Split a List and Remove Empty Lines with PowerShell

I often have lists where I have to split the list, and remove empty lines.  This is how I do it:

$Properties =@"
HostName
TaskName
Task To Run
Start Date
Start Time
"@

$Properties.Split("`r`n|`r|`n",[System.StringSplitOptions]::RemoveEmptyEntries)

This method uses a regular expression with three different variations of line break, then the .NET method of removing empty lines.