federer falls far.

For the first time in 8 years, Roger Federer will not be a part of the final match at the Wimbledon tennis tournament in Wimbledon, England. In today's match versus lanky 6'5" Czech player Tomáš Berdych, Federer seemed to be all over the place. There were a great number of mistakes that a tennis player of Federer's caliber should not have been even dreaming of. Berdych defeated Federer after winning three of the four games played. After the game, Federer announced that he has been battle some minor back and leg pain and was in pain during the match, to which Berdych responds that he didn't notice a thing wrong with him physically. "He's making excuses," Berdych said in response. Berdych will move on to play against the Serbian №3 player Novak Djokovic while №2 from Spain, Rafael Nadal will face №4 and the UK's own, Andy Murray to determine the final.

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microsoft disowns its kin.

It seems as though it was only yesterday when Microsoft announced their new phone, dubbed the KIN. Prerelease reviews were strong about the phone's incredible social networking powers as well as the well-received KIN Studio that allowed all new content on the phone to be automatically updated to the user's KIN profile online. Well it might seem like it was yesterday, because it almost was. The KIN was first sold a mere six weeks ago and will no longer be sold in America and won't be shipped to Europe later this year as initially expected. There were various reports buzzing about the KIN that before Microsoft pulled the plug, Verizon Wireless only sold 500 of the social networking devices nationwide. Microsoft neither confirmed nor denied these rumors but the company made it clear that sales was the reason for the cancelation. Microsoft announced that members of their team working on the KIN will be assisting Microsoft in their upcoming Windows Phone 7.

Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/33x3rrd

11th suspect in russian spy ring.

On Monday, the U.S. Justice Department reported that 10 people were arrested who had been suspected of being Russian agents involved in a long-term mission in the United States. Then, yesterday, an 11th suspect was arrested in Cyprus using a Canadian passport just before boarding a flight to Budapest, Hungary. Although, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the 11 suspects were Russian citizens, the country denied that there was any mission directed towards the American people. The Ministry also asked that the 11 suspects would be given Russian lawyers. According to White House Press Secretary, Peter Gibbs, President Barack Obama has been briefed about that 11 cases of espionage and stated that Obama knew about the allegations before Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to the States less than a week ago. In an official statement on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website, they stated the following:

"We do not understand the reasons why the U.S. Department of Justice has made a public statement in the spirit of the Cold War," said the statement on the ministry's website. "Such incidents have occurred in the past, when our relations were on the rise. In any case it is regrettable that all these things are happening on the background of the 'reset' in Russian-U.S. relations announced by the U.S. administration."

The sting resulted in what the FBI calls a "multiyear investigation" that had been aided by both the British and Irish governments after the two European countries had suspected there was an undercover spy ring using falsified British and Irish passports. American government case files described a the situation that was eerily reminiscent of many of the 1950s spy novels, including decrypted messages, bank accounts, and intelligence reports.

Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/255dqur

fifa apologizes, will fix problem.

In a surprisingly early press conference regarding the disputes of a false goal and a missed off-sides call by World Cup and FIFA officials, present of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, called together a press conference regarding the issue. Blatter first apologized to the English and Mexican teams - who both accepted the apology - for the incorrect calls during their matches in the Round of 16 play of 2010's World Cup. To me, as a soccer fan, and no where near the ability of an official, these calls were still blatantly obvious, especially Frank Lampard's goal against Brazil. He also stated that during July's meeting in Wales with the International Football Association, the ordeal would be presented in hopes that FIFA and all international soccer will incorporate the use of goal-line technology in order to prove or disprove any questionable goals. However, as of now, there will be no incorporation of instant replay technology to mandate other soccer rules.

Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/2axmw37
Watch ESPN coverage: http://tinyurl.com/2d6g7gg

fox and green get married.

this is the first official post of the blog :)



People is reporting that Transformers sex symbol, Megan Fox, and '90210' star, Brian Austin Green, have finally settled down and tied the knot. Reps for the on-again, off-again couple have stated that the two got hitched while vacationing on the Big Island of Hawaii during their stay at the Four Seasons. It's been a rough ride for the couple who originally met back in 2004 and got engaged by the end of 2006 but called it off toward the beginning of 2009. The 36-year-old actor reported back in 2006 before they called off their first engagement that his ideal wedding would be small and that along with his, then, girlfriend (who is now 24) had even considered eloping. Congrats to them!

Read the article here: http://tinyurl.com/27m7rgr

the first post.

so i've now expanded the idea of my diary, the anatomy of pop culture, on forums.govteen.com and i'm now turning it into a blog, here on blogspot. i'm both kind of worried and excited about this new venture and expansion. i'm worried because i forget to update the diary let alone update a blog often enough but i'm excited because it can allow me do so much more. we'll see how it goes and i'm thinking about trying to keep things to more than one post at a time so that if i do happen to forget, it's not like i haven't done a single update in a while. but we'll see how this goes. but i'm really hopeful that i'll be able to do it. i'm taking the challenge and we'll see how it goes. wish me luck!