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FANWALL® Arrays Offer Superior Reliability and Efficiency in Carolinas Medical Center
Project at a Glance
The Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, needed to replace two outdated vaneaxial fan systems in penthouse air handlers to improve system reliability and energy efficiency.
The replacement fan systems needed to fit in the existing penthouse air handlers, and the installation needed to be as efficient as possible to minimize the impact of downtime.
Multiple FANWALL fan arrays were used to replace the vaneaxial fans. The modular design and multiple configuration possibilities of the FANWALL systems made it possible to fit the multiple new arrays into the existing air handlers, and the easy installation process minimized downtime for the Medical Center.
Improved energy efficiency saved the hospital $103,469 in energy costs in the first year of operation, while boosting airflow capacity from 124,000 cfm to 149,000 cfm. The new fans also resulted in a measured 15 dBA noise reduction in the mechanical room. The FANWALL arrays provide a more redundant and reliable system than the old fans.
Replacing the heart of an air handling system with better fan and control technology saved a healthcare facility more than $103,469 per year. Just as importantly, it permanently resolved nagging reliability challenges. Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the flagship hospital of Carolinas Healthcare System, one of the nation's largest healthcare organizations.
Its day-surgery facility on Blythe Boulevard is a key element in the Center's operations. The building is owned by CMC with property management by Lincoln Harris, a major property owner and manager in the Carolinas. The building was served by two penthouse air handlers, each equipped with two vaneaxial fans, one each on the supply and return air sides.
Air Handler Supplies VAV System
The two air handlers feed a network of variable air volume (VAV) boxes in the building. The building is connected to other facilities on the medical campus by a network of walkways and tunnels. The system design, with primary air handlers having one or two fans, was a common approach in earlier decades. Here, the air handlers were each designed to deliver 74,500 cfm of highly filtered 55° F air through the building's ductwork, and room temperatures were regulated with the VAV boxes.
However, in this facility the air handler fans had led to problems. On several occasions, one of the fans had failed. The result had been building discomfort for several days while the fan was repaired. For a healthcare facility, this was unacceptable.
Medical Center Needed a Change
Another problem was high electric-energy expense because of fan system inefficiency, and the fact that all of the fans were required to operate even during periods of light building use and moderate outdoor temperatures. CMC looked to Lincoln Harris for resolution to both the reliability and operating cost issues.
CMC and Lincoln Harris had a long-term relationship with Thermal Resource Sales (TRS) in both Kernersville and Charlotte locations in North Carolina. They approached the firm looking for a solution. TRS is a manufacturer's representative and also has an engineering staff experienced in HVAC problem-solving. Danny Hall from TRS was closely involved with the project from the beginning.
Fan Failure Caused Major Problems
Hall noted, "We realized that the single vaneaxial supply and return fans had been causing CMC grief, and when the fans went down, it wasn't a one-day fix. This created scheduling problems for them. In fact, some surgical procedures had to be rescheduled because of building climate conditions." Hall explains that the existing system provided 124,000 cfm to the system, barely enough at peak load conditions. "And because there was only one supply fan in each penthouse, it couldn't be shut down during light load conditions, so much of the time it operated at part-load, where fans like this are quite inefficient."
"We could not be happier with our decision to have installed FANWALL into critical air handling units."
Transforming How They Move Air
TRS developed a proposed design to replace the vaneaxial fans using four arrays of FANWALL TECHNOLOGY® modular fan cubes, together with System Optimization Controls (SOC) for the arrays.
Jeff Forman, Vice President and General Manager of Governair®, comments on this approach. "We see increasing numbers of building owners and designers recognizing the benefits and capturing the energy savings with multiple fan arrays in air handling systems, especially in critical environmental situations." He points out the particular value of System Optimization Controls. "With SOC we can vary the speed of fans and turn off fans when not needed, which leaves the remaining fans operating near their peak efficiencies. There are tremendous energy savings in operating this way. Each of the motors has its own variable frequency drive, so if one fan were to become disabled, the remaining fans can speed up to overcome the loss in airflow."
The contracts for the project were let in late 2011. It was understood that the ideal time to do the air handler changeover was in the winter, when cooling requirements were lower and the four existing fan units could be taken out, one at a time. The contractor selected to execute the project was McKenney's, Inc., a large mechanical contractor with offices in Atlanta and Charlotte.
Fit in Existing Air Handler
The FANWALL units are designed to be installed in a wide variety of configurations. In the CMC building, the design called for two sets of 15 cubes in a five-wide, three-high configuration within the existing penthouse air handlers on the supply airside and two sets of 12 cubes four-wide and three-high on the return airside.
Individual cubes on the supply side are 34″ wide by 38″ high, so getting them into a tight work area is seldom a problem. According to Hall, a crane lift to the rooftop was used for speed and ease of fan and sheet metal removal. Normally the cubes are brought in through a standard doorway.
The installation work took place in January and February of 2012, at a time of year when it was practical to take the old fans out of service one at a time. The contractor took out one set of fans first, keeping the other fans operating. But the old fans were held on site in the event one of the other vaneaxial fans went down and repair crews had to scavenge parts to bring it back on line.
Energy Savings Realized
The unit was commissioned in April 2012, and after a year of monitoring energy use the FANWALL system saved the hospital 1,480,240 kWh in year one or $103,469 at $0.0699/kWh.
Optimized Fan Control
No changes were necessary in the coil or filter sections of the handlers. Each supply air FANWALL array produces 74,500 cfm and the return air array produces 67,650 cfm. The SOC automatically monitors and implements the most efficient mode of operation to meet airflow requirements. The motor speed can be varied along with the number of enabled fans and motors at any given point in the operating range. In this way the optimum number of fans are operating at the optimum speed for all load requirements.
In order to allow efficient shutting down of individual fan cubes, they are fitted with FANWALL Backdraft Dampers (FBD). These prevent backflow of air through the idled cube while the other cubes run. The FBD model also has a revolutionary blade profile that laminarizes incoming air and actually improves flow characteristics, resulting in a near-zero system effect.
Quick Installation Possible
Hall likes the fact the FANWALL units are factory built and can quite quickly be assembled into arrays and connected to power and system controls. He notes, "We had a narrow slot of time to install the units and get them operating, but we were able to achieve that easily."
McKenney was experienced using FANWALL TECHNOLOGY products and worked closely with Hall from TRS and with Nortek Air Solutions factory personnel in planning the changeover and putting the system on line as fast as possible. Wes Dunaway, McKenney's Senior Project Manager, Healthcare division, commented, "The design and construction team, of which TRS was an integral part, was able to achieve system performance goals, identify dimensional constraints and mitigate installation risks — minimizing impact of down time to the existing facility and controlling cost."
One of the challenges in this changeover was maintaining correct building pressurization in the facility while running with a fan out of service. Hall says, "Once the new fan arrays were in place, this was easily achieved."
Outstanding Reliability
The new fan system has now been in operation for over a year, and the results are impressive. First of all, the redundancy provided by the multiple fan units has meant that the system is totally reliable. The FANWALL units have high reliability, but even if a unit is lost, the System Optimization Controls rebalance the system and take up the slack with the remaining cubes.
Second, because the units can be modulated or taken offline to match building air demand, considerable energy is saved. Between the improved efficiency of FANWALL TECHNOLOGY units and the System Optimization Controls, savings of $103,469 has been achieved the first year according to documentation from the power supplier, Duke Energy. And finally, they were able to increase the airflow capacity of the system—from 124,000 to 149,000 cfm—within the same space as the previous fan system.
Acoustics a Bonus
Finally, the FANWALL units are considerably quieter than the vaneaxial fans previously used. A measured reduction of 15 dBA in the mechanical room was achieved. Even in other parts of the building, Hall says, many employees have commented on how much quieter the system is today. CMC was comfortable with the FANWALL TECHNOLOGY solution, because they had seen its effectiveness and flexibility in another building application.
Dan Maples, Chief Engineer, Lincoln Harris, added "There are so many benefits that Nortek Air Solutions and the FANWALL product bring to our operation. Obviously, they have saved Carolinas Healthcare System a lot of energy dollars. In addition to the savings, however, it's amazing how quiet our fans are. The redundancy that we now have is an incredibly important factor as well, because we no longer have to worry about an unexpected failure causing the loss of services. All-in-all, we could not be happier with our decision to have installed FANWALL into critical air handling units."
Outdated vaneaxial fans were replaced with FANWALL arrays to improve system reliability, performance, and energy efficiency.
The new FANWALL arrays saved the hospital 1,480,240 kWh or $103,469 in energy costs during the first year of operation, while increasing airflow capacity from 124,000 cfm to 149,000 cfm.
The new system is redundant and reliable, and the System Optimization Controls (SOC) rebalance the system and take up the slack if a unit is lost.
Example of an old vaneaxial fan where components like the motor are difficult to service or replace. These fans often require lengthy sound attenuators to reduce fan sound.
Crane and rigging personnel installing the supply 3 x 5 FANWALL array in one of the penthouses. Cubes can be configured to fit any size air tunnel and take up on average 50 percent less installation space than vaneaxial fans, without all of the sound attenuation devices.
FANWALL Backdraft Dampers (FBD).
The supply FANWALL fan curve showing the number of fans operating as the airflow demand reduces. The System Optimization Controller keeps the fans operating at their peak efficiencies as the system unloads, resulting in energy savings.
Dan Maples monitoring FANWALL airflow with the SOC DDC controller and airflow monitoring panel.
Upgrading old fans with FANWALL arrays with System Optimization Controls can offer tremendous energy savings. The hospital realized a 1,480,240 kWh savings in year one.


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Q: On Laplace transform of periodic functions I recently bumped into this theorem regarding the Laplace transform of periodic function:
Given a periodic function $f(t)=f(t+p)$, where $p$ is its period, then its Laplace transform is given by:
$$\dfrac{1}{1-e^{-ps}}\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt $$
I found it rather strange looking, so I decided to prove it myself from the definition, that is to prove:
$$\dfrac{1}{1-e^{-ps}}\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt =\int_0^\infty f(t)e^{-st}dt $$
First I will evaluate the LHS:
Consider the indefinite integral $$\int f(t)e^{-st}dt$$
By using integration by parts, this integral will have the following form:
$$e^{-st}g_0(s)I_0(t)+e^{-st}g_1(s)I_1(t)+...+e^{-st}g_n(s)I_n(t)$$
Now since $$\int_0^\infty f(t)e^{-st}dt $$
can be rewritten as  $$\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt + \int_p^{2p} f(t)e^{-st}dt +\int_{2p}^{3p} f(t)e^{-st}dt+... $$
Therefore for the first term  $e^{-st}g_0(s)I_0(t)$ we have
$$e^{-sp}g_0(s)I_0(p)-g_0(s)I_0(0)+e^{-2ps}g_0(s)I_0(2p)-e^{-ps}g_0(s)I_0(p)+...=-g_0(s)I_0(0)$$ since all terms cancel out except for $-g_0(s)I_0(0)$
The same goes for the other terms $e^{-st}g_1(s)I_1(t),e^{-st}g_2(s)I_2(t)...,e^{-st}g_n(s)I_n(t)$
Therefore $$\int_0^\infty f(t)e^{-st}dt= -g_0(s)I_0(0)-g_1(s)I_1(0)-...-g_n(s)I_n(0) $$
This is the first half of proof.
Now I come to the RHS of the equation: $$\dfrac{1}{1-e^{-ps}}\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt $$
$$\dfrac{1}{1-e^{-ps}}$$ is a geometric series with common ratio $e^{-ps}$ therefore the RHS can be rewritten as :
$$(1+e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+e^{-3ps}+...)\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt$$
And since $$\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt=[e^{-ps}g_0(s)I_0(p)-g_0(s)I_0(0)]+[e^{-ps}g_1(s)I_1(p)-g_1(s)I_1(0)]+...+[e^{-ps}g_n(s)I_n(p)-g_n(s)I_n(0)]$$
Therefore the RHS is $$(1+e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+e^{-3ps}+...)(e^{-ps}g_0(s)I_0(p)-g_0(s)I_0(0)+e^{-ps}g_1(s)I_1(p)-g_1(s)I_1(0)+...+e^{-ps}g_n(s)I_n(p)-g_n(s)I_n(0) )$$
By distributing the two parentheses we'll have:
$$ g_0(s)I_0(p)(e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+e^{-3ps}+...)- g_0(s)I_0(0)(1+e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+...)+g_1(s)I_1(p)(e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+e^{-3ps}+...)- g_1(s)I_1(0)(1+e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+...)+...+g_n(s)I_n(p)(e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+e^{-3ps}+...)- g_n(s)I_n(0)(1+e^{-ps}+e^{-2ps}+...) $$
Now for the above expression to evaluate to the LHS $$g_0(s)I_0(0)-g_1(s)I_1(0)-...-g_n(s)I_n(0) $$
This will only occur when :
$I_0(0)=I_0(p), I_1(0)=I_1(p),...,I_n(0)=I_n(p) $
That is for all $I(t)$, it has to be the case that $I(0)=I(p)$
So that $$\dfrac{1}{1-e^{-ps}}\int_0^p f(t)e^{-st}dt =\int_0^\infty f(t)e^{-st}dt $$ is only valid when $I(0)=I(p)$
Therefore I concluded that this theorem is not applicable for all periodic functions:
For example if we have: $f(t)=t$ for all $0=<t<=1 $ and define $f(t)=f(t+1)$
Then we cannot apply the theorem since $$\int f(t)e^{-st}dt=\dfrac{-te^{-st}}{s}-\dfrac{e^{-st}}{s^2}$$
And it's obvious that for $I_0(t)=t$, $I_0(0)$ is not equal to $I_0(1)$
Therefore the theorem is not applicable in this case.
So is my analysis correct? is this theorem not applicable for all periodic functions?

A: Let $f\colon[0,\infty)\to\mathbb{R}$ b periodic of period $p$.
$$\begin{align}
\int_0^\infty f(t)\,e^{-st}\,dt&=\sum_{k=0}^\infty\int_{pk}^{p(k+1)} f(t)\,e^{-st}\,dt\\
&=\sum_{k=0}^\infty\int_{0}^{p} f(t+k\,p)\,e^{-s(t+kp)}\,dt\\
&=\Bigl(\sum_{k=0}^\infty e^{-skp}\Bigr)\int_{0}^{p} f(t)\,e^{-st}\,dt\\
&=\frac{1}{1-e^{-sp}}\int_{0}^{p} f(t)\,e^{-st}\,dt.
\end{align}$$
The formula is valid for all periodic functions.

A: Here is another way:
Suppose $f$ has period $T$. Then,
$$F(s)=\int_{0}^{T}f(t)e^{-st}dt+\int_{T}^{\infty }f(t)e^{-st}dt=\int_{0}^{T}f(t)e^{-st}dt+\int_{T}^{\infty }f(t-T)e^{-st}dt$$.
Let $\tau =t-T$ so that $$F(s)=\int_{0}^{T}f(t)e^{-st}dt+\int_{0}^{\infty }f(\tau)e^{-s(\tau +T)}d\tau=\int_{0}^{T}f(t)e^{-st}dt+e^{-sT}\int_{0}^{\infty }f(\tau)e^{-s\tau }d\tau =\int_{0}^{T}f(t)e^{-st}dt+e^{-sT}F(s)$$ which, upon solving for $F(s)$ gives the result:
$F(s)= \frac{1}{1-e^{-sT}}\int_{0}^{T} f(t)\,e^{-st}\,dt$

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Cammy Bells contract has expired. We would not be be able to command a transfer fee.
Thanks Bluerangers that answers my question more wages freed up.
Doesn't his contract have 1 more year.
The Sun clamming Bell has a year left on his contract?
I'm sure he has a year left and yes, I agree, we should not do business with either feeder club.
I don't think so either. I remember a year ago Hibs refused to sell to us even after there own player handing in a transfer request after we made a bid. Never do business with either of these clubs and never allow them to take players for free like we did McGregor.
Bell has 1 year left on contract but we have released from contract early. Assume we would pay him something to leave early.
My Mistake, bell does have a year left on his contract. In that case we should demand a fee and if we don't get one, he can sit on the bench. Who knows what wages he is on though, i would imagine he will recieve a 20% rise for us getting back into the SPL and he is probably on about 6k a week at the moment, judging on the other daft contracts Leech and Lambias organised with other dud players. So we may be forced to let him walk. I would offer him plus 200K to Hibs in a swap deal for Cummings.
should never help any1 of those clubs but I honestly never rated the guy as a good keeper so I understand if we wanted rid of him I think wes will become better and better the guy is only 25 and I can't see warburton replacing him. I hope we can get another great keeper like the ones we are used to but don't think there are any out there that we can afford.
I disagree, why shouldn't we offload unwanted players? Also could this mean Mcgovern coming in?
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Transfer window isn't open! Thought it opened on 1st July? Obviously different story for free agents but Bell is not free.
I also agree we should be doing no business with either Hibs or scumdee utd, let them act as feeder clubs to selic and take in their many many many rejects.
After going to the game yesterday. Kilmarnock has one chance through a goal keeping and defensive error and took it .
We need to understand Kilmarnock are a club if they get a point against Rangers at Ibrox that is like them winning a cup final .
What I'm more worried about is the lack of players we have who have the balls to simply run at a player, take there man on, travel with the ball, beat a man .
The only good thing about yesterday was that the sheep are as equally rotten as we are .
I don't know if it's there but if it is in my opinion money should be spent on quality not quantity. A creative midfielder would be top of my shopping list as all our midfielders pretty much do the same job . Morelos is a talent no doubt but we are far too reliant on him and he might not be there next year so another quality striker . Centrehalf and a winger . Candieas works hard but that's not enough to inconsistent for me . That's four quality players if the money is there .
I've played in teams if you put three or four good players in an average team it gives players around them firstly confidence and gets the best out of guys who are not as gifted playing along side good players .
You need to want it as well ( success ) that isn't something you can teach but for success you need belief. Our manager can't strip Tavernier of the armband at this point in the season would be crazy if a bid comes in I would sell him having said that who do you give the armband too because I'm struggling . Others Rangers men will say McGregor but personally I like my captains to be outfield players .
This is long winded I'm just frustrated with another season . Had a conversation with my dad and said all the successful teams he remembers had a partnership upfront I said to him it's not really the done thing anymore he asked why? Which I thought was a fair question.
I've always wondered how Hardie would have fared up front alongside Morelos. I guess we'll never know now.
Well what I will say if we don't have a lot of money too spend on quality I was talking about your going to have to tap into your youth set up . The coaching staff see these boys at least on a weekly basis I'd imagine.
You do need to be good enough but you need to be giving and opportunity. To me that's not coming off the bench with 7mins to play . It's telling boys like your McCroires and Hardies you will start the next two games make sure I can't drop you after that .
Spend spend spend. We need to accept we can't afford quality players, well not established quality. Defoe and Davis are finished that why their here see out their days at a big club.
The club needs to invest heavily in young hungry players W they had that chance coming up through the league s and blew it big time again wasting money on a lot of crap and by their best players.
Chasing Celtic is not helping the youth policy. Mcrorie bench Docherty loaned Hardie loaned just a few examples of players who should be the backbone of what the club is aiming to achieve. a team full off who will fight for the shirt.
Another Bear McCrorie was OUTSTANDING for 4/ 5 games and got cast aside for nothing!
I agree with you L17 he had an absolute blunder against them and hasn't played sins after Gerrard sayingbrhis boys going to be a future captain? Strange one for me but he changed the time the next game against Kilmarnock to accommodate Defoe and Davis . What is it they say don't change a winning team and don't fix what not broken?
A goal down after 3 mins at home very poor .
Let's see what Gerrards team are made of I'm making this post when the game is 33mins old . Can't see this game being turned around this team don't have the character hope I'm wrong.
Let's see What Gerrard made of u mean.
Not a very good team and another lack lustre season with no fight .
The league is over but Celtic haven't had to work hard for it again . After every two or three games it's the same shpeal .
We need a reaction that's been Gerrards post match interview all season .
Far too many times we have seen different teams turn up .
Glad all the title talk can stop now and hopefully we get lucky in the cup .
I think we will finish second but that's not an achievement so far this season the highlight was being back in Europe I would back our manager and give him another year .
This season has not been good enough .
Finishing second is not an achievement.
Aw give yourself peace. SG has had to build at team from scratch. This is his first season as a proper manager, so he is bound to make mistakes.
We have lost the same amount of games as that mob across the city. The only difference in the league is that we have drawn 5 more games than them and in at least 4 of those draws we have been robbed by poor refereeing decisions.
I fully believe had var been avail this season we would be sitting 2 points behind that mob.
Stewartyblue - if SG won the league by 10 points there would be Rangers 'fans' on here complaining that it should have been by 11 points.
As you stated this is his first year and tbh he should not be judged on this one but next year.
He is a rookie manager and is making rookie mistakes - this is what happens when a manager with little or no experience is brought in.
I fully support SG and I fully support his team. SG knows what needs to be done and I fully expect him to rectify it.
They drew with the sheep today so another opportunity missed .
The truth hurts when it's not good enough it's not good enough simple .
It's Gerrards first season and as I said I would stick with him but I'm not interested if it's your first or tenth season as a manager at Rangers the message is still the same you need to win the league.
Stewarty, the ref robbed us in at least four of they games. Did he aye😂😂👍.
The fight is on to stay in the top four . Time to be realistic consistently falling at the first hurdles after gathering momentum. The old firm win now means nothing.
Not consistent enough to challenge need to try our best to finish second now.
Joke, disgrace, no belief, no energy .
Europe aside very poor league start .
Fed up with that defeat/ draw will lift us for the next game .
Every player that wants to leave can go Ill be surprised if its a bigger club that Rangers that's for the full team. Warburton has said it many times they will leave on our terms whatever offer comes in from players I would double it right away . So in this case its believed to be 2.5m for a full back that scored 15 goals and can score you 4 or 5 free kicks? 4.5m and best of luck . Just my thoughts.
I believe in military terms that's what's called getting blown out of the water.


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Pitching to HARO: What You Need To Know
It's not every day that you have the opportunity to get the facts straight with a handful of HARO reporters and be enlightened on the art of successful (and not-so-successful) pitching. We had the privilege of hearing from three reporters who source stories from HARO, who write for such publications as the AOL "weird stories" and the Wall Street Journal. It quickly became clear that these writers had similar opinions on most topics, and that, as a result, there are some very basic rules that PR pros should follow when pitching to this group of professionals.
One insight we learned was about the time of day to make a pitch. The unanimous answer was that if a pitch is good, it really doesn't matter what time of day it is made. Email was a clear winner over telephone in communicating a pitch because time is short and there is no need to hassle over salutations and "best times to call." The consensus among the editors is that emails that featured quick bullets or links to a company's website for additional research during free time are greatly appreciated. One journalist noted that people need not be shy with sending follow-up emails or even making follow-up phone calls, as original emails can and do get lost.
When reporters make HARO inquiries, they can receive anywhere from a couple of PR responses to a couple hundred, so making an email stand out with a great subject line is key. The best lines are "short and sweet," relevant, and not clear attempts at appealing to the masses. Once you have a tailored and attention-grabbing subject line, get to the point of your pitch as soon as the first sentence, giving no more than three paragraphs of good content. Or, give a few bullet points with accurate data supporting a thesis. Be sure to answer why something is newsworthy: Are you suggesting a trend? Why write about this now? Sometimes it works to weave in a dramatic tone to your pitch, aiming for the heart or gut, as one person suggested: "Give the pitch you'd give to your friends while drinking a round of beer." Lastly, attachments to email pitches are no longer advised; they create a second step that is unnecessary to reporters if the right information is in the body of the email as it already should be.
Somewhat surprisingly, given the explosion of social media sites, these editors said that Twitter and Facebook have not been used as mediums for pitching. Press releases have not been faring much better either, mainly serving as a sort of "facts sheet." Traditional mail ("snail mail") is definitely not worth anyone's time or money, unless a reporter specifically requests something, which is extremely rare.
Some top mistakes PR people make when trying to pitch include making news about the client, rather than putting their client in the bigger-picture news. Also, people fail to realize the benefits of being aware of both a reporter's readers and their covered beats. Furthermore, pitchers don't invest time in checking to see if the stories they are pitching have already recently been published. And of course, making sure to correctly spell the reporter's name you are contacting, the publication, and everything else you send out is nothing to overlook.
When asked about the best pitches the reporters had read in the past couple of years, all agreed that the pitches followed guidelines. Some particular pitches won them over using laugh-out-loud comedy, while others tugged at curiosity. Bottom line, whatever angle the pitcher took, they did it following commonly agreed-upon guidelines that made them memorable to the reporter, resulting in a story. While the content of a pitch can vary drastically, the way in which it is delivered can make all the difference.


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Q: Issue with SQL scaler function using CTE recursion I am trying to make an SQL Function that returns a nvarchar(MAX) string. The function uses a CTE recursive WITH statement. I can get all the parts to work correctly when they are not in the function but when I put them all together I get the following error:
Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'drillUp'.
The function itself does not give an error during "Compile" but only when it is run.
If I change the SET @RET to "TESTING..." instead of calling the SELECT statement it runs as expected.
I am fairly new to SQL and I am not sure what I am doing wrong. If anyone can give me some advice I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.
Joe
CREATE FUNCTION BuildName(@SUBTRAIT_ID int)
RETURNS nvarchar(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @RET nvarchar(MAX)
DECLARE @TEXTMODE nvarchar(50)
DECLARE @PARENTID int
DECLARE @CHECKDROPDOWN TABLE
(
    TextMode nvarchar(MAX),
    ParentId int
);

WITH drillUp(FullName, ParentId, depth)
AS
(
    SELECT
        SubValue,
        ParentId,
        0
    FROM SubTrait
    WHERE Id = @SUBTRAIT_ID
    UNION ALL
    SELECT
        child.SubValue + ' -> ' + drillUp.FullName,
        child.ParentId,
        drillUp.depth + 1
    FROM SubTrait child, drillUp
    WHERE drillUp.ParentId = child.Id
)

INSERT @CHECKDROPDOWN
SELECT TextMode, ParentId FROM SubTrait WHERE Id = @SUBTRAIT_ID

SET @TEXTMODE = (SELECT MAX(TextMode) FROM @CHECKDROPDOWN);
SET @PARENTID = (SELECT MAX(ParentId) FROM @CHECKDROPDOWN);

IF (@TEXTMODE != 'DropDown')
BEGIN
    SET @SUBTRAIT_ID = @PARENTID
END

SET @RET = (
       SELECT FullName
       FROM drillUp du
       WHERE depth =(SELECT MAX(depth) FROM drillUp ) - 1
     )
--  SET @RET = 'TESTING...'

RETURN (@RET)

END;
GO

PRINT dbo.BuildName(77)

A: CTE's are only valid to be used on the statement that follows his definition. So you should move your SET @RET to be next the definition of drillup:
CREATE FUNCTION BuildName(@SUBTRAIT_ID int)
RETURNS nvarchar(MAX)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @RET nvarchar(MAX)
DECLARE @TEXTMODE nvarchar(50)
DECLARE @PARENTID int
DECLARE @CHECKDROPDOWN TABLE
(
    TextMode nvarchar(MAX),
    ParentId int
);

INSERT @CHECKDROPDOWN
SELECT TextMode, ParentId FROM SubTrait WHERE Id = 74

SET @TEXTMODE = (SELECT MAX(TextMode) FROM @CHECKDROPDOWN);
SET @PARENTID = (SELECT MAX(ParentId) FROM @CHECKDROPDOWN);

IF (@TEXTMODE != 'DropDown')
BEGIN
    SET @SUBTRAIT_ID = @PARENTID
END

WITH drillUp(FullName, ParentId, depth)
AS
(
    SELECT
        SubValue,
        ParentId,
        0
    FROM SubTrait
    WHERE Id = @SUBTRAIT_ID
    UNION ALL
    SELECT
        child.SubValue + ' -> ' + drillUp.FullName,
        child.ParentId,
        drillUp.depth + 1
    FROM SubTrait child, drillUp
    WHERE drillUp.ParentId = child.Id
)
SELECT @RET = (
       SELECT FullName
       FROM drillUp du
       WHERE depth =(SELECT MAX(depth) FROM drillUp ) - 1
     )
--  SET @RET = 'TESTING...'

RETURN (@RET)

END;
GO

PRINT dbo.BuildName(77)


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Budget 2019: Optimising the Defence budget and the need for organisational reform
Budget 2019 India: In the prevailing security scenario with two adversarial nuclear-armed continental neighbors having an unholy nexus between them and each constantly sniping at India's heels, has placed a tremendous strain on the revenue resources allocated to the armed forces.
Budget 2019-20: The Revenue allocation is meant for ensuring the operational readiness of the armed forces and includes the operation, maintenance, repair and up-gradation of existing equipment.
By Commodore Anil Jai Singh, IN (Retd)
Union Budget 2019 India: The absence of any mention of the defence outlay in the budget presentation by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, despite her having been the Defence Minister till less than two months ago reflected the continuing neglect of national security at the highest levels of government.
This indifference was also evident in the figures with a total outlay of Rs 3,18,936.22 (approx. $ 45 Bn) which continues to hover around 1.6% of GDP and unchanged from the interim budget allocation in February 2019 of this amount, Rs 2,10.682.42 crores has been allocated for the Revenue stream and Rs 1,08,246.80 towards Capital expenditure, neither of which are sufficient for a military (army, navy and air force) that is operationally committed 24x7x365 with major capability gaps staring it in the face.
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Revenue Allocation: The Revenue allocation is meant for ensuring the operational readiness of the armed forces and includes the operation, maintenance, repair and up-gradation of existing equipment. It also includes logistics, fuel, ammunition, pay and allowances etc; in other words, all that is required to keep the armed forces combat worthy.
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In the prevailing security scenario with two adversarial nuclear-armed continental neighbors having an unholy nexus between them and each constantly sniping at India's heels, has placed a tremendous strain on the revenue resources allocated to the armed forces. The current amount is clearly inadequate; it has been so for the last few years and is in dire need of review.
In 2018, the Vice Chief of the Army Staff minced no words when he highlighted this to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence. Subsequently, at another forum, the Chief of the Army Staff made the shocking statement to the effect that the Indian Army is willing to settle for inferior equipment given the limitation of funds. Such a statement from the Chief of one of the world's largest operationally committed armies, whose troops put their lives in the line of fire every day, should be enough to stir the national conscience.
Also read: Budget 2019: Indian diplomacy needed a shot in the arm but budget flatters to deceive
The irony is that the ruling party had no hesitation in squeezing every last bit of political mileage out of the successful surgical strike by the army in 2016 and the more recent Balakot air strikes for electoral gain. In fact, national security was bandied about by most political parties including the Congress, which is equally to blame for the current sad state of affairs. Unsurprisingly, with the elections done and dusted, the national security narrative has also receded into the background.
Capital Allocation: The revenue budget's inadequacy notwithstanding, there would have been some cause for hope if the capital allocation which is meant for induction of new equipment would have offset this, but regrettably that too is an equally sad story. Last year the previous Chief of the Naval Staff had indicated that delays in the indigenous shipbuilding programmes were not entirely unwelcome since there was anyway a shortage of funds. In fact, in 2018, not a single new ship was commissioned despite the much-vaunted robust ship and submarine building programme that is spoken of with great pride.
The desired force level of a 200-ship navy by 2027, articulated in 2017, already seems a rather distant dream. This also compares rather poorly with the Chinese navy which is commissioning more than 20 ships and submarines year on year. China has been exporting to other countries in our area of interest and thereby gaining substantial diplomatic leverage as well.
Is it any wonder then that the previous Naval Chief repeatedly highlighted the PLA Navy's increasing presence in the Indian Ocean as a matter of serious concern? Similar is the case with the other two services. The Indian Air Force has only 26 squadrons or so against a sanctioned strength of 42. The Army is probably the worst off amongst the three. Against a desirable ratio of a 30:40:30 mix of legacy, current and future equipment, the current ratio in our armed forces is broadly at a dismal 35:50:15 .
The Planning and Implementation Gap: The Indian Armed Forces prepare a 15-year Long Term Integrated Perspective Plan, 5- year capital acquisition plans co-terminus with the national 5-Year plans and a 2-year Annual Acquisition Plan which is re-calibrated annually. These plans are based on a conservative estimate of anticipated annual GDP growth and a corresponding increase in the defense budget. The periodicity of these plans offers ample opportunity for prioritization and mid-course correction and all of these are duly approved by the Ministry of Defense (MoD).
However, the implementation of these leaves much to be desired. Procedural bottlenecks, ambitious policy formulation, archaic mindsets, protracted negotiations, inadequate knowledge and a host of other factors leads to delays across the entire decision-making chain and more often than not derails these plans.
This in turn leads to capital funds remaining un-used with the requirement to be met from the following year's funds. If almost every major acquisition programme gets delayed, as is the norm, over a period of time these amounts referred to as 'committed liabilities' threaten to overwhelm the entire annual capital allocation. This is exactly the situation the MoD and the Armed Forces are now finding themselves in.
This is an unsustainable situation which is going to get even more acute with the Government. In its attempt to modernize the military, the government is going in for a flurry of big-ticket acquisitions through various Government-to-Government (G2G) mechanisms with different countries. These include the 24 Naval Multi-Role helicopters, the Chinook and Apache helicopters, the additional 10 Boeing P8I LRMP aircraft, the 155MM Howitzers, the S-400 Air Defense System, four Type 1135.6 frigates, an Akula class nuclear submarine on lease and the much discussed Rafael aircraft to name a few. The navy, the smallest of the three services is looking to award contracts for additional submarines, ships and aircraft, besides the ongoing programmes for the indigenous aircraft carrier, the P-75 submarines, the P-15B destroyers and the P-17A frigates etc.
Some of these programmes are already running behind schedule thus throwing the entire budgetary planning of the services out of gear. If all these are indeed to be acquired in the envisaged time frame, the defense budget, both capital and revenue needs to be re-examined, and adequate funding provided over the next few years for it to regain even keel.
Optimising Contemporary Governance: The pre-election rhetoric of the NDA on national security before the 2009 elections and the strong mandate in its favor then gave room for optimism that national security will get the attention it deserves. However, initiatives like Make in India etc flattered to deceive and little improvement was seen. The return of the NDA Government and its unassailable mandate in 2019 has provided it a rare opportunity to take national governance into the 21st century.
Archaic governance and bureaucratic structures still largely shaped by colonial mind sets need to be demolished and a contemporary governance framework with optimization of national resources and alive to the needs and aspirations of a modern India is the need of the hour. This is as true of the MoD as anywhere else.
India is a developing society where competing socio-economic challenges will always impact the less tangible 'national security' requirements. Hence a judicious balance needs to be found. While the desired defense budget of 3% of the GDP may be wishful thinking, a more realistic figure of over 2%, if optimally utilized over a sustained period of 10 years or so may be able to address the current challenges of equipment shortages and modernization.
Restructuring the MoD: Besides addressing the financial constraints, equally important, if not more so, is the immediate need for re-organisation of the MoD. For this, first and foremost, the Armed Forces Headquarters have to be fully integrated into the Ministry and not be attached offices as they are at present. This will trim the bureaucratic flab considerably by streamlining the present inefficient and at times counter-productive system of two parallel structures involved in taking the same decisions. Besides, the availability of expert domain knowledge, so vital to effective decision making in a technology-intensive specialized environment, which is sorely lacking in the MoD at present will also be available.
The Defense Procurement Procedure (DPP), introduced in 2002, despite its many iterations with the 2016 version being much improved, needs to be thoroughly audited for its effectiveness. While it has largely achieved its stated aim of transparency and probity, it has led to avoidable delays in procurement leading to glaring capability deficits in India's combat preparedness. Ironically, all the big-ticket acquisitions be they aircraft, helicopters, ships, submarines or even the latest M777 howitzer have been procured through a G2G route and have bypassed the DPP.
Conclusion: India's defense budget, inadequate to meet the huge modernization backlog requires a sustained enhancement over the next few years to address the widening deficits in the military's combat readiness. A holistic approach to national security with leaner and more efficient organisational structures is an imperative that cannot be postponed any longer and will need to be driven from the top. While little change has been seen in the last five years, the present government must bring about comprehensive defense reform in the next five.
(The author is a naval veteran and presently Vice President of the Indian Maritime Foundation. The views expressed are personal).


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#include "DBAdaptor.h"
#include "MetaContainer.h"

#include "AnalysisAdaptor.h"
#include "AssemblyMapperAdaptor.h"
#include "AttributeAdaptor.h"
#include "CachingSequenceAdaptor.h"
#include "ChromosomeAdaptor.h"
#include "CoordSystemAdaptor.h"
#include "CloneAdaptor.h"
#include "DBEntryAdaptor.h"
#include "DNAAlignFeatureAdaptor.h"
#include "ExonAdaptor.h"
#include "GeneAdaptor.h"
#include "IntronSupportingEvidenceAdaptor.h"
#include "PredictionTranscriptAdaptor.h"
#include "ProteinAlignFeatureAdaptor.h"
#include "RawContigAdaptor.h"
#include "RepeatConsensusAdaptor.h"
#include "RepeatFeatureAdaptor.h"
#include "SequenceAdaptor.h"
#include "SimpleFeatureAdaptor.h"
#include "SliceAdaptor.h"
#include "SupportingFeatureAdaptor.h"
#include "TranscriptAdaptor.h"
#include "TranslationAdaptor.h"
#include "MetaCoordContainer.h"
#include "TranscriptSupportingFeatureAdaptor.h"
#include "PredictionExonAdaptor.h"

#include "StrUtil.h"
#include "SeqRegionCacheEntry.h"

#include "ProcUtil.h"

DBAdaptor *DBAdaptor_new(char *host, char *user, char *pass, char *dbname,
                         unsigned int port, DBAdaptor *dnadb) {
  DBAdaptor *dba;

  if ((dba = (DBAdaptor *)calloc(1,sizeof(DBAdaptor))) == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr,"ERROR: Failed allocating DBAdaptor\n");
    return NULL;
  }

  dba->dbc = DBConnection_new(host,user,pass,dbname,port);

  if (dnadb) {
    dba->dnadb = dnadb;
  } else {
    dba->dnadb = dba;
  }

  dba->srIdCache = IDHash_new(IDHASH_MEDIUM);
  dba->srNameCache = StringHash_new(STRINGHASH_MEDIUM);
  return dba;
}

void DBAdaptor_addToSrCaches(DBAdaptor *dba, IDType regionId, char *regionName, IDType csId, long regionLength) {
  char key[1024];
  SeqRegionCacheEntry *cacheData;

  // Do a quick sanity check
  if (IDHash_contains(dba->srIdCache, regionId)) {
    //fprintf(stderr,"Hmm - seq region already in id cache - odd\n");
    //ProcUtil_showBacktrace(EnsC_progName);
    return;
  }

  cacheData = SeqRegionCacheEntry_new(regionId, regionName, csId, regionLength);

  sprintf(key,"%s:"IDFMTSTR, regionName, csId);

  StringHash_add(dba->srNameCache, key, cacheData);
  IDHash_add(dba->srIdCache, regionId, cacheData);

  return;
}

char *DBAdaptor_setAssemblyType(DBAdaptor *dba, char *type) {
  StrUtil_copyString(&(dba->assemblyType),type,0);

  return dba->assemblyType;
}

char *DBAdaptor_getAssemblyType(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!dba->assemblyType) {
    dba->assemblyType = MetaContainer_getDefaultAssembly(DBAdaptor_getMetaContainer(dba->dnadb));
    if (!dba->assemblyType) {
      fprintf(stderr,"ERROR: Didn't get default assembly type\n");
      return NULL;
    }
  }
  return dba->assemblyType;
}

MetaContainer *DBAdaptor_getMetaContainer(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!dba->metaContainer) {
    dba->metaContainer = MetaContainer_new(dba);
  }
  return dba->metaContainer;
}

MetaCoordContainer *DBAdaptor_getMetaCoordContainer(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!dba->metaCoordContainer) {
    dba->metaCoordContainer = MetaCoordContainer_new(dba);
  }
  return dba->metaCoordContainer;
}

GeneAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getGeneAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,GENE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)GeneAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (GeneAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,GENE_ADAPTOR);
}

AnalysisAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getAnalysisAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,ANALYSIS_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)AnalysisAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (AnalysisAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,ANALYSIS_ADAPTOR);
}

AttributeAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getAttributeAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,ATTRIBUTE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)AttributeAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (AttributeAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,ATTRIBUTE_ADAPTOR);
}

SimpleFeatureAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getSimpleFeatureAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SIMPLEFEATURE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)SimpleFeatureAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (SimpleFeatureAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SIMPLEFEATURE_ADAPTOR);
}

SupportingFeatureAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getSupportingFeatureAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SUPPORTINGFEATURE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)SupportingFeatureAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (SupportingFeatureAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SUPPORTINGFEATURE_ADAPTOR);
}

IntronSupportingEvidenceAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getIntronSupportingEvidenceAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,INTRONSUPPORTINGEVIDENCE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)IntronSupportingEvidenceAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (IntronSupportingEvidenceAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,INTRONSUPPORTINGEVIDENCE_ADAPTOR);
}

TranscriptSupportingFeatureAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getTranscriptSupportingFeatureAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,TRANSCRIPTSUPPORTINGFEATURE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)TranscriptSupportingFeatureAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (TranscriptSupportingFeatureAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,TRANSCRIPTSUPPORTINGFEATURE_ADAPTOR);
}

DNAAlignFeatureAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getDNAAlignFeatureAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,DNAALIGNFEATURE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)DNAAlignFeatureAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (DNAAlignFeatureAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,DNAALIGNFEATURE_ADAPTOR);
}

ProteinAlignFeatureAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getProteinAlignFeatureAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,PROTEINALIGNFEATURE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)ProteinAlignFeatureAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (ProteinAlignFeatureAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,PROTEINALIGNFEATURE_ADAPTOR);
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PredictionTranscriptAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getPredictionTranscriptAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
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PredictionExonAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getPredictionExonAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
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DBEntryAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getDBEntryAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,DBENTRY_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
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RepeatFeatureAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getRepeatFeatureAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,REPEATFEATURE_ADAPTOR)) {
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RepeatConsensusAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getRepeatConsensusAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,REPEATCONSENSUS_ADAPTOR)) {
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                            (BaseAdaptor *)RepeatConsensusAdaptor_new(dba));
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TranscriptAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getTranscriptAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,TRANSCRIPT_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)TranscriptAdaptor_new(dba));
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  return (TranscriptAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,TRANSCRIPT_ADAPTOR);
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ExonAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getExonAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,EXON_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)ExonAdaptor_new(dba));
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  return (ExonAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,EXON_ADAPTOR);
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RawContigAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getRawContigAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,RAWCONTIG_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)RawContigAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (RawContigAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,RAWCONTIG_ADAPTOR);
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SliceAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getSliceAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SLICE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
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  return (SliceAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SLICE_ADAPTOR);
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SequenceAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getSequenceAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SEQUENCE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
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  }
  return (SequenceAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,SEQUENCE_ADAPTOR);
}

CachingSequenceAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getCachingSequenceAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,CACHINGSEQUENCE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)CachingSequenceAdaptor_new(dba));
  }
  return (CachingSequenceAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,CACHINGSEQUENCE_ADAPTOR);
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TranslationAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getTranslationAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,TRANSLATION_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)TranslationAdaptor_new(dba));
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  return (TranslationAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,TRANSLATION_ADAPTOR);
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ChromosomeAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getChromosomeAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,CHROMOSOME_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)ChromosomeAdaptor_new(dba));
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CloneAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getCloneAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,CLONE_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
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AssemblyMapperAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getAssemblyMapperAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
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    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)AssemblyMapperAdaptor_new(dba));
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  return (AssemblyMapperAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,ASSEMBLYMAPPER_ADAPTOR);
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CoordSystemAdaptor *DBAdaptor_getCoordSystemAdaptor(DBAdaptor *dba) {
  if (!DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,COORDSYSTEM_ADAPTOR)) {
    DBConnection_addAdaptor(dba->dbc,
                            (BaseAdaptor *)CoordSystemAdaptor_new(dba));
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  return (CoordSystemAdaptor *)DBConnection_getAdaptor(dba->dbc,COORDSYSTEM_ADAPTOR);
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By: David Mamet
Produced by: Dragon Productions Theatre Company and Pat Caulfield
Directed by: Kimberly Ridgeway
Featuring: Pat Caulfield, Dorian Lockett, Martin Gagen, Hannah Mary Keller
When: March 16 through April 8, 2018. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays
Where: Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway Street, Redwood City
Tickets: $27-35, $15 rush tickets on Thursdays and Fridays; call 650-493-2006 or visit www.dragonproductions.net
Note: Adult themes and language
Kimberly Wadycki / Dragon Productions Theatre Company
Hannah Mary Keller, Pat Caulfield, Martin Gagen, and Dorian Lockett, from left, in "Race" at The Dragon Theatre in Redwood City, March 16 through April 8, 2018.
David Mamet's 'Race' doesn't
seem solid at the Dragon
The play doesn't quite feel complete,
and an uneven cast can't make it add up
By Joanne Engelhardt
Expect to be shaken and stirred by the slight (yet weighty) David Mamet play "Race," which runs through April 8 at Dragon Productions Theatre in Redwood City.
A scant 90 minutes in length, this 2nd Stages Series play plows through some substantial, highly charged topics. And, though one of director Kimberly Ridgeway's stated goals is to get people talking about them afterward, the brevity of Act 1 left most audience members wondering whether a scene had been skipped, but the play itself wasn't discussed.
"Race" was reviewed at the start of the second week of the three-week run, so it's surprising that there were several dropped lines and a somewhat uneven flow to the play as a whole. Without doubt Act 2 made up for some of Act 1's deficiencies, but it still seemed as if the actors were evolving in their roles.
Pat Caulfield plays Jack Lawson and is also listed as producer of "Race" (he admits to being a huge Mamet fan). Though he sometimes walks around the set rather woodenly, Caulfield is obviously the steady founder of the law firm of Lawson and Brown and, as such, his mind does a solid job of sorting out truth from fiction, right from wrong and, frequently, how he can best win a case.
As the other half of the law firm, Henry Brown (a wide-eyed, blustery Dorian Lockett) gets to be more expressive and impulsive, especially when a socially prominent — and rich — white man (a believable turn by Martin Gagen as Charles Strickland) comes to their firm for help. Brown wants no part of it.
Why? Strickland has been accused of raping a black woman. When he tells the lawyers that he's innocent, Brown exclaims "Nobody fucking cares!"
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Lawson points out that Strickland already has at least three strikes against him: Hatred, fear, ignorance. "You might have to beg," he says and later advises his staff that "No one has said 'no' to him in 40 years."
But Lawson loves a challenge, and after reading over the police reports, he spots an inconsistency — and a verbal phrase — that he believes can save his client.
All of this unravels, however, due to the play's fourth character, Susan, a young black woman fresh out of law school who recently joined the firm as a glorified secretary-legal assistant. Hannah Mary Keller is a puzzlement as Susan. She stands rigidly, arms always down at her sides except when carrying a legal pad, and nary a smile crossing her face. Since she often stares up at the ceiling, it's really impossible to know what she's thinking. Her facial expression is inscrutable, offering no clues to her unusual (and frequently devious) behavior. She's just a blank sheet, seemingly with no inner feelings. Unfortunately, this characterization leaves the audience both puzzled and rather indifferent to her.
Also, there's an inconsistency in the dialogue when Lawson tells Susan he wants her to wear a red sequined dress which will be a key element in their defense. He plans to have it made up in a size 2, just like the one worn by the victim. But, although Keller is slender, to anyone who knows anything about women's clothing sizes, it's pretty obvious she's not a size 2.
So while Mamet's play itself is full of bizarre plot twists (and lots of foul language), it lacks the dramatic tension that many of his other works have. It almost seems unfinished.
Dragon's crack production team does an excellent job of making the cozy stage look like a law office complete with a large table strewn with documents and other papers. Lana Palmer's sound is — surprise! — sound, and Jon Gourdine's lighting works well.
All in all, the 2nd Stages production is an interesting, but ultimately somewhat incomplete, experience that could have been so much more.
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Ann-Mari, Princess of Bismarck (née Tengbom; 26 July 1907 – 22 September 1999) was a Swedish socialite and the wife of Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck.

Biography
Ann-Mari was born on 26 July 1907 in Stockholm. She was the daughter of Swedish architect Ivar Tengbom. She attended school in Stockholm, where she was a classmate of Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg.

On 18 April 1928 she married German politician and diplomat Otto Christian Archibald, Prince of Bismarck in a Lutheran ceremony at the Berlin Cathedral. They had six children:
 Countess Mari Ann (1929–1981).
 Ferdinand, Prince of Bismarck (1930–2019)
 Count Carl Alexander (1935–1992).
 Count Maximilian Viktor (born 1947).
 Countess Gunilla Margaretha (born 1949)
 Count Eduard Leopold (born 1951).

She and her husband moved into a villa in Rome, where she was known to have thrown parties for members of Italian and German high society. While her husband was a diplomat in Rome, the Princess told Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari's head of Cabinet, Filippo Anfuso "that Germany is lost, that Hitler has ruined the country and its people".

She died on 22 September 1999 in Marbella, Spain.

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1907 births
1999 deaths
Bismarck family
German princesses
Nobility in the Nazi Party
Princesses by marriage
People from Stockholm
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Swedish socialites
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Darryl Morsell drained the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left for No. 9 Maryland, capping a comeback from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat Minnesota 74-73 on Wednesday night.
Jalen Smith had 16 points and 12 rebounds, including a soaring rebound and slam with 14.5 seconds remaining that pulled the Terrapins within 73-71. Gabe Kalscheur short-armed the front end of a one-and-one free throw with 12 seconds to go for the Gophers, who missed three foul shots in the final 39 seconds. Then the Terrapins hustled the ball up to find Morsell, who had 13 points and nine rebounds, for the winner from NBA range.
Aaron Wiggins scored 16 points and Anthony Cowan Jr. had 10 points, nine assists and six rebounds for Maryland (23-5, 13-4), which maintained a two-game lead for first place in the Big Ten with three games to go.
Daniel Oturu had 28 points and 11 rebounds and Marcus Carr added 19 points and seven assists for Minnesota (13-14, 7-10), which saw its NCAA Tournament hope all but disappear with a third straight excruciating home defeat.
The Terrapins missed seven of eight shots in the closing stretch, until Smith's dunk. Missing 12 of their first 13 tries from 3-point range, they trailed by as many as 17 points in the first half and still by 16 points with 15:55 to go on Kalscheur's 3-pointer that made it 54-38.
The Gophers, who faltered late in their last two home contests against Iowa and Indiana by, let another opponent climb back in the game with a shooting dropoff and some unforced turnovers. Wiggins intercepted a cross-court pass by Carr and went the other way for a one-handed slam, bringing Maryland within 66-62. That was the closest the Terrapins had been since 6-4.
Oturu made two free throws to push the lead back to 72-64 with 2:06 left, but Wiggins answered with a 3-pointer. Kalscheur fouled Cowan, who made two foul shots to bring Maryland within 72-69 with 45 seconds to go, and a backcourt turnover by Minnesota under heavy pressure gave the Terrapins the chance to tie.
Smith's 3-pointer clanged off the rim, and Kalscheur grabbed the rebound. He made one of two free throws and blocked Cowan's shot on the other end with 29 seconds left, seemingly putting the Gophers in safe mode.
Entering the game with the worst field-goal percentage in Big Ten play -- and second-worst from 3-point range -- the Gophers had their outside shooting in a groove from the opening tip. Carr swished a 3-pointer on the opening possession, and off they went from there.
Ihnen, a lanky freshman from Germany who has worked his way into significant playing time lately, made his first three 3-point attempts, the last of which, from the wing, put Minnesota up 21-8.
After Maryland missed three times at the rim, Carr went the other way on the fast break and found Jarvis Omersa for an alley-oop that ignited the crowd, gave Minnesota a 23-12 lead and put Carr in a tie with Arrriel McDonald for the program's all-time single-season assist mark. Carr made the record his own a little later, with 182.
The Terrapins, meanwhile, were all out of sorts. Coach Mark Turgeon was whistled for a technical less than four minutes in for arguing Smith's second foul. Cowan was teed up, too, after he made a layup, crash-landed against the stanchion under the basket and kicked in frustration at a cameraman after his feet were tangled in the cord.
COWAN STREAK
Cowan, the senior point guard who has developed into one of the best players in the country, started his 127th consecutive game to set the all-time program record. He passed Keith Booth (1993-97).
Maryland: Cowan had his second consecutive quiet game, going just 2 for 15 from the floor to fall to 3 for 19 over his last two contests. Wiggins, the sophomore shooting guard, came through again off the bench. He had 20 points on 7-for-15 shooting at Ohio State on Sunday.
Minnesota: After being outscored 11-0 over the final 5 1/2 minutes in a 58-55 loss to Iowa, blowing a 10-point first-half lead in a 68-56 loss to Indiana and now this, the Gophers have not only spoiled their season but put the future of coach Richard Pitino in question. They've made the NCAA Tournament twice in his first six seasons.
Maryland: Hosts No. 24 Michigan State on Saturday night. The Terrapins beat the Spartans 67-60 on the road on Feb. 15. Maryland is 15-0 at home. The last time the team went undefeated at home was the 2001-02 season, when the Terps won the national championship.
Minnesota: Plays at Wisconsin on Sunday evening. The Gophers beat the Badgers 70-52 at home on Feb. 5. They're 2-8 on the road this season.
Game-Winner: Watch Morsell's shot
Slipping: Maryland down to No. 9
Save the Date: Terps to host Gameday


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namespace ChrisNoden\Facebook\Exception;

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Are you actually running Atahualpa 3.5.1? The current version is 3.7.24, I'd suggest you update.