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Tallahassee DUI Attorney
Zelman Law can help defend against serious DUI charges
If you have been arrested for driving under the influence (DUI), you may feel embarrassed or ashamed and just want the charge to go away as quickly as possible. The truth is, however, that a DUI in Florida can in many ways have more serious consequences than being convicted of other, more "serious" crimes. At Zelman Law, we understand that even the most careful and conscientious people can sometimes find themselves in a bad situation, and we do what we can to resolve DUI cases in Tallahassee with the minimum impact possible on your reputation, your finances and your driver's license. Contact our experienced Tallahassee DUI attorney today, we can help.
Drunk driving is prosecuted very seriously, and the penalties can be steep. For just a first offense DUI, you can be fined from $500 to $1,000, or even double those amounts depending upon the circumstances. You can also be sentenced to jail for six or nine months, or ordered into residential treatment. Other penalties include being sentenced to 50 hours of community service, with a $10 fine for every hour not performed, having your vehicle impounded, and losing your driver's license from six months to one year.
As with any arrest, you have the right to defend yourself against a DUI charge, and unless the prosecution can prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt, you are entitled to go free. As a seasoned Tallahassee criminal defense attorney, Joshua Zelman carefully examines every aspect of the circumstances surrounding the initial stop and arrest, as well as any evidence being used against you. We use our skills pre-trial to get charges dismissed or reduced to reckless driving where appropriate, or provide a vigorous defense in court when it is in your best interest to do so.
Our Tallahassee DUI attorneys can help you keep your driver's license
A drunk driving arrest will cause your driver's license to be suspended for six months, or one year if you refused to take a breath test when ordered by the police. The process for suspending your license takes place before the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and is separate from your criminal case. In fact, you could win your criminal case and still have your license suspended by the DMV! Fortunately, there is a process for fighting your license suspension with the DMV, but you must request a hearing within ten days of your arrest. We can represent you at the DMV hearing, but you must call us as soon as possible after your arrest so that we have time to request the DMV review and adequately prepare your case. In some cases, we may be able to have your license reinstated in little more than a month.
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You probably see a lot of advertisements from DUI lawyers who say they can get you results. DUI cases are not simple, however, and it takes a lot of work to defend them properly. Our experienced Tallahassee DUI attorneys puts a lot of time and effort into every case and strives to obtain the best outcome possible for his clients. If you have been arrested for drunk driving in Tallahassee or anywhere in Jefferson, Leon or Wakulla counties call Zelman Law at 850-765-5948, or contact us online.
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Q10 is an Italian-Chinese company dealing with the supply of high-quality Italian products to meet the increasing demand from China.
The point is that this demand is currently being met by fake products.
Why choose the fake product if you can have the real one?
One of the reasons why Q10 was created is to stop the knock-off market of Italian products.
Since we know that the production of a country reflects its culture, we want to portray Italy in all its regional diversity and history, because we believe that only knowledge can lead to a deeper appreciation.
We choose our partners with extreme care, in order to export only the best ambassadors of Italian expertise.
In the other countries, Made in Italy means a first-class expertise, while for the Italians there is no other way to do things.
It is an inner striving for delivering always more excellent performances, counting on an ancient collective cultural background that is constantly enhanced by new talents, who know exactly what quality means and work hard to achieve it.
The Italian know-how is made of creativity, attention to details, expertise, and intense search for excellence. It means aspiring to masterpiece and demanding beauty more than anything else, but a kind of beauty that has to be efficient, genuine and healthy, just like the ancient Romans taught us.
Q10's aim is to find and gather the top representatives of Made in Italy Food and Wine industry, since it is here that Italian nature expresses at its best.
The corporate headquarters have been strategically located in order to give a real and solid foundation to the project.
Q10 is setting its operating office in Shanghai, in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, which is a location able to offer manifold advantages: free entrance of imported goods, exemption from VAT and duties, simplified bureaucracy and no Internet censorship, with free access to the global web. 9300 companies coming from 72 different Countries, including 135 multinational corporations that entered the "Fortune 500" list, have already chosen this zone.
The Free Trade Zone is part of the reform plan launched by the Chinese government for a greater openness towards the other countries.
Located in the Pudong district, near the port and the airport, the FTZ is now experiencing a real boost and promotion supported by political authorities through organized urban plans.
Italian headquarters are in Piedmont, namely in Biella, that is the Fashion District renowned also for the high-quality textile production. The city is also a worthy representative of the rich Piedmont's culinary tradition and can boast specialties and local produce that reflect its unique identity.


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5 Best Utility Stocks to Buy for Dividends
Posted on November 23, 2020 Written by Joseph Hogue, CFA Leave a Comment
Protect your money and get higher dividend yields with these utility stocks
With COVID cases topping 200,000 a day last week and distribution of a vaccine still at least a month away, the market could be in for a very difficult few months. It's times like this, I'm looking for some certainty and safety in my portfolio.
And while shares of utilities have been hit this year on lower commercial demand for power, as a regulated industry, profits are about as safe as it gets and the dividend yield is among the highest in the market.
So as the uncertainty heats up on the rest of the economy, utility stocks should provide some of that safety we're all going to need. And looking out further into next year, there is some real value locked away in the sector.
Are Utility Stocks Safe?
The average price-to-earnings ratio on utility stocks is just over 18-times, about 14% above the long-term average but well below the premium we see in a lot of other sectors. Earnings growth in the mid-single digits combined with dividend yields twice the market average should make for a strong investment in 2021.
That's the sector. Researching deeper into the individual stocks and I've found five with an average 4.7% dividend yield, almost three-times the market average and 50% above the sector average.
I'll be putting one of these stocks into our 2021 Bow Tie Nation portfolio on Stockcard, already up 22% in the past month. I'll be doing an update video on the portfolio next month but I'll put a link in the video description if you want to check out our current picks. Don't forget to use the promo code bowtienation for an exclusive discount beyond the free trial.
Our first utility stock, Duke Energy, ticker DUK, just announced a major clean energy investment that could drive growth.
Management's five-year capital plan is focusing on renewables with a target of net-zero methane emissions by 2030. Beyond an aggressive plan for growth, the company's expense reduction program has been one of the best, shaving $350 million in costs through last quarter. In fact, the restructuring was enough to help the company beat earnings estimates by 4.5% last quarter even with the hit from abandoning the Atlantic Coast pipeline project.
Cost reductions achieved are 75% of total planned which would mean another $100 million-plus in savings. That should help management achieve its earnings target of $5.10 per share this year.
That puts the shares at 18-times on a price-to-earnings basis which is right around the sector average. The record hurricane season shaved ten to fifteen cents off earnings this year so, given the further cost savings, I think 2021 earnings should surprise on the upside.
The average analyst price target is just below the current price but likely gets upgraded when we see 2021 earnings estimates increased. I would expect a healthy five- to seven-percent price return along with the 4.2% dividend yield here.
I think this next utility offers not only the best dividend but also the highest price upside, FirstEnergy, ticker FE, and its 5.5% yield.
The company is a fully regulated utility with six million customers across six mid-Atlantic states and over 24,000 miles of transmission lines. Management is forecasting 10% annual transmission rate growth through 2023 and 4% annual growth for distribution.
It's one of the most stable cash flows in utility stocks and the shares would be higher…except for the legal problems lately.
The company terminated its CEO in October and saw its bonds downgraded on governance concerns that have hit the shares. The Department of Justice has implicated FirstEnergy as the source of about $15 million in funds used by a former Ohio house speaker in a bribery case to benefit two nuclear plants.
The investigation is ongoing but I think the worst is baked in here. The outcome, good or bad, shouldn't materially affect the company's bottom line and the headline risk has created a super-cheap stock.
The company is expected to report $2.59 in per share earnings over the next four quarters, just slightly below the $2.62 it reported over the last year. That would put the shares at a price of just 11.2-times earnings, one of the cheapest in the sector.
The average analyst price target of almost $37 per share is more than 27% higher than the current stock price, giving FirstEnergy the highest upside in our list.
In fact, I added FirstEnergy to our 2021 Bow Tie Nation portfolio on Stockcard. We're just six weeks into our portfolio and already beating the market by 18% with a 22% return so far.
Click through and follow the portfolio on Stockcard. It's totally free to follow and you'll get trade alerts anytime I buy or sell from the portfolio, immediately and even before these videos come out.
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Consolidated Edison, ticker ED, provides services to 10 million customers mainly in New York and New Jersey but also has a solid solar business nationally.
There are some catalysts for growth here but what really attracted me to the shares was the 46 consecutive years of dividend increases by ConEd, with a yield of 3.9% currently. That's pretty astounding especially considering even some utilities are having to pause dividend increases this year.
Fifty-six percent of the company's electricity comes from renewables and it's the second largest solar generator in North America.
The company owns a 12.5% interest in the Mountain Valley pipeline and 50% f the Stagecoach Pipeline, neither of which really fit with the core business. The Mountain Valley assets could get a good price in a sale, especially with the abandonment of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline recently.
ConEd is expected to book $4.40 in earnings per share over the next year, an increase of 3.5% over last year's earnings That would mean a 17.5-multiple for its PE ratio. It's not the lowest but still decent growth considering how the pandemic has hit power demand.
PPL Corporation, ticker PPL, is one of the larger utilities and the highest dividend of the group with a 5.7% yield.
PPL has $46 billion in assets and international exposure with its UK business. Management announced plans to sell the UK segment to focus on its business in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. I think it's a great move that could unlock a lot of value here.
Funds from the sale will go to strengthen the balance sheet and growth projects so the company should have ample cash for several years. Regulatory changes in the UK had really made the segment a weight on returns so an expected first half 2021 sale could see a valuation bump for the shares as well.
Right now the shares are trading for just 12-times on that PE basis so definitely some upside potential if it gets rerated around the 15 to 18-times multiple after the sale.
Southern Company, ticker SO, is the largest utility in our list at a market cap of $64 billion as well as the highest expected earnings growth.
The company services nine million customers in nine states but does most of its business in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. This is another one undergoing a huge transformation to renewables and just saw its largest one-year shift from coal into renewables and nuclear.
After five years of set-backs, it looks like the new Georgia nuclear plant is set to meet its late 2021 in-service dates. It won't add to next year's earnings but after cost overruns and the schedule, that's going to remove a lot of the uncertainty around this stock.
Even before that plant starts adding to earnings though, Southern is expected to post the strongest earnings growth in the group. Earnings are expected to pop 6.2% next year to $3.24 per share. The growth is a little expensive at 18.8-times on a PE basis but will be worth it if the company can keep up that pace.
Don't pass up the chance to protect your portfolio and your profits before the long winter of COVID begins. Utility stocks offer a great opportunity for value and dividends that will keep your money safe. Look for a high dividend yield and catalysts for stock price growth in 2021.
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Once a black image is created, I clicked on File> Add Layer(s) From File, and used the Quick Mask tool (yellow arrow on left) to "paint" a line around Gui Lian. The Quick Mask tool wasn't sufficiently precise in blacking out all of the targeted areas, so I also used the Masking Brush tool (red arrow) and went over these areas on complete the task....a task that took me no more than 12 minutes; well within my range of tolerance. I then pumped up the saturation using Iridium Developer tools...a task that took under a minute.
My work as a freelance travel writer has remained sort of a back-up source of income for me since moving into the photography world. I really only do it when I feel like money is tight — so, yeah, I basically do it every month. Most of the travel writing clients these days are online, and they don't pay like they used to. Still, I make enough in writing to help pay some of the bills. I've averaged about $400 a month so far in 2015 through freelance writing.
If a bucket list is about doing extreme things, hydro Zorbing is a perfect fit. The activity, which was developed in New Zealand, involves rolling down a hill inside a transparent, water-filled orb. "From everything I've read, it's an enormous amount of fun. You're sort of in a controlled bounce down a hillside when you're half tumbling and half flying," Zackham says. newzealand.com
These two portraits are of elderly actors; the type that the cinematic world calls' "character actors" (these are generally defined as supporting actors who play unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters). I found these actors to be much more visually interesting than the glamorous divas; not because of their rugged and wrinkled physiognomies but because they had presence...and must've been part of these troupes for as long as they could remember.
Although Zackham's scared of heights, he still wants to visit Algodonales in southern Spain to try parahawking, which involves hang gliding in tandem with a guide, alongside a trained bird of prey. "For me it would be absolutely terrifying. But the notion of being up there with a hawk where it lives and hunts, that takes it to a different level. I would give that a shot." parahawking.com
The more willing you are to travel at a moment's notice, the more opportunities you can access. Day jobs will limit travel, so will mortgages and car payments. Photojournalist Lynsey Addario recently wrote about being 7 months pregnant while on assignment in Gaza. I deeply admire her bravery and commitment to her work, but I imagine many photographers aren't willing to make such compromises. Consider your lifestyle, and how much time you're willing to spend away from home. As for myself, I'm a long-term digital nomad traveling with a suitcase and a backpack and an open mind. Being available and flexible has made a monumental difference to my career.
One of the facets of my photography is the one that involves fashion, travel, tradition, culture, history and last but certainly not least, storytelling. Despite searching for similar work on the internet, I wasn't able to find an equivalent for such a production. Sure, there are many extremely talented photographers who specialize in awesome fashion and glamour imagery, and some who even go to striking artistry with fantastical extremes in makeup and elaborate backgrounds (such as the well known Japanese photographer Haseo, as an example).
If you are a top notch, worldwide known photographer, it is very likely that customers from all over the world will want to use your services (for fashion, events, sports, architecture, products etc.). But as we are focusing on travel photography, commercial organizations that deal with traveling and tourism are more likely to hire you. Notable examples are hotels, tour companies, airlines and so on.
You have provided a great deal of information on a subject I am really interested in. I will be researching the websites on this list. I have started my own website at http://www.davidhintzphotography.com, I have sold some of my photos on microstock websites and now looking to sell directly from my own website. Thanks for all your work on this topic. I would be interested in your comments on my site if you had the time to look at it.
Rosalynn Tay is a travel and fashion (as well as editorial) photographer based in Singapore, and is a peripatetic traveler whose fondness of travel led her to photograph in countless countries. She travels to Sri Lanka, Japan, Mongolia, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Siberia, Morocco and even ventured to North Korea. She is a graduate of Spéos, the internationally recognized photography school in Paris. She's also a committed Leica user, and has exhibited her work (Ethiopia -solo- and LeicaXhibition -group).
After spending the last 6 years fiddling and learning photography, my wife and I are about to move to Cambridge, UK from Melbourne. We are planning to post and write about our European trips in a capacity that is more than just telling our family what we are doing with the goal of allowing our work to eventually pay for our travel. Our first real post will be up soon, looking at our short weekend trip into the Wimmera/Mallee to visit the new Silo Art in the region. My Wife is a much better writer than I am and is currently editing!
Whether you're licensing photos through an agency or you're working with local businesses, destination photos sell. If you're just starting out, consider uploading your best work to sites like 500px, where you can offer your images for license quite easily. If you already have a strong portfolio of work, consider applying to Stocksy, the most reputable agency in the stock photo business. Interested in reportage? You can sign up for a Demotix account to get started in travel photojournalism.


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Egil Abrahamsen (* 7. Februar 1923 in Hvaler) ist ein norwegischer Schiffsingenieur und Geschäftsmann.

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Nach dem Abitur 1943 studierte er Schiffsbau an der Norwegischen Technischen Hochschule, die er 1949 abschloss. Vertiefende Studien führten an die Durham University und an die University of California, Berkeley.

1952 trat er in den Dienst der Klassifikationsgesellschaft Det Norske Veritas und war dort von 1967 bis 1985 Geschäftsführer und Vorstandsvorsitzender. 1977 promovierte er an der Königlich Technischen Hochschule Stockholm zum Dr. techn.

Abrahamsen hat zahlreiche Aufsichtsratsmandate inne und diente in zahlreichen Gremien und Ausschüssen. Er war von 1985 bis 1991 Vorsitzender der Norsk Hydro und von 1980 bis 1995 Vorsitzender der Televerket und Telenor.

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 1980: Großoffizier des Ordens des Infanten Dom Henrique
 1988: Kommandeur des Sankt-Olav-Ordens
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Home > Job Search Results > Specialist Registrar, Acute Medicine, Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Specialist Registrar, Acute Medicine
Job Reference: Grimsby - DM
Location: Grimsby, Lincolnshire
Sector: Medicine, Medicine > Acute
Duration: 10/01/22 until 29/04/2022.
Contact: Dale McBreen
Email: dale.mcbreen@accident-emergency.co.uk
Are you a SPR who specialises in Acute Medicine?
We have a fantastic opportunity for the right middle grade doctor to join North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust
We have a placement starting 10/01/22 and running until 29/04/2022.
The position is to cover the full rota, the rota is yet to be confirmed but the successful candidate can expect to cover Days, Evenings, Nights and Weekends.
North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 450,000 people across North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and West and East Lindsey. The trust has approximately 750 beds across the three hospitals that the trust manages, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital and Goole and District Hospital.
Grimsby, also Great Grimsby, is a port town and administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, England, on the South Bank of the Humber Estuary close to the North Sea. It was the home port for the world's largest fishing fleet by the mid-20th century, but fishing then fell sharply.
Sounds like an ideal place for you? - please apply now via the link provided.
Successful applicants will need to meet the following criteria:
Valid GMC registration
Relevant NHS Experience
Be able to pass framework compliance requirement
Why work with A&E Agency:
Exclusive access to locum, fixed term and substantive roles with the NHS and leading private sector organisations Competitive rates of pay
CPD Support and Access to training course
Refer a doctor to A&E Agency to receive unlimited additional earnings:
Essentially, the referee would get the payment on request once the referred doctor has worked the hours set out below.
250 Hours: £ 200 in Vouchers
500 Hours: a further £200 in Vouchers
We would pay these in either One4All vouchers or Amazon vouchers depending on your preference.
Please email details of referral to Dale.McBreen@accident-emergency.co.uk


This video from Lesley Fightmaster is more of an intermediate class, but if you're a beginner, go ahead and try it anyway. You might be surprised by what you can do. Take it easy if you need to, and try not to push yourself to the point of injury.
Please subscribe to Lesley's YouTube channel for great yoga videos.


1. Introduction In this how-to, we will present you how to size your servers according to the number of users in your organization that will use OpenOTP. 2. Recommendations for 500 Users 1 dedicated server or Virtual machine with Linux (2 for High Availability). Server configuration: 3GHz processor (4 cores). 8GB RAM memory. 200MB disk space for installation files. 10GB disk space for log files and DB. Optionally 1 YubiHSM for hardware crypto.


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Lenovo Cast is Another Chromecast Alternate for $49
Lenovo has just announced of what can be called another Google Chromecast alternate, the Lenovo Cast. The new media streaming device by Lenovo is not only slightly different in appearance than its competitors but also has added functionality.
The Lenovo Cast does come with a HDMI cable to hook up with your big TV screen. It has a dual-band WiFi functionality which makes it operate at both 5GHz and 2.4GHz WiFi signal frequency and this feature is lacking in similar devices from the competitors.
The Lenovo Cast is capable of streaming content from your phone to TV from up to 65 feet away and even through walls. It does give you slight edge as other similar devices will perform poorly at above 20 feet distance.
According to the sources, the Lenovo Cast is set to start shipping in August this year at a price of $49.
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The game that's the top grossing and in the top 5 list for popular free games.
The game that can get you going for hours!!
It is like bejeweled but only with strategy! I don't want to be the cause of you trying it out! But it gets pretty addictive! Yes I am already addicted!!
Game: Candy Crush. Available at the AppStore and google play.


Be the hit of the next party Create stunning text graphics on the wall, ceiling or dance floor with the American DJ, LED Messenger. With the use of its own wireless remote or a computer keyboard (PS2 type - not included) users can type messages using the 192 built-in high output red, green and blue LEDs. The unit can also function as a high out LED moonflower effect in DMX or Sound Active modes.
- PS2 type keyboard input on rear of unit to input characters and letters.
- Weight: 15 lbs. / 6.8 kgs.
Using LED Technology and a special optical system this American DJ LED Moonflower effect produces sharp Saturated colors red, green and blue beams of light - a spectacular light show that could not be produced with traditional halogen Moonflowers.


If you're anything like me, you'll have been lusting after Rapunzel-esque tresses for what seems like forever. My hair grows quickly, but it's not in the best condition, and therefore it never really seems to reach past a certain length until it starts breaking off. I know, I know, I should have regular trims, blah blah blah, but I have a bit of an issue with people cutting my hair as it always looks too short afterwards (and I have had FAR too many short hair cut disasters). Therefore, it kind of goes without saying I'm always on the hunt for some hair extensions. > I reviewed the Salon Confidential extensions a while back, and although I still really like them, they're not heat-proof and therefore I'm stuck with having to keep them in the same style. I generally like to curl my hair and add volume, so when I went on the search for some extensions, I knew they had to be styleable. Me being me, I refuse to go anywhere near real hair extensions (both because I think it's unethical AND I have this big thing about another person's hair on my head - I mean - gross right?) therefore it was pretty tricky trying to track some heat-proof SYNTHETIC extensions down. I did, however, stumble across the Babyliss Styleable Hair Extensions on the Boots website, and after reading through a few reviews I decided to go for it. They arrived in the post and I was suitably impressed with what I got. For just over £30 you get one big three-layer extension and one smaller two-layer extension, as well as sectioning clips and a comb. The extensions feel really shiny and soft to the touch and the colour (light blonde) matched my blonde highlighted hair perfectly. They were really easy to put in and instantly added so much volume and length - I was impressed! When it came to styling, I used my straighteners to curl them, not exceeding the maximum 180 degree heat that these babies can take. I think I set my straighteners to about 120 degrees. I found the extensions a little difficult to curl, but with some perseverance I managed to create some loose, pretty curls, which stayed in the majority of the night. The hair extensions themselves stayed put really well, and I was really impressed with how much length and volume they gave my hair. These hair extensions cannot take heat. As much as it says they are 'styleable'... they just don't cut it. After two, perhaps even one, use, the previously sleek, soft and shiny extensions have turned into a mess of dried up, static Barbie-hair (I'm not talking pretty here girls, I'm talking plastic). They are really difficult to brush, and strands of hair fall out like crazy. What were previously difficult to curl are now near impossible, and to be perfectly honest they resembled rat's tails more than anything else. Don't get me wrong - they look brilliant the first few times you use them - but with each use they become less shiny, and more and more dry and static. I was so disappointed - I had such high hopes for these hair extensions and I feel really let down. I followed the instructions and didn't exceed the heat - yet they still failed me. Okay, so if you don't style them, I'm sure they stay perfectly soft and shiny - but considering the selling point of these is that they're synthetic AND styleable - kind of defeats the purpose of why I bought them. Yes, they are cheap as far as hair extensions go - but considering they lasted me 3 nights out tops, they turn pretty expensive per wear! Overall, I wouldn't recommend these extensions. They just can't do what they're supposed to. Sorry Babyliss, but you let me down this time!


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Q: Convert Excel text string of hours minutes and seconds to time format I have an Excel 2010 spreadsheet that has times in text format that I need to convert to time so I can do averages etc upon them.
For example in cell A1 it can give a variation of results eg
123 hours 15 minutes 04 seconds
Or
12 hours 49 minutes 10 seconds
All the way down to
00 hours 00 minutes 00 seconds
At the moment my head is frazzled and can't think of a way of converting this text to time automatically so we don't have to re type every time as the text string is an output report from a database so the format of that cannot be changed.
Any help is gratefully accepted!

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*MID( text, start_position, number_of_characters ) to retrieve the hours/minutes/seconds

*FIND( substring, string, [start_position] ) to search for "hours/minutes/seconds" to know from what position to retrieve the data

*=VALUE(TRIM(CLEAN(A1))) to convert the string into number

I see that the input looks like HHH hours MM minutes SS seconds so it should be easy.
This would be the example for the hours:
=VALUE(TRIM(CLEAN((MID(A1,(FIND("hours",A1)-4),3)))))

Input: 123 hours 45 minutes 40 seconds Output: 123

A: I found something that helped me with something similar, it involved brackets but was surprisingly easy.
I was trying to copy and paste YouTube transcripts where up to 23 minutes it's fine
23:59
But it gets funky after 24:00:00
It let me choose a custom number format where it matched what I had previously
So I put that into the output format in quotes
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Hong Kong – September 5, 2012 – Following August's announcement of the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) selecting Singapore as its corporate headquarters, the CSA today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) to advance cloud computing security and build capabilities that will accelerate the development of the cloud ecosystem in Hong Kong. According to the agreement, the CSA and ASTRI will collaborate on applied cloud security research in order to more effectively integrate industry and academia efforts into a joint framework that fosters trusted cloud computing initiatives in Hong Kong and the Greater China region. The first joint research project that the two organizations are planning will be CloudCERT, a CSA initiative to enable the optimization of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) functionality within cloud computing, with the establishment of the APAC CloudCERT operational base based in Hong Kong. "CSA research activities in Hong Kong will be a focal point for encouraging 'technopreneurship' across the APAC region and should serve to support an innovation hub for cloud computing security," said Aloysius Cheang, managing director at CSA APAC. "CSA's presence in Hong Kong will also serve as a central gateway for CSA corporate members looking to establish a presence in Hong Kong and Greater China region." Signing the MOU on behalf of ASTRI, Dr Cheung Nim-kwan, Chief Executive Officer of ASTRI, said, "We very much welcome the opportunities to collaborate with CSA. I hope our joint effort can contribute to the advancement of cloud security and facilitate the adoption of cloud computing in Hong Kong and the region." "This new partnership arrangement is complementary to the efforts of the Government to facilitate and drive cloud computing development and adoption in Hong Kong," said Mr. Daniel Lai, the HK Government Chief Information Officer. "The Government established an Expert Group on Cloud Computing Services and Standards in April this year. CSA HK and Macau Chapter and ASTRI are both represented in the Expert Group." About the Cloud Security Alliance The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders. For further information, visit us at www.cloudsecurityalliance.org, and follow us on Twitter @cloudsa. About ASTRI The Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of Hong Kong SAR in 2000 with a mission of enhancing Hong Kong's competitiveness in technology-based industries through applied research. ASTRI was designated the Hong Kong Research and Development Centre for Information and Communications Technologies by the Innovation and Technology Commission with special goals to perform leading-edge R&D for technology transfer to industry, develop much needed technical human resources and act as a focal point bringing together industry and university R&D assets. For further information, please visit www.astri.org. Media Contacts: Robert Nachbar [email protected] 206.427.0389 Arthur Chan [email protected] (852) 3406 2899
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Q: Existence of a continuous function. Question is to check Which of the following statements are true?

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*There exists a continuous function  $f: \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : 2x^2+3y^2=1\}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which is one-one.

*There exists a continuous function $f: (-1,1)\rightarrow (-1,1]$ which is one one and onto.

*There exists a continuous function  $f: \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : y^2=4x\}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which is one-one.

*There exists a continuous function  $f: \{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : x^2+y^2=1\}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which is Onto.

*There exists a continuous function $f : S^1=\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : x^2+y^2=1\} \to \mathbb{R}$ which is one-one.

What i have done so far is :
Solution for $1$ :
we see that $\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : 2x^2+3y^2=1\}$ is connected and compact...
Suppose we have continuous function $f :S \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which is one one then we would see that $S$ is homeomorphic to $f(S)$*
Now, $S$ is connected so is $f(S)$ and $S$ is compact so is $f(S)$.Thus $f(S)=[a,b]$ for some $a,b\in \mathbb{R}$
suppose I remove a point $c\in(a,b)$ then $f(S)$ would have two connected components where as the corresponding subset of $S$ obtained by removing $f^{-1}(c)$ is connected which is absurd. Thus there exist no continuous one one map $f :S \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$
Solution for $2$ :
Suppose we have continuous bijection $f: (-1,1)\rightarrow (-1,1]$ then we have $t\in(-1,1)$ such that $f(t)=1$.
Now, any continuous injection has to be such that $a<b$ implies $f(a)\leq f(b)$ or $f(a)\geq f(b)$ for all $a,b$ (I do not how does one call this property as)
Assuming $f$ is increasing and  $f(t)=1$ then $f(m)\geq 1$ for all $m\in (t,1)$ which is a contradiction to $f$ being injective...
Assuming $f$ is decreasing and  $f(t)=1$ then $f(m)\geq 1$ for all $m\in (-1,t)$ which is a contradiction to $f$ being injective...
Thus there is no continuous bijection from $(-1,1)$ to $(-1,1]$
Solution for $3$ :
we see that $\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : y^2=4x\}$ is connected (Not Compact. sorry for my laziness and thanks to gaoxinge :D )...
Suppose we have continuous function $f :S \rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ which is one one then we would see that $S$ is homeomorphic to $f(S)$*
Now, $S$ is connected so is $f(S)$ and $S$ is compact so is $f(S)$.Thus $f(S)=[a,b]$ for some $a,b\in \mathbb{R}$
I though of applying same idea as i have done to check First question but then i am not getting any negative result.
Moreover I guess that such a map exists and i can actually find a homeomorphism to $\mathbb{R}$.
I am unable to write explicitly but What i would do is i would bend the parabola so that it would coincide with real line (I am not able to express it precisely please try to understand something from this). But how would i write "bending" as a function and how would i show that this is a homeomorphism. Please help in that case and more over is my intuition correct?
Solution for $4$ :
Continuous image of compact space is compact but $\mathbb{R}=f(S)=f(\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : x^2+y^2=1\})$ is not compact though $S=\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : x^2+y^2=1\}$ is compact.
Solution for $5$ :
for the same reason that i have treid to explain in First question there is no continuous function $f : S^1=\{(x,y)\in \mathbb{R}^2 : x^2+y^2=1\} \to \mathbb{R}$ which is one-one.
Please see if this justification is sufficient and if it is please let me know if there are any other ways of seeing these things.
Thank you.
P.S: I have used one result which i feel is worth sharing :

continuous bijection from a compact space to Hausdorff space is homeomorphism

A: I just talk about think:

First, the most of you think is right.
(1) and (5) is talking about that is $\mathbb S^1$ homemorphic to $\mathbb R^1$? You use the compactness to judge they are different. It's awesome! Also you can compute them topological invariant like fundamental group $\pi_1$.
(2) is related to the open and closed property and you use the monotone property to judge. It's very well!! Actually, $(0,1)$ is an one dimensional manifold without boundary and $(0,1]$ is an one one dimensional manifold with boundary.
(4) is related to compactness.
(3) I think you say  $\{(x,y):y^2=4x\}$ is compactness it's wrong. Actually, it is parabolic curve which is closed but not bounded. And you say you find the homemorphism is right.


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Someone please forward this to state Senator Carol Liu, author of SB 192 that would mandate helmet use by all bicycle riders.
A new medical study concludes that bike helmets alone can't prevent serious bicycling injuries, and the solution may lie in separating cyclists from motor vehicles.
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Great piece on risk communcation from Richard Masoner of Cyclelicious, who says yes, bicycling may be dangerous, but no more than driving. And so is walking, bathing and shopping.
CiclaValley discovers scofflaw cops parking in downtown bike lanes, forcing riders to protect and swerve.
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Serge Issakov says:
The solution to what, exactly, lies in separating cyclists from motor vehicles? The prevention of serious bicycling injuries? That's not only nonsense, it's impossible anyway. Worse, the idea that separation is necessary for bicycling safety is KILLING bicycling. Besides laziness, the single biggest factor keeping more people from cycling is fear of cars. Separation promotion simply fuels those fears.
There are many other ways to prevent the incidence of cyclist injury that are far more effective and practical; most involve adopting well-known defensive best practices by cyclists, primarily by using conspicuous roadway positioning. Compared to separation the cost is negligible and the availability is now rather than centuries from now (yes in a culture like ours it would take centuries to build separated infra allowing for bicycle travel totally separate from motorists).
John Montgomery says:
I would agree that it seems the study authors made a big (and erroneous) jump to only mention separation as a possible solution. But that being said, I think separation works quite well and I'm a big fan of it, having experienced it first hand in Europe, Australia, Canada and even some here in the states.
As to the reality of it happening here in the US on a mass scale in a timely manner? No way. But I feel it's certainly something worthy of discussion when designing roadways.
It's a classic Catch-22 situation.
How do you justify costly separation unless it's necessary for safety? But if it's necessary for safety, that presumes that bicycling without separation is unsafe.
False dichotomy? I don't think so. A certain lack-of-safety threshold has to be met to justify the high cost of separate infra. But if you argue that cycling w/o separation is that unsafe, then that discourages cycling. It's the opposing of advocacy. That is, separation advocacy is anti-cycling advocacy.
I guess in my opinion, safety isn't the only argument for separation. One way to justify separation is that when done correctly it is a much better infrastructure for different modes of transportation and travel speeds. The separation of bicycles from traffic in many countries doesn't feel as though cyclists are second class citizens. It feels as though cyclists have an infrastructure which is expressly designed for them.
And to be clear, I'm not arguing for separation as the only solution or main solution. In addition to simply taking the lane (as you point out), there are examples of well-designed calmed traffic areas shared by cars, bicyclists, and pedestrians. I also feel there are many low speed zones (25mph) where bikes and cars share the road pretty nicely as is.
I understand, but "better" is not a very compelling argument, especially to the vast majority who could care less about making anything better for bicycling.
You'd have better luck with arguing that infra gets bikes out of the way of cars, but that too carries baggage (therefore bikes should not be in the way of cars).
Opus the Poet says:
Well, lessee, there is a country that has the lowest obesity rate in the Western world, the lowest cardiac disease rate, rated the best to raise kids in, and has about a 30% commute share and a 50% mode share for bicycles, and they do their damndest to segregate bicycles from other traffic. Those who know say this is because cycling "feels" safer there. And they will tell anyone how they did it in excruciating engineering detail for €90 translated into English.
Brian Nilsen says:
There's one other biking event going on this weekend, the Firecracker ride in Chinatown on Saturday morning. 30 mile ride rolls at 9am, 20 mile rolls at 9:15. Online registration is closed but you can sign up on-site beforehand.
I did the 30 miler last year and it was a lot of fun, though my wife was a little irritated to find out it was as hilly as it was.
http://firecracker10k.org/bike-rides/
bikinginla says:
Thanks Brian. I'll try to include the link in my next post.
Ted, you guys are way behind the curve on cops blocking the bike lane.
http://copsinbikelanes.tumblr.com/
See what a jump NYPD has on you?
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Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon [ejtsd: mak-maón] (Sully, Saône-et-Loire), 1808. december 13. – Montcresson, Loiret, 1893. október 17.) gróf, Magenta hercege, 1859-től Franciaország marsallja, 1873–79 között köztársasági elnök.

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Ősei Írországból érkeztek Franciaországba a 17. században az emigráló II. Jakab angol királlyal. Mac-Mahon írországi királyok leszármazottjának mondta magát. A Saint-Cyri Katonai Akadémián tanult 1825–27 között és 1830-ban huszárhadnagyként lépett be a seregbe. 1830-ban Algír elfoglalásakor kitűnt kiváló katonai képességeivel. 1837 és 1855 között szinte állandó Algériában teljesített szolgálatot. 1845-ben a 41. gyalogezred ezredesévé, 1848-ban pedig dandártábornokká nevezték ki, és egyúttal Orán és Constantine tartományok élére állították. 1852-ben hadosztályparancsnok lett. 1855-ben III. Napóleon visszahívta Franciaországba, és a II. hadtest egyik hadosztályát bízta rá, amellyel Mac-Mahon a krími háborúba indult. 1855. szeptember 8-án Pierre Bosquet-val elfoglalták a Malakoff erődöt, s az orosz seregek kénytelenek voltak elhagyni Szevasztopolt. A császár a Becsületrend nagykeresztjével tüntette ki, és szenátorrá tette.

1857-ben ismét Afrikában volt, ahol az Algériában elhelyezett összes katonaság és tengeri hajók parancsnokává nevezték ki. 1859 elején a császár újból hazahívta, és az osztrák háború kitörésekor a II. hadtest parancsnokává nevezte ki, ennek élén Mac-Mahon június 4-én Magentánál az osztrákok jobb szárnya ellen irányzott támadással a csatának döntő fordulatot adott. Napóleon még a csatatéren kinevezte Magenta hercegévé és Franciaország marsalljává. Solferinónál is hozzájárult a diadal kivívásához. A békekötés után a Lille és környékén telepített II. hadtest parancsnokaként működött, 1861-ben rendkívüli követként vett részt Königsbergben I. Vilmos porosz király koronázásán. 1864 és 1870 között Francia Algéria főkormányzója. Pályafutásának sikertelen időszaka volt, mert az általa bevezetett reformokra rendkívül sok panasszal, kifogással reagáltak, ezért benyújtotta lemondását.

Az 1870-es porosz–francia háború kitörésekor az I. hadtest parancsnokává nevezték ki, ennek élén Strasbourg környékén foglalt állást. Mihelyt azonban a császár a támadás tervét elejtette, Mac-Mahon Zabernbe húzódott vissza, majd Félix Douay egyik hadosztályát magához vonva, Weissenburgnál várta be a bajorok támadását, amely elől azonban augusztus 4-én hátrálni kényszerült. Rendezett visszavonulást követően Wörthnél ütötte fel táborát, de augusztus 6-án a bajorok ismét vereséget mértek rá, és a marsall hősiesen küzdő csapatait menekülésre kényszerítették. Ez a visszavonulás már teljesen rendetlenül ment végbe, amennyiben Mac-Mahon csata közben a tartalékcsapatokat is feláldozta. Mac-Mahon azonban nem esett kétségbe. Mihelyt seregének romjait a Vogézek mögött valamelyest rendezte, Châlons-sur-Marne-ba vezette azokat, ahol a császár a sebtében újjászervezett I., V., VII. és az újonnan alakított XII. hadtest vezényletét bízta rá. Néhány nappal később a párizsi ideiglenes kormánytól Mac-Mahon azt a megbízatást kapta, hogy a Metzben körülzárt és ostrom alá fogott Bazaine-t és seregeit szabadítsa fel. Mac-Mahon eleinte habozott (és ezzel időt vesztett), amikor pedig végre augusztus 23-án megindította hadműveletét, a német lovascsapatok néhány nap múlva már nyomát lelték, folyton sarkában járván, minduntalan háborgatták és menetét késleltették. Amikor pedig Mac-Mahon elejtette Metz felmentésének tervét, és Mézières felé iparkodott visszaindulni, már késő volt. A németek egész hadseregét a sedáni völgykatlanba szorították, és másnap, szeptember 1-jén mindenfelől megtámadták. Csataközben Mac-Mahon egy ágyúgolyó által súlyosan megsebesült és kénytelen volt a fővezényletet Ducrot tábornoknak átengedni. A kapituláció értelmében a császárral együtt Mac-Mahon is a németek fogságába került. Mac-Mahon egyike volt azon kevés tábornokoknak, akiket a háború után nem vádoltak sem árulással, sem gyávasággal. Jellemét, igazságszeretetét és bátorságát még ellenfelei is elismerték. A béke megkötése után, 1871. április 11-én a versailles-i kormány hadseregének élére állították azzal a megbízatással, hogy vessen véget a Kommünnek. Ezt a feladatot Mac-Mahon erélyesen – nem kevés vérengzés árán – meg is oldotta. A lázongás leverése után Adolphe Thiers kinevezte őt Párizs főparancsnokává.

Makulátlan hírneve és népszerűsége eredményezte, hogy a monarchista párt Thiers bukása után, 1873. május 24-én Mac-Mahon-t választotta a köztársaság elnökévé. Tette ezt azzal a feltételezéssel, hogy Mac-Mahon elnöksége alatt megkísérelheti majd a monarchia restaurálását. November 19-én a nemzetgyűlés a köztársasági elnök hivatali idejét háromról hét évre emelte. A nemzetgyűlés mandátuma lejárt, az 1876 februári választások után a baloldali képviselők kerültek többségbe. Mac-Mahon először Jules Dufaure-ra, majd Jules Simonra bízta a kormányzást. Végül 1877. május 16-án Albert de Broglie-t kérte fel konzervatív és kléruspárti kormány alakítására. Június 25-én Mac-Mahon feloszlatta a nemzetgyűlést. Az októberi választások újra baloldali többséget eredményeztek. Gaëtan de Rochebouët 20 napig tartó kormányzása után Mac-Mahon visszahívta Dufaure-t, akivel viszont nem volt súrlódásmenetes az együttműködés, ezért 1879. január 30-án lemondott elnöki megbízatásáról.

Hátralevő éveit teljes visszavonultságában töltötte. Több hadtörténeti munkát írt, ezek között a legkiválóbb a "L'armée de Versailles depuis sa formation jusqu'à la complète pacification de Paris, 1871" (A versailles-i hadsereg megalakulásától Párizs teljes pacifikálásáig, 1871).
1893-ban hunyt el, földi maradványait a párizsi Invalidusok dómjában őrzik.

1895 júniusában a magentai csata helyszínén szobrot állítottak emlékére.

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ALESSANDRO CARPENEDO: Honoring His Father's Creative Cheese Vision
After his father created Italy's first refinement laboratory and cheese aged in wine and marc, he helped put La Casearia Carpenedo on a world stage.
Photos by Gianfranco Cimarosti
Alessandro Carpenedo was born with the food business in his blood thanks to his grandfather Ernesto, who ran a grocery store. But it was his father Antonio who steered him into the cheese business.
Antonio's journey as a dairyman began in the 1960s, after he took over a small dairy in Rovarè di San Biagio in the province of Treviso. He learned to make cheese by himself and, in 1965, was one of the first to export the "Casata Carpenedo", today known as Casatella Trevigiana Dop, outside the province of Treviso and subsequently in Emilia Romagna, Lombardy and Piedmont.
His business evolved exponentially since then after his son Alessandro joined the company to become a one-of-a-kind cheese aging and refinery operation.
Cheese Connoisseur takes you on Alessandro Carpenedo's journey, which includes the unique evolution of his family's company La Casearia Carpenedo, an Italian treasure.
CC: Although your family's involvement in the food industry goes way back, that wasn't your initial path. How did you come into cheese?
A.C.: I was born in 1977, and because my father was a dairy developer, I was born in the dairy production world. When I was a child, I went to the dairy often to taste pieces of the curd, which typically isn't good, but as a child, I liked it. I remember going to the store when I was young and seeing all different kinds of cheeses. I would take pieces of broken Parmigiano Reggiano to eat. Cheese has always been in my life. After high school, I went to a school for tourism that was not connected with the dairy business. My idea was to travel and work in the tourism field, visiting many places around the world. I loved to learn about different cultures and meet people. After school, I had the opportunity to work with an important agency.
A month later, my father asked me to work with him in the family cheese making business because I could speak English. He wanted my brother Ernesto and I to develop the export side. It was a difficult decision for me, because I had started a specific job in tourism. I had to decide whether to continue my career or go another way. My thought was mostly to respect what my father was looking for, since he needed my support. So I decided to leave my tourism job and help my father in the dairy and warehouse. I didn't start in the office, but instead at the bottom, driving a tractor to bring product to small shops around the city. This was in 1997, when I was able to attend Cheese!, the big festival in Bra. It was at this exhibition that I had the opportunity to meet our first American importer, Cheeseworks, which was one of the best American companies importing cheese into the U.S. at that time.
My first time in New York City was at the 1999 Fancy Food Show. I brought a wheel of cheese with me in my baggage that was barrel aged with herbs and hay called Summer Wind. From that show, we developed an interest in marketing our cheeses in the U.S. We started with this cheese, along with another line made with prosecco. Now, 20 years later, we market our product in 30 countries around the world, including Europe and Asia and do a lot of business in Japan. We have connections with Australia, and Taiwan is a new market for us.
CC: The company has undergone changes over the years. How has La Casearia Carpenedo evolved?
A.C.: We are actually still producing cheese. We follow the entire production chain from milk through the aging of the cheese to finish the cycle and the transformation process with additional ingredients, such as grape marc, herbs, spices and others. The cheesemaking part is carried out at our exclusive partners' facilities. In regards to the seasoning and processing, this is carried out at our site in Camalò in the province of Treviso.
The first quality of the cheese comes from the milk and the production techniques, but we provide the real difference in taste with the seasoning and even more in the final refermentation process, a very particular and articulated technique that we were the first to develope after many years of research and development.
CC: Talk about your most memorable moments on the job.
I don't sell cheese but I sell emotions. When people try our cheese, I always look at their reactions. It's in their eyes. The 'wow' effect is so satisfying.
CC: How did your Ubriaco cheese, one of your signatures, come about?
A.C.: In 1976, we started our fermentation line with Ubriaco cheese. Since then, it has become popular in all parts of the world. It began when my father rediscovered an ancient tradition preserved by the farmers of the Piave area of putting the cheese under the pomace during the harvest. It's from a tradition that seems to have originated in the First World War when, to preserve the cheeses from hostile raids, the peasants had the idea of hiding them under the fermenting marcs. This is when my father produced Ubriaco, the first forms of cheese aged in wine and marc.
This also was when the company was transformed into the first refinement laboratory recognized in Italy. From the use of the pomace, it passes to the experimentation of new ingredients like hay, walnut leaves, pepper, spices, beer, liqueurs and many others.
CC: Talk about Blu 61, how was it created and what makes it special.
A.C.: This is another important moment in our company, because we started to develop blue cheeses on a completely different level than usual. We began in 2008 with Basajo. This was aged in sweet white wine with raisins. We had a great process from the start. It wasn't specifically until 2011 that we created Blu 61, and it became an icon of our company for different reasons. It was mostly due to the taste of the cheese, which is amazing. It gets a different reaction than normal. Blue cheese is traditionally heavy and salty, but this line has the freshness of fruit and a sweetness from wine and bloomy veins. It's absolutely fantastic.
Blu 61 became very popular due to the story behind it. It was my father's idea in 2011 to celebrate his 50th anniversary with my mom. He asked me to find a better presentation for this cheese. The idea was to have a cheese that can be like a cake, and when you see it close up, the full wheel is very much cake like. Wine gives it a red color, and it's covered by cranberries normally used for cakes. My father was looking for something to put in the rind, and thanks to my trips to Canada, I discovered cranberries. I thought they'd make a great cheese topping, and so this is what we chose to complete the presentation.
In 2012, Blu 61 won the gold medal in the marbled category at the Alma Caseus competition, organized by the International School of Italian Cuisine and led by Gualtiero Marchesi. In the same year, it was included in the assortment of the prestigious Harrods shop in London. Since then, this cheese has won two medals at the World Cheese Awards in 2014 and 2017.
CC: How does the company's location and environment impact your cheeses?
A.C.: We are located in northeast Italy in an area of hills called Montello. It's a very rocky area, especially if you go underground or excavate. When it rains a lot, the water goes behind the stones, as there are underground rivers and lakes as well as caves in this area. This is a good place for us, as the cave in our facilities is underground and surrounded by rocks to provide the perfect humidity and ambiance for aging. It's a special place for our cheese.
CC: Talk about the importance of cheese making and tradition.
A.C.: When I was a child and my classmates asked what my dad did, and I said he made cheese, they looked poorly upon that as an unimportant job. I don't understand why, because behind cheese there is a lot of history and culture. It's a product that gives us the opportunity to grow and preserve milk. I think probably one of the most important things we can do in this industry is educate people about this. We need to give them a story around cheese production and the effort we put forth to create great quality cheese. That is a challenge, as is bringing up the quality and level of knowledge. When I started making the first commercial cheese my first year, I wanted to do something more. Because milk, salt and rennet are the only ingredients that cheese producers give to customers, I always try to add something to the story. This is why our aging and fermentation processes are so integral to our cheeses and set them apart.
CC: What would you say is your most memorable moment on the job?
A.C.: Something very memorable for me was when I brought my first cheese to the U.S. in 1999. Another memorable moment was two years later, back in America, when I saw my product on the shelves of New York City stores. I was so excited! This is my cheese made in Italy that I produced, delivered and now is in New York City! It was and is still very exciting for me.
CC: What are you most proud of?
A.C.: I'm mostly proud of the world tour of my cheese. I sell it in cities all around the world, from San Francisco to Tokyo. I'm proud to be international.
CC: What are your favorite cheeses and why?
A.C.: If I had to choose my favorite at the moment, it is a hard cheese called Vento D'Estate. You can eat the heart of the cheese and have a balsamic sensation due to herbs and organic hay. It has a unique taste. It is a cheese matured under mountain hay. The inspiration for it came in June 1998, during an excursion by my parents in Monte Grappa. On the way back, going down the winding mountain roads, they followed behind a tractor carrying a hay cart that gave off a truly sensational scent. My father convinced the peasant driver to sell him some of this fragrant hay, which became the fundamental ingredient to refine this cheese. And Blue Gin, which is one of our lines, is cheese aged in gin that I created. The idea was to work with a gin producer in Italy. It's absolutely unique, because you can taste the gin and Blue cheese, yet it's very well balanced. This is a new way to eat cheese with something different from wine.
CC: Do you have any regrets choosing a career in cheese versus working in tourism?
A.C.: I'm totally happy about my decision, because really I have the opportunity to work with cheese and travel. In my current career, I have the chance to see a lot of new cultures, meet a lot of people and take a world tour. My goal was satisfied. No, I'm not working for a travel agency or tour operator, but I am the tour operator of my cheeses. I can book the reservations for them!
CC: What are your thoughts on the current state of the cheese industry?
A.C.: I think that, in the cheese industry I see a lot of confusion in terms of the names and products. We need to respect the customers by communicating more transparently. We need to give value to all products from all places and communicate more directly with consumers and educate them. Don't give them information just to sell cheese; they only want to buy a good cheese produced properly.
CC: If you could change anything about the cheese industry today, what would it be?
A.C.: Too often the milk production of a single cow is pushed for more quantity, and this is not the way to respect cows, animals or the world. It's important to grow animals with natural ingredients. I always try to work with dairies that have a mentality in sustainability. I'm okay to give them more money for better quality and greener practices. There are many dairies that can have different practices with cows, and we pay a little more for the milk.
It's difficult to accomplish this because all around the world people are focused on price. We need to educate customers that the lowest price isn't always the best choice for our health.
C.C.: What do you want people to know about specialty cheese?
A.C.: Our products have been developed over three generations and over a lot of time. They need to know, not just about the cheese, but also what's behind it.
I wish they knew that there are millions of people who wake up early in the morning every morning to acquire good milk and that every day with great passion and enthusiasm there are people who produce good cheese.
There are people like us who every day combine love, creativity and experience to make cheeses unique and to give us the chance to get excited by tasting a cheese!
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Caged Skank: LiLo To Jail?
Lawyers for sometime-actress and Flower of American Skankhood Lindsay Lohan plan to file an appeal against a court decision that could send the vapid sexpot to jail for up to 120 days. The decision comes in response to a parole violation stemming from the actress' 2007 conviction for drunk driving.
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Even if LiLo is forced to serve some or all of her sentence, there is an upside. Not only have the producers of the upcoming John Gotti biopic graciously allowed the imploding actress to keep her role in the film as Junior Gotti's loyal wife, Kim, but jail-time should give LiLo some first-hand experience in prison life, which should give her an edge in future auditions for soft-core Babes Behind Bars exploitation flicks.
As Team Lohan appeals Lindsay's jail time, the actress is preparing to fulfill her 480 hours of community service at a Skid Row woman's shelter and the LA County Morgue, where she will work as a janitor. The experience will no doubt be made more enriching for the doomed starlet if she comes to understand that these same two locations are also likely to be the penultimate and terminal stops on her career trajectory.
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Portrait of a soul rocker.
Bryan Thomas has been making the Capital Region a cooler place to live going on ten years now, through his work with the Hidden City collective and a string of soul rock albums. And this week he's releasing a new album, 1369 Lights.
We recently bounced a few questions Bryan's way (that would be toward Delmar). He emailed answers back about finding the funk at pre-school soccer games, why he name-checks local places in his songs so often, and what he thinks is the best-kept secret about the Capital Region.
Exactly how funky is Delmar?
The funk is there, you just have to know where to look for it. And, er, extrapolate. For instance: "Sticky," is arguably the funkiest song on the new album, but it was conceived at a decidedly unfunky soccer game for pre-schoolers. Change a 4-year-old girl to Lady Macbeth, change a messy, sticky melting popsicle into the blood of King Duncan, give it a beat and voila - it's on its way to funky.
I'll add that there are more Albany-music-scene-types in Delmar than you'd think. I won't name names. They know who they are.
What's with the band on the new album? They all bear a striking resemblance to each other.
The ladies DO bear a bit of a resemblance to each other, don't they? Weird.
You've been making albums for 10 years now -- what keeps you going?
Every time I finish a record I say it's the last one. And then the next one sneaks up on me. I think it works for me because I don't force it. A series of rough demos recorded casually over time, with the occasional posting to the web site, will start to make sense sonically and thematically as something bigger. Then suddenly it's on me to go back to these quick-and-dirty recordings, clean them up and turn them into an album.
The only pressures are finding the time with the day job and family (lots of 3 a.m. sessions in the basement studio) and keeping it cheap as a matter of principle (do-it-yourself recording and short run CDs). I keep gigs few and far between, and I try not to drive myself crazy with the promotional end of things. Simple.
A lot of your songs include references to the Capital Region. What about this place inspires you?
I'm really impressed by the arts community, which gets stronger every year. I feel more on the periphery of it now than ever before, but I try to venture out when I can (usually with a camera in hand).
Sometimes I think it's hokey to mention the names of towns and cities in lyrics, since it can come off as just a cheap applause line for the hometown crowd. But referencing a Niskayuna or a Schenectady or a Delmar or a Troy for me is always more than just a shout out. Each place brings to a song certain connotations, and history, to reinforce whatever issues I'm working out in the lyrics - class, race, community, etc. It's shorthand.
What do you think is the best kept secret about the Capital Region?
If you could change one thing about this place, what would it be?
Sure, I'm trying to be cute, but I like the dual meaning: Is Albany "all done" or is Albany "everywhere"?
Bryan is playing this Thursday at WAMC's Linda Norris Auditorium as part of this month's "CRUMBS Night Out." The show starts at 7 pm. It's free. He's also playing Friday night at Lark Tavern as part of the "Why Can't I Be You" show, a collection of local artists covering other local artists' songs.


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Chilean scientists study climate change at 'end of the world'
Chilean scientists studying organisms in one of the most remote places on Earth are urging regional leaders to step up efforts to tackle climate change.
Photo: Nicolas GARCIA/AFP
A recent expedition, which was delayed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic, sought to investigate harmful organisms and how they are impacting climate change.
Chile's Magallanes region—on the southern tip of South America where the Atlantic and Pacific oceans meet—is known as the "end of the world" and extends from Punta Arenas through the Magallanes Strait to the Beagle Channel.
Sailing through peak-lined straits past glaciers and soaring birds, the scientists on board the oceanographic research vessel Cabo de Hornos had their focus trained on the water, which has lower levels of acidity, salt and calcium than other seas and oceans, especially in their shallowest parts.
Scientists believe the conditions found in the water will appear in other parts of the world in the coming decades, as the impact of climate change mounts.
Jose Luis Iriarte, who headed the expedition, told AFP:
"The regional plans for mitigation and adaptation to climate change are out of date with respect to what is happening in the environment. The environment is changing quicker than we as a society are responding to it."
The scientific mission paid special attention to the "red tides"—harmful algal blooms that can turn the sea red.
They were first recorded in the Magallanes region half a century ago and have since been responsible for the deaths of 23 people and poisoned more than 200.
This area is also affected by melting glaciers, a product of global warming.
Iriarte said:
"We don't know how these organisms and particularly microorganisms will respond to these effects."
The expedition stopped at 14 places, each time taking water samples at different levels up to a depth of 200 meters using a piece of equipment called a rosette.
Another piece of equipment was used to collect soil samples, sometimes at a depth of more than 300 meters. The scientists also combed the shores for algae and molluscs.
From the highest point on the boat, marine biologist Rodrigo Hucke, one of 19 scientists on the expedition, spent hours scanning the surface of the water.
Spotting a far off whale, he would give the signal and then jump into a small motorboat to try to get as close as possible to the huge mammal in a bid to collect its faeces, with the aim of looking for changes to its diet.
Hucke says there has been a historical lack of action by governments when it comes to the oceans, which cover 70 percent of the planet's surface.
He hopes the next UN Climate Change Conference—COP27 in Egypt—will mark a true global transformation in how the oceans are managed.
Hucke said:
"All of this needs to change in 2022 and there needs to be a concrete decision in advancing toward profound policies of change in how us humans do things."
He is worried that this region could one day become "one of the last bastions of biodiversity on Earth."
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