Try to imagine what it must be like to live a full century, to have started life when William Howard Taft was president of the U.S. and to now have a president who communicates via the Internet and BlackBerry; to have been born in the year when construction began on both the Titanic and the Cape Cod Canal, and to now travel by cars that are guided by satellite-based global positioning systems; and to have taken your first breaths when the Wright brothers were forming a company to manufacture airplanes and to now hear news about routine space shuttles.   Today we chat with one such Rhode Islander, Esther Elkin, who shares her beliefs about her remarkably rich, century-long life.

Elkin has lived in Rhode Island since 1954, when she moved here from the New York area with her late husband, Harry.  Throughout her long life, Elkin has been both a student and a teacher, indeed what many have described as a master teacher.

It took 163 games, and 12 innings, but the Minnesota Twins are champions of the American League Central Division.  In a one-game play-off last night the Twins defeated the Detroit Tigers 6 to 5 in extra innings, and move on to face the New York Yankees today in the first round of post-season competition.

As President Obama considers whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, he's confronting a split among his key advisors.  His top military people, including General Stanley McChrystal in Afghanistan, say more troops are needed if the 8-year-old war is to succeed.  But others, including Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Colin Powell, are skeptical about deploying more troops.