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D-Link announced plans at CES to widen its footprint in the DIY connected-home market with an all-new hub, several new sensors, and a Wi-Fi siren. The company, which manufacturers Wi-Fi routers, adapters, IP cameras, and other networking equipment for the home and SMB markets, shipped its first smart-home products in 2014.

The D-Link DCH-G020 enables you to integrated Z-Wave devices with your Wi-Fi router.

I had a relatively low opinion of D-Links Connected Home Platform when I reviewed it last year, because it was too dependent on power-hungry Wi-Fi devices. These new additions to that platform could change my mind.

The Connected Home Hub (model number DHC-G020, $80) is particularly interesting. The cylindrical device connects to your existing home router and acts as a bridge to sensors and other devices that use low-power Z-Wave technology.

It will eventually control Wi-Fi lighting systems that are compatible with the AllSeen Internet of Things initiative, too. The app [for operating the hub] will only recognize the devices that D-Link is announcing, D-Link marketing VP Dan Kelley told me in an interview last month, but the plan is to open up the API to additional devices in 2015 and beyond. D-Link expects to ship the hub in the second quarter of 2015.

D-Link announced three new sensors that will interact with the hub and other products in D-Links Connected Home Platform.The MyDlink Z-Wave Motion Sensor (model DCH-Z120, $50) sends push notifications when motion is detected in a room.

D-Link expects the battery in its DCH-Z120 motion sensor to last 3.5 years.

It's battery operated, which makes it much easier to deploy than D-Links existing motion sensor, which relies on Wi-Fi and therefore must be plugged into an electrical outlet. Unlike most sensors in this class, the DCH-Z120 is also outfitted with ambient temperature and light sensors. Consumers can configure the MyDlink Home app to trigger one of D-Links Wi-Fi Smart Plugs to turn on a light, and/or one of its Wi-Fi security cameras to snap a picture of what set it off.

D-Link's DCH-Z110 Z-Wave Open & Close sensor is innovative in that it can monitor ambient temperature and lighting conditions as well as the status of the door or window it's attached to.

The MyDlink Z-Wave Open & Close sensor (model DCH-Z110, $40) detects when windows and doors are opened and sends push notifications to the users mobile device. Unlike most door/window sensors, the DCH-Z110 can also monitor ambient temperature and lighting conditions, enabling it to send messages and trigger other devices, such as a smart plug. Kelley told me, however, that D-Links system doesnt tie into any thermostats at this point.

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Dubai: The dangers may not be apparent, but malfunctioning electrical equipment in the bathroom faulty water heaters, hair dryers, shaving points can cause electrical shocks and even electrocution.

An electric shock can be extremely traumatic as depending on the voltage of the current. The person can be thrown back, receive burns, get maimed or even die of electrocution. We have had cases of mild to severe electric shocks that people have received in bathrooms and kitchens, said Ajay Chaturvedi, the head of Emergency Medical Services at the American Heart Association, Dubai.

Usually the human body has resistance to prevent damage when exposed to low voltages. However, when your palms are sweaty or when you are wet or damp, this resistance is lowered and can pass on the current directly to your body when exposed to it. The most important thing is to use covered circuits that are not overloaded with electric equipment and get all electrical points regularly checked by a qualified electrician, caution experts.

Modern apartments are equipped with auto switch and whenever there is an electric malfunction usually the circuit trips, switching off the current from the mains.

However, in some of the really old apartments needing a complete change in wires and plumbing, sometimes the problem can pose a serious hazard.

A Dubai resident who used to live in a dilapidated building in Karama but has moved since recalled a bad experience.

This was in the early 2000 and all the residents of our building complained of getting a mild shock whenever we touched the tap in the kitchen sink. Apparently there was some malfunctioning in the kitchen water heater, but it was really scary and I would avoid using the kitchen tap. However, it was not easy to altogether avoid using it and I would touch it with the help of a thick cloth napkin. No one in the building maintenance was heeding our complaints and eventually we moved out. I later heard that the pipes and circuits were changed.

Chaturvedi said that a person received electric shock due to use of an appropriate wire where the connection was not properly grounded.

In bathrooms, it is usually the electric razors or water heaters that are the culprits. When you install these you have to make sure you have proper [grounding] wires. Sometimes people use faulty extension chords or even load extension chords with too many connections that can short circuit. This must be completely avoided. You must not use these when in the shower or bath tub. Switch off the current before you get damp or step into the shower.

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The winter weather has delayed tree removal in Iowa City.

The Park Road closure will be postponed one week and will now occur on Monday, January 12th and on Wednesday, January 14th.

Park Road will be closed to traffic from Lexington Avenue to Magowan Avenue.

A detour route will be posted and traffic will be directed onto River Street and Riverside Drive. This closure is necessary to accommodate the safe removal of trees located along Park Road in the area and will occur between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. each day. The closure is weather dependent.

Drivers are asked to take another alternate route during this time period. As always, caution should be exercised when traveling in all construction areas.

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CARY During the course of the winter, workers from Trees R Us Inc. will be going through town. In the course of several minutes, the workers apply a saw toward the bottom of an ash tree to bring it down.

The logs are hauled away and some of the limbs are put through a wood chipper and turned into mulch.

The scene will repeat itself over and over in Cary as the village removes the remaining 1,800 ash trees in town to combat the infection of emerald ash borer.

Like every other town out there, our ash trees are in decline, Public Works Director Erik Morimoto said.

The village was able to get favorable per unit cost for tree removal, Morimoto said.

The contractor is expected to work through the winter and be done by the spring. As trees come down, the villages public works crews remove the stumps and prepare each tree site for landscaping.

Over the next six to seven years the village plans to replace the trees as budget funding allows, Morimoto said.

We dont want to get into a bind when whatever diseases or insects come along, Morimoto said. We want to encourage a [diversity] of trees to try to get a balance.

Morimoto said the village will be thoughtful in how it replaces trees, such as how they are spaced to make sure the trees will thrive. The intent is to replace as many as possible.

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