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The Fordham family, including members of Marymount College, descended onto Rose Hill for the festivities.
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In greeting alumni returning to the Rose Hill campus for Jubilee 2013, Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president of Fordham, told the Jubilarians that Fordham "was exactly what you remember and completely different."
"Fordham has now become an elite institution, but we're not elitist," he said.
It was a theme echoed throughout the day, as alumni took in familiar sites alongside big changes. In a panel discussion, Class of 1963: Then and Now, Paul Saunders, FCRH '63, trustee fellow of the University, said the physical campus acts as a metaphor.
"The campus has changed a lot, but essentials are the same," he said. "It's true of our experience with Fordham."
Also on the panel was John Sexton, Ph.D., FCRH '63, GSAS '65, '78, president of New York University.
"For me Fordham still captures the ideal of what an education should be about, a place that has at its essence the teaching of the full human being " said Sexton. "There are fewer and fewer places in the world that take this kind of education seriously. We should appreciate that Fordham still does it and we have to make sure it's able to continue."
Turnout for this year's Jubilee was an all-time high, with nearly 2,000 Fordham family descending on the campus for programming that encompassed deans' lectures, museum tours, a Yankees game, class luncheons, frisbee, cocktail parties, the Jubilee Picnic, a gala dinner with dancing, and the occasional jaunt to Pugsley's, the beloved pizza joint near campus.
So far a total of $6.8 million has been raised, with many of the donations representing strong emotional ties to the campus. Marc Tambini, FCRH '08, presented his class's gift check to Father McShane for $63,710. The check included a gift Tambini made in honor of his late wife, Hannah Burke Tambini, FCRH '08.
Tambini's classmates showed up in force, allowing the Class of 2008 to seize the mantle of Largest Group Under The Tent, for most in attendance throughout Jubilee weekend. The award for traveling the longest distance went to Class of 1953's Thomas Lacy, who flew in from Maussane, France. And, of course, no one from the Class of 2008 could vie for the title of Oldest Golden Ram, which went to Lionel Weinstein, PHA '42.
Alumni were invited by department directors to revisit familiar buildings, and a few that might not have been around when they were on campus. Curator of University Art Jennifer Udell, Ph.D., guided visitors through a collection of ancient sculptures at the University's Museum of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art. Inside of Lombardi Fieldhouse, Athletic Director David Roach mapped out future plans for athletics steeped in Fordham's
cura personalis
"Our mission is for the students to reach their full potential both academically and athletically—and the two aren't mutually exclusive," said Roach.
Even though the weekend's activities were mapped out for alumni, many were seen meandering Edwards Parade, haunting old dorm rooms, petting the school's live mascot, and marveling at the Hughes Hall renovation.
Despite his background in computer science, Michael McDonald, FCRH '63, still found it surprising to see "all these monitors--not books" in the Walsh Library. Mary E. Perry, FCRH '74, reminisced about the old Duane Library, which she recalled as "old, dark, and scary."
Though the Marymount College alumnae didn't share memories of the Rose Hill campus, they took the opportunity at Jubilee to share recollections of their own campus in Tarrytown. Therese Hackett Cedrone, MC '78, recalled snowy hikes down the steep hill into town, and struggling back up hours later.
Despite the loss of the Tarrytown campus, Cedrone said she relished the opportunity meet up with classmates in the Bronx. "Fordham has done good job; we're all made to feel at home here."
For the Class of 1963, celebrating their golden jubilee held special resonance. Joseph Spadaro, Ph.D., FCRH '63, said he was a "day hopper," and didn't live on campus, so the level of emotion he felt when he stepped back on to the campus for the first time in 50 years took him aback.
"You come in from the Bronx and then there's this oasis, this green place with less traffic," he said. "It's such a strange feeling when you see the familiar alongside the unfamiliar. It was very emotional. I was surprised."
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Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan, born December 24, 1973) is the American author of the Twilight Saga and The Host. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her family.
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Meyer was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, with five siblings: Emily, Heidi, Paul, Seth and Jacob, all of whom are mentioned in the Twilight series. Meyer attended Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where she majored in English. She met her husband Christian, nicknamed "Pancho", while growing up in Arizona, and married him in 1994. They have three sons, Gabe, Seth, and Eli.
Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream. After writing the novel, she signed a three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
The sequel to Twilight, New Moon, had an unintentional staggered release all over North America, beginning in early August 2006. Meyer initially wrote an alternative sequel to Twilight, called Forever Dawn, which she then used as an outline for the remainder of the series. She has stated that the novel will never be published, as it doesn't fall into the genre of young adult. The third book in the series, Eclipse, was released on August 7, 2007. The fourth book, Breaking Dawn, was released on August 2, 2008. Meyer revealed that Breaking Dawn will be the last book written from Bella Swan's perspective. Meyer was also writing Midnight Sun, a companion piece to the series that would describe Twilight from the view of Edward Cullen, but has put the project on hold due to a leak; she said she would continue writing it when two years have gone by without hearing or seeing anything about it.
The band Muse features prominently in the Twilight series. Meyer is a huge fan and always includes songs by the band in her playlists for the books. The song "Supermassive Black Hole" by Muse is included in the Twilight movie, and is on the film's soundtrack.
Another song by Muse is "I Belong to You" which is also in the New Moon film and on the New Moon soundtrack. She included an acknowledgment to Muse at the end of New Moon, which reads:
And, finally, thank you to the talented musicians who inspire me, particularly the band Muse - there are emotions, scenes, and plot threads in this novel that were born from Muse songs and would not exist without their genius.
Published works
Twilight series
Meyer's first novel, Twilight, was published in October 2005. By November, Twilight had reached #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for young adult chapter books.[1]
Meyer soon published the sequel to Twilight, New Moon, in August 2006. In its first week of release, it debuted at the number 5 position on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books. In its second week it rose to the number 1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list.[2] On May 5, 2007, the special edition of New Moon was released. It included New Moon temporary tattoos, an Eclipse poster, and the first chapter of Eclipse.
On August 7, 2007, Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight Saga, was released. In total, the three books have spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list.[3]
On May 31, 2008, the special edition of Eclipse was released. It contains the cover art and first chapter of Breaking Dawn as well as "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" t-shirt transfers.
Breaking Dawn was released on August 2, 2008 in North America. The book was released two days later, on the 4th of August, in locations outside of North America.
On March 30, 2010, it was announced that Meyer had written a 200-page novella, The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. The book was released on June 5, 2010, by Atom and was also available for free between June 7 and July 5 on the official website.[4][5]
Other works
One of Meyer's stories was published in Prom Nights from Hell, a collection of stories about bad prom nights with supernatural effects. Other authors who contributed to this collection are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, and Lauren Myracle. Prom Nights from Hell was released April 10, 2007.
On May 6, 2008, Meyer's adult sci-fi novel, The Host, was released by the adult division of Little, Brown and Company; it follows the story of Melanie Stryder and Wanderer, a young woman and an invading "soul", who are forced to work as one in order to find Jamie and Jared, Melanie's little brother and the love of Melanie's life, respectively.
Behind the scenes
She made an appearance in the Twilight film, as a woman in the diner, presumably writing on her laptop. The waitress addresses her as "Stephenie" and hands her a vegetarian plate of food.
- ↑ Carma Wadley (2008-05-11). Meyer on fire with books. Deseret News. Retrieved on 2008-06-30.
- ↑ Children's Books: Best Sellers from The New York Times, August 2007
- ↑ Stephenie Meyer: A New J.K. Rowling? | Time magazine
- ↑ Flood, Alison (30 March 2010). "Stephenie Meyer to publish new Twilight novella", London: The Guardian. Retrieved on 30 March 2010.
- ↑ Debi Moore (2010-03-30). New Twilight Novella Coming: The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. DC. Dread Central. Retrieved on 2010-03-30.


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What are the smaller symbols over larger ones for?
I had to ask ShonenSuki something, and I happened to see your post while I was there. I can't read kanji or any other Japanese writing, but I do know that those smaller symbols are called furigana. They're used to help the reader with pronunciation, I think. Darth Havoc (talk) 04:07, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
- Darth Havoc is right, the smaller signs are furigana, usually written in hiragana or katakana. The basically show how a kanji is supposed to be pronounced. For example, the kanji 人柱力 (jinchūriki) would have the hiragana じんちゅうりき as the furigana. However, they can also be used to bring more nuance to the text. To take 人柱力 as an example again: it wouldn't be strange to see these kanji with the katakana ナルト (Naruto), for example when an Akatsuki member is talking about Naruto as the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails. I've also seen the kanji for younger brother (弟, otōto) and older brother (兄, ani) with the names for Sasuke and Itachi as furigana, or those of Gaara and Kankurō. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 09:40, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Narutopedia Ranks
Those are obsolete. We used to alias bureaucrat=kage, sysop=jonin, rollback=tokubetsu jonin, user=genin, anon=academy student just for some fun. However I removed this recently because people started to ask for "chunin exams" and "promotions" and were turning simple permission flags into a social status game. The userboxes were created then. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) May 16, 2009 @ 19:17 (UTC)
Parallels to "foreign" games and series
Some people tend to add parallels to other games and serieses hinting that Naruto is some kind of a rip-off of that game or series. From the top of my head I can only recall the parallel put to some monster in Dragon Ball called Ino Shika Cho, some minor (I think) Naruto character had "strong resembelence" to some Bleach character, and then we have these quotes: "Rock Lee (like several other characters through the series) hold a strong resemble and may even be based off of video game character Wangtang from Capcom's Arcade game, Power Stone. (...)". Are these things okay to have in the articles, or should they be removed? ~Hakinu (talk | contribs) 21:13, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
- Those kind of statements are pure speculation, they have no basis to them. Frankly you can round up a few dozen anime/manga/games, look for similarities between characters in them, and you're almost guaranteed to find some. If you're looking for something you're going to find it, that doesn't mean it's at all relevant to the series. If someone had some citation that Kishimoto was influenced by something, coming from an interview, then ya it makes a good trivia note. But comparing naruto to X of Y type of media and saying that part of naruto MIGHT be based on it, is junk. There's far more complexity to that, it could be completely random, or it could be that both of the things were influenced by the same thing, that doesn't mean any relevance between them. For example, Soul Eater has Shinigami, Bleach has Shinigami, and Death Note has Shinigami. All are based of Japanese Shinigami, that doesn't mean that the series have any connection to each other or were based on each other in any way. While this one is obvious a lot of these subtle "might be based off of" may actually be because there was something they both were based on in Japanese myth which we, as foreigners are not familiar with. ~NOTASTAFF Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (talk) Jun 3, 2009 @ 21:22 (UTC)
Re: Now this is utterly embarrassing.
Hiya, long time no see ^^
before I do anything wrong, you still want this page deleted? —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 00:05, June 21, 2011 (UTC)
- ^^ There you go. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 08:43, June 21, 2011 (UTC)
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Welcome back. Sure I still accept block suggestions, even though the amount has dropped since Omnibender got promoted. Anyway, the character in question isn't a filler. His name is Okisuke. He is a Samurai that served as bodyguard for the samurai general Mifune. There isn't much more to say.
I hope I will see your signature in some notification about new edits. ^_^ Jacce | Talk | Contributions 04:30, June 22, 2011 (UTC)
Aspect Ratio
Hey there, I don't have much time to spend with the Narutopedia and I'd normally do this myself but is it possible you could go through all the images before Shippuden Episode 54 and if they appear to be landscape, not portrait, tag them with {{Widescreen}} ? It'll help to fix incorrect ratios on such images. Thanks! :) --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 12:51, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
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Hey. I'm just wondering at which specific part of the Stone of Gelel movie you got this image from. Thanks! --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 17:00, January 4, 2013 (UTC)


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The Good Old Days
Just watched a repeat programme on iplayer called Music Hall Meltdown
That made me remember Leonard Sachs and The Good Old Days
What entertainment do you miss or still enjoy from your 'Good Old Days'?
You have already reminded me about the Grand Theatre in Leeds, which hosted the live BBC series 'The Good Old Days', where all the audience dressed up in old fashioned clothes. I never went, but my Mum went with her pals.
I remember winter Sunday afternoons, when there was always a family film on TV to watch together after our big Sunday dinner (black & white in those days) like Old Mother Riley, Danny Kaye, Arthur Askey, etc. I also remember when I was tiny I would get home from school and there was a different program every night, like the Wooden Tops, Rag, Tag & Bobtail, Muffin the Mule, The Flowerpot Men. I can't remember the 5th one :(
Why do we remember some things so well, and others not at all?
I used to love ...
... the good old days too.
But better was Wodehouse Playhouse.
Monday night always had a long running series and as my Dad was out at the ATC with my brother Mum and I used to settle down for High Chapperal or Alias Smith and Jones (and in all the trains and banks they robbed they never shot anyone)
and then later the Waltons came along (which thinking about it probably explains my penchant for feisty redheads - ;o) )
We also loved Poldark and the Onedin line (although that was Sunday's I think, as was The Brothers)
I also used to love the summer holidays, Robinson Crusoe, The Flashing Blade, The Whirley Birds, Casey Jones, Daktari, Tarzan, Double Deckers etc etc - oh happy happy good old days!
( you can probably tell, we weren't allowed to watch ITV unless my grandparents were over, I blame my Nan for my Corrie addiction (and what a week this week, can't wait for tonight - lol)
That has reminded me of Saturdays at Grandma and Grandads, wrestling on World of Sport followed by Dusty Bin or Bully!
No tele for me ..............
... there wasn't any! Sunday consisted of Sunday Dinner to the Billy Cotton Bandshow (after 2-way Family Favourites, of course), followed by washing the dishes by hand to The Navy Lark - I think Round the Horne was in there somewhere, too (its a long time ago.ha.ha). We first had tele in April 1963 in my new marital home. 6d in the slot ph - remember the sixpence? I still find comedy better to listen to than to watch, except for Max Wall, of course. I think I still have a fertile imagination. I have a tape of Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union and "The Bricklayer". Wonderful stuff - makes me laugh just to think of it.
Monday was picture book, tuesday andy pandy, wednesday blobolob - little weeeed, thursday (my favourite) rag, tag and bobtail and Friday woodentops.
Cowboys was a must, Range Rider and his "all american" sidekick. The Lone Ranger and tonto.John Wayne.
@weaversmiths, breezy and Alma cogan, hancock, the crazy gang black and white minstrals.
The army game was class. Andy Williams and Val doonican Christmas shows, Sunday night at the london paladium (only so I could stay up later).
I still think you've got to go a long way to beat Fools and Horses.
Memory fail!
How could I forget Andy Pandy????
I don't remember Picture book, and I think Muffin the Mule may have been from my pre-school days.
My favourites were My Friend Flicka, Champion the Wonder Horse, Lassie, all the animal related programs, and the cowboy ones like the Lone Ranger, and I liked Robin Hood (riding through the glen) too.
Anyone remember Sunday Night at the London Paladium? That was a regular in our house.
They made a boo boo
with Robin Hood. Glen isn't really English. So you would get Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the forest RH again searching for his quest or in his underpants and vest etc,
@john - then OGA's your man!
OGA could write a new version that is factually correct, and tells a story. He's a whiz at that sort of thing, whereas I can only write the mildy amusing ditties. If you want comedy ... then sorry OGA, but Flash is tops :)
Sorry Shirley ...
... I can't write to order :o(
My doggerrel comes from the heart and is usually inspired by my muses (of which there are two but both are awol at present!) and occassionally by events or places that touch me.
Going back to
the good old days. Someone would start a ditty next person add to it and so on. 4 juniors and off we went. What really niggled me was that half way through the junior or senior partner would come in and always add a punch line which was more witty than all ours put together.
memory works when you least expect it
Muffin - I couldn't resist it
westerns - I liked my cowboys tall dark and silent
comedy - you can't beat Norman Wisdom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbwS9qcpi0k&feature=related or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxGXcJtt-B0&feature=related
and the carry on's
School holidays ....
the bizarre fact is that a whole generation seem to have had the same school holiday entertainment. I am 45, ten years younger than my brothers, but we all had the flashing blade, champion & Robinson crusoe!!
For me personally, I love to watch British films from the 50's & 60's. There is an innocence to them that is quite wonderful. I am a very keen modern historian so I know much of it is nonsense and that the world portrayed tells you as much about society as Jane Austin does about the 1800's BUT it still looks like a place and time you would want to live in. I also love the absence of political correctness which almost feels today like an illicit pleasure!
When we went to the flicks
normal proceedure one would pay, open the fire door and let the rest of us in. The British films were mostly B films and in a lot of cases better than the A films. Mind you we spent more time finding the girls than watching the films. I remember my sister taking me to see Elvis in King Creole. I was totally bored while she and her mates were singing away.
@ john -
how bad is that.
We always went with our parents I am afraid - probably only once or twice a year. I remember Bambi and Peter Pan, Summer Holiday, Carry On films and the Elstree comedies, and as we got older She, Man for all Seasons and The Agony & the Ecstasy.
When we were old enough to go with our friends we saw Kelly's Heroes, the Virgin Soldiers, Clockwork Orange . Having said that the first film my husband took me to see when courting was Bedknobs and Broomsticks - a different world then wasn't it.
ill fated first dates ....
I had a first date with a girl and we decided to go and see a nice film by that lovely director Steven Spielberg. Sadly it was Shindlers list ... it didn't last!
Ah Kelly's Heroes
The tank coming out of the tunnel with record player blaring. Clint Eastwood trying to play the hard man with Hippy Donald Sutherland. Although the story was crap the cast were brilliant.
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Comments On Jan 17, 2011:I just recently purchased this jacket and love the way it looks and it's quality, but I had to return it. The size of the jacket is weird. Moose must have patterned the jacket's size after a Olympic athlete. The jacket is very "strait" through the chest, tight in the shoulders, and tight in the elbows. I ordered an XXL just so I could have room for extra layers of clothing and some "wiggle" room, but the jacket fits like a tailored suit jacket. It looks great if you keep your arms at your side and always stand strait up...not good qualities for a racing jacket. Sorry Moose you missed the mark by a mile on the sizing.
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In the final weeks leading up to North Central College's 11.11.11 Sesquicentennial Celebration, North Central Pride will present moments from our College's 150-year history. This moment features the birth of Plainfield College.
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The mission of the Office of Audit and Advisory Services is to assist university management and the Trustees in the effective discharge of their fiduciary and administrative responsibilities by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. This assistance is provided through a series of independent and objective operational and compliance audits, internal control reviews, investigations, and advisory services designed to add value and improve operations.
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Beach, Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu; Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Tuvalu is an island group and nation of under 11,000 people, consisting of a densely populated, scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia. Tuvalu is one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth.
Six of the nine coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon.
Since there are no streams or rivers and groundwater is not potable, most water needs must be met by catchment systems with storage facilities (the Japanese Government has built one desalination plant and plans to build one other).
Tuvalu is concerned about global increases in greenhouse gas emissions and their effect on rising sea levels, which threaten the country's underground water table. In 2000, the government appealed to Australia and New Zealand to take in Tuvaluans if rising sea levels should make evacuation necessary.
Its other major environmental issues include:
- beachhead erosion because of the use of sand for building materials;
- excessive clearance of forest undergrowth for use as fuel; and,
- damage to coral reefs from the spread of the Crown of Thorns starfish;
Severe tropical storms are usually rare, but in 1997 there were three cyclones
During World War II, several thousand U.S. troops were in Tuvalu (then known as the Ellice Islands). Beginning in 1942, U.S. forces built airbases on the islands of Funafuti, Nanumea, and Nukufetau. The airstrip in the capital of Funafuti, originally built by the U.S. during the war, is still in use, as is the "American Passage" that was blasted through Nanumea's reef by SeaBees assisted by local divers.
In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. "Tuvalu" means "group of eight" referring to the country's eight traditionally inhabited islands.
Independence was granted in 1978.
In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.
People make a living mainly through exploitation of the sea, reefs, and atolls and from wages sent home by those abroad (mostly workers in the phosphate industry and sailors).
Location: Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Geographic Coordinates: 8 00 S, 178 00 E
Area: 26 sq km
Coastline: 24 km
Maritime Claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Natural Hazards:
Terrain: low-lying and narrow coral atolls. The highest point is an unnamed location just 5 m above sea level.
Climate: tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
Funafuti atoll. Source: NASA.
Ecology and Biodiversity
Ecologically, Tuvalu is within the Western Polynesian tropical moist forests ecoregion which covers Kiribati (Phoenix Islands), Tokelau, Tuvalu and Howland and Baker Islands.
There are few endemic plants or animals in Western Polynesia, and communities are dominated by species found throughout the Pacific. The reptile and mammal fauna is depauperate, cosmopolitan, and dominated by introduced species. There are no forest passerines and the Pacific pigeon (Ducula pacifica) and migratory long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis) are the only forest birds present anywhere in the islands although banded rails (Rallus philippensis) have recently colonized Nuilakita, Tuvalu from Fiji.
The original vegetation on most of the Tuvalu and Tokelau Islands has been replaced by coconut plantation (Cocos nucifera) although in some places this has been abandoned and scrubby forest is present.
People and Society
Population: 10,619 (July 2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups: Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
Age Structure:
0-14 years: 30.6% (male 1,656/female 1,569)
15-64 years: 64% (male 3,294/female 3,459)
65 years and over: 5.4% (male 238/female 328) (2011 est.)
Population Growth Rate: 0.725% (2012 est.)
Birthrate: 23.35 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Death Rate: 9.13 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
Net Migration Rate: -6.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth: 65.11 years
male: 63.03 years
female: 67.29 years (2012 est.)
Total Fertility Rate: 3.08 children born/woman (2012 est.)
Languages: Tuvaluan (official), English (official), Samoan, Kiribati (on the island of Nui)
Urbanization: 50% of total population (2010) growing at an annual rate of change of 1.4% (2010-15 est.)
Government Type: Parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm.
Capital: Funafuti
Approaching the Funafuti atoll, 2000. Source: Stefan Lins/Flickr
Independence Date: 1 October 1978 (from the UK)
Legal System: mixed legal system of English common law and local customary law. Tuvalu has not submitted an International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction declaration; and is a non-party state to the International criminal court (ICCt).
International Environmental Agreements
Tuvalu is party to international agreements on: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, and Whaling.
Natural Resources: fish
Land Use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 66.67%
other: 33.33% (2005)
Tuvalu consists of a densely populated, scattered group of nine coral atolls with poor soil. The country has no known mineral resources and few exports and is almost entirely dependent upon imported food and fuel. Subsistence farming and fishing are the primary economic activities.
Fewer than 1,000 tourists, on average, visit Tuvalu annually.
Job opportunities are scarce and public sector workers make up most of those employed. About 15% of the adult male population work as seamen on merchant ships abroad, and remittances are a vital source of income contributing around $2 million in 2007.
Substantial income is received annually from the Tuvalu Trust Fund (TTF) an international trust fund established in 1987 by Australia, NZ, and the UK and supported also by Japan and South Korea. Thanks to wise investments and conservative withdrawals, this fund grew from an initial $17 million to an estimated value of $77 million in 2006. The TTF contributed nearly $9 million towards the government budget in 2006 and is an important cushion for meeting shortfalls in the government's budget.
The US Government is also a major revenue source for Tuvalu because of payments from a 1988 treaty on fisheries.
In an effort to ensure financial stability and sustainability, the government is pursuing public sector reforms, including privatization of some government functions and personnel cuts.
Tuvalu also derives royalties from the lease of its ".tv" Internet domain name with revenue of more than $2 million in 2006. A minor source of government revenue comes from the sale of stamps and coins. With merchandise exports only a fraction of merchandise imports, continued reliance must be placed on fishing and telecommunications license fees, remittances from overseas workers, official transfers, and income from overseas investments.
Growing income disparities and the vulnerability of the country to climatic change are among leading concerns for the nation.
GDP: (Purchasing Power Parity): $36 million (2010 est.)
GDP: (Official Exchange Rate): $32 million (2010 est.)
GDP- per capita (PPP): $3,400 (2010 est.)
GDP- composition by sector:
agriculture: 16.6%
industry: 27.2%
services: 56.2% (2002)
Agricultural products: coconuts; fish
Industries: fishing, tourism, copra
Currency: Tuvaluan dollars or Australian dollars (AUD)


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This twist on pasta carbonara is sweet from leeks and rich thanks to cream (in place of eggs).
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This pasta sauce is thickened with pureed chickpeas, and it's finished with a fresh garlic-and-rosemary oil, which adds great flavor and an even better aroma.
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It's here! I'm hosting a giveaway for one of the Accuquilt GO! Cutters sponsored by the nice people at Accuquilt.
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I would love to win the cutter. The three dies I would choose are the Apple Core #1 jumbo, The Studio Tumbler Block #1 large, and The Studio Diamond Jumbo. Thanks again for the chance.
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Glenn Cook, American School Board Journal's editor-in-chief, attended NBC's Education Nation summit in New York for the second straight year. Here are his observations.
You can't blame traditional public school advocates if they were filled with dread when NBC announced that Education Nation would return this fall. Last year the network bought into the hype surrounding the documentary "Waiting for Superman," inexplicably tying the event to a flawed film that exhorted charters as the pancea for public education's ills.
Thankfully, NBC has learned its lesson. This year's event took pains to correct past wrongs as it recognized the complexities school leaders face in managing a public system that is open to all.
Starting with a screening of "American Teacher," a documentary that helped erase some of the "bad teachers" taste left by "Superman," and ending with an appearance by former President Bill Clinton, Education Nation featured a strong balance of heavy hitters from education, philanthropy, and politics.
You also had a touch of celebrity — basketball player Lebron James, actress Jennifer Garner, and what amounted to a family reunion with former Gov. Jeb Bush and First Lady Laura Bush participating in sessions — but in this case, it fit the overall tone.
The key word here is balance. Last year's programming was flawed because it exhorted simple antidotes to complex problems. This year, silver bullets were nowhere to be found, but calls for more effective teaching and improvements to early education were.
You can watch many of the sessions online at www.educationnation.com, but here is my list of highlights:
• Start with "Brain Power: Why Early Learning Matters," a fascinating hour-long session featuring Nancy Snyderman, NBC's chief medical editor, and three university professors. Held on Monday morning, it was the best, most concise presentation I've seen yet on why we need to reach children much, much earlier than we do.
• The dramatic rise in poverty rates was a focus throughout, especially in the session "What's in a Zip Code?" moderated by Brian Williams. Poverty is reality for many people in today's economy — Clinton was eloquent on this topic in the closing session — and communities must come together to do more.
• Education Secretary Arne Duncan was everywhere this year, participating in interviews with Tom Brokaw and responding to questions during various panels (a nice touch).
• We saw an entertaining back and forth between Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children's Zone and Diane Ravitch, author and professor of education at New York University. Their approaches are so different, but both made excellent points. Canada and Sal Khan, another Education Nation speaker, are scheduled to keynote NSBA's 2012 Annual Conference.
• Teacher and student accountability, as you might expect, was a recurring theme. Michelle Shearer, the current National Teacher of the Year from Maryland's Urbana High School, said teachers "want to be evaluated on things that really matter."
"There are all sorts of different ways of looking at student growth," she said. "Whatever evaluation looks like in the end, it has to be a system of multiple measures, because often what's most important are those intangibles … that are tough to put on a check list."
• At the same session, Khaatim El, a former member of the Atlanta school board, addressed the cheating scandal that has plagued the district he served for almost a decade. "We wanted to be the hype," he said of the allegations, which are based on the state assessments. "We wanted to be the first to get it right so bad."
But El noted the district also made huge gains in NAEP scores during that time, an achievement untouched but overshadowed by the scandal. "I would be remiss if I didn't point to the hard work that many educators put in," he said. "We focused on the basics. Literacy instruction in elementary school. Autonomy for principals. We invested in professional development. Those things were overshadowed by the cheating scandal. And they were good things for kids."
The setting for Education Nation was not perfect — the big tent in Rockefeller Plaza is a good idea in theory, but the humidity and poor audio were ever-present distractions. And while this year's session was far more substantive, future years should stop belaboring the problems and focus instead on how to solve them. Panels featuring districts that have been successful at "what works," with ideas and content that are easily imitated and replicated, would be a valuable start.
Chances are good that will happen. The National School Boards Association (NSBA) had a strong presence in the planning and execution of the meeting. Anne L. Bryant, our executive director, met with NBC officials about the content and answered audience questions in a video Q&A format prior to the event. Mary Broderick, NSBA's president, was featured in a panel session with the mayors of Albuquerque, Baltimore, and Newark.
"What we've heard from the last two days of this conference is that we need to come together around a sense of urgency," Broderick said during her session, noting that it takes a shared vision between the school board, the mayor's office, and the community. "The vision needs to be of excellence. If that cohesive message can be carried through our schools … there's nothing off the table."


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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Tax Center at Fort Gordon is set to open its doors on Monday to soldiers, family members and retirees.
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Let's see if you recognize any of these infamous no good's.
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Joe's Nose...
Les is hidding in there somewhere.
Alberto on the loose!
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Tony's Deer in the headlight imitation.
Our token Brutha hidding out in multiples. ;o)
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Friday, Oct. 26, 2012
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- The information on funeral services for a beloved local doctor has been released.
Dr. Walter Watson is a legend in the greater Augusta area and delivered over 15,000 babies during his years in the medical profession. Watson died at the age of 102 on Wednesday.
Watson's visitation is tonight from 4 to 7 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church.
His funeral will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Grace United Methodist Church.
Rev. James D. Dennis Jr., Dr. John M. Younginer, Dr. Randy Cooper, Rev. Joe Lusk and Rev. John Newell will be officiating. Interment will follow at Pineview Memorial Park.
You can read his full obituary on the Rowland Funeral Home website here.
Memorial donations may be made to: W.G. Watson Scholarship Fund at Grace United Methodist Church, 639 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, SC 29841 or W.G. Watson Women's Center at University Hospital, 1350 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30901.
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There's good news and bad news from new numbers out today on the unemployment picture.
State numbers show unemployment rates dropped in 74 of the 100 counties in the state, but most of those counties where the rate did go up are here in Eastern Carolina.
Twenty counties saw an increase in November, 13 of those here in the east. Data shows Hyde County with the biggest jump of 1.9%, while Washington County was next with a 1.3% jump. Other counties seeing an increase were Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, Onslow, Pamlico, and Pasquotank counties.
On the plus side, Lenoir County saw the biggest drop in the number of those unemployed in the east, dropping 0.7%. Craven dropped 0.4%, while Pitt and Beaufort counties were down 0.3% in November.
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