…ns to open offices in the United States and Asia in the near term. Keeping an eight-hectare pool clean is not easy. The Chilean businessman and biochemist Fernando Fischmann founded Crystal Lagoons in 2007 after spending a decade looking in vain for an affordable technology that would maintain his beachfront pool at the San Alfonso del Mar resort. “The shoreline there is rocky and the water is col…
…5 hectare lagoon. This figure does not include the cost of earth movement and related work. What is the energy consumption of a Crystal Lagoon? The Crystal Lagoons‘ Technology consumes just 2% of the energy needed for conventional filtration systems, making this technology low-cost and sustainable. The lagoons use 100 times less chemical products than conventional swimming pool systems….
Contact information for reservations VACATION RENTAL APARTMENTS Foreign Clients Phone: (56-35) 481636 National Clients Phone: (56-9) 923 318 64 and (56-9) 684 201 10 Customers Owners Phone: (56-35) 481797 Please add 011 in front of the number if you’re calling from the US. It might also work by adding a plus (+) sign, instead of 011. Regular prices Depending on the chos…
…ic beach paradise to Jordan. Dead Sea Lagoon is located at 31 km of Amman and has an investment of $160 million. It includes a 3-hectare lagoon surrounded by white-sand private beaches, palm trees and 1,000 home units, and is the first of a real estate revolution that Crystal Lagoons is developing in Jordan, including more than 40 projects in the entire Middle East region. Dead Sea Lagoon will giv…
Crystal Lagoons at the San Alfonso del Mar resort in Chile is the world’s largest outdoor pool with more than three fifths of a mile in length, that’s 20 Olympic-size swimming pools. The enormous man-made lagoon is set halfway up the country’s Pacific coast, in the city of Algarrobo, and is filled with 66 million gallons of crystal clear seawater. It also hold the Guinness recor…
Official pictures from inside Crystal Harris and Hugh Hefner’s nuptials at the Playboy Mansion have finally been revealed, showing the pair’s magical day in all its glory. In the shots, Crystal Harris, 26, wearing a pale pink mermaid dress, is seen cuddling up to her new 86-year-old husband, who looked dapper in his black tuxedo. The newlyweds smile for the camera as they pose up unde…
Crystal Harris has finally become Mrs. Hefner, saying her vows to Hugh Hefner in a much smaller ceremony. Crystal Harris, 26, spent New Year’s Eve tweeting her excitement about the impending nuptials, including an image of a flower covered bower in front of just two dozen chairs. Hugh Hefner shared a picture of him and his bride, tweeting: “Crystal & I married on New Year’s Eve in…
…. “I call that the rape discount,” Crystal Harris told ABC News. In addition, Crystal Harris was ordered to pay her ex-husband’s legal fees from the divorce case. Crystal Harris told 10News.com: “It makes me feel victimized all over again that I should have to pay a dime to this man who has turned my life upside down.” Throughout the trial, Shawn Harris claimed he was…
Google has decided to base its first Latin American data centre in Chile, near the capital Santiago. The computer server base is expected to cost $150 million and will employ up to 20 people, Google said. Google said it chose Chile because of its reliable infrastructure and skilled workforce. The country has been trying to become a tech hub, with initiatives such as Start-Up Chile attracting entr…
Oscar icon, Billy Crystal is replacing Eddie Murphy as 2012 Academy Awards host. Billy Crystal, 63, just announced via Twitter that he will be taking the helm at Oscar’s ceremony, just 24 hours after after Eddie Murphy dropped out of hosting duties. “Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions,” Billy Crystal tw…
A plane of Chile Air Force, having 21 people aboard, including a popular local television host, crashed in the Juan Fernandez Islands off the country’s Pacific coast, authorities said. Leopoldo Gonzalez, Juan Fernandez’s mayor said the plane tried without success to land at the islands’ airport, which is 515 miles from Chile’s coast. A Chilean air force plane with 21 peop…
The International Pop Music Festival for Children and Youth “Crystal Star” begins registrations! Starting on March 15, 2012, talented children and young singers, aged between 6 and 25 can apply online on the website www.steauadecristal.ro for participation in the International Pop Music Festival for Children and Youth “Crystal Star “. The festival will take place f…
The authorities in Argentina and Chile have issued an alert over increased activity at the Copahue volcano, which has begun spewing smoke and gas. Many residents have already left the area as a precaution. An orange volcano alert, the second highest, has been issued in both countries. The 3,000 m (10,000 ft) volcano is in Argentina’s south-western Neuquen province, which borders the Biobio…
…o Pinochet's military rule in Chile have protested against plans to pay homage to the late dictator this weekend General Augusto Pinochet, who ruled the South American nation for 17 years, died in 2006. The protesters held a rally at a former detention and torture centre in the Chilean capital. Many wore photos of their relatives. “In Chile, state-sponsored terrorism existed. Forced disa…
Crystal Hefner tweeted a picture of herself to show her followers what she would be wearing to Playboy‘s annual Masquerade party over the weekend. The photo shows Crystal Hefner wearing oversized standout bejewelled earphones on her head and a very tight shiny jumpsuit, which barely covered her cleavage as she seductively unzipped it. Crystal Hefner, 26, who is married to Playboy magnate Hu…
acama Desert, to avoid light pollution. The twin infrared/optical telescope will sit on top of a 3,060 metre mountaintop, giving unparralled views of the sky above, and should hopefully come online in 2022. Astronomers hope the observatory will help provide insights into the formation of galleries and the nature of black holes They also hope to shed light on two of the biggest mysteries of our uni…
Revelers in Times Square welcomed in 2013 with a spectacular display of fireworks and confetti as they watched the famous Waterford crystal ball make its annual descent to mark the New Year. They were in good company, as world famous artists like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, and Psy performed at the Crossroads of the World. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was joined by the Radio City Rocket…
Engelbert Humperdinck from UK will open the proceedings as 26 countries compete in the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Baku tonight. The 76-year-old singer will be the first to perform in Azerbaijan’s Crystal Hall, with his ballad Love Will Set You Free. Sweden’s Euphoria – a club hit by singer Loreen that has already topped the charts in four countries …
The silent black and white French film The Artist is the clear favorite to take the coveted best picture prize as the final countdown to the 2012 Oscars has begun. The Artist has won most of the major pre-Oscar honors during awards season. The film has 10 nominations in total, while Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film Hugo leads the race with 11, including best film and director. The 84th Acad…
The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball got a facelift on Thursday, four days before the ball drop ceremony that will ring in the new year. Workers installed 288 new crystals onto the 6ft tall sphere that represents this year’s theme of peace. “The ball has 2,668 Waterford crystals. And every year about 10% of them get replaced with a new theme,” explained Tim Tompkins, president of Time…
t he died of advanced prostate cancer. Pablo Neruda, a Nobel Prize winner who died in 1973, was a member of the Communist Party and a staunch supporter of ousted Chilean president Salvador Allende In 2011, Chile started investigating allegations by his former driver and personal assistant, Manuel Araya, that Pablo Neruda had been poisoned. Manuel Araya says Pablo Neruda called him from hospital,…
…ration of high-quality screens The 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels) OLED television will sell for 11 million won ($10,300). Analysts said the technology was unlikely to become more affordable until at least 2015 – but that this latest release was more about cementing LG’s position as a market leader. That said, global sales of OLED televisions are expected to grow to 1.7 million by 2014, acc…
…rsese’s Hugo also won five Oscars, mainly in technical categories. Meryl Streep won best actress for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady – her 17th Oscar nomination and third Oscar win. The actress thanked the Academy “for this inexplicably wonderful career”. “When they called my name I had this feeling I could hear half o…
A vaccine against one of the most common forms of childhood meningitis could reduce the number of deaths in the world. The current vaccination programme protects against only some of the bacterial types involved. A Chilean study, reported in The Lancet medical journal, found more evidence the new vaccine works against the B form of the disease. This causes about 2,000 cases in the UK each year, m…
Touching pictures of a mother dog rescuing her ten-day-old puppies from a house fire and carrying them to safety have emerged on the internet. The blaze broke out at a home in Santa Rosa de Temuco, Chile, on Thursday after a car bomb went off. The mother dog – a German Shepherd mix called Amanda – risked her life to pick up the puppies in her mouth and carried them from the burning ho…
Google told to clean up auto-complete results in GermanyGoogle has been ordered by a German federal court to clean up the auto-complete results its search engine suggests. The court said Google must ensure terms generated by…
Google Glass: Ten features and ways to use itGoogle has revealed for the first time what view users will get through its “Project Glass” wearable computer. 1. Google Glass responds to voice commandsGoogle Glass…
Samsung announces 5G mobile network technology developmentSamsung announces it has developed technology that could sit "at the core of 5G" - the successor to the 4G mobile-communications standard. The Korean company says its…
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere pass symbolic mark of 400 ppmCarbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have broken through a symbolic mark reaching its highest throughout human history, recent figures from a US monitoring station…
Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn perform emergency spacewalk to fix ammonia leakUS astronauts Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn are carrying out an emergency spacewalk to fix a leak of ammonia from the International Space Station's cooling system. Live…
Thermal invisibility cloak can hide objects from heatScientists have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat. Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and…
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