Hot Tennis Players - Ashley Harkleroad  



Ashley Harkleroad Adams is an American former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking in singles of No. 39 on June 9, 2003. Harkleroad turned professional on June 12, 2000, after she turned 15 years old. Her debut was at the ITF tournament in Largo, Florida, in 1999. The following year she played her first WTA qualifying event in Miami, Florida and her first Grand Slam tournament at the US Open. In 2001, she returned to the same events while improving her status on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2002, she won her first matches, reaching the second round at San Diego, Hawaii, and Bratislava, where she made her first doubles semifinal with partner María Emilia Salerni. She ended 2002 in the top 200 for the first time in her career.

In 2012, Harkleroad retired from professional tennis and joined Tennis Channel as a commentator.

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Hot Tennis Players - Julia Goerges  



Julia Görges (born 2 November 1988 in Bad Oldesloe) is a professional tennis player from Germany. Görges reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of number 15 on 5 March 2012 and a doubles ranking of 21 on 22 October 2012. To date, she has won two WTA singles titles and four doubles titles.
Julia Görges was born in Bad Oldesloe to Klaus and Inge Görges, both of whom work in insurance. She has one half-sister named Maike, who also works in insurance. She attended the Klaus-Groth Schule and Theodor-Mommsen Schule in Bad Oldesloe from 1995 to 2005, and completed the mittlere Reife (Realschulabschluss).
She began playing tennis around the age of five when her parents began taking her to the local club. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis, and she is also a fan of Roger Federer. She is coached by Sascha Nensel, former coach of fellow German player Nicolas Kiefer.The surfaces she prefers are hard and grass courts, and her favorite tournament is the Australian Open.

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Yoga Journal (1-year auto-renewal)  


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Price:     $13.95 ($1.55/issue) & shipping is always free. Details
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Issues:     9 issues / 12 months

Who Reads Yoga Journal?
Yoga Journal is for both the beginning and advanced practitioner, and the casual and committed reader.

What You Can Expect in Each Issue:

    Basics: Yoga Journal's most popular column, Basics makes yoga asana and philosophy accessible to students who are new to the practice and long-time practitioners looking for a refresher course.
    Eating Wisely: How we eat is a reflection of how we live, and for yogis, this means making thoughtful decisions about what goes on the menu. Eating Wisely examines the deep connections between spirit and food.
    Home Practice: Starting a home practice can be a big challenge for yogis. Personal Practice provides all the tools readers need to roll out their mats at home.
    Master Class: Offers in-depth instruction for the serious practitioner. Written by authoritative master yoga teachers.
    Media: A critical discussion of the latest and most noteworthy books, music, DVDs, videos, and audiotapes.
    Om: High-energy and fun to read, Om tells readers all they need to know about trends, news, fashion, people, places, and things that make the world of yoga fun and rewarding.
    Features: Features always look at some aspect of yoga, whether for physical, emotional, or spiritual well being. Some current examples: Creating a Yoga space at home; using yoga to release yourself from addiction.

Contributors:
Most contributors are writers who have a long-established yoga practice. Current writers include Stacie Stukin, Hillari Dowdle, Dayna Macy, Nora Isaacs, and more.

Magazine Layout:
It is clean, featuring magnificent original illustrations and photos. It is more text than visual, with the visual in service of the article, and the reader's pleasure.

Comparisons to Other Magazines:
Yoga Journal is the most widely read and respected yoga magazine in the country. There are other yoga magazines but they are largely regional.

Advertising:
National advertisers across many categories including Aveda, Sigg, Lululemon Athletica, Ford, Eileen Fisher, and more.
Product Description
Yoga Journal has been a valuable resource for information about physical and spiritual well-being through the practice of yoga. Yoga Journal is your guide to better health, nutrition, personal growth, fitness and inner peace. You ll learn revitalizing yoga techniques taught by the masters.

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Scuba Diving  

Scuba diving ("SCUBA" originally being an acronym for self contained underwater breathing apparatus, now widely considered a word in its own right) is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater.

 Unlike early diving, which relied either on breath-hold or on air pumped from the surface, scuba divers carry their own source of breathing gas (usually compressed air), allowing them greater freedom of movement than with an air line. Both surface supplied and scuba diving allow divers to stay underwater significantly longer than with breath-holding techniques as used in snorkelling and free-diving. 

Depending on the purpose of the dive, a diver usually moves underwater by swimfins attached to the feet, but external propulsion can come from an underwater vehicle, or a sled pulled from the surface.

The first commercially successful scuba sets were the Aqualung open-circuit units developed by Emile Gagnan and Jacques-Yves Cousteau, in which compressed gas (usually air) is inhaled from a tank and then exhaled into the water adjacent to the tank. However, the scuba regulators of today trace their origins to Australia, where Ted Eldred developed the first mouth piece regulator, known as the Porpoise. This regulator was developed because patents protected the Aqualung's double hose design. It separated the cylinder from the demand valve giving the diver air at the same pressure surrounding his mouth, not surrounding the tank. [wikipedia]

 

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Woman Swimming Safety  

Installing a swimming pool safety fence as a barrier should be an absolute necessity to prevent the accidental drowning of babies, children and pets. Grandparents throughout Texas have installed Pool Guard Fences to protect the lives of their grandchildren. After all, our fences are removable and very easy for adults of all ages to operate.

Grandparents can simply take down the fence when the grandchildren go home. Parents can even take the fence down for an adult only event. Removable mesh fencing can be temporary, is transparent, protects your swimming pool better than an electronic alarm, and with aluminum construction, it will be maintenance free for years to come. All of our products are manufactured in the USA.

Pool Guard’s pool fence, pool net, and baby gate products carry a lifetime warranty for any natural wear and tear on the product. The pool enclosures are offered in a variety of colors to blend with your backyard habitat. The standard height for child safety is 48 inches tall, though customers have the ability to special order up to 60 inches tall. Pet fences may be ordered as short as 24 inches. Enjoy the flexibility and safety features of our removable fences and rest assured your children and pets are protected from the swimming pool.

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