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If you’re like many smart home newbies, you’ve invested in one or two popular smart home products, such as a Phillips Hue lightbulb, or Nest thermostat. Maybe you’re riding the smart speaker wave, with a sassy Amazon Echo (“Alexa”) or an intentionally personality-less Google Voice Assistant (“Google”).
But there’s a vast smart home rabbit hole beyond, where refrigerators send low-milk alerts and solicitors stand idly on porch stoops, having been quickly identified by the security camera out front.
Whether you’re walking along a city sidewalk or hiking deep in the forest, you might occasionally notice paint marks on tree trunks. Those marks are codes used by forestry workers and contractors to pass along a range of messages, from which trees to chop down to which ones need treatment for disease.
Why Are Trees in the City Marked With Paint? All cities have codes for marking trees. Here we’ll use Boulder, Colorado, as an example.
As we enter television awards season, one name will be on your lips more often than not: Sterling K. Brown. Brown, who already won an Emmy for his portrayal as Christopher Darden in The People v. OJ: American Crime Story. Currently, Brown plays Randall Pearson on the NBC drama This Is Us. In an ensemble cast marked by sensitive and subtle portrayals, Pearson’s own storyline — his search to reconnect with his birth father — forms the narrative backbone.
Magazine subscriptions for kids provide fun opportunities for your kids to learn about their favorite subjects. Not only is it more enjoyable for kids to hold a real object, but most studies also show you retain more from reading from a physical page than a screen. In fact, the heft and physicality of the printed page might actually contribute to a deeper understanding of reading too. Magazine subscriptions for kids provide the opportunity for your kids to experience this old-timey act while learning about their favorite subjects.
6 / 8 via merchant Simple Platform If you’re not ready to tackle building a full house, a tree platform like this one can be just as fun for kids. These PDF plans guide you as you build an 8- by 8-ft. platform with supports, guard rails and a ladder.
The download includes blueprints, a materials list with notes, build tips, a detailed digital album of the build process and a bonus 3D Sketchup model.
The popular MTV dating show, Are You The One?, is back for its 9th season after its 3-year hiatus, in its new home, Paramount +. The 9th season of the show welcomed 22 hot singletons–11 males and 11 females–who will try to identify their predetermined perfect partner. Mijntje Lupgens is one of the participants in the new Paramount + show.
Get to know about Mijntje Lupgen’s new stint on Are You The One?
Chef Tzarina Mace-Ralph has joined the cast of Below Deck Down Under. The show premiered on 17 July 20 on Bravo TV. Here are a few things that you should know about Tzarina.
Here we’ve brought you details about her age, family, and more.
Chef Tzarina Mace-Ralph On Below Deck Down Under Tzarina Mace-Ralph a hard-working, earnest, and resilient chef has come aboard on season 2 of Below Deck: Down Under.
We love, love, love when celebs show off their great sense of humor! Two pranksters who keep us in stitches are Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars. Taylor has been known to stir up a little trouble while on tour, while Bruno recently taped a joke for 'The Ellen DeGeneres' show. Which celeb would you rather pull a prank on you?
Taylor has been the victim of countless pranks, courtesy of Ellen DeGeneres, but she dishes it as well as she takes it.
If you want to lob a grenade into public education debate, try bringing up charter schools. Proponents rhapsodize over the choice and opportunities these schools offer to parents. Opponents will gnash their teeth about hedge fund managers and fraud. It’s a bigger debate than the whole who’s-a-robot-and-who’s-not thing in Westworld.
As with most things, the truth about charters is more complicated than the debate about them. First off, what are they?
Danish actress Maria Sten has been the subject of persistent rumors regarding a potential romantic relationship with her Swamp Thing co-star, Crystal Reed.
Sten and Reed initially crossed paths on the set of DC Universe’s Swamp Thing in late 2018, establishing a close friendship that endured beyond the series.
However, speculation regarding a potential romantic connection between the two intensified when, on September 4, 2019, Reed posted a photo featuring her and Sten walking side-by-side, radiating glamour.