NorStar: VeeAreCity.com to Track Santa on Christmas Eve.Business Editors/Entertainment Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 21, 2000 NorStar Group, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :NSTG NSTG Nuclear Science and Technology Group (University of Nevada - Las Vegas) ), announced this morning that its innovative and cutting edge domain (www.veearecity.com) has established a direct link to NORAD NORAD abbr. North American Aerospace (formerly Air) Defense Command (North American Aerospace Defense Command A bi-national command of the US and Canada that provides aerospace surveillance, warning and assessment of aerospace attack, and maintains the sovereignty of US and Canadian airspace. Also called NORAD. ) for the purpose of tracking Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus as he makes his way South from the North pole. "We're all excited about children and their parents tracking Santa's departure from the North Pole," said Jay Sanet, NorStar's Director of Corporate Development. "We're not sure what time Santa will file his flight plan, but we do know that forecasted weather conditions at the North Pole are very favorable for an ontime departure," added Sanet. This year's Santa tracking program is the 44th conducted by NORAD and 46th overall. NORAD's predecessor, Continental Air Defense Command, also located in Colorado Springs, started the tradition after a local store's advertisement for kids to call a special hotline. The Director of Operations, Colonel Harry Shoup, received the first "Santa" call realizing what happened, Colonel had his staff check radar data to see if there was any indication of Santa making his way South from the North Pole. Indeed there were signs of Santa making his way down from the North Pole and this information was passed along to the children who called in, thus the tradition was born. How to Track Santa Claus After logging onto the VeeAreCity.com home page look for the icon of Santa sitting on a radar dish. Double click the icon and your browser will be automatically directed to the Official NORAD Tracks Santa Claus Website. Viewers will need Real Player to track Santa when he departs from the North Pole. Sanet went on to say, "To all boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. , and moms and dads, Santa's coming and we're all feeling glad. He'll leave the North Pole on time with his team and we'll watch him on radar as he makes true our dreams. On Christmas eve it will be quite a sight, to see old Saint Nick flying high as a kite. And wherever you go just remember this, a Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night." Through selective acquisitions and partnering alliances, NorStar Group, Inc. (OTCBB:NSTG) is positioning itself to be a leading provider of interactive, virtual reality, entertainment, educational, and business products and services. NorStar is also the co-developer of a proprietary lightweight, comfortable and affordable virtual reality headgear headgear, n the apparatus encircling the head or neck and providing attachment for an intraoral appliance in use of extraoral anchorage. headgear, radiologic, n a device that is used to protect the head from injury by radiation. , The Cybervisor (TM), which is designed for home and school. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. : Certain statements contained in this press release, including but not limited to information regarding the future economic performance and financial condition of the Company, the plans and objectives of the Company's management and the Company's assumptions regarding such performance and plans, are forward-looking in nature. Many factors and conditions could cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking information contained in this public announcement. |
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