Ski in Mendoza: Las Lenas Ski Resort http://articlesabroad.com/articles/rss.php?rss=370

By : Mariel Lizana    Submitted 2009-04-29 14:43:15

Enjoy the best of Mendoza and live the adventure at the mountain, now is possible visiting Las Leсas Ski Resort. This mountain center is located at 500 kilometers from Mendoza the capital city of parks and sweets, with excellent roads that allow you to quickly reach one of the best mountains in Argentina with excellent slopes, more than 17 thousand of hectares for skiing and all the amenities in its hotels. Las Leсas is located right in the mountain, in the southern point of Cordillera de Los Andes, and because of this location and altitude, it has one of the best and longest season of the year, from june to october. The base of Las Leсas is at 2200 meters, and the summit elevates over 3400 meters, offering an amazing and unforgettable view of the mountain landscape. To reach to Las Leсas Ski Resort, you have to get to Malargue town, which has an airport at just 90 kilometers from the mountain center. From here, you take a beautiful road through the snow and the hills to enjoy of the best stay, with excellent attention and wonderful summits. Besides of its privileged weather conditions, the ski slopes in Las Leсas Ski Resort are always in perfect conditions. The mountain counts with 30 artificial snow machines, covering from the base to Eight Tower. The machines count with 25 terrestrial canyons and 5 aerial canyons, and 5 snow tread machines, with capacity to smooth two tracks at the same time. One of the best things in Las Leсas Ski Resort, are the ski slopes. There are 28 tracks to slide, with different levels of difficulty for every kind of skiers, from the beginners to experts, and also 2 thousand of illuminated tracks that can be used for night skiing. The mountain center counts with one of the largest descent which has 7 kilometers for sliding, produced by the join of three main slopes of the mountain, Apolo, Neptuno and Venus, creating one of the most exciting adventures in Las Leсas. There are special zones for extreme sports in the snow, such as a Terrain Park of 1500 meters, with the best equipment of rails, bumps and jumps. The freestyle lovers count with the Minerva II slope to practice their tricks, while in Minerva chairlift there is the Snowpark of the mountain. Las Leсas also has a place for slalom. The ski resort counts with 13 elevation media to reach to the slopes and the Extreme Expeditions, where the skiers can get to the best off piste (лижня) sector of the mountain, with expert guides of the mountain. They also offer classes to learn the freeride technics and for the most adventurous ones, Las Leсas counts with heliski, to access to the most secret and highest sectors of the mountain's summit. For resting after an exciting day at the mountain, Las Leсas offers the best restaurants to enjoy of the exquisite Mendoza's gastronomy. At the base, inside the hotels located right beside the slopes, there are more than 10 different kinds of meals, from international cooking at the Cuatro Estaciones Restaurant, italian food in Il Legno, the argentinean flavors at the Malbec, and fast food in the Hydra. Above the mountain and more close to the ski tracks, there are three different restaurants to take a break admiring the landscape of the mountain. Santa Fe is located beside Neptuno chairlift and offers tex-mex food; at Eros II slope is Bistec with its barbecues; and Olympos, outside of Minerva chairlift, counts with fast food, stew and hamburguers. Another reason to visit Las Leсas Ski Resort is to stay in its excellent hotels. They are the five stars Hotel Piscis, which counts with 90 rooms, Hotel Acuario, in front of chairlifts Urano, Minerva and Caris, offering 116 beds, the elegant Hotel Escorpio, and the incredible Hotels Virgo and Aries. All of them have comfortable rooms and attentions, and also spa service and swimming pools, to relax and enjoy. For friends and groups who look for a relaxed but comfortable accommodation, there are other lodgings in the mountain, such as Club de Nieve, located at few meters away from Urano ski lift, the apartments at Capricornio Luxury; the apart hotels Atenas, Delphos, Esparta, Corinto and Tebas; and Geminis apart hotel, which also offers a covered swimming pool. All of them offer the best services, full equipment and an exquisite hot chocolate, at the afternoon. In Las Leсas Ski Resort, you will find a thousand ways to live the mountain, for experiencing the best of Mendoza in this snow season.

What's a nettle

Posted: Nov 7th, 2009 | Comments: 0 | Views: 1 |

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So nettle is the general name of flowering plants belonging to the genus Urtica family Urticaceae. Nettle are mostly herbaceous perennial plants in which few are annual and few of them are shrubby.

The prominent family member of genus is stinging nettle Urtica dioica and is mostly found in Europe, north Africa, Asia, and North America. So nettle do have other species alot having same properties . In this way one will always find nettle with stinging hairs along iwth medicinal usages. These nettel properties have negative and positive properties both such as the ongaonga tree found in newzealand is found to poisnous killing horses , dogs and even human b eings.

Actually the toxin secreted from nettle do not easily settles in the body as result found to be poisonous. Readers of nettle contains formic acid, serotonin and histamine, oxalic acid and tartaric acid etc. So one should be cautious while dealing with nettle. The family Urticaceae does have plants known as nettles not belonging to genus Urtica. These plants mostly found in North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida, and the false nettle Boehmeria cylindrica which is mostly found in United States. So one should not be confused by the false views that nettle is consideredas sting. Nettle is used in medicines, food and many other usages. The whole historical evidence of usages of nettle in medicine, folk remedies, cooking and fiber production shows only one species - Urtica dioica. So after this one cannot say that all the nettle have similar properties. Some of them are life threatening. Otherwise most of the species of nettle is quite safer and could be consumed as vegetables after getting steamed.

Users of nettle should know other families of urticaceae having powerful stings such as Dendrocnide excelsa, Gympie known as Dendrocnide moroides, Wood Nettle known as Laportea canadensis, Nettle Tree known as Urera baccifera . Several other plants having the name nettle but they have nothing to do with Urticacea nor sting. Such plants are head-nettle (Lamium spp.), hedge-nettle (Stachys spp.) belonging to the Lamiaceae and mint family, devil's nettle, Carolina horsenettle, and Spurge-nettle (Cnidolscolus stimulosus) from Euphorbiaceae etc.

Tea Tree Oil Shampoo

Posted: Nov 6th, 2009 |

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One of important use of the tea tree oil medicinal properties is the shampoos containing it to help fight dandruff and other scalp problems. Most of the major suppliers of hair care product are now offering shampoos containing the it, as the demand for organic and natural products has gone up. Tea tree oil is an essential oil known for its medicinal properties. It is obtained after steam distillation of the tree Melaleuca alternifolia which is a native of New South Wales, Australia. It is antiseptic and antifungal in nature. Among the various 98 components in it, the most important is terpinen-4-ol , which accounts for most of antimicrobial properties of this oil. This is also major component as it between 30%-48% as per ISO standards. The tea tree oil should not be confused with tea oil (the seasoning and cooking oil obtained from pressed seeds of the plant Camellia oleifera). The tea tree shampoo can help to cleanse hair and scalp , it soothes a itchy dry scalp and control dandruff. It is an good antifungal agent due to effective in vitro against multiple dermatophytes. It is due to ability of shampoo containing 5% tea tree to treat Malassezia furfur, the common cause for these symptoms. According to a study reported in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology a study conducted on 126 persons using a shampoo containing 5% tea tree oil with mild to moderate dandruff found reduced symptoms after a 4 week trial. The author of this study believes that it helps kill the specific fungus involved in dandruff. The participants were asked to rate degree of itchiness, scaliness and greasiness of their scalps. They reported significant reduction in all these factors as compared to other group using placebo shampoo. No side effects were also reported in this study. Dandruff is characterized by dryness, itchiness and flakiness of the scalp. Some studies suggest that it is a specific fungus called Pityrosporum ovale and some cases can be treated by antifungal medication like, ketoconazole, terbinafine and selenium sulfide. However the oil is beneficial for dandruff as it is an effective anti fungal agent. The shampoo containing it can be used everyday without causing any imbalance in natural bacteria. It can be used by both sexes and all kind of hair whether natural or colored. One can also add 2% tea tree oil in any natural shampoo (i.e. 2 cc in 98 cc of shampoo). This will help keep scalp bacteria free and avoid fungal problems. For dry hair 2% solution of tree oil in a moisturizing shampoo will help. The Benefits of using shampoo containing it are: • It stops dry, flaky and itch scalp condition. • Clean beautiful hair • Prevents and control dandruff. • Minimise oil production and promotes healthy circulation. • It is organic and contains no animal products or harmful chemicals. Uses of Tea tree oil for Kids' Shampoo Kids often suffer from a problem of head lice. Using a shampoo containing pesticide is not a solution. What parents don't realize while using these harsh chemicals is the health hazards of using them on children. Nit picking can be complicated sensory issue, it can also effect child's behavior. Adding few drops of tea tree oil to child's shampoo can help immensely. There are also shampoos available with tea tree oil for kids. You will also find shampoos with it are also available for pets. It helps pets by to soothing dry skin, get relief from itching and in reducing dandruff flakes. It also helps to calm raw or sore skin due to flea and other skin problem. So don't wait and try out a wondrous shampoo containing tea tree oil.

Bruins come up empty at MSG

Rangers win on Gaborik goal

By Stephen Harris Monday, November 2, 2009

Boston Herald Sports Reporter

NEW YORK - The Bruins [team stats] remain stuck in their season-long rut of perfect mediocrity. Win one, lose one.

The pattern continued yesterday at Madison Square Garden, where the B’s were again unable to grab a second successive victory, dropping a 1-0 decision to Henrik Lundqvist and the Rangers.

“We’re certainly reminded of that quite a bit,” coach Claude Julien said of the win-one/lose-one trend. “And we’re certainly aware of it as well.”

So there was no shortage of frustration after the Bruins gave another strong two-way effort. It was the sort of performance which, had a couple of pucks found their way behind Lundqvist (29 saves), would have been deemed excellent.

“I’m certainly not going to complain about our effort,” Julien said. “We did everything, except right now we’re not scoring goals. Our top-end guys have got to find a way to start scoring some goals. Until that happens we’re going to be dealing with these types of games.

“It becomes frustrating for everybody, but the effort was good. This is a tough building to come in and I thought we handled everything well. It’s just unfortunate we weren’t able to score.”

Because of that failure, it took only one somewhat fluky goal to decide the contest.

At 15:51 of the second period, the Rangers Vinny Prospal dished a little pass from the left wing boards into the left slot. From there, Marian Gaborik swung a one-timer toward B’s goalie Tim Thomas [stats], who was partially screened by defenseman Zdeno Chara. Gaborik’s flubbed shot tumbled past the late-reacting Thomas high on the glove side.

“I didn’t see the shot released,” Thomas said. “I caught it maybe 8 feet out, saw it fluttering out in my peripheral vision. There was a crowd. Everybody was trying to play good (defense). I didn’t pick it up until a little bit later. We were actually in pretty good defensive position.

“It was kind of a lucky shot, as far as he fanned on it and it went up. I’m not even sure he could have put it where it ended up if he got off a straight shot. I think (the B’s Blake) Wheeler was in the way.”

That was it for offense in a game in which both teams skated and checked hard, collapsed in front of their net and just generally made it near impossible to make a play.

Lundqvist has been a Bruins killer. The win improved his career record against them to 11-3-2, with four shutouts in 16 career appearances.

Yet the B’s didn’t feel the Swede really had to do anything all that exceptional to get his latest win.

“I thought Lundqvist was solid, but their team ‘D’ was pretty good,” Thomas said. “Actually, both teams’ ‘D’ was good. . . . Neither team was able to set up any really goods plays because the other team was doing such a good job on penalty kills. Basically, it was just go for a shot and hope for a tip or rebound.”

The B’s power play, which has accomplished little this season, was 0-for-5 in a game in which just one conversion would have changed everything.

Still, it’s hard to get too critical of the Bruins, who in the last week or two have played so much better than they did early in the season.

sharris@bostonherald.com

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“You’d like to win ’em all,” Thomas said. “But we are headed in the right direction, even if we’re not getting good results in every game. Our defensive effort is good. Actually, our offensive effort is good, too. It just isn’t happening.

“The guys are trying as hard as they can. There was no lack of effort that I could see.”

From sharris@bostonherald.com