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00:00good morning it's Monday November 10th and that means two things don't you just hate it when the
00:18gales of November come early it's also time for the lighting industry news brief brought to you
00:24by keystone technologies and they're rich robust excellent line of lighting products great drivers
00:32great guarantees great shipping options as well they've got you covered the link is in the description
00:37or keystone tech.com if you please let's get into the news because dolly has partnered with the iald
00:44this new partnership quote aims to empower specifiers designers and architects by sharing
00:49knowledge launching educational initiatives and fostering more substantial alignment
00:53across the entire leading lighting ecosystem which is what you say when you don't want to say your
00:58plans right away the final version of dlc 6 and luna 2 is out and up and running all the requirements
01:05are live new products are getting approved new stickers are being shipped and there will be a
01:10webinar explaining all this on the 12th should you care to attend cooper has completed their buyout of
01:17nemalux that deal closed on the 5th wind supply is adding two new distribution centers that is
01:23in ohio and in florida respectively on the tariff tracker the supreme court has begun to hear the case
01:30arguing against the precedents for the current tariffs the federal shutdown has ended low income
01:36home energy assistant program payments these are federal funds but they're managed by the states which
01:42means that across five states so far there are delays to winter energy bill assistance for low income
01:49residences uh semiconductor sales are up in q3 uh that is 208.4 billion dollars across the industry
01:57per the semiconductor industry association at wesco their q3 sales were up six percent compared to last
02:05year q3 at lsi shows 7.3 million in profits uh q2 at orion shows revenues two percent lower than last year
02:13which is not that reassuring q3 at amoresco shows revenues at at 526 million dollars we have record
02:22sales at ad 78 billion last quarter we have a dividend at emerson if you're already on the if you're
02:29already a shareholder expect 55 and a half cents per share uh at rexel q3 shows sales are up three percent
02:37uh we have say dignify's continuing share buyback program adding 359 917 000 shares uh sorry 359
02:46thousand seven 917 shares at an average price of 21 euros apiece canada post will be planning rolling
02:53strikes as uh negotiations drag along a ups plane crashed in louisville uh last week it killed at least
03:0114 people as a result ups and fedex have grounded all planes of that same model out of an abundance
03:09of caution lutron has a new shop in new york city uh 12 000 square feet on 11th and 26th
03:17sonpar has a new distro center in colorado that's a quarter million square feet in aurora
03:23in rep agency updates kasambi has picked fia in new york neo is adding three brands and we have a recap of
03:29110 deals from inside lighting uh speaking of the supreme court of the u.s they have upheld the irs's
03:36decision to a not pay out 179d deductions that you didn't file for in 2016 and 17 those funds are gone
03:46you can't get them no more even if you did a project nano leaf and signify are near a settlement
03:52we have a draft license agreement prepared and a pittsburgh man has patented a bedside lamp
03:58it is also an extension cord and a usb hub because i guess no one had patented that yet
04:04jaga has revived book 18 uh the fourth edition of rags for heritage and decorative light sources is
04:12ready to go we have an update from skyx or sky sky x i've never been told how to pronounce that
04:19uh we have new partnerships in the international market we have new projects going ahead and they
04:24have new ai initiatives case gape has partnered with with cumux this is a new lighting and controls
04:30deal the fcc will no longer be requiring isps to secure networks to their standards uh the network
04:39providers will instead be creating internal voluntary standards uh circadian a new showroom for iot
04:46connected beds has opened uh opened up in dallas these high-tech mattresses start at 124 000
04:55in more affordable smart home products ikea has launched 21 matter ready devices uh mostly
05:03light sources sensors and connected plugs in r&d we have new ai for optic design this is from opto
05:11they have a new platform for engineers to help them design uh optics and lenses we have new purple
05:17phosphors for lasers this is uh some new tech from the csir national institute for interdisciplinary
05:23science and tech that'll probably end up in vehicle headlights the university of turku has a simpler
05:29oled it is a new tunable white oled that is made from indium tin oxide uh asd and light and colors this is a
05:38new research study that shows that children on the spectrum might do better under very specific
05:44light spectra iopsins and light is a new document from dr martin more ed a it breaks down the gaps between
05:51photoreceptors and current led spectra we also have a new romanian study in chicken centric lighting
05:58uh charting the health of broiler chicken productivity and the light they use to do that
06:03we have a new lidar system from cars for cars for ams osrem uh we have an mrna vaccine for macular
06:12degeneration this is a study from yokohama city university that reduced the uh the impairment
06:20of aging eyes in mice also survey says men are more afraid of the dark than women uh this area this
06:29the study also says that they care this fear carries deeper into adulthood for one third of men than you
06:37might think that link is on nailed.org check it out on the dark side of things uh pc amber alone will
06:45not save us uh alan and air pollution have been linked in with brain and behavioral functions a chinese
06:53study has linked alan with hypertension dyslipidemia and liver diseases light pollution has also been
06:59linked with thyroid cancer long-term melatonin use might be bad for your health a lot of asterisks
07:06on this darkness news update on thursday to explain it in more detail um daylight saving time continues
07:14to make even commutes more fatal uh bright light in the morning makes you feel colder biological clock
07:20has been linked with hormones circadian alignment and office burnout alan is altering the behavior of salt
07:27marshes crabs light at night is also altering the migration of water fleas tiny little
07:33zooplankton moth populations are continuing to drop in cities we have a new call for moth safety
07:39unrelated to that but related to that the u.s department of energy has cut research funds to determine the
07:46impacts of wind farms on bats the uk south downs national park is opening submissions for their astrophotography
07:53competition uh we have low orbit objects being threatened by the sun specifically solar radiation
08:00strong enough to knock their systems out and throw them off course nvidia is planning on launching
08:06low orbit uh low orbit objects as well and google gemini might move their data centers to the moon
08:14in san mateo county uh they are using dark sky standards at an elementary school cannon falls minnesota
08:21is setting new lighting rules for data centers bluff utah held their first dark sky festival missoula
08:27montana is lighting their trails responsibly mary in massachusetts is cutting the brightness to their
08:32maritime center and uh fountain hills arizona is planning six months of night sky tourism events
08:38check it out horticulturally clear greens is bankrupt argos is expanding and an edible garden edible garden
08:46the name of the company not just unedible garden uh is trying to help those who are not receiving
08:52their snap payments right now in recommended reading electrification will not break the grid
08:58we also have a recap of light 25 a new focus on tariffs a question of whether or not the whiplash
09:06the backlash the bad thing is finally going to hit us about tariffs standard time would be best year
09:12round eric yurger is talking about uh field adjustable luminaires we have a recap of light
09:19justice from thesis to practice at boston lights we have apartment conversion projects and how lighting
09:25fits into that how to use outdoor lighting to repel skunks how to use outdoor lighting to repel
09:30mosquitoes in november i know many people have mosquitoes in november i'm just it's snowing while i'm
09:37recording and i'm a little salty about it um we have how to decide between a smart plug and a smart
09:43outlet uh and uh how cool are luminaire level uh controlled sensors sorry but how cool are uh luminaire
09:57level lighting controls as sensors as motion detentors motion detectors can your light bulbs really detect
10:04motion are they that good yet we have a few case studies we have a revamp of the university of
10:10wolverhampton's library we have optimizing light at tomato world this is an indoor farm not like a theme
10:17park i'd go to tomato world though i just want some spaghetti uh we have how to light for mood at the new
10:24universal studios park the dark universe redford union high school's sweet puma light how they made that
10:31and energy focus did a bunch of cool things in osaka and they want you to know about it i cannot take
10:38the city of osaka very seriously because of the yakuza video games especially not so tenbory
10:44in local news uh bc hydro is offering cash back for home efficiency programs uh massachusetts is offering
10:53schools 14 million in grants uh nevada is planning a new residential efficiency program
10:59uconn has partnered with new england manufacturers on energy costs we have new rebates in salt river
11:05arizona we have copper thieves breaking into at&t's strategic reserve they broke into their vault
11:14in los angeles california and made off with oh so many miles of copper and texas has a law to end
11:22daylight saving time but they did it anyway why last week there were a lot of elections
11:29in the u.s and we're not going to talk about most of them because we're going to talk about down
11:34ticket items way down ticket items because uh well certainly street lighting was a winning issue for
11:41the new mayor of detroit auburn washington voted in favor of funding school projects lamar texas only
11:48voted to phone fund some of their school projects portland maine voted for track and field lighting
11:54vermilion ohio voted against 14 million in school projects and kenny hawaii passed 130 million in
12:02community bonds spring hill texas voted against 20 million in school projects and richardson texas
12:09passed 1.4 billion in community bonds many of that for street lighting or school projects
12:15fema is funding for lighting at ports of indiana led street lights are going up in washington
12:21illinois windsor colorado is switching their streets to led um
12:25what uh tangia poha parish louisiana i'm sorry i definitely mispronounced that is relighting their
12:34schools amherst wisconsin students are competing to improve their school's energy uses uh we have
12:40new lighting grants for wood buffalo alberta we have new led lighting in sacramento california
12:45nashville tennessee is planning on pedestrian safety halton ontario catholic boards have approved
12:51new lighting upgrades tucson arizona bus drivers want more light at the bus stops uh como county
12:58texas is seeking uh grants from the united states tennis association to light their tennis courts which
13:05they will probably get as long as no one plays pickleball pickleball on them that's not a joke that's
13:11like a real requirement from the tennis association they're not messing around chattanooga tennessee
13:16is relighting their skate and dog parks burnaby bc is completing a program of rgb uplights under their
13:23l train uh l train tracks u hartford is lighting their track and field and food lion a chain of
13:30grocery stores have completed their lighting retrofits in north carolina and south carolina
13:35both carolinas at once that's tricky internationally uh we have new street lights on the isle of man
13:42the uk energy austerity program has canceled holiday lighting in many towns once again the paris
13:49catacombs are closed for a new lighting project in uh noegen also pronounced wrong in the netherlands
13:57has street lighting in theory it failed a lot of it failed this week uh we have new street lighting
14:04going up in paitia panama and australia has so much solar power they have to give it away for free
14:11in sports news charlotte north carolina is paying for football stadium upgrades
14:17in people news we have a new head of consumer lighting at signify his name is joran schweetmaker
14:24rich stinson is got has gotten the southwire pioneer award and george brown will be serving as the
14:31program director of nrf the nrf institute's fostering critical dialogue initiative and things you can
14:37make you can turn an old lamp into a reverb tank if you're recording music you can turn a diy audio
14:44brick for your smart home uh you can make your own volumetric display you can abuse sorry you can abuse
14:50an opto flasher and in pinecrest michigan they put 1 000 jack-o-lanterns in their cemetery
14:56i have been scott walker i want to thank you for your time your attention i want to thank all our
15:01sponsors i want to thank nailed and i want you to enjoy your week and enjoy the music see ya
15:07this world will never see a light again and it's all a matter of perspective but we can't afford to lose a legend
15:20now
15:24and i want you
15:29She lives on
15:34In my heart
15:36In my heart
15:38She lives on
15:39I'm alone, I'm alone
15:41She lives on
15:44In my heart
15:45In my heart
15:48She lives on
15:50I'm alone, I'm alone
15:54I'll never let you
15:59you go, you'll never be alone, cause you'll live forever in my heart and head, and I feel
16:15you more than ever, now you're gone, and I feel you more than ever, cause you live
16:28she lives on, in my heart, in my heart, she lives on, in my heart, in my heart, she lives
16:53on, in my heart, she lives on, in my heart, in my heart, she lives on
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