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This year our display will include over 30,000 lights, 30 strobe lights, a virtual snow machine made out of a rotating disco ball, a virtual Santa Claus, red and green flood backdrops, a new &amp;#39;mini-mega tree&amp;#39; and a fancy new sign announcing the radio signal at 107..3fm! &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;We&lt;span class=&quot;906535603-29112007&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;ve also added another whole house to the display! Our neighbor has joined the fun by installing a computer animated display of his own and we&lt;span class=&quot;906535603-29112007&quot;&gt;&amp;#39;&lt;/span&gt;ve synced the two of them to the same fantastic musical play list. It is a fun and unique experience that the entire family will enjoy!&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The show is synchronized to a variety of unique holiday tunes and can be heard by tuning your car stereo to 107.3 FM. &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;The show runs from 7pm-9pm Sunday-Thurs nights and 7pm-10pm on Fri and Sat nights. Please come by and see us!&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;  &lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Please see &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;outbind://77/www.vaderfamily.info&quot; title=&quot;outbind://77/www.vaderfamily.info&quot;&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#0000ff&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;www.vaderfamily.info&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; for show times, maps and complete details.&lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  </description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:46:18 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/12/02/Lights-of-Vaderville-Extreme-Holiday-Display-Now-Open-for-2007</guid><category>Press Releases</category></item><item><title>About The Apple Museum...</title><link>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/About-The-Apple-Museum</link><description>&lt;div style=&quot;padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 0.2em; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;The Apple Museum is a non-commercial project, founded in 1998. With our continuously growing database, we have become the largest and most comprehensive Apple history website on the internet (*).&lt;br /&gt; The database holds information, specifications, codenames and images of over 350 Apple products, with lots of additonal information, numbers and charts, anecdotes, timelines and biographies, making it by far the largest of its kind.&lt;br /&gt; And yet, additional information is added constantly. As a matter of fact, you&apos;ll find something new almost every week.&lt;br /&gt; And if you want to contribute an article or have some additional information, send us an &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:additions@theapplemuseum.com&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;email&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;. We appreciate it!&lt;br /&gt; In case you&apos;re wondering how this project is financially backed, all expenses are covered by myself. And I very much intend to keep the website ad free.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;padding-right: 2px; padding-left: 1em; font-size: 11px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Sincerely,&lt;br /&gt; Lukas Foljanty&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Copyright information:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; For copyright information please read &amp;quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theapplemuseum.com/index.php?id=19&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Terms of use / Copyright notice&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;References&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;br /&gt; Kunkel, Paul, 1997: AppleDesign: The Work of the Apple Industrial Design Group. Graphis Press.&lt;br /&gt; Thygeson, Gordon, 1997: Apple T-Shirts: A Yearbook of History at Apple Computer. Pomo Publishing.&lt;br /&gt; Linzmayer, Owen W., 1994: The Mac Bathroom Reader. Sybex, Inc.&lt;br /&gt; Linzmayer, Owen W., 1999: Apple Confidential. No Starch Press.&lt;br /&gt; Linzmayer, Owen W., 2004: Apple Confidentieal 2.0. No Starch Press.&lt;br /&gt; Deutschman, Alan, 2000: The Second Coming of Steve Jobs. Broadway Books.&lt;br /&gt; MACLIFE, 1993: Macintosh Buying Guide. MACLIFE, Dec. 1993.&lt;br /&gt; ThinkSecret &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.thinksecret.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;www.thinksecret.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;AppleInsider &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.appleinsider.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;www.appleinsider.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Apple History &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.apple-history.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;www.apple-history.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;and lots of Apple service documents, user manuals and advertisments.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Thank you: Nick Cantlay, Corinna Eichholz, Ruth Bonnet, Darren Vader, Kathy Voutyras, Glen Standford (&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://www.apple-history.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.apple-history.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;), Bill Reichardt, Adam Pavlik&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Current version: 7.1&lt;br /&gt; Last Upadate: 09/01/2006&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/About-The-Apple-Museum</guid><category>Ramblings</category></item><item><title>Onit Partners with WorldGate to Offer Ojo Video Phone to Business Users</title><link>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/Onit-Partners-with-WorldGate-to-Offer-Ojo-Video-Phone-to-Business-Users</link><description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;(PRLEAP.COM) Dallas (December 10, 2006) &amp;ndash; ONIT Communications, Inc., a provider of IP communications products and services including business class Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) and hosted pbx solutions targeted to small and mid-sized business customers today announced that it will begin selling the WorldGate Ojo Personal Video Phone to it&amp;rsquo;s customers in North America.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &amp;ldquo;The Ojo Video Phone fits in well with our best-of-breed product line by providing true 30 frame-per-second real time video performance over IP networks,&amp;rdquo; said Darren Vader, ONIT Vice President of Marketing. &amp;ldquo;We believe that the Ojo product line provides a superior form factor, a market leading price point, and most importantly a video delivery technology that is far superior to alternate personal video phone solutions.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Ojo is the first broadband video phone to feature a friendly and intuitive display that facilitates realistic, face-to-face, personal communications experiences over IP-based broadband networks. Customers can simply connect their Ojo video phone to their broadband networks to experience true-to-life video phone calls.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  According to ONIT President Daniel Scofield, &amp;ldquo;IP video technology can impact a business in far greater ways than simply reducing travel cost. The Ojo Video Phone makes communication personal again. It has the ability to improve collaboration and cooperation among employees. These are very real and tangible enhancements in communication that can positively impact all businesses. It&amp;rsquo;s one more example of how ONIT is delivering the power of IP communications.&amp;rdquo; &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  About ONIT Communications&lt;br /&gt;  ONIT Communications provides businesses with the ability to efficiently manage cutting edge technology convergence. VoIP phone systems, hosted PBX, IP video surveillance and conferencing, CRM tools, media management, email and web site hosting and custom IP-based technology solutions &amp;ndash; all running across the Onit managed network environment. If you can imagine it, Onit can deliver it. Real Service. Real Support. Real Simple. For more information, please visit our web site at &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onit.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;www.ONIT.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=&quot;details&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;About This Release&lt;br /&gt;  If you have any questions regarding information in these press releases please contact the organization listed in the press release. Issuers of press releases and not PR Leap are solely responsible for the accuracy of the content.&lt;/font&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;  </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:43:04 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/Onit-Partners-with-WorldGate-to-Offer-Ojo-Video-Phone-to-Business-Users</guid><category>Press Releases</category></item><item><title>ONIT Acquisition Strategy Helps Triple Q2 Revenue</title><link>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/ONIT-Acquisition-Strategy-Helps-Triple-Q2-Revenue</link><description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;  Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 26, 2005 -&amp;ndash; Dallas-based ONIT Communications, Inc., a provider of enhanced Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to business customers worldwide, announced a quarterly recurring revenue increase of over 300% through the second quarter of 2005. Organic growth remained strong while the acquisition of Tel West Network Services Corporation (Tel West) select VoIP corporate customers in Texas and the customers and network assets of Intur.net, Inc. helped contribute to the largest quarterly recurring revenue increase in the company&amp;quot;s history. This represents ONIT&amp;quot;s third consecutive quarter of triple-digit growth. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  As an emerging leader in the hosted VoIP market, ONIT has grown its subscriber base ten-fold through the first half of 2005. &amp;quot;Our position as a market-leading hosted VoIP provider continues to solidify,&amp;quot; said ONIT Vice President of Marketing, Darren Vader. &amp;quot;Our acquisition strategy is providing growth in areas that extend our ability to provide a full range of services to our small and mid-size business customers.&amp;quot; According to Vader, this range of services includes a variety of VoIP solutions, as well as web hosting, server co-location, and hosted email services.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &amp;quot;As the market demand for Voice over IP services continues to grow, we will see a convergence of like-services. VoIP is on the forefront of the next communication revolution and it&amp;quot;s happening now&amp;quot; said Vader. &amp;quot;Traditional IP service providers, such as web hosting companies and ISP&amp;quot;s are beginning to struggle with their efforts to provide more sophisticated voice services. ONIT is in a position to work with these organizations to provide their customers with our affordable advanced VoIP services while extending additional services to our current customers.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  ONIT Communications offers its customers a package of broadband telephony and high-speed Internet connectivity for a flat rate that typically represents a 50 to 75 percent cost savings. Additionally, the company&amp;quot;s customized software solution is designed to ensure that new customers experience a smooth transition from traditional PBX phone service to IP telephony without interruption of day-to-day business operations.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;strong&gt;About ONIT Communications&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/strong&gt;ONIT Communications provides hosted VoIP solutions to business customers worldwide. The company leverages a powerful Internet Protocol (IP) network combined with IP telephony applications and superior service to offer integrated, feature- rich voice and data communication services at an affordable price. ONIT delivers a flat-rate broadband telephony service that includes web-based call management, simplified billing, free long distance, high-speed Internet connectivity and technical support for remote offices. Customers easily transition from traditional PBX&amp;quot;s to ONIT&amp;quot;s IP phone service without interruption of day-to-day business operations. For more information, please visit the ONIT website at&amp;nbsp; www.onit.com.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:38:54 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/ONIT-Acquisition-Strategy-Helps-Triple-Q2-Revenue</guid><category>Press Releases</category></item><item><title>Custom Intranet Builder: IntraNetics upgrade offers retail links</title><link>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/Custom-Intranet-Builder-IntraNetics-upgrade-offers-retail-links</link><description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;  &lt;span&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;helvetica, arial&quot;&gt;By &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:gdalton@cmp.com&quot;&gt;Gregory Dalton&lt;/a&gt; &lt;!--END BYLINE--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;!---remember to change drop cap to correct letter and delete first letter in story--&gt;IntraNetics Inc. last week introduced an upgrade of its software package for small and midsize companies seeking to build intranets or extranets.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  IntraNetics 2.0 includes 20 customizable applications for functions such as customer management and the ability to create extranets with business partners. It also includes embedded links to the Web sites of Staples Inc. for purchasing office supplies and American Express Business Travel Services.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  J.B. Lyon, VP of marketing at Staples&amp;#39; online division, Staples.com, says this is the first time the company has offered such a link to a software company, and it lets small-business customers weave basic online procurement into their intranets in an inexpensive manner. &amp;quot;It fills a void for those businesses that don&amp;#39;t want to pay hefty fees to have customized [online] catalogs,&amp;quot; Lyon says.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Graphic Technologies, a commercial printing company in Fort Worth, Texas, is using a test version of the product to provide employees a single point of access to six internal databases that track the status of printing jobs. &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s better than the weird URLs we used to have,&amp;quot; says IT manager Darren Vader. Also, certain employees make travel arrangements or purchase office supplies via the password-protected links to American Express and Staples.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Vader wants to replace the company&amp;#39;s scheduling and contact-management applications with an IntraNetics intranet, where the company can track sales agents and other employees. &amp;quot;We&amp;#39;re also going to build an account status module for an extranet,&amp;quot; says Vader, who hopes to have that application up by next month. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;  </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:33:48 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/Custom-Intranet-Builder-IntraNetics-upgrade-offers-retail-links</guid><category>Press Releases</category></item><item><title>ONIT Taps Veteran Technology Marketer Darren Vader as Vice President of Marketing </title><link>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/ONIT-Taps-Veteran-Technology-Marketer-Darren-Vader-as-Vice-President-of-Marketing-</link><description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;  Dallas, TX (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prweb.com/&quot;&gt;PRWEB&lt;/a&gt;) July 22, 2005 -- Dallas-based ONIT Communications Inc., a provider of enhanced Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to business customers worldwide, today announced it has named veteran technology marketer Darren Vader to the post of vice president of marketing. He will be responsible for global marketing strategies, direct marketing and Internet promotions, and will also support sales training and initiatives. Vader has built a distinguished career adapting sound marketing principles and practices to serve businesses in the Internet era and is a six-time ADDY Award recipient from the American Advertising Federation for innovative marketing programs.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  &amp;ldquo;Darren has the technical savvy, the creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit we were looking for in the person we chose to head up our marketing efforts,&amp;rdquo; said Kathleen Hanafan, president of ONIT. &amp;ldquo;He is a longtime proponent of technology implementation and innovation and possesses an in-depth knowledge of the small to mid-size business segment, which will provide the traction needed to implement aggressive marketing strategies to reach our target customers.&amp;ldquo;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  Vader joined ONIT following five years managing successful marketing efforts for Radiant Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ:RADS), the market leader in point-of-sale software, hardware and enterprise management applications for the hospitality, convenience store and entertainment industries. Prior to that, he served as director of Internet services for Graphic Technologies where he founded the Web Applications division providing enterprise solutions to niche markets, including legal, government and hospitality. In 1995 Vader co-founded DCX, Inc., a provider of Internet and web hosting services to small and mid-size business users. &lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  About ONIT Communications&lt;br /&gt;  Dallas-based ONIT Communications provides hosted VoIP solutions to business customers worldwide. The company leverages a powerful Internet Protocol (IP) network combined with IP telephony applications and superior service to offer integrated, feature- rich voice and data communication services at an affordable price. ONIT delivers a flat-rate broadband telephony service that includes web-based call management, simplified billing, free long distance, high-speed Internet connectivity and technical support for remote offices. Customers easily transition from traditional PBX&amp;rsquo;s to ONIT&amp;rsquo;s IP phone service without interruption of day-to-day business operations. For more information, please visit our website at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.onit.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; title=&quot;www.ONIT.com&quot;&gt;www.ONIT.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;  ###   &lt;/p&gt;  </description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:32:28 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://er.instantspot.com/blog/2007/02/09/ONIT-Taps-Veteran-Technology-Marketer-Darren-Vader-as-Vice-President-of-Marketing-</guid><category>Press Releases</category></item></channel></rss>