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Graydon's Back–and Hollywood's Still Got Him
Stars Rise, Stars Set
Making Monumental: Leo and Yvonne Force Villareal and the Power of Public Art
by Kelly Laffey
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Leo wears a Jacquard Casual Button-Down Shirt by Salvatore Ferragamo: Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Avenue, 212.753.4000. Belt and pants, Leo's own.
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Yvonne wears a Gray Wool Silk Jumpsuit by Max Mara, 813 Madison Avenue, 212.879.6100. Glasses and boots, Yvonne's own. Art: Hexagonal Grid, 2015
Leo wears a Gingham Print Slim-Fit Shirt by Eton: Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Avenue, 212.753.4000. Belt, pants and shoes, Leo's own.
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Leo Villareal's studio is part of a complex in Greenwood, Brooklyn. The buildings there span five streets and house dozens of artists' spaces. They are perpendicular to Gowanus Bay, and east of the Gowanus Expressway. The streets are paved with cobblestones. The buildings are monotone. They are six stories tall with green windowpanes. There is salt in the air and rust on most of the loading docks.
Leo's studio is on the fourth floor. Everything echoes when walking up the metal stairs. There is a doorbell outside. Inside, there is light.
"I realized that I could control light with [computer] code, and I had an epiphany that it was a powerful combo," says Leo, whose illuminated sculptures and large-scale public works projects are displayed worldwide. The art in his 6,000-square-foot studio are museum and gallery pieces he created. They all project randomized patterns of colorful lights. One, titled Flag, is a representation of the American flag, a project he created in 2008.
"This is as close as I would get to using an image," says Leo of the piece. "I started thinking about the flag as a symbol, and its ratios and proportions." At times, you can see the flag. At times, it portrays abstract patterns. "It resonates in different ways depending upon what's happening in the world."
Earlier this fall, Leo joined Pace Gallery. He made his Pace debut with works shown at Frieze London in October, and he will be showing a new piece at Art Basel Miami Beach this year. He'll be joined there by his wife, Yvonne Force Villareal. She's been to Art Basel since 2007 to support the Art Production Fund (APF), a nonprofit she cofounded in 2000 to commission and produce public art.
Both see art as a way to foster community and conversation. It's a public service.
In March 2013, Leo illuminated San Francisco's Bay Bridge with 25,000 LED lights. The Bay Lights project was supposed to be up for two years. He moved his studio from Chelsea to Brooklyn soon after, as the Bay Lights boosted both Leo's profile and the scale of his work. In January 2016, about a year after the project's official end, the Bay Lights became a permanent installation.
People are compelled to tell Leo their stories of the Bay Lights. He enjoys listening. "They're not just describing a piece of art. It's like a whole impactful moment that people have," says Leo. "The passion it creates is really amazing." At Pace, Leo will be working closely with Future\Pace, an innovative partnership with Futurecity that is dedicated to public art.
Yvonne knows the ins and outs of producing large-scale public works. APF helps to bring such projects—art that often requires permits, money and administrative support to pull off—to fruition. New Yorkers may remember Rudolf Stingel's floral carpet in Grand Central Station's Vanderbilt Hall, installed in 2004; Art Adds, artwork placed on top of taxis in 2011; and After Hours, exhibits that existed on roll-down shutters outside closed stores in 2011 and 2013. All were APF projects.
"Public art offers art for everyone, and that's something that we really believe in," Yvonne says. "People need art to consider a different way of looking at things and communicating."
The Art Production Fund began as a collaboration between Yvonne and Doreen Remen. The two are graduates of the Rhode Island School of Design. The name was chosen for its simplicity, allowing each project to have its own identity. "We look for work where you can understand the project on your own terms," says Yvonne. "We strive to foster projects that a child can really delight within and communicate, and simultaneously an art historian would be interested in." The Art Production Fund doesn't water down projects. "We keep to the artist's vision."
The most recent APF opening was Seven Magic Mountains just outside Las Vegas, by artist Ugo Rondinone. It took five years to bring the project to fruition. "It's a modern-day Stonehenge," says Yvonne. "It's a sculpture that has its own sense of purpose and spirituality, and you don't need to read too much about it to understand it."
APF's most iconic contribution to date is Prada Marfa, a project by artists Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset. The permanent installation is on U.S. Highway 90 in west Texas. It's 26 miles outside of Marfa, which is is a community of 2,000 year-round residents that has become an epicenter of minimalist art.
Prada Marfa is a museum, with real Prada shoes in sizes large enough to accommodate male feet in the window. "Prada Marfa is a monument to consumerism and sexual identity," says Yvonne. The project was a collaboration with Ballroom Marfa, a nonprofit that seeks to further the community's art scene. APF often operates by formulating partnerships with local institutions or museums. "We placed it outside Marfa because the project has a lot of personality," says Yvonne of the piece. She didn't want it to overwhelm the community.
"The quiet beauty and the emptiness of Marfa is like a blank canvas in a way," says Leo. "When you get there, you feel a sense of space." The family—Leo, Yvonne and their two children, Cuatro and Lux—has a home there. They also have a cottage in Orient, Long Island, and a loft in New York City.
Yvonne and Leo go to Burning Man to reboot. The annual weeklong festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert is a gathering of artists and visionaries who create a village. "You come back exhausted but energized," says Leo. Yvonne agrees. "What binds everyone together is that Burning Man is a gift economy. It brings out the best in people." The festival is based on tenets of inclusivity, where a diverse group of people is welcome to create art without judgment or criticism.
Leo first went to Burning Man in 1994, when the festival attracted a fraction of the 70,000 attendees it caps out at today. It was there that he started connecting software and light. The discovery was a practical one—"I needed a light to find my tent," Leo says.
The couple have been going to Burning Man together for the past 18 years. Leo now sits on the board of the Burning Man Project, a nonprofit that helps to fund the festival, as well as a variety of related spin-off productions.
The two travel for their art, but New York is home for the couple. It's where their kids, ages 5 and 13, go to school. They do not have a television in their Greenwich Village great room. The walls are white brick. They are covered with pieces created by Jeff Koons, Alex Ross, Alex Katz, Dash Snow, Rachel Feinstein, Lisa Yuskavage, Rudolf Stingel, Jessica Craig Martin, the couple's children and Leo. Yvonne has posed for Katz almost 20 times. "We live with the art of our friends," Yvonne says. "It's really an honor to have their work. The way you place it creates its own dialogue and relationship."
A white John Chamberlain couch is in the center of the room. "We first met at an opening for John Chamberlain," recalls Leo. Yvonne bought the original couch, a hand-carved prototype. Leo purchased one of 10 editions. They began dating soon after.
The original couch is next to a baby grand piano. Both of their kids play. It's important to Yvonne that they're exposed to different hobbies. Her older child, Cuatro, sails. "We don't know anything about sailing," says Yvonne.
"I had a very atypical upbringing," she continues. Yvonne spent most of her formative years in Key West. "It was the '70s. I was in a bathing suit and bare feet. But it's also an artists' home, a community where people embraced all walks of life."
The two return to South Florida, to Miami, for Art Basel this year. Pace will feature Leo's work. As it has in the past, the Art Production Fund has partnered with artists to create and sell cotton beach towels at Art Basel. This year's artists are Laurie Simmons and John Currin. Priced at $95, the towels are a way for people to own a piece by an artist that may not otherwise be accessible to them. All of the revenue from the sale of the towels goes back to public art projects. "It's another way to give back to the public," Yvonne says.
Earlier this summer, Leo debuted Volume (Frisco), a piece at the Star, the Dallas Cowboys' training facility in Frisco, Texas. "It's a volumetric piece with 40-foot long stainless steel rods, located in the lobby," says Leo. Both Volume (Frisco) and the Bay Lights have been featured on television during breaks in football games. Leo's phone starts buzzing with Google alerts when it happens. "I guess we should start watching more football," says Yvonne.
The Cowboys commission in particular has resonated with a trend that both Leo and Yvonne see in art—that it doesn't have to be confined to museums anymore. Recently, Yvonne and her APF cofounder Remen started Culture Corps, an art consultancy for the private sector, particularly in hospitality, media and real estate companies. This month, the duo announced that they will be handing the reins of APF to executive director Casey Fremont, who joined the organization in 2004. They'll continue to be involved on the board of directors, but will now focus on Culture Corps. "There's a growing desire to bring high-integrity projects to places," says Yvonne. "Sophisticated people and places in general want to have art as a part of their lives," Leo chimes in.
That list now includes the city of London. Leo was just shortlisted for The Illuminated River, an initiative to light all 17 bridges across the river Thames. The winner will be announced on December 8.
The bridges are the perfect metaphor for what both Yvonne and Leo strive to do in their work—to use art as a catalyst to bring people together.
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Four Challenges Pension Administrators Face
Well-run retirement plans are an important reason why talented employees join the public sector workforce. In a 2018 Accenture survey of 2,800 public and private employees, 78 percent said pension benefits are critical to accepting employment and 73 percent stay with an employer because of the retirement benefits offered.
"Legislators and the general public often don't adequately understand the overarching challenge that the public sector faces to attract the professionals we rely on to perform essential services, such as teaching our children, policing streets or protecting the public," says Keith Brainard, research director at the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, a nonprofit group that represents state and territorial public retirement systems. "Retirement benefits are a vital part of filling those roles."
Administrators at the largest state-run pension programs are no strangers to challenges — for decades they've serviced hundreds of thousands of members and overseen millions of dollars in benefits. But even these seasoned professionals say nothing compares to the challenges that have intensified over the last decade due largely to four key factors.
1. Growing Structural Complexity
Lawmakers have initiated a series of reforms designed to shore up the financial viability of retirement programs. As a result, today's retirement systems often manage multiple types of retirement plans. Many pensioners are still covered by traditional defined-benefit plans, which use salary histories, tenure and other factors to determine the payout they'll receive when they retire. With newer defined-contribution plans, however, employees contribute chosen amounts to their retirement accounts over time and may receive matching funds from employers. Because account totals change based on contribution levels and investment returns, the total amount of available funds at retirement is harder to predict.
Some pension organizations also offer hybrid plans that combine characteristics of these two options. In addition, there are differing benefits structures depending on when employees were hired, which departments they work for and which options they've chosen within their retirement plans. And pension rules never die; reforms always add complexity on top of the existing complexity.
"In the era of pension reform, structural changes and new plan designs have significantly increased complexity for administrators," says Patricia Bishop, director of the Virginia Retirement System, which manages benefits for 706,000 state employees, state police and correctional officers, judicial branch retirees, teachers and employees of most of the commonwealth's local governments and political subdivisions.
2. Changing Roles for Administrative Staffs
The shift toward defined-contribution plans — which require participants to take an active role in retirement planning since the amount and timing of their contributions directly determine how much money will be available when they retire — is fueling employee demand for financial education.
"Because these types of plans require employees to be more engaged in building a financially secure retirement, we're helping our members learn about their benefits so they can make good decisions as it relates to their retirement," says Kerrie Vanden Bosch, director of Michigan's Office of Retirement Services, which counts more than 550,000 active members and retirees across five different systems. The systems have $80 billion in assets and pay out about $7.3 billion in pension and healthcare benefits annually.
In Michigan and elsewhere, administrators are finding ways to support defined-contribution plan participants. For instance, plans may automatically enroll eligible employees and include defaults that set contributions at a level where workers receive a full employer match.
In Michigan, employee contributions automatically increase by one percent a year up to 15 percent, unless enrollees opt out of the automatic increases.
"We try to work with the inertia of some members so they can be successful even if they're not fully engaged with their retirement plan," Vanden Bosch says.
But as retirement plan members seek greater insights, administrators may find themselves in a difficult position. Virginia's Bishop emphasizes that there's a difference between education about retirement planning and offering specific financial and investment advice for members.
"We're pushing relevant information to help members understand the power of compound interest and why it matters to start saving early," she says. "We're showing them the opportunities that come from adjusting their retirement plan and contributions over time."
To do that, the program creates quizzes to test and improve employees' financial expertise. Participants can earn digital badges for improving their financial wellness. In addition, the Virginia Retirement System offers an online financial planner, tools that model benefits outcomes based on individual contributions and information about what steps participants can take to meet their retirement goals.
For example, participants in defined-contribution plans who aren't taking the maximum amount out of their paychecks may see a pop-up screen when they log into their online portal. The message points them to information that discusses the value of a larger contribution.
"We've had great success with this initiative," Bishop says. "About 31 percent of the participants who saw the splash screen increased their voluntary contributions."
3. New Customer Engagement Demands
Participant expectations for interacting with pension programs are evolving rapidly, influenced by what citizens experience online with commercial retailers and other sophisticated online businesses.
"To meet these expectations, pension programs must improve their ability to support a range of digital interactions on the Web, with mobile apps and through social channels. But many plan administrators have been slow to invest in digital technologies, often because pension systems don't compete for customers the way commercial businesses do," says Owen Davies, global managing director of the pension practice for Accenture, a management consulting firm. "This attitude misses the fact that retirement systems are competing for the attention of their members."
Some retirement plans are working to keep pace, however.
"We're adding relevant features to our online capabilities," Bishop says. "For example, members who end employment with a VRS-participating employer may apply online for a refund. Before hitting the final button to execute the request, members receive information about the impact on their future benefits and are given an opportunity to suspend the refund request at this point. This ensures members know the consequences of their action before executing the request and VRS has fully informed them. No one would have expected that level of information 10 years ago, but it's absolutely expected now."
But as retirement systems launch new engagement channels, they also must maintain existing contact methods. Some members will continue to communicate via phone calls and interactive voice response systems, while others choose websites and mobile apps. Making all these options available enhances customer engagement, but it also can increase personnel requirements, costs and overhead for securing member data.
In addition, as benefits become more complex, pension system administrators are realizing they need to adopt more sophisticated strategies to communicate with members.
"We have to increase our focus on targeted member communications to avoid confusion as people try to sort through all the new information," says Vanden Bosch. "In the past we could distribute information designed for a general audience. But now we focus on customized information developed for members at critical times in their lives, so they don't have to sort through a larger set of communications to figure out what does and doesn't apply to them."
4. Ineffective Legacy Technology
Because individual retirement programs have so many unique requirements, governments have relied on highly customized benefits administration software. Many of these applications are now getting old and are written in outdated programming languages that are difficult to maintain and support. These legacy technologies often support equally antiquated processes that require manual intervention by staff members.
"We see many of these administrative environments stuck with old IT systems and old processes," says Bjørn Tore Holte, managing director at Accenture. "That is exacerbating problems in the pension area as the number of retired members is increasing. Without upgrades to technology, the only response is for administrators to hire more caseworkers, which just adds to overall costs."
Learn how to overcome these challenges and implement pension reform in your jurisdiction by downloading the guide, "Transforming Benefits Administration: How modern technology and practices can boost plan efficiency and performance, while improving services for members and retirees" at www.governing.com/pension-administration.

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For the first time for many years we had a Christmas play and it was a big success! The Musical Theatre after-school club put on a fabulous play for parents and children to enjoy. It was lovely seeing children from all year groups working together to show off excellent acting skills and brilliant singing once again.
With a quarter of the school involved in the production it was impressive to see how hard they had worked together for the performance. Well done to all and we all look forward to next year!


We're in no hurry this morning, for a change. With settled weather forecast for the next 4 or 5 days at least, there is no urgency to move. We'll spend one of our hard earned layover days at Cedar Key. It's actually quite breezy this morning, with the east wind kicking enough of a chop from across the bay that our boat is getting a good rocking. As it swings into the wind and chop it momentarily settles out, but then her swing continues, putting us abeam of the chop, and then the rocking begins. Our friends on Cat Daddy are headed for Tarpon Springs today. They get an early start and we have the anchorage to ourselves. This situation doesn't last long, however. A pontoon boat is heading across from Cedar Key, and it's filled with excited kids, all wearing orange life jackets and clearly eager to go ashore here on Atsena Otie Key. We later learn that they are the 4th grade class from Chiefland Elementary school. This is the first time Chiefland has brought a class of students here on a field trip. The pontoon boat lands on the beach, disgorges its cargo of 4th graders and accompanying teachers, and departs. The kids are armed with buckets and fish nets. They wade the shallows, deploying their nets and enthusiastically examining their catch. By the time we're ready to go ashore they've all disappeared, following the nearby trail inland. We walk the beach to the start of the trail, and walk into the island forest. We don't go far before we hear the kids quickly walking back toward the beach. We meet up with them and hear scary stories about vicious mosquitoes. We're not deterred though. We've brought along a special repellant potion I bought on impulse at a grocery checkout counter. It's supposed to repel mosquitoes, biting flies, no see ums and chiggars. I shake it up vigorously and drench all exposed skin with the stuff. It's got citronella and other non deeet ingredients in it. It smells nice, but doesn't work worth a darn on mosquitoes. Oh well, maybe it works on no see ums. If all else fails, we can still poison ourselves with deet. Along the trail we pass a large shrub which is in bloom, and it has attracted 6 or 8 beautiful black and yellow butterflies. They have graceful, narrow wings. We've seen them in the Florida Keys before, and I think they're called zebra butterflies. The trail ends at a historic cemetery, where residents of the small village which once stood on this now uninhabited island said farewell to their departed loved ones. At the entrance a sign identifies 40 or 50 names of people buried there. Most of the burials date from the 1870's to the 1890's, when a community on the island thrived. A cedar mill was located here. That, along with fishing, provided the basis for life here. The mill has long ago gone to ruin. Besides the cemetery, the only signs of settlement which we see from the trail are the remains of a windmill, a large concrete cistern, and some brick foundation structures where the mill once stood. On another branch of the trail we walk over to a dock, which is gated off at its head. A sign interestingly points out that this dock is reserved strictly for the birds. The birds have gotten the message. Cormorants occupy the tops of most pilings. Here and there ospreys stake out their spots. Closer in we find pelicans, terns, and shorebirds. It's an amazing menagerie. Back at the beach we chat briefly with the teachers, who vigilantly monitor their students, now out playing in the warm water. We leave the beach to them and dinghy across the bay for town. We're in search of a good lunch, and we find it in a small cafe. I order a tasty meat filled sandwich called a Cuban. The bread is smashed flat and lightly fried. Different, and very good. Sandy has a salad, so she'll have an appetite for dinner. After lunch we explore the historic streets of Cedar Key, and cap off our walk with a visit to the town museum. It's a great small museum, with an interesting mix of artifacts, story boards, and historic photographs. The docent loves to talk with visitors, and she enthusiastically describes what is on display. Cedar Key has an interesting prehistory, as well as a remarkable set of more recent stories to tell. Cedar Key was the western terminus for the first cross state railroad in Florida, completed just prior to the Civil War. It was the scene of military activity during the war. The place boomed for 20 or 30 years after the war ended, with logging of the local cedar stands being the principal activity. Most of the cedar logged here was turned into pencils by the Faber Company. After the cedar stands got logged out, a new industry was started by a dentist named Dr. Andrews, who began producing whisk brooms from the fiber found in the Sabal Palm. He processed the bases of the palm fronds, and turned them into various sizes of whisk brooms, which he called Donax Whisk Brooms. The operation closed in 1952, and at that time Dr. Dan's wife had all the whisk broom making equipment, along with all the remaining processed fiber stock, placed in storage. Dr. Dan's son is now 87 years old, and he is still making whisks, on a small scale, with the remaining stock of fiber. The whisks he makes are sold at the museum, and he donates all proceeds to the museum.
It's now time to head back to the boat, following stops at the grocery and an ice cream shop. The wind has now disappeared, and the bay is glassy smooth as far as I can see. I hear some heavy breathing close by, and watch a pair of dolphins cruise within 10 feet of the boat. I can see them surface way out on the bay. Soon it will be time to fire up the barbque and put a nice slab of king mackeral on the barbque. I'll use my friend Karl's special recipe, and I expect it will turn out great. I'll report on the results tomorrow. After dinner we plan on rowing ashore, where we'll sit on the beach and hope for a repeat of last night's green flash at sunset.
Oops, forgot to insert pictures. Not much of interest going on today, but I did see some pretty little flowers in the grass, and this attractive butterfly. Can anyone help me identify either?
We enjoy a tasty spaghetti and meatball dinner out in the cockpit, before the sun sets and the no see ums take over. We retreat to the cabin and while Sandy washes up dishes I give the weather forecasts a final look. I'm more than pleased with what I see. The latest forecast looks appreciably better than the one this morning. I like trends that are moving in the right direction. Then, as if on cue, the sky makes up for it's misleading rosy sunrise and treats us to a lovely red sky at sunset. We are indeed delighted, and looking forward to tomorrow's crossing.
Sandy went for a walk while I worked on today's post. She took the camera with here and, since I haven't figured out how to edit posts, I'll simply put up a supplemental post, with a few of the pictures she took while on her walk.


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Difference Between Cellular Immunity and Herd Immunity
• Categorized under Science | Difference Between Cellular Immunity and Herd Immunity
Cellular immunity is when cells of the immune system react and respond to a pathogen. Herd immunity is when most of the individuals of a population are immune to a particular pathogen.
What is Cellular immunity?
Cellular immunity is the process by which various immune cells are activated to respond to the presence of a pathogen, which is usually detected because of proteins called antigens that are on the pathogen.
Cellular immunity is when the white blood cells of the body respond to some intrusion. If a pathogen is detected then cells called phagocytes and T lymphocytes are triggered to act. A series of other types of immune cells are also stimulated, including B lymphocytes which produce antibodies in response to the specific antigen of the pathogen.
Examples of cellular immunity are the white blood cells such as phagocytes which engulf foreign particles and cytotoxic T cells which produce chemicals to kill viruses and other pathogens. B cells also make antibodies specifically to attach to the antigens of pathogens so they can be destroyed.
Cellular immunity is important in allowing a person's body to recognize and respond to specific threats. Without cellular immunity a person is likely to die because the body is unable to fend off a pathogen.
A person often feels sick because of activity of the immune system, and in rare cases, the immune system goes awry and attacks healthy cells triggering autoimmune disease. Allergic responses including anaphylactic shock are also overreactions by the cellular immune system.
What is Herd immunity?
Herd immunity is the state a population reaches when most people have developed immunity to a particular disease-causing pathogen. This can occur naturally but more typically is a result of vaccination of most of the people in the population.
The idea is that each person who is exposed to the disease-causing pathogen, or an inactive part of the pathogen in a vaccine, develops a cellular response in which antibodies are made. This acts to protect the person if exposed to the disease agent at a later date. Herd immunity relies on many people having immunity. Herd immunity is related to cellular immunity in that it is when several people have all had a cellular response of the immune system to a specific pathogen.
The MMR ormeasles, mumps, and rubella vaccine works well and has been given to children over many decades to the extent that there is so much herd immunity in the populations that these diseases are now rare. The Varicella vaccine has led to herd immunity among children making infant chickenpox a rare disease. The recent start of COVID-19 vaccinations hopes to achieve a similar effect in activating herd immunity in the population. By vaccinating most people against COVID-19 coronavirus, it is hoped that herd immunity will be achieved and thus morbidity and mortality will be reduced.
Herd immunity is useful as a way to control, and in some cases, almost eradicate disease from a population. It also helps to protect individuals who are unable to be vaccinated for one reason or another.
To achieve herd immunity against a pathogen normally means developing and producing millions of doses of vaccine. This is a time-consuming and expensive process and there is also the risk of some people having an allergic reaction to the vaccine. With the COVID-19 vaccines, a few individuals have had allergic responses, but this has been rare.
Difference between Cellular immunity and Herd immunity?
Cellular immunity is a cell-mediated response of an individual person's immune system when exposed to a foreign entity or pathogen. Herd immunity is the state in which most members of a population have achieved a level of immunity to a particular pathogen.
It occurs at the population level
Cellular immunity does not occur at the level of a population but does occur at the level of an individual person. Herd immunity does occur at the population-level and involves many individuals.
An advantage of cellular immunity is that there is a specific response that works well to rid the body of a pathogenic virus or bacterium. An advantage of herd immunity is that it protects people who can't get vaccinated and it can possibly result in a disease being eradicated.
With cellular immunity, the immune system can overreact or act abnormally leading to allergies, anaphylaxis or autoimmune disease. With herd immunity, there is a big expense involved in developing vaccines in terms of time and money.
Examples of cellular immunity include the action of T cells, B cells and phagocytes, which are all activated when a pathogen is detected. Examples of herd immunity include the MMR and Varicella vaccinations.
Table comparing Cellular immunity and Herd immunity
Summary of Cellular Immunity Vs. Herd immunity
Cellular immunity and herd immunity are linked in that if cell-mediated immune responses occur in enough people to a particular pathogen then there will likely be herd immunity in a population.
Cellular immunity is at the cell-level while herd immunity is at the population-level.
COVID-19 mass vaccinations have begun to achieve cellular immunity in enough people that herd immunity should be achieved.
Dr. Rae Osborn
Associate Professor of Biology PhD in Quantitative Biology at in United States
Dr. Rae Osborn was educated in South Africa and the United States. She holds Honors Bachelor of Science degrees in Zoology and Entomology, and Masters of Science in Entomology from the University of Natal in South Africa. She has received a PhD in Quantitative Biology from the University of Texas at Arlington as well as an AAS Degree in Information Network Specialist and an AAS in Computer Information Systems, at Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana.Her skills lie in research and writing for a range of educational levels and teaching various Biology classes. She has been trained as a lecturer, researcher and computer scientist. She has experience as a writer, researcher and as a college teacher, and is currently working as a freelance writer and editor.Her accomplishments include receiving tenure and being promoted to Associate Professor of Biology in the United States and publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals.Her hometown is Pietermaritzburg in South Africa where her main interest and hobby is bird watching.
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Written by : Dr. Rae Osborn. and updated on 2021, November 23
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Q: How to handle multi-type variables with templates? I was trying to make a function that assigns y to x regardless whether x, y are int or std::string. I wrote this code:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <typeinfo>

template <typename T>
T& assign(T& x, T& y){

    if ( typeid(x).name() == "Ss" && typeid(y).name() == "Ss" ){
        std::string k = static_cast<std::string>(y);
        x = k;
        return x;
    }

else if ( typeid(x).name() == "i" && typeid(y).name() == "i" ){
        int k = static_cast<int>(y);
        x = k;
        return x;
}

else{
        std::cout << "uncorrect assignment" << std::endl;
    }

}

int main(){

    std::string a = "empty_string";
    std::string b = "Hi there";
    assign(a, b);
    std::cout << a << std::endl;

}

But it doesn't work.
It gives the error:
[Error] invalid static_cast from type 'std::basic_string<char>' to type

at line 14:
 int k = static_cast<int>(y);

I can't understand, what is the problem?
I know the objection: I might have just defined function assign as:
template <typename T>
T& assign(T& x, T& y){
    x = y;
}

which works. However, I was working on an other more complex function on which I have to (or at least I haven't found any way other than) use static_cast.
So, if you could, please, explain to me what is the mistake in this example, I may try to fix the function I am working on.
Thank you very much,
Simone.

A: To do what do you want, you need C++17 and if constexpr. And the use of something that works compile-time, not of typeid that works runtime.
The problem is that with your code, typeid permit, runtime, to choose the if or the else part of your code, but the compiler must compile both part. So must compile
    int k = static_cast<int>(y);
    x = k;

when T is std::string. This give an error.
You need a type-traits (std::is_same, by example), that is evaluated compile-time, and a construct that avoid the compilation of the wrong part. This construct is if constexpr ( <test> ) (where the <test> is valuable compile time) but, unfortunately, is available only from C++17.
So, in C++17 you can write
template <typename T>
void assign (T & x, T const & y)
 {
    if constexpr ( std::is_same<T, std::string>::value ) {
       std::string k = static_cast<std::string>(y);
       x = k;
    }
    else if constexpr ( std::is_same<T, int>::value ) {
       int k = static_cast<int>(y);
       x = k;
    }
    else {
       std::cout << "uncorrect assignment" << std::endl;
    }
}

but, pre C++17, you have to follows different ways.

A: To handle different types separately inside a function, an option is to define a local struct with overloaded function call operators to different types:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

template<typename T>
T& assign(T& x, const T& y) {
    struct {
        void operator()(std::string& lhs, const std::string& rhs) {
            std::cout << "Type is std::string." << std::endl;
            lhs = rhs;
        }
        void operator()(int& lhs, const int& rhs) {
            std::cout << "Type is int." << std::endl;
            lhs = rhs;
        }
    } assign_impl;

    assign_impl(x, y);
    return x;
}

int main() {
    /* Test No. 1 */ {
        std::string dest, src = "Foo";
        std::cout << "Test result: " << assign(dest, src) << std::endl;
    }

    /* Test No. 2 */ {
        int dest, src = 32;
        std::cout << "Test result: " << assign(dest, src) << std::endl;
    }
}

The code above will work on C++98 and above but its disadvantage is that it will raise compiler errors if you try to use it with unhandled types.

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Monday, January 6, 2020 / Robert Burr / 0 Comments
The third expression in the Distillery Collection — Diplomático Pot Still Rum defines and delivers the rich essence of Diplomático's signature style.
The distillery in La Miel, Venezuela has a long history of producing fine rums, using traditional copper pot stills, as well as batch and column stills. This expression highlights the classic John Dore copper pots — originally used in Scotland to produce whisky — that provide the heart of robust and delightful flavor in the various blends.
Here, isolated for reference, is the pot still component, made from sugar cane honey in a long fermentation cycle, before resting in small American white oak casks for eight years.
At 47% ABV, the rich, deep and complex flavor profile easily embodies this higher proof spirit with a fine balance. The resulting intensity earns Diplomático Pot Still Rum a reputation as a fine sipper or a potent component in any classic cocktail.
The deep amber color signals a well rested spirit.
Aromas of sweet fruit cake and vanilla are accented by toasted oak, smoked honey, caramel and dark fruit. On the palate, a dry entry of charred oak, coffee and cocoa leads to a suggestion of burnt sugar and toffee before ripe dark fruits linger in the long, complex, warm finish.
This limited edition Diplomático Pot Still Rum — Number 3 in the Distillery Collection — bottled at 94 proof, is available throughout the USA with a list price of about $79.
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Alligator Bay Distillers in Punta Gorda
Thursday, October 25, 2018 / Robert Burr / 1 Comment
With a nod to the backwater regions of Southwest Florida, Alligator Bay Distillers is a family-run operation producing a line of boutique rum products from their production facility in Punta Gorda, Florida.
Alex Voss with Robin and Robert Burr at Alligator Bay Distillers
Alex Voss grew up in Naples, a small town south of Fort Myers. In 2012, he moved to Maui, Hawaii where he learned to make rum. He started as an apprentice and worked his way up to distiller at Haleakalā Distillers.
Returning to Naples, Alex brought home his knowledge of cane spirit production, collaborating with family members to launch their own facility in 2015.
While Alex concentrates on rum production, brother Ben Voss leads the marketing efforts and serves as chief mechanic at Alligator Bay Distillers.
We arrived on a Saturday afternoon for a look around and a tour of the facility. Alex welcomed us and spoke of his process and philosophy of making rum at Alligator Bay Distillers.
Starting with molasses from Clewiston — the legendary sugar town near Lake Okeechobee — Alex has perfected his fermentation process with an ideal active dry yeast strain that thrives in the warm humid climate of Southwest Florida. The fermentation process takes seven days and produces a rum mash with an alcohol content of 8%.
The distillation process involves double distillation in a traditional copper pot still to 70% abv, retaining much of the molasses and cane flavors in his distillate.
The aging room is completely filled with resting oak barrels. The aroma of rum and wood is enticing — and certainly whets the appetite for the next stop on the tour — the tasting room.
Alligator Bay rums
Indeed, the clear rum retains a true flavor of cane and serves as the base for the spiced rum. The Sun Gold rum is lightly aged and the addition of Black Mangrove honey offers a nice finish. The Saba Treasure offers a subtle hint of fennel.
The rum that brings home the most awards is the chocolate-infused Dark Rum. This boutique specialty took home a gold award in the 2017 RumXP international tasting competition at Rum Renaissance Festival.
With a motto of "cane to bottle," the small batch rums made by Alex Voss at Alligator Bay Distillers are distinguished by his artisan hands-on approach to production.
The distillery is open for tours Monday through Saturday from 11am to 3pm, starting on top of the hour, at 25522 E Marion Ave. Punta Gorda FL, 33950.
Call 941-347-8419 or email: [email protected]. Visit the web site at: http://alligatorbaydistillers.com/
NJoy Distillery Tour – Florida Mermaid Rum
You're sure to enjoy a visit to NJoy Distillery, the producers of Florida Mermaid Rum.
Just beyond the bustling modern suburbs, remnants of the pioneer era of west central Florida remain hidden in plain sight. Several miles down a sandy dirt road, an old hunting cabin has been transformed into the paradisaical home of NJoy Distillery.
Persistence pays off as you near the entrance to this large ranch property just north of Weeki Wachee's famed clear springs and mermaid shows, hidden within a massive undeveloped state park.
NJoy Distillery Tour
You'll be surprised and delighted to discover what Natalie and Kevin Goff have created in this rustic environment. It's more than a craft distillery, artfully tucked into a barn. It's a working spirit production facility that begs to be seen and admired by rum enthusiast visitors from near and far.
the hand-hammered copper pot still at NJoy Distillery
As you gaze off in the distance of this large farm, beyond the old water wheel, past the horse stables, six acres of tall green sugar cane — featuring seven different varietals — grows in long rows.
A small stream running from the picturesque waterwheel leads to a large pond with a tall fountain. This is old Florida revisited. This is a special place.
Kevin gives us the tour of the works, established in 2012, starting with the crusher, fermentation and distillation sections of the barn. They're collecting rain water — filtered three times — for the mash and proofing.
This still is a beauty — a classic 300 liter (80 gallon) hand-hammered alembic-style copper pot still from Portugal.
Florida Mermaid Rum
Their popular Florida Mermaid Rum — with a nod to the local Weeki Wachee natural attraction — features their own boutique rum blended with a special Caribbean pot still rum, bottled at 100 proof, without colorings or flavorings.
NJoy Distillery – Florida Mermaid Rum
Only steps away, the blended rum rests in 25 large Wild Buck Whiskey barrels in an outdoor shipping container for 90 days.
The nose begins with bold aromas of black banana, flowers and butter. Next, vanilla and almond emerge over oak with a big funky fruit basket.
On the palate, complex esters offer a delightfully fruity astringent entry that evolves to big warmth in the mid-palate. Wood and brown butter dominate before some baking spice as the finish slowly fades.
Florida Mermaid Rum is the recipient of many awards and accolades from numerous competitions, including Best In Class in the boutique rum category at the 2018 International Rum Expert Panel tasting competition at Rum Renaissance Festival.
Mermaid Rum is now available in many Florida locations, including ABC Fine Wine & Spirits and Total Wines & More, distributed by Republic National Distributing. The 750ml bottle retails for $39.95.
NJoy Distillery Products
NJoy is also home to Wild Buck Whiskey, made from 401 black rye grown on the farm, plus Ryes In Shine moonshine.
The farm also hosts 600 bee hives for pollination, as well as a source for delicious honey for sale. A local baker delivers fresh rum cakes every weekend, adding a delightful element to the visit.
The NJoy Distillery is open for free tours and tastings every weekend from 11am to 3pm, with tasty cocktails to imbibe on the shady deck by the pond. Take home a bottle of Florida Mermaid Rum, Wild Buck Whiskey, Ryes In Shine, some local honey and a rum cake.
The address is 7237 Wild Buck Rd, Weeki Wachee, FL 34613. Call 352-592-9622.
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Sugar Sand Distillery near Lake Placid
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 / Robert Burr / 0 Comments
Hidden in the midst of a cane field, on a road that's far from any highway, an open-air boutique distillery is attracting the attention of rum enthusiasts with their classic plantation method of turning sugar cane into rum. Sugar Sand Distillery crushes their own cane, ferments the fresh juice daily and uses their wood-encased copper pot still to make small batches of rum — the same way it was done centuries ago.
Sugar Sand Distillery features an open-air copper pot still hidden in the midst of a tall cane field.
The result is a simple and delicious cane spirit.
Some of the rum is maturing in small oak barrels to be bottled as golden aged rum.
Rum's Natural Environment
Way out on Henscratch Road, near the town of Lake Placid, Florida, we found Don Davies and Jessica Giffin (the Distillery Queen) busy hosting folks in their tasting room and overseeing the craft distillation equipment they use to make fresh rum.
In the background, tall green sugar cane stalks are swaying in the gentle breeze of a former citrus grove, cleverly fed by a hydroponic system that delivers water and nutrients directly to the base of each plant. It's a modern and efficient method for raising cane (pun intended) in the sandy soil of south central Florida, a by-product of Don's decades of experience in the fertilizer industry.
Sugar Sand Distillery Philosophy
"We didn't know what we didn't know when we started," Don tells us. "Apparently no one else does it this way in Florida. We want to grow our own cane, rather than use molasses. We have a special device that peels the cane before crushing for a cleaner juice. And, we want to make each small batch by hand so we can control the process. It's about quality, not quantity at Sugar Sand Distillery."
There's plenty of enthusiasm in the tasting room, as visitors savor the rum made only 20 feet away in a still that looks like something borrowed from a Willy Wonka movie. It tastes like cane, with a bit of smoky flavor from the heavily charred oak barrels. The sense of discovering something new and unique is a delight to those that make the journey.
Sugar Sand Rum from Lake Placid, Florida is a limited edition authentic boutique craft spirit.
Distribution is a challenge, but they're making steady progress throughout Florida. Sugar Sand Distillery also sells a moonshine and a vodka product made from cane. Almost everyone buys a bottle or three when they visit the distillery and that makes a big difference to the bottom line for this emerging production facility.
Visiting Florida Rum Distilleries
It's great to see small Florida distilleries like Sugar Sand popping up all over the sunshine state. It's a movement that benefits consumers by having more and better choices for unique styles of rum to enjoy.
Visit Sugar Sand Distillery for free tastings on Saturdays between 11am and 6pm. The address is 264 Henscratch Road near Lake Placid, FL 33852. Call 863-449-0470. https://www.facebook.com/sugarsanddistillery/
Mezan Jamaica 2000 vintage rum
From the legendary Long Pond Distillery in Trelawny, Jamaica, this vintage Mezan Jamaica 2000 expression delivers the classic fruity and funky profile we've come to expect from legacy Jamaican distillers.
Mezan has built a reputation for bottling authentic, unadulterated spirits from notable producers in select destinations, and this Jamaica 2000 is no exception.
Mezan's authentic Jamaica 2000 vintage rum comes from the legendary Long Pond distillery's traditional double thumper pot still.
Long Pond is known for their long, slow fermentation cycles, allowing natural yeast to convert sugar to alcohol over a long period in the traditional manner. The addition of dunder from previous fermentations is an old technique long lost at modern distilleries.
This slow fermentation process builds rich and complex high ester flavor profiles, which are refined by a double distillation process in their traditional double retort pot still.
The result of this uniquely rich fermentation and rustic distillation is big rum flavor — Mezan Jamaica 2000 offers a reflection of style that made Jamaican rums famous the world over for centuries.
Aromas of sweet butter and charred oak, then big banana lead to subtle chardonnay with a hint of green apple before traces of pineapple, then a vegetal bouquet of fruit and dank earthiness over bread dough. On the palate, Mezan Jamaica 2000 presents a smooth entry of rich buttery toffee gives way to a very interesting briny, earthy leather and complex fruit notes tempered by a woody finish.
The 750ml bottle of Mezan Jamaica 2000 sells for $54.95.
St. Augustine Rum debuts in Florida
Monday, August 24, 2015 / Robert Burr / 0 Comments
The inaugural Discovery Series of rums will soon debut at Florida's St. Augustine Distillery. On Thursday, September 3rd, the public will be invited to purchase the first bottles of St. Augustine Rum from the distillery's gift shop, located on Riberia Street in downtown St. Augustine, Florida.
A limited series of St. Augustine Rum craft expressions will be released on the following schedule: Series 1 in September, Series 2 in October, Series 3 in November and Series 4 in December. The St. Augustine Distillery's flagship rum (or final recipe) is slated for a January 2016 release.
The historic St. Augustine distillery will debut their new pot still rum with a series of limited edition expressions. The rums will also be featured at their Ice Plant Bar and Restaurant.
Each of these limited editions has been fermented and distilled on-site by Director of Production Brendan Wheatley from select regional sugarcane syrups and molasses in copper pot stills and then barrel-aged for a distinct flavor profile.
"We want our customers to have the unique chance to experience each of these different St. Augustine Rum recipes as we refine our flagship rum," said co-founder and CEO Philip McDaniel. "This opportunity is very unique and only available at a craft distillery like ours."
The production facilities are located in the restored historic Ice Plant, featuring a gift shop, restaurant and bar. Large numbers of tourists flock to the facility daily for a presentation in the small theater, followed by tours of the distillery and tasting sessions every half hour. The tour ends with a visit to the gift shop.
The Ice Plant bar and restaurant are also extremely popular, offering a first-class cocktail program developed by Zach Lynch, a talented mixologist and master bartender. The restaurant menu features farm-to-table cuisine with grass-fed beef and burgers, local seafood and vegetarian options among the daily specials.
The St. Augustine Distillery is open for tours Monday through Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and Sunday from 11am to 6pm. The restaurant is open seven days a week for dinner from 5 to 10pm, and lunch from 11:30am to 2:30pm Monday through Friday. The bar is open from 11:30am to midnight on Sunday and Monday, until 2am the rest of the week. Call 904-825-4962 or visit the web site.


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(Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency; issued July 12, 2012)
WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress July 10 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Qatar for 24 AH-64D APACHE Block III LONGBOW Attack Helicopters and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $3.0 billion.
The Government of Qatar has requested a possible sale of 24 AH-64D APACHE Block III LONGBOW Attack Helicopters, 56 T700-GE-701D Engines, 27 AN/ASQ-170 Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight, 27 AN/AAR-11 Modernized Pilot Night Vision Sensors, 12 AN/APG-78 Fire Control Radars (FCR) with Radar Electronics Unit (LONGBOW component), 12 AN/APR-48A Radar Frequency Interferometers, 28 AN/AAR-57(V)7 Common Missile Warning Systems, 30 AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets, 28 AN/APR-39A(V)4 Radar Signal Detecting Sets, 28 AN/ALQ-136(V)5 Radar Jammers or Equivalent, 160 Integrated Helmet and Display Sight Systems-21, 58 Embedded Global Positioning Systems with Inertial Navigation, 30 30mm Automatic Chain Guns, 8 Aircraft Ground Power Units, 52 AN/AVS-6 Night Vision Goggles, 60 M299A1 HELLFIRE Missile Launchers, 576 AGM-114R HELLFIRE II Missiles, 295 FIM-92H STINGER Reprogrammable Micro Processor (RMP) Block I Missiles, 50 STINGER Air-to-Air Launchers, 4092 2.75 in Hydra Rockets, and 90 APACHE Aviator Integrated Helmets. Also included are M206 infrared countermeasure flares, M211 and M212 Advanced Infrared Countermeasure Munitions (AIRCM) flares, training devices, helmets, simulators, generators, transportation, wheeled vehicles and organization equipment, spare and repair parts, support equipment, tools and test equipment, technical data and publications, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support.
The estimated cost is $3.00 billion.
This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been, and continues to be, an important force for political and economic progress in the Middle East. Qatar is host to the U.S. Central Command forces and serves as a critical forward-deployed location in the region.
The acquisition of these helicopters will allow for integration with U.S. forces for training exercises, which contributes to regional security and interoperability.
The proposed sale of the AH-64D APACHE helicopters will allow the Qatari Armed Forces (QAF) to replace its aging airframes with multi-mission attack helicopters, capable of meeting its requirements for close air support, armed reconnaissance and anti-tank warfare missions. The helicopters will provide a long-term defensive and offensive capability to the Qatari peninsula as well as enhance the protection of key oil and gas infrastructure and platforms which are vital to U.S. and western economic interests.
Qatar will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters into its armed forces.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractors will be The Boeing Company in Mesa, Arizona, Lockheed Martin Corporation in Orlando, Florida, General Electric in Cincinnati, Ohio, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors in Owego, New York, Longbow Limited Liability Corporation in Orlando, Florida, and Raytheon Corporation in Tucson, Arizona.
There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require the assignment of three U.S. Government and five contractor representatives to Qatar to support delivery of the APACHE helicopters and provide support and equipment familiarization.
In addition, Qatar has expressed an interest in a Technical Assistance Fielding Team for incountry pilot and maintenance training. To support the requirement a team of 12 personnel (one military team leader and 11 contractors) would be deployed to Qatar for approximately three years.
This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.
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Are USADA too Lenient on Big Stars?
Do not get me wrong, I do not believe for a minute that the WADA testing policy is too lax. People are testing positive for something in their eczema cream. However, I do believe that combat sports are too easy on doping athletes when it comes to the sentencing.
Big draws in MMA almost benefit from a 12 to 18 month suspension. In the case of stars like Brock Lesnar and Jon Jones, a short suspension does not effect their popularity. it can even boost it. McGregor takes a year out on purpose to weigh up his options and wait for a superfight. 'Absence makes the heart grow stronger' as they say.
Granted, they aren't actively fighting but in the world of social media, who goes anywhere? They are still in the public eye. While they are gone, contenders emerge and the dream fight talks begin, people start to wonder what would happen if they fought.
In some cases the suspended star even gets called out by active fighters. This was the case with Brock Lesnar, he was called out by Jones whilst on suspension and more recently, Francis Ngannou. A break from the fight game often builds anticipation for a fighter's return.
A USADA suspension should be more of a deterrent. With that said, this should be on a case by case basis. What happened to Nick Diaz with the marijuana test and Chad Mendes with the eczema cream was criminally unfair.
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In 1917 at the height of his fame, Alan Leo was charged with fortune-telling, which was illegal, and taken to court. He had been tried on similar charges in 1914, which had been dismissed. But the charges brought in 1917 stuck. Leo was given a hefty fine. As winning on appeal seemed unlikely, Leo paid the fine and went to Cornwall for a rest, where on 30 August, 1917, he unexpectedly died of a cerebral hemorrhage, aged 57. His friends blamed it on the strain of the court proceedings. At the time of his death, this Dictionary was one of Leo's unfinished projects. Installments of the Dictionary had appeared in Leo's monthly magazine, Modern Astrology, up to the end of the article "Horoscope" (pgs. 130-136). That the project was long-standing is hinted by the article on Hindu Astrology (pgs. 76-101), written by Sepharial some years before and which Leo had presumably purloined. More material was in preparation, but Leo's untimely death brought matters to a halt. By the early 1920's, Vivian Robson had succeeded Leo as editor of Modern Astrology, a post he shared with Bessie Leo, the widow. An intense, scholarly type, Robson stumbled across bound copies of Leo's incomplete book while he was compiling his own astrological dictionary. At the suggestion of Bessie, Robson abandoned his dictionary and set about to complete Leo's, using the many notes and fragments that Leo had left. Which was published in 1929 as Alan Leo's final book. Shortly thereafter Bessie and Vivian had a falling out, whereupon Vivian left. This book was to be an orphan. Like its precursor, James Wilson's Dictionary of Astrology of 1819, Leo's book contains several full-blown monographs. Both books have lengthy entries on Horary Astrology, for example. These articles tend to break the flow of the book. For this reason the current publishers, Astro-America, have added headings to each page, that the reader may know whereabouts in the book he may be. The publishers have also added a list of principal articles to the front, as well as a complete list of entries (forming an index) in the back. Alan Leo's Dictionary of Astrology is again in print. Profit from the wealth of knowledge it contains!
Alan Leo (born William Allan), lived from 1860 to 1917. He was an outstanding astrologer, but much more than that, he was an organizer and proselytizer for the art. He took the many existing pieces (those of Raphael, Zadkiel, A.J. Pierce, W.J. Simmonite, etc.) and brought them into a coherent mass. To him, and him alone, we owe the revival of astrology in the 20th century. He founded two magazines, The Astrologer's Magazine, (1890-94), as well as the celebrated Modern Astrology. He wrote numerous books & printed those of his friends, among them Sepharial, H.S. Green, Charubel, and many others.He was a Theosophist, as were almost all the leading intellectuals of his time, and founded the Astrological Lodge of the Theosophical Society. Leo was famous in his day & twice attracted the attention of the authorities. He was accused and acquitted of fortune-telling in 1914. He was again accused in 1917, losing in July of that year. He was fined some 25 Pound Sterling (about $2500 in current money). Weeks later he was dead from a stroke. Some think the strain of the second legal case brought on his death. The young Charles Carter was his successor.
The impact of his first court case was far-reaching. Advised by counsel that predicting vague generalities would spare him further legal harassment, in the last years of his life he turned from "event oriented astrology" to character description & psychological tendencies which led to the astro-psychology of the present day.
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Lara House Lodge
27.6 miles from Black Butte Ranch, OR
This historic residence is now a quaint bed and breakfast, and is believed to be haunted. Guests staying here have reported a ghostly visitor to their rooms at night, who has been known to move objects around and make unusual whispering noises. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
O'Kane Building
On the top floor of the O'Kane Building, people have reported seeing weird lights from outside the building, hearing voices and seeing smoke when there is no one around. In the restaurant, the ghost of a waitress can be heard shouting orders, while the apparition of an old man haunts ...
Des Chute Historical Museum
This historic museum was formerly a schoolhouse, and is believed to be haunted by the apparition of a man who passed away back in 1914. Known to staff as 'George', he is responsible for moving objects around the building or making them disappear completely. Some also claim to have seen ...
Platypus Pub
This converted church now houses a tavern, but has played host to a variety of restaurants since the 1970's. The building is supposedly haunted, with staff and diners alike reporting a shadowy apparition and an unseen presence. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Sparrow Bakery
This historic building was formerly the payroll office for the local iron works, and is believed to be haunted. Staff work hear report hearing loud crashes coming from the rear of the store, but upon investigating, find nothing has been moved. The doors open and close by themselves, and a ...
Kuhn Theatre
Lebanon, Oregon
This historic theatre was built in 1932, and is rumoured to be haunted by the apparition of a young girl in a white dress who fell to her death from the theatre balcony. Other staff and visitors claimed to have seen doors opening and closing by themselves and have heard ...
Welches Roadhouse - Old Welches Inn
Mount Hood Village, Oregon
The Welches Roadhouse was said to be haunted by a woman who killed herself when she jumped in despair from a second-story door used for snowdrifts. She had taken in an escaped convict and was bearing his child, but he had left her. The location later became the Old Welches ...
Rhododendron Village
Rhododendron, Oregon
At this 1800s camping site for pioneers traveling the Oregon Trail, folks have reported strange sounds, doors opening and slamming, lights turning on and off, and floating orbs and other haunts who appear later in photographs. All the hubbub may stem from the fact that several graves were located during ...
Adolf Wolf Building
Silverton, Oregon
This historic building was recently renovated, which sparked a chain of ghost stories that the building is now infamous for. Building contractors and passer-by's reported sighting the apparition of an elderly man walking around the upper floor of the building before vanishing. Although the renovations are completed, tenants still report ...
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Dawane Harris
Ghosts of Portland, Oregon
Todd Cobb
Haunted Oregon: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Beaver State
Andy Weeks
Eugene Masonic Cemetery
We got voices on EVP we got pictures and we actually got to smell a woman's perfume when there were no women around us at all. (Submitted by Robert)
Bijou Art Cinemas
Because of the fact that this building served as a mortuary for many years, it is believed to be haunted.
Home Town Buffet
Doors slamming and running footsteps in the women's restroom of this small restaurant. The ghost of a woman in a white dress has also been seen in the restroom. It is believed she was the wife of the former owner, who killed her. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Mulkey Cemetery
You will get plenty EVPs of adults and children. There is a 5 foot shadow figure that darts around the bushes and the headstones and the last time my best friend was attacked by an ominous entity that we actually caught on the EVP. (Submitted by Robert)
Mission Mill Museum
Mission Mill Museum, a group of historic buildings, includes houses, a church, and a mill. The ghost of a former millwright, Wayne Menzter, is believed to linger here. His apparition, as well as that of a woman who runs across a nearby bridge, have been seen.
Oregon State Capitol
78 miles from Black Butte Ranch, OR
At the Oregon State Capitol, many unexplained occurrences have been reported. A board member, Sandra Allen, has even written a book called GHOSTS IN THE CAPITOL, published in 2002 by the Oregon Legislative and Historical Information Group. Witnesses to the hauntings have described disembodied footsteps on the marble floors, doors ...
Bush House Museum
Asahel Bush II built the Italianate mansion in the 1870s, and witnesses say his youngest daughter, Eugenia, still keeps watch over their home. Her apparition is said to appear here, and the ghost is blamed for moving the air conditioning system controls to turn up the heat. Other spirits are ...
Elsinore Theatre
Rumor has it that the hauntings here have to do with a boy who was murdered in the men's bathroom, where witnesses have seen blood reflected in mirror, and the owner's daughter, who fell to her death from the upper balcony and now haunts that area.
Croisan Creek Road
A ghostly little girl is said to chase a ball that rolls into the road on Friday nights. According to local legend, she was killed in this roadway by a speeding car. Speeders are said to be most likely to see the ghost girl. Some say a ghost boy stands ...
Jesse H. Settlemier House
Woodburn, Oregon
This Victorian manor house was built in 1892, and it is believed some of the former residents who called this historic house home have never really moved on. Visitors have seen the apparition of a lady in an old-fashioned black dress, who has been known to move furniture around. Other ...
Haunted Independence, Oregon
Marilyn Morton
Spooky Oregon: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore
S. E. Schlosser
Haunted Christmas: Yuletide Ghosts and Other Spooky Holiday Happenings
Mary Beth Crain
Dawson House Lodge
Chemult, Oregon
The historic hotel dates back to the early twentieth century, when it served as accommodation and as a boarding house for railroad workers and visitors. Previous owners and guests have been reporting paranormal occurrences throughout the building for over fifty years, including disembodied footsteps, ghostly laughter, doors opening and ...
Wheel Cafe
Diners at this old-fashioned restaurant have reported seeing a male apparition sitting in a booth out of the corner of their eye, who vanishes when they turn around. Others claim to have heard disembodied footsteps and faint ghostly laughter. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Damascus Pioneer Cemetery
Damascus, Oregon
Visitors to this cemetery have reported unexplained sounds and shadows, and ghostly images have shown up in their photographs.
McLoughlin House
Oregon City, Oregon
City founder Dr. John McLoughlin's spirit is said to linger in his former home. Witnesses say late at night their shoulders have been touched or a shadowy figure has appeared going down the hall. Footsteps and the smell of tobacco also have been reported, and beds are found to look ...
Bridge Creek Flora Inn
Fossil, Oregon
This historic homestead was built in 1905, and once served as an atmospheric bed and breakfast inn. The building has played host to the saddening tale of a farmer and his rich lover, who were bound together in life and death. After being told she was not allowed to marry ...
Harmony House - Dean's Homestyle Cafe
Clackamas, Oregon
Formerly the Harmony House and now Dean's Homestyle Cafe, the restaurant is said to be home to at least a couple of haunts. Employees have reported being locked in a supply closet by something unseen, and folks have heard strange voices and sounds, such as a man clearing his throat ...
View Point Inn
Corbett, Oregon
This historic house was built in 1925, and has seen many celebrities throughout its illustrious history as a hotel and inn. There are many stories of haunting's in the inn, including the apparition of a gentleman smoking a cigar and an elderly lady in a period dress. Other activity reported ...
Multnomah County Poor Farm - Edgefield
Troutdale, Oregon
If you are looking to stay in this haunted hotel, you need to search under its hotel name McMenamins which is the modern incarnation of the Poor Farm. This place was once an asylum for the old, disabled, and mentally challenged and people believe that many of its former ...
Ebenezer Chapel
Dayton, Oregon
The original chapel was built in the 1860's, and was rebuilt in early 1926. Within the chapel there are sightings of spirits that lurk in the nearby cemetery and within chapel. Spotting of mysterious things occurring have been reported, such as strange glowing lights drifting through the forest. Voices and ...
Tigard Evangelical Cemetery - Canterbury Hill Cemetery
At Tigard Evangelical Cemetery, aka Canterbury Hill Cemetery, witnesses have reported seeing apparitions and green balls of ghost lights as they drive by. Some folks who live nearby say they have heard howls and screams.
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Christopher Balzano
Haunted Route 66: Ghosts of America's Legendary Highway
Richard Southall
Newberg Graphic
This small newspaper is housed in an extremely haunted location. Over the years, employees have experienced strange time lapses and sightings of many apparitions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Argyle Winery
Dundee, Oregon
The Argyle Winery is haunted by a female ghost, whose apparition is seen often. Employees report smelling flowery perfume in the house, laughter comes from empty rooms, lights turn on and off, footsteps can be heard upstairs when no one is there, and gusts of air blow through the house ...
Bagdad Theater
This theater was built in 1927 by Universal Studios. It housed both moving pictures and vaudeville-type shows and plays. Now a cinema and pub, it is said to be the favorite haunt for a man who once hanged himself backstage and another haunt whose residence is said to be the ...
Hood River Hotel
This historic hotel is the oldest inn in town, an is rumoured to be haunted by a former owner. Activity reported here includes disembodied footsteps, phantom phone calls when the reception desk in unattended and doors that open and close of their own accord. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
Columbia Gorge Hotel
The smell of cigar smoke is attributed to one of the retirement residents who died here long ago, but has till been reported by various guests. Hotel rooms are barricaded by furniture from the inside of the hotel rooms when no one is inside. Apparitions reported at the hotel include ...
Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery
Locals say a woman who was hanged after being accused of being a witch haunts Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery. Her apparition has been seen standing or walking through the graveyard. Some have heard her laughing, and one person claims to have caught her voice on tape saying "Run Home!" Others say ...
Lotus Cafe and Cardroom
Rumor has it that at this nightclub, something spooky lurks in the basement. It is believed to play pranks on the bartenders and other employees, frightening some of them quite badly.
Hotel Condon
Condon, Oregon
The apparition of a woman in 1880's clothing has been seen by guests. Strange noises are heard, lights go on and off by themselves and cold spots are felt. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
The Heathman Hotel
The 1927 Heathman has a ghost who likes rooms with numbers that end in 03. Room 703 is a favorite of his. Guests have reported finding their clean towels used, their furniture rearranged, and glasses of water taken away. In Room 803, one guest reported an apparition at the end ...
Hoodoo Antiques
This historic antique shop is haunted by the apparition of a lady in period clothing and a lace bonnet, who has been seen floating near the rear of the store after closing hours. Staff and customers report occasionally objects will be pushed off shelves by an unseen force. (Submitted by Callum ...
The Ghost Hunter's Field Guide
Rich Newman
Haunted Schools: True Ghost Stories
Allan Zullo
Shanghai Tunnels - Portland Underground
These tunnels, once used to smuggle alcohol during prohibition and even people in an illicit slave trade, are part of an underground city beneath Old Chinatown. Because of their rich history in illegal activity, these tunnels are said to be active with spirits of all kinds.
Benson Hotel
The twelve story hotel was built in 1913, and has experienced haunting ever since then. The original owner of the hotel, Simon Benson, is often seen on the staircase, in the common room area and in the business offices on the lower levels of the hotel. The kindly ghost of ...
Old Town Pizza and Brewing
This restaurant sits on top of the Shanghai Tunnels in Portland OR where thousands disappeared. There was a lady that was a prostitute named Nina that was thrown down the elevator shaft and you can sit where the elevator used to be. There are places on the floor where ...
Carson Hot Springs Golf and Spa Resort
Carson, Washington
This resort was originally the Hotel St. Martin, which was built in 1901. Original builder Isadore St. Martin was killed in 1910 on the grounds, and it's said that his wife Margaret died of loneliness a short time later. Witnesses have both seen and heard Margaret's ghost in the lobby ...
When the building is closed for the night, large groups of people can be heard talking, but when investigated, there is no one around. Footsteps that follow people around the building are heard, as well as elevator's going up and down by themselves. Apparition's walk in and out of the ...
Valley Theater
Poltergeist activity has been reported at this theater for many years. During 1994 renovations, something unseen played pranks and frightened the workmen, causing several of them to quit. Employees and visitors still notice odd occurrences here.
McMenamins White Eagle Hotel
The 1905 White Eagle Saloon doubles as a concert venue; acts like ZZ Top, Robert Cray and The Isley Brothers are among those who have played here. History records say in its past days, it had a brothel upstairs and an opium den downstairs, connected to Portland's underground tunnels that ...
Shilo Inn
The areas said to be haunted here are the upstairs sports den and the Canyon Room. Folks have reported hearing disembodied footsteps and a conversation between a man and women. In addition, things such as cups and furniture have been known to move around on their own.
This historic French Renaissance chateau, rumored to be haunted, was a private home until the City of Portland bought it in 1964. It is currently restored and open for visitation, welcoming 80,000 sightseers per year. The mansion has been used as a setting in films such as First Love, The ...
Fairmount Historic Apartments
This building was constructed in 1905 for the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. It was originally a grand hotel, but now is an apartment complex. Those living in the apartments have reported sighting various apparition's, and feeling an intimidating presence on the lower floor. The feeling is less intimidating on ...
Margie Kay
Corinne May Botz
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Three high-speed Australian naval vessels will also be deployed to Indonesian waters to launch an offensive against people smugglers.
The agreements struck yesterday in Indonesia's resort island of Bali between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono marked a series of new strategic partnerships in what appeared a peace offering to soothe tensions about Australia's deal to host more US troops on Australian soil.
The aircraft, which need about $25 million spent to restore them to airworthiness, were due to be sold on the open market as Australia upgrades its fleet.
But the Australian Defence Force has agreed to give them to the Indonesian military, following a request for more resources to boost disaster relief across the region.
"These aircraft are important to the movement of people and equipment and food in times of difficulty," Ms Gillard said.
In a further strengthening of military ties, Australia will provide support for an Indonesian armed forces peacekeeping centre.


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Fighting Back! E-Liquid Maker Halo Sues the FDA
Posted By: Dustyn Hertsenberg
The vape industry has returned fire. The first legal action against the FDA's deeming ban came Tuesday as e-liquid maker Halo's parent company Nicopure Labs, LLC, filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia. The lawsuit claims that "the FDA's rulemaking process violated the Administrative Procedure Act, and that the deeming rule violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution."
The mostly small- and medium-sized companies that make up the American vaping industry are still reeling from the announcement of the FDA's so-called deeming regulations, which were published Tuesday in the Federal Register.
Ninety days from now, on August 8, the first restrictions begin — including freezing the market in place. After that day, no new products may be introduced for sale unless they have undergone the expensive pre-market tobacco application process.
"The government's role is not to regulate for the sake of regulation"
Vaping advocates are united in opposing the FDA's regulations. As Dr. Michael Siegel said in his excellent analysis of the burdens of the application process, "these regulations will decimate the e-cigarette industry." The only hope for vape businesses is to change the law, either in Congress or the courts. This lawsuit is the first concrete action taken by a vaping company to fight back against the coming ban.
"Today we turn to the justice system to protect our rights and the rights of our customers because we believe in its fairness", said Nicopure Labs General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Patricia Kovacevic. "The government's role is not to regulate for the sake of regulation; regulation must be based on sound science and robust procedure, and it must accomplish certain public health goals."
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Q: How to UPDATE a column with cluster IDs in PostGIS? I have a table with points in it, and I want to cluster them.  I had created a separate table to hold the clusters, but I ended up copying all the data from the original table into the new cluster table.  Instead, I would like to add a cluster id (cid) column to the original table, and update it with the cluster id.  I tried
INSERT INTO spatial_data (cid)
SELECT st_clusterdbscan(geog::geometry, eps := 0.01, minPoints := 5) over() as cid
FROM spatial_data;

but it added a lot of new rows that were empty except for the cluster id.
I suspect I need to use the update command instead, but I don't know how to write the WHERE clause.
What is the correct way to populate the new cluster id column?

A: You can do this.  First, create the column in your table.
ALTER TABLE point
ADD COLUMN cid integer;

Then update your table based on your query.  When you do your DBScan query.  Make sure you select an id field that can be matched back to the points.
SET cid = subquery.cid
FROM (SELECT id, st_clusterdbscan(geom, eps := 0.01, minPoints := 5) over() as cid
      FROM schema.point) AS subquery
WHERE point.id = subquery.id;