Click Here to download ERS-2008-01-30 #104

It’s our first prize pack giveaway for 2008 everyone and we’ve got some goodies for you!  Some good news stories this week as one features an NPR article that we get to hear Edward Donoghue. It’s a good story worthy of a listen. I served Jury Duty last week and will share my thoughts on that and we’ll give away the January Prize Pack to one of you lucky listeners. Tune in next week for important information on a new website launch!

Thanks to the following companies who support the Elevator Radio Show and have donated items for the prize pack giveaway!  Fujitec America, GAL, The National Association of Elevator Contractors, The National Association of Elevator Safety Authorities, The Elevator Escalator Safety Foundation, COMPANY SRL, Peelle, C.J. Anderson, Truxes, Atlas Elevator, EMS Group and Elevator Bob’s Elevator Pictures

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EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar
Elevator U Calendar
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Listener Links:
Elevator Bob Updates Escalator Folder
Elevator World Project Of The Year Video
Elevator Radio Show Behind The Scenes Video

News Links:
Elevator Industry of Southern California Back On Line!
Man Charged With Pouring Coffee On Elevator Phone
Two Gunmen In Manila City Hall Elevator With Hostages
Former Mayor Killed In Manila City
Trumpf To Aid Beam Teams
United Technologies: Earnings Preview
HOM Furniture Finds Home In Rochester
Tri-County Electric Donates Funds For Bullet Proof Vest And Elevator
Fire Reported At Board of Trade
U-Mary Celebrates Three Grand Openings
The Joyful Wonders of the Disney-like Elevator Ride
KONE Profit Surges to $147 Million
Racist Slurs In Courthouse Elevator Aimed At Brooklyn Judge
Severe Weather Prompts Reminder of How To Handle an Elevator Failure
KONE Wins Major Order For Tower Refurbishment
Monte Carlo Fire Full Contained
Some One Please Set These Guys Straight
What Would You Do If?
Elevator Talk Comes Up at Courthouse
Reverend Sentenced In Elevator Blocking
Environmental Messages in Elevator Music
Safety Experts Consider Fireproof Elevators

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Click Here to download ERS-2008-01-23 #103

I hope you all enjoyed the little video I put out on Monday. Audio and video quality wasn’t all that great but hopefully you got a little more behind the scenes look on what happens here every Wednesday.  While light on news this week there’s a very interesting story that happened down in Miami. This one shows just a little how tough our industry is from an inspector’s and contractor’s point of view. An elevator in a condo is not working, the city came in and served six final inspection notices and the association still will not do anything. This kind of thing must happen a lot.

Calendar Links
NAESA Calendar
NAEC Calendar
NAVTP Calendar
EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar
Elevator U Calendar
MESA Calendar

News Links:
Slow Elevator Nearing End…What’s Wrong With Slow Elevators?
Elevator Technician Gets Trapped In WSU Elevator
Broken Elevator Sends Automatic SMS To Alert Engineers
OSU Continues Elevator Upgrades
Fire Training Keeps Firefighters Prepared
Motion Control Adopts Advanced Software Process
Perma-Tron Personal Elevator and Manlift Inspection
2008 Space Elevator Beam Power Challenge – Goals and Status
Dynapar Introduces Hollow Shaft Encoder
Interesting Condo Talk On Elevators
Condo Elevators A Severe Safety Concern?
Women Rescued From on Top of Elevator
Japanese Elevator Producers Target China
What’s Wrong With This Guy?
Students Hit Stairs When Elevator Breaks
Five People Freed From Elevator in LA
Elevator Mechanics Find Plenty of Work

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I put together this short video to show you what a typical Wednesday is like for me. I hope you enjoy it. Click on the image below to start it.

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Click Here to download ERS-2008-01-16 #102

As I first started searching last night for news stories I was amazed that I only found a few. Little did I know that when I refreshed my news program, so many stories were hanging out in cyber space. There are some funny ones on the show today that will give you a chuckle.  And yes, I am finally writing the correct year down. Thanks for all of you who corrected me. Enjoy the show everyone.

 Calendar Links
NAESA Calendar
NAEC Calendar
NAVTP Calendar
EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar
Elevator U Calendar
MESA Calendar

Listener Links:
Vertical Transportation Authorities Having Jurisdiction Website: NEW!
Operating Elevator Cars During A Building Fire: I’ll Send It To You!
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News Links:
NEII Promotes Elevator Safety With New Resource
Women Robbed and Assaulted In Elevator
Residents Upset Over Elevator Breakdowns
Firefighters Free 5 People Trapped In Elevator
KONE Delivers Ireland’s First Double Decker Elevator
Transit Agency Puts Safety First: MARTA
MARTA To Conduct System Wide Safety Review
MARTA Blames Brakes and Weak Motors For Accident
Escalator Accident In China
Guam School Not Complying With ADA
Elevator Arrow Doubles as Enterprise Insignia
Valencia Man Dies In Escalator Fall
Kids Project Out Of This World
A Proper Way To Do A Variance
And You Thought You Had Worries?
Jack Brod Early Tenant of Empire State Building Dies At 98
What Ever Happened To….
You Don’t See This Sign Posted Every Day In Elevators
Who Invented The Escalator 
Doctor Spots Fire In Medical Building
Elevator That Trapped Mom & Daughter Still Broke
Funny Picture…Part Of Your Elevator Operating System Not Supported
Since When Is There Escalator Etiquette?
Stair Disbelief – Australia
Hundreds Flee Burning High Rise

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