ADELAIDE BOOKS is proud to offer the latest work by Jim Metzner Sacred Mounds hitting stores everywhere on June 16, 2020.

Cyclonic hordes of insects, a telepathic despot, body-swapping sex - just a few of the surprises Salvador Samuels encounters when he finds himself swept back to pre-colonial times walking in the moccasins of a blind Indian - who, in turn, has been transported into Salvador's body in present day America.  Four hundred years apart, they're bound by a common mission to rescue our world, aided by the mysterious presence of the mounds. Thousands of these ancient earthworks once dotted the landscape of North America. We still don't know why they were created. Sacred Mounds suggests they are as important today as when they were made over a thousand years ago.

Sacred Mounds, a first novel of magical realism and historical fantasy, weaves the stories of two men, each a stranger in a strange land. With the help of two remarkable women, they must find a way to save our planet and return home.

Jim Metzner studied acting at Yale Drama School and enjoyed a brief career working as a singer-songwriter in London.

He has been producing sound-rich audio programs since 1977, including Pulse of the Planet, which has been on the air since 1988 and is now heard widely as a podcast.  For many years, Jim produced features and commentaries for All Things Considered, Marketplace, Weekend Edition and other public radio programs. He has recorded all over the world and received major grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Grammy Foundation. 

Stories about his work have appeared in Audio Magazine (cover story), New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, National Geographic, Today Show and CBS Evening News. His forty-year archive of sounds is now deposited in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

A bee-keeper and avid fly-fisherman, Jim resides in New York’s Hudson River Valley with his wife Eileen

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June 2020

Alexandria NSW: Having experienced expanded gradually in sales across Sydney's neighbourhoods, Nu-Life Air Conditioning is now rightly considered the city's leading provider of air conditioning services.

Nu-Life Air Conditioning is proud to have become a popular choice among commercial and residential clients because of its dedication to customer service, hassle-free installations and quality brand reverse air conditioning systems and equipment.

Whether you require split, multi-split systems, ducted systems, VRV systems and mechanical ventilation systems, Nu-Life Air Conditioning can offer 30 years' experience in finding the right system for your home or business.

And they can offer the best in brand as they have partnered with leading ducted air conditioning manufacturers in the industry, such as Daikin. Samsung, Mitsubishi, Gree and ActronAir.

"Our commitment is to provide first-rate air conditioning solutions and customer service to all clients," confirmed a Nu-Way Air Conditioning spokesperson.

"We pride ourselves in offering tailored solutions to meet all air conditioning needs. Clients receive the best in personal attention that a job deserves, no matter how big or small."

With Nu-Life Air Conditioning, you can rest assured that help is never far away as they offer regular check-up and ongoing maintenance for optimal product operation. 

"Our employees are knowledgeable, professional and helpful. Proper installation by a qualified technician is vital, and our staff are fully qualified refrigeration mechanics with vast amounts of industry experience."

They also offer a low cost, well-managed preventative maintenance regime vital to maximise the life, performance and efficiency of any air conditioning system. The spokesman added: 

"Our business software is designed and automated to deal with a client's routine maintenance schedule, so they don't have to."

The company also stocks many innovative products, such as the Opal Smart Temperature Control, Inpack Package Units and Horizontal and Vertical Water Sourced Packaged Unit.

Their five guarantees to any client: a free on-site quote; they are fully licensed and insured; quality workmanship; value-added services, and five years' manufacturers' warranty.

For a free quote, call 02 9699 6629 or 02 9699 6135, or email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For their complete portfolio of services: view their website: https://www.nulifeair.com.au/.

New Delhi, June 22, 2020 — To support cloud, enterprise and workstation customers that require the robustness and performance of hardware RAID at an entry-level cost point, Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP) announces the Adaptec^® SmartRAID 3100E RAID adapters which are designed to provide reliable hardware RAID protection for customer data in cost-sensitive end applications. The SmartRAID 3100E provides over 60 percent performance acceleration over Microchip’s prior-generation Adaptec Series 8E products at 40 percent power savings.  The Adaptec SmartRAID 3100E series joins Microchip’s existing production-released family of PCIe^® Gen 3 SAS-3/SATA SmartRAID 3100 adapters. The new SmartRAID 3100E adapters are ideal for systems desiring application acceleration from caching support and entry-level enterprise RAID data protection without the cost of cache protection or advanced RAID levels of full-featured RAID adapters.

“The SmartRAID 3100E entry-level adapters offer a migration path for those seeking to transition from software RAID solutions or a legacy entry-level hardware RAID solution to Microchip’s proven Smart Storage stack,” said Andrew Dieckmann, associate vice president of Microchip’s Data Center Solutions business unit. “These adapters offer a built-in DRAM cache of 1 or 2 GB providing significant performance acceleration and lower power over previous generations and are ideal for 4K random read/write workloads.”

Entry-level SmartRAID 3100E RAID adapters are well suited for applications such as computing and graphical applications, edge compute and storage nodes, and industrial and manufacturing servers. Enterprises and cloud service providers now have the option to update the popular Adaptec Series 6E and Series 8E RAID adapters to the Smart Storage platform for these applications and benefit from the unified drivers, firmware and management tools across the Smart Storage family.

Deployment Tools

The SmartRAID 3100E adapters share the common Smart Storage deployment tools such as the Adaptec maxView Storage Manager and the new open-source, software-defined storage plug-ins. Public firmware, software and documentation are available at www.adaptec.com/support. A dedicated Adaptec knowledgebase is also available at ask.adaptec.com.

Availability

Adaptec SmartRAID 3100E series board-level adapters are available in volume production quantities now. Two new devices, the 3102E-8i and 3101E-4i, supporting hardware RAID levels 0, 1 and 10, provide data reliability and performance acceleration for up to eight and four direct attach devices, respectively. For additional information, visit www.microchip.com/smartstorage or contact a Microchip sales representative or authorized worldwide distributor. To purchase products mentioned here visit our purchasing portal or contact a Microchip authorized distributor.

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About Microchip Technology

Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets. Headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Microchip offers outstanding technical support along with dependable delivery and quality. For more information, visit the Microchip website at www.microchip.com.

Wizard Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:WIZD) brings five more “Wizard World Virtual Experiences” featuring stars of iconic series across its digital video platforms through this month. Today at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, cast members from the “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.” universe will appear, including Randy Flagler, Kara Killmer, Miranda Rae Mayo, Jon Seda, Teddy Sears, Brittany Curran and Samuel Hunt. Then on Wednesday, it’s the stars of “Gotham,” Crystal Reed, Francesca Root-Dodson, James Carpinello and Michael Cerveris, beginning at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. On Sunday, Tati Gabrielle and Gavin Leatherwood of the web series “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” follow at 4 p.m. ET / 1 pm. PT. Next it’s the “Supernatural” trio of Shoshannah Stern, Tahmoh Penikett and Chad Rook on Monday at 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT, followed that day by “Riverdale” standouts Trevor Stines and Bernadette Beck at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT.

These are in addition to several previously announced virtual events this week: ]“Legacies" today, “Krypton” on Thursday, “The Walking Dead” on Friday, and “The Runaways” on Sunday.

During each session, the celebrities will participate in a FREE live moderated video Q&A, followed by one-on-one video chats, recorded videos and autographs. Sessions are accessible to virtual attendees on their computer and mobile devices via http://www.wizardworldvirtual.com.

As part of the events, fans across the globe can:

• Submit questions via chat during the free 45-minute panels (open to everyone, no entry fee to watch or submit). Panels available for viewing live or on demand via Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/wizardworldvirtual; YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/wizardworld; and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wizardworld/
• Participate in a personal, exclusive two-minute live video chat with each celebrity (paid) (vary by celebrity)
• Purchase a recorded video from each star specifying the message if desired
• Purchase an autograph on an 8”x10” photo

Pricing varies by item for the individual chat, video and autographs, available on the Website.

Upcoming Wizard World Virtual Experiences

• Monday, June 22, "Chicago Fire/Chicago P.D.," Randy Flagler, Kara Killmer, Miranda Rae Mayo, Jon Seda, Teddy Sears, Brittany Curran, Samuel Hunt · 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
• Monday, June 22, "Legacies," Peyton Alex Smith, Thomas Doherty, Ben Geurens, Demetrius Bridges, Ben Levin, Quincy Fouse · 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m.
• Wednesday, June 24, "Gotham," Crystal Reed, Francesca Root-Dodson, James Carpinello, Michael Cerveris · 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT
• Thursday, June 25, “Krypton,” Rasmus Hardiker, Sonita Henry · 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
• Friday, June 26, “The Walking Dead,” Chandler Riggs, Xander Berkeley, David Morrissey, Jayson Warner Smith, Juan Javier Cardenas, IronE Singleton, Emma Bell, Karl Makinen · 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
• Sunday, June 28, "Runaways," Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Angel Parker, Annie Wersching, James Marsters, Kevin Weisman, Brigid Brannagh, Brittany Ishibashi, Clarissa Thibeaux · 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
• Sunday, June 28, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” Tati Gabrielle, Gavin Leatherwood ·  4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT
• Tuesday, June 30, "Supernatural," Shoshannah Stern, Tahmoh Penikett, Chad Rook · 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT
• Tuesday, June 30, "Riverdale," Trevor Stines, Bernadette Beck ·  4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT

About Wizard Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD)

Wizard Entertainment, Inc. (www.wizardworld.com) produces comic, gaming and pop culture conventions across North America that celebrate the best in pop culture: movies, television, gaming, live entertainment, tech, comics, sci-fi, graphic novels, toys, original art, collectibles, contests and more. A first-class lineup of topical programming and entertainment takes place at each event, with celebrity Q&A's, comics-themed sessions, costume contests, movie screenings, evening parties and more. Wizard World Virtual Experiences powers a content-rich channel that provides fans with the opportunity to enjoy programming and to directly connect with celebrities via a variety of video platforms. Additional initiatives may soon include an augmented touring schedule of Wizard World shows, fixed-site installations, curated e-commerce, and the production and distribution of content both in the U.S. and internationally. Fans can interact with Wizard Entertainment at www.wizardworld.com and on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and other social media services. Additionally, Wizard Entertainment owns a minority interest in Cinedigm’s ( NASDAQ:CIDM) ConTv.

The 2020 Wizard World convention schedule is available at: http://www.wizardworld.com/comiccon.