letters to santa 2014

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Letters to

A supplement to Leader Publications • December 2014

Santa

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PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The North American Aerospace Defense Command is ready to track Santa’s yuletide journey! The

NORAD Tracks Santa website, www.no-radsanta.org, launched today featuring a mobile version, a holiday countdown, new games and daily activities, and more. The website is available in eight languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Chinese.

Official NORAD Tracks Santa apps are also available in the Windows, Apple and Google Play stores, so parents and children can countdown the days until Santa’s launch on their smart phones and tablets! Tracking opportunities are also offered on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+. Santa followers just need to type “@noradsanta” into each search en-gine to get started.

Also new this year, the website fea-tures Santa’s elves in the North Pole Vil-lage. NORAD Tracks Santa is introduc-ing the newest elf and asking the public to help choose the perfect name for him. Details can be found via NORAD Tracks Santa social media or in the “Name the Elf” video in Santa’s North Pole Movie Theater at www.noradsanta.org.

Starting at 12:01 a.m. MST on Dec. 24, website visitors can watch Santa make preparations for his flight. NO-RAD’s “Santa Cams” will stream videos

on the website as Santa makes his way over various locations. Then, at 4 a.m. MST (6 a.m. EST), trackers worldwide can speak with a live phone operator to inquire as to Santa’s whereabouts by dial-ing the toll-free number 1-877-Hi-NO-RAD (1-877-446-6723) or by sending an

email to [email protected]. Any time on Dec. 24, Windows Phone users can ask Cortana for Santa’s loca-tion, and OnStar subscribers can press the OnStar button in their vehicles to find Santa.

NORAD Tracks Santa is truly a global

experience, delighting generations of families everywhere. This is due, in large part, to the efforts and services of numer-ous program contributors.

This year’s contributers include: the 21st Space Wing, Acuity Scheduling, Alaska NORAD Region, America Forces

Network (AFN), Analytical Graphics, Inc., Avaya, BeMerry! Santa / Noerr Pro-gram, Bing®, Canadian NORAD Region, The Citadel Mall, Colorado Springs Busi-ness Alliance, Continental NORAD Re-gion, CradlePoint, Defense Video & Im-agery Distributions Systems, DoD News,

Federal Aviation Administration, Globe-link Foreign Language Center, Harris, Hewlett Packard (HP), iLink-Systems, Kids.gov, Level 3 Communications, Ma-rine Toys for Tots, Foundation, Meshbox, Microsoft®, Microsoft® Azure, Naden Band of Maritime Forces Pacific, Nation-al Tree Lighting Ceremony, Naturally Santa’s Inc., Newseum, OnStar, PCI Broadband, Portable North Pole/ Ugroup Media, Pueblo Riverwalk, Ronald Mc-Donald House Charities of Southern Col-orado, Space Foundation, Spil Games, SriiusXM®, Strategic Air & Space Muse-um, Unity, U.S. Allegiance, U.S. Air Force Academy Band, U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty, U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, U.S. Air Force Band of the West, U.S. Air Force Band, U.S. Air Force Heartland of America Band, U.S. Army Ground Forces Band, U.S. Coast Guard Band, U.S. Department of State Family Liaison Office, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, U.S. Band of Mid-America, Verizon, Visionbox, West Point Band, and Xtomic.

It all started in 1955 when a local me-dia advertisement directed children to call Santa direct – only the number was mis-printed. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone rang through to the Crew Com-mander on duty at the Continental Air Defense Command Operations Center. Thus began the tradition, which NORAD carried on since it was created in 1958.

NORAD is ready to track Santa’s flight

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PARENT/GUARDIAN NAME

DIRECTOR’S NAME

AGE (18 OR UNDER)ADDRESS

CITY

STATEZIP

TELEPHONEEMAIL

HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FESTIVAL?

FILM TITLE

CATEGORY ¢ LIVE ACTION/NARRATIVE ¢ DOCUMENTARY ¢ ANIMATION FILM YEARRUN TIME (MUST BE UNDER 12 MINUTES)

MINUTESSECONDS

SCHOOL PROJECT? ¢ YES ¢ NO SCHOOL NAME (OPTIONAL)HAVE YOU MADE FILMS BEFORE? ¢ YES ¢ NO IF YES, HOW MANY?DID YOU COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS? ¢ YES ¢ NO (IF YES, PLEASE PROVIDE THE NAMES OF ALL COLLABORATORS) :

PLEASE WRITE A PARAGRAPH TELLING US ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FILM (IF YOU NEED MORE SPACE, FEEL FREE TO USE A SEPARATE SHEET):

The 5th Annual Coastline Children’s Film Festival invites you to submit your best short film(s) to the Young Filmmakers Competition. Entry is free and open to anyone 18 and under. Categories include Narrative/Live Action, Documentary and Animation. Films will be judged on creativity, originality and artistic/technical mastery. A number of films will be selected for screening–with awards going to the top three. All juror decisions are final. Questions? Contact Leslie Sullivan | [email protected].

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d e a d l i n e :

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∙ Films created between 2012 and 2015 are eligible.∙ Total running time (including credits: 12 minutes or less.∙ Work alone or with friends/classmates. ∙ Little-to-no help from an adult is great. If they want to do more, tell them to make their own film!∙ Render and burn your full-frame project to a DVD for

standard playback or upload your full-resolution video file (.mp4, .mov, .wmv, .mkv, etc.) to Dropbox and send a link to [email protected].∙ Having difficulty? Need technical assistance? Do not

panic. Send an email to [email protected]. He’s nice and will help you (even if he is an adult)!∙ Complete & mail this fancy entry form and send it to YFC 2015 ∙ c/o 4151 Bundy Rd ∙ Coloma, MI 49038 ∙ One film per entry form.

filminformation

This stylized image comes from the Ishihara Color Blindness Test that is used to detect visual color deficiency. On this particular plate, developed by Japanese ophthalmologist Shinobu Ishihara in 1917, the number 5 can be detected by all viewers.

PARENT/GUARDIAN NAME

DIRECTOR’S NAME AGE (18 OR UNDER)

ADDRESS

CITY STATE ZIP

TELEPHONE EMAIL

HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE FESTIVAL?

FILM TITLE

CATEGORY ¢ LIVE ACTION/NARRATIVE ¢ DOCUMENTARY ¢ ANIMATION FILM YEAR

RUN TIME (MUST BE UNDER 12 MINUTES) MINUTES SECONDS

SCHOOL PROJECT? ¢ YES ¢ NO SCHOOL NAME (OPTIONAL)

HAVE YOU MADE FILMS BEFORE? ¢ YES ¢ NO IF YES, HOW MANY?

DID YOU COLLABORATE WITH FRIENDS? ¢ YES ¢ NO (IF YES, PLEASE PROVIDE THE NAMES OF ALL COLLABORATORS) :

PLEASE WRITE A PARAGRAPH TELLING US ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR FILM (IF YOU NEED MORE SPACE, FEEL FREE TO USE A SEPARATE SHEET):

The 5th Annual Coastline Children’s Film Festival invites you to submit your best short film(s) to the Young Filmmakers Competition. Entry is free and open to anyone 18 and under. Categories include Narrative/Live Action, Documentary and Animation. Films will be judged on creativity, originality and artistic/technical mastery. A number of films will be selected for screening–with awards going to the top three. All juror decisions are final. Questions? Contact Leslie Sullivan | [email protected].

participantinformation

j a n u a r y 2 0d e a d l i n e :

2015

∙ Films created between 2012 and 2015 are eligible.∙ Total running time (including credits: 12 minutes or less.

∙ Work alone or with friends/classmates. ∙ Little-to-no help from an adult is great. If they want to do more, tell them to make their own film!∙ Render and burn your full-frame project to a DVD for standard playback or upload your full-resolution video file (.mp4, .mov, .wmv, .mkv, etc.) to Dropbox and send a link to [email protected].∙ Having difficulty? Need technical assistance? Do not panic. Send an email to [email protected]. He’s nice and will help you (even if he is an adult)!∙ Complete & mail this fancy entry form and send it to YFC 2015 ∙ c/o 4151 Bundy Rd ∙ Coloma, MI 49038 ∙ One film per entry form.

filminformation

This stylized image comes from the Ishihara Color Blindness Test that is used to detect visual color deficiency. On this particular plate, developed by Japanese ophthalmologist Shinobu Ishihara in 1917, the number 5 can be detected by all viewers.

Questions? Contact Leslie Sullivan

[email protected]

for more information, or to download guidelines & application

We invite you to submit your best short film(s). Entry is free and open to anyone 18 and under.


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From Sheriff Paul Baileyand everyone at

the Berrien County Sheriff’s

Office

Have a safe and Happy Holiday!


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letters to santa 2014

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rads santa cams

santa noerr program

alaska norad region

canadian norad region

santas launch

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