Click Here to download ERS-2008-04-30 #115

We’re giving away an MP3 Player plus a whole bunch of goodies from the great companies listed below! Plus we’ve got lots of great news to talk about. Tomorrow I head off to the NAVTP Conference which I’m looking forward to. As difficult as it is sometimes to get away from the office it really feels good to see everyone and learn a thing or two during the seminars. Everyone have a great rest of the week. I’ll talk to you next Wednesday. (Pictured Right: Wheelchair Lift at the University of Arkansas as students and faculty question campus accessibility)

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, Elevator Bob’s Elevator Pictures & Minnesota Elevator, Inc!

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

Listener/Other Links:
ElevatorNetwork.tv – A Tribute To John W. Blatt
EESF Chicago Cruise – Sponsorship and Registration Form Here!

News Links:
Sad News, Norma “Sis” Farley Passes Away
Man Crushed In Gold Mine Accident – Australia
A Cheese Elevator????
UA Students, Faculty Express Concerns About Campus Accessibility
ThyssenKrupp Elevator TWIN elevators to Debut In Netherlands
BHA Has Plans To Use $2.6M In HUD Funds
Your Turn: Fix Elevator In Bentley Hall
Blind Man Falls Down Elevator Shaft In South Africa
Fatal 2003 Chicago Blaze Settlement Includes $100 Million
Police Release Photo Of Elevator Attacker Suspect
ThyssenKrupp May Close Two Elevator Production Sites
UTC 2nd Quarter Profits Jump Up 22%
Injuries Spark Homemade Elevator Safety Warning
Like His Job, Elevator Operator Is Gone But Not Forgotten
Men Caught In Elevator Robbery Scam
MBTA 2 Years Late And Over Budget
Several Hurt In Atlantic City Casino Elevator Accident
Lack of Elevator Keeps Disabled Woman From Seeing Daughters Recital
DC Based Potomac Elevator Company Expands To Baltimore
New Report Gives Coverage and Analysis Of Escalators/Elevators
Gizmodo Reports On The 41 Hour Elevator Ordeal
Elevator Horror Entrapment Video Becomes Internet Sensation
Lawyers Make Clients Worse Off Department: Nicholas White
Radio Stunt Imitates Real Life: 42 Hours In An Elevator
ThyssenKrupp Access Acquires National Wheel-O-Vator
Duluth Elevators & Escalators Require Safety Upgrades
Holeys Shoes Reacts To Japans Escalator Concern
Police Film Man Video Taping Up Women’s Skirts On Escalator

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Click Here to download ERS-2008-04-23 #114

It’s great to be back! Thanks to everyone who send e-mails with well wishes. They were greatly appreciated. Great show today as there were some very good articles online. Next week is shaping up to be a good show already too. Remember we’ll be giving away a prize pack, including an MP3 player so make sure that if you’re not already signed up for the e-newsletter that you do so. Click here for the link. Thanks for tuning in everyone, enjoy the show.

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

Listener Links:
ElevatorNetwork.tv – A Tribute To John W. Blatt
ElevatorBob’s Picture of The Week
EESF Chicago Cruise – Sponsorship and Registration Form Here!

News Links:
ElevatorBob Has New Online Store…Profits Benefit The EESF!
German Survives Elevator Fall When He Falls On Women Who Already Had Fallen The Day Before
Man Dies After Escalator Fall At Shea Stadium
Elevator Plunge Kills Eight In China
Five Detained For Fatal Mine Accident in NE China
County Considers Using Inheritance Tax Fund For New Elevator
Video Of CN Tower Glass Bottom Elevator
Rape Charges Dropped Against Elevator Mechanic
ASU Student Caught Posting Bomb Threat In Elevator
KONE Celebrates Delivery Of 200,000th MonoSpace Elevator
Plastic Grating In Harper Elevator Catches Fire
Manhattan Pier Renovations Proceeding For USS Intrepid
Dirty Jobs Of The Big Apple – Mike Rowe Tackles Elevator Repair
Elevator Repair/Replacement Option Reviewed
Bulgaria Elevator Company Invests 5M In New Factory
Mayor Eyes New City Hall In Agawam
The New Yorker – Up and Then Down
Time Lapse Video Of Man Trapped In An Elevator For 41 Hours
What’s The Deal With…The Ninth-Floor Elevator In New Hall
Firefighters Rescue Man Trapped In Elevator
New Elevator Makes Museum More Accessible
Japan Seeks Redesign of shaping Style Shoes

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Sorry everyone but there won’t be a show today. There are some really good news stories that I’ll bring you on next weeks show. A combination of just a tough couple of weeks has taken its toll on my energy reserves and I need to try to catch up on.  Enjoy the rest of the week everyone. I’ll talk to you next Wednesday which will be filled with some great elevator news articles. One of which I was actually called by the author and that has some heavy hitters from our industry quoted in it. I’ll share it next week.

A couple of quick reminders which are noted below

• NAVTP Forum Will Be Held – May 1^st – 4^th
• EESF Silent Auction Is Fast Approaching May 1^stat the NAVTP Forum in San Francisco – The Deadline for Donating Items is fast approaching. 
• NAEC Atlanta Regional Seminar May 13^th & 14^th  
• ElevatorU.org Conference Is Fast Approaching: June 17^th – 19^th
• EESF Chicago Cruise – June 25^th – Get your reservations in and consider a sponsorship opportunity. A great way to get in front of many influential Chicago Elevator Professionals

Click Here to download ERS-2008-04-09 #113

This weekend the weather was awesome! My neck is sunburn and I’m still sore from all the activities we did. It felt good to be outside sweating in the sun and with my family. I hope that the weather was just as nice in your neck of the woods. This was just the kind of weekend I was looking forward too after a tough week at work. Please consider doing this for me; the recent news of the passing of a good friend of mine has made me realize that we’re all one big family. Please give someone a call who you haven’t heard from in a while. It could be family or a colleague. Let them know that you’re thinking about them and hope that they are doing well. Everyone enjoy the rest of your week and thank you for tuning in to the show! (Pictured: A report is out on the Metro s Elevator and Escalators. The story linked below in the news links. Click on picture to enlarge,)

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:
ElevatorNetwork.tv – A Tribute To John W. Blatt
ElevatorBob’s Picture of The Week
EESF Chicago Cruise – Sponsorship and Registration Form Here!

News Links:
Memorial Page For Butch Notter
Reinhardt ‘Ron’ Becker Passes Away
Girl 3, Falls 100 Feet Between Escalators
Women Stuck In Elevator During Power Outage
Appellate Division, 2nd Dept. Decisions
Hitachi Shifts Indian Elevator and Escalator Market
S.F.: Elevator at Public Garage Working
Thug Tried To Rape 12 Year Old In Elevator
Wind Tears Cap Off Elevator
Cost Rising For Bringing Morris Library Up To Compliance
Arson Shuts All Elevators In City Complex
Town Hall Moves Up; An Elevator Goes In
Elevator Fire Contained on East Mountain
Elevators A Necessity To Some Students
Stowe’s Green Mountain Inn is Adding an Elevator
Nothing But Novel: Elevator Repair Service Does Faulkner
Elevator Trouble Has Residents Housebound
Apartment Dweller Asks For Elevator Advice
Zapped Rat Causes Stockholm Power Outage
Metro Reports Improved Escalator/Elevator Service
Ideas For Smarter Elevators – Help This Canadian Out!
UK Service Manager Position Opening
Medal Given For Lifesaving

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