that a canteen, toilets, store and powerhouse,  which were not in the plan submitted,  were attached to the wall fence.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">He added that the mast erected and staircase on site were not included in the plan submitted, noting that the basement of the plan which was meant for car park had also been converted.</span><strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </strong></p><p><strong style="font-size: 16.0016px;">4 things</strong><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"><a href="https://amp.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/4-things-ayefele-said-about-demolition-notice-on-fresh-fm-id8742296.html" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold; padding: 1px 4px; text-shadow: none; border-radius: 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039) 1px 1px 3px; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0, 0% 100%, from(rgb(255, 255, 255)), to(rgb(250, 250, 250)));" target="_blank"> singer said about the demolition notice on 'Music House'</a></span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">Gbadamosi said that a letter was sent to Music House on June  29,  2018,  to submit a fresh building plan application that will reflect the existing structures on site and regularise the anomalies.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">He alleged that the radio house deliberately ignored the letter until the demolition notices were sent on Aug.  13, 2018,  based on the earlier request for the submission of AS-Built Plan for approval</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">Gbadamosi reiterated that government’s action was not based on sentiments or witch-hunting, saying contravention notices had been served to different organisations in the state since June 14, 2017.</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;">He insisted that the building plan from Music House deviated from the approved plan, adding that</span><span style="font-size: 16.0016px;"> </span><em style="font-size: 16.0016px;">“ this  made the approval null and void because deceitful information was given to the approving authority.’’</em></p></div><div align="center" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16.0016px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><amp-ad class="i-amphtml-layout-fixed i-amphtml-layout-size-defined i-amphtml-element i-amphtml-layout" data-slot="/53159133/PulseNG_mobile_Article_320x100_A1" height="100" i-amphtml-layout="fixed" json="{"targeting":{"PulseNG_URL":"/news/local/article"}}" type="doubleclick" width="320" data-amp-slot-index="0" data-a4a-upgrade-type="amp-ad-network-doubleclick-impl" style="display: inline-block; position: relative; overflow: hidden !important; direction: ltr; width: 320px; height: 100px;"></amp-ad></div>

Due process was followed in the demolition of the Music House belonging to the popular musician, Yinka Ayefele. 

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Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves got married during 'Dracula'

<h1 class="pg-headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.86667rem; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.21429; padding: 5px 0px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Winona Ryder says she and Keanu Reeves got married during 'Dracula'<br></h1><div class="metadata " style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; color: rgb(115, 115, 115); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><div class="metadata__info js-byline-images" data-bundle="byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"><div class="metadata " style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><div class="metadata__info js-byline-images" data-bundle="byline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle;"><p class="metadata__show" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"></p><p class="update-time" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0px; float: left;">Updated 1514 GMT (2314 HKT) August 20, 2018</p><p class="update-time" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0px; float: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm4f395LO9LK88Ju6_T66Z-AZDtNwQZh_HMLzB2R9cs4wlUv3_XK2A9emqFnjWqAPO-MaPKVz7KJsXyqgSoQr5z47BbGc60UIeabXS_9KVaxkymDpshGFBGgxwXWn40yLcdOWn9AWDtM/s1600/%255BUNSET%255" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="" data-original-width="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDm4f395LO9LK88Ju6_T66Z-AZDtNwQZh_HMLzB2R9cs4wlUv3_XK2A9emqFnjWqAPO-MaPKVz7KJsXyqgSoQr5z47BbGc60UIeabXS_9KVaxkymDpshGFBGgxwXWn40yLcdOWn9AWDtM/" /></a><br></p></div></div><p class="update-time" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 5px 10px 0px; float: left;"><span style="color: rgb(89, 89, 89); font-size: 0.8rem;">Winona Ryder says she and Keanu Reeves had a real wedding while filming "Dracula."</span></p></div></div><div class="pg-rail-tall__body" itemprop="articleBody" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><section class="zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-14-containers" data-eq-pts="xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100" id="body-text" data-vr-zone="zone-1-0" data-zone-label="bodyText" data-containers="14" data-zn-id="body-text" data-eq-state="xsmall" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 15px 0px 0px; overflow: hidden;"><div class="l-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 1100px; padding: 0px;"><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667;"><cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">(CNN)</cite>But are they registered anywhere?</p></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Winona Ryder says she and Keanu Reeves may have tied the knot for real in Romania while filming "Bram Stoker's Dracula" in 1992.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">"We actually got married in 'Dracula,'" <a href="https://ew.com/movies/2018/08/18/winona-ryder-keanu-reeves-married-dracula/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 101, 152); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">she told Entertainment Weekly.</a> "No, I swear to god I think we're married in real life."</div></div></section></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">The pair have reunited for a new film, the romantic comedy "Destination Wedding." The occasion caused Ryder to reflect on their past project, which included a wedding scene for their characters.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">"In that scene, Francis [Ford Coppola] used a real Romanian priest," she said. "We shot the master and he did the whole thing. So I think we're married."</div><div class="zn-body__read-all" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Like many husbands, Reeves' memory was a little fuzzier. He asked the "Stranger Things" star whether they had actually said yes during the ceremony.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">"Don't you remember that?" Ryder said to Reeves. "It was on Valentine's Day."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">Reeves responded "Oh my gosh, we're married."</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">So ... congrats to the happy couple.</div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin-bottom: 15px;">"Destination Wedding" opens in theaters on August 31.</div></div>

Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves got married during 'Dracula'

Winona Ryder says she and Keanu Reeves got married during 'Dracula' Updated 1514 GMT (2314 HKT) August 20, 2018 Winona Ryder says sh...

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