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During Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, a number of individuals, organizations, and countries allegedly contributed to the Clinton Foundation either before, or while, pursuing interests through ordinary channels with the U.S. State Department.

Judicial Watch, a plaintiff in ongoing lawsuits pertaining to Clinton, alleged that email communications, obtained via FOIA requests, between officials at the Clinton Foundation and top aides of Secretary of State Clinton show improper ties between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department. Clinton denied these allegations. A Clinton spokesperson and others dismissed the controversy as election-year politics.

Beginning in 2015, multiple investigations were conducted into alleged wrongdoing by the Foundation, including a two-year inquiry initiated by the Trump Justice Department, but through 2019 no evidence of wrongdoing was found.

Background

Foundation
The Clinton Foundation, founded in 1997 by former US President Bill Clinton is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that describes its mission as  to "strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence."

Charity watchdog group Charity Navigator, which has an ongoing relationship with the Foundation, gave it its highest possible rating, four out of four stars, after its customary review of the Foundation's financial records and tax statements.

Confirmation hearings
In January 2009, when then Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a nominee for Secretary of State for the Obama administration, Senator Richard Lugar (the senior Republican on the committee) said that the Foundation was "a unique complication that would have to be managed with great care and transparency."

Lugar said that the foundation could create the impression that foreign donors were giving money to gain access at the State Department: "The core of the problem is that foreign governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor with the Secretary of State".

Before her confirmation as Secretary of State, Clinton approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Foundation and the administration. The agreement permitted donations from governments who had contributed to the Foundation in the past, but prohibited contributions from governments that had not previously donated unless they were approved by the State Department's ethics office. The memorandum was intended to ensure that foreign governments would not view contributions to the Foundation as a means to curry favor with the US State Department. The MOU promised that the foundation would publish all contributors' names, and would seek prior approval from the State Department ethics office for new foreign donors.

Operation of Foundation

Access to Clinton
A top donor to the foundation, Raj Fernando, was placed on the International Security Advisory Board within the State Department.  A piece in the Atlantic, referring to an ABC News story, described Fernando as being "significantly less qualified" than other members of that Board. The request for his appointment came from Secretary Clinton's office, and Fernando resigned shortly after ABC News made inquiries about it.

Dennis Cheng had served as the chief development officer of the Clinton Foundation from 2011 to 2015, when he became the national finance director of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Donations by foreign entities
In February 2015, The Washington Post reported that during Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, the Clinton Foundation accepted several million dollars in donations from seven foreign governments, in compliance with the MOU it had signed with the State Department. One donation of $500,000  from Algeria to the Clinton Foundation's Haiti relief fund was found to have not been vetted by the State Department, in violation of Clinton's agreement with the administration. The Post noted that the donation "coincided with a spike" in lobbying efforts by Algeria of the State Department regarding their human rights record.

Uranium One
From 2009 to 2013, the Russian atomic energy agency (Rosatom) acquired Uranium One, a Canadian company with global uranium mining stakes including 20% of the uranium production capacity in the United States. Since uranium is considered a strategic asset with national security implications, the acquisition was analyzed by a committee of nine government agencies, including the State Department, which was then headed by Clinton. The voting members of the committee can object to such a foreign transaction, but the final decision then rests with the president.

In April 2015, The New York Times reported that, during the acquisition, the family foundation of Uranium One's chairman made $2.35 million in donations to the Clinton Foundation. The donations which were legal were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite a prior agreement to do so. In addition, a Russian investment bank with ties to the Kremlin and which was promoting Uranium One stock paid Bill Clinton $500,000 for a speech in Moscow shortly after the acquisition was announced.

Numerous Republican figures, including President Trump, have accused Hillary Clinton of wrong-doing related to Uranium One. Trump said, "Hillary Clinton gave them 20 percent of our uranium, gave Russia, for a big payment." According to the Los Angeles Times, "independent analysts said the facts did not support Trump's assertion of scandal." FactCheck.org reported that there was "no evidence" connecting the bribery allegations investigated by the Select Committee with the Uranium One–Rosatom merger deal. In October 2017, the Washington Post fact-checker said that the fatal flaw in the accusations levied against Clinton is that she "by all accounts, did not participate in any discussions regarding the Uranium One sale which — as we noted — does not actually result in the removal of uranium from the United States." PBS mirrored the assessments by FactCheck.org and The Washington Post, noting that no uranium left the country, there is nothing to indicate Clinton was personally involved in the Uranium One sale, and that the State Department was one out of nine agencies that had to unanimously approve the Uranium One sale. In 2015, the spokesman for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission said that "no Uranium One, Inc.-produced uranium has been shipped directly to Russia and the U.S. Government has not authorized any country to re-transfer U.S. uranium to Russia"; in 2017, the spokesman said that the statement was still true. This claim contradicts statements made by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission spokesman in 2015 who confirmed yellowcake had been shipped to Canada, and a spokeswoman for Uranium One who said "25 percent had gone to Western Europe and Japan."

On October 25, 2017, the FBI removed the "gag order" on their informant related to the Uranium One deal controversy. As the informant lawyer, Victoria Toensing, stated that the informant "work uncovering the Russian nuclear bribery case and the efforts he witnessed by Moscow to gain influence with the Clintons in hopes of winning favorable uranium decisions from the Obama administration". During a C-SPAN interview, Clinton denied being bribed to approve the deal, and that all such allegations had been "debunked repeatedly". During an interview on Lou Dobbs Tonight, Toensing was ask about what she may have learned from the informant, she claimed that "It's quite significant", the informant "can tell what all the Russians were talking about during the time that all these bribery payments were made".

On November 16, 2017, during an exclusive interview with Reuters, the FBI secret informant William Douglas Campbell (former lobbyist for Tenex, the US-based arm of Rosatom) decided to speak out publicly for the first time. On March 8, 2018 The Hill reported, "A confidential informant [Campbell] billed by House Republicans as having "explosive" information about the 2010 Uranium One deal approved during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of State provided "no evidence of a quid pro quo" involving Clinton, Democratic staff said in a summary of the informant's closed-door testimony obtained by The Hill on Thursday." CNN reported that the summary document also stated that the Justice Department had expressed concerns about Campbell's credibility due to "inconsistencies between Campbell's statements and documents" in an investigation into Tenex in 2015.

Switzerland's largest bank
When Clinton took office as Secretary of State, the Internal Revenue Service was suing Switzerland's largest bank, UBS AG, to obtain information on Americans with secret accounts at the bank.  The bank's situation was complicated by the fact that, by acceding to the IRS's requests, the bank would potentially violate Switzerland's secrecy laws.  Following what The Wall Street Journal referred to as "an unusual intervention by the top U.S. diplomat", Clinton announced a tentative settlement between UBS and the IRS.  Based on the terms of the settlement, UBS provided information on the identities of 4,450 Americans with accounts at the bank out of a total of 52,000 requested by the IRS. The agreement was criticized by some lawmakers in the U.S. who had been seeking additional information.

Following the settlement in 2009, UBS's donations to the Clinton Foundation increased significantly.  Through 2008, the bank had donated $60,000 cumulatively to the Foundation.  By 2014, the total had grown to $600,000.  The bank also paid Bill Clinton $1.5 million for a series of question-and-answer sessions with its CEO, which was the top source of corporate speech income for Clinton between 2001 and 2014.

Emails between Clinton Foundation and State Department
A number of emails released by Judicial Watch in August 2016 from Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State included dialogue between Doug Band, an official at the Clinton Foundation and personal aide to Bill Clinton, and top aides of Hillary Clinton. In one exchange in April 2009, Band lobbied for a job at the State Department on behalf of someone else saying it was "important to take care of (redacted)." Clinton's aide, Huma Abedin, responded "Personnel has been sending him options".

In June 2009, Band emailed Abedin requesting a meeting with Clinton for Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain, the heir apparent and First Deputy Prime Minister. Band referred to the Prince as "a good friend of ours."  In 2005, the Prince had committed to contribute $32 million to scholarships through the Clinton Global Initiative. Abedin responded, offering the Prince a meeting, noting "We have reached out thru official channels."

In December 2010, Band and Abedin exchanged emails regarding efforts to obtain invitations to an official lunch with Chinese President Hu Jintao for Clinton Foundation donors. The potential guests who were discussed included Bob McCann, then-president of wealth management at UBS, Judith Rodin, Rockefeller Foundation president, and Hikmet Ersek, Western Union CEO. Band requested that Rodin be seated at the same table as Vice President Joe Biden.

According to CNN, the emails "raise questions about the Clinton Foundation's influence on the State Department and its relations during her tenure". The Clinton campaign denied that the State Department took any actions based on contributions to the Clinton Foundation.

Controversy
The Clinton Foundation has been praised as a force for good and condemned as a "slush fund".  The fact-checking organization Politifact says it is mostly true that the Clintons do not take from the foundation any salary, any other money, nor benefit personally. Supporters of the Clintons say that the controversy obscures valuable work done by the foundation. while others assert that the foundation made it possible for donors to gain access to Secretary Clinton, and influence her official actions.

Associated Press story
In 2016, the Associated Press published a controversial story based on logs of meetings Clinton took as Secretary of State. In the story, the AP stated that at least 85 of 154 people from private interests that Clinton met or had phone conversations with while Secretary of State donated to the Clinton Foundation. In total, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million to the Foundation. The AP described the number as an "extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president". The AP promoted its story with a tweet claiming that "more than half those who met Clinton as Cabinet secretary gave money to Clinton Foundation", which has been criticized because it does not make clear that the analysis was performed on meetings with people who were not federal employees or foreign government representatives among other reasons.

By excluding Clinton's meetings with government officials from the U.S. and other countries, the majority of her diplomatic work, the AP's count included only a small subcategory of fewer than 5% of the people Clinton met with as secretary of state. The AP, explaining the omission, said that "such meetings would presumably have been part of her diplomatic duties". Further, among the private donors with whom Clinton met were internationally known individuals such as Melinda Gates, Elie Wiesel, and Muhammad Yunus.

Reporters from other news outlets immediately noticed, and commented on, the AP's selective use of information and misleading tweet. The report was called a "big failure" in an opinion piece by Paul Reyes of CNN, because it presented "facts out of context and somehow built a whole report around Clinton having done nothing wrong". A piece in the Washington Monthly stated that AP "took some interesting information they gathered and spun it into something it wasn't…scandalous." Others described the story as botched or "seriously flawed". Matthew Yglesias wrote that the AP story's conclusions "turned out not to be true". A Clinton spokesman said of the story, "It cherry-picked a limited subset of Secretary Clinton's schedule to give a distorted portrayal of how often she crossed paths with individuals connected to charitable donations to the Clinton Foundation." Despite criticism from other journalists, and calls from Clinton and others for the AP to retract its tweet, the AP defended its story, " although its Executive Editor did admit that its tweet had been "sloppy".

Transparency and foreign donations
Despite the MOU between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama Administration, the foundation's Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) failed to report donors from 2009 to 2013, though later sought to rectify that omission. A CHAI spokeswoman blamed this omission on oversight.

According to PolitiFact, the Clinton Foundation was allowed to accept millions of dollars from Australia, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar and Oman because of the clause in the MOU which allows previous donors to continue to fund the foundation's programs. Conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin opined that the Qatari donation raised ethical questions because Qatar is "a prominent backer of Hamas." Without notifying the State Department, the Clinton Foundation accepted donations from Algeria, which donated for the first time in 2010, and from the United Kingdom, which tripled its support of the foundation's health programs between 2009 and 2012. Foundation officials blamed the case of Algeria on a lack of oversight and argued that the UK donation did not constitute "material increase" in support for the foundation.

Charity Watch, a nonprofit charity watchdog organization, has given the Clinton Foundation an "A rating" overall, higher than the American Red Cross, and the "highest rated" grade for "Transparency and Governance". The charity watchdog group Charity Navigator gave the Clinton Foundation its highest possible rating, four out of four stars, after reviewing its financial records and tax statements.

Reaction to controversy in 2016
Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, during his unsuccessful presidential campaign, criticized Clinton for a conflict of interest: "Do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of State and a foundation run by her husband collects many, many dollars from foreign governments — governments which are dictatorships? Yeah, I do have a problem with that. Yeah, I do". Republican Senator John Cornyn, who voted for Clinton's confirmation in 2009, says that she duped Congress, that he now regrets his vote, and that President Obama should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate whether donors to the foundation gained improper access at the State Department.

An August 30, 2016 editorial by The New York Times opined there was no proof that donors to the foundation received special favors from Hillary Clinton when she was Secretary of State. However, the Times added that there was reason to question where the Clinton Foundation ended and where the State Department began.

FBI investigations
In October 2016, The Wall Street Journal reported that four field offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, and Little Rock, Ark. -- had been collecting information about the Clinton Foundation to determine whether "there was evidence of financial crimes or influence-peddling." According to the WSJ article, FBI officials presented their findings to the Justice Department in February 2016, but "the meeting didn't go well". Justice Department officials felt the cases were weak and saw little reason to continue the investigations. However, the New York FBI field office continued to pursue the matter, leading to reports that some New York agents were feuding with the Justice Department and basing their investigation in part on media accounts and in particular on the book Clinton Cash, written by Peter Schweizer, a senior editor-at-large for Breitbart News. In a reported separate investigation, the Washington field office had been investigating Terry McAuliffe  before he became a board member of the Clinton Foundation.

The Washington Post reported in January 2020 that an additional Justice Department investigation into the matter, initiated after Donald Trump took office in 2017, was winding down after finding nothing worth pursuing.

See also
 Hillary Clinton controversies

References

Hillary Clinton controversies
State Department controversy
Charity scandals
Obama administration controversies
United States Department of State

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Krueger Family Crest, Coat of Arms and Name History
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Krueger Surname Name Meaning, Origin, History, & Etymology
The German surname Krueger developed as an occupational name for a person in medieval times and the Middle Ages in Christendom who made or stoneware jugs and mugs, or perhaps other glass and pottery, deriving from the Middle High German word kruoc, meaning pitcher or jug, or the older word kruog. The spelling variant Kruger man be an occupational name as well, denoting a person who was an innkeeper, from the German word krug meaning inn or tavern, which derived from the Middle Low German word kruch or kroch. Spelling variations and names with similar etymologies include Kruegger, Kruger, Krieger, Oldekröger, Krohger, Krugg, Crueg, Cruger, Crugar, Krøger, Kreueger, Kreger, and Kreeger. One of the earliest documented bearers of this surname was Lotze Crugir who was recorded in Kassel, Germany in 1351. A Henecke Krogher was also recorded in 1420 in Hannover.
The name first established itself in Saxony. The Duchy of Saxony was an area settled by Saxons, a Germanic people from the North Sea coast, but where then subjugated by Charlemagne around 772. The Dutchy of Saxony existed from 804-1296 AD. Prior to this, the early medieval duchy was known as Old Saxony and existed from 500-804 AD.
The following website provides a pedigree or lineage of the descendants of Carl Krueger of Germany. Many of his descendants live in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska.
Popularity & Geographic Distribution
The last name Krueger ranks 816th in popularity in the United Status as of the 2000 Census. The name ranks particularly in the top 100 surnames in two states: Wisconsin (16th), Minnesota (86th), and North Dakota (85th). In the following states it ranks in the top 500 surnames: South Dakota (116th), Nebraska (331st), Illinois (383rd), Michigan (390th), and Iowa (331st).
The surname Kruger ranks as follows in Europe: Germany (213th), Austria (3,041st), and Switzerland (3,486th). It ranks 2,735th in Canada and 4,825th in Australia.
The spelling variant Kruger ranks 2,439th in the United States, and ranks in the top 1,000 last names in the following states: Minnesota (297th), Iowa (433rd), Nebraska (450th), Wisconsin (858th), South Dakota (367th), and North Dakota (767th).
The variant Kruger ranks as follows in Europe: Germany (195th), Austria (2,595th), Switzerland (2,357th), Denmark (769th), Norway (1,656th), and Iceland (2,015th). It ranks 2,223rd in Canada, 15th in South Africa, and Australia 982nd.
Krueger Family Tree & Krueger Genealogy
Some bearers of this surname during the time of the Middle Ages to the early modern period include:
1) Peter Kruger (or Cruger) was born in Kaliningrad, Kingdom of Poland in 1580. He was a astronomer, mathematician, and astronomer who today had a lunar impact crater on the moon bearing his surname
2) Johann Krueger was born in Reimerswalde, Prussia in 1754 and married Anganetha Dyck
3) Jacob, son of Christoffel, Krueger was christened in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands in 1617
4) Chatarina Krueger, daughter of Jerg, was born in Karlsuhe, Baden, in 1580
5) Jacob Kruger, son of Conrad and Dorothea, was christened in Pfalz, Bavaria in 1580
6) Otto Oldekroger lived from 1570 to 1638 AD in Germany
7) Johann Oldekroger was born in 1600 in Germany and he married Anna Kemper
8) Nicolaus Krøger was born sometime before 1480 AD in Jylland, Denmark
9) Jacob Kröger was born in Altona, Denmark in 1633 and he married Jacoba Jacob
10) Peter Krueger was born between 1689-1749 AD and had a son named Johann Peter
Some marriages involving the Krueger last name include:
1) Hanns Krueger married Margaretha Thugetreich in Pfalz, Bavaria in 1580
2) Johann Heinrich Urban Krueger married Margaretha Maria Sophia Detlof in Mecklenburg, Germany in 1829
3) Johann Alerd Krueger married Catrina Islabein Roeber in Luebbecke, Westfalen, Prussia in 1699
4) Conrad Krueger married Henriette Dorothea Teuten in Lippe, Germany in 1728
5) John Krueger married Anna Margaret Heydt in Lebanon, Pennsylvania in 1757
6) Ludwig Krueger married Caroline Knodel in Hamilton, Ohio in 1868
7) Henrich Kruger married Elisabeth Betein in Frederick, Maryland in 1773
8) Johann Kruegger married Maria Ursula Debler in Sulgen, Thurgau, Switzerland in 1853
9) Anna Barbara Krugger married Gallus Pfister in Thurgau, Switzerland in 1772
10) Johann Gottfried Carl Krueger married Henriette Becker in Brandenburg, Prussia, Germany in 1824
Peter Krueger was born in Vistula Delta, Poland around 1693. He had two sons: Abraham Peter and Johann. His son Abraham Peter Krueger was born in Krebsfelde, Gross Werder, Poland around 1751. He married twice: Catharina Freisen and Anna Peters, and had a son named Franz Abraham. Franz was born in Krebsfelde, Prussia around 1795. In 1826, he married a woman named Anna in what is modern day Ukraine. They had a son named Franz. This son, Franz Krueger, was born in Blumstein, Ukraine, Russia in 1833. In 1855, he married Elisabeth, daughter of David Gerhard Schellenberg, and he had a son named Johann. This son, Johann Franz Krueger, was born in the same town in around 1870. He married three times: Maria Peters, Aganentha Wiens, and Maria Wiens. The last marriage took place in Whitewater, Manitoba, Canada in 1935. He had the following issue: Anna, Franz, Dietrich, Maria J., David John, and Margaretha Neufeld. His son, Dietrich Johann Krueger was born in Mantau, Ukraine, Russia in 1906. In 1932, he married Elisabeth Sukkau. He passed away in Manitoba, Canada in 1998.
Here is one early lineage or pedigree for the genealogy of this surname:
Tönnies Kröger (born in Germany in c. 1510 AD)
Hinrich Kröger (born c. 1540 AD)
Otto Oldekröger (born in Germany c. 1570 AD)
Johann Oldekröger (born in Germany c. 1600 AD, married Anna Kemper)
Heinrich Kröger (born in Westfalen, Preussen, Germany c. 1643, married Lucia Lisabeth Aschwede)
Johann Hermann Krüger (christened in Gohfeld, Prussia in 1674, married Lucia Elisabeth Meyer)
Johann Hermann Krüger (christened in Gohfeld, Westfalen, Prussia, Germany in 1714, married Anna Marie Elisabeth Reinkensmeyer)
Johann Hermann Krüger (christened in Gohfeld, Westfalen, Prussia, Germany in 1750, married Anne Catharine Beckhoff)
Johann Peter Heinrich Krüger (born in Westfalen, Germany in 1786, married Marie Catharine Elisabeth Heldt)
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger (born in Bischofshagen, Germany in 1827, married Anne Marie Louise Engelbackhaus)
Heinrich Friedrich Krüger (born in in Bischofshagen, Germany in 1849)
Early American and New World Settlers
One of the earliest known settlers of the New World bearing this name was Georg Krueger who came in 1776. Another early bearer was Johann Krueger, who came to Long Island, NY in 1781.
Several thousand members of the Krueger family came to the United States through Ellis Island, during the nineteenth century, including:
1) Louise Krueger came from Prussia aboard the Neckar in 1874
2) Sophie Krueger came from Germany aboard the Neckar in 1874
3) J.J. Krueger came from Holland aboard the Abyssinia in 1870
4) Carl Krueger came from Germany aboard the Back Order in 1866
5) Gustav Krueger came from Germany aboard the Back Order in 1866
6) Natalie Krueger came from Wloclawek, Poland aboard the Nieuw Amsterdam in 1920
7) Carl Krueger came from Germany aboard the Wyoming in 1872
8) Rudolph Krueger came from Russia aboard the Birma in 1911
9) John R. C. Krueger came from Germany aboard the Westminster in 1845
10) August Krueger came from Bremen, Germany aboard the Elbe in 1893
Walter Krueger (1881-1967)
There are hundreds of notable people with the Krueger surname. This page will mention a handful. Famous people with this last name include:
1) Adalbert Krueger (1832-1896) was a German astronomer born in Marienburg, Prussia who was the editor of Aatronomische Nachrichten, and was a Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Helsinki Observatory
2) Robert Charles Krueger (1935) was a politician who was a member of the US House of Representatives from Texas from 1975-1979, a US Senator from Texas in 1993, and a US Ambassador to first Burundi and then Botswana from 1994-1999
3) Diane Kruger (1976) who is an American actress born in Algermissen, Germany known for her roles in films such as National Treasure, Troy, and Inglorious Basterds.
4) Kandace Krueger (1976) is an American TV Host, singer, and journalist born in Austin, Texas who was Miss USA in 2001
5) Kelly Krueger is a Canadian actress from Montreal, Quebec known for her roles on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
6) Myron Krueger (1942) is an American computer artist from Gary, Indiana who is considered a pioneer in the field of virtual reality and augmented reality
7) Walter Krueger (1881-1967) was an American General born in West Prussia, German Empire best known for his command of the Sixth United States Army in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, and also served in the Spanish American War, Philippine-American War, Mexican Revolution, and World War I.
8) Michael Kruger (1954) who was a German soccer (player) from Scharnebeck who plated from 1972-1980 for teams in Hannover, and then went on to have a coaching career spanning from 1989-2016
9) James Barry Kruger is a South African golfer born in Kimberley, Northern Cape who has three wins of the Sunshine Tour had a win in the Avantha Masters
10) Alma Kruger (1868-1960) was an American actress born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania known for her Broadway roles in plays such as Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, and Taming of the Shrew, who also had roles in movies such as His Friday Girl and Hitchcock's Saboteur
Krueger American Revolution Veterans
In the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), there were several soldiers with the last name Crugar or Cruger, which seems to be an Americanization of the German spelling.
1) Private William Crugar of New York in 1778
2) Private Arnest Cruger of New York in 1778
Krueger American Civil War Veterans
There were ~230 soldiers with the last name Krueger who served in the American Civil War (1861-1865):
1) Joachim Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 9th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery
2) Frederic E. Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 1st Regiment Colorado Cavalary
3) Frederick Krueger fought for the Confederacy as part Waul's Texas Legion
4) Michael Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 6th Regiment Wisconsin Infantry
5) John Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 8th Regiment New York Infantry
6) Charles Krueger fought for the Confederacy as part of the 8th Regiment Alabama Infantry
7) Gustavus Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 152nd Regiment Indiana Infantry
8) John Krueger fought for the Confederacy as part of the 3rd Regiment Texas Infantry
9) Henry Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 1st Regiment New York Infantry
10) Louis Krueger fought for the Union as part of the 4th Regiment Missouri Cavalry
Bernhard Kruger, Civil War veteran (1839-1916)
Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 3rd President of the South Africa (1825-1904)
Daniel Christian Friedrich Krüger (1819-1896)
1) Prusse – D'or à deux fasces de sable à la bande de gueules brochant sur le tout et ch d'une licorne courante d'argent Casque couronné Cimier la licorne issante Lambrequin à dextre d'or et de sable à senestre d'argent et de gueules. English: Or two bars sable a bend gules covering overall and charged with a unicorn courant [running] argent Crowned with a helmet Crest: the unicorn issuant Mantling: to the dexter or and sable to the sinister argent and gules.
2) Coire – D'azur à trois étoiles d'or Casque couronné Cimier un bras armé la main gantelée brandissant une épée le tout au naturel. English: Azure three etoiles or Crowned with a helmet Crest: an arm armoured the hand gauntletted brandishing a sword all proper.
3) Prusse, Mecklembourg – (An., 11 mai 1826) – D'azur à un huchet d'argent virolé d'or au chef de gueules ch de deux épées d'argent garnies d'or passées en sautoir Cimier une tête et col de lion d'azur Lambrequin d'argent et d'azur Devise MISSUNDE 2 FEBR MDCCCLXIV. English: Azure with a hunting horn argent bands [encircling the horn] or a chief gules charged with two swords argent hilt and pommell or placed saltirewise Crest: the head and shoulders of a lion azure Mantling: argent and azure Motto: MISSUNDE 2 FEBR MDCCCLXIV.
4) Prusse – (An., 10 mars 1864) – D'azur à trois pignates mal-ordonnées d'argent Casque couronné Cimier cinq plumes de paon alternativement d'azur et d'argent. English: Azure three [small] jugs disordered [1 2] argent Crowned with a helmet Crest: five peacock feathers alternately azure and argent.
5) Allemagne – Écartelé aux 1 et 4 de gueules à un bras armé d'argent mouvant du parti la main de carnation tenant une épée au 2 d'azur à trois fleurs-de-lis mal-ordonnées d'argent au 3 d'azur à trois épis mal-ordonnés d'or Casque couronné Cimier une fleur-de-lis d'argent entre un vol de sable Lambrequin à dextre d'argent et de gueules à senestre d'argent et d'azur. English: Quarterly 1st and 4th gules with an arm armoured argent coming from the partition [pale] the hand carnation holding a sword 2nd azure three fleur de lys disordered [1 2] argent 3rd azure three tufts disordered [1 2] or Crowned with a helmet Crest: a fleur de lys argent between a pair of wings sable Mantling: to the dexter argent and gules to the sinister argent and azure.
6) de Krügsheim – Brandebourg – (Nob. du St-Empire, 12 sept. 1761) – D'argent au lion de gueules tenant de sa patte senestre un flambeau allumé du même. English: Argent a lion gules holding in its paw sinister a torch aflame of the same.
7) (See above)
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A female director filed a copyright infringement suit on Wednesday against M. Night Shyamalan and Apple, accusing them of bastardizing her 2013 film and re-envisioning it through a male gaze.
Francesca Gregorini wrote and directed "The Truth About Emanuel," a psychological thriller about a woman who forms a relationship with a doll after the death of her infant. In the suit, she accuses Shyamalan of lifting elements from the film for his Apple TV Plus series "Servant."
The show, created by Tony Basgallop, debuted in November with Shyamalan as executive producer. It also tells the story of a couple who raises a doll as their son after the death of their infant.
According to the suit, Gregorini's story emerged from her difficulty with conceiving a child and from growing up with an absent mother. The suit alleges that the Apple TV Plus series took the same themes and filtered them through a male lens, with men who talk about a woman's "insanity" and debate whether a nanny is "f—able."
"If 'Servant' showcases anything, it is the gender arrogance and inequity still infecting Hollywood (and apparently Cupertino)," the suit alleges. "The result of this caricature of the male gaze is the utter bastardization of Ms. Gregorini's work. It's an apt metaphor for the real-life version of what could happen here: It takes only a few old guard Hollywood men, such as Mr. Shyamalan and Mr. Basgallop, and their new Silicon Valley partner Apple TV+, to negate the considerable achievements and life experiences of the women behind 'Emanuel,' and to irredeemably tarnish their work."
Apple declined to comment on the suit.
Both the film and the TV series involve a complex relationship between the grieving mother and the nanny she hires to care for the doll. The suit enumerates many other alleged similarities, in characterization, in the lifelike appearance of the doll and in the plot, especially of the show's first three episodes.
According to the suit, the creators of "Servant" have claimed that any resemblance is a coincidence. Shyamalan and Basgallop have said that they have not seen "The Truth About Emanuel," the suit states.
"The Truth About Emanuel" debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, and was released theatrically the following year. Since then, Gregorini has worked in TV, including directing two episodes of "Killing Eve."
Before "Servant," Basgallop was co-executive producer of the Epix series "Berlin Station." The suit alleges that Gregorini's agents pitched her as a director on the show in 2017, and sent Basgallop a link to "The Truth About Emanuel."
The suit accuses Apple of stonewalling by referring complaints to Shyamalan's lawyer.
The suit alleges that Shyamalan has been credibly accused of infringement before, and quotes the late Apple founder Steve Jobs as saying that the company has "always been shameless about stealing great ideas."
"Once again, it appears that the powerful men of Hollywood and Big Tech believe that appropriation of others' intellectual property is their right," the suit alleges.
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Hubble Space Telescope Spectroscopic Observations of the Narrow-Line Region in Nearby Low-Luminosity Active Galactic Nuclei
Walsh, J.L.
Barth, A.
Ho, L.
Filippenko, A.
Rix, H-W.
Shields, J.C.
Sarzi, M.
Sargent, W.
We present Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph observations of 14 nearby low-luminosity active galactic nuclei, including 13 LINERs and 1 Seyfert, taken at multiple parallel slit positions centered on the galaxy nuclei and covering the Hα spectral region. For each galaxy, we measure the emission-line velocities, line widths, and strengths to map out the inner narrow-line region structure—typically within ~100 pc from the galaxy nucleus. There is a wide diversity among the velocity fields: in a few galaxies the gas is clearly in disk-like rotation, while in other galaxies the gas kinematics either appear chaotic or are dominated by radial flows with multiple velocity components. In most objects, the emission-line surface brightness distribution is very centrally peaked. The [S II] line ratio indicates a radial stratification in gas density, with a sharp increase within the inner 10-20 pc, in the majority of the Type 1 (broad-lined) objects. The electron-density gradients of the Type 1 objects exhibit a similar shape that is well fit by a power law of the form n e = n 0(r/1 pc)α, where α = –0.60 ± 0.13. We examine how the [N II] λ6583 line width varies as a function of the aperture size over a range of spatial scales, extending from scales comparable to the black hole's sphere of influence to scales dominated by the host galaxy's bulge. For most galaxies in the sample, we find that the emission-line velocity dispersion is largest within the black hole's gravitational sphere of influence, and decreases with increasing aperture size toward values similar to the bulge stellar velocity dispersion measured within ground-based apertures. We construct models of gas disks in circular rotation and show that this behavior can be consistent with virial motion, although for some combinations of disk parameters we show that the line width can increase as a function of aperture size, as observed in NGC 3245. Future dynamical modeling to determine black hole masses for a few objects in this sample may be worthwhile, although disorganized motion will limit the accuracy of the mass measurements.
The Astronomical Journal
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/136/4/1677
School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics


Mr A & I used pallets to create some directional arrows for our venue. Our ceremony and reception were held at the same venue, so we wanted to navigate our guests easily around.
These were fantastic, because they were free! We sourced the arrows from around our neighbourhood, and Mr A cut and sanded them to create a simple arrow.
I then painted them with a simple font, and ensured they were pointed in the correct directions.
We had 1 arrow for the ceremony ('I Do's!), 1 arrow for the reception ('Dancing'), 1 arrow for our photobooth ('Oh SNAP!), and 1 for our lawn games (Games).
Now that you point it out, that's all I can see too hehe! It's funny how sometimes you don't notice those kinds of things until someone else points it out .. A giant game of snap would've been awesome though!!
Hi there, thank you for stopping by! And my goodness, thank you for the nomination too .. I'll be sure to have a look!
You've got great access to pallets then – how handy! I can't take any credit for the idea at all .. But I can definitely say they were super helpful to guide our guests around our venue, and given that they were free – even better!
Haha yes! So true ..


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Training plan for the Soulstice Trail Run.
How do I purchase the training plan?
Select purchase option below, or contact me for other payment methods.
This training plan is intended for runners who are training to complete the Soulstice Mountain Trail Run as their top-priority event for the year, but know that if they run too frequently or too far they will end up injured and unable to do it. It is also intended for those who simply have other loves besides running, and want to include those loves in their weekly training. It includes several suggestions on specific routes and races in Flagstaff, AZ. However, if you are traveling, spending time somewhere besides Flagstaff, or are not available for a race, just substitute a similar route or effort on those days. It is written with long course runners in mind; short course runners may want to shorten most of the runs, and opt for the shorter distance choice for the other races they enter.
When does the plan begin?
Monday, June 22, 2014. It goes for 16 weeks, through the Soulstice race date of Saturday, October 10.
Are there any in-person meeting sessions?
Yes! There will be one day where I will hold an in-person session to go over some of the workouts, as well as meet each other and get some initial questions answered. This is an optional session that will cost just $5 extra. The date of this session will be determined to accommodate as many schedules as possible. Open only to those who purchase the plan before June 19.
What kinds of cross-training does it include?
Each week includes 2-3 days of running, plus 1-2 days of strength training, one bike ride, and one "family day".
Those aren't the types of cross-training I like to do/I want to run more than that/My life or work schedule varies a lot. Can I still use this training plan?
You can absolutely alter this plan in any way that you need to make it work for you (rearrange the workouts, substitute a different cross-training, run longer or shorter, etc). Feel free to do this on your own, or contact me for help in either customizing this plan or for signing up for individual coaching. My customization fee is $50. Individual coaching rates are here.
How many hours/days/miles per week do I need to have available in order to follow the training plan?
The plan is written with 3 midweek workouts of ~45 mins each, and 1-2 weekend workouts ranging from 1 to 3 hours. However, you can alter as much as needed to make it work for you.
What should I do to prepare for the beginning of the training plan?
You should gradually increase your long run to 1 hour and 15 minutes before beginning this training plan, and you should be consistently running 3 times per week.
I don't live in Flagstaff. Can I still use this plan?
This plan is quite Flagstaff-centric. You can absolutely still use the plan even if you don't live here, but you will need to either modify it yourself (by substituting runs that are of a similar nature) or have me help you modify it. My consultation fee is $50 to modify.
Since I have training partners/friends who are doing this run with me, can we just buy 1 plan and share it?
You could, but if you do it is likely you will all get side cramps and blisters! Please no sharing! 🙂 It's the honor system.


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The day to day activities of St Asaph Parish Church are funded by regular giving from church members. This covers the costs of running the church (electricity, heating, lighting and repairs), paying the clergy, and providing the resources used in services. Examples of community focussed church activities include providing pastoral care within the community, bereavement support, work for people living with dementia, and both support for children through Messy Church, and working together with our local schools, and hosting Denbighshire County Council's Youth Club.
Major projects, such as the proposed major internal renovation of the church which aims to modernise it and thus enable the church building to be available as a community hub, will cost in excess of £720,000; these are funded separately through grants, bequests, donations and fund-raising events.
We would like to increase the events and services available to our community in St Asaph, but money is finite and increasing fuel costs affect us all. This is why any gift that you may feel able to give will be put to good use and will make a difference.
You can give to the collection plate during Sunday services. This is the traditional way to give to the church, but it has its limitations. To reclaim Gift Aid, you would need to fill in your details on an envelope every week.
You can give a one-off donation to the church as a cheque. This should be sent to The St Asaph Parish Church Treasurer, c/o The Diocesan Office, High Street, St Asaph LL17 0RD. The cheque should be made payable to St Asaph Parish Church.
You can give online by clicking Single Donations or Regular Donations under Ways of Giving (see below). If you have a preference for how your money should be used, please make it clear in the Details section on the donate page that you will be guided to by stating "Reordering" (renovation or adaption of the church) or "General church funds".
You can give by leaving a legacy in your will. Once you have made provision for your loved ones, you may have the opportunity to leave a legacy to the church. Leaving a gift in your will to the church is one of the most valuable and lasting ways to support the work of the church. You can discuss this with your family and solicitor when drawing up your will. Information leaflets are available from the Diocesan Offices or in the leaflet stands in the church.
If you are unable to give financially, but can give your time and help with church activities, such as maintenance, cleaning, helping with the groups such as Messy Church or the Forget-Me-Not events, or fundraising events, then please contact one of the churchwardens (see Who Are We page), who will put you in touch with the relevant person. Time is one of the greatest resources!


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Criminal Appeal 42 of 2019
Joseph Simiyu Wamalwa v Republic [2022] eKLR
Joseph Simiyu Wamalwa v Republic
High Court at Kitale
Luka Kiprotich Kimaru
Case History:
(Appeal arising out of conviction and sentence of Hon. M. Nyang'ara Osoro (Resident Magistrate) in Kitale Chief Magistrate's Court Criminal Case (S.O) No. 75 of 2016 delivered on the 17th day of April 2018)
Trans Nzoia
History Docket No:
Criminal Case (S.O) No. 75 of 2016
History Magistrate:
Hon. M. Nyang'ara Osoro - RM
History County:
Appeal dismissed
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT KITALE
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 42 OF 2019
JOSEPH SIMIYU WAMALWA.........................................................APPELLANT
REPUBLIC.......................................................................................RESPONDENT
The Appellant, JOSEPH SIMIYU WAMALWA, was charged with the offence of defilement of a child contrary to Section 8 (1) as read together with Section 8 (2) of the Sexual Offences Act. The particulars of the offence were that on the 18th day of May 2016 within Trans-Nzoia County, the Appellant intentionally caused his penis to penetrate into the vagina of CN, a child aged ten (10) years. In the alternative, the Appellant was charged with the offence of committing an indecent act with a child contrary to Section 11 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act. The particulars of the offence were that on the 18th day of May 2016 within Trans-Nzoia County, the Appellant intentionally caused the contact between his penis and the vagina of CN, a child aged ten (10) years. When the Appellant was arraigned before court, he pleaded not guilty. After full trial, the Appellant was convicted on the main charge and sentenced to serve life imprisonment.
The Appellant is aggrieved by his conviction and sentence. In his petition of appeal, the Appellant stated that the evidence before the trial court was fabricated, contradictory and circumstantial. He alleged that the trial court shifted the burden of proof from the prosecution to the Appellant. He maintained that all the elements of defilement, particularly on penetration, were not proved to the required standard of proof. In the premises therefore, the Appellant urged this court to allow the appeal, quash the conviction and set aside the sentence that was imposed on him.
During the hearing of the appeal, both the Appellant and the Prosecution relied on written submissions in support of their respective rival positions. The Appellant submitted that the evidence of PW4 did not conclusively prove that there was penetration and therefore there was no defilement established. He stated the identification of the perpetrator was not satisfactorily proved for want of sufficient light during the alleged incident. He maintained that he was framed as there existed a grudge between the Appellant and the Complainant's family. He stated that the investigations conducted were so deficient that they could not sustain the charge. He urged this court to reconsider the evidence of PW1, PW2 and PW3 that he submitted were incredible and untruthful. He urged the court to review the sentence that was imposed on him because he was of the view that the same was harsh and excessive.
On his part, the Learned Prosecutor Mr. Omooria submitted that all the ingredients to establish the charge of defilement had been sufficiently proved. He dismissed the Appellant's claims that the evidence was fabricated. He submitted that there was no contradiction that went to the root of the trial process or that affected the credibility of the evidence. He submitted that the court relied on direct evidence. However, even if the prosecution adduced circumstantial evidence, it is still good evidence. He submitted that the burden of proof lay with the Prosecution and never shifted to the defence as claimed by the Appellant. He concluded that the sentence imposed on the Appellant was lawful. He urged this court to uphold the conviction and affirm the sentence of the trial court.
The Prosecution called five (5) witnesses in a bid to establish its case against the Appellant. PW1, CN the Complainant testified that she was a class five (5) pupil at [Particulars Withheld] Primary School. She was aged ten (10) years at the material time. She had lived with her grandmother since birth. She narrated that on 7th May 2016, her grandmother sent her to buy pampers at Lessos Trading Centre. She sat on the Appellant's (who was her neighbour) motorcycle's pillion. He took her to Lessos Trading centre. On the way, the Appellant inquired whether she had a boyfriend. She returned home the same day ignoring the Appellant's request to meet him later that evening. Eleven days later, the Appellant bumped into the Complainant as she was purchasing kerosene. This was about 7:00 p.m. He then gave her Kshs. 200.00. Later on that night at about 8.30 pm the Appellant followed the Complainant to her home. He then lured her into a narrow road near the washroom, removed her clothes and in her words "tulifanya mapenzi". She bled. She testified that they were caught in the act by PW3 Antony Barasa. He informed PW2 CMM what had transpired. She went home thereafter and only informed her grandmother (PW2) of the ordeal on the following day.
PW2's evidence was that on the night of 18th May 2016, PW1 approached the house from the washroom. She was carrying her undergarment. She noticed that she was shaking violently. She inquired from PW1 what had transpired but she was uncommunicative. She only informed her of the incident on the following day. She was informed that the Appellant had sexually assaulted the Complainant. She recognized the Appellant as their neighbour. She then took the Complainant to Bidii Dispensary, Centre Kwanza and later Kitale District Hospital.
PW3, AB testified that on the said date at around 8:00 p.m., it was reported to him that his mother was not feeling well. He decided to go and see her at her house. PW2's house was on his way. As he approached PW2's house, he heard the sound of breaking sticks. He lit his torch to establish the cause of the noise. He then saw the Appellant and the Complainant having sexual intercourse on the grass near the toilet. He was on top of her. He recognized them with the help of the torch and the moonlight. He then yelled "wewe mtu mzima unakuja kulala na mtoto hapa" prompting them to disperse. He followed the Complainant to her home where he met PW2 and informed her what had transpired.
The Complainant was seen at Kitale County Referral Hospital. PW4, KIRWA LABAT, a clinical officer testified that the Complainant was seen on 25th May 2016. On observations, nothing remarkable was detected. Her hymen was torn but old looking. There was no discharge. PW4 filled the P3 form and produced that alongside the treatment notes from Kitale County Referral Hospital and Bidii Dispensary as Prosecution exhibits 2 (b), 2 (a) and 1 respectively. PW4 concluded that there was no penetration due to the absence of injury to the Complainant's genitalia but did not rule out the possibility of consensual sex since the Complainant was seen one week after the incident had occurred.
PW5 PC STANLEY CHEPKWONY testified that the case was assigned to him on 7th June 2016. He recorded statements from Kwanza Police Post. He conducted investigations and collected evidence. The Appellant was arrested in Kitale town, transferred to Endebess and then Kitale Police Station. He was then charged with the present offence. He produced the Complainant's Birth Certificate as Prosecution exhibit 3.
The Appellant was placed on his defence. His unsworn testimony was to the effect that on 5th June 2016 at 2:00 p.m., he was lured by an old man to the police station under the false pretext that he was a customer picking a friend at the police station. Upon arrival, the old man accosted him and surrendered him to the police. He was then remanded and arraigned in court after two (2) days. He denied the offence. He maintained that he was framed on the present charges following a land dispute with the Complainant's family.
This being a first appeal, it's the duty of this court to re-consider and to re-evaluate the evidence adduced before the trial magistrate's so as to reach its own independent determination, whether or not to uphold the conviction of the Appellant. In doing so, this court is required to be mindful that it neither saw nor heard the witnesses as they testified and therefore cannot make any comment regarding the demeanour of the witnesses (See Njoroge -vs Republic [1986] KLR 19). In the present appeal, the issue for determination by this court is whether the Prosecution established to the required standards of proof that the Appellant committed the offence that he was charged with.
For the Prosecution to sustain the charge of defilement, it must establish that the following three ingredients to the required standard of proof:
1. Age of the Complainant
2. Penetration
3. Identification of the perpetrator
As regards the Complainant's age, PW1 testified that she was ten (10) years old at the time of the offence. PW5 further produced the Complainant's Birth Certificate (Prosecution exhibit 3) in support of the Complainant's testimony. This court thus finds that the age of the complainant was ascertained by the Prosecution to the required standard of proof. The complainant was at the material time a child within the meaning ascribed to the term by the Children Act.
The next ingredient to be established is penetration. Section 2 (1) of the Sexual Offences Act defines "penetration" to mean "the partial or complete insertion of the genital organs of a person into the genital organs of another person."
The evidence of the Complainant was that on 18th May 2016, the Appellant had sexual intercourse with her near the toilet at her home. In her words "tulifanya mapenzi". PW3, who was going to his mother's house, caught the Appellant and the Complainant in the act having sexual intercourse. He stated that the Appellant was atop the Complainant. It was when he said "wewe mtu mzima unakuja kulala na mtoto hapa" that they dispersed to their respective homes. PW4's conclusion was that there was no defilement but did not overrule the contingency that there was consensual sex since the Complainant's hymen was torn and old looking. His conclusions were premised on the fact that the Complainant was only seen a week after the offence had occurred. While this court notes that PW4's medical evidence did not conclusively prove penetration to the court's satisfaction, the evidence of the Complainant and PW3 was sufficient to prove penetration. Penetration need not be proved by medical evidence. Evidence of any nature, if sufficient, can satisfy this element. The evidence of the complainant and PW3 established that the Appellant had sexual intercourse with the complainant. We find fortification with the Court of Appeal decision of Fappyton Mutuku Ngui v Republic [2014] eKLR. For this reason, penetration was proved to the required standard of proof beyond any reasonable doubt.
On the identification of the perpetrator, PW1 testified that she knew the Appellant as his neighbour. She rod on the Appellant's motorcycle prior to the incident. PW3 who caught the Appellant in the act saw him with the assistance of the moonlight and light from his torch. There cannot therefore be a case of mistaken identity. The Appellant was positively identified by the Complainant and PW3 at the scene. This court sees no reasons to interfere with the trial court's finding in that regard.
This court now turns to the Appellant's grounds of appeal not considered. On allegations that he was framed, this court dismisses the same. The Appellant was caught in flagrante delicto by PW3. His evidence was consistent and corroborate that of the Complainant. This court further notes that nothing, from the proceedings shows an error on the part of the trial court in the conduct of the proceedings. The burden of proof was not shifted to the defence as alleged by the Appellant. That ground is similarly dismissed. In this regard, this court finds that the Prosecution established the ingredients of defilement to the required standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt. The Appellant's appeal against the conviction lacks merit. It must fail. It is hereby dismissed.
The Appellant was under the Sexual Offences Act sentenced to serve life imprisonment by dint of the provisions of Section 8 (2). The court considered his mitigation and the probation report. The Appellant maintained that he was framed. He denied the offence. The Court sentenced the Appellant to the mandatory sentence provided by the Act. The custodial sentence imposed was lawful. This court thus sees no reasons to disturb the sentence. The appeal challenging the sentence is unmerited. It is hereby dismissed. The Appeal is hereby dismissed in its entirety. The conviction and sentence is upheld. It is so ordered.
DATED AT KITALE THIS 17th DAY OF MARCH 2022.
L KIMARU


text:
namespace forwarder2 {

HostController::HostController(int device_port,
                               const std::string& forward_to_host,
                               int forward_to_host_port,
                               int adb_port,
                               int exit_notifier_fd)
    : device_port_(device_port),
      forward_to_host_(forward_to_host),
      forward_to_host_port_(forward_to_host_port),
      adb_port_(adb_port),
      exit_notifier_fd_(exit_notifier_fd),
      ready_(false) {
  adb_control_socket_.set_exit_notifier_fd(exit_notifier_fd);
}

HostController::~HostController() {
}

void HostController::StartForwarder(
    scoped_ptr<Socket> host_server_data_socket) {
  scoped_ptr<Socket> adb_data_socket(new Socket);
  if (!adb_data_socket->ConnectTcp("", adb_port_)) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Could not Connect AdbDataSocket on port: "
               << adb_port_;
    return;
  }
  // Open the Adb data connection, and send a command with the
  // |device_forward_port| as a way for the device to identify the connection.
  SendCommand(command::DATA_CONNECTION,
              device_port_,
              adb_data_socket.get());

  // Check that the device received the new Adb Data Connection.  Observe that
  // this check is done through the |adb_control_socket_| that is handled in the
  // DeviceListener thread just after the call to WaitForAdbDataSocket().
  if (!ReceivedCommand(command::ADB_DATA_SOCKET_SUCCESS,
                       &adb_control_socket_)) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Device could not handle the new Adb Data Connection.";
    host_server_data_socket->Close();
    adb_data_socket->Close();
    return;
  }
  Forwarder* forwarder = new Forwarder(host_server_data_socket.Pass(),
                                       adb_data_socket.Pass());
  // Forwarder object will self delete after returning.
  forwarder->Start();
}

bool HostController::Connect() {
  if (!adb_control_socket_.ConnectTcp("", adb_port_)) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Could not Connect HostController socket on port: "
               << adb_port_;
    return false;
  }
  // Send the command to the device start listening to the "device_forward_port"
  bool send_command_success = SendCommand(
      command::LISTEN, device_port_, &adb_control_socket_);
  CHECK(send_command_success);
  int device_port_allocated;
  command::Type command;
  if (!ReadCommand(&adb_control_socket_, &device_port_allocated, &command) ||
      command != command::BIND_SUCCESS) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Device binding error using port " << device_port_;
    adb_control_socket_.Close();
    return false;
  }
  // When doing dynamically allocation of port, we get the port from the
  // BIND_SUCCESS command we received above.
  device_port_ = device_port_allocated;
  ready_ = true;
  return true;
}

void HostController::Run() {
  CHECK(ready_) << "HostController not ready. Must call Connect() first.";
  while (true) {
    if (!ReceivedCommand(command::ACCEPT_SUCCESS,
                         &adb_control_socket_)) {
      LOG(ERROR) << "Device socket error on accepting using port "
                 << device_port_;
      break;
    }
    // Try to connect to host server.
    scoped_ptr<Socket> host_server_data_socket(new Socket);
    host_server_data_socket->set_exit_notifier_fd(exit_notifier_fd_);
    if (!host_server_data_socket->ConnectTcp(
            forward_to_host_, forward_to_host_port_)) {
      LOG(ERROR) << "Could not Connect HostServerData socket on port: "
                 << forward_to_host_port_;
      SendCommand(command::HOST_SERVER_ERROR,
                  device_port_,
                  &adb_control_socket_);
      if (ReceivedCommand(command::ACK, &adb_control_socket_)) {
        // It can continue if the host forwarder could not connect to the host
        // server but the device acknowledged that, so that the device could
        // re-try later.
        continue;
      } else {
        break;
      }
    }
    SendCommand(command::HOST_SERVER_SUCCESS,
                device_port_,
                &adb_control_socket_);
    StartForwarder(host_server_data_socket.Pass());
  }
  adb_control_socket_.Close();
}

}  // namespace forwarder2

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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STAL translates to steel in more than a few languages. As a result, the word conjures feelings of coldness and evokes imagery of a modern, industrial life. On his new EP, Fresh Blood, Pierre-Marie Maulini (the man behind the STAL moniker) strikes the perfect balance between the cold, sleek varnish of this picture and something decidedly more harmonious and human. In doing so, he creates a perfect example of how one can keep their humanity in the age of twenty first century digitalism.
Maulini has always shown an exceptional proclivity for music; even as a child growing up in the South of France. This love and talent would first manifest itself in the form of A Red Season Shade, the post-rock outfit he formed with his older brother and a few close friends. The band signed to Gentleman Records in 2006, an opportunity that would lead to Maulini connecting with local shoegaze legend, Anthony Gonzalez. The two grew close and Gonzalez would eventually invite Maulini to be a touring member of his band, M83. The next two years for Maulini would be spent touring the world, opening for acts like Kings of Leon and Midnight Juggernauts or headlining their own international tours. It was here, on the road with M83, that Maulini was first exposed to the world of synths, keyboards and other electronic elements that would soon be so prevalent in the music he would create.
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Chef is both the name of a company and the name of a configuration management tool written in Ruby and Erlang. It uses a pure-Ruby, domain-specific language (DSL) for writing system configuration "recipes". Chef is used to streamline the task of configuring and maintaining a company's servers, and can integrate with cloud-based platforms such as Internap, Amazon EC2, Google Cloud Platform, OpenStack, Soft Layer, Microsoft Azure and Rackspace to automatically provision and configure new machines. Chef contains solutions for both small and large scale systems, with features and pricing for the respective ranges.
The user writes "recipes" that describe how Chef manages server applications and utilities (such as Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, or Hadoop) and how they are to be configured. These recipes (which can be grouped together as a "cookbook"for easier management) describe a series of resources that should be in a particular state: packages that should be installed, services that should be running, or files that should be written. These various resources can be configured to specific versions of software to run and can ensure that software is installed in the correct order based on dependencies. Chef makes sure each resource is properly configured and corrects any resources that are not in the desired state.
Chef can run in client/server mode, or in a standalone configuration named "chef-solo". In client/server mode, the Chef client sends various attributes about the node to the Chef server. The server uses Solr to index these attributes and provides an API for clients to query this information. Chef recipes can query these attributes and use the resulting data to help configure the node.
Traditionally, Chef was used to manage Linux but later versions support Microsoft Windows as well. Meanwhile in same way it can also be used in different projects also like house cleaning services, restaurants, shopping malls and etc.
It is one of the four major configuration management systems on Linux, along with CFEngine, Bcfg2, and Puppet. Chef is more than a configuration management tool, along with Puppet, Ansible and Otter it's one of the industry's most notable Infrastructure as Code (IAC) tools.