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Oscar Fehrer papers, 1863-1958
Fehrer, Oscar, b. 1872 d. 1958
Active in New York, N.Y.
Collection size: 1.2 linear ft.
Collection Summary: Biographical and personal documents, including family birth certificates, a family tree, a curriculum vitae, a Who's Who entry, and several brief chronologies of Fehrer's life; correspondence, 1895-1934, including ca. 50 business and personal letters received and letters sent to his daughter Catherine; and 113 photographs of Fehrer, his family (including 1 of Fehrer and his daughter Elizabeth by Wanda Von Debschitz-Kunowski, 1911), friends, homes, studios, paintings and other works of art which Fehrer admired and copied. The remainder of the collection, ca. 1,000 items, consists of printed material, undated and 1890's-1950's, including books, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, and exhibition catalogues.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter; Lyme, Conn.
Donated 1985 by Catherine and Elizabeth Fehrer, Oscar Fehrer's daughters.
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When Charley Schenck left home to attend that meeting in Schenectady the other night, he told the missus he would be home early -- by 11 at least. He meant well when he said it (most husbands do) and to show that good intention he broke away from the meeting at an hour that should have enabled him to make good his intent. But fate, cruel fate, intervened to make his alibi sound as phoney as that old gold purchaser who operated in the Town of Charlton last week -- but more of that in the next yarn.
Charley was speeding toward home when he ran into a State Trooper car. The guardians of law and order were checking up on mysterious characters at a spot down the Amsterdam-Schenectady highway and all travelers were being halted and compelled to show their credentials. As luck would have it, the local Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce had enough credentials to satisfy almost anybody as to his identity, but in spite of the mass of data there was nothing to prove that he had authority to be operating that particular machine at that particular time. He did a nice act for the troopers, but they shook their heads.
An hour or so later he was telling the same story to a Justice of the Peace in that section and that official was pouring through credentials that covered about everything but the motor vehicle angle. Well, to make a long story short (something he tried to do and couldn't) he finally reached Amsterdam in the wee hours of the morning. And when he tried to tell the tale to the missus it sounded about as bad as it had down at the office. Something ought to be done about these things and it might be a good idea to equip State Troopers with blanks to be filled out at the demand of delayed husbands -- something to corroborate what they have to tell when they try to explain it at home.
That old gold purchaser that I referred to was a slick one. When he reached that farm house in the Town of Charlton, south of the Scotch Church intersection of the Amsterdam-Ballston highway, he shouted out such an interesting line that the good housewife decided to sell him a diamond ring that had been in the family for many years. The diamond business was rather out of his line, but he was alert to the possibilities. He would be only too happy to accommodate her by bringing the ring to Schenectady, where a ready buyer might be found. The plan seemed feasible enough to the family and he left with the ring and with the son, a young man of perhaps 21 Summers, who was to keep an eye on the man with the gem.
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Just as the meal was about to be served, the stranger arose. He had to see a man about a mule, or something or other, and he told his bodyguard that he would be right back. The minutes passed and finally the young man realized that something must have happened to his companion of the several hours previous. He also arose and began a search -- a search that has lasted for several days now and nary hide nor hair has been seen of the fellow.
It was unfortunate that the debate on Shorts vs. Clothing should have come up during the week that I was out of the game. There were so many ideas that suggested themselves in the reading of opinions from prominent women golfers who protest that they can never show their real form if they can't ... er ... a ... well, if they can't show their real form. It is a discussion that naturally lends itself to gags.
There seemed to be slight interest locally, however, and perhaps it is just as well I didn't tread on the toes of those who are in favor of scanties for outdoor wear. They are all right for children -- or should I say Childs? They tell me that the only male golfer seen wearing them at the Antlers was George, who made a real scene at the island hole when he was compelled to take off his knickers. But, after all, when a bee gets crawling around in a pair of jeans, the wearer doesn't worry over much about styles and conventions.
Two other Amsterdamians whose opinions on the subject of shorts should be worth something are Don Auspelmeyer and Jim Hogg. Don, Scoutmaster of Troop 11, and Jim, member of the lifeguard crew at the Scout Camp, Northville, took a group of scouts to Mass at Sacandaga Park and then strolled down to the station to make a purchase. As they were crossing the platform, a woman came up to them and said: "Boys, will you stand there a minute, please?"
Believing that the occasion for their daily good turn had come, they did as she requested. They stood there a minute, yes, two or three minutes, while she disappeared on some errand. Finally she returned with a young boy and pointing to the pair of local men; advocates of the much-discussed shorts, she said:
"Look, son, you, too, will grow up to be a fine big Scout like these boys if you eat your spinach and also your cereal every morning."
This was first published August 16, 1934.

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Drag queens and drag kings are men, women, and transgendered people who perform femininity, masculinity, or something in between. Drag queens have long been part of gay life, but drag kings are a relatively recent phenomenon. Drag in various forms can be found in almost all parts of the world, and increasingly a transnational drag culture is evolving. Gender theorists have been very interested in cross-dressing and transgender performances for what they reveal about the social construction and performativity of gender and sexuality.
''Female impersonators'' generally keep the illusion of being women, in contrast to drag queens, who regularly break it by speaking in their male voices, referring to themselves as men, or discussing their tucked penises. Drag king troupes, influenced by feminism and queer theory, tend consciously to deconstruct masculinity and femininity in performances, including by ''bio queens,'' women who perform femininity, as well as by women performing masculinity. Ballroom, a cultural phenomenon in communities of color made famous by the film Paris is Burning, encompasses a variety of categories: ''butch queens'' (gay or bisexual men who are masculine, hypermasculine, or effeminate), ''femme queens'' (male-to-female transsexuals at various stages), ''butch queens up in drags'' (gay men in drag), ''butches'' (female-to-male transsexuals, butch lesbians, or any woman dressing as a man), ''women,'' and ''men'' (straight men).
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Calculate the following limits:
I know the answer is 0. Can I simply use L'Hopitals?
So, ? Something like that?
And then,
2.) Does converge? Justify your answer.
No idea how to justify, but my calculator gives .2788 as an answer so it def does converge.
For the first one, i guess it's correct.
For the second one : if the function in the integral is continuous and the limits at the extremities of the integral are finite, then the integral converges.
In , is continuous.
In 1, the function has a finite value.
Now let's study the limit at
The limit is clearly 0.
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Beryle Gaylor Kalin '25
1992 marked the 50th consecutive year that Beryle Kalin sang with the New Orleans Opera Association. For New Orleans audiences, her spirited performances in the chorus became a special treat; and most didn't realize that the woman galloping about the stage with the other chorus members was eighty-something and almost totally deaf - Kalin lost 95 percent of her hearing due to a childhood bout with the measles. In addition to her work with opera, Kalin was repeatedly recognized as one of New Orleans' volunteer leaders. She was a music major at Middlebury where she met Eddy Stephen Kalin '23 and they were married after her graduation.
Adapted from Middlebury Magazine, Winter 1992 pg. 37
Robert Skiff '64
Education administrator, retired President Champlain College
Robert Skiff stepped down in 1993 from the presidency of Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, where he had worked for the past 25 years. A history major at Middlebury, he arrived at Champlain in 1967 as Dean of Students after a year of teaching high school and the completion of his master's degree work at Springfield College. In 1972, having received a Ph.D. from the University of Northern Colorado, he was named vice president at Champlain, and in 1977 he began his tenure as president. He guided the college through a period of significant growth, academically and physically, while at the same time devoting time and energy to charitable, business and professional organizations, in Burlington and the region.
Adapted from Middlebury Magazine, Winter 1992 pg. 37
Young Alumni Achievement Award
Alison Osius '80
Magazine editor, world class rock-climbing champion
Alison Osius, three-time national rock climbing champion and editor at Climbing magazine, was named president of the American Alpine Club, a national non-profit organization that has represented mountaineers and rock climbers for almost a century. She is the first female president in its 96-year history.
Adapted from Middlebury Magazine, Spring 1998, pg. 17
Frank Sesno '77
White House Correspondent for CNN
Frank Sesno began his journalism career at WRMC, and then as a part-time newsman at the local Middlebury station, WFAD. He worked at WCFR in Springfield, VT., and then moved to Washington to take a job with Voice of America. In 1979, he became European correspondent for Associated Press Radio, covering such stories as the attempted assassination of the Pope, the arrival of hostages in West Germany, the royal wedding, the Falkland Islands war, and major meetings of OPEC, NATO and the Common Market. He became White House correspondent for AP Radio, and then joined the Cable News Network, also covering the White House. In the spring of 1991, he became anchor of the CNN "International Hour" and the 6 p.m. news.
Adapted from Middlebury Magazine, Winter 1992, pg. 37


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Moving On
Love Gone Wrong
Misty Gail Akers
Song Lyrics
Alison Knibb
Shel Silverstein
Back to New!
Angry Poems
Pay Backs a Bitch
By: Sara and Kt , CT
I hope you fucken burn in hell
you put mt threw so much shit
why are you such and evil bitch?
i wouldnt give a shit if you died
you told me so many stupid lies
you'll never hear a sorry come out of my mouth
and that is the god honest truth
you better get over this
and fucking quick
you make me so god damn sick
youre life is gonna be hell for you now
yes revenge is a bitch
*also dedicated to those bitches kelsey chelsea and katee
Submitted On:
Go Away!
By: Morgan , CT
Back Off, Step out
What the hell is this about?
Now you want drugs too?
Everything I have stops now
Starts up again
Get away, Stop this fuss
Everything she's touched
Has turned to dust
Submitted On:
By: heather , NC
this is it
this is all
im done
im through
im over you
your gone
ive moved on
hows it feel
big man
Submitted On:
You Never Did
By: andrea williams , MN
You never listen, you never care
i hate the way you treat me it's just not fair
YOu always ignore me when i try to talk
You never stand near me you always walk
I don't think we're friends anymore
We've already shut that door
So why do we pretend we are?
Why did things go so far?
YOu hate me, but i Hate you more
I hate you like a disese or maybe a big sore
So quit telling me we're friends and that you'll call back
YOu're just another person who gave up, another person i'll lack
Don't say good bye, don't say a single word.
But you probably will you'll pretend you haven't heard
So goodbye , I'll hate you forever and always
One last goodbye as we go our seperate ways.
Submitted On:
Go Down Fighting
By: andrea williams , MN
YOu push hard and push rough
YOu think ur bigger and more tough
But i'll go down fighting soon you'll see
Soon you'll regret this there is a heafty fee
I'll go down fighting this isn't the end,
One last question, I thought you were my friend?
Submitted On:
By: Morgan , CT
You started out my friend
But it doesn't seem so in the end
You totally changed
What happened?
I hate you now!
Backstabber, User
Friendship abuser
You blame your problems on others
You really need some help
So, take the drugs with you
And get the hell out!
Submitted On:
You Lied!
By: Iris , CA
You said u loved me
But u lied!
You said i could trust u
But u lied!
You said there was no one else
But u lied!
You said all the others were just liars
You said they were all jelous
But they weren't
You were the one lying
You were the one that broke my heart.
You were the one that broke me apart.
You are the one that did this to me.
You were the onethat made me believe
That i could no longer be loved.
For me love is no longer a must.
I hate you!
I hate you for wat u did!
I wish u would die
And no longer live.
But that will never happen
It wil never come true.
For I am the one dead.
Because of YOU!!
Submitted On:
True Love
By: Amber , CA
He gave me everything
He gave me the world
He said that he loved me
and that I was his girl
He treated me like a princess
but I treated him like shit
but he loved me anyway
thats the part that I dont get
I told him that I loved him
but I never let it show
i guess he just got tired
so he had to let me go
he moved on to another girl
she was his new fling
she was his heart
and he was her everything
slowly they grew apart
and eventually they were through
so I sadi," Now's my chance!"
but I didn't know what to do
I was to afraid to go up to him
so I would casually pass by
I thought that he would notice me
but he didnt even say hi.
So I moved on to another guy
I thought that would help
but then I realized that I wasne't over my ex
I'd always love my first love
there was nothing I could do
so I told my new guy, "Im sorry, we're over, its through"
This love drove me crazy
it drove me insane
I couldnt take the heartache
I couldnt take the pain
I should have shown my love to him
then maybe we'd still be together
but theres no hope now
we're done, we're through forever
So cherish you love
and have your little fun
because before you know it
your true love could be gone
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You told me you luved me
By: Michelle , FL
You told me you loved me so many times
I said it back with out thinkin twice
You made me believe you by usin fake lil rhymes
Guess what hunny i found you out and i aint gunna be nice
You made me cry, i just wanted to die, your "luv" was not tru
and im gunna make you suffer
Life as you know it will no longer be
you will deffinalty be livin with out me
I gave what all i had and believe me it wasnt nuthin
You said you loved me for a short time i believed you but i found out who you were and
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GO to Hell Bitch
By: Jessica , LA
I thought you loved me but it wasn't true
I thought you were the one for me but i was wrong
I loved you more than anything but you have no clue
I loved you so much and for so long
But now i relize its time to let you go
I know that you are nothing but games
When you ask me to do that with you i should have said no
but you know what anyone could put you in shame
You knew i was under age which yeah age dont matter
But it did matter with you
Because my heart you shattred
you fuck and leave thats what you do
I hate you i hate you i hate you more and more every day
You a fucking fag
you just wait one day you will pay
Now what are you going to go fuck a old hag
Knowing you you will
so dont even try to talk to me
You i just want to fucking kill
Now i feel free
When i was with you i just wanted to die
You tryed to run my life im done with it
Your love was a fucking lie
So go die and eat shit
I found some one who loves me for me not just to fuck
So i hope you feel better
I say ur nick name is asswhole but every 1 else calls you duck
So stop writting me fucking letters
Remember i have some one new
And awww it not you poor fuck head
And my new man is 10 times better than you
Go else where get another under age girl in bed
I hate you you fucking bitch
When i think of you i just want to yell
And u said i was a witch
SO all that is left to say is i hate you go to hell
This was about this dude steven D. All he wanted is to get me in bed with him So any girls from La If he wants you just read my poem he is a ass whole!!! I wish i never had to see him again!!!!!!!
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Selfless Ejaculation
By: screamingsara , MN
So you thought it would be good to shame me you ape, wait
till your asleep, gonna piss in your face for the rape –
there have your selfless ejaclulation back
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Lick me or your wounds
By: screamingsara , MI
You bitch you bitch you bitch – gonna shake you like a whitch!
Stab your sorry soul, yes i am right its made of coal
You bitch you bitch you bitch – ill wake you in the night,
your on a hacking site, your passport – ill burn tonight
My friends are not sisters of shame, your the one to blame
your type stands in the rain and you offer only pain
We bitch we byte we pull your hair – so now we dont even care
your words are lost into thin air and your life is stripped and bare
We hate men and scream about them, we hate the mothers who bore
them – yet some of you adore them and eat your words before them
You bitch you slut I am, i'll cut i'll snarl i'll wound – and if
you dare to cross us you'd wish you had not eascaped the womb
– So go on lick your wounds
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Wat is this pain
By: michee , UK
god wat is this pain
i realy dnt no
plz help me understand
y wont it just go
it hurts in my tummy
it wontgo away
i get it all the time
i think its here to stay
i dnt no wat it is
i wish i cud tel
but theres nofin i can do
livin in this hell
will it last long
its tearin me apart
i dnt think i can cope that long
its eatin at my heart
im screamin out fot help
no1 can hear me
its like im on mute
is this how its gona be?
i wana end it now
maby with a knife
or takin some pills
in my worthless life
i dnt see the point
in bein here no more
not that any1 cares
no1 sees im sore
i neva fort i wud h8 life
but all this cum to a end
they will soon 4get bout me
i just cant seem to mend
they will move on
im sure it wont take long
il leave everyone a note
or rite it in a song
i tryed2 tell u how i felt
and tryed to make u see
but it didnt seem to work
so now u wont have 2 worry about me
il say im sorry now
4everything iv done wrong
hope u find it in ur heart2 4give me
this wont last 2long
now this is the end
i will say goodbye
i wont be in pain no more
il be in the sky
i wish u would treat me how u used to! uno who u are! just no that i love u and always will xxx
Submitted On:
i saved myself
By: cait
Originaly Authored by: cait
You told me you liked me,
But it was hard to believe.
I knew who you were,
You liltle sleeze.
You asked for my heart,
But is not there for you to take.
You had your chance before, and mistakes you always make.
So I am going to save myself from the tears,hurt, and sorrow, because my love is not a toy you can just borrow.
If you think a guy is trying to use you for sex, dump him m bc its not worth it.
Submitted On:
Watz Wrong?
By: Michelle Aka Chelly , CT
Watz Wrong?
I dont know wat going on
So please tell me "Watz wrong"
People be telling me
u is playing me
I dont believe it
I think is juss pure shyt
You called me and you said it was true
I was suck on the fone juss like glue
I told you I loved you
And you said it too
but I guess dats not enough
Now you ganna act tough
Cuz you played a girl
wit another girl dat didnt make you swirl
but I guess a 4 year relationship
Doesnt mean shyt
I thought u was the one
but I guess I was wrong
Go ahead play ur games
cuz they are all lame
Juss remember all the thing that we made
And the spot that you layed
And the times I made u horny
You DIDN'T think it was corny
Cuz u wanted more
U dirty ass whore
U ran out the block
I calmed you down by suckin you cock
Now I know "Watz wrong"
Dont get mad if I flirt
And boys look up my skirt
I know youll want me back
I dont care go head and pack
Juss remember NO MORE SEX
NO MORE hickies on ur neck
Man U is stupid and u ganna regret it
And you have to admit
Dat u is A DUMB ASS MOTHER FUCKER
And I was an Excellent sucker
But if i cry
then u is a fucked up guy
Even if i dont cry
Im so mad I hope u die
Im srry i found u out
Now GET THE FUCK OUT!!
Now Wats Wrong? Wat now!! FUCK YOU GIO
Submitted On:
Stupid ass
By: Rebecca , Canada
You told me I was the one,but then we were done.
You played me but I didn't play you so all I gotta say is screw you.You used me for my best friend,tellin me lies,makin me cry.
I learned your a stupid playa who was only liked by me.I hope you get hit by thunder so right now you can read my fuckin mind.How does it feel to be hurt like me!Ah Cody?Well I don't care I had my fun I thought you were the one but whatever.I HOPE YOU DIE.
Submitted On:
Why Did You Do this to me?
By: sarah
I fucking Hate you sal!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you say you do nothing wrong
when really everything you do is wrong
you lied to me
and i tried to see
i forgave
and you hurt me again
my heart is week
im only 14
and i want to die
all i did was gave you a chance
now its your turn to hurt
i kicking you to the curb!
Submitted On:
Dont need your shit
By: katie , KY
I don't need your shit today
So fucking go away
I thought you were my friend.
But it turns out in the end
I was wrong.
I thought hard bout this
and thought I would tell you
Kiss this white ass.You fucking
dirty piece of trash.
You fucking lied to me So now im
going to grab u upBeat the fuck out of you.
And if your lucky I'll set u free So maybe
You'll learn, never fucking lie to me
You talked alot of shit. But now
That u got your brains beat out of you
You might quit. SO WHAT YA THINK BOUT THAT SHIT.
Submitted On:
By: Natasha , UK
You make me SICK
You make me ILL
You make me wanna take this white pill!
You take her hand
And leave me where I stand.
I hate you so much that words can't touch all the anger inside.
Oh God why can't I let this slide.
She was meant to be my friend.
But you did it round the bend.
I will hate you forever.
And in a way it makes me feel better.
And I KNOW you'll die ALONE.
Mr your heart's made of fucking STONE!
So no more crimson drops will fall for you.
I'm over you.
You see you no longer mean anything to me.
And neither does she..the one who remains nameless
And facless.
The backstabbing bitch I hope she dies in a ditch!
I'll make her life a living hell
Which I can do quite well!!
I'll make her face swell and push her down a well!!
You both deserve eachother.
Both use people.
And play games.
Both back stab.
And cause pain.
In fact I hope you two die together..
Submitted On:
ur unfair!!
By: sabrina ,
Originaly Authored by: me
your so unfair, you don't understand
your such an asshole
everything i do is to bad
it's not my fault
that you don't care about me
you alway's make me cry
why do i wanna try
if u think i can't make it
well you guessed wrong
i'm a different person
you should of new that all along
ohhh what the fuck do you know
fuck look at all the shit you done in the past
you were a fucken hoe
your such a prick
why the fuck don't you care
everytime you were up set
who was the one there
how could you say those thing's
like if you wanted them to hurt
i wish i could fly away but i don't have wing's
what eva you say goe's threw one ear
guess what asshole
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Io Triumphe!
The magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of
Albion College
Io Triumphe! spotlights alumni and captures Albion highlights from both on and off campus. Enjoy our online edition below. You'll find features and photos from the most recent issue, along with campus and Alumni Association news.
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Current Edition: Spring-Summer 2016
Spring-Summer 2016 Extras
'Greening of the Great Lakes' Host Kirk Heinze, '70, on the Albion River Trail Extension (with audio)
Psychology's Mareike Wieth Flies High with Media
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Le$ Feat. Curren$y, Bun B "UGK'z" Video
Le$ Feat. Curren$y & Bun B
Before his Steak & Shrimp Vol. 2 project arrives on Sunday, Jet Life's LE$ decides to come through and share a new video in its support for the track "UGK'z" featuring Curren$y & Bun B. Directed by Jorge Casanova, the video opens up with Bun B talking about what is means to be an Underground King, before Le$ comes in the picture and cruises around New Orleans while old footage & pictures of the Jet Life crew flash throughout the video. Pretty cool concept and video to say the least. Check it out.
Le$ "Dickies & Gold" Video
Revisiting his Steak & Shrimp Vol. 2 mixtape, Jet Life's own Le$ decides to come through today and release a new video in its support for the Polyester-produced cut "Dickies & Gold." Shot in black & white, watch as the Jet Lifer cruises around the streets in an old school drop top, before pulling up to garage in this Jorge Casanova-directed clip above.


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May 2008
Kavita 1
At age 26, São Paulo-born Mariana Aydar is at a crossroads, one from which the views of the road behind and the one ahead are equally clear. Her father, producer and instrumentalist Mario Manga, a founding member of the avant-garde ensemble Premê, paved Aydar's entree into the world of bold experimentation. Since making her professional debut at 20, Aydar has worked alongside several of the most dynamic players of her generation, rambled around Paris for a while, and discovered there was as much worth in the deep-rooted (specifically, classic samba rhythms) as the innovative.
Now, with the release of Kavita 1, she has established a dynamic place where tradition intersects the cutting edge. It's anybody's guess as to why Aydar chose a Sanskrit word (which means "poet") for the title of an album sung entirely in Portuguese, particularly since Aydar's own poetic leanings (her lyrics have garnered widespread esteem) are here evident only once, on the exuberant "Festança." Throughout, the established (durable pop standards like "Candomble" and "Menino das Laranjas") is set wildly ablaze (did I mention that Kavita 1 features more than three dozen musicians and singers?), while the new (the sweetly bracing "Vento No Canavial," the delightfully sensual "Deixa o Verão," the sweet, dainty "Prainha") is lined with reverence for what has come before. So a better title might have been borrowed from the lead track, the fog-bound samba "Minha Missao" (which translates as "my mission"), for Aydar seems both determined and singularly able to carve a fresh path through Brazil's lush musical landscape.


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Rockford Police Union President Terrence Peterson stood with other members of PBPA Unit 6 to call for an independent investigation into an incident involving Rockford Police Chief Chet Epperson.
"With all the controversy we want the public put at ease and our members put at ease by knowing that there's a full, fair, impartial, and independent investigation conducted by preferably the Mayor's Office and the Board of Fire and Police Commission," said Peterson.
At issue; a welfare check call at the home of Rockford NAACP President Lloyd Johnston on October 30th.
Johnston told us he didn't want to the let the officers inside his home. That's when he called Chief Epperson on his cell phone. What happened next is in dispute.
Johnston had his cell phone on speaker. Chief Epperson told Johnston not to let the officers in the house and that a supervisor is on the way. The officers then say Epperson told them to leave. Johnston says Chief Epperson did not.
Police confirm an internal investigation is underway into what happened. The union doesn't believe that's enough.
"We don't think it's fair that the investigation be conducted by people that he employs to do internal investigations. We think it needs to go to the Board of Fire and Police Commission who actually is the entity that has the authority to investigate the Chief and hires and fires," said Peterson.
As for Johnston he feels he's caught in the middle.
"I'm kind of caught in the crossfire between those two entities and this is sad. It's a sad commentary on what we as the citizens of Rockford have to deal with," said Johnston.
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Sidewalk driver sentenced to hold 'idiot' sign
This morning in Cleveland, a motorist who got in trouble with the law for driving on the sidewalk to bypass a school bus will serve her humiliating sentence: holding up a sign reading "only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus" for an hour. NBC's Katy Tur reports.
Let's see: Jail time or public shaming? This "idiot" got off easy.
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>> reporter: good morning, savannah. certainly very unusual. i'm going to step aside to show you when this sign reads. unfortunately, we've got this truck. now you can see sheena harden who has to hold a sign that says only an idiot would drive on a sidewalk to avoid a school bus, and that's essentially what she's being punished for. the judge says she couldn't give her jail time. she thought this would be a more appropriate sentence. the video is so damning it seems for itself. watch as 32-year-old sheena harden doesn't even pause as she veers right and drives up on the sidewalk to bypass a school bus stopped to pick up disabled students.
>> she comes through at 7:30 every morning. goes around the school bus every morning.
>> reporter: harden was caught on tape by the school bus driver. fed up with watching her put herself and his kids in danger. harden's reasoning, she apparently didn't want to wait.
>> clearly the handicap boy cannot run across the street. there's a factory across the street.
>> reporter: that was harden 's mother in September explaining why her daughter's maneuver wasn't all that bad. we spoke with the director of the neighboring day care center soon after the video surfaced. she showed us just how precarious harden 's escape route actually could have been.
>> if we had to evacuate the building, we would have to come through this door. this door here to come out of building, and if she's coming up on the sidewalk, well, then there's the danger right there.
>> reporter: a cleveland municipal court judge agreed sentencing harden to a $250 fine and actual penance, ordering her to stand on the street corner and hold this sign, both today and tomorrow. it reads only an idiot would drive on a sidewalk to avoid a school bus .
>> chances are, had she shown some remorse, maybe i would not have given her that extra part of the sentence.
>> reporter: neither harden or her lawyer would talk to nbc news about the sign, but in court the disgraced driver offered an explanation for her impatience.
>> they would just stand there and talk after the children were loaded, again, not justifying.
>> reporter: yesterday we spoke about the day care 's director about the judge's orderer to make harden wear an idiot sign. you don't think it's too embarrassing to stand there with a sign saying only idiots drive on a sidewalk?
>> idiot is a strong word but you have to have been an idiot to drive on the sidewalk in the first place.
For the politically-correct, maybe; but I can think of a lot harsher words that fit her.
Great on the judge for her sentencing, though.
> reporter: now, she has to stand here from 7:45 to 8:45, both today and tomorrow. also has a fine. other than that though, she will lose her license for 30 days . savannah?


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Jesus looks at us and sees hope of a new life we offer not only to ourselves but also to others with whom we communicate. Regardless whether we or others have health concerns, financial problems, political differences, or any other worries, as the heirs of God we are expected to rise above the calamity. One should not let the evil one win when the difficulties find a way into our daily lives.
Two approaches to rising to the day is how we greet God. Begin each day with the sign of the cross. One expression which comes to mind is how we greet each day. Do we awaken and say positively, "Good morning, Lord" or is our mood negative with the words, "Good Lord, it's morning."
Life changes daily. It is better to wake up and thank the Lord for another day. The future hold many unknown aspects. Nothing should keep us from moving forward. One finds moving forward with trembling is weak while showing enthusiasm each new day in a positive approach.
We move forward with the promise of God as revealed in his Word. God has plans for our future. Nothing in heaven or earth can separate us from God. Many opportunities are found daily to share the Word of God with those people we encounter on the road of life. God has taken our future into his hands and secured it for us.
No matter how good or bad we feel about our current situations, we move forward looking for life here on earth or life eternal. Rise above whatever you believe is holding you back. Help others in need by offering unity and love. We should thank the saints from our life who wished us hope over despair, health over illness, and eternal life over death. Whatever is dead or troubled within us responds to God's command to "Rise"by springing back to life.
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Vestas said it plans to ramp up operations at its Pueblo tower factory after signing an agreement to supply towers for "a number of non-Vestas wind power projects."
Manufacturing based on the agreement could use as much as 25 percent of the factory's production capacity.
"Vestas is continuously evaluating its manufacturing footprint and opportunities to utilize the current production capacity better," Vestas COO Jean-Marc Lechêne said. "Producing components for third parties is part of this strategy, and although we have had other smaller orders, this new agreement is the first major step in realizing this plan."
The extension of the wind Production Tax Credit by Congress earlier this month played an important role in securing the contract, said Tony Knopp, vice president of Vestas Towers America in Pueblo.
Vestas did not disclose terms of the deal. The company will hold two job fairs for welders, assemblers and painters in Colorado Springs and Pueblo this week.
The agreement likely will not lead to hiring at Vestas' Northern Colorado factories, according to a spokesman.
"This order only pertains to the tower factory," he said.
Vestas cut its Colorado workforce from 1,700 to 1,200 in 2012. The company laid off about 300 employees in its Windsor and Brighton factories while it cut hours of others partly because of Congress' inaction on the wind credit last year.
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Remember back on May 21 of this year, we added a post about a hands-on installation that our team performed?? Well, this is it. The sprinkler system went in with ease (thanks to PVC-Lock and Eco-Lock), the landscape lighting is beautiful, and the thermostat isn't just a box that controls temperature, it's masterpiece in style and function.
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This last weekend, my family and I visited our beautiful lakeside cabin to do a little maintenance and get some R&R. Because the cabin is located in mountainous valley of higher elevation, summer tends to break a bit later there. Even in mid-June we were still getting night-time temperatures in the high 40's and the days were in the low 70's. So while this may not translate perfectly into what much of the rest of the country is experiencing, we still did have to do some lawn maintenance and thought … Read More
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School is ending, the forecast is clearing and insanely hot weather is right around the corner. Here are a few ideas to keep your lawn healthy during the scorching summer months.
Adjust your mower. A general rule of thumb is to keep your blade at three inches (or slightly higher). This allows the grass to develop deeper roots and maintain moisture.
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Pumpkin pie, jack-o-lanterns, changing leaves and frost on the ground—these are the sort of things we many typically associate with fall. Right now, with the summer creeping in, it's probably the last thing on your mind. But if you want jack-o-lanterns for Halloween or pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving, now is the time to start planting.
You'll choose the type of pumpkin you grow depending on what you want your pumpkins for (eating or carving). There are dozens of varieties of pumpkins (here's a good site for learning more about each), but … Read More
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Do you have shady spots in your backyard that you don't know what to do with? You may have tried to grow sun-loving flowers here, with no results. But don't fret; these areas don't have to be devoid of life. There's a good selection of plants that can thrive in shade. You just have to choose the right one. Here is a list of five good flowers with which to start your garden.
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Perennials are valued among gardeners for their longevity. With perennials, you're spared the extra effort of planting new ones every year and can enjoy them for years on end. Here are a few of the most popular perennials:
Astilbe is a beautiful perennial that comes in shades of pink, rose, and white. It is ideal for shady, moist spots. Astilbe flower clusters stand atop glossy, fern-like foliage and vary in size from 6 inches to two feet, and they rise to two or three feet tall. They may look delicate, but … Read More
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This past week a group of Orbit employees got the chance to experiment with some of our products in the real world. These were employees who don't work in the field doing installs of sprinklers, but they volunteered for the opportunity knowing it could generate some out-of-the-box thinking and get people's minds going in new directions.
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I don't make Asian food that often at home, but I really do love it. I recently had a real craving for sweet and sour something– whether it be seafood, beef or chicken. Many of the recipes I found used ketchup for the sauce (which I'm not a huge fan of when it comes to cooking with it) and other prepared ...Read More »
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We've been talking about pumpkin a lot lately, way before Thanksgiving, just about as soon as the leaves started to change colors. It's when many of use get excited about cooking and baking with these garden gems. Since pumpkins and other gourds last so long and can so well, they can be used way into the winter season for all ...Read More »
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In other lottery news, tonight's Natural State Jackpot is at its highest-ever, $325,000.
Also tonight, the Powerball jackpot is at $40 million and Friday night's Mega Millions drawing will be for a $15 million jackpot.
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In planning our spots for Channel 13, we faced the challenge of choosing two particularly engaging paintings from among the many works on view objects in our American Art galleries. We often select groups of works for inclusion in the tours we give to students and adult visitors, but there is usually some sort of thread—historical, thematic, or artistic—that links them together. In choosing single works, we think more about which objects have come to represent the entire collection. And in the case of the Museum's pre-1945 American paintings, two works instantly come to mind. Each has come to represent the American art collection, even though one was acquired in 1846, and the other entered the collection more than one hundred years later . . . .
Francis Guy's "Winter Scene" was painted about 1819, and made its exhibition debut in Manhattan in 1820. Viewers were bowled over to see such a remarkably accurate "portrait" of a locale that was familiar to many of them. Guy had painted this townscape of Brooklyn's one-time center from the vantage point of his rented rooms on Front Street, and he included actual physical features of the place as well as the likenesses of many of the area's most prominent inhabitants. In shaping the scene, he probably intended to contrast the old-fashioned barnyard that occupies the center of the image, with more the stylish residences of the more affluent residents at the far left of the scene—the latter component sadly was lost when the painting was damaged in a fire in 1881, and the left-hand edge was cut away.
The Brooklyn Museum's predecessor, the Brooklyn Institute, held a series of important art exhibitions, featuring hundreds of works, in the 1840s, and Guy's "Winter Scene" was prominently exhibited in two of them. Among the visitors who marveled at the picture was the young Walt Whitman, then the vocal editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and an active advocate for the arts in Brooklyn. In his review of the 1846 exhibition, Whitman called attention to the work's power to suggest to present and future viewers how rapidly and completely this once rural village had changed: ". . . few things will be able to bring before the next race the fact how rapidly Brooklyn has 'went' in the progress of improvement, more fully than this well-delineated picture." Whitman's comments and a number of popular prints based on the painting guaranteed its public profile. Interestingly enough, when the new Brooklyn Museum building was opened to the public in 1897, "Winter Scene" once again occupied a prominent position, although not in the primary galleries of American and European paintings on the fifth floor; the early American portraits, and what were described as American "landscapes of great historical value," were installed near the entryway on the third floor. The segregation of what was considered at the time to be "antiquarian" material from "contemporary" turn-of-the-century art was typical of many young American art institutions. Even after Brooklyn dedicated separate American art galleries in 1907, the "historical" works were exhibited separately from the modern American paintings.
Today, a wide array of the Museum's American paintings is on view in the American galleries, grouped in a sequence of themes rather than by strict chronology. Guy's "Winter Scene" is the focal object in our introductory gallery, which is entirely Brooklyn-centric. In reorganizing these galleries in 2001, our goal was to use this space to introduce viewers to the art-life that has existed in Brooklyn for centuries. Every object in this space has something to do with Brooklyn—Brooklyn as a longtime center of manufacturing, of creative expression, and of collecting, and Brooklyn as subject. A broad spectrum of New Yorkers, and visitors from much farther afield, still marvel at Guy's townscape, as they consider how vastly different the Brooklyn environment is today.
Over the course of the 20th century, American collectors and museums became increasingly more interested in collecting 18th and 19th-century American art. Brooklyn was among the leaders in this direction in the teens, when the Museum actively purchased and exhibited colonial and Federal era portraits. American landscape painting surprisingly lagged in the revival of interest in pre-Modern American art. It was not until the 1930s that a germ of interest began to develop—in part out of a renewed Nativism in the Depression era, and a concerted effort to establish the independence of American art from European influence. Interest in Hudson River School landscapes grew steadily during the mid-20th century; most of the museum's best Hudson River pictures were purchased during this period, beginning in the 1950s. The collecting market was most dramatically boosted, however, by the build-up toward and the celebration of the American Bicentennial of 1976. It was in 1976 that the Brooklyn Museum purchased its monumental Bierstadt painting, "Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie". Since entering the Museum's collection, this painting has captured the interest and imaginations of thousands of visitors to the museum, owing to the impact of its size, and the dramatic nature of the artist's portrayal of the American West. Bierstadt based it on his own expedition to the Colorado Rockies in 1863, and conceived the final canvas as a blockbuster that would introduce the remote western landscape that few individuals had experienced into the consciousness of largely urban audiences in America and Europe.That a painting as large and well-publicized as this one fell off the radar screen by the early 20th century had to do in part with the fact that it was purchased immediately by the Englishman Thomas William Kennard, a civil engineer who had presided over the building of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway in the United States. At the outset of the revival of interest in 19th -century American landscape art, preference was given to artists who were considered to have been less reliant on European landscape models. Since Bierstadt was associated so closely with the German Dusseldorf school, his work initially lagged in popularity. By the 1970s, however, when art historians began to revalue work by foreign-trained Americans, Bierstadt's reputation was gradually revived."Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie" remained officially "unlocated" for almost ninety years—even reported by some sources to have been destroyed by fire. After Kennard's death in 1896, it entered the inventory of a London dealer and resurfaced only in 1974. Today, Bierstadt's grand canvas speaks to innumerable viewers who are captivated the artist's vision of the West despite their own broader familiarity with the region it recorded. Most people gravitate toward this painting even while understanding the hyperbole of Bierstadt's composition—a composite of various landscape elements in a super-sized view, animated by theatrical atmospheric and light effects. The painting still conveys the natural force and resources that were directly associated throughout the late-nineteenth century with the might and rising potential that the United States would bring to bear on the world stage. For contemporary viewers, it also presents a nostalgic vision of an unspoiled place, just as Guy's "Winter Scene" allows us to time travel nearly two hundred years into the past.
It is the power of both of these pictures to make us pause and look that has made them among the popular favorites on view in "American Identities: A New Look".
Terry Carbone received her Masters in the History of Art from the University of Delaware, and her Doctorate from the CUNY Graduate Center. She has been on the curatorial staff of the Brooklyn Museum since 1985, and is now the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of American Art. She served as co-curator of the major exhibition "Eastman Johnson: Painting America", in 1999, and as co-author and volume editor of the accompanying exhibition catalogue of the same title, which was awarded the New York State Historical Associations' prestigious Henry Allen Moe Prize. She also served as project director for the innovative reinstallation of the Museum's American art galleries, which opened in 2001 as "American Identities: A New Look." More recently Terry completed the project to which she has devoted much of her tenure at the museum: serving as principal author of a two volume scholarly catalogue "American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876." This publication was recently awarded the College Art Association's Alfred H. Barr Prize, presented each year for an especially distinguished museum publication on the history of art. Terry has now begun work on a major exhibition on the American 1920s.


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It is a time of regulatory and economic upheaval in America. Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc. of Holden, LA, is among the few fire truck manufacturers who have made a conscious decision to woo the industrial emergency response market. Interviewed by Industrial Fire World publisher David White on the changes faced by fire truck manufacturers is Paul Christiansen, Ferrara's director of marketing and aerial sales manager.
DAVID WHITE: We all know that Ferrara builds 500 gpm to 3,000 gpm pumpers and big aerials and towers. What do you build that is out of the ordinary that somebody in industry needs to know about?
CHRISTIANSEN: What sets us apart is that we have basic models but we don't let that bind the customer to a cookie-cutter design. We are very open to customizing our bodies and cab. The truck we built for Refinery Terminal Fire Company in Corpus Christi is a good example of that. It's a rear mount pump with top mount controls. All the metering valves were remotely mounted, so actually there are dual controls you could work at the back of the truck and at the top mount panel as well. In other words, you have the one set of metering valve controls at the pump with all the plumbing at the rear of the truck. They could also operate everything up front on the top mount panel. That's not in anybody's standard model book, but RTFC needed it so we designed that truck specifically for them.
DAVID: It really didn't carry more manpower but it made manpower more efficient.
CHRISTIANSEN: Correct.
DAVID: Whose metering valves did you use?
CHRISTIANSEN: RTFC's truck has a Williams Fire & Hazard Control Hot-Shot II-300 system. RTFC has an Ambassador monitor up there that is plumbed with eight-inch valve and piping.
DAVID: I don't know how long you've been in this business, Paul, but was there ever a day you thought you would have an eight-inch discharge on fire trucks.
CHRISTIANSEN: No.
DAVID: It's a sign of the times related to industry's demand that if we have big fires we have to have big fire fighting equipment. In this case it happens to be an eight-inch monitor. What is the capacity flow?
CHRISTIANSEN: It depends upon how the truck is plumbed, but the Huntsman Chemical truck we just delivered flowed 5,100-to-5,200 gpm from their hydrant system using two 6-inch inlets.
DAVID: Have you done any big flows through tower ladders yet? Some people have taken the basket off.
CHRISTIANSEN: We have a design like that with our 100-foot platform. We remove the platform and end up with a super heavy duty 100-foot straight stick aerial ladder.? You can flow 1500 gpm and still maintain a 1,500 pound tip load.
DAVID: What sets Ferrara's industrial fire truck line apart from anybody else's?
CHRISTIANSEN: Like our municipal line, everything is heavy duty construction. The RTFC truck is all 12 gauge stainless steel. It is extremely thick material. Some manufacturers might give you a 14 or 16 gauge body. But ours is all 12 gauge stainless with a seven gauge stainless steel subframe, so it is really, really beefy. It is meant to last virtually a lifetime. The rollup doors were painted, but the body itself was just brush finished stainless. It looks really nice and it is always going to look that way. Other trucks, like Huntsman Chemical, are built with extruded aluminum.? The extruded body is extremely heavy duty and really lends itself well to customizing.
DAVID: Let's get into the environmental issues, such as the engines of tomorrow.
CHRISTIANSEN: Tomorrow is actually this fall.
DAVID: What are we going to see? Are we still going to be able to get our big engines for our big pumps?
CHRISTIANSEN: Well, your engine selection is reduced. We are offering Cummins.? We are also working with a couple of other engine suppliers too so that we will be able to offer a variety. Detroit Diesel has entered into an exclusive agreement with another manufacturer, basically taking themselves out of the majority of the fire market. Caterpillar is finished with over-the-road trucks.
DAVID: Are we going to be able to get the 500 and 600 horsepower engines?
CHRISTIANSEN: Yes.
DAVID: Tell us about the challenge of meeting these new environmental standards with the fire trucks.
CHRISTIANSEN: The big challenge is getting the final design from engine manufacturers so that you can design the trucks. I guess right now there is also the possibility that we may end up having dual after treatment filters in the truck, one of them being a urea filter. That can certainly pose some challenges when it comes to plumbing a fire truck.
DAVID: Well, it's already cramped now. There is no exemption for fire trucks, right?
CHRISTIANSEN: Correct. Even though as an industry we only produce about 5,000 trucks a year, which is really insignificant as far as the total market picture. But they don't cut the fire? apparatus segment of the market any slack at all.
DAVID: Is all this pollution stuff going to create a bigger housing for the engine?
CHRISTIANSEN: Our cab is not going to be any larger than it is right now. With the 2007 engines we went to a 100-inch wide cab with a larger engine tunnel. However, by increasing the overall cab width we were able to keep the driver's and officer's hip and shoulder room the same.
DAVID: What is this going to do for maintenance and operators of a fire truck? I understand that one of the problems will be that as you are driving the truck down the highway at some point you have to pull over and let the filter recycle.
CHRISTIANSEN: You don't have to pull over.? The system will regenerate while you're driving, or in pump mode if the engine RPM is high enough. You can switch to a regen-inhibit mode and delay the process if the driver-engineer deems it necessary. Alternately, you can set it to a manual regeneration mode. You really don't notice the regeneration is going on other than an indicator light on the dash. The issue that the fire trucks have is that typically you are making a short run to your call. So you're not really operating long enough for complete regeneration or you're someplace where you don't want to go through regeneration, particularly on the fire ground. With the truck in pump, a lot of times it is going to start the regeneration and then ...
DAVID: You may get in and drive off.
CHRISTIANSEN: Then you're going to come to a stop and regeneration is going to come to a stop. So for fire trucks you may often have to take it somewhere and go through the manual regeneration mode.
DAVID: How long is it going to take?
CHRISTIANSEN: It may take 45 to 60 minutes but it is not terribly convenient.? The regeneration process is more efficient when the truck is at operating temperature, so the operator would want to perform that when the crew returns from a call and not as a part of a morning check-out. It's an extra step in maintenance that the driver is going to have to be aware of.
DAVID: Is there any special maintenance that is going to have to be done on these systems?
CHRISTIANSEN: Not particularly, other than you have to monitor your regeneration. With the fire truck you can choose to delay the regeneration, but if you keep doing that, eventually you get to a point where your particulate filter is going to have to go to the engine service center.
DAVID: I understand that service has to be done by a 'certified person' who probably won't be in with the fire department or plant, right?
CHRISTIANSEN: Right. But that should not be really frequent. Typically, if you can go through the regeneration process when you are supposed to, it is pretty much low maintenance. That is what over-the-road truck drivers experience. With fire trucks you likely end up doing it more often though.
DAVID: That maintenance is going to be expensive, isn't it?
CHRISTIANSEN: Yes, because of the price of your replacement diesel particulate filters. It has gotten to the point that your muffler is going to have to be an item that you put into your maintenance budget every year. In case you need to have one, you want that money dedicated for it.
DAVID: How much money?
CHRISTIANSEN: Probably about $4,000. But it is not something you have to do all the time. You want to have that money set aside for it when you do, probably every five years or so. It is not going to wear out any faster than it does on your passenger car.
DAVID: I guess we can say that the fire truck of yesteryear is not going to be the fire truck of the future.
CHRISTIANSEN: Pretty much. The new NFPA 1901 standard has some pretty good safety features.
DAVID: I'm well aware. I'm on the committee.
CHRISTIANSEN: Electronic stability control, tire pressure monitoring, added reflective striping, additional work lighting and event data recorders can all enhance the safety of fire apparatus. We'll see how the event data recorder ends up playing out. It is still incumbent upon the fire department to retrieve that data. It records things like acceleration, breaking speed, seat belt status and seat occupancy.
DAVID: What other new things do we have?
CHRISTIANSEN:? One of the most important features is the prevention of roll over accidents. Now most new apparatus will either have to be tested on a tilt table or equipped with electronic stability control. Tilt table testing requires the vehicle to be tilted on a test table and remain stable at a minimum of 27 degrees. Electronic stability control, on the other hand, is a part of the ABS brake system that senses potential roll over, disables the accelerator and adjusts braking until the roll over potential is passed. The initial comments we've had from customers is that it's almost like learning to drive all over again. Drivers are taught to accelerate coming out of a turn. Now, depending upon their speed and apparatus, they may not be able to accelerate like they're used to.
DAVID: Are ladder trucks and tankers going to be too top heavy when we put them on the tilt table?
CHRISTIANSEN: The real tall vehicles are going to have a hard time no matter who makes them. Rather than do a tilt table test, those will be a candidate for the electronic stability control.
DAVID: Does anybody buy a plain Jane simple fire truck anymore?
CHRISTIANSEN: Oh sure. We sell a good number of standard program trucks because the market still demands them. They put out as much fire as the custom trucks. However, fire calls are fewer today and most trucks are rescue oriented. Everybody wants to be prepared for whatever scene they are going to roll up on.
DAVID: How are you going to take all these NFPA standards and plug them into that International or Ford where you can't mess with the seat belts or the environmental equipment?
CHRISTIANSEN: International is going to provide their chassis 1901 compliant. Others are not going to be compliant until 2010, if at all.
DAVID: So we are going to eliminate some chassis that we might have used in the past.
CHRISTIANSEN: Yeah.? Overall, there will be fewer choices for fire apparatus when it comes to the commercial chassis market.
DAVID: This is all going to raise the price on truck considerably, isn't it?
CHRISTIANSEN: The initial estimate that we got from the commercial chassis manufacturers for 2010 is about $7,000.
DAVID: I understand Ferrara has a unique system that allows customers to check the construction progress on their vehicles via the Internet.
CHRISTIANSEN: We have a staff photographer who takes pictures of our vehicles as they are being built. We update each truck's photos on our web site three times a week.? The majority of our customers do not live nearby, but are still able to check the progress of what is happening to their truck. It gives them a sense of security because they can see progress on their truck and make sure it's being built to their spec.