Australian Open: Final, Roger Federer vs. Andy Murray

World No. 1 Roger Federer is the Australian Open 2010 men’s singles champion, claiming his 16th Grand Slam title with a straight-sets victory over Andy Murray.

The victory marks the fourth time Federer has won the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup at Melbourne Park, his triumph on Sunday adding to victories in 2004, 2006 and 2007.

Federer’s win was only his fifth against Murray in 11 matches, but it did mark the second time he had beaten him in a Grand Slam final after a straight-sets win in the 2008 US Open final. Attempting to become the first British male to win a Grand Slam singles title in 74 years, Murray found himself down a break at 0-2 in the first set before rallying to break back and then level at 2-2. Federer then saved three break points to hold serve at 3-2, firing down two aces as the Scot threatened to grab the momentum.

However, it would be the Swiss who made best use of his opportunities in the first set. He produced a super backhand winner down the line to convert a single break point against Murray’s serve in the eighth game to lead 5-3. The 28 years old served out the set, sending down his fourth ace of the match in claiming it 6-3.

Despite losing the second set, Murray made fewer errors than he had in the first, and found a better rhythm with his first serve. Federer converted just one of seven break points, but his 16 winners many of them spectacular were enough to keep him ahead of an improving Murray.

The Swiss then mounted a memorable comeback from 2-5 down to break back as Murray served for the set, taking it into what would be a thrilling tie-break. The tie-break produced fine shots from both players, and intense drama for the 15,000 fans at Rod Laver Arena as Murray failed to convert four set point chances. Federer missed two championship points, but at 11-12 in favour of the top seed, Murray clipped the net with a backhand, giving Federer his fourth Australian Open title.

SLIPKNOT!!!

Hi dummies this week im going to talk you about one of my favorite bands which is SLIPKNOT.

The band found it's initial roots in the 1992 "Basement Sessions", conducted in the basement of Anders Colsefini, co-founder of the band. Many of the songs on Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat and some that made it through to the newer albums were written during these sessions.

The group formed in 1995, and released a demo album called Mate.Feed.Kill.Repeat in 1996. The album was well-received, and several major record labels became interested in the group. At that time, there were only 5 members. Slipknot eventually signed to Roadrunner Records, and released their self-titled debut album in June of 1999. Despite receiving little airplay, the album was successful, due mainly to word-of-mouth. Regarding the album, one reviewer wrote "You thought Limp Bizkit was hard? They're the Osmonds. (Slipknot) are something else entirely. And it's pretty impressive."

In 2001 Iowa, the follow-up to their debut album, was widely anticipated and debuted at number three on the Billboard Magazine album charts and at number one on the UK album chart. They again toured heavily to promote the record.

After an almost two-year hiatus, the band regrouped in late 2003 and began writing and recording with world-renowned producer Rick Rubin, who has worked with artists ranging from Johnny Cash to the Beastie Boys to Slayer.

The band released their third album, Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) in May 2004. Reviews were mostly positive. New Musical Express noted, "At least two thirds of it is still comprised of head-spinning speed metal, but there are signs of genuine progression , not to mention progressive rock ,from the off." It debuted at #2 on the Billboard albums chart.

Several members of the band have been photographed without masks: Vocalist Corey Taylor and guitarist James Root with their band Stone Sour, drummer Joey Jordison with his side-project the Murderdolls, percussionist Shawn Crahan with To My Surprise, Sid Wilson as DJ Starscream, guitarist Mick Thomson in Total Guitar magazine, and bassist Paul Gray in a police mugshot leaked through The Smoking Gun. In the video for "Before I Forget" they performed without their masks, with cameras facing only under the heads.

A country in troubles

Maybe, you have heard something about the earthquake that happened in Haití last week, I think it was a terrible event because Haití is one of the continent's poorest countries, and the majority of we forget countries as poor as Haití until there happens a catastrophe of dimensions as terrible as the one happened last week.


The last monday I read that most of the people in Haití was really worried and upset about the earthquake (it couldn't be different because a lot of these people lost their families or their houses and all the possesions they had) and although medical supplies and food was sent from whole the world they didn't  receive anything because was impossible arrive to Haití; and I started to think about their situation and I felt really hard about it, because we live in the same wolrd, we are from the same continent, and maybe we're different in some things, but we are together in this ship and I belive we have to help them, because today they need our help.


Most of the people I know, and specially teenagers like us, are indifferent about Haití, and I don't know why. It is a really important event; right now there are houndreds of people that had lost everything, they live in a distroyed city, maybe they can't sleep because the don't know something about their siblings or their friends, right now there are a lot of people living in a hell, and maybe we just can help them sending them a rice bag or some medicines, but we can help them, and maybe we won't receive something for this help, but we know we are able to help other person without waiting something.


I think there are important topics to talk and Haití is one of these topics, don't forget it.

Help for Haiti!

The earthquake in Haiti has been registered on January 12, 2010. At 16:53:09 local time to the epicentre with epicentre to 15 km from "Puerto Principe", the capital of Haiti. According to the Geological Service of The United States, the earthquake would have had a magnitude of 7,0 degrees and would have been generated 10 kilometres down the earth. Also has been registered a replis, being the strongest those of 5,9, 5,5 and 5,1 degrees. The NOAA rejected the danger of tsunami in the zone. This earthquake has been the strongest registered in the zone from the happened one in 1770.

The Prime minister of Haiti, Jean Max Bellerive, affirmed that the balance for the powerful earthquake in the country might overcome 140.000 victims, nevertheless the Red Cross said that the victims might come between 45.000 and 50.000, they have not been confirmed, it is difficult to be able to count the number of fatal victims due to the fact that rubbles invade the streets and avenues of "Puerto Principe". Between the destroyed buildings, like the ONU in Haiti, withdrew corpses from themselves of between the rubbles, but about 150 civil servants were still missing persons, said civil servants of the organisation.

Due to the great number of injured people for the earthquake, many persons had to be moved to the Dominican Republic, where dozens of seriously injured persons were coming in caravans to Jimaní's hospital, in the west of Dominican Republic, a small frontier city with Haiti. Buses from "Puerto Principe", were coming to the General Melenciano Hospital, with mutilated children and dozens of men, women and elders with extremities or crania fractured, located to 280 km to the west of Santo Domingo.

Soon after the earthquake that flogged the country, the humanitarian help did not make to wait, so much as the United States, Latinamerican and European countries, the Red International Cross, the General Iberoamericana Secretariat, the Inter-American Bank of Development (BID), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (BM) between others, announced the sending of money, food, volunteers, firemen, experts and up to dogs specializing in searches to represent to the Caribbean country.

But it is not sufficient, we can do something, in our preparatory we can do donations, as not perishable food, clothes in good state and medicines.

WE CANNOT BE INDIFFERENT.

The big bang theory

Hello dummies! How are you? Dummies blog sincelery hope you had such a great time on these vacations and we wish you a pretty awesome 2010!!!

Now, it's time to work.
Has spent a long time without being publishing articles, but sooner or later we( dummies world's writters) decided become because you must learn more on this blog!
What you did? Did you go to the beach? Did you go the CABOS SAN LUCAS?well let me tell you what I did, all days I used to wake up late, then I ate and I watched TV until 12 pm, it is sad beause Elvia went to the Cabooooos!!! Why Elvia??? hahahahahaha anyway the point is that one day I discovered a very cool serie called "The big bang theory".

Surely you have already listened this song: " Our hole universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started, wait...the earth began to cool, the autotrophs beagn to drool, neanderthals developed tools we built a wall, math, science, history, unravelling the mysteries, that all started with the big bang!" Well this song is from "The big bang theory" and is becoming very famous because is so killer funny!
the story is about four super intelligent friends that met to their new neighbor, a pretty awesome woman called Penny, who is not so smart.

Here you have to these nerds:
Leonard: The principal character who is a physicist, this guy is mad about the prettiest Penny.
Sheldon: A genius man whose personality is full of irony, sarcasm and humooor, that's because he the best!
Penny: The "neighbor", the tipic blonde, attractive girl who major dream in the world is be very famous but at the moment she works as a waitress
Wolowitz: A pervert engineer...iuck!
Raj: He' s not so important. This male use is very shy with females, so he can't even talk to them unless he gets drunk!