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February Issues of LightNOW Published

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Happy Flag Day, Mexico

Today is Flag Day in Mexico.

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Happy Birthday, President Washington

Today is George Washington’s birthday.

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American Presidents: Who’s Your Favorite?

Today is President’s Day.

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Today is Valentine’s Day.

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Happy Birthday, President Lincoln

Today’s is Lincoln’s birthday.

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LightNOW Announces Top 10 List of Most Popular Stories of 2009

Below are the top 10 most popular stories published on the LightNOW blog in 2009, based on numbers of reads per story by you, our readers!
IDA AND IES PUBLISH OUTDOOR MODEL LIGHTING ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW
NEW DRAFT OF ASHRAE 189.1 GREEN BUILDING STANDARD AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT
IESNY ANNOUNCES 2009 LUMEN AWARDS WINNERS
PHILIPS SHOWCASES OLED PRODUCT [...]

LightNOW Editor to Publish Novel in April 2010

I am pleased to announce that my latest novel, Tooth and Nail, will be published by Schmidt Haus books in April 2010.
This is my first work of horror, or rather, post-apocalyptic fiction and was a lot of fun to write.
Hope you’ll check it out when it becomes available!
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Martin Luther King. Jr. Day

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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Doomsday Clock Moves One Minute Back From Five to Six Minutes From Midnight

Citing a more “hopeful state of world affairs” in relation to the twin threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate change, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the minute hand of its famous Doomsday Clock one minute away from midnight. It is now 6 minutes to midnight. The decision by the Bulletin of [...]