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When the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots face off this Sunday for Super Bowl LXat Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, both teams will be hoping to break some football records. But another type of record could be set in the wake of the big game: Super Bowl Monday could set a record for the second straight year for U.S. employees who plan to miss work, according to UKG’s annual Super Bowl Fever Absenteeism Survey. An estimated 26.2 million employed Americans say they will miss work the day after the big game, surpassing 2025’s record-setting 22.6 million employees and potentially costing upwards of $5.2 billion in lost work and productivity. Super Bowl Monday Could Sideline 26M Workers – Facility Executive Magazine
AD member sales increased 20% to a record $100 billion across the group’s divisions and countries, +6% on a same store basis. Same-store sales by country, in local currency, increased 6% in the U.S., 5% in Canada, and 1% in Mexico. The bulk of AD’s nonorganic growth was the result of its successful merger with IMARK Electrical. Additionally, AD members acquired 62 companies outside of the group, and 27 members within the group. AD Member Sales Reach a Record $100 Billion in 2025
More than 30% of The Washington Post staff is eliminated, many covering international news. The entire sports department has been eliminated, and journalists currently in Italy to cover the Winter Olympics have been told to return home. Jeff Bezos bought the Post in 2013 for $250 million. Business News Today – tEDmag
The Responsible Battery Coalition (RBC) welcomed the Trump Administration’s launch of “Project Vault,” a major new initiative established with the Export-Import Bank of the United States to create a strategic critical minerals stockpile designed to protect American manufacturers — including the U.S. battery industry — from global supply disruptions. Batteries are essential to nearly every aspect of American life and national security. Project Vault will provide a new mechanism to procure and store strategically important minerals used in batteries and other advanced technologies, such as lead, antimony, cobalt, graphite, silicon, copper, and nickel. Project Vault will help ensure manufacturers have reliable access to key inputs even during periods of volatility or geopolitical pressure. Trump Administration Launches ‘Project Vault’ – electrifiED
Rapidly changing technology, growing environmental awareness, and a host of other factors are impacting the building industry—in a time of unprecedented transformation, the built environment is at a pivotal moment. Facility managers and building operators face difficult maintenance and service challenges and decisions that point to a clear reality—buildings must evolve. As a key contributor to driving success and achieving goals, your building is central to these challenges and solutions, so understanding technological advancements and trends is crucial. Is your building ready for what’s ahead? DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AT: The Future-Ready Building: 8 Business Drivers Advancing Building Technology | Trane Commercial HVAC
The cheapest Super Bowl LX tickets have already been priced at $6,652. The most expensive Super Bowl ticket currently available is $59,920, which gives access to a VIP seat in section 139 at Levi’s Stadium. Historically, the most expensive ticket was a $434,000 at 200-Level Club Suite ticket for Super Bowl LI in 2017. For the 2025 Super Bowl, the average ticket price was around $8,076, with the cheapest tickets starting at $3,000. At the first Super Bowl back in 1967, the average price was $12.00. Super Bowl ticket price history, increases, average costs to attend
Super Bowl I: 1967
Date: Jan. 15, 1967
Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, California)
Average Ticket Price: $12
Inflation Price: $115.87
Attendance: 61,946
Matchup: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs
Outcome: Packers def. Chiefs, 35-10.
Super Bowl LIX: 2025
Date: Feb. 9, 2025
Location: Caesars Superdome (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Average Ticket Price: $8,076
Inflation Price: $8,201.84
Attendance: 65,719
Matchup: Kansas City Chiefs vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Outcome: Eagles def. Chiefs, 40-22.
Since many cities and towns began switching to LED streetlights about 15 years ago, a peculiar phenomenon has begun to occur. As specific batches of LED streetlights age, their cool white light fades to blue and then eventually emits a purple wash, due to delamination of the phosphor-silicon layer in some LED chips. This has been linked to a manufacturing defect that eluded quality inspections. Now that the defect has been identified, many municipalities are including performance guarantees and warranties in their street lighting contracts, allowing them to get lamps replaced for free or decreased cost. The average cost of replacing an LED street light fixtures runs from $100 to $500. If only the lamp needs replacing, the cost is around $50 to $200. The cost of replacing the entire fixture can be as much as $400 to $1,200. The Cost of Replacing Purple LED Streetlights – Electrical Contractor Magazine
In the rare mega-merger of companies run by the same guy, Musk has brought together his rocket company, which has been planning an IPO, and his AI company, which is best known for Grok, the off-color chatbot that’s good at generating NSFW images. Sources told Bloomberg that the deal, which merges two of the world’s largest private companies, values the combined company at $1.25 trillion. Musk said the tie-up would help him put data centers in space, funding bases on the moon and a colony on Mars. He also said the combination would provide scale “to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!” Morning Brew
A marvel of engineering, this masterfully crafted 1.25″ surface mount fixture emits more than 1000 lumens, surpassing competitors with a single gentle beam of discreet quality illumination. With the implementation of Finch, a jewelry store— as well as many other applications—can enhance occupant comfort, improve the showcasing of merchandise and various design elements, and subtlety enforce advanced security measures, all while maintaining a sophisticated and elegant aesthetic sure to turn heads and profits. Finch is available in various lengths, finishes and inside colors on the bevel, which can be mixed and matched to create a unique design that complements the store’s aesthetic. The two-tone bevel finishes add an extra layer of elegance, echoing the luxury of the jewelry on display. For instance, gold-toned bevels could be used to echo the warmth of gold jewelry, or silver-toned ones for a modern, minimalist look. Amerlux_DeltaDigest_Finch_rev.pdf
Telling Time – 12-hour time is a very ancient system that traces back to the Mesopotamian empires. They had a cultural fixation with the number 12, used a base-12 numerical system, and divided up most things into 12ths whenever possible – including day and night. The 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night system spread throughout Europe and the Middle East and has defied multiple attempts to change it over the centuries. Also, for anyone curious as to why there was such a love of the number 12, it was because that was how they counted on their hand. Look at your hand. Notice how each of your fingers minus your thumb has three easily identifiable parts to it. They used to count by using their thumb to count each part of the finger, much in the same way we count to 10 using our fingers today. So, 12 was the max you could count on one hand.
