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00:00good morning it is monday december 8th and that means two things people will tell you that light

00:19is the fastest thing on earth but in my experience you'll find that dark is always waiting for it

00:26it's also time for the lighting industry news reef brought to you by keystone technologies

00:31and their emergency units their exit signs they got what you need i mean they got something that

00:39you need you need curved edges they've got it you need square edges they've got it you need black

00:43shields they got it you need white shields they got it you need red letters they got it they you

00:49need green letters that's fine they've got edge lit if you need that there are available in multiple

00:55lumen outputs but they are all guaranteed by keystone's power supplies and that's really

01:00the important part link is in the description let's get into the news because hubble canada

01:06has announced their first round of price increases uh some parts of their product line will increase

01:12by some amount on february 1st how much which wait and see uh illinois's phased fluorescent bulb ban

01:23begins on january 1st uh the last the law starts with screw in cfls but then moves to pin cfls and

01:30then the whole shebang later on qtl lighting uh is american for the baba and baa acts ud is responsible

01:41per newsweek's america's most responsible company most responsible companies list of 2026

01:48the fwha has endorsed nema's make it america program that is the federal highway administration

01:56and they think that a non-government certification for americanness is fine

02:00costco has sued the federal government for money lost due to tariffs

02:07could this continue who knows wesco is offering a dividend of 54 cents per share coming up in a few

02:16weeks we we see that revenues are down at zoom to bell 6.9 this quarter signify has finished

02:25its share buyback program with a grand total of 7 million 108 671 shares back with the company

02:35at 150 million euros total additionally signify has canceled 5 million 763

02:46133 134 outstanding shares those don't exist the financial fiction has has rendered them even more

02:56fictional uh a lighting and interior designer chris lewis has set up a new scholarship with the university of

03:06arkansas uh this 250 000 grant will become the seed for scholarships at the faye jones school of

03:13architecture and design trex is the coolest thing made in virginia uh their rating railing products are

03:21recognized by the virginia manufacturing association scott electric is moving their maryland shop over to

03:28hagerstown a and p lighting has a new light it has a new website it's nice wind supply has opened up a new

03:35space in garden city kansas border states has won a b2b ux award from uh from e-commerce world

03:45the national congress of school transportation has rejected led lighting on school buses

03:51that can't change for five more years hummel brothers celebrate 100 years of lighting their shop

03:57has been running in janet pennsylvania for 860 76 000 hours big sexy neon a neon shop out of new orleans

04:09has closed they are looking for a new space they might be open in the new year in rep agency updates

04:14border states is ditching ad while lighting and controls has partnered with eternal light

04:20leviton canada is expanding their deal with csa enterprises into atlantic canada nsi expand is

04:27expanding their deal with rouser in new england and we have a recap of 97 recent partnerships

04:35the naw the national association of wholesalers are seeking an injunction against oregon packaging laws

04:43this is specifically calling uh to not enforce the plastic pollution and recycling modernization act

04:51they claim it is unfair and unsustainable in events and webinars the ies is seeking illumination awards

04:59submissions until the 30th of january uh registration is now open for the rocky mountain lighting academy

05:05short course that's held at cu boulder that's held during the fall semester uh registration is now open

05:12for education 26 that'll run april 14th and 15th in nyc in dallas texas we have january 10th through 12th

05:21the nearshoring america panel that will be running alongside light evasion light evasion is also adding

05:26outdoor workshops for your ceus those will be on the 10th uh light has confirmed next year's dates that's

05:34november 18th and 19th in london we also have a webinar hosted by the design lights consortium on the 10th

05:40that'll be talking about light pollution and controls i think i'm going to crash that one

05:45actually in iot news dolly has announced a new test and certification specs for wireless gateways

05:52this is a new system for both bluetooth and zigbee protocols schneider is announcing controls um

05:59sorry schneider is announcing ai for building controls uh this is a new platform called ecostructure uh

06:07ecostructure foresight and it's live now inventronics has partnered with synapse wireless for new

06:13controls for sports and outdoor lighting deco has many been named uh the gold winner for most innovative

06:19product of the year for their smart switch that was recognized by best in biz we have a new story

06:27about hacking which is to say that 120 000 ip connected cameras in south korea were hacked

06:35sensitive footage is on sale now still ring cameras have been feeding facial recognition data to flock

06:43since the first of the month amazon sidewalk is freely giving data to federal agencies without warrants

06:50and there's no plan to change that right now kohler's connected toilet cameras were not as encrypted

06:56as advertised if you bought a dakota brand camera for your toilet it's only using tls

07:03encryption not the promised end-to-end encryption and the footage has been used to train ai already

07:15in research and development uv light simulates uh stimulates neuropsin this is a brain chemical

07:23chemical that signals a number of things that are related to seasonal rhythms

07:28uh we have new corrections for skin tone and infrared sensors which means that we'll have

07:33better pulse oximeters coming and eventually better uh motion sensors like like the hand dryers sometimes

07:40the hand dryers actually don't recognize skin tone that well just so you know and we have a brand new

07:46gene spliced petunia specifically the brand uh the the the new petunia is called the firefly and it glows in the

07:53dark they're already on sale at least in massachusetts on the dark side of things we have a new hormone

08:00therapy for allen related issues as they on go we have a new study about how behavior interacts with

08:07light exposure and that was conducted in both switzerland and malaysia for a good comparison about

08:13two different uh really chronotypal areas we also have a new method of cct testing for both melanopsin

08:20and rhodopsin as well as how that affects behavior as well we have a new study from swiss sciences

08:26swiss scientists that determined that yeah you actually sleep better when you're not stressed

08:32who knew we have a new study indicating that tea tea the beverage does affect your clock genes in small

08:39ways and you can take advantage of that we have the welsh government issuing new lighting guidance

08:45uh the um united states customs and border patrol have once again waived environmental rules on the

08:52border uh specifically uh allowing more lighting in a border area jaguar habitat residents of ashford

09:00in the uk are objecting to lighting at a new border facility this is coming in from europe this is a

09:07this is a this this is a train route it goes under the the channel not the channel but another channel

09:14tunnel tunnel that uh is now being subject to extra scrutiny thanks to brexit astronomers are

09:21renewing uh objections to low orbit objects uh plan b and the university of salford have launched a new

09:28survey on environmental pollution and your perception thereof european dung beetles join african dung beetles

09:36in being confirmed that they use starlight to navigate at night uh pennsylvania has set new data

09:42center rules in terms of lighting and noise ispolanti michigan has passed a new lighting bylaw

09:48an idaho car dealership would rather build an eight foot fence than just turn off their lights or dim

09:56their lights there you go uh mason michigan has passed new lighting rules for data centers emerson georgia

10:03is debating debating new lighting regs overall dark sky has completed their assessment of wickenburg

10:09arizona we have a new dark sky international chapter in hopewell new jersey summit new jersey has set new

10:15baseball field lighting rules cumbria is adding lighting controls that's in the uk and satellite

10:21beach florida was home to a nativity scene that was ordered to be shut down because it was too darn

10:28bright horticulturally 55 of u.s states so i guess 26 26 of 50 are offering horticultural lighting

10:38rebates right now ethiopian firms are expanding and sunrise greenhouses is planning new expansions

10:46in recommended reading human-centric lighting for healthcare spaces acuity's share price and the

10:52analysis thereof what goes on inside a dark factory daniel tejater of fridley minnesota is just wrong

11:02he's wrong that's all i'm gonna say about him

11:05humber polytechnic students had a great time at the last ies conference we have how to fix the rep

11:11manufacturer partnership deal tariffs are quote unsustainable according to one small business

11:16owner we have a recap of alan 25 we have a new call from canada from lawyers in canada to set a

11:24minimum light level inside nightclubs for employee safety yeah this is this is a canadian thing to do

11:32i'll tell you what uh we also have a guide to dark sky friendly holiday lighting a playbook for

11:39reshoring manufacturing in the u.s and a case study from rochester's airport in local news the

11:47pennsylvania department of transportation has announced next year's bridge plans uh the colorado

11:53rtd has proposed new lighting to reduce drug use that's a public transit group uh scott air force base

12:00has completed their efficiency projects we have 100 million in projects planned for brock university

12:06in ontario we have 15 million for security in downtown nashville we have new utility sense

12:12incentives in fishers indiana san mateo california bart stations are getting new lighting boynton beach

12:19florida has found 97 malfunctioning lampposts so far the university of miami has taken their lighting and

12:27safety tour in fort worth texas they are planning anti-panhandling lighting they don't describe what

12:35it is in the article they're just saying they're doing it i look forward to not liking that lighting

12:39when it goes up indiana schools get new grants chinook alberta school district is midway through

12:45its maintenance plan in oakwood ohio schools have just gotten 18.4 million dollars in grants

12:51uh the windsor-essex county humane society of ontario is seeking donations to develop cat-centric

12:58lighting uh we have new trail lighting going ahead at the hop river state park in connecticut

13:04imperial california is adding led lighting to their baseball fields gainesville florida is planning new

13:10playground and sports field lighting internationally signify has announced their new plans to expand in

13:15the philippines bravida denmark has secured 13 municipality deals for smart cities and the

13:23naruto and boruto themed anime park attraction on awaji island has announced

13:28a winter lantern illumination program for 2025 in people news webster march marsh i know that guy

13:37has joined arclight as director of education and programming nema's karen willis is set to retire

13:43greg cober has been appointed nsm at csc led that's national sales manager i don't know what csc led stands

13:51for well i don't know what the csc stands for um gasambi has named two co-ceos ies has picked

13:59carolyn woods as their director of membership sandra vascones has joined the board of the knuckles fund

14:06lucie a caro co-hack-vo sorry i'm having trouble pronouncing this name lucie co-hack-voca has been

14:15named uh the or the winner of the young lighter award jerry knight is of ad is set to retire you can

14:22make your own hex panels that do work with a home assistant you can also make this flexible light

14:29and no blocking out the sun will not save us from anything i've been scott walkter i want to thank you

14:35for your time your attention enjoy your week and enjoy the music see ya you think you were born the

14:42son of a dynastic king you were raised on truffles and tutors and other fine things

14:54for all the glory you're cloaked in the stories alive

14:59and i see the empty sad feeling can't feel inside

15:09and i'm sorry that the lives led by the common class fail to live up to your standards we know you're such a big

15:21spender after all

15:28fresh out of college you would have gifted a thousand fine souls

15:36and you promised dear daddy you'd use them to meet all his goals

15:40and come quarter three he saw that you failed to meet quota

15:51and proud dad could not believe he had spawned such a failure

15:56and i'm sorry i'm sorry the product of the working class failed to deliver your bonus

16:06and you would think of the onus

16:11one of the people who call themselves leaders

16:14and inept as you are you only fail upward

16:24after all the chairs of the rich can only grow wide

16:32daddy took ill you brought him a pillow discreetly

16:36after all it only seems right you should help him go peacefully

16:47i'm not sorry not sorry after all

16:54we're all waiting with baited threat to watch you fall

16:59you will fall

17:01and you will fall

17:05you will fall

17:09you will

17:12fall

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