Mr. Altmire, I was about to respond that, while the lighting at Rensselaer is obviously good, it's California where the light-emitting diode--the LED--is actually being manufactured by a new startup company called Bridgelux, which has taken that technology and, with a little bit of assistance, is going to being able to manufacture in America. However, controlling this for the next 20 minutes, we're going to move to transportation. Mr. Altmire, why don't you get us going on transportation.
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