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Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos' new high speed train station is part of a larger project to create a transportation hub, public park and housing development on a single site in the riverside city of Logroño. A station already existed at the site but it needed to be upgraded for high speed rail. Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos placed the new platforms underground, where a perforated metal ceiling with many facets creates an underground cavern. The roof also features its own unique topography – it's topped with grass and vegetation and serves as a new city park.
Four round glass pavilions poke up through the green roof and act as light wells to bring daylight into the levels below. Mirrors are also utilized to direct light down into the underground space. Surrounding the new station/park are five new residential towers. The entire project serves to provide greater connectivity between the north and south parts of the city. As Abalos+Sentkiewicz Arquitectos describes, "Intermodal Stations are an opportunity to transform the city, creating public spaces, developing green belts, promoting pedestrian and bicycle mobility: an opportunity to create a new topography to intensify the experience of the city as a collective process."
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Valentine's Day
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News about Valentine's Day, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Feb. 14, 2014
Op-Ed article by author Samira Kawash examines the strange history of women, sensuality and chocolate, on the occasion of Valentine's Day; notes the way advertising of chocolate targeted at women has changed. MORE
Feb. 14, 2014
Advertising column investigates Valentine's Day campaigns by brands that have a direct association with the holiday, and some that do not. MORE
Feb. 14, 2014
Television shows for Valentine's Day seem bent on ridding viewers of their romantic illusions, taking cynical, contrarian view of holiday for lovers. MORE
Feb. 14, 2014
Roundup of quirky ways to celebrate Valentine's Day in New York City, including theater, film and haunted houses. MORE
Feb. 13, 2014
Suggestions for pampering Valentine's Day gift ideas with an eye on beauty. MORE
Feb. 9, 2014
Joyce Wadler describes how she once had a passionate crush on a pathologist whose job was to identify mutilated or decomposing bodies; offers tips from her experience to help readers along on Valentine's Day. MORE
Feb. 6, 2014
Kit Eaton App Smart column; Valentine's Day smartphone apps can play a part in finding love, celebrating love and sharing things connected to love. MORE
Feb. 14, 2013
Mike Hale observes that Valentine's Day lineup of evening television features mostly anti-romantic shows that reflect current recessionary, sardonic and insecure times. MORE
Feb. 13, 2013
Melissa Clark A Good Appetite column offers several recipes for passionate cooks who shun going out on Valentine's Day. MORE
Feb. 13, 2013
Pairings column features recipe for pasta with foie gras and truffles to pair with red Burgundy wine on Valentine's Day. MORE
Feb. 11, 2013
Clyde Haberman Breaking Bread column with matchmaker Fay Goldman, who discusses stereotypes and misconceptions of her profession and anxiety surrounding Valentine's Day in New York City. MORE
Feb. 8, 2013
Ken Johnson Critic's Notebook notes that, as Valentine's Day approaches, theme of love is present in much of the art around New York City. MORE
Feb. 6, 2013
Melissa Clark and tasting panel try 27 candies and identify best American small-batch, handmade chocolate-covered salted caramels for Valentine's Day. MORE
Feb. 12, 2012
Nancy Davidoff Kelton offers Valentine's Day greetings to all the special and secret loves in her life. MORE
Feb. 12, 2012
Several patisseries and tea shops in Westchester offer pairings of hot drinks and sweet treats for Valentine's Day (Metropolitan/Westchester). MORE
Feb. 8, 2012
Melissa Clark A Good Appetite column offers a recipe for dark chocolate-cherry ganache bars for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day. MORE
Feb. 5, 2012
Three confectioneries in western Connecticut offer chocolate delicacies for Valentine's Day (Metropolitan/Connecticut). MORE
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Shopping With Granger and Robert Moorhead
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What do you know about the Roman Empire? Care to test your knowledge about one of the greatest civilisations of out world? Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans, a barbaric board game to entertain and educate. Players discover the nasty bits in history while controlling the fortunes of gladiators escaping from the Colosseum, Rome and fiendish Roman Soldiers. Be a Gladiator, brought to Rome as a slave, and see if you can escape the horrors of the Colosseum and get back to your homeland. You will need to gather tools and weapons, make friends and allies, bribe guards, and avoid the soldiers chasing you. Glory and freedom will be your reward. Also, play as a Roman soldier, and stop those other gory Gladiators from making their way out of the city. This game will catapult you into the wicked world of Terry Deary's international bestselling books and help you discover the nasty bits in history for yourself. All the gore and much more!
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A mainstay in Hanover, Bob Whalen is serving his 25th season as Dartmouth's head baseball coach in the 2014 campaign. After terrific success as a coach at the University of Maine, Whalen has guided the Big Green to success both on and off the field since his arrival prior to the 1990 season.
Under Whalen's leadership, the Big Green have accumulated 489 victories (a Dartmouth record) against 453 losses and one tie, two Ivy titles, nine Red Rolfe Division crowns — all in the past 14 seasons — and 64 first team All-Ivy and All-EIBL selections, plus sent 24 players to the professional ranks. Three of Whalen's players have been named the Ivy Player of the Year, two have been the league's Pitcher of the Year and a league-record seven have earned the Ivy Rookie of the Year Award.
Last year, Dartmouth won its sixth-straight Rolfe Division crown with a school-record 32 victories and a league-record eight players on the All-Ivy First Team. The entire weekend starting rotation signed contracts with MLB organizations after the season, three of whom were chosen in the MLB First-Year Player Draft (Mitch Horacek, Michael Johnson and Cole Sulser), as the Big Green pitching staff posted a 2.75 ERA, the lowest in 42 years. In addition, Jeff Keller led the nation in doubles per game and ranked fifth in slugging percentage, and Joe Purritano was pegged as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
Eight players earned All-Ivy honors for the 24-18 Big Green in 2012, while Jake Carlson garnered a spot on the All-New England team after leading the league with a .397 average. Shortstop Joe Sclafani and catcher Chris O'Dowd both signed professional contracts after being selected in the 14th and 23rd rounds, respectively, of the draft.
In 2011, Whalen led the Big Green to their first 30-win season with a .714 winning percentage. No less than 10 of his players received All-Ivy honors, four being named to the first team, while three earned All-New England status. After the season, right-hander Kyle Hendricks signed with the Texas Rangers after being taken in the eighth round of the draft, the highest Big Green selection in seven years.
The Big Green claimed their second straight conference championship in 2010, defeating Columbia in the Ivy Championship Series to earn the league's automatic bid to an NCAA Regional. Dartmouth picked up its first victory in a regional game in 23 years when it defeated Florida International, 15-9, then nearly knocked off #20 Texas A&M in a 4-3 loss. O'Dowd was the conference co-Rookie of the Year while the pitching staff led the nation in fewest walks allowed per nine innings for the second straight year.
The New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association named Whalen its Jack Butterfield Award in 2010 as well, given annually to a regional coach who exhibits the integrity and dedication to the game that Coach Butterfield displayed during his long career at the University of Maine. The award has special meaning to Whalen, who played and coached at Maine shortly after Butterfield's tenure. As a freshman, Whalen was a teammate and classmate of Butterfield's son, Brian, who went on to a professional playing career in the minor leagues.
Whalen earned his 384th career victory during the 2010 campaign — a 5-4, 10-inning thriller at Princeton — pushing him past Jeff Tesreau (1919-46) as Dartmouth's all-time winningest coach.
In 2009, the Big Green won the Rolfe Division with a 16-4 record to lead the league. Dartmouth capped off the decade by capturing the conference crown, defeating Cornell in the Ivy Championship Series to advance to an NCAA Regional. Nick Santomauro, the Player of the Year and Blair Bat Award winner, was drafted in the 10th round of the draft by the New York Mets, with whom he signed after his junior campaign.
Whalen's 2008 squad began the string of division titles with a 15-5 mark, earning the right to host the best-of-three Ivy Championship Series. A school-record five players were named to the all-league first team, including senior co-captains Damon Wright and Russell Young — the latter named the Ivy Pitcher of the Year. Both were selected in the draft and enjoyed fine professional debuts in short-season ball. For his leadership, Whalen was named the New England Coach of the Year.
During the 2006 season, Whalen led a team comprised mostly of freshman and sophomores to a 20-19 overall record and second-place finish in the Rolfe Division. Two of the victories came against nationally ranked opponents: #21 Pepperdine and #28 Cal Poly.
The Big Green captured back-to-back Red Rolfe Division championships in 2000 and 2001 and then again in 2004. The 2000 squad featured the Ivy League Player of the Year (Brian Nickerson), Rookie of the Year (Mike Mileusnic), and Pitcher of the Year (Conor Brooks) as that trio led Dartmouth to a 17-3 mark in Ivy play. The .850 winning percentage is the fourth best all-time in Big Green history, and second only to the .875 percentage (14-2) posted in 1987 over the last 60 years.
The following season, Scott Shirrell claimed Rookie of the Year honors for the team that went 22-18 overall and 12-8 in the league. Dartmouth defeated Brown in a one-game playoff to advance to the Ivy Championship series.
The Big Green owned the Ivy's best league record at 15-5 in 2004 to win the Rolfe Division crown. Shortstop Ed Lucas was named the conference MVP while pitcher Stephen Perry was selected as the loop's top rookie.
Since the beginning, Whalen has instilled success in the Big Green program. In 1990, he guided Dartmouth to a 21-17 overall record, the most wins ever for a first-year Big Green coach. Whalen's first captain, Mark Johnson, went on to play seven years in the big leagues for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Anaheim Angels and New York Mets.
Prior to his arrival at Dartmouth, Whalen was an assistant at the University of Maine from 1982-89 and was promoted to associate head coach in 1987. From 1982-87, he worked mainly with infielders and outfielders while serving as the strength and conditioning coach and the recruiting coordinator.
As the Black Bears pitching coach from 1985-1989, Whalen tutored 11 hurlers who eventually signed professional contracts, including the 1993 National League Cy Young Award runner-up, Billy Swift. In addition to Swift, Whalen mentored future major leaguers Joe Johnson (Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays), Jeff Plympton (Boston Red Sox) and Larry Thomas (Chicago White Sox).
All told in his eight seasons as an assistant, 12 position players signed professional contracts, with six making it to the big leagues. That list includes shortstop Mike Bordick, and outfielder Mark Sweeney, both of whom played 14 season in the majors. During his stint at Maine, the Black Bears made seven postseason appearances, winning the NCAA Northeast Regionals from 1982-1984, and advancing to the College World Series, then again in 1986.
In addition to his collegiate coaching career, Whalen served as the head coach of the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod League in 1988 and 1989, leading the team to the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. While with Chatham, Whalen coached former Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell, the 1994 National League MVP, and 25 others who signed professionally.
Whalen also spent the summer of 1997 with Team USA as the business manager during its tour of America, Japan and Spain. That team, which finished fourth at the Intercontinental Cup in Barcelona, Spain, featured current major leaguers Josh Bard, Pat Burrell, Adam Everett, Casey Fossum, Brad Lidge, and Brian Roberts.
A student-athlete at the University of Maine under the legendary John Winkin, Whalen earned a bachelor's degree in political science with a concentration in international affairs in 1979 before earning his MBA in finance in 1986. Whalen lives in Hanover with his wife, Kim, son, Matt, and daughter, Katie.


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School board races set for November election
A rush to file for school board seats prior to the Friday noon deadline set up some contests for the South Adams School Board election in November.
While Gresham Bearss had filed for the District 6 at-large seat earlier in the process, two other challengers entered the race when Amy Orr, currently representing the third district on the board, and Debra Gerber threw their names into the at-large contest.
The at-large seat opened up when Steve Dobler, who currently held the spot, decided not to seek another term.
One other South Adams race was set up when District 2 incumbent Arlene Amstutz was challenged by Cheryl Caffee. Other incumbents filing for South Adams board include incumbents Julie Mansfield in District 5 and John Buckingham in District 4.
In addition, the seat of Tony Mellencamp, which technically is scheduled to be up in 2014, could be vacated if Mellencamp is elected to the Adams County Council. Mellencamp noted that even if he is elected to the council, his seat would not be vacated until the end of the year, just prior to when he would take council seat at the beginning of the year.
At Adams Central, four board members filed for seats including incumbents Brian Tonner in District 1, Steve Bailey in District 5, John Sipe in District 6 and Mike Brown for the District 7 at-large seat.
At North Adams, six people have filed for the District 2 seat including Mark Bulmahn, Cassie Hammond, David Smith, Daniel Strickler, Jim Vogelwede Jr and Deb Bergman, an incumbent.
In addition, in North Adams District 1, three candidates will challenge incumbent Tim Ehlerding, those being Robert Thomas, Derek Vrablic and Al Converset.
Under new policy, all school board elections across Indiana would be moved to the November ballot under a bill that's gained final approval from the state legislation.
Locally, that choice was always made in the May primary.
The proposal would complete the practice of allowing local boards to decide whether to hold the non-partisan election during the May or the November elections, starting with the 2012 elections.
State statistics indicate that for the last year, 195 school boards were elected in May; 78 were elected in November and 15 were appointed. Those in favor of the change noted that having board elections in November would increase voter participation while those against the change argues it takes away local decision making.
"This is the first year that school board elections have occurred during the general election," South Adams School Superintendent Scott Litwiller had said earlier.
In most community school corporations, petitions must be signed by the candidate and 10 registered voters residing within the boundaries of the school corporation. Candidates should check with the county election board to determine the number of signatures required.
A candidate for a school board must have resided in the school corporation for at least one year before the election, unless a longer period is required. The individual must be at least 21 years of age.
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A crowd of 200 enjoyed the 39th Annual Richard D. Whittemore Book & Author Luncheon.The event featured editor Barry Day (The Letters of Noel Coward) and author Brian Hall (Fall of Frost: A Novel). Noted British actor Simon Jones and other thespians performed dramatic readings of Noel Coward's letters as part of the presentation, making for an especially enjoyable and unusual iteration of this much anticipated annual event. Raffles added to the celebratory feeling of this community literary tradition.


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as Gary Sandberg is reportedly looking to appeal the Election Commission's decision to remove his name from the 1st District ballot.
From reading comments on this and other blogs, here is what I can deduce at this juncture...
From reading comments on this and other blogs, here is what I can deduce at this juncture...
Supposedly, Sandberg was concerned that Emert can't beat Moore. Before Moore had shown any interest of running in the 1st, Sandberg had encouraged Emert to run for the council and actually seemed to "like" Emert. According to Emert, that has changed, cause Sandberg spent 35 minutes saying nasty things about him the other day and didn't shake his hand before saying them.
Sandberg, sees Moore as just moore of the same (i.e., the status quo). Sandberg, believing that Moore could beat Emert, didn't want to sit by and let her take the 1st (which he really cares about), so he "
established residency" and then put his name in put his name in and went about "establishing residency."
Now, allegedly, "the powers that be," (i.e., the Mayor and nem) want Moore on the Council. For that reason, the fix was in at the Election Commission (i.e., LaColis Reed a/ka/ the black guy on the Election Commission) to boot Sandberg from the ballot.
NOW that Sandberg has been booted, Moore has a clear chance of winning the 1st over Emert (you know, cause Emert is white and the 1st is predominately black). Drama.
Again, this is all sheer speculation based upon comments being made by people who are involved with the situation directly and peripherally.


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Mecha vs. Kaiju (Big Finger Games): Mecha Assault Force, unite! The elite MAF uses psychic powers and giant fighting mecha to defend their homeland against the kaiju, giant monsters that are the spawn of science gone wrong.
I love this setting idea, so I wanted to open up a special topic for it. A few questions.
1. Can the setting be easily adapted to those Good old BAD Toho films of the 1960's? Life just isn't complete unless you can recreate the tag team match between Godzilla, Jet Jaguar and Gigan.
2. How much "non-monster" play is supported? The setting seems to imply that you'll be out of your mech doing special ops stuff as much as you will be in it.
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9/20 in Yankee History
The red-letter days -
1961: The Yankees' 154th game of 1961 (including a tie) is Roger Maris' last chance to beat the Babe' according to Commissioner Ford
Frick's statement that' for the record to be broken' Maris must do it in the same number of games as Ruth. Maris' 59th HR of the year' off Milt Pappas, is short of the record but helps New York beat Baltimore 4-2' as the Bombers clinch their 26th AL pennant. In 1998' Pappas will state that he told Maris the night before that' if the game's outcome was not on the line' he would throw him nothing but fastballs.
1923: The Yanks ('23 team photo below) clinch their 3rd straight pennant' beating St. Louis 4-3 to open up an 18-game lead. Their final margin will be 16. Sad Sam Jones goes the distance for the win.
On other 20ths of September…
2006: The Yankees back into the AL East title, losing to the Blue Jays 3-2 but still clinching the division pennant as the Red Sox lose to the Twins. Sean Henn takes the loss for the Bombers.
1980: A plaque commemorating Thurman Munson is dedicated in Monument park at the Stadium.
1978: The Yanks split a pair with Toronto' with Ron Guidry losing his third and final game of the year. Louisiana Lightning is knocked out in the 2nd inning, as the Jays roll 8-1. The nitecap will be a closer affair, with Goose Gossage getting the win in relief, 4-3. Meanwhile, the Red Sox are clobbered by the Tigers 12-2. leaving the Yanks in front by 2 games with 10 to go.
1974: The Yankees move into a tie with Baltimore in the AL East with a sweep of the Indians. The Yanks take the opener 5-4 when Bobby Murcer's third hit, a triple' scores the winning run in the bottom of the 9th. Gaylord Perry takes his 20th loss. Larry Gura (5-0) wins the nitecap' 3-0' scattering 6 hits.
1968: Mickey Mantle hits his last career homer, no. 536, off Boston's Jim Lonborg. The Red Sox ace tosses his third complete game of the year to beat the Yankees' 4-3. Carl Yastrzemski has three hits' including a homer' to raise his average to a Major League leading
1963: In the opener of a doubleheader in the Bronx, the Yankees edge the Athletics' 5-4 in 13 innings. Rookie second baseman Pedro
Gonzalez helps the win by pulling the hidden ball trick in the 11th frame and tagging out A's out fielder Ken Harrelson' who had advanced to second after a single and a sac bunt. Gonzalez will play only 7 games in the field this year before being traded to the Indians. The A's gain a split by winning the nitecap 4-3.
1958: Orioles pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm' in a rare start (he is 0-6 this year when starting)' pitches a 1-0 no-hitter' the first in O's history' against Don Larsen of the Yankees' fanning 8. Larsen allows one hit through 6 innings. The Orioles acquired Wilhelm in August for the $20'000 waiver price. The win' Wilhelm's first ML complete game' and his only this year for the O's' improves his record to 3-10. The winning margin is Gus Triandos' 30th HR' off reliever Bobby Shantz.
1957: The Yankees top the Red Sox 7-4 despite a 9th-inning pinch homer by Ted Williams off Bob Grim In his most recent at bat' on the 17th, Williams hit an 8th inning solo shot on the both times standing in for Murray Wall.
1955: Phil Rizzuto returns to action and bats 9th behind Don Larsen in game one as the Yankees sweep a pair from the Senators' 6-3 and 9-7. The Bombers now lead the Indians by 2 1/2 games with 5 to play.
1949: The Yankees edge the White Sox' 3-1' with Joe Page (below) preserving the win for Allie Reynolds (17-5).
1937: Lefty Gomez pitches his second successive shutout' beating Detroit' 5-0' for his 20th win. Lou Gehrig's 2-run single and Joe DiMaggio's 2-run homer' his 44th' are the big blows.
Off the field, '60s Yankee outfielder Tom Tresh is born.
1931: The Yankees run their win streak to 10 in a row' beating the Indians 7-1 and 10-4 (the second game is called after 7 innings because of darkness). Lou Gehrig hits his 45th homer in game 1 and drives in 4 runs for the afternoon to break his old RBI mark of 175' set in 1927. By the season's end he will have a total of 184. Babe Ruth also drives home 4 runs and hits his 44th four-bagger in
game 2.
1929: Miller Huggins goes into hospital with a high fever and Yankee pitching coach Artie Fletcher takes over as interim manager.
1928: The White Sox score a 4-3 victory over the Yankees, whose lead over the A's is back down to 1 game. Waite Hoyt surrenders the winning run in the bottom of the 12th.
1920: Carl Mays stops the Yanks 4 game loss streak with a 4-3 win over the Browns. Babe Ruth tallies the winning run in the 11th inning for New York' giving the Babe an AL-record 148 runs scored. Ty Cobb had 147 in 1911. Ruth doubles off Carl Weilman in the 11th after striking out twice on slow curves.


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Uncle Sam Needs YOU for a Bailout: 6 Reasons Another Big Banking Crisis Is Coming Our Way
Surprise, surprise! Last week, the Justice Department announced it wasn't going to prosecute Goldman Sachs or its employees for its shady activities during the mortgage crisis. The same day, Goldman disclosed in a regulatory filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had dropped an investigation into a troubled $1.3 billion residential mortgage-backed securities deal launched in 2006.
Time is running out for prosecutors to file cases against big banks for activities that triggered the 2007-2009 financial crisis, since statutes of limitations set deadlines for launching prosecutions for fraud and other financial crimes. If prosecutors don't start lawsuits before these deadlines expire, the big banks will, once again, have got off scot-free.
Failure to pursue banks, culpable management and employees for their complicity in causing the financial crisis is one of six bad policies that ensure we're likely to see another bust-up of a big U.S. bank -- sooner rather than later.
Who's going to pay the price for such a failure? We will, of course. Uncle Sam's policy of allowing banks to get too big to fail means we'll all be left holding the bag when that collapse occurs — and another banking bailout is necessary.
1. Too big to fail
Thirty years of financial deregulation have seen unprecedented concentration of the financial sector. Before, financial firms were limited both in where they could do business and the types of business they could do. This prevented a big banking blowup in the U.S. for more than 50 years.
Banks used to be limited to owning branches within individual states. When a bank got into trouble—and some did -- losses stayed confined. Regulators such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) could clean up the mess and preserve depositors' assets, without unduly burdening taxpayers. But after changes culminating in the Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act in 1994, those restrictions vanished.
So some banks got steadily bigger, while the overall number shrank. From 1990 to 2011, the number of commercial banks halved, from about 12,000 to 6,000, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank.
Once upon a time, the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act limited banks to either commercial or investment banking functions. Brokerage activities were restricted, and the operations of insurance firms constrained. Problems in one area of financial activity didn't spread to another. Bankers could not speculate with small depositors' money. Banks competed with each other, which led to better lending terms. And they didn't get too big, so when they screwed up, they paid the price. They failed.
In the 1980s, financial institutions claimed that Glass-Steagall and other restrictions prevented U.S. banks from competing head-to-head with foreign banks. They lobbied hard and regulators began to allow the restrictions slowly to erode.
Financiers like Sanford Weill, the head of the Traveler's Group, couldn't wait for U.S. laws to change. In 1998, he masterminded the takeover of Citicorp, a merger which combined commercial banking, investment banking, and insurance functions in one firm in a way that was technically illegal. But the merged company got a grace period—during which Weill deployed formidable lobbying muscle to dismantle Glass-Steagall. It worked. In 1999, Congress passed the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 and finally buried Glass-Steagall.
Last month, Weill gave an astounding interview to CNBC in which he admitted that "What we should probably do, is go and split up investment banking from banking, have banks be deposit takers, have banks make commercial loans and real estate loans, have banks do something that's not gonna risk the taxpayer dollars, that's not gonna be too big to fail."
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North Dakota's spring pheasant crowing count survey revealed a 10 percent increase statewide compared to last year.
All four pheasant districts showed an increase compared to last year. The number of crows heard in the southeast increased by 12 percent, northwest by 8 percent, northeast by 6 percent and southwest by 4 percent.
Stan Kohn, upland game management supervisor for the State Game and Fish Department, said birds did not experience excessive mortality last winter.
North Dakota Game and Fish Department fisheries personnel, along with staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service fish hatcheries, recently completed stocking 9.8 million walleye fingerlings in 113 lakes across the state.
Jerry Weigel, fisheries production and development section leader for the Game and Fish Department, said this year's walleye goal required exceptional production from nearly every hatchery pond in the state.
The green space at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Conservation and Outdoor Skills Park at the state fairgrounds in Minot turned brown last summer following the Mouse River flood.
Like the rest of the fairgrounds, though, it's coming back nicely this summer and will once again welcome visitors at the state's biggest outdoor gathering July 20-28 at the North Dakota State Fair.
The next guide and outfitter written examination is Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. at the North Dakota Game and Fish Department office in Bismarck. The test is given periodically to anyone interested in becoming a hunting guide or outfitter in the state.
In addition to passing a written exam, qualifications for becoming a guide include a background check for criminal and game and fish violations; certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and standard first aid; and employment by or contract with a licensed hunting outfitter.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is still accepting registrations for Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshops in 2012.
The annual summer workshop is Aug. 10-12 at Lake Metigoshe State Park, Bottineau. Participants may take several programs including archery, canoeing, introduction to firearms, fly-fishing, kayaking, navigating outdoors, global positioning system, plant identification, introduction to photography, and tracking and trapping. Workshop fees of $135 cover instruction, program materials, use of equipment, all meals and lodging.
The deadline for submitting photos to the North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual Watchable Wildlife Photo Contest is Sept. 30.
The contest has categories for nongame and game species, as well as plants/insects. An overall winning photograph will be chosen, with the number of place winners in each category determined by the number of qualified entries.
Contest entries are limited to digital files submitted on disk or via email. Contestants are limited to no more than five entries. Photos must have been taken in North Dakota.
Outdoor recreationists can camp Tuesday and Wednesday, July 3-4 on some wildlife management areas in western North Dakota along Lake Sakakawea because those days fall on a holiday.
Earlier this spring, the State Game and Fish Department implemented no overnight camping on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, except holidays, on the following WMAs: Audubon, Custer Mine, Deepwater Creek, deTrobriand, Douglas Creek and Wolf Creek in McLean County; and Beaver Creek and Hille in Mercer County.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds outdoor recreationists who celebrate the Fourth of July along the Missouri River or any other heavily-used recreational area to keep it clean by packing out all trash, including fireworks.
Nancy Boldt, water safety coordinator, said litter is already accumulating along the shorelines of the Missouri River. "People are excited to be able to enjoy the river again after not being able to use it last year due to the flood, but it is really disappointing to see shorelines littered with bottles, cans and wrappers," Boldt said.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department reminds citizens that possession or use of fireworks on state wildlife management areas is prohibited.
The primary objective of a wildlife management area is to enhance wildlife production, provide hunting and fishing opportunities, and offer other outdoor recreational and educational uses. Only activities that would not disrupt the intentions of how these areas are managed are encouraged, and a fireworks display is not compatible.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Encouraging Tomorrow's Hunters program is a primary sponsor for an outdoor learning event in the Bismarck area on Saturday, July 14.
Put on by the Mule Deer Foundation, the MULEY Day Camp runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Moffit Gun Range. It includes rifle and archery target shooting, hunting and safety information and demonstrations.
Applications for this fall's turkey season must be in the mail and postmarked before midnight July 5. Only North Dakota residents are eligible to apply in the first lottery.
The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's annual spring breeding duck survey showed an index of 4.8 million birds, up 16 percent from last year and 112 percent above the long-term average (1948-2011). The 2012 index is the third highest on record.
All species were well above the long-term average. Wigeon (+88 percent) and green-winged teal (+221 percent) were at record highs. Mallards, gadwall, blue-winged teal, shovelers, redheads and ruddy ducks exceeded the long-term average by more than 100 percent.


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Aronian remains half a point ahead of Carlsen in Monaco
Just like round 6, the 8th round of the 2011 Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament in Monaco saw six draws in the blindfold section and six wins in the rapid. Going into the second rest day, Levon Aronian remains half a point ahead of Magnus Carlsen. After losing 1.5-0.5 today Vladimir Kramnik is now last in the overall standings.
Levon Aronian | Photo: Fred Lucas
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The 20th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament takes place at the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort in Monaco, from March 11 to 25, 2011. The tournament is organized by the Association Max Euwe of chess maecenas Joop van Oosterom, which is based in Monaco. This 20th Amber tournament is the final edition of an event unparalleled in the history of chess. The total prize-fund is € 227,000. The rate of play is 25 minutes per game per player. With every move made in the blindfold games 20 seconds is added to the clock, with every move made in the rapid games 10 seconds is added. Full schedule here.
|Sunday, March 20, Round 8
|Grischuk ½-½ Nakamura
|Anand ½-½ Aronian
|Gelfand ½-½ Ivanchuk
|Kramnik ½-½ Gashimov
|Karjakin ½-½ Giri
|Topalov ½-½ Carlsen
|Nakamura 1-0 Grischuk
|Aronian 1-0 Anand
|Ivanchuk 1-0 Gelfand
|Gashimov 1-0 Kramnik
|Giri 1-0 Karjakin
|Carlsen 1-0 Topalov
Aronian and Carlsen way ahead of the pack
Round 8 report courtesy of the official website
After eight rounds Levon Aronian remains the proud leader at the Amber Blindfold and Rapid Tournament. The Armenian GM defeated World Champion Vishy Anand 1½-½. With three rounds to go Magnus Carlsen seems to be his only remaining challenger. The Norwegian GM follows at half-a-point's distance after defeating Veselin Topalov 1½-½. In third place Vishy Anand and Vasily Ivanchuk are already three points behind. Aronian defended his lead in the blindfold competition. In the rapid competition Carlsen calls the shots, one point ahead of Aronian.
The € 1,000 Game of the Day Prize was awarded to Levon Aronian for his rapid win over Vishy Anand.
The blindfold game between Alexander Grischuk and Hikaru Nakamura was a protracted fight with chances for both sides. The Russian grandmaster got a pleasant game against the Dutch Defence of his American colleague, but when he allowed Black to transfer a rook to c4, the initiative changed hands. But when Nakamura allowed White to start an attack on the kingside with 41.g5 and 42.h4 the tables were turned again. Grischuk felt he was winning, but couldn't substantiate his hunch with moves. He had to cease his efforts after 67 moves when a threefold repetition forced the draw.
The rapid game was a clash between two King's Indian titans, this time with Grischuk behind the black pieces. Things were normal until Nakamura frantically started moving around his king's knight, which might have been clever in a blindfold game, but didn't bring him much with both players having sight of the board. Black got the upper hand, but as has been their habit in most of their encounters they both got in terrible time-trouble. This time Nakamura was on the right side. Grischuk made the last mistake when on the 51st move he didn't take on a7. Ten moves on he could resign.
The blindfold game between Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian was a rather short affair. In a d3-Ruy Lopez the World Champion was surprised by the manoeuvre 11…Nb8 instead of the developing method …Ne7 and …Ng6 which is often played in this type of position. Afterwards Anand was unhappy about 12.Bc4, which he called a mistake. He had been looking at 12.Qb3, but wasn't too impressed by 12…c6 13.Bc4 d5 14.exd5 b5, which in hindsight was quite promising for White, as both players agreed. After Anand had missed this chance the white initiative quickly fizzled out and led to a draw in 17 moves.
In the rapid game Aronian defeated Anand in impressive manner. After the game the Armenian grandmaster explained that the variation starting with 7.dxc5 was very special to him as he used it in a crucial last-round game at the World Juniors in 2001 against Yakovenko. He vaguely remembered that a strong player had also used it and Anand kindly informed him that this had be him against Polugaevsky at the first Amber tournament in Roquebrune in 1992! In today's game White had a nice advantage after 22.h3 due to the weakness of b7. Black's 26th move was not the best, he should have played 26…Ne4, although White retains an edge. Now things went awry for Anand and after 28.Qxb4 Aronian already called the position 'technical'. There were still more than 30 moves to follow, but indeed the kibitzing GMs never had any doubts about the outcome.
The blindfold game between Boris Gelfand and Vasily Ivanchuk lasted almost two hours. From the opening the Ukrainian grandmaster obtained a favourable position, but the game turned around when in his calculations he missed 30.Ne7+ and lost an exchange. Still, Ivanchuk kept compensation and didn't really get in danger. The players ended up in a rook versus bishop ending, which is a theoretical draw, but the bishop side has to be cautious. Which he was and after 89 moves Ivanchuk saved the draw.
In the rapid game Ivanchuk introduced a novelty, 17.Rc1. In a game Gashimov-Wang Yue 17.Nd2 was played. Ivanchuk's set-up worked out well and after 23.Qf3 he obtained a position containing various tactical threats that was dangerous for Black. Ivanchuk could have crowned his efforts with 29.Qxb7. Instead he let Gelfand back into the game with 29.Qh7. But Black's relief was short-lived as with 31…Qa1+ he got himself in trouble again (31…Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Qc6+ 33.Kh3 Qe8 would have forced a draw). Now there was no way back anymore and a couple of moves later Gelfand resigned.
The blindfold game between Vladimir Kramnik and Vugar Gashimov was a further sign that the Russian grandmaster is struggling with his form. In the opening he repeated a line that Gashimov(!) played against Topalov in Nanjing last year, but his 9.Bb5 was considerably weaker than 9.Bg5 as the Azeri GM played on that occasion. Kramnik was surprised by Gashimov's 14…a5 and his 22nd move was a clear mistake (he should have played 22.bxa5). After 25…Rxd3 is was clear that White was losing. However, Gashimov also had his weak moment. With 39…Rc3 40.Ra5 c3 he could have kept his winning advantage, his 39…Ra1 allowed 40.Rf5 and White saved the draw.
In the rapid game Gashimov followed a plan, involving Nd2, h3 and g4, that has been played several times by Azerbaijani grandmaster Rauf Mamedov. Gashimov not only criticized Black's 8th move, but also his 13th and 15th move (better were 13…Be7 and 15…h5). After 19 moves Black was 'just losing' and in Gashimov's words 'the rest was easy'.
Anish Giri was slightly disappointed that his blindfold game against Sergey Karjakin ended in a draw. He had hoped for more, although he was the first to stress that objectively speaking there were not too many objective reasons for his expectations. In the opening he was satisfied about his moves 15…Ne5 and 16…Qc6 and he believed that White should have looked for equality with 17.Bd4. Instead, Karjakin sacrificed a pawn. This was a risky decision, but he kept good drawing chances and secured the draw without too much effort.
In the rapid game the players repeated the game Kramnik-Karjakin from this tournament. On move 15 Karjakin improved with 15…c5. The position that arose led to heated discussions after the game when Giri's optimism about his chances was heavily undermined by an enthusiastic group of some of the world's leading grandmasters. Having listened to their opinions he concluded that in fact White has nothing at all and that Black's perspectives are better. However, all this didn't bring Karjakin nothing when he went seriously wrong with 25…g5. This optimistic push was rudely refuted by 26.e4. Now Giri was winning and grabbing his chance he finished the game in fine style.
The blindfold game between Veselin Topalov and Magnus Carlsen, a Ruy Lopez, sped to a draw when the Bulgarian grandmaster missed Black's 19…Bxe4. The freeing move led to a number of exchanges and when the vacuum cleaning was done, there was not real reason for any side to play on.
In the rapid game Carlsen opted to counter Topalov's Sicilian with the Grand Prix Attack. Black got into trouble as early as move 10 when 10…f5 allowed 'the old trick Nd5' which gave White very good play. After 17.Ra3 the position was 'really horrible for Black'. Carlsen could play for the gallery, which he did with 19.Rg5, where he might have played it safe with 19.c4. The rest was silence. With pointed moves White ripped apart the black position and after 29 moves the point was his.
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This is explained with frequency.
They see a blank board.
To the right of the board, they see the last ply (that is, half-move).
They move using a mouse, by clicing a start-square and a destination square.
If the move is legal, the ply changes to the move they just made. d2-d4, for instance.
If the move is illegal (they don't have a piece there, are in check, can't move the piece, etc), then they are told the move is illegal.
They have three tries to make a legal moves. If they don't, they forfeit.
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aronian does have few wins against anand but that let us see how he faces
kramnik and topalov in candidates
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Anything can happen in those four game knockouts, I wouldn't be surprised if Grischuk beats Aronian in a tiebreak.
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Good point.
We should not be surprised if he does very well too.. Then he would have truly earned his path to the World Championship. And I cannot think of a more worthy challenger to the World Championship right now, much more even than Magnus (his hype not withstanding).
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3 years 9 months ago
I think It's either Aronian or Carlsen who will win. I put my money on Carlsen
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3 years 9 months ago
I would put lots of money against Carlsen - not because I wouldn't believe in his chances, but I know that he doesn't even participate ...
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I think catwoman can beat both of them.
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OK, Chessgirl. Enough of you and )your feminism ;-)
OK, I agree, Ruslan Ponoromariov is the worthy World Champion.
(Just kidding Zeblakob. I am taking a good natured dig at chessgirl).
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I think its importartant to think about that Blitz and Rapid and Blindfold are not classical chess.I think the real ability and fair option to prove whos is best in chess is in CLASSICAL.The player have moore time to think about how to move the chess pices.In blitz and blindfold and rapid there are so stressfull situation and limited time so you can do a lot of misstakes.Yes Aronian semed to be a better player then Anand but don forget that Fischer was minus against Spasskij before the match 1972
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Anand was minus -1 or -2 I think against both Kramnik and Topolov before they played.
But both Magnus and especially Aronian show maturity in not shooting off their mouth against the World Champion and that means that Aronian is reserving his talking for the board (just like Anand), which makes it most dangerous for Anand.
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After the Ks will we have the As?
(karpov, kasparov, kramnik) (Anand, Aronian)
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Exactly,the comments here are way to reactionary.If Kramnik wins the candidates all of a sudden the lot here would consider him the best again.
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Kasimjanov and Khalifman won knockouts without anyone considering them the best player in the world. Winning a knockout proves nothing. Gelfand, Kamsky, Radjabov, Grischuk or Mamedyarov could win the Candidates but they wouldn't be better players than Aronian and Carlsen because of that. Winning a rapid/blindfold event proves even less, but the truth is that this isn't the only tournament Carlsen and Aronian are leading, and the same players are the best in all formats. Anand, Kramnik, Carlsen and Aronian have been top 5 in blitz, rapid, blindfold and classical for many years, and when they play well in one format that play well in all formats.
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better player would win more and loose less .
Also play at crucial juncture matters.
a better player may not be motivated all the time.
anand won the world title which was very imp for him and is probably the most valued chess title.
he stated he wants to regain word no 1 rating which he has done now.
he has been dominating carlsen off late and has not played too much with aronian.
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3 years 9 months ago
Had Khalifman, Ponomariov, or Kasimdzhanov built a track record like Anand's after their Knock-Out WC victory their credibility (title) would be much more respected.
It's pretty difficult (real stupid) to right off Anand's Knock-Out WC victory. Although some folks tried but history proved them wrong!
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Yes, that is what I mean.
People here seem more emotional and whimsical.
One major tournament win by Ruslan or Topolov is enough to make the people here scream how Anand is not the worthy world Champion. Hiraku's win, though commendable, was one such example. Did people not say he was the favorite before this tournament? Agreed that he is very very good in rapid. But so ae the others like Anand, Magnus, and Aronian.
Aronian and Magnus,mthough, have earned their bragging rights though with their performances and their CONSISTENCY, I agree.
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Paul V
3 years 9 months ago
A lot of opinions here on who dominates chess at the current moment.
Anand, Aronian or Carlsen?
As no one is consistently winning tournaments or ranking clear first for a longer time period on the rating lists, I would conclude that there is no clear leader.
The las person to dominate chess was Kasparov.
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"no one is consistently winning tournaments"
Carlsen has won both Nanjing and London the last years, Wijk and Bazna 2010, etc.
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yeah , that is why he is not the world no 1
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3 years 9 months ago
In between he finished behind Kramnik and Anand at Bilbao and behind Nakamura and others at Tata. I won't speak of his performance at the Olympiads or how he won on tiebreaks of Anand at London, but it matters.
As for the question Anand, Aronian or Carlsen (way too limited)-at London MC and Anand were equal, at Bilbao and Tata Anand was ahead and at Nanjing Carlsen was ahead. At Tata Aronian finished ahead of Carlsen but they have not participated in the same tournaments that much.
Anand and Aronian played less tournaments but not less succesful, and are battling for the crown as well.
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Yes, but he has not YET won the official World Championship title like Kasparov did. Don't forget that. He might be good enough to do it right now in the opinion of many here, BUT HE HAS YET TO DO IT in reality. And that matters more than any potential or speculation than all "us experts" here!
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3 years 9 months ago
A lot was said about Kramnik being the strongest before the Bonn match and Anand had him on the ropes. No doubt Kramnik is still one of the strongest, if not the strongest at the moment.
A lot is being said about Aronian and i am glad thats the case. I wish he is the challenger and then he will finally be in Vishy's sights....now thats a match worth watching.Its got everything that a match needs....a worthy challenger who is hungry and teasing the Champ and a Champ who is waiting to even things out !
Anand-Kramnik 2012 would be still exciting but not as much as Anand-Aronian.
Anand-Topalov would be painfully one sided imho and wouldnt generate as much interest as the above two.
So lets all hope for Anand-Aronian 2012 !
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3 years 9 months ago
Why is the Chessbase report almost the same as the chessvibes one?
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heheheh, this forum is funny. When I am in a bad mood, I come here and read the comments.
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Yes i agree a good player also do good result in blitz and rapid and blindfold.But the real capacity of a chess player is in classical chess.And match play whit at least 16 matches will tell us who is best.Dont forget that Kramnik have pluscore against Aronian and seemed to be a better player if we compere them against each other.But Aronian do better result overall than Kramnik in tournaments etc...I dont think there a player in the word today who dominate the chess like Fischer Karpov and Kasparov did when they were on top.Karpov have won moore tornament than any else in chess history.Who can coopie Fischers 6-0, 6-0, 6 1/2-2 1 /2 before he played WC-Final.And Kasparov who was number one on ranking list for 20 years.
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did you get here in a time machine???
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Please do not forget the caliber of each player participating now (Kramnik who beat Kasparov 2-0 is sometimes at the bottom of the table!) and the technology and the database available to even the average GM.
Times have changed and so has the competition. The top women GMs now are probably as good as some/many of the male competitors of that time. This can be seen from the elo ratings (though they do not say the whole story, I agree).
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I have heard through a Chessjournalist that the elo raiting have changed so to get raiting points is easier then it was under Fischers time.He got 2785 but today that will be much higher in ELO.So ELO have got some deflation.I cant precisly tell whats the differens who the calculate ELO in Fischers time and nowdays.And the Chessdatabase sometimes help players to be better than they have been whithout computer.I dont think chessplayers are stronger nowdays then they were under Fischers or Laskers time its the teqniq who has developed.
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3 years 9 months ago
If Anand playes with Aronian seriously ,i.e. in a WC, Anand will beat him
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Here's my take :
All these years I have been watching Anand's games , there is one thing that stands out. when he is motivated he does really well. Mexico 2007 , Bonn 2008, Sofia 2010 all show that very well. Tournaments?? well he is one of the the most successful tournament player in the history of the game (slightly behind karpov I reckon) . My feel is he is not motivated enough to do that well in tournaments. Given that he has had to play WC 3 times in last 4 years (quiet frequent comapred to past WChampionships) and defend sucesfuly , he tends to hide prepration. He is the only player ever to win Wchampionship in all possible formats. 6 Oscars (Only behind Karpov and Kasparov). So I think that he will defend his title if the challenger is Aronian. And if Kramnik or Topalov challenge him again , he will lose it. Its all about Motivation for such a chess giant.
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The Australian Open is one of the biggest sporting events in Australia and the professional tennis circuit. Of the four Grand Slams held each year, the Australian Open is the first and held at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park. Since it began in 1905, the Australian Open's popularity and excitement has been growing year upon year and to this day has drawn crowds of around 700,000 in total over its two week schedule. Those that attend can expect to be served an all round sporting experience including performances from Australia's best music acts at the "Grand Slam Oval", family friendly activities at the "Garden Square" and of course world class tennis! The Australian Open from start to finish has hosted the most famous tennis matches ever, including Chris Evert-Lloyd's epic win over Martina Navratilova in 1982, Pete Sampras' five set triump over Andre Agassi in the 2000 men's semi-final and the Williams sisters' battle in the 2003 women's final. The modern day legends Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic who have produced undoubtedly the best tennis in recent history will also be on show. You can also sell your spare Australian Open tickets on viagogo, and listing tickets is free. All Australian Open tickets are covered by the viagogo Ticket guarantee!
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