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Beach days were back, parking lots were filling up again, and once-dark hotel rooms were beginning to glow orange with guests. And a little after 9 p.m. on a cool and starry Friday night, ice cream sounded good.

From a distance, it looked like a normal weekend indulgence, the cap to a postcard sunset, as families pressed close to the window of Twistee Treat in St. Pete Beach. They stood in a long, floodlit line that curled into the parking lot around the buildings big vanilla swirl.

Many did not, however, remain six feet apart. And it was hard to lick a soft-serve cone while wearing a mask.

Further along Gulf Boulevard, past dark stretches with lingering VACANCY signs, came swells of people strolling through propped-open doors of beach bars and restaurants, conversation spilling into the street. On patios, under string lights, couples and friends sat distanced from other tables and clinked celebratory beers.

Taking in scenes of Tampa Bay coming back to life on the first weekend most of Florida started to reopen, the notion that the U.S. remains in the clutch of a pandemic felt far away. Florida had just marked its deadliest week since the coronavirus first took hold here. Accordingly, many people stayed home, watching the world go by from the porch. For others, this 85-degree weekend with its newly-loosened rules felt more like a victory lap.

***

It was instinctive. When Lisa Lewis and Carenthia Prince met in Ybor City Friday night, they reached for a hug. The two friends pulled up short just before making contact.

Lewis, 38, from Gibsonton, and Prince, a 36-year-old who lives in Ybor, met up for dinner on 7th Avenue, where street segments were blocked off in one of Tampas Caf and Retail Zones. They wore masks and carried hand sanitizer, but said it felt great to be out.

Tables took up part of the roadway, and restaurant workers in masks spritzed chairs with cleaner across from parked police cruisers. A responsible patron checklist hung on poles at each block. Finally, storefronts were lighting up again. But Lewis was surprised to see so few masks.

I just wish they would be a little more cautious, she said.

To hug or not to hug differed by person. Some friends reunited in the streets with running embraces and cries of I missed you! Jennifer Cadry, 44, of Brandon, opted for air hugs. She lost her job as a bartender during the shutdown, and to pay the bills, Cadry fought her discomfort and signed up to drive for Uber Eats and shop for Instacart. To see restaurants and other businesses open was a balm.

As long as people are responsible and restaurants are sanitizing, it lowers the risk to the point that I feel comfortable being out, she said.

Ybors sights and the slice of normalcy they provided proved irresistible to some whod stayed indoors for weeks. Denise Vidro, 38, and Martin Torres, 46, had gotten fresh air from time to time on his motorcycle, but on Friday, they sat at Nicahabana and enjoyed a cigar and a cup of coffee.

Were always together, but we havent seen friends, Vidro said, as she looked over at a large group sitting outside Tequila Bar Taqueria, where there was a giant jug of hand sanitizer on the hostess stand. Watching them feels good. Its so good to see people again.

***

Saturday morning arrived with hot, blue skies and postcard-puffy clouds, almost like a personal invitation to step outside.

In Spring Hill, Bruce Gresh embraced the status quo. He relaxed. He watched the birds flit about his yard. He felt grateful to be safe.

In Seminole Heights, 72-year-old Sharlene Lindsey did the same. Her front porch was perfect for watching her younger neighbors walk and run by. She was content to stay put.

For many, Saturday came and went without a sense of urgency. To reemerge now felt like a needless risk. If they ventured out, some opted for masks, or made a quick stop for takeout. Others sought quiet spaces, like Lassing Park in St. Petersburg, so empty that pet owners could let their dogs off leash to wander.

A couple walked along the shore with an old-faced golden retriever, talking about whether their friend would be able to have a birthday dinner. Two people kayaked side by side in the bay. A duo pedaled a red tandem bike on the sidewalk.

A new mother held her baby while her husband carefully aimed a camera at them, holding a small bushel of sunflowers to use as a prop. Luis Gonzalez, 29, said he and Erica Gonzalez, 30, wanted to take photos to commemorate her first Mothers Day.

Their son Leo Gonzalez was born on February 3rd. A month later they started quarantining, weeks before the state made the order official.

The couple moved from New York last year to be closer to family. They were able to introduce Leo to family in the weeks before the coronavirus hit, but it was hard to not be able to share their baby with loved ones, who have only seen his round cheeks and wispy hair over video chat.

The goal was to be near family and start a family, Luis Gonzalez said. The one thing we had looked forward to had to be kind of taken away.

Having a newborn meant Erica was already being cautious, but now her biggest worry is that she or Luis could become sick, unable to care for Leo.

In the next few weeks, theyre thinking about expanding their quarantine circle a little wider, but arent in any rush to go out. These days, Luis has been working from home, in a desk pushed next to his sons crib.

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Long before noon on Saturday, traffic on the Pinellas Bayway was backed up to the toll booth by Eckerd College. For those drivers, the slog to the Gulf was just beginning.

Theyd soon find Pass-a-Grille Beach packed to the brim. Literally.

Signs indicating the beach was full prevented drivers on Pass-a-Grille Way from turning toward the shore, while Pinellas County sheriffs cars lined Gulf Way. Deputies stood at each beach access point. No entry.

North and south along the shoreline, the beach faded into a sea of umbrellas along the dunes. People walked the wet sand and slept in the sun. Signs staked in the sand outlined the new BEACH RULES. Kids played in the 77-degree water.

Getting to the beach Saturday was a must for 18-year-old Olivia Manno. The Plant High senior who just finished online classes Friday said she came to the beach in a group of nine to celebrate a friends 18th birthday.

She normally goes to the beach twice a week. Its been 52 days since her last visit.

As a Floridian, its hard not to go, she said.

Nearby, Christine Valdes and her husband were enjoying lunch at the busy Paradise Grille beachside. Residents of St. Pete Beach, they rode their bikes south.

They said so long as they stuck to outdoor dining, they werent so concerned about contracting the virus.

Were not trying to go inside any of the restaurants, said Valdes, 55. Everybody seems to be respecting their distance.

Across the street, the famed Hurricane Seafood Restaurant seated patrons outdoors only. Servers delivered plates in blue gloves, bare-faced.

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At Brooklyn South on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg, a sign on the door asked customers to limit themselves to only three or four inside at a time. And stop touching your face! The line edged out to the sidewalk, where a man lifted his mask to take a pull on his vape.

Its good to see you, a regular said to the guy behind the register.

Its good to be seen.

Picnic tables at Casita Taqueria on Central were crammed, a tight-knit queue pushing out the door. Friends shared baskets of chips under Corona-branded umbrellas. Out front, four teenage girls wrangled Coast bikes from the kiosk and set off.

Across the street, motorcyclists and dog-walkers stopped to pick up bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches and iced coffee from Bandit Coffee Co.s contactless station.

Elsewhere along the downtown corridor, St. Pete came to life in a patchwork. An OPEN flag hung outside one antique shop while others remained shuttered, yellow sheriffs warnings still posted in the windows. WELCOME BACK banners and spaced-out tables materialized next to eateries with cautious instructions taped to the door. A crystal shop was open, a rattan furniture shop was closed. A smoke shop was open, a vegan cafe was closed.

Masks were few. Sundresses and sunglasses were many. Along the waterfront parks, hammocks hung from palms. Joggers and sightseers paraded down the walkways, past a closed playground and empty pool. Were they keeping their distance? Many were. Others, it was hard to say. There was a feeling of sweet relief, as bicyclists pedaled along the water, handlebar streamers catching the breeze.

At many of Beach Drives upscale restaurants, servers wore black masks, leaning in to take orders. A downtown trolley passed, lit up with instruction: COVER UR FACE B4 U RIDE.

Next to an Italian ice cart was a sign for $1 masks.

***

Under normal circumstances, Regina Kaza, 27, of Tampa, and Chelsea Lettiero, 27, of Westchase, meet every other week for yoga and brunch. This time, it was just an iced coffee from Buddy Brew in Hyde Park and a perch on the fountain. But it was a pleasant reminder of routine.

Neither has been out much. Kaza isnt ready to go to a restaurant, but being outside where shes able to keep her distance is nice. Lettiero went to dinner at Mothers Restaurant this week.

I was hesitant to come out, Kaza said. I thought it would be busier.

All the tables in the Village Center were full, but were spaced apart. The Clark family dug into Bartaco takeout. It may not be the beach, 43-year-old April Clark said, but her kids needed to get off of their electronics.

This is a nice compromise.

At Armature Works, people sprawled in the Adirondack chairs across the lawn. And at International Plaza, thousands of people roamed the tile floors, about half in masks. More than 20 shoppers queued six feet apart outside Forever 21, mask required, to be one of ten people browsing its sprawling racks. Louis Vuitton had the same policy, while stores such as H&M, Victorias Secret and Gap stayed closed.

Kids held parents hands, and could only stare as they passed the once-energetic play area that now sat dormant.

Its great to see everybody back, said Max Moyer, 20, the owner of a shoe-cleaning business that sits between Morphe and Abercrombie Kids. But its different for sure.

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For some, this weekend meant sanity. Sonia Hass got breakfast at Clear Sky Cafe in Dunedin. We arent being reckless but not living in fear, she said.

For others, it was ominous. Laura McCrary of Palm Harbor, logging onto Facebook and seeing the scene outside, simply felt sad. She feared the surge that might arise in a couple of weeks.

Stephanie Addis, 45, of St. Pete, tried to recreate her Friday tradition with her boyfriend, getting carryout pizza from Old Northeast Tavern. But after a few outings in a few days, the guilt grew. It felt wrong, she said.

Matt Cardillo of Tampa, watching it all play out online, tweeted: Its a party in the eye of a hurricane.

***

In the Sterling Ranch neighborhood of Brandon, Melissa Clarke was trying to decide what to order for takeout. She and her husband had been hoping for dinner from the Columbia Restaurant, but it wasnt open yet. She was content to wait.

Her 50-year-old husband is immunocompromised, she said, and hasnt left home in nearly two months. Clarke, 49, steps out only to drop off their dog at the vet and run curbside errands. They get groceries delivered. A few times a day, they go on a walk and say hello to neighbors from afar. When someone comes close, they cross the street.

Watching people rush back into the world left Clarke and her husband concerned: Will we lose more people than is necessary?

We understand that people are restless, she said, but to us it is life or death, and being a bit restless is worth saving lives.

She misses drinks at 7venth Sun Brewery in Seminole Heights. She hates that so many beloved places are struggling. But takeout was still on the menu.

We will give it more time, she said.

Staff writers Divya Kumar, Zachary T. Sampson and Emily Mahoney contributed to this report.

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Costa Mesa offers easy access to the beach towns of Huntington and Newport without the exorbitant home prices. But the city of approximately 115,000 is appealing in its own right, featuring craft breweries, live music venues, trendy retailers and mouth-watering restaurants.

Weekend trips to Los Angeles or San Diego are totally doable thanks to Costa Mesas central location and the fairgrounds play host to year-round events. If youre in the market for a single-family home or townhome in this far-from-sleepy suburb, consider one of these four new construction options.

Developer: Intracorp USA Location: 1651 Superior Avenue Priced from: $1,057,649

As the Talking Heads once sang, this must be The Place. The new urban community in Westside Costa Mesa offers a collection of 42 live/work detached homes with three bedrooms, two full baths and two half baths. Enjoy the 360 Sky Suites, measuring up to 819 square feet, equipped with shade trellises and plenty of space for alfresco dining or lounging. Theres a long list of neighborhood amenities, including a community garden, bocce ball court, shuffleboard court, open play lawn, tot lot, and group dining terraces with barbecues for summer grilling.

Developer: The Olson Company Location: 390 Ford Road Priced from: high-$600,000s

As the name implies, Westside Walk is within walking distance of the shops, restaurants and entertainment hotspots of Triangle Square. These contemporary townhomes boast up to three bedrooms, two full baths, two powder rooms and two-car garages with interior access. The 38 residences have yet to be released, so be sure to register online to receive community and grand opening news. When completed, the community will include a lively entertainment area with a fire pit lounge, ping pong tables and cornhole.

Developer: Meritage Homes Location: 699 West 17th Street Priced from: $834,990

The COVID-19 pandemic has made a dedicated workspace a must-have for homebuyers. Fortunately, 17 West The Gallery features townhomes with first-floor home offices, complete with a powder room and outdoor patio. Future residents will live just over a mile away from the beach, but when they want to enjoy the outdoors from the comfort of home, they can always catch some rays on the roof deck (as per plan). The included interior features optimize health and energy-efficiency, with fresh-air management systems, LED lighting, Energy Star appliances, low- to zero-VOC materials, and water-saving plumbing fixtures.

Developer: DeNova Homes Location: 946 Aurora Lane Priced from: $874,990

If a detached single-family home is more to your liking, youll want to browse the Spanish Revival, traditional and modern farmhouse-style residences at Elara. The three- to four-bedroom homes measure up to 2,401 square feet all forless than $1 million. The gourmet kitchens are kitted out with high-end Bertazzoni appliances, quartz slab countertops, shaker or wenge cabinets, under-cabinet lighting and storage pantries. In the private master retreats, expect large walk-in closets and ensuites with oversized showers featuring hand-laid subway tile walls. Just minutes away, youll find The LAB Anti-Mall, South Coast Plaza, The CAMP and the Orange County fairgrounds.

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EVERETT, WASH. (PRWEB) May 04, 2020 - Americas #1 full-service outdoor lighting company, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, is pleased to announce the opening of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Everett. This new location is owned and operated by Rob & Beth Bingham.

Starting in May 2020, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives of Everett will offer outdoor landscape lighting design and maintenance services to the following areas: Arlington, Bellingham, Bothell, Camano Island, Clinton, Duvall, Edmonds, Everett, Lynnwood, Marysville, Monroe, Mount Vernon, Mountlake Terrace, Mukilteo, La Conner, Lake Stevens, Oak Harbor, Snohomish and Stanwood.

Outdoor Lighting Perspectives (OLP) specializes in the design, installation and maintenance of low-voltage, energy-efficient outdoor illumination. The Binghams will custom design and maintain outdoor lighting for residential and business clients, including year-round landscape, deck, patio, driveway and pathway lighting, as well as seasonal holiday lighting and wedding and special event lighting. The company creates custom design outdoor lighting plans for businesses like bed and breakfasts, restaurants, golf and private clubs, hotels and resorts. Outdoor Lighting Perspectives offers premium lighting fixtures and energy-efficient LED technology.

We are thrilled to have Beth and Rob join the Outdoor Lighting Perspectives family, announced Rich Young, Vice President of Outdoor Lighting Perspectives. Robs engineering design and project management background coupled with Beths business and administration experience will, no doubt, help them quickly build a successful Outdoor Lighting Perspectives business in the Snohomish County area.

Beth and Rob have been married for 30 years and have lived in the Pacific Northwest since 1990. They have two daughters in high school and greatly enjoy travel, adventure, cooking, music and DIY home projects. They are very involved in their local church and regularly serve with their neighborhood food bank. They love to participate as a family in the areas annual Day of Hope community volunteering event.

After three decades of corporate life with some of Seattles largest companies, Rob is ecstatic to change course and become an independent business owner. And after working from home doing medical/insurance transcription while raising their kids, Beth is anxious to partner with Rob in building their business.

Because I have always enjoyed doing projects that beautify my own home and yard, when I saw the opportunity to partner with a company like OLP, it was a no-brainer. OLPs long history of quality service, integrity, back-end support and family feel are a perfect fit for this exciting new chapter.

Established in 1995, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives is the nations first and largest full-service, low-voltage outdoor lighting company. With over 150,000 installations across the United States and abroad, the franchise is known for skillful, custom design for the hospitality industry, commercial businesses and residences. Featured in Lodging Magazine, Garden Design, House Beautiful, Better Homes and Gardens, Coastal Living, HGTV Magazine and Martha Stewart Living, Outdoor Lighting Perspectives features stunning handcrafted copper and brass LED lighting.

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Ring made a name for itself with its video doorbells and then expanded into security cameras, whole-home alarm systems, and even landscape lighting. Now, the company is taking its first tentative steps in traditional smart lighting.

Ring is starting with two very basic LED bulbs that require the same bridge to connect to your Wi-Fi network that the companys landscape lighting uses. Theres the $15 indoor Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb reviewed here, and a $25 weatherproof PAR38 bulb (you can read our opinion of Rings PAR38 bulb here). Both bulbs produce white light only and have fixed color temperatures.

The Ring A19 bulb boasts some of the same functionality weve seen in smart lights from the likes of Philips Hue, WiZ, LIFX, and others, including light grouping and scheduling, and it also works well with motion-sensing devices in the ever-growing Ring ecosystem. But this dimmable and Alexa-enabled bulb lacks such standard smart lighting features as scenes and a vacation mode.

Rated to last up to 25,000 hours, the A19 Smart LED Bulb is basically a garden-variety household bulb with an E26 base that fits in standard light sockets.

The Ring A19 bulb is dimmable (it produces 800 lumens at full brightness, which is roughly equivalent to a 60-watt bulb), but you cant change the bulbs color temperature, which has been tuned to a neutral white 3,500 Kelvin. Thats a far cry from the look of a 5,000K fluorescent bulb, but 3,500K is noticeably cooler than the 2,500-ish Kelvin warm white bulbs that youll generally find in bedrooms and living rooms. (I tested the bulb in my wifes bedside lamp and she immediately spotted the difference.) The Ring A19 will probably look best in a desk lamp or an enclosed outdoor fixture, although it could also work in a living area with an earthy color scheme.

Speaking of outdoors, the Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb is designed for both indoor and outdoor use, but Ring warns against using it in a location where [its] directly exposed to water. If you do want to use the bulb outdoors, it should be installed in a protected location, such as under an overhang or in an outdoor fixture.

Getting the Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb up and running is a simple process, but remember that youll need a Ring Bridge to take advantage of its smart features, such as dimming, scheduling, light grouping, and so on. Its also worth noting here thathe Ring Bridge is limited to supporting 50 Ring lighting devices, and you cant deploy more than one.

If you already have a Ring Bridge in your home, youre all set; otherwise, youll need to factor in the cost of the bridge when considering your investment. While the Ring Bridge costs $50 as a stand-alone product, you can also get it as part of a bundle with other Ring devices. The Ring A19 bulb two-pack starter kit, which inclues the bridge, was selling for $60 as of this writing. Theres also an even cheaper alternative for those without a Ring Bridge: opting for a different smart bulb that doesnt require a bridge at all, such as the Wi-Fi bulbs from LiFX and WiZ, or Hues newer hub-optional bulbs that support both Bluetooth and Zigbee.

Once you have the Ring Bridge installed, setting up the Ring A19 bulb is (or was for me, at least) a simple and painless operation. You simply open the Ring mobile app, tap the menu button, then tap Set Up a Device and pick the Smart Lighting category. You then scan a QR code on the bulb itself or the box it came in, and (assuming youve screwed the bulb in and turned it on), the app will discover the bulb, install any available updates, and prompt you to add the bulb to a room and name it. The whole process went smoothly for me, and I had the bulb up and running in a few minutes.

While the Ring app offers all the basic functionality youd expect for a dimmable white smart bulb, there are a few missing features compared to what youll see in more developed smart lighting systems, such as those offered by the budget WiZ line or Philips Hue, the 800-pound gorilla of smart lighting.

The Ring app lets you set up basic light schedules for the Ring A19 Smart LED Bulb, as well as group it with other Ring lights.

On the plus side, the Ring app lets you set up light groups that allow you to control all the lights in a group at the same time. If you group the A19 bulb with motion sensor-equipped Ring lights (such as the Floodlight Wired or Floodlight Battery), you can set it (along with any other lights in the group) to turn on when motion is detected. You can also schedule times when motion sensing is disabled, snooze motion sensing for up to four hours, and set how long the lights in the group stay on after motion is detected (anywhere from 30 seconds to five minutes).

The Ring app also offers some basic light-scheduling features, including the ability to set custom schedules as well as dawn-to-dusk schedules. But while you can set the brightness for a given lighting schedule, theres no way (using the Ring app, anyway) to ramp the brightness up or down (handy for wake-up/bedtime routines), nor is there a randomized vacation schedule for fooling crooks while youre away.

Of course, theres not only the Ring app to consider. Given that Ring is owned by Amazon, the Ring A19 bulb boasts tight integration with Alexa, which means you can create Alexa routines using the bulb, including routines with morning and night schedules that ramp the brightness up and down. Still, its a nuisance to have to jump back and forth between the Ring and Alexa apps for more advanced light scheduling features, and not even Alexa offers a substitute for the missing vacation mode.

Another curious missing feature in the Ring app is the ability to set up lighting scenes, such as Bright, Dimmed or Nightlight. That means if you want to adjust the brightness for the Ring lights in a given room, youll have to do so individually, or youll have to go to the trouble of setting up an Alexa routine thatll do the job for you.

Overall, it feels that the Ring app is (for now) much more focused on home security than traditional smart lighting, and that could be frustrating for those looking to use the Ring A19 bulb as a standard indoor bulb rather than in concert with Rings outdoor security lights and cameras.

Besides its Alexa support, the Ring A19 bulb also offers IFTTT integration. Perhaps unsurprisingly, however, the Ring bulb wont work with Google Assistant, nor does it work with HomeKit.

It makes sense that Ring would want in on the traditional smart lighting market, and we can see how the A19 Smart LED Bulb would appeal to existing Ring users who want to add indoor and outdoor bulbs that play nice with their motion-sensing Ring devices. But if you dont already have a Ring Bridge or youre not interested in investing in delving into the Ring ecosystem, youre probably better off sticking to such tried-and-true lighting brands as Philips Hue, WiZ, or LIFX.

As we mentioned earlier, Ring is also shipping a PAR38 smart bulb. You can read our opinion of that device here.

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Amazon-owned Ring is spreading its wings into smart light bulbs (the company already has a broad array of smart light fixtures), and the Ring PAR38 Smart LED Bulb should appeal for people who havent invested in other smart lighting solutions or who are already in the Ring ecosystem.

This bright, dimmable, and weather-resistant outdoor bulb fits in standard light sockets, and you can set it to turn on when motion-sensing Ring cameras, video doorbells, and landscape lights detect movement. The PAR38 requires a Ring Bridge, but that shouldnt be a problem for its target audience.

Rated to last up to 25,000 hours, the Ring PAR38 Smart LED Bulb joins the new Ring A19 bulb (reviewed here) as the brands first standard smart bulbs. Fitted with an E26 base that screws into a standard light socket, theRing PAR38 is available in both black and white finishes. It feels reassuringly hefty, sturdy, and substantial.

The dimmable PAR38 has been tuned to a neutral white 3,500 Kelvin, a warm-but-not-too-warm color temperature thats ideal for brightly lighting an outdoor space. Capable of emitting up to 1,500 lumens (nearly twice the output of a 60-watt incandescent), the PAR38 smart bulb had no trouble bathing my apartments rear entryway in light.

Measuring 2.34 x 2.46 x 0.79 inches, the Ring PAR38 Smart Bulb is UL rated for wet conditions, meaning you can install it outside where itll be directly exposed to the elements. My PAR38 test unit endured several April downpours here in Brooklyn and appeared no worse for the wear.

The Ring PAR38 Smart LED Bulb had no trouble weathering some strong Brooklyn downpours.

Like Rings A19 Smart LED Bulb, the PAR38 Smart Bulb requires the Ring Bridge in order to take advantage of its smart features (such as dimming, scheduling, and so on). You can buy a standalone Ring BridgeRemove non-product link for $50 if you dont have one already, although youll find better deals when the bridge is bundled with other Ring products; a two-pack of PAR38 bulbs with the Ring BridgeRemove non-product link is currently selling for just $70, for example. The bridge communicates with the PAR38 bulbs using a proprietary RF long-range communication system and can support up to 50 compatible Ring devices, but you can deploy only one Ring Bridge per home.

The setup process for the PAR38 bulb is identical to that of Rings A19 smart bulb, and you can read all about that in our review of that bulb. The short version is that adding the PAR38 bulb to the Ring mobile app is a quick, painless process that worked flawlessly for me.

As with its setup process, the PAR38s features are identical to that of the A19 bulb. In a nutshell, were talking standard light grouping and scheduling features, although the Ring app lacks the ability to ramp brightness up or down automatically, and its also missing a vacation mode to fool would-be burglars when youre not around. That said, you can build brightness ramping into an Alexa routine, while vacation mode is arguably more important for indoor lights than it is for outdoor bulbs.

Also, one of the Ring apps best featuresthe ability to turn on all the lights in a group when a Ring sensor detects motionis key when it comes to the PAR38 bulb, which is well suited for illuminating driveways, backyards, side entrances, and other outdoor areas.

Besides its Alexa support, the Ring PAR38 Smart LED Bulb integrates with IFTTT, but (like other Ring products) it lacks support for Google Assistant and HomeKit.

If youre an existing Ring user and youre looking to turn some of your outdoor bulbs into smart ones, the Ring PAR38 Smart LED Bulb makes for an enticing choice. This affordable Alexa-enabled bulb works well with other Ring security cameras and lights, and its bright and UL-rated for wet conditions. The Ring app lacks the advanced smart lighting features of competing brands, but thats more of an issue with Rings new indoor/outdoor A19 bulb than it is for the PAR38, which is mainly intended for outdoor use.

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These franchise companies ranked among the best in 2020 despite only franchising for a few years.

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Nine companies in the 2020 Franchise 500 have shown that being a rookie to the game doesnt mean you cant play in the big leagues. With only a few years of franchising experience under their belts, these companies went up against the more than 1,100 other franchisors that applied including many that have been franchising for decades and managed to claim a spot in our annual ranking.

Scroll down to see which brands are making their mark on the industry.

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Conserva Irrigation is the newest brand under parent company Outdoor Living Brands, which also franchises Archadeck and Outdoor Lighting Perspectives. Conserva specializes in environmentally conscious lawn irrigation repair, maintenanceand upgrades. The company began franchising in 2017 and had more than 80 franchise units open in the U.S. as of last July.

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Five years ago, Julie Selby took her neighborhood wine and craft night to a whole new level with the founding of Board & Brush. Franchising since 2017, Board & Brush Creative Studio had already grown to 231 U.S. franchises by mid-2019. Franchises offer DIY workshops where friends and family can create custom wood signs while sipping wine.

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Lendio is a small-business-loan marketplace founded by Brock Blake and Trent Miskin in 2011. The company began franchising five years later, and despite its youth, this is Lendios third consecutive year ranking in the Franchise 500. Franchisees help entrepreneurs complete a single application that is submitted to more than 75 lenders to get the right loan for their needs.

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SmartStyle is a full-service hair salon brand with more than 500 locations inside of Walmarts across the U.S. and Canada. The business was founded in 1996, but franchises did not become available until 20 years later. Parent company Regis Corporation also franchises Supercuts, Cost Cutters, First Choice Haircuttersand Roosters Mens Grooming Centers.

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My Eyelabs 60-plus locations offer eye exams and eyewear sales, with more than 2,000 frames for men, womenand children to choose from. The retailer utilizes telehealth technology to provide quick and affordable eye care services to customers and reduce costs and inefficiencies for franchisees.

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In 2010, bodybuilders and personal trainers Dr. Saman Bakhtiar and Alejandra Font made it their mission to reinvent the personal training and gym experience into one that was goal- and group-oriented. On this principle, they founded The Camp Transformation Center, a gym specializing in group bootcamps, community supportand educated nutritional guidance. They began franchising in 2016.

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Motto Mortgage is a mortgage brokerage franchise that was founded in 2016 under its parent company and real estate industry giant RE/MAX. Motto Mortgage franchises can be added onto existing real estate businesses to create a one-stop shop experience for home buyers and refinancers. Mottos franchisees have already closed more than $1 billion in loan volume.

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Take 5 Oil Change has been providing quick oil changes since 1984, but just began franchising in 2016 after being acquired by Driven Brands, franchisor of Meineke, Maacoand Carstar. Each location offers a drive-thr- style oil change service, allowing customers to remain inside their vehicle while Take 5s staff handle the rest.

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Inspired to make eyelash extension services accessible to a wider range of beauty consumers, Jennifer Blair and her husband, Mike, founded Deka Lash in 2013, and then began franchising in 2016. Franchisees offer lash services through a membership program, and sell related beauty products, at more than 80 locations across the U.S.

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Residents and businesses in the Morrisons Cove region and surrounding communities are encouraged to show their appreciation for everyone who has been working tirelessly and unselfishly to provide for and support their families, friends and neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic by taking part in Light Up the Cove at 8:20 p.m. Friday, May 8.

The Morrisons Cove Rotary Club has planned the event as a sign of strength and unity.

The club is collaborating with its members, residents, the business community, municipalities, and fire companies, encouraging them to Light Up the Cove by turning on their indoor and outdoor lights, go outside to clap and cheer, ring bells, and honk horns when the clock strikes 8:20 p.m.

Area fire companies have been invited to bring their fire trucks to designated areas and join the event by turning on their lights and sirens.

The Roaring Spring Athletic Stadium lights will be lit and the scoreboard will display 2020.

The Morrisons Cove Rotary Club is happy to be the catalyst to organize the local community in a special way with Light Up the Cove, said Chrissy Dively, Morrisons Cove Rotary Club president. Our area has many frontline workers, families, kids, and businesses plagued with uncertainty throughout the last few months. This event is to show that we as a community will stick together through these times and show our fellow community members that we are here to support each other. We are encouraging all businesses and individual home dwellings to join us in Lighting Up the Cove.

For more information, contact Dively at 814-224-5556, cdively@procaretlp.com, or visit the clubs Facebook page and website at morrisonscoverotary.org.

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