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Australian Biography Series
Australian Biography: Elizabeth Riddell
Born in New Zealand in 1910, Elizabeth Riddell was recruited as a journalist straight from school. In 1928, at the age of 18 she moved to Australia to work on Smith's Weekly, where she joined the likes of Kenneth Slessor and Colin Simpson. She began by writing film and theatre reviews and graduated to writing news stories, out of which she won a Walkley Award.
In 1939 Elizabeth started work on The Sun newspaper and during World War Two opened and ran the Daily Mirror's New York bureau. In 1944 she crossed the Atlantic to be in London and closer to the war. It was during those years that she wrote some of her best poetry.
In 1946 Elizabeth returned to Australia. She forged ahead with her newspaper work and also had three volumes of poetry published: The Untrammelled, Poems and Forbears. In the 1960s she became senior interviewer and critic for the arts pages of The Australian. She was the first Walkley Award winner for that paper, winning twice for 'Best Newspaper Feature Story'.
Elizabeth had several books of poetry published, including Elizabeth Riddell: Selected Poems, From the Midnight Courtyard, Occasions of Birds and The Difficult Island. In 1992 she won a NSW Literary Award - the Kennoth Slessor Prize for Poetry.
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My first memorable embarrassing moment happened when I was a cheerleader in elementary school.
I ran out onto the gym floor for a cheer routine during halftime of a basketball game. I might have been ten or eleven years old. I was head of the line, and flounced out to mid-court to take my place in the middle of the formation, saddle shoes kicking the edge of my skirt, compatriots in a line right behind me. I jumped to face the crowd, hands behind my back, all set for our first move. Ready? O.K.!
I was alone. The two teams were only having a time out. It wasn't the right time for our cheer. The rest of the girls had stayed behind, no doubt held back by a coach or fast-acting parent. Not fast enough to catch me, though. I was mortified, tragically. I swallowed my tears, skipped back to the sidelines, and wished for a hole to jump into.
During my school years, I remember falling down stairs while wearing a skirt, tripping up stairs and dropping my books, saying the wrong answer out loud in class, telling a story that made people laugh when it wasn't my intention to be funny, and bursting into tears in public. I remember going to the homecoming dance with a plaster cast on my hand while my broken hand healed, and marching around a football field in my colorguard uniform wearing that cast, standing stock still as a placeholder while my fellow flag-wavers twirled and threw their flagpoles up in the air to the marching band's music.
I remember several bathroom emergencies when people tilted their heads with a mix of compassion and disgust and all I wanted to do was disappear.
Embarrassments in my twenties included roommates throwing back the shower curtain to take surprise! you're naked! photos, flirting with abandon only to find out that my objet d'amour preferred someone else, over-estimating my alcohol tolerance and displaying one of many unrefined behaviors. Once I rocketed a tampon out of my pocket during a speech I gave to a college class of about two hundred students.
I stuttered significantly during my wedding vows in front of two hundred wedding guests. It was recorded, naturally. I've since become dubious of the importance of wedding videos.
It's safe to say that only I, and maybe a few others, remember these most embarrassing moments of my life.
As I age the embarrassments get fewer. I've lived through birthing two babies, exposing my most intimate parts to virtual strangers. I took said babies out in public hundreds of times, resulting in losing my pride along with my mind over and over again. Through this life I've practiced the art of being red-faced, and these days, I take it as it comes. I've given myself allowances to say the wrong things, make mistakes, and trip over my feet now and again. And again and again and again.
I trust that nobody really dwells on my mishaps like I do. As my mother wisely lectured when I was an angsty teen, nobody thinks about me as much as I think about me. In short, nobody cares, and if they do, then maybe I've made someone's day a little brighter.
After all, if they're laughing at my embarrassing moment, they're still laughing. Sometimes, a little humor is more than anyone expects from any of us.
Prompt #1: Write a blog post inspired by the word: Embarrassed.
Someone once told me the same thing - that we think about ourselves more than others think about us - and I often try to remember it. Because I am usually doing something embarrassing on any given day.
It's one of those sayings that I hold close, because I am usually peering around my shoulder to see if someone caught me in the act of looking like a fool.
I embarrass myself less as I age, too. Or maybe I just don't get embarrassed as easily. I'm pretty sure that's it. And, when I think about it, the funniest stories I recall now are always the ones that were mortifying when they actually occurred. I guess it's better to skip the mortifying and get straight to the funny.
Those stories are what make life interesting, I think. You know, when we want to crawl in a hole and never come out.
Yep! The best is when I don't care about embarrassing my children. When I'm able to do that, it's a very good day.
Okay, surprise your naked photos shouldn't have been embarrassing for you, that's a terrible thing for a roommate to do! And I eventually grew out of being embarrassed by most public foibles, but still find it hard to accept that nobody else notices!
Having taken surprise naked photos of others myself, I will say that yes, that is a terrible thing to do. ;) Fortunately they never saw the light of day.
Ha! Great stories....I can only hope no one remembers or dwells on mine!
I can almost guarantee they don't. Whew!
Once upon a time when I was working at a pediatric ER nurse and could never spare a moment to go to the washroom because - holy - hell - busy....I was discharging a family and I reached into my pocket to give the dad my pen...pulled out my tampon instead. Yup. Awkward.
Oopsies! Feminine hygiene products are always good for an embarrassed giggle or two.
That is brilliant... "Nobody thinks about me as much as I think about me." And SO true! I fell during my first ballet recital when I was 5 and all I remember hearing was laughter. But I came to learn they were not laughing at me, they were laughing near me. ;) I've had my share of these moments too, my friend. We all have.
Oh my gosh, I feel your pain! I would have done each and every one of these things! That cheerleader story though...omg that one was funny. If it makes you feel any better I got a case of the difficult to contain giggles AT my step-dads funeral WHILE speaking to the church of grievers. It. Was. Awful.


Nashville, TN – The Comptroller's Offices of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) has updated its online map illustrating teen pregnancy rates in Tennessee.
The map is color-coded to reflect which counties have a pregnancy rate exceeding 19.5 per 1,000 females, ages 15-17. The map is based on the most current (2015) data published by the Tennessee Department of Health.
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan issued a proclamation Thursday recognizing Screaming Eagle Ready Mix drivers and their family members for supporting and protecting mourners at a recent memorial service for Sgt. William Bays, a Fort Campbell soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.
Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan reads the proclamation honoring Screaming Eagle Ready Mix drivers for shielding mourners at a Fort Campbell memorial service from an out-of-town protest group.
Clarksville, TN – Three deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office were recognized by the Queen City Lions Club for their service to the community at their annual pancake breakfast.
Deputy Dale Tuel received the Lions Cub Award. The award is presented to a deputy in their first year of service. Tuel received the recognition for his dedication and professionalism to the job. Tuel incorporates the knowledge and discipline he learned in the military into his career at the Sheriff's Office.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputy Dale Tuel receives the Lions Cub Award.
Fort Campbell, KY – Fort Campbell garrison, which serves more than 26,000 Soldiers as well as more than 45,000 Family members, civilian employees and contractors, held a change of command ceremony at Wilson Theater Friday.
Colonel James "Rob" Salome, Fort Campbell's garrison commander for the past two years, relinquished command to Col. Joseph Kuchan in a ceremony presided over by Brenda McCullough, director of Installation Management Command-Readiness.
Salome will retire after more than 23 years of Army service later in the year, while Kuchan is a familiar face at Fort Campbell, having most recently served as operations officer for the 101st Airborne Division.
Nashville, TN – On Sunday, July 2nd, 2017, the Tennessee Highway Patrol Interdiction Plus Team conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle that was towing another vehicle on a trailer.
The stop occurred on Interstate 40 in Dickson County.
The license plate on the vehicle was concealed with a license plate cover. During the traffic stop, the troopers observed signs of nervousness and stress from the driver, Jorge Gusman.
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Gas and Water has closed one lane of Old Russellville Pike near the intersection of Fantasy Lane for natural gas service line maintenance.
Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan – The Basic Leader Course is currently being held on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan for the first time. The first accelerated two week course began on June 26th and will end on July 9th, 2017.
One hundred and eighty soldiers from across Afghanistan will no longer have to worry about attending the BLC as soon as their deployment is over thanks to the efforts of United States Forces Afghanistan and the Mobile Training Team from Fort Bliss, Texas.
Clarksville, TN – The art in Eric Buechel: The Familiar leaves the viewer with a feeling of observing others and been observed. Buechel' s large, cropped portraits stare eye to eye with gallery goers who are taking in scenes of people enjoying lazy summer afternoons on a boat, in a museum, and tending to bees.
The works do not only just depict every-day situations; the artist also installs the people from his life into the scenes exhibited. Such is the case of Buechel's The Viewing of the Jewish Bride.


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Formula 1: Sainz replacing Vettel at Ferrari in 2021; Ricciardo moves to replace Sainz at McLaren
Nick Bromberg
14 May 2020, 1:58 pm ·2-min read
The 2020 Formula 1 season hasn't even started yet, and both Ferrari and McLaren have new drivers for the 2021 season.
Ferrari announced earlier in the week that four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel would not return to the team in 2021 after the expiration of his contract. Thursday, Ferrari announced that McLaren's Carlos Sainz would replace Vettel and team with Charles LeClerc.
Not long after Sainz's departure was made official, McLaren announced that it had signed Daniel Ricciardo to replace Sainz. Ferrari then confirmed that Sainz was joining the team.
Sainz has been in Formula 1 since the 2015 season. He spent most of the first three years of his career at Toro Rosso before moving to Renault late in the 2017 season. He wasn't at Renault for long and moved to McLaren in 2019.
His first season at McLaren was the best of his career. He finished sixth in the points standings and was the top driver who didn't drive for Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull Racing.
Sainz's performance was boosted by McLaren's surge. The team had struggled ever since Lewis Hamilton left for Mercedes and finally figured things out in 2019. Teammate Lando Norris was 11th in the standings as McLaren was the clear No. 4 team in the series.
Renault had designs on being in the spot McLaren occupied. That's why it went out and signed Ricciardo from Red Bull in a big-money deal ahead of the 2019 season.
Instead, the team's season was a disaster. Ricciardo was ninth in the standings and had four DNFs. McLaren was clearly the faster team and that played into Ricciardo's decision to move on from Renault after just one completed season.
The 2020 F1 season has no projected start date, though the series has said it wants to begin over the summer at some point in Europe. The cancellation of the Monaco Grand Prix and the postponement of the Indianapolis 500 to August means that the traditional Memorial Day Sunday full of racing on May 24 will include just NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600.
Nick Bromberg is a writer for Yahoo Sports.
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Q: How to detect moving object in varying light(illumination) conditions due to clouds - openCV I have been trying to detect moving vehicles. But due to varying light conditions because of clouds, (not shadows of clouds, just illuminations) the background subtraction fails.
I have uploaded my input video here --> Youtube (30secs)
Here is what I got using various available background subtraction methods available in opencv
import numpy as np
import cv2

cap = cv2.VideoCapture('traffic_finalns.mp4')
#fgbgKNN = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorKNN()
fgbgMOG = cv2.bgsegm.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG(100,5,0.7,0)
#fgbgGMG = cv2.bgsegm.createBackgroundSubtractorGMG()
#fgbgMOG2 = cv2.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG2()
#fgbgCNT = cv2.bgsegm.createBackgroundSubtractorCNT(15,True,15*60,True)

 while(1):
    ret, frame = cap.read()
#   fgmaskKNN = fgbgKNN.apply(frame)
    fgmaskMOG = fgbgMOG.apply(frame)
#   fgmaskGMG = fgbgGMG.apply(frame)
#   fgmaskMOG2 = fgbgMOG2.apply(frame)
#   fgmaskCNT = fgbgCNT.apply(frame)
#
#   cv2.imshow('frame',frame)
#   cv2.imshow('fgmaskKNN',fgmaskKNN)
    cv2.imshow('fgmaskMOG',fgmaskMOG)
#   cv2.imshow('fgmaskGMG',fgmaskGMG)
#   cv2.imshow('fgmaskMOG2',fgmaskMOG2)
#   cv2.imshow('fgmaskCNT',fgmaskCNT)

    k = cv2.waitKey(20) & 0xff
    if k == 27:
        break

cap.release()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

(Below images -> Frame number - 977)

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*BackgroundSubtractorMOG : By varying the input parameter history some illumination could be reduced, but not all, as the duration of illumination is variable

*BackgroundSubtractorMOG2 :

*BackgroundSubtractorGMG :

***BackgroundSubtractorKNN : **

*BackgroundSubtractorCNT

A: 1] Improving results by OpenCV Background Subtraction

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*For varying light conditions it is important to normalize your pixal values between 0 and 1. In your code I do not see that happening

*Background subtraction will not work with a single image (In your code you are reading an image)

*If you are applying background subtraction on sequence of frames then the first frame of background subtraction result is of no use

*you might want to adjust the arguments of the cv2.bgsegm.createBackgroundSubtractorMOG() that you are passing to get the best results... Play around with the threshold and see what results do you get

*You can also apply gaussian filter to the individual frames to reduce noise and get better results cv2.GaussianBlur()

*You can try cv2.equalizeHist() on individual frame so that you improve the contrast of the frames

Anyways you say that you are trying to detect moving object. Nowadays there are many modern methods that use deep-learning for object detection
2] Use tensorflow object detection api

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*It does object detection in real-time and also gives you the bounding box co-ordinate of the detected objects

*Here are results of Tensorflow object detection api:

3] How about trying Opencv Optical Flow
4] Simple subtraction

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*Your environment is static

*So take a frame of your environment and store it in a variable say environment_frame

*Now read every frame from your video and simply subtract it from your environment frame results = environment_frame - current_frame

*Now if the np.sum(results) is greater than a threshold value then we say there is a object

*Now if np.sum(results) is greater then threshold then we know there is a moving object but where ???

*The moving object is where there are clustered cluttered pixels which you can easily find by some clustering algorithm

*Do not forget to normalize your pixel values between 0 and 1

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*If you want to find helmets in real time then your best bet is deep-learning

*You can use a deep learning technique like YOLO which newer version of OpenCV has ... but I do no think they have a python binding for YOLO in OpencV

*The other real time technique can be RCNN which the tensorflow object detection api already has .... I have mentioned it above

*If you want to use traditional computer vision methods then you can try hog and svm for helmet data and then you can try a sliding window technique to find the helmet in your frame (This won't be in real time)

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Your cheat sheet for executive orders, memorandums and proclamations
Politics Updated on Jul 11, 2019 11:49 AM EST — Published on Jan 27, 2017 11:24 AM EST
Donald Trump has signed more than a hundred executive orders since taking office on policies covering immigration, health care, abortion and trade. But what exactly do they mean? Is there a difference between an executive order and an executive action? And how does Trump compare to other presidents when it comes to the pace of these early edicts? We break it all down below:
What is an executive order?
An executive order is a specific type of presidential action — an official, legally binding mandate passed down from the president to federal agencies under the executive branch. Executive orders are printed in the Federal Register, and they're numbered consecutively for the sake of keeping them straight. Essentially, an executive order gives agencies instructions on how to interpret and carry out federal law.
Is an order different from an executive action?
Not exactly. "Executive action" is a catch-all term that describes any action taken by a president. So technically, an executive order is one type of executive action. Other common types include presidential memorandums and proclamations, which are also used to direct the operations of the executive branch.
What about memorandums and proclamations?
An executive memorandum is essentially an executive order. The difference: An executive memorandum does not have an established process for how the president issues it. Memoranda do not have to be submitted to the Federal Register and are therefore harder to track. President Barack Obama utilized executive memorandum at least 407 times, including on DACA (the immigration policy), gun control and the overtime rule. President Trump has used this type of executive action a number of times as well, to impose tariffs on China, tighten asylum laws and withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, among others efforts.
Proclamations are the last form of executive actions. These are largely used for ceremonial purposes and usually don't carry any legal effect. For example, when a former justice of the Supreme Court dies, a president might issue a proclamation, ordering American flags to be flown at half-staff.
Are these things spelled out in the Constitution?
Yes and no. You won't find the term "executive order" in the Constitution. In the early days of the republic, presidents generally issued executive orders as a way to keep the public in the loop, not to direct policy.
Instead, the so-called "power of the pen" comes from the "vesting clause" of the Constitution. That clause grants the president "executive power" — an extremely vague term that, historically, has come to mean all the complicated administrative actions associated with the day-to-day operations of the government.
Among the most prolific with the pen: Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wrote 3,721 executive orders.
As a result, there has always been a debate about executive power, how the founder envisioned its use, and what it means for presidents in the modern era. Constitutional experts generally agree that executive actions are legal as long as the president has authority in the policy area, and those policies are a reasonable interpretation of court precedent.
Is Trump on pace to issue more executive orders more than past presidents?
Every president (with the exception of William Henry Harrison, who died of pneumonia 32 days into his term, in 1841) has issued an executive order, according to an analysis from the National Archives and The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Among the most prolific with the pen: Franklin D. Roosevelt, who wrote 3,721 executive orders; Woodrow Wilson, with 1,803; and Calvin Coolidge, with 1,203.
Meanwhile, John Adams, James Madison and James Monroe issued just one during their presidencies, while John Quincy Adams only wrote three.
More recently, Ronald Reagan issued 381 executive orders. Bill Clinton issued 364, and George W. Bush issued 291. Barack Obama issued 277 executive orders, or an average of 35 per year.
As of Thursday, President Trump had issued 114 executive orders in his two and a half years in office, or an average of 45 per year. At that pace, he would beat out Obama and George W. Bush if elected to another four-year term, but would fall far short of the records set by Roosevelt.
Does the number of orders actually matter?
It depends. Experts on executive power like to point that quantity isn't everything. Some orders carry less weight, while others are far-reaching. Counting them is important, but ultimately the proof is in the pudding. A few major executive orders can outweigh dozens of smaller ones.
Rachel Wellford contributed to this report.
Correction: This story has been updated to reflect that Obama signed an average of 35 executive orders per year.
Left: U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House in Washington January 24, 2017. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/ Reuters
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Tyler Deeb of MISC. GOODS CO. has advised a accouter of cards from the arena up and it has a accomplished lot to say. Every cloister card, every attribute and boarder has gotten as abundant absorption as any accouter I've anytime seen. It's bright that this was a activity of adulation and will act as his calling agenda for years to come.
To me, this accouter is aloof brimming abounding of adventure and I admiration if anyone abroad is seeing what I'm seeing.
There's so abundant to amount out when laying out a accouter of cards and it all starts with the box that contains it. In this case, if you attending closely, you'll acquisition some actual anxious touches.
Firstly, besides the admirable argent antithesis printing, there is an embossing of the bulletin "Do annihilation out of egocentric ambition". It's a bible ballad from Philippians 2:3-8 and the affair is, while this accouter is one of the best aggressive ones I've anytime seen, it absolutely isn't selfish. It's a allowance to us.
While I'm not activity to go into every little detail of what I'm account into here, I will allotment a antic bucking that ancestor up aback you attending closely.
This bucking sets the date for what's to come. On the ancillary of the box, there's a bulletin that reads, "Here to stay" while the messaging on the advanced reads, "Here today / Gone today".
That adverse abstraction mirrors our lives doesn't it? We're built-in into this apple and as accouchement we feel invincible. We are "here to stay". But over time, that changes as we consistently attending over our abecedarian because death's a comin' and admitting we ability be "here today"- we could actual able-bodied be – well, you get the concept. While this and the blow of the messaging may assume grim, it's absolutely a anniversary of life.
You don't apperceive what you accept until it's gone – unless addition is there to admonish you that you accept it.
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Things get a bit added complicated with the added suits.
The Hearts acquaint a acknowledging story. "Love is watching addition & watching addition die is hard". Pretty afflicted but accurate and we can all chronicle to it. The funny affair is that the queen of hearts is antic what seems to be a allure baby and a abandoned scowl.
I'd say she's the acumen the King of Diamonds committed suicide in the aboriginal place.
The Jack calmly hangs out by kegs of lager. He's 3 bedding to the wind and drinks his sorrows abroad while antic a aristocratic 5 o'clock shadow.
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The King, unaffected, actually turns a dark eye to his ancestors and the truth.
It seems that this ancestors doesn't accord with their bulletin at all and I acquisition that appealing interesting.
And that leaves us with the assignment from the Spades family. They are actually aggressive to break animate and admitting they are – they are aloof barely. They've had a acceptable run but there's no beatitude in their eyes because the walls accept been breached and their defenses accept expired.
The ace reads, "Free for now", but for how long?
The Jack has been broken by an arrow and can no best authority aback what activity has brought to him. He weeps and waits with disheveled collar for his aftermost breath.
The queen looks up to heaven as if to ask for added time not acquainted what is acutely a canteen of adulteration advancing from her right. Her account are numbered.
The King, accustomed and scarred, bravely awaits his aftermost stand.
They are absolutely all chargeless but the acknowledgment to how continued is atrociously clear.
It's aloof a accouter of cards right?
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You'll apprehension that there are notches printed on anniversary numbered agenda that redundantly represents them. To me, these notches are like ones that a captive would accomplish in a corpuscle to counts the canicule he's survived. Anniversary cleft on these cards represents our canicule aching assimilate the bank of life. I aloof adulation the accompaniment that aback you add up the numeric ethics of a accouter of cards you get 365 – one cleft for anniversary day in a year.
Consider the Ace as a 1, Jack as 11, Queen as 12, and King as 13. If you add up all fifty-two cards in the accouter you'll get 364. Add one for the Joker and you accept 365 (decks of cards had alone one Joker until the 1940's).
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Villa Splendida explores the region's beaches, enjoy the buzz and beauty of historical Cefalu or relax and soak up the views of the peaceful hillside setting at Villa Splendida. Designed in a contemporary style with an emphasis on open plan, light, airy space, the interiors of Villa Splendida feel light and airy.
In the main villa, there is a large living and dining area with three comfortable double bedrooms and three shower rooms all the interior space furnished in an attractive, contemporary style with neutral tones, light wooden and rattan furniture, pretty cushions and sea blue fabrics. For larger groups, there is a guest annexe with a further double bedroom and sofa bed.
The living area opens out onto a wide decked terrace with a pool and sun loungers. An outside kitchen with built-in barbecue and covered dining area provides an excellent opportunity for summer dining. A lawned area and mature olive and pine trees offer further areas to relax and soak in the views. Beyond the villa, there are beaches and local villages to explore. From the gate of the villa, paths are leading to pleasant walks through the Madonie National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Main Villa: Open plan living room with kitchen and dining area opening to terrace, three double bedrooms, two shower rooms.
Annexe: open-plan room with kitchenette and single sofa bed, one double bedroom, and one shower room.
Thank you so much. We have thoroughly enjoyed our week at villa splendida, our first visit in Sicily. Such a dramatic landscape and yet so peaceful. … We have travelled widely and this is the advantage of this location Cefalu since it is possible to reach the south coast and back in one day and on many different routes. Well done Massimo Villas .
We are having an amazing time and absolutely love the villa and the surrounding countryside. We will definitely be coming back to Sicily so I will make sure I get in contact with you when we look next time.
We stayed at Villa Splendida 13 – 20 June 2015. I cannot think of anywhere better to spend a lazy week. The villa was excellent in every way with a fantastic view of the sea and Cefalu. Massimo, Stefano and all staff were friendly and highly efficient. We will undoubtedly use their villa service again.
Everything you could wish for - really highly recommended. We also had a private chef One evening, also a great experience. We just want to go back!
The Villa was lovely, very clean and with everything you'd need for a stay there. The view is fantastic. It's a little tricky to get to and without our guide we never would have found it! You definitely need a car! Cefalu was nice but be careful if getting a taxi down there and check price before booking, think we were ripped off! Overall a lovely villa and a relaxing holiday.
What a beautifull place to spend our vacation! And so kind to find wine, fruit and water when we arrived. Very very very nice swimmingpool, comfortable house, nice terrace with barbecue and outdoor kitchen and stunning view! We didn't see much of Sicilië, because we loved staying at the villa. So maybe next year again? And especially many thanks to Angelo for helping us find the way to the villa and his kindness!
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Listed under Traditional Cultures in Arequipa, Peru.
Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, the Colca Canyon is one of the deepest canyons in the world. Attractions include condor viewing, trekking, some fabulous outdoor hot springs, ancient pre-Incan tombs, and the unique and fascinating local indigenous culture.
Here men and rivers have shaped the mountain landscape into long stair like tiers along the valley floor where they have planted crops and built up their towns, battered in turn by the lands rumbling quakes. The people who live here can trace their ancestors back to before the Incas, some of their traditions and the terraces date from that time.


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Man Sues Apple Because It's Trying To Make iPhones Too Secure
Vanshika Malhotra
With new security issues cropping up each day, people are looking for ways to make their smartphones more secure. However, one man doesn't seem to like the development and has, in turn, sued Apple for attempting to keep its smartphones safe.
According to a report by MacRumors, Jay Brodsky, who lives in New York, has sued Apple for the implementation of two-factor authentication in its smartphones.
Brodsky suggests that as the two-factor authentication doesn't allow users to disable it after two weeks, it harms "millions of users" due to which the users can suffer economic losses.
Additionally, it is suggested that Apple's security feature is a way to interfere in users' usage of devices and is violating the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, California's Invasion of Privacy Act, and other laws.
However, Apple, in its support documents, says that the disability of two-factor authentication after two weeks is meant for the various features in newer versions of iOS and macOS, which require more layers of security.
Furthermore, Jay Brodsky claims that each time the Apple device is turned on, the two-factor authentication just elongates the process.
Jay Brodsky looks for concessions for the same thing.
Do you also think Apple's security feature is harmful? Comment down with your thoughts.
Also Read: Facebook Has A 'Game Of Thrones' Culture: Former Executive
Started off as an acquaintance, she is now a friend of tech trying to become a tech pundit soon. An extrovert in nature, she likes everything doggos and puppers.


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How does a young man's dream in a village in Eastern Uganda lead to rabbinical studies, a village wedding celebration with 1,500 guests, securing food for 400 Abayudaya Jews during drought and famine, and forging a deep and loving connection between that young man, his village and the ALEPH world of Jewish Renewal?
The story begins about three years ago, when ALEPH's world was widened as Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Dean of Students of the ALEPH Ordination Program, noticed an email from Uganda. Curious of course, she responded as she always does when a letter of inquiry comes in from a potential student. The letter was from Shadrach Mugoya Levi, who was already serving as the spiritual leader of his 400-member Abayudaya Jewish community in Namutumba, a rural village of Uganda. He was eager to learn what a rabbi must know to lead with knowledge and effectiveness. Much correspondence followed, and many interviews. Impressed with Shadrach's passion the AOP invited him to begin taking courses in the Rabbinical Program.
Welcoming Shadrach into the ALEPH world has planted seeds that continue to grow. A few months after he began his studies, Shadrach joined AOP faculty and students for the Ordination Program summer residential Intensive Study Retreat. After a year of videoconference classes, he met his classmates and teachers panim el panim for the first time. How exciting that was! Walking in to our magical, musical Erev Shabbat service after an eighteen-hour journey from Uganda must have seemed for Shadrach like entering a new universe. And then dinner! Food flowed, and nothing like the humble fare in Namutumba. But it wasn't only new for Shadrach. As new relationships grew, his community has now enriched our ALEPH world immensely.
Ezra Uganda Assistance has supported the Namutumba community through a dire drought and famine that sadly took the lives of some members. The fund has also provided curative and preventive medication for sick children, particularly prone to repeated bouts of malaria. Solar energy has been installed in the Tikkun Olam school. Wells have been cleaned, repaired and fenced against animal intrusion. The Namutumba community is rebuilding its synagogue and solar energy will be installed.
Ezra Uganda Assistance is currently raising funds for a new project, "Operation Joseph" — purchasing plows and oxen to enable larger-scale farming so that food can be stored for times of future famine.
All in all, things are moving in Namutumba. All this grew from the seeds of a passionate and bold young man's desire to be a rabbi, and ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal's faith in him!
With this NY Times article, linked here, we have some wonderful breaking news to report. A wedding!
Shadrach and his common-law wife Naomi expressed a desire for a formal religious Jewish wedding under a chuppah, and five other couples in Namutumba joined the request. Many people, who had come to know the story of our fellow Jews there, came forward to support tis special simcha. On August 8, 2017, ALEPH musmechet Rabbi Yafa Chase, along with the Chief Rabbi of the Abayudaya in Uganda, Rabbi Gershom Sizomu, who is also a member of the Ugandan Parliament, co-officiated for the six couples with 1,500 guests celebrating! Over two days – drums of jubilation pounded out the heart-beat joy of the couples, with kosher and halal food nourishing the people, as the wedding party included Christian and Muslim neighbors as well as fellow Jews from other villages.
Accompanying Rabbi Yafa Chase and her daughter Ariel to Uganda was Merissa Nathan Gerson who wrote the beautiful article that was published in the New York Times.


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Episode 297: A Powerful Example Of Positivity and Faith, with Christie Miller
health mindset nutrition & fitness Jan 24, 2023
In this week's episode of Living Your Sparked Second Half, Christie Miller comes back on the show to talk about her cancer diagnosis which has given her even more clarity about her purpose path.
Christie is a fun-loving, action-oriented, business mentor. She first shared her story in Episode 39 about the obstacles she faced with her family, her career transitions, and overcoming all of them to become the successful business owner she is today. But today, she shares the shocking news she received last June and the health journey she's walked since we last talked - something she describes as her biggest gift in life.
In this episode, Christie talks about:
How following her intuition, which came through a dream, led to her decision about her cancer treatment
The stories of her visualizations coming true
What she's learned about herself during the healing process and a new hobby she's begun.
Her advice for workaholics
Her winning...
Episode 296: The Lesson (and Danger) In Not Truly Knowing Yourself
lessons learned series Jan 21, 2023
Today I share 7 signs that are key indicators that you don't truly know yourself and how this lack of understanding is negatively impacting your life. They are:
1. You feel lost.
2. You don't know where you are headed in life.
3. You have low self-esteem or low confidence.
4. You look to others to tell you what to do.
5. You let others take advantage of you.
6. You don't set goals or prioritize what's important to you.
7. You worry too much about what others think.
If you are seeing any of these signs in your life, this episode will help you understand what knowing yourself really means in each of these areas so you can start taking steps towards uncovering who you really are and not be afraid to live from that place every minute of every day.
Recognizing the signs is one thing but I'm sure you'd like to know how to get to know yourself better if that is the ONLY way to live your best and happiest life.
Tune in so you can start developing a deeper relationship and...
Episode 295: Learning More About Yourself Through Astrology, with Ruth Nahmias
career mindset spirituality Jan 17, 2023
In this week's episode of the "Living Your Sparked Second Half" podcast, Laurie interviews Ruth Nahmias, a certified Kabbalah Instructor and Kabbalistic Astrologer.
Ruth began her study of Kabbalah in 1989 with world-renowned kabbalists Rav and Karen Berg. Since that time, she has drawn on the wisdom handed down through this 2,000-year-old spiritual lineage to assist thousands of people in transforming their lives.
A wife and mother of two, Ruth has taught extensively on relationships, parenting, and the spiritual role of women. Her ongoing studies have made her an expert in the field of Kabbalistic Astrology, and she's a valued advisor, guiding her students on choosing the most successful outcomes when it comes to business partnerships, company launches, strategic planning, and personal relationships.
In this episode, Ruth talks about:
Her background and how she got into astrology
Interesting revelations from Laurie's recent chart reading
Episode 294: The Lessons In Pursuing Your Purpose
I'm especially excited about this episode since I have gained so many lessons about my own personal pursuit of purpose over the past several years and I feel they are valuable to those who may be feeling similar to how I was: passionless, insignificant, and if I'm being completely honest, mediocre.
I start the episode by giving the definitions of passion and purpose, which I googled so you know these are not just my opinion. I share their meaning because I want you to understand how they are different but intertwined.
Then I move on and talk about my beliefs based on my experiences. And just so you know, beliefs are based on perspective so this is MY perspective. And you may disagree but that's ok. Perspective is based on our experiences and there's a wide variety of purpose perspectives.
If you have a different perspective, like maybe you are too old to find new purpose or if you had a purpose, you'd know it by now, I encourage you to be open and hear what I have to say because I...
Episode 293: What Did Your Ancestors Pass Down To You Besides DNA? with Dr. Lotte Valentin
health mindset spirituality Jan 10, 2023
In this week's episode of Living Your Sparked Second Half, Dr. Lotte Valentin comes back on the show to talk about Ancestral Healing.
Dr. Lotte, who is an N.M.D., author, evidential psychic medium, medical medium, ancestral healer and international keynote speaker, first shared her story, in Episode 262, about her 2 near death experiences that helped her realize her psychic abilities and led her to go to law school at the age of 52. And now she's back to dive deep into a topic she's an expert in.
In this episode, Dr. Lotte talks about:
How she started her Ancestral healing practice
The differences in healing physical, emotional and spiritual body
Scientific studies on how traumas and positive experiences are inherited by generation
Dr. Lotte shares how the actions, reactions and interactions of our ancestors are passed down and repeated in the generations that follow until it is healed. It's fascinating stuff!
She is also the creator of Healing...
Episode 292: [JFDI #9] Start Your 2023 By Creating A Gwish List!
just friggin' do it! series Jan 07, 2023
I've invented this thing called a "Gwish" list and it's the first step in my 2023 planning process which I share in this episode.
Gwish is a term meant to imply a combination of goals and wishes because sometimes we get so caught up in the goal-setting process that we don't realize some of our goals aren't aligned or may even conflict with our deep desires.
In my experience, goals are more logic-based and dreams are more heart-based so I've found that this process, as you keep going and adding to the list, culls out more fun and exciting things you want to do that come from the heart instead of the brain. As your Gwish list grows, dreams you may have been suppressing or hadn't thought of until now start to appear.
But the #1 rule is you need to pretend you are limitless, meaning you have no money restrictions, no family obligations, no fear, and all the time in the world. Play with it! Have fun!!!
You'll also learn the other 3 things I did this past week besides my Gwish list...
Episode 291: My 8 Biggest Lessons of 2022 (And there are some doozies!)
abundance mindset Jan 04, 2023
Today I'm sharing my 8 most significant lessons of 2022 after reflecting on the last 12 months! If you're a regular listener of this podcast, you may recognize a few because I regularly share my lessons during the course of the year as they unfold.
Here I'll give you a quick snippet of each lesson, just to tease you and make you curious enough to tune in:
My purpose
Validation from universe
Connecting with the dead
Self-discovery tools
Health strategies
Subconsious memories
Doing less is better
I'd love to know which of these lessons resonated most or inspired you in some way. Reach out to me via email or direct message on social media and let me know!
Also, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review and subscribe to (or follow) the podcast (if you haven't already) so you don't miss any new episodes.
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Episode 290: The Lesson In The 3 Buckets
lessons learned series Dec 30, 2022
I saw a great self-evaluation exercise shared by Jonathan Fields, founder of the Good Life Project, that I share in this episode. I thought it was a great lesson to end 2022 with!
The exercise involves evaluating yourself in the following 3 separate categories, or "buckets" as Jonathan refers to them:
Listen in as I explain what to look for when evaluating how full each bucket is for you. Make sure to grab a notepad and take notes so you capture all of the traits of each bucket in your evaluation process.
Once you finish listening to the episode, rank each bucket on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the least satisfied and 10 being the most satisfied and 5 being neutral.
After you're done, look at your rankings and think about what improvements you want make in these areas in 2023. I recommend you focus on increasing your satisfaction for the buckets where your satisfaction is lowest.
Then in a few weeks, re-evaluate to see if your rankings...
Episode 289: Helping the Invisible Sufferers Become Visible, with Nick Demos
health mindset Dec 27, 2022
For this week's episode, I brought back Nick Demos, who I first interviewed back in May of 2020, to share a new documentary he produced and directed called, "Invisible: The Film". This documentary is the first comprehensive feature documentary that tells the often ignored stories of people living with the devastating syndrome Fibromyalgia that many still don't believe exists.
In this episode, Nick and I talked about:
How the documentary came about and what the film's name has to do with the topic of Fibromyalgia.
The many things both he and I learned about the disease - me from watching it and he from making it.
The unexpected news he got during the filming.
Various lifestyle changes that are believed to help minimize the symptoms of Fibromyalgia.
One of the patients highlighted in the film is Nick's mom who has suffered from Fibromyalgia for 10+ years. While making the film he was able to better understand her struggle with the...
Episode 288: The Lesson In Improving Conversations: My 3 Biggest Tips
In this week's "Lessons Learned" episode I share my 3 biggest tips to improving conversations that I've learned in my coaching training.
I always thought I was a good conversationalist until I went through my coaching certification. Wow, was that an eye-opener!!!
I learned my conversations were more about me trying to get my voice heard and give my opinions and/or advice vs. me wanting to connect with the other person and making sure they felt heard and valued.
Or if I was trying to connect, I wasn't doing it with the intention of making the person I was talking to feel heard and seen. It was with the intent of ME being seen and heard! :(
Sounds kind of awful, doesn't it? But now I know why, and if you'd like to know more about that, check out last week's episode (Episode 286), where I share a childhood trauma I uncovered that explains everything!
As I was thinking about what topics to cover as we head into the holidays, I thought about all of the conversations that will...
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Episode 297: A Powerful Example Of Positivity and Faith, with Christie Miller Jan 24, 2023
Episode 296: The Lesson (and Danger) In Not Truly Knowing Yourself Jan 21, 2023
Episode 295: Learning More About Yourself Through Astrology, with Ruth Nahmias Jan 17, 2023
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If you drive a vehicle, chances are you've heard the slogan "click it or ticket" used on more than one occasion to reinforce the importance of seatbelts as a means to reduce death and serious injury in car accidents. The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) uses the catchy phrase as part of their nationwide campaign efforts to bring attention to the dire need for drivers to wear their seatbelts anytime, and every time they operate a vehicle. When it comes to car collision safety, the concept behind the slogan is clear: More passengers wearing seatbelts means more lives saved, and fewer tickets issued. The proof is in the statistics - wearing seatbelts saved nearly 14,000 lives in the year 2015 alone.
Wearing the proper safety restraint is one of the easiest, most effective ways to protect yourself behind the wheel of a car, and doing so also sets an example for any passengers traveling with you who may otherwise choose to neglect wearing their seatbelt. The goal behind the Click It or Ticket enforcement effort is to hold drivers accountable for their part in seat belt safety through periods of increased monitoring and citation issuing. The mission is to illuminate the seat belt's role in preventing accident injury and fatality rates across the nation.
The national seat belt use rate is currently is 88.5 percent, but approximately 27.5 million still neglect to buckle up.
Resist the urge to tuck the belt behind your back or under your arm - this is very dangerous and defeats the purpose of the belt's design.
Thankfully, seatbelt use has continued to steadily and significantly increase, but ongoing public educational efforts and special campaigns like the Click it or Ticket effort will continue to be necessary, effective tools in car accident and injury prevention. If you have been involved in a collision of any kind, it is important you speak with a knowledgeable Lake County car accident attorney to make sure you receive proper compensation for your injuries. Call Salvi & Maher, L.L.C. today at 847-662-3303 for a personal consultation.


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The beauty of ambiguity: What did Bill Murray whisper to Scarlett Johansson in 'Lost in Translation'?
It is an often-asked question: What did Bill Murray whisper to Scarlett Johansson at the finale of Lost in Translation? And it is often answered: Does it really matter? Nevertheless, it is the sort of poetic moment that yearns for a little more than reading between the lines and that bittersweet beauty is a perfect paradigm of the searching we often face in our own life when figurative whispers prove equally hard to fathom in the brief moment that they are presented.
Of course, this quote is not featured in Lost in Translation, but Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast, you don't stop to look around once in a while, you could miss it." It's not quite a line of Shakespearean level profundity but there is an undeniable truth to it.
Life unravels in an equanimous unspooling of meandering discourse. It is a rare thing indeed on this journey to arrive at a stoplight of one of life's unmistakable diegesis, and sometimes even these momentous junctures pass by all the same, but they always impart a hue of truth that circumstance and experience are not one and the same. As Julian Casablancas once sang: "Ten decisions shape your life, you'll be aware of five about."
That is the moment enacted in the finale of Lost in Translation and thanks to the perfect song choice it is paradoxically one of the most climactic anti-climaxes in movie history. The song rises up as the star-crossed duo depart with the knowing ambivalence that they have done the right thing by others and memory will persist all the same.
Life can be bittersweet, and the scene's honeyed sonic equivalent embalms any mellowed melancholy with the sanguine glow of sweetness. It is a song that seems to have been lassoed by enlightenment from the passing ether and gently coaxed down with good intent to meet with the reverb-laden beauty of The Jesus and Mary Chain's atmospheric epic. And that captured path of fleeting bliss seems to do the talking for Murray in his big moment where a culmination gently breezes by.
Nonetheless, words are exchanged and aside from my hum hawing sentiments, that I pray haven't frustrated too much, the question of what exactly is said still begs to be answered. As it happens, the scene was always intended to be improvised and in the final moments, Murray approached Johansson and fatefully uttered: "I have to be leaving, but I won't let that come between us, OK?" (And yes, it is funny to insert your own daft irreverent alternatives).
Whether that means that he has to leave but he'll be back or not is still up for debate. Perhaps he means it in the same sense that Emma Tricca beautifully put forth in her song 'Lost in New York' when she crooned, "So strange how people walk into someone's life, changing the weather once and forever, then you don't, you don't, remember their face anymore." He might not let time come between the memory or he might not let life see them become memories in time… or he might let the soft touch of poetry allow him the time to decide between the two.
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It's a business. San Francisco is one of most expensive places to live, but the owners of the school are taking advantages. Room, board and tuition fees pile up and then they add on random expences that aren't nessary. They have a 100% enrollment rate, whcich allows for anyone interested in the shcool to attend, as long as they have the money. I'm all for giving everyone getting an opportunity but increased attendance (most students stay only a few semesters) cause crowed classes and uneducated teachers being brought in. They treat as like customers, not students.
The worst thing about AAU in my opinion is that because of the weak acceptance policy, there is no form of selection of students into the school. In my short time there I have noticed many students straight out of high school are there because of the fact that there was no portfolio or essay needed to be considered for acecptance and their parents could mierly pay their way into colloege. While I am fully supportive of the "Everyone deserves an opportunity to be creative" theory, I believe AAU could change their policy and strengthen their student body.
The worst thing about my school is just getting information at times. A case in point is when one of the leading teachers for my major left and just trying to find out when a new person would take over the department was daunting. Students were given different stories and we began to worry that the job would not be filled and that we were falling behind with the substitute teacher they had. Schools should always remember that the students are paying to be there and that they are very concerned about what's happening in their department.
Besides being really expensive, the shuttle bus system. The school is spread out in different parts of the city. Although there is an extensive shuttle system in place for students, there still aren't enough shuttle buses to accomodate the increasing number of students each semester. Oftentimes I have to wait for a second or third bus, and when I do get on, students are standing shoulder to shoulder. Because some required classes are in different buildings, it is important to improve the shuttle system for students.
I have studied my school for the last year and I can't find anything wrong with the school. The admitting staff has been there for me any time I had a question, they have inspired me that I can do it. I have spent a whole year looking at online schools and this school has been the most attentive to my needs. I value that a whole lot because I went to a school before where I was just another number on there books. This school is private and does not advertise a whole lot. That makes a difference.
The school is incredibly expensive and having to pay for that every couple of months has put a huge strain on my father's finances and that in turn has put strain on me. My father has been especially hard on me to do especially well in my classes because of the large amount of money he has to pay to have me attend classes at the university. I have greatly enjoyed my classes, but my father's lack of faith in my ability to do well, stems from the amount of money he has to pay for my classes.
The worst thing about my school of choice is the fact that it is in downtown San Francisco and it is very expensive for me to be able to attend campus classes physically. Living expenses are very high and it is difficult to find funding to be able to just live while going to school to get the degree I have always wanted. It's unfortunate that it is so hard for someone to just be able to get the degree of their own choice instead of just a business degree to get by in their career.
The worst thing about my school is worrying about how to pay for it. It is not the most expensive school out there, but if you aren't willing to give it your all, don't waste the money. AAU will get you to where you want to go and beyond ( I have seen the proof), but you must work hard and really want it. If you are passionate and hard working, you can make it, as long as you can financially keep yourself there., and if you love what you do, you will find a way.
While the Academy of Art has its flaws and may not be perfect, the worst thing about this school is probably the president. Right now she is not running this school so well for so many things. One is not paying the faculty enough which can resort to them leaving for a better paying job or not caring for students, it happens. That is only one of many things that make our president not good and were paying good money to attend this school.
The worst thing about school would have to be some of the students there. The faculty and teachers all seem to be very good at what they do, very professional and motivated to teach us about the subjects they love, but it's some students there that make the learning environment less alive, less enjoyable. I just wish that some people who go to classes, would get out of the mindset of a highschooler and transition into an adult.


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Here's why a vaccine will not stop the COVID-19 pandemic right away
By Maggie Fox, CNN
it is in our self interest not only to get ourselves vaccinated, but to strongly advocate vaccination off our family members, our friends, our colleagues, our neighbors and more. The reason for that is influenza vaccine can protect in two ways. First, it can induce an activist ruining spots in the vaccine E so your immune system destroys the virus before it can cause disease. Second, it can prevent transmission of the virus, since if you are immune, you will not get disease and transmitted to someone else. The higher the vaccination rate of our contacts, the less likely susceptible people will get exposed.
Video above: Experts say flu shot very important in COVID yearDr. Umair Shah remembers the last mass vaccination campaign the U.S. waged.It was in 2009, when the H1N1 "swine" flu broke out in April, right at the end of the regular flu season."That was very challenging," Shah, who heads the Harris County, Texas, health department, told CNN."There were a lot of moving pieces. It took several weeks to months to not just organize but to implement and to do safely and effectively. And that was a mild pandemic."This is not a mild pandemic. And while vaccine manufacturers, public health experts and the federal government are all confident one or more of the coronavirus vaccines being tested now will be shown to work safely by the end of the year, the U.S. and the world will still be a long way from ending the pandemic."I feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this calendar year, as we get into early 2021," Dr. Anthony Fauci, who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is helping lead the medical battle against the virus, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Friday."But it's not going to be turning a switch off and turning the switch on. It's going to be gradual," Fauci added."Having" a vaccine does not mean having a vaccine approved, distributed and into the arms of more than 300 million Americans.First, any vaccine must either be approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That's a process that under normal circumstances can take months or years. While the FDA has promised a speedier process for a COVID-19 vaccine, it must still go through a committee known as the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBAC.The FDA will almost certainly allow a shortcut process known as emergency use authorization, or EUA, but the agency has said it will require an "EUA-plus" that adds at least some layers of scrutiny."It's unlikely that a COVID-19 vaccine will receive full approval and broad distribution right away. Instead, the FDA will probably authorize vaccines for use in targeted groups of people at high risk from Covid and most likely to benefit from the vaccine," Dr. Mark McClellan and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, both former FDA commissioners, wrote in a commentary in the Wall Street Journal Monday. "All this means that at least initially, Covid vaccines won't provide the sort of herd immunity that can help extinguish an epidemic."That will take time — likely well into next year, even if a vaccine were to be authorized in January, most experts who spoke to CNN predicted."People can't be lulled into a false sense of security by knowing the vaccine is coming," Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, told CNN.Although manufacturers are already making vaccine doses, it takes time. And the U.S. will likely need more than 600 million doses of vaccine -- enough for everyone to get two doses of the vaccine.A new vaccine, and a plan for getting it out"Let's say ... at the end of the year, there will be millions and tens of millions of doses available," Fauci said in the CNN interview Friday."It won't be until we get into 2021 that you'll have hundreds of millions of doses, and just the logistics constraints in vaccinating large numbers of people — it's going to take months to get enough people vaccinated to have an umbrella of immunity over the community."The U.S. just is not ready for a mass vaccination campaign like the one needed to bring coronavirus under control, public health experts agreed."I don't think it's going to be seamless," said Plescia.The biggest mass vaccination program the U.S. undertakes every year is the annual influenza vaccine. Only about half of Americans get a flu vaccine, and manufacturers make and distribute fewer than 150 million doses of it.Yet it takes a full year from start to finish to formulate, make and distribute flu vaccines every influenza season."We start planning for flu vaccines in January or February," Michael Einhorn, the president of Dealmed, an independent medical supply distributor covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Flu vaccines generally become available in August — seven to eight months later.And that's with a vaccine made using familiar technology, and dispensed in ways that people are familiar with — in pediatricians' offices, at pharmacies, in grocery stores and at clinics."You have a playbook for influenza," Shah said. "This is not the same."Any coronavirus vaccines will involve new technology and a whole new process for distribution, administration and then for payment.And while anyone can walk into, say, a pharmacy, get a flu shot and leave without ever thinking about it again, coronavirus vaccines will involve a whole lot more trouble and paperwork. People will probably need at least two doses about a month apart. Someone will have to track and follow up on that."We have to be able to see who has been vaccinated and who has not been," Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, told a public hearing about vaccine distribution organized by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.Paperwork and red tape"To have two doses means that you provide the initial dose and we will need to bring the person back for a second dose a month later," Dr. Jinlene Chan, acting deputy secretary of public health for the state of Maryland, told CNN.And it's very likely that vaccines made by several different companies will be in use by next year."We have to make sure that we give the person the same vaccine for their second dose that they got for their first dose," Chan said.No vaccination program can start until there are plans in place to manage this.Plus, the coronavirus vaccine or vaccines will still be experimental, so every person who gets one will need to be tracked to make sure there are no adverse reactions.There is no plan yet for any of this."We have gotten very little information on how this is going to roll out," said Harris County's Shah. "That makes it even more difficult to plan."One big potential stumbling block is what's known as the cold chain. The two vaccines furthest along in development both must be kept frozen. Moderna's vaccine must be kept at -4 degrees Fahrenheit, while Pfizer's must be kept at -94 F. While -4 isn't much colder than the optimal home freezer's setting of 0 degrees F, -94 is more of a challenge."Throughout — from every single point the vaccine has to traverse — we have to maintain it at that temperature. Otherwise, there is a risk of some degradation and the vaccine possibly becoming less effective," Chan said. "We need to make sure that there is some capability to store it appropriately until it is ready to use."Otherwise, a thawed batch could mean hundreds or even thousands of people get a dud vaccine.This can be a challenge, said Dr. Carlos del Rio, a vaccine expert at Emory University. "We simply don't have freezers that can reach minus 70 degrees in most clinics," he told the National Academies meeting.To reach enough people, any mass vaccination effort will have to go beyond clinics, hospitals and pharmacies. "You are going to have to get out to communities. You are going to have to get out to places of work," Del Rio said. That makes keeping the vaccines cold enough more of a challenge.Plescia said Pfizer has a plan to help keep its vaccine cold. "Pfizer is going to have special boxes they ship the vaccines in, packed with dry ice," he said. "Once you get the box, it'll keep the stuff at negative 80 degrees for 10 days."But it's not clear, Plescia said, if the boxes could be opened and a few doses of vaccine taken out safely. "Even if these boxes work very well, it is still going to add a whole level of challenge," he said.Taking the mass out of mass vaccinationPast mass vaccination efforts have been just that — mass. But coronavirus is a respiratory disease, and the last thing anyone should be doing is lining people up or packing them into, say, school gyms to get vaccinated, Chan noted."With mass vaccination clinics, it involves bringing large groups of people into a site and vaccinating as many people as possible," Chan said. "How do we do that in a way that reduces the risk of transmitting the very disease that we trying to vaccinate against?"Illinois' Ezike said some of the experience with test sites may help."We had these strike teams," she said. "We have been able to convert a lot of different sites into sites where people can drive up. Can you do a vaccination through the window?" she asked.But to accommodate that, cities and states will have to get busy soon."We are going to need additional providers," she told the NASEM meeting. "We need mass vaccination clinics and sites. So we really want to recruit lots and lots of essential partners," she added — especially for the communities that are hardest hit by the pandemic, including meat-packing facilities and remote rural areas.That means changes in policies and legislation — another potentially time-consuming process. Medical practice is legislated by states, not by the federal government. "We know that we'll need some expanded scope of practice for different professional groups," she said. For instance, states may want to enable dentists, dental hygienists and even medical school students and veterinarians to vaccinate people.And that requires some other levels of legislation so that providers can get paid for their time. Changes to health insurance laws may be necessary, including billing codes that provide for a system under which people get vaccinated for no charge.Because rollout will not be immediate, people will be vaccinated in groups. The National Academies is considering this, as is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). They, along with private advocacy groups, have already released their own draft blueprints that in general put health care workers, first responders and the most vulnerable at the front of the line. But that's another layer of management for governments to take on.Many states have old and unwieldy systems for managing all of this, and Ezike said the needed upgrades may take time.Immunity takes timeAdding to the timeline is simple biology. The Pfizer and Modern vaccines, at least, will have to be given in two doses, a month apart. After that, it takes about two weeks for immunity to build. That makes for six weeks from the time someone first gets vaccinated to when they can feel safe from infection.On top of all of this, many Americans are fearful of vaccines — especially a new one and especially a new vaccine rolled out in a time of intense politicization of the process."There's general vaccination mistrust and then there's government mistrust," Ezike noted.The current atmosphere over mask use has not helped, added Harris County's Shah."We have made it a political fight," he said."When you make it political in nature, not driven by health and medical considerations, ultimately people will take sides."Unless a majority of the population gets vaccinated, the virus will continue its spread. Most estimates suggest that 60% to 70% of the population must be immune to provide enough herd immunity to interrupt the spread of the virus. Polls indicate that only about half of Americans feel confident right now about being vaccinated.And if vaccines are less than fully effective, that may mean even more of the population needs to be vaccinated to have an effect on spread.Then there are the unknowns."Testing has not been seamless at all. There are going to be some glitches," Plescia said."I think there is a good chance there is going to be a vaccine that works and gets us out of this, but it is hard to believe that it is going to go really smoothly, given all the things that could happen."Shah is ready for unpleasant surprises. "This is a super slick virus that has broken every rule in the book," he said.
Video above: Experts say flu shot very important in COVID year
Dr. Umair Shah remembers the last mass vaccination campaign the U.S. waged.
It was in 2009, when the H1N1 "swine" flu broke out in April, right at the end of the regular flu season.
"That was very challenging," Shah, who heads the Harris County, Texas, health department, told CNN.
"There were a lot of moving pieces. It took several weeks to months to not just organize but to implement and to do safely and effectively. And that was a mild pandemic."
This is not a mild pandemic. And while vaccine manufacturers, public health experts and the federal government are all confident one or more of the coronavirus vaccines being tested now will be shown to work safely by the end of the year, the U.S. and the world will still be a long way from ending the pandemic.
"I feel cautiously optimistic that we will have a vaccine by the end of this calendar year, as we get into early 2021," Dr. Anthony Fauci, who, as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is helping lead the medical battle against the virus, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Friday.
"But it's not going to be turning a switch off and turning the switch on. It's going to be gradual," Fauci added.
"Having" a vaccine does not mean having a vaccine approved, distributed and into the arms of more than 300 million Americans.
First, any vaccine must either be approved or authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. That's a process that under normal circumstances can take months or years. While the FDA has promised a speedier process for a COVID-19 vaccine, it must still go through a committee known as the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, or VRBAC.
The FDA will almost certainly allow a shortcut process known as emergency use authorization, or EUA, but the agency has said it will require an "EUA-plus" that adds at least some layers of scrutiny.
"It's unlikely that a COVID-19 vaccine will receive full approval and broad distribution right away. Instead, the FDA will probably authorize vaccines for use in targeted groups of people at high risk from Covid and most likely to benefit from the vaccine," Dr. Mark McClellan and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, both former FDA commissioners, wrote in a commentary in the Wall Street Journal Monday. "All this means that at least initially, Covid vaccines won't provide the sort of herd immunity that can help extinguish an epidemic."
That will take time — likely well into next year, even if a vaccine were to be authorized in January, most experts who spoke to CNN predicted.
"People can't be lulled into a false sense of security by knowing the vaccine is coming," Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, told CNN.
Although manufacturers are already making vaccine doses, it takes time. And the U.S. will likely need more than 600 million doses of vaccine -- enough for everyone to get two doses of the vaccine.
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"Let's say ... at the end of the year, there will be millions and tens of millions of doses available," Fauci said in the CNN interview Friday.
"It won't be until we get into 2021 that you'll have hundreds of millions of doses, and just the logistics constraints in vaccinating large numbers of people — it's going to take months to get enough people vaccinated to have an umbrella of immunity over the community."
The U.S. just is not ready for a mass vaccination campaign like the one needed to bring coronavirus under control, public health experts agreed.
"I don't think it's going to be seamless," said Plescia.
The biggest mass vaccination program the U.S. undertakes every year is the annual influenza vaccine. Only about half of Americans get a flu vaccine, and manufacturers make and distribute fewer than 150 million doses of it.
Yet it takes a full year from start to finish to formulate, make and distribute flu vaccines every influenza season.
"We start planning for flu vaccines in January or February," Michael Einhorn, the president of Dealmed, an independent medical supply distributor covering New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Flu vaccines generally become available in August — seven to eight months later.
And that's with a vaccine made using familiar technology, and dispensed in ways that people are familiar with — in pediatricians' offices, at pharmacies, in grocery stores and at clinics.
"You have a playbook for influenza," Shah said. "This is not the same."
Any coronavirus vaccines will involve new technology and a whole new process for distribution, administration and then for payment.
And while anyone can walk into, say, a pharmacy, get a flu shot and leave without ever thinking about it again, coronavirus vaccines will involve a whole lot more trouble and paperwork. People will probably need at least two doses about a month apart. Someone will have to track and follow up on that.
"We have to be able to see who has been vaccinated and who has not been," Dr. Ngozi Ezike, director of the Illinois Department of Public Health, told a public hearing about vaccine distribution organized by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine.
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Paperwork and red tape
"To have two doses means that you provide the initial dose and we will need to bring the person back for a second dose a month later," Dr. Jinlene Chan, acting deputy secretary of public health for the state of Maryland, told CNN.
And it's very likely that vaccines made by several different companies will be in use by next year.
"We have to make sure that we give the person the same vaccine for their second dose that they got for their first dose," Chan said.
No vaccination program can start until there are plans in place to manage this.
Plus, the coronavirus vaccine or vaccines will still be experimental, so every person who gets one will need to be tracked to make sure there are no adverse reactions.
There is no plan yet for any of this.
"We have gotten very little information on how this is going to roll out," said Harris County's Shah. "That makes it even more difficult to plan."
One big potential stumbling block is what's known as the cold chain. The two vaccines furthest along in development both must be kept frozen. Moderna's vaccine must be kept at -4 degrees Fahrenheit, while Pfizer's must be kept at -94 F. While -4 isn't much colder than the optimal home freezer's setting of 0 degrees F, -94 is more of a challenge.
"Throughout — from every single point the vaccine has to traverse — we have to maintain it at that temperature. Otherwise, there is a risk of some degradation and the vaccine possibly becoming less effective," Chan said. "We need to make sure that there is some capability to store it appropriately until it is ready to use."
Otherwise, a thawed batch could mean hundreds or even thousands of people get a dud vaccine.
This can be a challenge, said Dr. Carlos del Rio, a vaccine expert at Emory University. "We simply don't have freezers that can reach minus 70 degrees in most clinics," he told the National Academies meeting.
To reach enough people, any mass vaccination effort will have to go beyond clinics, hospitals and pharmacies. "You are going to have to get out to communities. You are going to have to get out to places of work," Del Rio said. That makes keeping the vaccines cold enough more of a challenge.
Plescia said Pfizer has a plan to help keep its vaccine cold. "Pfizer is going to have special boxes they ship the vaccines in, packed with dry ice," he said. "Once you get the box, it'll keep the stuff at negative 80 degrees for 10 days."
But it's not clear, Plescia said, if the boxes could be opened and a few doses of vaccine taken out safely. "Even if these boxes work very well, it is still going to add a whole level of challenge," he said.
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Taking the mass out of mass vaccination
Past mass vaccination efforts have been just that — mass. But coronavirus is a respiratory disease, and the last thing anyone should be doing is lining people up or packing them into, say, school gyms to get vaccinated, Chan noted.
"With mass vaccination clinics, it involves bringing large groups of people into a site and vaccinating as many people as possible," Chan said. "How do we do that in a way that reduces the risk of transmitting the very disease that we trying to vaccinate against?"
Illinois' Ezike said some of the experience with test sites may help.
"We had these strike teams," she said. "We have been able to convert a lot of different sites into sites where people can drive up. Can you do a vaccination through the [car] window?" she asked.
But to accommodate that, cities and states will have to get busy soon.
"We are going to need additional providers," she told the NASEM meeting. "We need mass vaccination clinics and sites. So we really want to recruit lots and lots of essential partners," she added — especially for the communities that are hardest hit by the pandemic, including meat-packing facilities and remote rural areas.
That means changes in policies and legislation — another potentially time-consuming process. Medical practice is legislated by states, not by the federal government. "We know that we'll need some expanded scope of practice for different professional groups," she said. For instance, states may want to enable dentists, dental hygienists and even medical school students and veterinarians to vaccinate people.
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And that requires some other levels of legislation so that providers can get paid for their time. Changes to health insurance laws may be necessary, including billing codes that provide for a system under which people get vaccinated for no charge.
Because rollout will not be immediate, people will be vaccinated in groups. The National Academies is considering this, as is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). They, along with private advocacy groups, have already released their own draft blueprints that in general put health care workers, first responders and the most vulnerable at the front of the line. But that's another layer of management for governments to take on.
Many states have old and unwieldy systems for managing all of this, and Ezike said the needed upgrades may take time.
Immunity takes time
Adding to the timeline is simple biology. The Pfizer and Modern vaccines, at least, will have to be given in two doses, a month apart. After that, it takes about two weeks for immunity to build. That makes for six weeks from the time someone first gets vaccinated to when they can feel safe from infection.
On top of all of this, many Americans are fearful of vaccines — especially a new one and especially a new vaccine rolled out in a time of intense politicization of the process.
"There's general vaccination mistrust and then there's government mistrust," Ezike noted.
The current atmosphere over mask use has not helped, added Harris County's Shah.
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"We have made it a political fight," he said.
"When you make it political in nature, not driven by health and medical considerations, ultimately people will take sides."
Unless a majority of the population gets vaccinated, the virus will continue its spread. Most estimates suggest that 60% to 70% of the population must be immune to provide enough herd immunity to interrupt the spread of the virus. Polls indicate that only about half of Americans feel confident right now about being vaccinated.
And if vaccines are less than fully effective, that may mean even more of the population needs to be vaccinated to have an effect on spread.
Then there are the unknowns.
"Testing has not been seamless at all. There are going to be some glitches," Plescia said.
"I think there is a good chance there is going to be a vaccine that works and gets us out of this, but it is hard to believe that it is going to go really smoothly, given all the things that could happen."
Shah is ready for unpleasant surprises. "This is a super slick virus that has broken every rule in the book," he said.