South American Skiing: Ski Portillo Receives Four Feet in Four Days
Portillo, Chile (ContentDesk) July 13, 2006 -- Ski Portillo, the legendary Chilean resort, has received four feet of snow in four days, and the snow continues to fall on its South American slopes. Portillo receives nearly 300 days of sunshine and an average of 25 feet of snowfall each season, with last years snow totaling a record 46 feet. New this year is an additional Va et Vient ("Coming and Going") slingshot lift named Las Vizcachas, which accesses expert-only terrain in the Las Lomas ski area. The new slingshot lift is named after the local Vizcacha rabbit and is 470 meters/1542 feet long with a vertical drop of 220 meters/722 feet.The 2006 summer season is underway and runs through Oct. 7, 2006.
Ski weeks begin at US 1,200 per person, including seven nights accommodation at Hotel Portillo, seven-day lift tickets, and four meals daily. Rates at the Octagon Lodge, a mid-level option for budget traveler, start at US 760 per person and include accommodations with four bunk beds and a private bathroom, meals in the Hotel Portillo dining room, and lift tickets. At the backpacker-style Inca Lodge, rates begin at US 490 per person per week for dorm-style accommodations, lift tickets and meals in the self-service restaurant.
Named one of the Top 10 Ski Resorts in the World by SKI magazine, The Travel Channel and Warren Miller Entertainment, Portillo is the most famous resort in South America, combining old-world elegance, breathtaking scenery and epic skiing. Portillo is an intimate resort that accommodates only 450 guests per week, offering a hassle-free winter vacation, with no lift lines or crowded slopes.
American, Continental, Delta, and LanChile all provide service to Santiago International Airport, with daily flights available to Santiago from Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami and New York.For information or to book a vacation to Portillo (including flights), call toll-free from the U.S., 1.800.829.5325 or email. For additional information, visit www.skiportillo.com..
Synk Audio Studios Introduces Summer Halos, New Customizable Production Music
Synk Audio Studios LLC introduces Summer Halos, a customizable stock music content package for Musicbed DV, its innovative Mac OS X application for interactively customizing production music from the Synk Music Library. Encoded for interactivity from over 1.1 GB of CD quality audio, Summer Halos extends the thematic reach of the Synk Music Library's catalog of cinematic music beds with thousands of new customizable stock music variations. Summer Halos is composed by Rom Di Prisco, whose credits include "The Sopranos", "America's Next Top Model", "MTV Cribs", "SSX Tricky" (EA Big), "Blair Witch Experience" (Artisan Entertainment), and "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2" (Electronic Arts). Distinguished by positive vibes, strong melodic themes, and style and texture parameters controlling over 245 virtual tracks, Summer Halos is capable of an incredible variety of beautifully rich and textured music beds."We are extraordinarily enthusiastic about Rom's new Synk Music Library title," said Eric...
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South American Skiing: Ski Portillo Receives Four Feet in Four Days
Portillo, Chile (ContentDesk) July 13, 2006 -- Ski Portillo, the legendary Chilean resort, has received four feet of snow in four days, and the snow continues to fall on its South American slopes. Portillo receives nearly 300 days of sunshine and an average of 25 feet of snowfall each season, with last years snow totaling a record 46 feet. New this year is an additional Va et Vient ("Coming and Going") slingshot lift named Las Vizcachas, which accesses expert-only terrain in the Las Lomas ski area. The new slingshot lift is named after the local Vizcacha rabbit and is 470 meters/1542 feet long with a vertical drop of 220 meters/722 feet.The 2006 summer season is underway and runs through Oct. 7, 2006.
Ski weeks begin at US 1,200 per person, including seven nights accommodation at Hotel Portillo, seven-day lift tickets, and four meals daily. Rates at the Octagon Lodge, a mid-level option for budget traveler, start at US 760 per person and include accommodations with four bunk...
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Brown Sea Vegetation - Not as Bad as You Might Think
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Out of the three sea plant categories, the red sea plants, the green sea plants, and the brown sea plants, brown sea plants are the most commonly known around the world.
Brown sea plants are found in the many kelp beds around the world, and are usually the ones we have to deal with when swimming in the coast.
Brown sea plants are good for your body because of what all they can do.
They contain alginic acid which combines with the toxins that are in your intestines and it makes it to where they can not be digested, and then it carries them out of your body.
The vitamins and minerals most commonly found in brown sea plants can include iodine, calcium, copper, Vitamin E, zinc, silicon, chlorophyll, and more. All of these vitamins and minerals are needed in your body every day. The food pyramid that you learned back in elementary school, is based on the intake of these vitamins and minerals....
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Gardening With BNT
******************************************************************************************* "Gardening With BNT"Your source for gardening ideas including composting tips, pest control tips, attracting beneficial insects and other garden helpers, tips on growing vegetables, annuals and perennials, and much, much, more.October 1, 2003 Volume 1, Issue 1Bill and Terry (BNT) Regling, Editorseditors@bntscountryparadise.com*******************************************************************************************By subscription only! Welcome to your next issue of "Gardening With BNT."You are receiving this newsletter because you requested a subscription.Unsubscribe instructions are at the end of this newsletter.*******************************************************************************************IN THIS ISSUE******************************************************************************************* => Four Tips for Designing Your Beds => Guest Column: Composting the Easy Way => Garden...
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The Marriott Courtyard Downtown Seattle Lake Union is Proud to be a Sponsor of the Summer Nights Concert Series at South Lake Union Park in Downtown Seattle
The new location at South Lake Union Park offers gorgeous views of Lake Union, breathtaking sunsets and the nighttime lights of the downtown Seattle skyline. The 2005 Series will feature 18 concerts of the best in pop, r&b, rock, blues, jazz and country.
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Selling Your Home ? Be Sure It Shows Well
Whether you are selling a house, townhouse, condo or apartment, there are universal tips that will help it sell. Primary among those tips are making sure your home "shows well." First impressions of a home go a long way to determining how quickly it will sell. Here are a few suggestions that will make your home show well.1. Be sure the approach to your home is clean, tidy and well groomed.
Any brass should be polished, paint on the door should be in good condition and the door should be washed clean of fingerprints and paw marks.2.
If your home is a single family house, be sure the grass is cut, leaves raked, plant beds mulched and weeded, etc.3. If your home is in a multi-family building, be sure the approach and hall to your home is clean even if it is not your job!4. Be sure your home is tidy and uncluttered.
This includes closets, cabinets, garages, and other storage areas.
When "stuffed," no amount of storage "shows" as adequate.
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The Benefits of Mesh Tarps
Tarpaulins (or tarps) come in many different types of materials, including mesh.
Mesh is a fabric characterized by evenly spaced holes between the threads of the material.
Mesh Tarps are usually made of synthetic materials like polyethylene microfilament or vinyl.
Mesh tarps are an alternative to the more common canvas tarps.
The cost of a mesh tarp starts around $15, but varies greatly depending on the gauge of the mesh and the size of the tarp.
There are several uses for mesh tarps, from covering truck beds, to providing shade, to covering swimming pools during the winter months.
Mesh tarps are perfect for covering cargo in truck beds.
Since mesh tarps are constructed with small holes between the threads of fabric, they have less wind resistance than some other types of tarps.
This is an advantage when hauling sand, gravel, or other substances in a truck.
Mesh tarps can be tied down over the bed of...
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Top Ten Common Sense Rules for Fathers
There are a lot of fairly sophisticated parenting techniques and ideas out there that are attracting attention. To be an effective father, you can skip most of them and concentrate on common sense rules that have always worked. They won't always make you the most popular Dad, but they'll always be effective: Rule #1 Expect A Great Deal From Your Kids If your kids know that you expect a lot from them, they'll rise to the occasion. Everything from saying please and thank-you, to efforts in school or on the athletic field, if expectations are made clear in a loving atmosphere your kids will know that you think a lot of them. When they know this, they'll respond.
Rule #2 Always Be Willing To Be the Problem When you're convinced that someone in your family is causing the problems and you're blaming them for it, realize that this problem won't get better until you accept that you're making it worse by blaming them. It may briefly feel good to blame, but it never improves anything. Loving...
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Choosing Label Printers For Business Needs
Many people today are opting to go with the services of a
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These label printers will offer services to handle all of your direct mailing
needs. Label printers are a great way to save money and time, and with the
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A Short Introduction To FOREX
FOREX is the world's largest and most liquid trading market. Many consider FOREX as the best home business you can ever venture in. Even though regular people have had the opportunity to take part in trading foreign currencies for profit (in the same way banks and large corporations do) since 1998, it is just now becoming the cool, hip, new "thing" to talk about at parties, business events, and other social gatherings.Even though it has been somewhat of a loosely guarded secret, every day more...
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Useful Assistants(TM) 1.6: 135 Ways To Enjoy A Fuller Life
Profound Effects(R), Inc., a leading innovator in special effects technology, is pleased to announce the availability of Useful Assistants (UA) 1.6. Version 1.6 ships with 103 assistants. Thirty two more available on the Profound eXchange for free download by registered owners.Orrin Zucker, President of Ozone, said, "UA is the best set of add-ons that I've seen in my 10 years of working with AE. It has saved me weeks worth of work, automating dozens of mind-numbing, repetitive tasks. I could...
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