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Federer with no retirement plans

Tennis ace Roger Federer has said retirement is not imminent and that he will continue playing as long he has fans' support.

In an interview with his home town newspaper the Basler Zeitung, the 30-year-old responded to a question about when he might stop playing.

"It will be a while before it's time. So long as I'm well supported, I'll participate." he said.

"It will likely be my body that decides when it's time."

The Swiss has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles but has dropped to fourth in the world rankings after a disappointing season where he failed to win a major.

 

City of Basel, Switzerland.

Basel English pronunciation: /ˈbɑːzəl/ or Basle /ˈbɑːl/ (German: Basel, pronounced [ˈbaːzəl])[note 1] is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants.[2] Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany. With 830,000 inhabitants in the tri-national urban agglomeration as of 2004, Basel is Switzerland's second-largest urban area.[3]

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Switzerland - The City of Basel.

 

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Michael Moore @ Occupy Oakland

 

Roger talks about the train that bears his name . . . How is your Swiss German?

 

The top ladies of the WTA are in Turkey this week for their Year End Championships.

 As the tournament begins in Istanbul, the country and the world are rightly focused on a spot about 700 miles to the east, where a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck on Sunday. Almost 300 people are dead at the latest tally, and the desperate search continues for survivors.

Read more: WTA CHAMPIONSHIPS: WILL WOZNIACKI LOSE THE TOP RANKING? | GOTOTENNIS http://gototennis.com/2011/10/24/wta-championships-will-wozniacki-lose-the-top-ranking/#ixzz1c8AZHVB0 
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FEDERER NAMES NATIONALE SUISSE LOCOMOTIVE Roger Federer by ATP Staff

© Nationale SuisseThe National Suisse locomotive bears Roger Federer's name and image.

Sixteen-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, brand ambassador for National Suisse, officially named the Nationale Suisse locomotive at Basel’s freight terminal at midday on Friday. The locomotive bears Federer’s name and image and over the coming years will be used on a regular basis for domestic passenger services.

"I have never named a locomotive before, let alone one bearing my own name," said Federer, who is in his hometown to play next week’s Swiss Indoors Basel, where he will compete against Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in an attempt to win the title for the fifth time.

Jeannine Pilloud, Head of the Passenger Division at SBB, said, "Our passengers are world champions in rail travel. Now they can look forward to meeting Roger Federer, the best tennis player of all time, on all inter-city routes."

For every kilometre travelled by the locomotive, Nationale Suisse will make a contribution to the Roger Federer Foundation, which supports projects to benefit children in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The programmes on the African continent focus on the improvement of the quality of early learning and basic education.

 

Everyday there will be a GA starting at 7 at Oscar Grant Plaza. GENERAL STRIKE & MASS DAY OF ACTION – NOVEMBER 2

Below is the proposal passed by the Occupy Oakland General Assembly on Wednesday October 26, 2011 in reclaimed Oscar Grant Plaza. 1607 people voted. 1484 voted in favor of the resolution, 77 abstained and 46 voted against it, passing the proposal at 96.9%. The General Assembly operates on a modified consensus process that passes proposals with 90% in favor and with abstaining votes removed from the final count.

PROPOSAL:

We as fellow occupiers of Oscar Grant Plaza propose that on Wednesday November 2, 2011, we liberate Oakland and shut down the 1%.

We propose a city wide general strike and we propose we invite all students to walk out of school. Instead of workers going to work and students going to school, the people will converge on downtown Oakland to shut down the city.

All banks and corporations should close down for the day or we will march on them.

While we are calling for a general strike, we are also calling for much more. People who organize out of their neighborhoods, schools, community organizations, affinity groups, workplaces and families are encouraged to self organize in a way that allows them to participate in shutting down the city in whatever manner they are comfortable with and capable of.

The whole world is watching Oakland. Let’s show them what is possible.

The Strike Coordinating Council will begin meeting everyday at 5pm in Oscar Grant Plaza before the daily General Assembly at 7pm. All strike participants are invited. Stay tuned for much more information and see you next Wednesday.

 

John McEnroe goes as "himself" for Holloween - pretty scary