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A centenarian is a person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies everywhere are less than 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. A supercentenarian is a person who has lived to the age of 110 or more, something only achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Even rarer is a person who has lived to age 115 – there are only 39 people in recorded history who have indisputably reached this age, of whom only Susannah Mushatt Jones, Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, Violet Brown and Nabi Tajima are still living. In 2012, the United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living centenarians worldwide. As life expectancy is increasing across the world, and the world population has also increased rapidly, the number of centenarians is expected to rise fast in the future. According to the UK ONS, one-third of babies born in 2013 in the UK are expected to live to 100.
The United States currently has the greatest number of known centenarians of any nation with 53,364 according to the 2010 Census, or 17.3 per 100,000 people. In 2010, 82.8% of US centenarians were female.Japan has the second-largest number of centenarians, with an estimated 51,376 as of September 2012, and the highest proportion of centenarians at 34.85 per 100,000 people. Japan started recording its centenarians in 1963. The number of Japanese centenarians in that year was 153, but surpassed the 10,000 mark in 1998; 20,000 in 2003; and 40,000 in 2009. According to a 1998 United Nations demographic survey, Japan is expected to have 272,000 centenarians by 2050; other sources suggest that the number could be closer to 1 million. The incidence of centenarians in Japan was one per 3,522 people in 2008.
"100 Years" is a song written and recorded by American recording artist Five for Fighting (John Ondrasik). It was released in November 2003 as the first single from the album The Battle for Everything.
The music video was directed by Trey Fanjoy and premiered in January 10, 2004. It placed at number 30 on VH1's Top 40 Music Video Countdown of 2004, spending 18 weeks on VH1's weekly Top 20 countdown. In the video, images of Ondrasik singing and playing the song at the piano are intercut with fictional, idealized versions of himself as a fifteen-year-old boy, a man in his middle forties, and a ninety-nine-year-old man, reflecting the song's lyrics. At the end of the song, Ondrasik meets his older self.
In December 2004, on the Billboard end-of-the-year music chart, "100 Years" was ranked at number 77 for the year, though it peaked at number twenty-eight. "100 Years" was also the longest running number-one single of the year on the Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart, staying at number-one for 12 non consecutive weeks.
New Zealand (/njuːˈziːlənd/ new-ZEE-lənd, Māori: Aotearoa [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses – that of the North Island, or Te Ika-a-Māui, and the South Island, or Te Waipounamu – and numerous smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres (900 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed a distinctive biodiversity of animal, fungal and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Somewhere between 1250 and 1300 CE, Polynesians settled in the islands that were to become New Zealand, and developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, Abel Tasman, a Dutch explorer, became the first European to sight New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, making New Zealand a British colony. Today, the majority of New Zealand's population of 4.5 million is of European descent; the indigenous Māori are the largest minority, followed by Asians and Pacific Islanders. Reflecting this, New Zealand's culture is mainly derived from Māori and early British settlers, with recent broadening arising from increased immigration. The official languages are English, Māori and New Zealand Sign Language, with English predominant.
Drivers who refuse to stop at 100 years old.
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After watching the programme on ITV - 100 year old drivers rebooted - here's my thoughts on driving in your later years
23 September 2013 Many Centenarians Still Driving in UK.
Dr. W.G. Watson is 100 years old, making him the oldest known practicing physician in the U.S.
►SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://goo.gl/NktkX7 ►Donate My Channel With PAYPAL: https://goo.gl/07csVi ►Follow Me On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sxmscelik 5 People Over 100 Years Old - Crazy Secrets For Living A Long Life 1. The 112-year-old woman who plays cards to keep her mind sharp 112-year-old Alida Victoria Grubba Rudge plays cards to keep her comprehension skills and memory sharp. She was born in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil on July 10, 1903. She married in 1926 and has one son. Grubba Rudge is the oldest living person in Brazil and the oldest person ever from Santa Catarina. She is also the grandmother of Graciela Murano's godfather. 2. The 104-year-old woman who claims three cans of Dr Pepper a day is the secret to her longevity A Fort Worth, Texas woman who turned 104 ...
New Zealand's oldest driver is still on the road, motoring around at the grand old age of 105. Bob Edwards, was born in Hastings, England, in 1908 but moved to New Zealand at aged 19.
102-Year-Old Drives 82-Year-Old Car - as part of the news series by GeoBeats. Being 102 years old isn't all that makes Margaret Dunning of Plymouth, Michigan special. Back in 1949, Margaret bought her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster and has completely restored it to the gem it is today. "I love the old cars," she says. "I love the smell of gasoline. It runs in my veins." After four interior upholstery renovations and twenty two coats of hand-rubbed lacquer, the admiration she has for the car shows as the centurion still changes her own oil and spark plugs. The Roadster was the first vehicle to score a perfect 100-point by the Classic Car Club of America. She learned to drive at the age of 8 on her family's farm outside of Detroit and officially received her license at age 12. Marga...
Drivers who refuse to stop at 100 years old.
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After watching the programme on ITV - 100 year old drivers rebooted - here's my thoughts on driving in your later years
23 September 2013 Many Centenarians Still Driving in UK.
Dr. W.G. Watson is 100 years old, making him the oldest known practicing physician in the U.S.
►SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://goo.gl/NktkX7 ►Donate My Channel With PAYPAL: https://goo.gl/07csVi ►Follow Me On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sxmscelik 5 People Over 100 Years Old - Crazy Secrets For Living A Long Life 1. The 112-year-old woman who plays cards to keep her mind sharp 112-year-old Alida Victoria Grubba Rudge plays cards to keep her comprehension skills and memory sharp. She was born in Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil on July 10, 1903. She married in 1926 and has one son. Grubba Rudge is the oldest living person in Brazil and the oldest person ever from Santa Catarina. She is also the grandmother of Graciela Murano's godfather. 2. The 104-year-old woman who claims three cans of Dr Pepper a day is the secret to her longevity A Fort Worth, Texas woman who turned 104 ...
New Zealand's oldest driver is still on the road, motoring around at the grand old age of 105. Bob Edwards, was born in Hastings, England, in 1908 but moved to New Zealand at aged 19.
102-Year-Old Drives 82-Year-Old Car - as part of the news series by GeoBeats. Being 102 years old isn't all that makes Margaret Dunning of Plymouth, Michigan special. Back in 1949, Margaret bought her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster and has completely restored it to the gem it is today. "I love the old cars," she says. "I love the smell of gasoline. It runs in my veins." After four interior upholstery renovations and twenty two coats of hand-rubbed lacquer, the admiration she has for the car shows as the centurion still changes her own oil and spark plugs. The Roadster was the first vehicle to score a perfect 100-point by the Classic Car Club of America. She learned to drive at the age of 8 on her family's farm outside of Detroit and officially received her license at age 12. Marga...
The sun is warm as the day is long
Just got the feeling I can do no wrong
Got a long way to walk can't afford my next meal,
I tell a few lies, but my hunger is real and it...
Chorus:
won't mean thing in 100 years
no it won't mean a thing in 100 years
Mademoiselle tell me do you play
well if she shakes her head well
then that's OK
I watch her walk away in haste
there's just no accounting for
some people's taste
and it...
Chorus
Big angry men in the doorway there
Just keep on walking like I don't care
Why you giving such an evil eye
could it be you were ignored by
every passerby
and it...
Chorus
Play in the park for tobacco and food
then I excuse myself but they think I'm rude
Tourist don't want me to end his show
but this colorful attraction got
place to go
and it...
Chorus
Sit at the pier watch the sun go down
Another lost little boy in a big old town
I want to laugh, I want to cry
but no matter how hard I may try