It's our prize pack giveaway show everyone and we're giving away a $100 Visa/MasterCard Gift card to one of you out there. Consider this our own stimulus package that we're giving away. Another full show today everyone as I picked quite a few good stories to talk about.  The sad thing is that I still have 200 to go through, which I'll wait for next week's show to cover.  Stay tuned as we'll be giving away the prize at the end of the show. You need to be registered on our e-mail list to be eligible to win which is easy to do, just click here!

Thanks to the following companies who have donated goodies to 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, EMS Group, Elevator Bob's Elevator Pictures, Minnesota Elevator, Inc, The ElevatorNetwork, Elevator Gear & The Elevator Shack Forums.

Calendar Of Events:
NAESA Calendar
NAEC Calendar
NAVTP Calendar
EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar 
Elevator U Calendar
MESA Calendar 
NCEIG Calendar 

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News Links:
Shabbat elevator service and condo boards
UTC sees buying opportunities
ANSI names accredited Elevator/Escalator certifications  
The Eiffel Tower that tourists never see
JSEA Space Elevator climber competition
Senior couple, grandson trapped in mall elevator
Elevator filled with garbage and set on fire
Newnan Fire Department completes elevator training
Man freed from elevator shaft
Lifts and escalator engineer
Japan Space Elevator Association to host its own competition
Inspector looks after 1,000 elevators
Elevator company sustains damage after fire
Elderly couple trapped in home
Freight elevator falls three floors
Huck - Elevator Man Stories
The elevator class system
What I learned in biology class
University Health System consortium selects KONE
Unexpected delivery comes to Penn Station
Should Crocs be banned?
Shady business shadows promising elevator market - Bangladesh
San Francisco elevator death ruled accidental
Resident reveals building's shortfalls to aid handicapped
The high cost for elevators at the NYCHA
Memon investments awards contract to ETA Melco
Investigating elevator in motion
Curling Club saves for elevator
Carbon nanotubes strong as diamond, flexible like rubber

I hope you all enjoyed St. Patrick's Day! Some of you I am sure perhaps enjoyed it a little too much. Here in Chicago it was a warm 70 degrees which uplifted the spirits a bit. We've got another full show everyone, a couple of very important stories to talk about as another person loses his life in an elevator accident.  When others who are not trained to work on elevators and escalators try to fix them, the chance death is very likely. Do we need to place big yellow warning sticker on every elevator door with graph photos of people dying in order to get this point across. Someone's going to be in big trouble after OSHA and the state get through with their investigation.  

Calendar Of Events:
NAESA Calendar
NAEC Calendar
NAVTP Calendar
EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar 
Elevator U Calendar
MESA Calendar 
NCEIG Calendar 

Sponsors/Listener Links:
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News Links:
Hospital elevator robbery suspect identified
Woman found strangled by own stole on escalator
Witness says FLPD used too much force in elevator beating   
Interesting forum, post asks about residential elevator service
Interesting elevator sign, points out the obvious
West Richland getting its first health clinic and elevator
Traffic jam on campus
ThyssenKrupp Elevator selects Serigistics
Interesting elevator button post
Obnoxious elevator fun
Sunrise man cleared after elevator video shows he did not batter FLA
State Neglects UCSB Elevators
Brigid's will have elevator and new A/C, but no steeples
SAHA to maximize stimulus money
Richmond school system may save $1 million-plus on elevator installation
New elevator codes coming to Caymans
Medina ponders what to do about elevator in old firehouse
Graphical simulation of elevator
Man charged in parking garage attacks on women
Maintenance manager in Indonesia wanted
Off the escalators....cause started
KONE Buys Fairway Elevator
Hardin County elevator back in service
Florida Uniform Fire Key Standard
Fatal fall from elevator roof
Elevator work begins at Brunswick Museum
Elevated Technologies joins local chamber
Cities will use $18 million from stimulus plan to upgrade PH
Add keeping an elevator in good repair to long list of things...
Worker at Chelsea plant crushed by elevator
Tyngsboro man named as victim of elevator accident

It's hard to believe that we're on show #150 already. In some ways it's like being married. Sometimes I tell my wife, wow, we've been married for 12 years and it feels like a lifetime....but in a good way! You got to throw that last comment in or else you're screwed!  It's been a lot of fun putting the show together and I appreciate all of your support!  With 53,648 downloads total over the last 150 shows I'm humbled by it all....I still think that no one is listening! I trick myself into thinking this so I don't have a panic attack every Wednesday.

On the show today I'll provide an update on the EESF Meeting that I attended last week and cover the news that I've found online this week. As always, thanks for tuning in to the show this week!

Calendar Of Events:
NAESA Calendar
NAEC Calendar
NAVTP Calendar
EIG SC Calendar
CEA Calendar
EAF Calendar
ECNY Calendar
CECA Calendar
EESF Calendar 
Elevator U Calendar
MESA Calendar 
NCEIG Calendar 

Sponsors/Listener Links:
Save 10% Off Hosting @ Godaddy.com: Enter Code: POD107 at checkout!

News Links:
World's shortest escalator - Something you don't see every day!
Word Trade Center's elevators to be among the fastest in the world!
Woman uses elevator as a bathroom...video - Recognize her?   
Women fatally crushed between elevator, wall
Woman dies in T escalator accident...sounds more like she had a heart attack
Woman charged with faking elevator fall - RIGHT ON, Camera's can limit liability!
22 Year Ride For Elevator Operator....Nice Story
Will the Space Elevator make space tourism cheaper
Smokey elevator reported at UIW facility
News from 100 years ago, this is neat stuff
More repairs for mall escalator
Man gets three years for smuggling immigrants
New report on global elevator/escalator economy published
Banquet hall worker crushed to death by elevator
High-Rise Prefire Planning
Expired elevator permits cause concern
Expert Real Estate Tips Adding An Elevator To Your Home
Escalator catastrophe frames tort reform debate for Alaskans
Elevator reverses direction injures two
Elevator problems turn apartment into prison
Elevator contract approved
Elevator blessing uplifting for Sacred Heart parishioners
Does law apply to extended elevator service outages?
Cleaning Up IBM Pollution
5 Truly Horrible Elevator Pitches
Little GTO to doors and more doors
First to bleed