Travel Writer Wanted To Cover 3rd Annual Travel Adventure Competition

Contact:
Pamela L. Finmark
GreatEscape
310.281.7809
PLF@GlobalScavengerHunt.com

Santa Monica, California (February 22) - GreatEscape2005: The Global Scavenger HuntT, the around-the-world travel adventure competition that annually crowns The World's Greatest TravelersT, is looking for a travel writer to join and cover this year's event.

The 3rd annual installment of The Global Scavenger HuntT has been written about in hundreds of publications from Thailand to Scotland, been seen on scores of TV and radio stations from Toronto to Sydney, and its website has become an invaluable resource among savvy globetrotters. So far, an international array of explorers and adventurers from over 35 countries has applied to participate in the competition! GreatEscape2005 is looking to round out it's group of media participants for this year's competition and is looking for a special travel writer with a demonstrated ability to get articles published to join the event as an objective media partner who will be given an insiders POV of the annual travel adventure competition.

The selected travel professional will have full access to all the annual events activities and competing Teams, ready access to the Event Director and other road officials, as well as the ability to fully participate in the travel adventure competition itself--but due to this special arrangement, they will not be permitted to win the event. This is a one-time offer to only those truly serious about traveling around-the- world for this spring for three weeks between April 15th and May 8th.

It's cheap--but it ain't free!

The selected travel writer will be offered the special reduced press rate--that will include all international airfare, 23-nights in hotels and about 40% of meals-of $4,950. (Based on double occupancy.)

GreatEscape2005: The Global Scavenger Hunt is an annual travel adventure competition designed for independent competitors to test their travel savvy while performing culturally-oriented scavenges in at least 10 countries on 4 continents over the three-week event. The event's unofficial motto is: trusting strangers in strange lands, and also doubles as A Blind Date With The WorldT in light of the fact that the participants have no prior knowledge of any of the countries they will be visiting. The winners, based on points accumulated, split prizes and cash up to $100,000 and The World's Greatest TravelersT title. The one-of-a-kind international event is used as a fundraising platform for the GreatEscape Foundation's annual $1 million goal for international humanitarian groups like: Doctors Without Borders, CARE, Mercy Corps International, World Monuments Fund, UNICEF, the International Special Olympics and Habitat of Humanity International.

Worthy travel writers are asked to first visit the official website at: GlobalScavengerHunt.com and after understanding all the terms of your participation, are invited to file an onsite Contestants Application noting your interest as a travel writer in the comment space provided. Serious inquires only please.

GreatEscape2005 Fact Sheet:

What: The Global Scavenger HuntT 3rd annual around the world travel Adventure competition that takes Teams of two on A Blind Date With The WorldT.

When: April 2005, for three-weeks between April 15th and May 8th.
Teams will travel from LA to NY - the long way!

Who: Limited to 25 Teams of 2: ($7,900 per person minimum entry fee,
includes: all airfare, First Class hotels & 30-40% of meals; portions of which may be tax-deductible). On a first come, first serve basis!

Prizes: $100,000 in Cash & Prizes and The World's Greatest TravelersT Crown.

Where: A circumnavigation of the globe starting in Los Angeles and touching down on 4 continents and visiting 10 countries, that may include: Peru, Brazil, Japan, China, Laos, Cambodia, India, Morocco, Greece, Italy and Czech Republic. (These are only potential countries - GreatEscape2005 will be A Blind Date With The WorldT for all its participants!)

Why: Teams will be helping to raise a $1 million goal for ongoing humanitarian causes like: Doctors Without Borders, CARE, Mercy Corps International, World Monuments Fund, UNICEF, the International Special Olympics and Habitat of Humanity International.

How: For additional information and applications, please visit GlobalScavengerHunt.com or contact 310.281.7809.

Items Prohibited on Airlines No Longer Need Be Forfeited

LEAGUE CITY, Texas, Feb. 15, 2005 -- Since 9/11, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been commissioned with keeping airlines free from potential weapons. While performing this task, millions of innocent and often sentimental and valuable articles have been forfeited with no hope of retrieval. The deployment of ReturnKey Systems' automated mailing kiosks (AMKs) in major international airports now offers the traveling public an alternative to forfeiture while affording TSA a viable alternative to confiscation. As an additional benefit, U.S.
Postal Service is returned to the terminals serviced by the kiosks.

"We developed a system that meets everyone's needs. We worked with and through Homeland Security, the TSA, the U.S.
Postal Service and local law enforcement authorities to develop an AMK system that meets or exceeds everyone's need for safety and security. Then we made it simple and user-friendly so that anyone from age 9 to 90 could use the system," said Steve Kranyec, the founder of ReturnKey Systems Inc.

ReturnKey Systems began developing the AMK in 2002 and is now deploying the system in major international airports.
The AMK incorporates touch screen technology, audio and visual prompting, and step-by-step instructions. In addition, it employs security features unlike any other system. Those featured include address verification, image capture, item identification, size and weight limitations, heavy duty vaulting, and remote system monitoring.

The ReturnKey Systems AMK has recently been deployed at Newark International, Dulles International, LaGuardia, and Bush Intercontinental. Additional airports are scheduled throughout the year. It is also important to note that the AMK brings Postal depositories back into the airport terminals since being removed after 9/11. This feature alone brings value to the airport authorities and improves overall customer service.

While offering the passenger a means to retain their items, the AMK also benefits TSA by eliminating time-consuming confrontations with agitated passengers. This frees screeners to concentrate on the task at hand, identifying potentially hazardous items before they reach the plane.

According to Kranyec, "Overall, the AMK benefits everyone at the airport. TSA improves screening times and eliminates confrontations, airlines and the airport authorities improve customer service, mailboxes return to the terminals, and, most importantly, the travelers get to keep their family heirlooms. It's a win-win-win situation."

For more information on ReturnKey Systems' AMK or to schedule a demonstration in a major airport, please contact ReturnKey Systems Inc, 2500 W Main Street, Suite G16, League City, TX 77573 or call 877-ReturnKey.

For further information, contact:

Steve Kranyec
832-385-6314
kranyec@earthlink.net

Who Needs Prince Charming When You're a Solo Princess?

New Book Dispels Myth of 'Happily-Ever-After'

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2005 -- Jennifer Lauren, the self-professed princess of happy solo living, makes a convincing case for tossing out fairy-tale dreams in her new book, "Solo Bliss: The Single Girl's Guide to Enlightenment."

Published by Llumina Press, Lauren's book has been described as "intelligent, contagious, and cheerful." Rejecting a heavy-handed and rigid approach to self-fulfillment, "Solo Bliss" prescribes optimism and common sense to women who are on a quest for alternatives to the "happily-ever-after" goal-oriented mentality instilled in women during childhood.

"Most women were raised on the principle that catching and keeping a trophy prince constituted the pinnacle of success," said Lauren. Lauren's book, however, shows women that living a full and productive life is the real grand prize. "Living happily ever after begins with embracing and enjoying solo bliss!" commented Lauren.

While the media continues to bombard women with marketing related to meeting and "catching" men, "Solo Bliss" advocates an approach to life that doesn't waste a single second on "the hunt." Rather, Lauren proposes that if Prince Charming is going to make an appearance, he would be more impressed with a dynamic, self-sustaining woman who boasts a full, active solo life than with a longing bride-to-be.

Stated Lauren, "If Prince Charming doesn't show up, so what? If you're already living an inspired, rewarding and satisfying existence, you may not even miss him."

When Lauren set out to write "Solo Bliss," she sat down and listed the pros and cons of being single. "I found that the pros far outweighed the cons," noted Lauren. She was determined to show this to other women. The result was a book based on common sense yet effused with wit. Advice such as "better to sip champagne alone than to share a beer with a Bozo" was designed to help women look at single life from a smarter perspective.

While "Solo Bliss" is the consummate guide to creating the single life that a solo woman's married friends will envy - and perhaps a much-needed antidote to the stodgier elements of the self-help genre, it is also a book that reminds women to revel in themselves - and their small solo pleasures.

About Jennifer Lauren

Jennifer Lauren has guided hundreds of women in accepting and finding their own solo bliss. "Solo Bliss" is the first in a series of books providing women with creative solutions for attaining bliss. Lauren has been writing all her life. "I like to believe I took to the page before I even learned how to speak," she stated.

Jennifer Lauren's website, http://www.solobliss.com, invites readers to share their solo stories. Sorry, Prince Charming, you are not invited to this party.

To purchase "Solo Bliss: The Single Girl's Guide to Enlightenment," go to http://www.llumina.com/store/solobliss.htm

AdTools and Vail Resorts Launch SnowMate(TM) 2.0

a Desktop Communicator That Provides Up-To-Date Snow Reports, Plus Live Webcams, Special Offers for Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly Resorts

BOSTON, Feb. 9, 2005 -- AdTools and Vail Resorts present the latest in snow alert technology. The all-new SnowMate(TM) 2.0 is a downloadable, Internet-connected desktop snow alert application, which provides users with the most up-to-date snow conditions, live mountain-cam images and more, for Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly Resorts.

The all-new SnowMate has been redesigned and enhanced for the 2005 season. This desktop application provides weather conditions, frequently updated photos, videos, and travel deals for all five Vail resorts. Live mountain webcams can be viewed and detached for constant viewing, all without leaving the SnowMate desktop application.

The SnowMate includes an animated Snow Guide named Trevvor. Trevvor appears whenever there is new snow with messages such as, "Sweet! New snow!" He also performs a variety of skiing and snowboarding tricks.

The Vail Resorts SnowMate will enable the resorts to stay in ongoing communication with their audience in an efficient and fun way. With this user-friendly application right on the desktop, winter enthusiasts will no longer need to check their email or surf the web to know what's going on at their favorite snow sport resorts.

More information about SnowMate can be found on http://www.snow.com, or to download your very own SnowMate go to http://www.snow.com/snowmate.

About Vail Resorts

Vail Resorts, Inc. is the leading mountain resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries operate the mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado, Heavenly in California and Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The Company also operates its subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company with 10 distinctive properties across the United States. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate planning, development, construction, retail leasing and management subsidiary of Vail Resorts, Inc.

Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is http://www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is http://www.snow.com.

About AdTools

AdTools employs its proprietary Desktop Marketing Communications Technology platform to build turnkey, Internet-connected applications that create a brand relationship directly on the desktop. AdTools has been building desktop communicators, ScreenMate(TM) animated characters, alerts, games, and groupware applications since es in industries such as consumer products, travel and leisure, and entertainment. More information is available at http://www.adtoolsinc.com.

The Scientifically Advanced HDL-3C(TM) Sunglass Lens Improves Pilots' Visual Performance in the Cockpit

PLYMOUTH, Minn., Feb. 9, 2005 -- The patented HDL-3C(TM) lens has a filter built directly into the lens itself that equalizes the colors in the color spectrum which increases the eye's receptors response time producing improved color sensitivity and contrast apprehension. The results are dynamic and pilot's satisfaction is guaranteed. This is the most innovative sunglass lens technology developed in over 70 years when polarized lenses were invented.

This new science was developed to improve visual acuity and increase safety in the cockpit environment. By examining what visual acuity means to pilots and by analyzing a FAA safety report (DOT/FAA/AM-30/6) on sunlight's association to aviation accidents, we can identify the reason the HDL-3C lens was developed: to aid pilot's vision in the cockpit.

Visual acuity is the capability of the eye to discriminate between very small and very close objects. Higher visual acuity means better visual performance and safety in those activities requiring fast visual response. Visual acuity depends on the difference of luminance and chromatic contrast of the filter and objects viewed. An increased visibility of certain colors combined with the correct light transmittance results in enhanced visual acuity. This is particularly effective when flying; as it improves the perception of moving objects, cloud formations, other aircraft, ground landmarks, airport runways, as well as aiding in reading maps and instrumentation. HDL-3C filters reduce the light reaching the eye in order to reduce glare but they also improve the color and color contrast throughout the color spectrum that improves visual performance.

FAA Recommendations on Wearing Sunglasses to Avoid Aviation Accidents and How HDL-3C Lens Technology Relates to These Recommendations (as stated in the FAA's report "Natural Sunlight and Its Association to Aviation Accidents:
Frequency and Prevention," May 2003, p. 3, para. 5):

"Glare from natural sunlight can be visually debilitating and lead to operational error that can result in mishaps. In some cases, use of appropriate sunglasses would have minimized the affects of glare on vision performance.
However, when using sunglasses there should be a proper balance between visibility of objects inside and outside of the cockpit environment," writes the FAA. The FAA goes on to state that proper sunglasses should:

1. Include lenses "that are free from distortions and imperfections." The HDL-3C lens is the highest quality lens on the market. Intercast Europe is the world's leader in crafting the finest optical lenses and they produce the HDL-3C lens in Italy. The HDL-3C lens costs 6 to 15 times more to produce than other high-end conventional sunglass lenses due to the innovative science built directly into the lens itself and the high quality of the materials used. This lens is also de-centered which eliminates distortion found in other lenses.

2. Use lenses that "have adequate transmissivity (approx 15% transmission)." The HDL-3C lens block glare and allows pilots ample light transmission due to the increased chromatic contrast our new science provides. Because of the increase in visual acuity with this patented technology discussed above, we offer more ability to cut glare (less light transmittance) while allowing the eyes to see better than many lenses that let in much more light. Our Copper-Rose HDL-3C lens has a 13% light transmittance so it is great at cutting glare yet it is fantastic to wear when flying inside the cloud deck for it still allows the pilot to read all instrumentation. Our smoke lens has a 12% light transmittance yet allows pilots to read instruments in the cockpit in direct sunlight. Our green lens allows 15% light transmission.

3. Use lenses "that do not alter color perception (e.g., neutral gray)." This is exactly what the HDL-3C lens technology is all about! ALL other conventional lenses resort to tinting of their lenses to achieve an enhancement of one of the colors in the color spectrum that directly results in the reduction of color sensitivity on the other side of the color spectrum! An example of this (as seen in the Data & Facts section of our website) is the leading brown-copper lens that gives our eyes a coefficient of 1.42 in the red spectrum which is great (1= naked eye and anything above that gives better visibility and vice versa) but has a coefficient in the green of .83 and of .85 in the blue which means much less vision acuity in these colors!
The FAA currently recommends the conventional premium gray lens for it has a better coefficient than other tinted conventional lenses currently on the market with .98 in red,
1.04 in green and 1.26 in blue. The innovative HDL-3C lens allows improved sensitivity to all colors with a coefficient of 1.54 in red, 1.04 in green and 1.59 in blue! Yes, like a plasma high definition television for your eyes!

4. "The use of larger lens sizes and wrap-around frames can prevent sunlight from entering peripherally and affecting the pilot's vision." We are proud that all COLOREYES(TM) sunglasses, with the HDL-3C lens, offer an 8 base design which means they all offer the most complete wrap around protection available on the market. We also offer many large aviator styles such as the Argento and Duello that offers the maximum coverage and is best for looking down to read pilot's instrumentation.

5. "The use of polarized sunglasses should be discouraged, since they can reduce or effectively eliminate the visibility of instruments that incorporate anti-glare filters or can interfere with visibility through an aircraft windscreen due to striations in some laminated materials"
(39). Polaroid sunglasses can also mask the sparkle of light that reflects off shiny surfaces, such as another aircraft's wings, fuselage, or windscreen, which could reduce a pilot's reaction time in a "see and avoid" traffic situation. The HDL-3C lens is purposely non-polarized for it was designed for the best optics available for pilots. The innovative HDL-3C sunglass lens offers the best visual performance available for the cockpit.

The Accessory Group (TAG) has developed an upscale line of trend right sunglass styles for maximum pilot headset comfort under the COLOREYES brand name. The Ultra Light Rimless Beta Titanium Aviator Frame named Argento is virtually indestructible yet it weighs less than 12 grams and it will never puncture an ear cup seal which is why it is the #1 choice of pilots. There are 22 sunglass styles to select from with lens choices of Copper-Rose, Green, and Smoke. See it all on our website http://www.Coloreyes.com.
OUR PROOF IS IN THE PRODUCT'S PERFORMANCE!

For information:

http://www.HDL-3C.com or http://www.Coloreyes.com Danjacobs@Coloreyes.com Direct Phone: 763-519-1628 or 800-801-4523

World's Greatest Bodies Vie for Cash and Aisle Space at TheFitExpo

PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 4, 2005 -- TheFitExpo, Southern California's only fitness and bodybuilding competition and expo, returns to the Pasadena Center on February 18 to 20, 2005.

The wildly colorful weekend incorporates fitness and nutritional seminars, workouts for the general public, and three professional competitions for bodybuilders, strongmen and power lifters.

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from the top athletes in their respective fields, including: 7-time and current Mr. Olympia RONNIE COLEMAN and his number one adversary JAY CUTLER; the current "Queen of Fitness" ADELA GARCIA-FRIEDMANSKY; Tae-bo(R) creator BILLY BLANKS, who will preside over a live class on Friday; and over 75 other speakers, trainers, and fitness entertainers.

Jane Haber, Programming Director for TheFitExpo says, "Whether you are an expert in the gym or just getting started on a fitness program, TheFitExpo will be an invaluable tool offering motivation, inspiration, and perspiration. Imagine the very best talents in the exercise, fitness and bodybuilding field all in one place to learn
from: that is TheFitExpo!"

Projections for 2005 attendance look to break last year's record of 8,000 patrons. TheFitExpo 2005 is presented by Muscletech. Discount ticket coupons are available at participating Los Angeles County SUBWAY Sandwich shops and at area 24 Hour Fitness Locations.

Contact:

Gary Berman
Tel: 818-409-0960 x 217
Fax: 818-409-0928
info@thefitexpo.com
http://www.thefitexpo.com