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Adapting homes for liveability in a changing climate
By RUSSELL SULLY, ANN BRAIN and JOHN NAYLOR for ELECTRIFY WANGARATTA WANGARATTA has a challenging climate of high summer temperatures with days between 35 and 40 degrees Celsius, and minimum winter temperatures down to -5C. Heatwaves of over 35C to the high forties are beyond human comfort and pose a threat to health and wellbeing. Heatwaves are increasingly causing loss of life, particularly for o...
Welcome home to a zero cost footprint
By RUSSELL SULLY, JOHN NAYLOR and ANN BRAIN for ELECTRIFY WANGARATTA AUSTRALIAN households account for 20-23 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions - known as the carbon footprint. This is the largest emissions sector in the Australia economy. These greenhouse gases are heating our planet and adding to the severity of weather events. The exhaust from our cars contributes to 12,000 premature ...
Energy efficiency in your rental for low-cost year-round comfort
By Ann Brain, John Naylor, Russell Sully for Electrify Wangaratta UP to 30 per cent of Victorian households are in private rentals, and 2.5 per cent of these are social housing. These older homes often have poor insulation, draughts, and outdated appliances. The properties are uncomfortably hot in summer, cold in winter and have high energy bills. Subsequently high energy bills fall disproportionat...
Award-Winning Music Academy New York Musician’s Center Announces First Franchise Sale
New York Musician's Center's Nerica Miravite at Carnegie Hall. Jonathan and Nerica Miravite with Dr. Talonda Thomas The nationally recognized music academy has announced the sale of its first franchise, coming soon to the East Meadow community in Nassau County on Long Island. This milestone is not just the start of their journey—it’s a dream realized for me, too.
Join the switch to clean, cheap electric cooking
By Ann Brain, John Naylor, Russell Sully for Electrify Wangaratta PROFESSIONAL chefs, including Australian Neil Perry from the Global Cooksafe Coalition (https://cooksafecoalition.org/) believe “the future of cooking is electric - it's more than just a cooking method, it's a game-changer for your kitchen”. Not only does electric powered induction cooking give the cook more control over temperatu...
Heating water with a heat pump
By John Naylor, Ann Brain, Russell Sully for Wangaratta Landcare & Sustainability WATER heating is one of the biggest household energy costs. Rewiring Australia shows how expensive - or inexpensive - heating water can be. Heating water with electricity from rooftop solar dramatically reduces costs regardless of which type of electric heating is used. Hot water systems (HWS) use an average 24 per ce...
pathways to electrification
By Russell Sully, John Naylor, Ann Brain AN all-electric home delivers savings over its gas and fossil fuel powered equivalents by using the most efficient electric machines for space and water heating, cooling, cooking, and transport. All-electric homes are healthier to live in and emissions free – Good for the pocket, people, and the planet. Electrification pathways Households can decide to swit...
A win, win, win, saver
By Russell Sully, John Naylor HOUSEHOLD electrification and disconnecting from gas is a great cost-of-living and climate solution that will lower energy bills and make our homes healthier. In January 2025 Australia reached a game-changing moment - 4 million household solar panel installations, and around 10 million happy consumers living under those rooftops solar. We are the world leader with the ch...
Optics & Photonics News - The Riddle of the Rainbow
While many readers already find science beautiful, this book is likely to help many more see that beauty more clearly and literally. For anybody who has seen a rainbow, anywhere in the world and at any time in history, that splash of color and the promise of the end of the rain are a source of joy (and maybe hope for a pot of gold).
New Franchise Launch Just Announced for Creation Station Dance
The company is seeking franchise candidates from across the U.S. to own and operate the dance studio franchise.
The Riddle of the Rainbow
Authors: Gives a readable and up-to-date description and explanation of the rainbow Includes a wealth of information about the rainbow’s cultural symbolism in myth, art, and literature Traces the history of optics from ancient Greece to the present time Part of the book series: Copernicus Books (CB ) This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Rainbows have been a source of fascination since time immemorial.
The first 1,000 days are critically important to a child’s development Original
Our state faces a crisis in early learning and childcare. Science shows that about 80% of a child’s brain foundation is formed within the first 1,000 days of life. Research has also shown that investments in early childhood development produce an annual ROI of 7-10% by improving school and career achievement and reducing costs for remedial education, health care, and the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, we see deep inequities in accessing the support to foster healthy brain development.
Real Estate Investment Training Franchise, Invest Success, Announces Franchise Launch
The company has officially kicked off its franchise offering, vetting franchisees across the nation for potential partnership.
Now Hear This | SpringerLink
About this book Introduction This book explains the nature of sound both as a physical phenomenon and as a sensation, how it travels through air and water, and how the hearing system evolved to convert these vibrations into sensations.
Understanding how CARES Act benefits small businesses
BY JOHN M. NAYLOR LAS VEGAS BUSINESS PRESS April 7, 2020 - 11:27 am The Small Business Administration or SBA offers a number of programs designed to help small businesses get through difficult times. This article focuses on two new programs specifically designed to help businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. These are part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, which President Donald Trump recently signed into law.
Optimizing storage of small tables in PostgreSQL 12
The problem If your database has a large number of small tables, you likely have a lot of wasted space.
AAVS Bamboo Workshop 2018
The AAVS Bamboo Lab is a nomadic research programme of the Architectural Association Visiting School which explores the fusion of computational design software and bamboo through design projects in geopolitical situations where bamboo can be a catalyst for resilient buildings, economic development and ecological restoration. In November 2018, for the seventh course, 46 students from around the world took part in the course in which the AA VS collaborated with the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB).
3DFX's Canceled Rampage GPU Pictured, Put Through the Paces in 3D Mark 2001
3DFX is a well-known name for most in our community, I'd wager (I don't have the data to back me up on that, but bare with me). The company is one of the highest-profile defunct companies that vied for a place in the desktop, high-performance GPU space back in the day, and brought its guns bearing on NVIDIA and then ATI. The Rampage was the last GPU ever developed by the company, and looked to compete with NVIDIA's GeForce3.
Metro: Exodus Goes Gold, And Sees Release One Week Earlier Than Originally Announced
4A Games has announced that they're happy with the development on Metro: Exodus as it stands today, and have announced that the game has gone gold (meaning, that it is in a state where it can be produced en-masse and shipped to the achingly awaiting public).
GOG Winter Sale is On Until January 3rd
GOG, the sales arm of CD Projekt RED, have just announced a winter sale for the gems on their store. And the best way to start a game sale is by offering a game, as GOG has gotten us used to (other game stores, look here), with GOG offering a copy of Full Throttle Remastered for free in the first 48H of the sale (until December 15, 2:00 PM UTC).
The ZeniMax-Oculus Odyssey is Over - Facebook Settles the Dispute For Undisclosed Sum
Remember the lawsuit ZeniMax threw Oculus' way ? Well, that seems to be settled now, after a back and forward that always saw Oculus (even after the Facebook acquisition) having to pay damages to ZeniMax - at first, $500 million, which was then reduced to $250 million. Now, the litigation seems to have come to an end, as CNBC reports that ZeniMax's CEO has acknowledged that a settlement was reached.
Intel's Foveros-based, Hybrid x86 CPUs Mean the Company Needed to Sprinkle some ARM
Intel at its architecture day revealed one of the more exquisite in-house designs for the company in recent years: a hybrid x86 chip that seems to imbibe from ARM's own big.Little design mantra. The new Hybrid x86 CPU that was announced takes this design choice in pairing a single, high-performance Sunny Cove core with four smaller Atom cores.
ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 STRIX OC 8 GB Review
Introduction Back in September, NVIDIA launched its GeForce RTX 20-series graphics card family with the RTX 2080 and RTX 2080 Ti. Close to a month later, the company launched its third-fastest card in the family, the GeForce RTX 2070. This is an important product for NVIDIA because even at a relatively steep price of $500, it is the most affordable one offering real-time ray tracing in games, or at least a semblance of it.
Fallout 76 Patch Adds FOV & DOF Sliders, Improves Camp Placements and Construction
After what seemed to be a series of never ending bad news concerning Bethesda's latest game, Fallout 76 received a major patch today that aims to improve the gaming experience in more ways than one. For PC users, a welcome addition comes in the form of the much-needed FOV (field of view) slider that has already helped tackle some complaints as seen online after launch.
ZOTAC Reveals Their Take on the NVLink Bridge
Last week was quite busy with news, and one thing that slipped through the cracks then was the announcement of ZOTAC's new NVLink bridging solutions. Marketed under the ZOTAC Gaming brand, these follow in line with other major NVIDIA add-in card (AIC) partners in providing an alternative to the first-party OEM offering, just in case you preferred a different aesthetic.
Obsidian Says "The Outer Worlds" Will be Free of Microtransactions, Releases Screenshots
Obsidian Entertainment, which have recently announced their latest videogame in the form of " The Outer Worlds ", have now come out of woodwork to assuage some fears gamers might have. In an increasingly microtransaction-ridden digital world, and perhaps not helped by the Microsoft acquisition that Obsidian Entertainment has undergone, fears of microtransactions being added to the game that's expected to be a Fallout spiritual successor naturally grew.
Skybound Announces January Release for First In-House Episode of The Walking Dead Game Series
Skybound Games, who have acquired rights to develop and finish Telltale Games' The Walking Dead game series, have announced the release date for their first in-house episode in the game series. Titled "Broken Toys", the third episode in the season of four will showcase Skybound's ability to execute on the tale started and guided by Telltale. It won't be the time to finally finish our companionship with Clementine, but the second-to-last step will be available come January 15th.
Thermaltake Pacific R1 Plus Memory Lighting a Smarter Alternative to Dummy Modules
Earlier today we brought you the story of the Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB Lighting Enhancement kit , a $40 pair of dummy modules that fill up your vacant DIMM slots, a solution that polarized our readers to call it both genius and lame. Thermaltake has a saner solution to fix your memory lighting woes - the Pacific R1 Plus Memory Lighting kit.
Raijintek Refreshes the Pallas CPU Cooler with RGB LED Lighting and More
Raijintek today introduced the Pallas 120 RGB, a refresh of the original Pallas from 2014. Raijintek has made three key changes to its design. To begin with, the mirror finish nickel-plated copper base from the original has been replaced with a direct-touch base, where the cooler's six 6 mm-thick copper heat pipes make direct contact with the CPU. The second big change is the black coated aluminium fin-stack and heat-pipes, which offer a matte appearance.
Aqua Computer Announces Kryographics NEXT Water Blocks for RTX 20-series
Today Aqua Computer is proud to present the kryographics NEXT 2080 / Ti. These are the most sophisticated coolers Aqua Computer ever produced for graphics cards. All components are CNC machined in Aqua Computers own production facility in Germany and manufactured from the highest quality materials. The complex base plate is milled from 1.8kg raw material, the finished cooler weighs about 1.25kg - with backplate about 1.5kg.
EVGA Teases GeForce RTX 2080 Ti KIngpIn Edition
EVGA has been launching a number of products in partnership with renowned overclocker KIngpIn (Vince Lucido). These are typically made for extreme overclocking scenarios, and represent the very top of EVGA's offerings in terms of materials, build quality, and scarcity of built cards. For now, there's just a simple tease, posted via Vince Lucido's Instagram account, but this serves to surprise virtually nobody: NVIDIA's Turing will also receive the KIngpIn treatment.
Intel Candidly Discusses Troubles at Credit Suisse 22nd Annual TMT Conference
For years Intel was able to maintain their endless tick-tock cycle however with the switch from 14nm to 10nm Intel realized all too late that they had bitten off more than they could chew. According to Robert Swan, Intel's Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, "we set out in the transition to 10 nm to attempt to scale much faster than we ever had at a time when I think most would argue the technology and the science and the challenges are more challenging they've ever been.
Patriot Launches Viper Steel DDR4 16GB 4400MHz Extreme Performance Memory
PATRIOT , a global leader in performance memory, SSDs, gaming peripherals, and flash storage solutions, has announced the release of their fastest kit ever of DDR4 memory today, VIPER STEEL SERIES DDR4 16GB (2x 8 GB) 4400 MHz. Built for the latest Intel and AMD platforms, the VIPER STEEL SERIES provides extreme performance and stability for the most demanding computer environments.
Core i9-9900K Achieves 5.50 GHz Overclock on a Z170 Chipset Motherboard
It is already established that the incompatibility between Intel's 8th and 9th generation Core socket LGA1151 processors and Intel's 100-series and 200-series chipset motherboards is artificial, and that with the right BIOS modding, you can get the newer processors to work on the older motherboards. Finnish overclocker "Luumi" made a video demonstration of an i9-9900K successfully overclocking to 5.50 GHz all-core on an ASRock Z170M OC Formula micro-ATX motherboard.
EVGA Bundles Fortnite with Select GeForce GTX Graphics Cards
If Victory Royale is your mission, the EVGA GeForce Fortnite Bundle is just for you. For a limited time, when you upgrade your weaponry with an EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti, 1070, or 1060 graphics card, you'll receive 2000 V-Bucks and the male Fortnite Counterattack Set. Enjoy the ultimate Battle Royale experience with EVGA GeForce GTX graphics and be the last one standing. See more details and see qualifying EVGA GeForce GTX graphics cards here .
Synology Introduces DiskStation DS1819+ NAS
Synology Inc. today launched DiskStation DS1819+, an 8-bay desktop NAS providing outstanding performance with great expandability, ready to grow as your business thrives. "This is a compact NAS with an expandable design that can be an ideal investment for small to medium-sized businesses, especially when capable of hosting versatile applications." Said Kevin Meng, product manager of Synology Inc.
MSI Intros GeForce RTX 2070 Ventus Graphics Card
MSI today introduced the GeForce RTX 2070 Ventus graphics card, part of its new Ventus sub-brand that succeeds its Armor series in the high-end segment. With a length of 22.6 cm and 12.8 cm high, the RTX 2070 Ventus is more compact than other custom-design RTX 2070 cards from the company. Its USP is that it draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector, much like the Founders Edition card.
Corsair Vengeance 5180 Gaming PC (RTX 2080) Review
Introduction A big thank you goes out to Corsair for providing the review sample. Let's face it, everyone should know who Corsair is at this point. If you don't, you are either new to building gaming PCs or possibly a caveman that has never used a PC. For a manufacturer that doesn't offer graphics cards or motherboards, Corsair offers just about everything else, from system memory and power supplies to cases, coolers, fans, and even custom systems; they nearly do it all.
SANDRA DB Entry Hints at 1x 16MB L3 Cache per AMD "Rome" Chiplet
A SiSoft SANDRA results database entry for a 2P AMD "Rome" EPYC machine sheds light on the lower cache hierarchy. Each 64-core EPYC "Rome" processor is made up of eight 7 nm 8-core "Zen 2" CPU chiplets, which converge at a 14 nm I/O controller die, which handles memory and PCIe connectivity of the processor.
Bethesda Continues to Struggle With Fallout 76, Refunds Now a Possibility
With the release of Fallout 76 a week ago, Bethesda continues the tradition of releasing buggy games that are full of glitches and issues. These problems are always expected to come from Bethesda; typically the game is still fun however unlike previous titles, Fallout 76 is has been universally panned by gamers and critics alike. At this point, some of the bugs, exploits, and problems are just hilariously bad.
Star Citizen is Now Available for Free Until November 30th - If You Can Download It
The free, one week-long trial for Star Citizen is now live, but something is amiss: users trying to connect to Roberts Space Industries' website in hopes of registering and downloading the game so as to see what all the funding (and fuss) is all about in a more hands-on approach are being met with a 504 Gateway Time-Out error.
MMO Justice The Second Game to Get NVIDIA RTX, DLSS Support
The only one game where we can get our eyes on NVIDIA's RTX tech, for now, is DICE's Battlefield V - and that game's RTX implementation comes with some astounding performance hits that compromise the whole experience's fluidity and resolution, even on NVIDIA's top of the line RTX 2080 Ti. The second game to offer support for the NVIDIA technology, though, won't even be available for most western gamers: Justice is an MMO that is geared towards the Chinese market, and is of very little impact...
AMD Releases Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.11.2 Beta Drivers
AMD today made available the latest version of their Radeon software drivers, Adrenalin Edition 18.11.2, for supported graphics solutions. This brings with it support for the hotly anticipated Battlefield V game title, as well as some fixes to issues that users have been awaiting.
1MORE Dual Driver In-ears Review
Introduction 1MORE's portfolio of midrange budget in-ears is ever expanding. Today, we will be taking a look at their new Dual Driver design with an exterior based on the wildly successful Triple Driver In-ears. The Triple Driver design surprised us pleasantly both in terms of sound quality and comfort. The Dual Driver is, as its name suggests, a slightly different configuration on the inside with only two drivers.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion Available For Free From Humble Bundle
Stardock's Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is currently available for free until November 18th from Humble Bundle. All you need to do is subscribe to the Humble Store Newsletter, at which point you can request a Steam key for what is considered one of the better space-based 4X grand strategy titles available.
AMD Ryzen 7 3700U Shows Up With Lots of Maybes, Could Feature Zen 2
AMD's low-power Ryzen 3700U APU has been leaked. Codenamed ZM370SC4T4MFG_38/22_Y, this latest AMD processor features 4 cores and 8 threads with a base clock of 2.2 GHz and a boost clock of 3.8 GHz, making it very similar to the current generation 2700U. The GPU, which is recognized as Picasso by UserBenchmark , is like just another codename for now, as other applications are listing it as a Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU.
Battlefield V with GeForce RTX DirectX Raytracing Review
Introduction If you're having a sense of deja vu, it's because we've already published an article titled Battlefield V Performance Analysis last week, in which we tested the Origin Access Premium early release of the game, which lacked DirectX Raytracing and NVIDIA RTX support.
GIGABYTE Intros X299 Aorus Master Motherboard
GIGABYTE today announced its almost-flagship socket LGA2066 motherboard, the X299 Aorus Master. The Master brand-extension, if you'll recall , is positioned just a notch below the flagship Aorus Xtreme, which makes this board a successor to the X299 Aorus Gaming 7. The X299 Aorus Gaming 9 and Designare-EX remain the company's flagship LGA2066 products, until they're succeeded by a new Aorus Xtreme product.
Greenliant Sampling Industrial Temperature SATA M.2 ArmourDrive SSDs Up to 1TB
Greenliant is growing its portfolio of ArmourDrive solid state drive (SSD) modules with the introduction of 87 PX Series SATA M.2 products. Designed for embedded systems requiring removable data storage that can operate in extreme environments, industrial temperature (-40°C to +85°C), SATA M.2 ArmourDrive SSDs are built in the widely used 2280 form factor.
Crackdown 3 System Requirements Revealed, But Will We Ever See the Game?
System requirements for the upcoming Crackdown 3 have just been revealed, leading up to the games' release date of February 2019. That we're getting system requirements this close to release probably means that the game is in a good state of development and in the finishing stages of going gold.
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