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Tallest Male Tennis Players in the World

Posted by dasfseegdse Kamis, 29 Agustus 2013 0 komentar

Tall tennis players have some nice advantages in the game of tennis. In tennis it is good to have long arms and legs to get to the ball faster. Usually people have long arms and legs so it's good to be tall to play tennis. They have great reach, usually better serves, tougher to pass at the net and more. However, they have their weaknesses as well. Here is a list of tallest male tennis players...

Height - 6.5 Feet

Christopher Luke Guccione is an Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria. Chris was born on July 30, 1985, in Melbourne, Australia. He is married to a young American woman named Andra Kucerak. He has won one doubles title and reached a career-high singles ranking of world no.67 in April 2008.

Height - 6.6 Feet

Juan Martin del Potro, often nicknamed Delpo, is an Argentine professional tennis player. Delpo was born on September 23, 1988, in Tandil, Argentina. By the age of 12, he had earned a spot as the representative for Argentina in the Nike Junior Tour. In 2004 he won his first professional match at the International Tennis Federation event. Since then he has become the youngest player to finish in the Top 100 in 2006, the Top 50 in 2007 and Top 10 in 2008.

Height - 6.4 Feet

Goran Ivanisevic is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He was born on September 13, 1971, in Split, Croatia. He is married his girlfriend and former model Tatjana Dragovic in 2009 and they have a daughter named Amber Maria. He is the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard.

Height - 6.10 Feet

Ivo Karlovic is a Croatian tennis player. He was born on February 28, 1979, in Zagreb, Croatia. He married his wife Aisi on 29 March 2005 and they have a daughter Jada Valentina. He has won five ATP singles titles: 3 in 2007, one in 2008 and one in 2013. He is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 6.10 feet.

Height - 6.8 Feet

Jerzy Janowicz, Jr. is a Polish professional tennis player. He was born on November 13, 1990, in Lodz, Poland. He got runner-up in 2 Junior Grand Slam tournaments, Janowicz rose to fame on the pro circuit following his run to the final of the 2012 Paris.

Height - 6.10 Feet

John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He was born on April 26, 1985, in Greensboro, North Carolina. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world no. 9 on March 19, 2012, and is currently the highest- ranked male American tennis player.

Height - 6.5 Feet

Mario Ancic is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He was born on March 30, 1984, in Split, Croatia. He won 3 singles titles and 5 doubles titles. His career high singles ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached World no. 7.

Height - 6.5 Feet

Mark Anthony Philippoussis is an Australian former tennis player. He was born on November 7, 1976, in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia. Mark turned professional in in 1994. His father is Greek, while his mother is of an Italian ancestry.

Height - 6.6 Feet

Sam Austin Querrey is a professional American tennis player from Thousand Oaks, California currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born on October 7, 1987, in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Most Beautiful and Rarest Birds in the World

Posted by dasfseegdse Rabu, 28 Agustus 2013 0 komentar

Asian Crested Ibis is a species of bird that is found in Asia specifically in China, Japan, and even the far eastern part of Russia. It is distinct in its appearance with a stunning bushy crest, and red facial skin and legs. It inhabits in tall trees where they create their nesting. They also reside near riverbanks, rice fields, and other reservoirs.

Black Crowned Crane is found in West and East Africa. It is a very romantic bird. Courtship may involve reciprocal dances, which include jumping up, no runs score, flapping wings, tossing bundles of grass or wiggle your head. The beauty of courtship and the appearance of these birds could not pass by our.

Christmas Island Frigatebird, its name came from the Christmas Island found in the Indian Ocean. It is 90 to 100 centimeter long and usually found inhabiting in tall trees. It is huge, fork-tailed seabird with white belly, pale bar on upper wings, and black in color. It has not ability to swim or walk but it is an aerial bird.

Flamingo (Genus Phoenicopterus)

There are approximately 4 different species in America and 2 species in the old world. The Flamingo is known for a bird that stands on one leg and the other is tucked under the body. This makes their behavior very hard to comprehend. There are few species of Flamingos that are able to sleep using half of its body and when the other side is resting, the flamingo will just swap legs and then allows the other side to sleep. However, this phenomenon is not yet proven. There are current investigations that indicate the standing on one leg behavior of Flamingo allows them to save more body heat and spend most of their time wading in cold water. They also stamp their webbed feet over the mud to stir food at the bottom. Young Flamingo hatches a grayish-reddish plumage. The adult ranges from light pink to bright color red due to bacteria and beta carotene that they acquire from their foods.

Formosan Magpie is one of the most beautiful birds and rare species in the world.

The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron in North America. This species can be found in the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. During the spring and summer, they breed throughout North and Central America, the Caribbean, much of Canada and the Galapagos Islands.

The Kakapo

Its scientific name is Strigops habroptila and aslo called Owl parrot. The ancient, flightless Kakapo is the world's largest and strongest parrot. It is the species of only flightless and nocturnal parrot, as well as being heaviest in the world, weighing up to 3.5 kilograms (8lbs).

Mangolian Ducks is the rare and beautiful bird in the world.

The Mandarin Duck is a medium-sized, East Asian perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41-49 cm long with a 65-75 cm wingspan. Its flight is fast and maneuverable, it easily takes off, sometimes almost straight up. Unlike most ducks, Mandarin can often be seen sitting on branches of trees or on the coastal rocks. Mandarin hunting is forbidden, it is listed in the Red Book of Russia as a rare species. This duck bred in parks as decorative bird.

The Paradise Tanager is found in eastern Colombia, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana and Guyana. It is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm. It looks extremely specific.

The Potoo

These are rarely seen but often heard nocturnal birds belong to the family Nyctibiidae, which only occurs in the New world tropics. The common Potoo and northern Potoo are virtually identical, while the Great is much larger. During the day, these birds cryptic plumage and signature stretched-out pose makes them difficult to distinguish from the broken branch stubs and posts on which they typically roost, their mottled feathers blending in perfectly with their woody perch.

The Red Lorikeet is a intelligent bird, it has a playful and colorful appearance. It has deep red with black and equipped with electric blue markings found on its wings and rump. The pattern varies from species to species. The tail of this bird is dark maroon. It has orange peak for approximately 10-12 inches long.

The Sage Grouse is the largest grouse found in North America, where it is known as the Greater Sage-Grouse.

Sup, Polish Chicken is a European breed of chicken known for its crest of feathers.

The Bali Starling is one of the world's most rare species of bird has been released back into the wild with the help of Chester Zoo.

The Three Wattled Bellbird is a Central American migratory bird of the cotinga family.

The Purple Starling, also known as the The Purple Glossy Starling, is a member of the starling family of birds. The adult of this bird has a total length of 22-23. It has metallic purple head and body. The wings are color green. This bird has a short tail and the color of the eyes is yellow.

The Bird of Paradise is one of the beautiful and rarest birds in the world found in Papua New Guinea

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise is a small, up to 21 cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family.

They are not just the rarest birds living on earth but in fact, most of them are considered extinct because of the people who are the primary enemies of these birds.

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Hollywood's Highest Paid Actors In 2013

Posted by dasfseegdse Minggu, 25 Agustus 2013 0 komentar

Hollywood is a world of great opportunities. Unlike many other film industries of the world, Hollywood provides very promising opportunities to the junior actors as well to make their names and do not cause any hindrances in their way to progress and development. Due to very this encouraging environment of Hollywood, many young actors of the industries are being highly paid owing to their great talents and skills acquisition. This world of entertainment provides great entertainment to the people across the globe, and at the same time it serves as a great source to earn huge moneys. The actors of Hollywood find themselves in constant competition with each other as the better they perform, the better they will be paid. This article is an attempt to inform the readers about the earnings of these actors. Following is the list of top 10 highest paid Hollywood actors of 2013.

$75 Million

Robert Downey Jr: The Avengers was the third highest-grossing movie of all time and no star benefited more that than Robert Downey Jr. Tony Stark might not have been the leader of the group (that honor belongs to Captain America) but Downey was the only indispensable actor which meant he was able to demand the most money. As long as he's willing to keep putting on the Iron Man suit, Downey will remain one of Hollywood's highest-paid actors.

Earnings - $75 Million

$60 Million

Channing Tatum: Tatum gets a lot of attention for his looks but this year the actor proved that he's also one of the Hollywood's smartest businessman. Tatum and director Steven Soderbergh self-financed the movie Magic Mike, based partially on Tatum's past as a male stripper. So when the $7 million film hit it big at the box office, they each took home millions. Now Tatum is growing Mike into a franchise complete with a Broadway show, a proposed bar in New Orleans and a sequel in the works.

Earnings - $60 Million

$55 Million

Hugh Jackman: Singing, dancing, acting, getting ripped to kick some bad guy's butt, it's all in a day's work for Jackman. He is as versatile as they come as he follows up his turn in the musical "Les Miserables" with action film "The Wolverine," which earned $55 million over its opening weekend. Jackman is also a budding entrepreneur. His Laughing Man coffee and tea company donates all profits to charity.

Earnings - $55 Million

$52 Million

Mark Wahlberg: In addition to delivering "Ted," the surprise hit of 2012. The comedy, about a teddy bear who comes to life and grows up, earned $550 million on a budget of $50 million and helped land stars Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane. Wahlberg has also gotten more involved behind the scenes, serving as a producer on a number of movies headed to theaters. Wahlberg has been comfortable doing comedy as drama with films like The Fighter and he's been nominated for two Oscars along the way. But now he's stepping into his first blockbuster. He'll star opposite a bunch of car robots in the next installment of Transformers which hits theaters summer 2014.

Earnings - $52 Million

$46 Million

Dwayne Johnson: Dwayne Johnson, popularly known as The Rock in the field of wrestling, has greatly improved himself in the recent years. While 2012 was a slow year for this star, 2013 been huge for Jhonson, with "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," "Pain & Gain" and "Fast & Furious 6" already out in theaters. Fast & Furious 6 grossed more than $500 million in less than two weeks. Now the Rock is moving into TV production with The Hero, a reality show where he challenges ordinary people to act like real heroes.

Earnings - $46 Million

$39 Million

Leonardo DiCaprio: He is one of the best known celebrities of Hollywood. The best movie of his career, Titanic, proved to be a great source of success for him. DiCaprio took a supporting role in the Oscar winning "Django Unchained." But he's gotten right back to front-and-center with this summer's "Great Gatsby" and the upcoming "The Wolf of Wall Street." DiCaprio's biggest hit is still the 1997 film Titanic which is the second-highest grossing film of all time.

Earnings - $39 Million

$37 Million

Adam Sandler: Maybe Sandler should do more animated films. The funnyman's live action flicks, like That's My Boy and Jack and Jill, have struggled at the box office. But the voice work he did in Hotel Transylvania turned out to be Sandler's biggest hit to date grossing $347 million on an $85 million budget. This summer's "Grown Ups2" hasn't approached the success of the 2010 original either.

Earnings - $37 Million

$35 Million

Tom Cruise: Tom Cruise's extra ordinary performances in the series of Mission Impossible helped him earn great popularity. "Rock of Ages" was a dud, but with "Jack Reacher" Cruise proved he can still deliver - at least overseas, where it made most of its money. With foreign box office more important than ever, Cruise is still one of Hollywood's biggest stars.

Earnings - $35 Million

$33 Million

Denzel Washington: Washington's "Safe House" & "Flight" both of these films were certifiable hits in 2012. Washington was nominated for his sixth Oscar this year performing in Flight as a hero airline pilot battling addiction issues.

Earnings - $33 Million

$32 Million

Liam Neeson: Neeson's busy 2012 was combination of hits and misses, with "Dark Knight Rises," in which he had a minor role, greatly outperforming the others. He's quietly build one of the best careers in Hollywood thanks to low cost, high return films like Taken and The Grey.

Earnings - $32 Million

Here is a list of Top 10 Highest Paid Hollywood Actresses in 2013....

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