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00:00Good morning, it's October 14th and that means two things.

00:17Everyone is pursuing perverse incentives these days.

00:21And do you know why?

00:23It's because no one gets participation trophies anymore.

00:26It's also time for the Lighting Industry News Brief brought to you by Keystone Technologies

00:31and their extensive range of many excellent, well-warrantied, well-supported lighting products.

00:40Visit KeystoneTech.com.

00:41That link is in the description if you please.

00:45Into the news, Illumis has bought Barnlight Electric.

00:49Barnlight makes vintage-style fixtures and there's no details on that buyout.

00:54Global Lighting Tech has liquidated their Zhongshan factory in favor of working in Vietnam.

01:01Elkhomstappers are back in business, now running Atlas Lighting at Home.

01:05They're already shipping projects and products.

01:09On the tariff tracker, we have Chinese and U.S. tensions getting more tense over the weekend

01:14as negotiations did not really go anyone's way.

01:19U.S.-Canada tensions are about the same as they were last week, even as talks remain inconclusive.

01:26We have a new tariff of 30% on bathroom vanities going ahead for the U.S.

01:31And UPS has given up on processing customs for packages.

01:36They had a huge backlog of things that should be tariffed and should be going through customs.

01:42And they've decided the most effective, efficient means of dealing with that backlog is to destroy the boxes.

01:49Check your tracking numbers.

01:52The United States Department of Transportation is changing a trucking rule,

01:58specifically reducing the number of commercial licenses available for non-residents.

02:03We also have new highway projects in Alaska,

02:06specifically so that truckers can bring down copper and zinc from mines that will be open over the next few years.

02:13Amoresco has secured a new deal with the United States Naval Research Labs.

02:19This is $197 million in energy and efficiency programs.

02:24Signify's share update for the week shows that 206,304 shares are back with the board

02:32for a grand total of 4.6 million euros.

02:36Batteries Plus has shops in all 50 states now.

02:39Two stores in Delaware were the last ones to close out that particular achievement.

02:45The National Energy Improvement Fund has bought an ownership stake in RebateBridge

02:50from the PE firm that held it previously.

02:53Wondery Lights, a group that installs decorative lighting,

02:57has three new shops in Orlando, Birmingham, and Dallas-Fort Worth.

03:02Sonepar is consolidating five brands down to two.

03:04Aztec, Dixon, and MGM will be working as Dixon, comma, a Sonepar company.

03:10And Electro Zad and Sesco will now be working as Electro Zad, comma, a Sonepar company.

03:17DLL has partnered with Signify for financing.

03:21Lighting New York has partnered with a new charity called Homes for Our Troops,

03:25with a portion of sales going to the Veterans Support Charity.

03:30LeGrand will be buying Avtron.

03:32Avtron makes power equipment.

03:35Sonepar has hit a new milestone.

03:38Their digital job center, a web portal that helps you manage your jobs,

03:43just achieved $2 billion in sales.

03:46On the rep agency side of things,

03:48Light Efficient Design has expanded their deal with CMBuck to two new brands.

03:53Current has picked Schaefer for the HLI portfolio in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois.

03:59RMC has picked Core Essential for Florida and the Caribbean.

04:04And we have a recap of 129 partnerships in the last quarter.

04:09On the event side of things, the IES conference made money that last year.

04:15That was the first time they've done that ever.

04:20Bravo.

04:22Olympia Lighting will be going to the Athletic Business Show.

04:25That's November 5th through 8th in San Diego, California.

04:28And NEMRA and the IES have announced a new development curriculum.

04:34All four levels have been announced and their CEU values have been outlined.

04:40On the legal side of things, we have SCI v. Coal.

04:45There is a $588,000 dispute over unpaid commissions there.

04:51And KE Electric Supply and Touche have settled their debt.

04:55That's as part of Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.

04:59KE will be paying $12,000 to cover about $25,000 owed.

05:04In IoT news, ITRON has bought URBANT.

05:07That is a $325 million deal for an AI company.

05:13ABB has sold its robotics business to SoftBank.

05:17That's a $5.4 billion deal.

05:21SATELLIOT is the first 5G connection for IoT from space.

05:28This is a low-orbit object that aims to help connect the smart agriculture market.

05:34WEPRO has opened an IoT experience center that's in Bengaluru, India.

05:41Schneider Electric has opened their first LEED Platinum space that's in Dubai.

05:46And in Alaska, we have the Internet of Fish.

05:49This is a new connected net, a network net,

05:53that helps pollock fishers not catch salmon or tuna, just the pollock they need.

06:00LUTRON has partnered with Coastal Source.

06:01We have new outdoor smart lights and sound systems coming.

06:05Logitech Pop Buttons, a device that helps you run your smart home with a single button,

06:10they're going to stop popping and stop buttoning.

06:14As of the 15th, they're all offline.

06:16If you own one, you probably got emailed a coupon code for a different Logitech product.

06:22And I'm sure, I'm sure you really want one right now.

06:27Chelsea Lighting has entered the connected shades business with the new division coming online quite soon.

06:34In R&D news, we have a Korean team creating softer hardware.

06:40This is a new examination of flexible metals and materials for electronics that you can bend.

06:48Related, we have very, very thin quantum dot LED sheets.

06:54This is a Chinese research team blending quantum dots and conductive materials

07:00to create something that mimics sunlight.

07:03According to Rivian and Ford, LIDAR remains the future of the self-driving car.

07:16Tesla insists that they can succeed with only cameras, even as they confront a federal crash probe.

07:23Uh, Zhengzhou University has developed a better deep UV LED using a new aluminum compound.

07:33Uh, corrective eye surgery may soon come without lasers.

07:39Uh, we have a new technique that uses very small electrochemical pulses to change the shape of your eye tissue.

07:47That still sounds scary.

07:49I'll just wear glasses, thank you.

07:51Uh, we have a Korean team building a better solar panel.

07:56Uh, this uses a benzene phosphonic acid-based cell and, uh, photoreceptor.

08:02And it runs at a 28.6 conversion rate inside.

08:08Indoor lighting converts at 30%.

08:10Never mind daylight.

08:13On the dark side of things, we have a study calling for more interest in the non-cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's,

08:20including circadian disruption.

08:22Uh, we have a new document for the assessment of marine protected areas in terms of lighting.

08:30In Ireland, Castlebar is drawing some complaints from darkness advocates because they're not regulating their industrial zones as well as their neighbors.

08:38In Ontario, the town of Quinty is debating perhaps pursuing a RASC dark sky preserve status.

08:46Kingsborough, North Carolina is debating light and noise regs for data centers.

08:51Hill County, Texas has celebrated night sky month.

08:54We have bat week going on in Wisconsin.

08:57Bird groups in Wisconsin and Washington are calling for lights out for migration.

09:02Uh, Salida, Arkansas is hosting dark sky education this week.

09:06And light pollution is leading to ladybugs inside your house.

09:12So figure that out.

09:13Porticulturally, we have a new circadian study for cotton crops and improving how they grow indoors and with the benefit of lighting.

09:23In recommended reading, you can read all these on nailed.org and more.

09:28We have five new things to know about California lighting codes.

09:31We have how to curb cannabis consumption in terms of water and energy, not necessarily your personal use.

09:39That's your business.

09:39Are smart buildings worth it?

09:42This guy says, probably.

09:44But why don't livestock farmers switch to LED?

09:48We have vertical light for depth and comfort, a designer's perspective.

09:53We have a guide to daylighting for hospitals, a brief history of Yesco, specifically their work in Vegas.

09:59We have, uh, we have designing for uptime, data center, critical lighting factors.

10:06We have six solutions for the circular economy.

10:10The extra hour of sleep we're all about to get from daylight savings time is a lie.

10:17It's a lie.

10:19Uh, crossroads in specification and manufacturing.

10:23And we have a video.

10:25LED vehicle signal lights.

10:27They're still bad.

10:29In local news, California has made landlords responsible for interior lighting, even in units.

10:37We have legislators in California calling for yet another law to crack down on copper theft in California.

10:45Copper thefts are slowing Mississippi highway repairs.

10:49We have cuts to FEMA leaving Allegheny County, New York on the hook for park repairs.

10:54Tulsa, Oklahoma has $1.5 million to spend, and they're asking locals for input on that.

11:01We have a new streetlight team going ahead to repair lights in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles.

11:07We have renovations beginning at the Corpus Christi Cathedral of California.

11:12We have French Lick, Indiana, offering $350,000 in home repair grants.

11:18We have new grants going ahead for NGOs in Traverse City, Michigan.

11:21We have $4.8 million in road projects going ahead in East Haven, Connecticut.

11:26We have new grants in Laredo, Texas.

11:29We have new streetlights going up in Scotlandville.

11:33That's in New Orleans, Louisiana.

11:37Bearden, Arkansas, is getting new state funds for sidewalks and trails.

11:40We have that being part of a larger program to fund active transit in the state.

11:46Charlotte, North Carolina, is testing solar lighting at their bus stops.

11:50We have solar lamp posts going up in Smithville, Tennessee.

11:53We have new park lighting going ahead in San Jose, California.

11:57Powhatan, Virginia schools are raising $2.7 million, or trying to, to fund renovations and retrofits.

12:06We have new lighting at softball fields in Alva, Oklahoma.

12:09We have new rink lighting in Didsbury, Alberta.

12:13We have new sports lighting in Summit, New Jersey.

12:16We have new lighting in Akron, Ohio parks.

12:19We have new lamps going into Rhode Island lighthouses.

12:24And if you've got a spare half-mill kicking around, you can buy a 200-year-old lighthouse in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia.

12:33If that's a thing you want to do.

12:35Internationally, Delhi, India will be adding ads, advertisements, to their street lighting polls.

12:43And Cubans continue to protest ongoing blackouts throughout urban regions of the island.

12:51On the people's side of things, Matu Ruhi has been named project coordinator at Reno Lighting.

12:57Wesco's Dan Furrow has new responsibilities as part of his job title.

13:01Peter McCumber is now a regional sales manager at Lightline.

13:05Khaled Awala is now an EVP and HRO at Eaton.

13:09We have new appointments at Sternberg.

13:11And we have Sami Atiyah leaving ABB.

13:14And things you can make, or things I thought were weird.

13:17You can make a simpler shadow graph.

13:19You can turn a novelty singing fish.

13:22You know those ones we all hated 20 years ago?

13:25You can turn that into a home assistant.

13:27You can take your car puddle lights.

13:29I don't know if you're familiar with these.

13:30They come on like your side view mirrors to help you see what's around the bottom of your car.

13:37You can install those on your fridge if you want.

13:40You can buy these lampshades that are made out of bacterial cellulose.

13:45You can also create your own emergency lighting bucket.

13:49That's not a device.

13:51I thought it was a device when I started watching the video.

13:53But it is just a bucket full of emergency lighting products.

13:57So you know, if the big one comes.

14:00We also have an air quality monitor that plays the game of life.

14:05And we have a hot mic alert from Katie Porter, former senator, current California governor hopeful,

14:13and ongoing whiteboard enthusiast, as she gets into a very, very serious fight with her staff over her zoom lighting setup.

14:22In the debunking zone, we have a review of a screw-in ceiling fan that the BBC, the British Broadcasting Corporation, wants you to be afraid of.

14:35You decide for yourself.

14:37Otherwise, I've been Scott Walker.

14:39I want to thank you for your time, your attention.

14:41I want you to enjoy your week and enjoy the music.

14:45See ya.

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15:00They said the stars were dying that night, but to us, they were just falling home.

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15:43If the stars don't burn, they fall to help us learn

15:49And in the falling stars we found

15:55A love that danced without a sound

16:01Above the noise beyond the scars

16:04We made a wish upon the stars

16:08And though the night will pull us far

16:11You'll find me in the falling stars

16:17The falling stars

16:20The falling stars

16:23The falling stars

16:27Each streak across the velvet dome

16:31Was a story written in chrome

16:36Of lovers lost and found again

16:43In stardust, time and rain

16:46You spoke of lies we never knew

16:50Of lies we'd live if dreams were true

16:56The sky replied with gentle flames

17:02That softly sang our names

17:05We are the echoes they still seek

17:08In constellations lost and meek

17:11Even if the world forgets

17:13The stars will pay our debt

17:14In constellations lost and meek

17:16Even if the world forgets

17:19The stars will pay our debt

17:23I see you still

17:26In every falling spark

17:27A love too vast for just one sky

17:28Every falling spark

17:29A love too vast for just one sky

17:31And in the falling stars we shine

17:34And in the falling stars we shine

17:40A tethered stretch of space and time

17:43Even if we drift afar

17:49Our hearts remain where falling stars still carry dreams

17:53Carry dreams that once were ours

17:57Forever in the falling stars

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18:20The falling stars

18:30Some stars don't fade

18:32They just return home

18:33The falling stars

18:34Some stars don't fade

18:35They just return home

18:37You

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