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Q: How forward and reverse DNS works What I understand about how DNS works is like this: first let's assume mydomain.com has the IP address 12.34.56.78. Now when I put the url mydomain.com in the browser, the browser sends a dns lookup to its local dns server, asking, hey, do you know the ip address for mydomain.com. If the local dns server does not know about it, it will ask the parent dns servers, if the parent also does not know, then it keeps asking all the way up until the root  dns server. The root dns server will ask some server in charge of the .com tld. The dns server in charge of the .com will have knowledge about mydomain.com because mydomain.com is the .com family. Then the answer will be returned back to the initial asker. Also the answer quite likely will be cached in the dns servers involved in the asking process. Would anyone correct my understanding if it is wrong.
So my real question is about how reverse dns lookup works. Let's say if I want to find out what domain name is for the ip 12.34.56.78. I run the command dig -x 12.34.56.78. If my local dns server does not know the answer, which server does it further ask? Is it 12.in-addr.arpa., or 34.12.in-addr.arpa.? If this is the case, are these names like 12.in-addr.arpa. valid domain names? And where should they be deployed so that the reverse lookup requests will know whom to ask?

A: How a reverse DNS lookup is accomplished:

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*The DNS resolver reverses the IP, and adds it to ".in-addr.arpa" (or ".ip6.arpa" for IPv6 lookups), turning 192.0.2.25 into 25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.

*The DNS resolver then looks up the PTR record for 25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.

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*The DNS resolver asks the root servers for the PTR record for 25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.

*The root servers refer the DNS resolver to the DNS servers in charge of the Class A range (192.in-addr.arpa, which covers all IPs that begin with 192).

*In almost all cases, the root servers will refer the DNS resolver to a "RIR" ("Regional Internet Registry"). These are the organizations that allocate IPs. In general, ARIN handles North American IPs, APNIC handles Asian-Pacific IPs, and RIPE handles European IPs.

*The DNS resolver will ask the ARIN DNS servers for the PTR record for 25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.

*The ARIN DNS servers will refer the DNS resolver to the DNS servers of the organization that was originally given the IP range. These are usually the DNS servers of your ISP, or their bandwidth provider.

*The DNS resolver will ask the ISP's DNS servers for the PTR record for 25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.

*The ISP's DNS servers will refer the DNS resolver to the organization's DNS servers.

*The DNS resolver will ask the organization's DNS servers for the PTR record for 25.2.0.192.in-addr.arpa.

*The organization's DNS servers will respond with "host.example.com".

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Being Quiet - About Being Open - at NASA.gov (Update)
By Keith Cowing on November 23, 2010 1:31 PM.
NASA Launches Open Gov Status Dashboard
"Some ideas, on the other hand, have taken a little longer than we anticipated and need some extra time in order to be done correctly. To articulate the status of all of these milestones, we're launching the new Open Government Status Dashboard, which details the status of all 39 three-month goals in an easy-to-read format. We'll work to keep this status page updates as milestones are achieved."
Keith's note: Of course, as eager as this group is, they never seem to get press releases out to tell people what they are doing. This item was posted a month ago at NASA.gov.
NASA, the White House and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Lead Government, Non Profit and Industry Trade Groups in Social Media, Online Strategy
"NASA, the White House and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) outpace other public sector organizations when it comes to social media savvy and online strategy, according to the first annual Digital IQ Index(R) for the Public Sector."
Keith's update: Here we go again. One tweet and a retweet from several NASA civil servants. That's it. Yet again, no press release, or coordinated NASA.gov use of social media to promote a study that recognizes NASA's social media prowess. How ironic.
Keith's 3:30 pm Update update: NASA finally got around to issuing a press release at 3:00 pm EST 15 hours after it was released by others - and thus missed a whole news cycle. So much for making the best use of "social media and online strategy".
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NASA Launches Open Gov Status Dashboard\n\n\"Some ideas, on the other hand, have taken a little longer than we anticipated and need some extra time in order to be done correctly. To articulate the status of all of these milestones, we're launching the new Open Government Status Dashboard, which details the status of all 39 three-month goals in an easy-to-read format. We'll work to keep this status page updates as milestones are achieved.\"\n\n Keith's note: Of course, as eager as this group is, they never seem to get press releases out to tell people what they are doing. This item was posted a month ago at NASA.gov.\n\nNASA, the White House and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Lead Government, Non Profit and Industry Trade Groups in Social Media, Online Strategy\n\n\"NASA, the White House and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) outpace other public sector organizations when it comes to social media savvy and online strategy, according to the first annual Digital IQ Index(R) for the Public Sector.\"\n\n Keith's update: Here we go again. One tweet and a retweet from several NASA civil servants. That's it. Yet again, no press release, or coordinated NASA.gov use of social media to promote a study that recognizes NASA's social media prowess. How ironic.\n\n Keith's 3:30 pm Update update: NASA finally got around to issuing a press release at 3:00 pm EST 15 hours after it was released by others - and thus missed a whole news cycle. So much for making the best use of \"social media and online strategy\".
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This is a HORRIBLE photo (Hubby excitedly took it with his phone this morning), but…..it is a photo of a cat, successfully and without assistance, properly using the toilet!!!
This was, of course, immediately followed with "Good boy, Jack, good potty, good kitty" and 2 Feline Greenies treats (his favorite).
Jack is, at this point, essentially trained. Ace, his brother, is following VERY closely behind in the process. The girl (Queenie), however, is still stubborn and will complain pretty vocally about having to use this piece of unfamiliar equipment for her, um, "ablutions." If we are not around, she will still pace around the bathroom, looking for somewhere, anywhere else to go and we have to keep reassuring her that, indeed, there IS no other acceptable option before she will actually consent to use the toilet. The "Citykitty" set-up, at the "almost at the end" stage where we are, still requires a small sprinkling of cat litter. When we open up the (gigantic, plastic, Costco-sized bucket) litter container, she always stands up on her hind legs, peeking in, thinking that she'd much rather go IN the litter bucket (she has actually done this before – now we have to put the bathroom trash can on TOP of the bucket to keep her out – brat.).
Boy doesn't care for tomato sauce, so when I was making stuffed shells for dinner tonight, I thought I'd try to come up with an alternate sauce for him. Hubby, Girl and I loved the tomato sauce version and Boy really loved the Parmesan-Pesto version. The two sauces might even be really good if you combined them, or baked a batch of shells that are drizzled with a little of each sauce, in the same pan.
Cook pasta shells in salted water according to package directions. Drain and discard any broken or torn shells.
Squeeze all excess water out of the spinach and place it in a medium-sized mixing bowl. Add the Baby Bam, mozzarella, eggs, ricotta and 1/4 cup of the parmesan cheese. Stir until well combined. Stuff each of the shells with 2 – 3 Tbsp. of the ricotta mixture and place all of them, except 8, in a large baking dish. Place the remaining 8 shells in a smaller baking dish and set aside.
Top the large dish of shells with the pasta sauce and sprinkle with half of the remaining parmesan cheese. Bake for about 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and cheese is lightly browned. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and serve.
Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. When butter is melted, whisk in the flour until well blended. Cook, whisking continuously, for 1 to 2 minutes or until very thick. Slowly pour in 1 cup of the liquid, continuously whisking, until well combined. Turn heat down to low and whisk in Baby Bam, pesto and 4 Tbsp. of the cheese. Continue to simmer until sauce reaches the desired consistency (somewhere between yogurt and melted ice cream), adding the remaining 1/2 cup liquid, if necessary. You want the sauce to be thick, but still pourable, because it will thicken a little as it bakes. Pour about 1/3 to 1/2 of the sauce over the reserved 8 stuffed shells and sprinkle with the remaining 1 Tbsp. of cheese.
Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and cheese is lightly browned. Reserve remaining sauce for another use (pour over cooked pasta and add some grilled chicken?).
One of the women in my book club made these chicken lettuce wraps for our last meeting and they were absolutely scrumptious. One bite and I knew that I needed to make them for Hubby, Boy and Girl. They are a bit of a pain to make, for what they are. You need lots of serving dishes for this (even without the dumplings and eggrolls). You have to make 2 different from-scratch dressings. You need to use your blender, your grill and either the stove-top or a rice cooker. There's a hefty amount of chopping, including ginger, which is a headache for me. They were totally yummy, though, and I would make these again.
I forgot to toss the cooked chicken in the additional Lime Vinaigrette (and we didn't miss it). If you wanted to simplify the recipe, you could marinate the chicken in a bit of bottled Teriyaki sauce instead of preparing the lime vinaigrette.
I sliced the chicken, instead of shredding it. That was probably a mistake – it's probably worth the trouble to shred (or chop) it, to make the bites of meat in the wrap smaller. I also forgot to wash the rice, but I think it's worth the extra step to do that – my friend's rice was much better and less "clumpy" when she made hers.
The green onion/scallions, though they are yummy, could probably be eliminated. I love cilantro, so I would NEVER omit that. The cucumber could also go, if you're not a big fan.
The mango (I actually used 2 mangoes, instead of just 1 and we ate it ALL) is crucial – don't omit that!
The soy-ginger dressing is very good, so I think that's worth the trouble (bump the amount of sesame oil up to at least 1 tsp).
I cooked some dumplings and eggrolls (frozen) to go with these.
Hubby LOVES this sauce and would probably eat a dead dog if it were doused in this sauce.
If I had thought of it, I would have made some edamame, too, but just didn't get around to it. I couldn't find Bibb lettuce right now, either. It really would have been better, but iceberg was OK in a pinch.
The lettuce wraps were a big hit with Hubby, Boy and Boy's friend, A (and me, too!). Girl was away at a birthday party, but will have some of the leftovers tomorrow.
The Hannah Montana concert last night was AWESOME! Girl, Friend C and Cousin A had a great time. I knew that I was only along for the ride (or, rather, to provide the ride), but I actually enjoyed it, myself. I was familiar with some of Hannah/Miley's songs, because I've watched the show a few times with Girl and we frequently listen to the Disney music channel on the XM radio in the mornings on the way to school (Hannah/Miley gets LOTS of rotation there – natch). I was less familiar with Aly and AJ's music, but was totally bowled over. Those girls ROCK! They were slamming on their guitars and really belting out the lyrics. Obviously, a lot of concerts are beefed up by background "lip synch" tracks, but if Aly and AJ were using one, it was much less obvious than during the Hannah/Miley part of the show. She was wonderful, too, though. I have to admit that I was watching for the "body double in the wig" portion of the show (not that I hold it against her – it's a show, after all – they have to use whatever tricks they can find), but I didn't see it. There was another part of the show where Aly (the curly-haired one) and AJ (the straight-haired one) came out to sing another song – maybe that was added in and wasn't part of the original show – maybe that was to give Miley time for her costume change.
The concert was a TOTAL estrogen fest. You've never SEEN so many little girls all in one place. There was LOTS of screaming. LOTS. Thankfully, the concert arena had re-purposed some of the men's room (covered the "MEN" signs up to change them to "WOMEN"), so the lines weren't unbearable. This was confusing to a couple of dads that happened to be there, though, and I did hear a couple of tiny girls ask what the weird-looking sinks were in the bathroom (as the moms hurried them past, saying, "NO! That's NOT where you wash your hands!").
Miley Cyrus is Billy Ray Cyrus' 15-year old daughter. She has a wildly popular TV show on the Disney Channel. If you haven't heard of it, you either have been living under a rock or have no females in your life under the age of 14. She is currently on a concert tour, singing songs as both Miley Cyrus and as Hannah Montana, the character that she plays on the show. Aly & AJ are older, but still Disney-affiliated, I believe. No show, but a couple of albums under their belt. They were the warm-up band for Miley/Hannah for the last few stops of the tours, but last night"s concert was their last show with her. The concerts have sparked all kinds of controversy because they've been sold out in every city, commanding prices online and through scalpers above $1000 per ticket (I didn't – and wouldn't – pay that, by the way). People resorted to all sorts of desperate measures to get their hands on tickets. I am fortunate to have a connection with the concert venue and was able to procure tix with minimal effort, but also have lots of friends here in Austin that were able to secure them through the legit online box office – I think that they must have found a way to weed out the mass online ticket brokers and make the tix more available to fans at a reasonable price.
Hundreds of dollars worth of piano lessons every month? Totally worth it.
Girl just won the spelling bee at her school! The last two contestants were Girl and her good friend, C. They went head-to-head for about 8 rounds, and smiling and cheering each other on. Here's the kicker: the word that got best friend eliminated? Crescendo. The word that Girl had to spell, after that, to win? Staccato.
Girl is over the moon and will go on to compete at a district-wide bee in a couple of weeks.
FYI – Good friend C. is super-smart, very sweet and an amazing speller. She stayed in the bee last year much longer (3rd place!) than Girl did, so this was truly anybody's game and either girl would have been thrilled to have the other one win. I am taking both girls (and Girl's cousin, A) to the Hannah Montana concert tonight to celebrate. YAY!
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Heat the oil in a large skillet or saucepan over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the Baby Bam over the chicken pieces and toss/stir to coat. Add chicken to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside. Add the garlic, onion and bell pepper to the pan and cook, stirring frequently, until softened (about 3 minutes). Add the paprika, chicken stock, tomatoes, and tomato paste to the pan and cook for 5 minutes or so, turning down the heat, if necessary, to prevent bubbling over. If you would like for the sauce to be smoother and less "chunky", use an immersion blender at this point (right in the pan) to puree the sauce. Add the caraway seeds and half-and-half to the sauce and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir in the ground flax. Stir to blend completely. Return the chicken to the pan and continue to simmer (5 to 10 more minutes) until the sauce is nice and thick, the chicken is cooked through and the flax is completed mixed in. Serve over the cooked pasta, with sauteed spinach on the side.
Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a VERY large saucepan. Add the spinach, a little bit at a time (it will shrink CONSIDERABLY as it cooks). After all of the spinach is added and has started to wilt a little, sprinkle the Baby Bam over it, stirring (I like to use tongs) to incorporate. When all of the spinach is at least partially wilted (you don't have to cook it to death), remove it from the heat and serve.
Celebrating the 18th Anniversary of my 21st Birthday….
As part of an early present, Hubby signed us up for a "Knife Skills" class at Whole Foods. We went last week and it was a great class.
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I've been threatening to make a batch of Chai macaroons (macaron), but haven't been able to. It's been rainy and wet here and I'm worried about the impact that all of the moisture would have on the meringues. So, I'm waiting for drier weather before I give it a try. I have also ordered some pistachio extract so that I can give a pistachio version a try (I thought that I would use ground pistacho instead of almond meal and then would use a bit of the pistachio extract in the buttercream), so the macaroon project (thankfully!) is on hold for the moment.
Mix all of the spices together and store in an airtight container. Add to tea, coffee, any baked goods (especially yummy with chocolate – try it in brownies!). Add a pinch to meringue or whipped cream or sprinkle it in your cereal or over your oatmeal. Try blending it into a sweetened vinaigrette for a great dressing over baby spinach, fruit and nuts. If it's too "spicy" or exotic for you, feel free to cut back on some of the other spices and bulk up the percentage of cinnamon until your taste buds (or your childrens') get used to it.
But that other 1% really stinks…..
99% of the time, Boy and Girl get along beautifully….
Boy and Girl had a piano class last night that they had to attend together. I dropped them off and told them I'd run an errand or two and would pick them up when the class was over an hour later. I gave them a mini deck of playing cards (that I ALWAYS have in my purse – you never know when you're going to meet a Midwesterner who's dying to play some Euchre!) and told them they could play "War" or something, if I was running a minute or two late or if the class let out early. They were in a great mood and were being perfectly friendly to one another when I dropped them off. An hour later, however, they were sullen and grumpy and climbed into the car while shooting each other dirty looks. Apparently, Girl had been "annoying" (unspecified definition) and so when Girl tried to deal Boy some cards, he didn't want to play and threw the cards back at her. Of course, I wasn't there and didn't hear what happened or what was said, so there was no way that I could settle it (and I really didn't want to, anyway!), so I just frustratedly suggested that maybe they could remember that they were both human beings and they should treat each other accordingly. I told them that it sounded like they both were not as kind to one another as they could have been and that if either of them felt like they had something to apologize for, this would be a GREAT time to do that, so that we could get on with our pleasant evening. I followed up my "suggestion" with a promising description of building a fire, having a hot meal and cuddling on the sofa together while watching an episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. Of course, none of these things would be able to happen if they weren't getting along and couldn't settle their argument….
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Take a cooked lasagna noodle and spread it with a very thin layer of prepared (or store-bought) pesto, just enough to very lightly coat it. Spread a thin layer (2 to 3 Tbsp.) of the ricotta cheese mixture (from the above lasagna recipe) on top of the pesto. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese and crumbled, cooked hamburger meat (just reserve a little when you brown the meat for your lasagna, above). Very gently roll the lasagna into a spiral and place it carefully in a small glass or ceramic baking dish. Spread a little more pesto over the top and sprinkle with a little Parmesan cheese. Bake for the last 15 – 20 minutes of the time that your lasagna is baking, until completely cooked and bubbly (you just want to make sure that the eggs in the ricotta are cooked though). Boy really loved these and had one in his lunch the next day.


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Crews were in Summerland from Oct. 13 to 15 to film The Angel Tree, a Hallmark movie. Crews set up portions of Victoria Road North as well as the lot behind 10124 Main Street for outdoor scenes. Holiday decorations and artificial snow were used to create the setting. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)
COLUMN: Adding diversity to light holiday movies
Movie makers are becoming more inclusive with their festive season offerings
It's the festive season, and that means it's time to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and enjoy some of the many heart-warming seasonal movies on television at this time of year.
There's no shortage of these movies, with more than 90 filmed in 2019 alone. Many are filmed in small towns around British Columbia. Just this year, two were filmed in Summerland.
These made-for-television movies provide a couple of hours of diversion from the busyness of the season, with light, bright holiday romance stories.
And yet, too often these movies have left me disappointed.
They're beautifully filmed, with immaculate homes, stunning small businesses and scenic parks and downtown streets. The scenes are designed to elicit warm, happy memories from a bygone era.
READ ALSO: COLUMN: Light holiday movies, filmed here in B.C.
READ ALSO: QUIZ: Test your knowledge of holiday movies and television specials
In these movies, each small town had huge holiday celebrations, and each movie included at least one scene of the two main characters picking out a tree, decorating the tree, making holiday cookies or wearing ugly sweaters to a holiday party.
And on Christmas Eve, the man and woman fall in love, resulting in a happy Christmas they will cherish forever.
But until recently, the diversity I see around me was missing from these holiday movies.
Casts were predominantly white and there were no references to customs and traditions other than Christmas.
Our communities in Canada are far from homogeneous.
This is most noticeable in the larger cities across the country, but it can also be seen in small towns as well.
Nearly one-quarter of people living in Canada are visible minorities, and in British Columbia, the figure is closer to 30 per cent.
Some of us have big Christmas celebrations, some celebrate Hanukkah, some observe Kwanzaa and others have their big celebrations on New Year's Day.
Even among those who celebrate Christmas, there are plenty of differences. Canada is made up of many ethnicities and cultural backgrounds, and many religious faiths or world views.
And there are other ways our diversity shows itself. Some families include a mother and father with their children, others are single parent families. There are childless couples and there are same-sex couples.
Each of these differences will all affect the ways we celebrate the season.
We are not all the same. Chances are good that each of us has friends, neighbours, coworkers or acquaintances who represent demographics other than our own.
At least some of the diversity we already experience around us should also show itself in our stories and entertainment. Characters in our stories should not be limited to successful, attractive white people at the exclusion of all others.
A change is now starting to happen.
Over the past few years, holiday movies are beginning to reflect our changing demographics.
Not all actors are white, and in some instances, the lead roles are going to actors who represent visible minorities.
Some of the recent holiday movies have included references to traditions surrounding the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah.
And this year, for the first time, Hallmark has featured a same-sex couple in one of its movies.
The Christmas House, which first aired in late November, represents new territory in the world of Hallmark's holiday movies.
These changes represent an important positive step forward.
Recognizing and reflecting the diversity among us will result in stories accessible to all people, not just to one segment of the population.
And showing a variety of people and a variety of holiday traditions may help to foster a more inclusive mindset, which benefits everyone.
The festive season – including its holiday movies – deserves to be festive for all.
John Arendt is the editor of the Summerland Review.
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A Visit From the Truth Police
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Australian poet, Facebook fact checking, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet, Truth Police
𝐀 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞
A knock upon the door disturbs the peace:
"We know you're in there sir, let us inside!
We are, perhaps you've guessed, the Truth Police,
And we have solid proof that you have lied.
A certain lie you posted has been spied
By our Fact-checkers — open up the door!
There is no place to run, no place to hide!
We have our orders to enforce the law,
And liars like you no way will we ignore!
Now let us in! You lying terrorist!"
(They bash the door down, throw me to the floor,
Put in the boot.) "Now we are really pissed!
We asked you nicely — you would not comply.
Now you'll learn facts are fiction — that's no lie."
Babes in Arms
Australian poet, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, pregnant soldiers
𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐬
It's their pregnant battalion men — run!
They are armed to the teeth — every one!
They're a terrible sight!
And it's not a fair fight!
For let's face it — it's two against one!
A True Believer?
Australian poet, poem, poetry, Triolet
𝐀 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫?
You say that you believe in God — I say,
Then surely you must strive to be a saint.
From His well-beaten path you must not stray.
If that be so His word you must obey —
Faith's burdens must be borne without complaint.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐧)
Australian poet, Covid-19, poem, poetry, Socialism, sonnet, The Great Reset
All stuff (except for ours) the state now owns.
And by the state, we mean the global state.
Apart for your pathetic flesh and bones,
You've no possessions — we'll decide your fate.
We'll issue you with special mobile phones,
So we can listen in to all you say.
You'll be observed around the clock by drones —
We must know where you go, and where you stay.
You need not fear as long as you obey
Our clear directives — do as you are told.
Make no mistake, all deviants will pay.
(In sweat and blood — since we have all the gold)
To Covid we must now extend our thanks —
We didn't need those missiles, guns, and tanks.
Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Bush Poetry, General
Australian bush, Australian Outback, Cattle stations, Fiction based on fact, short stories
It was out around Mungindi many years ago. Very early in the new century it was. Seven men crouched around a camp fire — it was winter time, or what passes for winter in that part of the world — beautiful warm days more often than not, and cold nights. The men were fencers, fencers of the barbed wire and hardwood post variety, running boundary fences for one of the big cattle stations — Noondooroo, I believe it may have been. Hard men they were, tough as the posts they split from the scraggly gums that grew along the line. The men seemed lost in thought, staring into the dying fire, feeling its warmth and gazing into the crackling leaping flames as countless men had done around camp fires for millennia past.
It was Frank who broke the spell as he threw some wood chips onto the blaze — Frank the old man who could still wield a crowbar and shovel with the best of them. Frank who had always been around the place, but none knew where he was from, he just appeared at some point in the distant past. The fire sparked and flared a little in response to the gift of fuel.
"I knew a woman back in the late 60s. Mary Ann was her name — a beauty she was. Don't ask me her surname now as I will come to that; it was complicated you see." The six men turned their faces to the storyteller, for Frank was indeed a celebrated storyteller — he was known far and wide. Frank could spin a yarn like no other, and whether the tale was true or not it didn't matter, it was without fail well told.
"This is a true story, I swear it is. I'd swear on the bible if we had one." This was Frank's standard introduction to any yarn — truth or lie. The six men exchanged glances, then turned their gaze back to the storyteller.
"She was what you might call a victim of circumstance, or many circumstances as it turned out." Frank continued. "She was born to a couple back in the New England area; Glen Innes to be exact. He was a free settler, a butcher he was originally, and his young wife a respectable Irish girl. From County Armagh in the north they came and settled first in the Hunter before they moved on to the tablelands. He built his business up very quickly through hard work, good management, and guile, and before long was free of the laborious butchering itself. He became so well to do that he, William Fitzmaurice Butler, had his portrait painted at great expense, and well-framed as well — I know this to be true for I have seen the painting first hand.
'What about his wife?' you may ask, and I will come to that shortly.
The young wife, who he'd married at sixteen, Sarah was her name, was just twenty when she gave birth to Mary Ann, and here's where the string of tragedies start — it was a very difficult birth and the poor girl died in the process." The intently listening men glanced at one another and shifted a little in their seats — a couple of split posts that lay in the dust. Frank went on: "So that's why she didn't get her portrait painted — but you see the new wife did; for William remarried the year after Sarah's death — after a respectable time had elapsed, and the new wife then quickly got busy producing children. My guess is that Mary Ann got neglected you might say. Maybe her step-mother resented her and maybe her father didn't twig to what was going on. Maybe the father couldn't take to the girl whose birth, whose life, had killed his wife — we'll never know. In any case she grew up a worry and pretty wild. Yes, Mary Ann, who should have had the world at her feet and consequently a happy life was set on a tragic path, you may take my word for it.
Now when Mary Ann was just sixteen a stockman came to Tamworth with a herd of cattle for the slaughter yards; for Butler's butchering business. William Butler by now owned a string of butcher shops and slaughter houses in various towns in the area including Tamworth, and he made the buggy trip down from Glen Innes with Mary Ann in tow. Why he brought her we'll never know, but my theory is that he intended enrolling her at one of the ladies' colleges in Tamworth to try to straighten her out. In any case the whole plan backfired badly. The stockman, a certain Fred Clark, sold his cattle to William and went on a wild spree with the proceeds. At some point he met up with Mary Ann, swept her off her feet and eloped with her. The two disappeared into the west not to be heard from for a number of months. William was beside himself. After fruitless approaches to police he returned to Glen Innes where he broke the news to his wife and family — they, wife and children, seemed rather unconcerned.
So why am I telling this yarn right here at this time? Well I'll tell you — the eloping pair came here, somewhere close to here at least, near Mungindi. Clark worked on a cattle station near here, just a bit to the west. His parents and brothers and sisters all worked and lived on the station. You'd know it if I told you the name but I won't as it's a bit personal you see. Don't worry about that, it doesn't matter, those sort of details I mean. In any case they settled down in a fashion and after a few months Mary Ann sent a letter back to her father saying she was alright and married to Clark. We don't know how William took it but he didn't interfere after that. He would not hear from her until twelve years later. The truth was that Clark would not marry Mary Ann, and she had to settle for a common law marriage — she was already pregnant. Now Clark was a drover, and droving out here is a hard life as you all know very well; but her life was a damned sight worse — stuck at a station homestead day in and day out with the flies and the heat to put up with plus Clark's family who seem to have detested her from the start. On top of that Clark was basically a bastard. He hit the bottle pretty hard and on occasions hit Mary Ann even harder. Still she put up with it — figured it was her lot I guess.
In any case twelve years went by and five children were born. Clark was drinking more and more and getting more violent. Mary Ann got no sympathy from Clark's parents or his brothers and sisters. She felt terribly lonely and isolated as Clark's family did all they could to turn her children against her. She dreamed of running away, but how could she with five children? Her relationship with Clark's family continued to deteriorate. To make matters even worse Clark took an aboriginal mistress and declared their common law marriage, such as it was, over, and that he would take the children. The police were called in to investigate the matter. The Clarks testified that Mary Ann was a bad mother, an alcoholic, and a child beater, and that she was not legally married to Clark. In short she was expelled from the station and custody of the children given to Clark.
Mary Ann, deeply distressed, fled east by coach to Glen Innes and her now elderly father. His reaction to her reappearance after all these years is not known; nor is the reaction of her step-mother and half siblings, but in any case she was accommodated and fed, at least for the moment. Whether she requested help from her father as regards her children is also unknown, but it must be assumed that she kept that to herself, after all, the children were to put it bluntly, all bastards, and she had no right in law to them, and by now she undoubtedly knew it.
The atmosphere in Glen Innes was surely strained, so after some months her father advanced her sufficient funds for her to move to Mungindi where she rented a small cottage. At least here she could be relatively close to her children even if she couldn't see them. Her father had agreed to send her a small monthly amount until she could gain some sort of income herself. It was while she was living a humble existence in Mungindi that John Pursely came into her life. Pursely, a stockman working on a station south of Mungindi, would ride once a month on a Saturday evening into town, book into the pub and spend his Sunday just lazing about and soaking up the 'city' life before riding back to the station in the early hours of Monday morning. Pursely was a good and honest man — he smoked but he hardly drank — he was moderate in all things, including women.
Mary Ann was by now almost thirty, Pursely thirty five — a man somewhat set in his ways. They met at the post office, her collecting her monthly wired allowance, and Pursely looking for mail. It was, perhaps, love at first sight. Pursely began riding to town every Saturday and so the relationship blossomed. But once again there was to be no formal marriage —Pursely was scared of marriage. A common law marriage was agreed. Pursely would continue his work at the station and Mary Ann would remain in Mungindi. They would be together for one day and two nights a week and Pursely would be the provider. Mary Ann wrote to her father saying she was getting married and would no longer require his financial assistance.
Now Pursely had a mate — a fellow stockman named Steve Knight. Silent Knight he was sometimes known as, and I mention this at this time because he comes into the picture later. A secretive and obviously quiet fellow, with a sort of nondescript appearance — neither ugly nor good looking in a way, hard to describe. A mystery man. Not sure where he came from or where he went. He never talked about himself or gave anything away. He was a couple of years younger than Pursely and worked on the same station. He would sometimes ride in with him to Mungindi and stay at the hotel, then ride back with him. He got to know Mary Ann well and admired her greatly. He thought Pursely a very lucky fellow and even told him so — just the once.
Mary Ann soon fell pregnant and in due course a boy was born. They named him John William — Mary Ann was now 32 years old. For the first time in many years she had hope for the future, but once again clouds were gathering. During mustering a bull gored Pursely and he died after lingering for two weeks. Then came more bad news: her father had died leaving all to his wife — no help now lay in that direction. Pursely's funeral was held in Mungindi and quite a few people, mainly drovers and their wives, turned up to show their respects. John Pursely was well liked. Mary Ann was there with little John. Knight was there and managed to say a few words of comfort to Mary Ann.
Six months went by and Mary Ann was almost out of the money she had saved from her father's allowance. She was sitting at her bare table when a knock came at the door — it was Knight. She had seen him a few times when he rode into or out of town, but hadn't spoken to him once. He asked if he could come in, he had something for her. She let him in and put the kettle on the stove to make tea. They conversed at first awkwardly as Knight was uncomfortable around women, but he started to loosen up after a few minutes and when the conversation passed to Pursely he thrust his hand into his pocket, pulled out a wad of banknotes and placed them on the table. 'Yours Mary Ann', he said. 'John's winnings.' And with that he walked out of the house before Mary Ann could even protest.
Time went by and Knight rode into town more often. Once again there was no marriage — Knight would never marry, it was dead against his nature, and by now Mary Ann didn't really care. Somehow Knight changed Mary Ann and Mary Ann changed Knight. She had found another good man. She was thirty four years of age and almost everyone had deserted her. Her children with Clark were separated from her and strangely she was losing her emotional attachment to them. But now she would have a new start. She was pregnant with Steve's child. It was the spring of 1886 and Knight was away building a two-roomed slab shack on what he hoped would be his future selection in the Big Leather Watercourse country west of Moree. Every month he wired money to her from Moree. Soon the slab hut was completed and Knight hired a wagon to bring his wife and child and belongings from Mungindi. All went well; but the drought was tightening its grip and Knight had a mob of cattle to take on a long drive to better pastures. He would be away for two months — Mary Ann was five months pregnant and fifty miles from Moree but she had had many children and he would be back with months to spare. The hut was well-provisioned and good water was nearby. The blacks in the area were friendly and helpful — he loaded his pack horses and rode off.
The droving job lasted longer than expected. The drought was more extensive than first thought and the cattle had to be pushed further and further in towards the coast. The stock routes were crowded with mobs and the drovers had to keep the stock moving. It was two and half months before Knight could hand his mob over to another droving plant and ride for home.
It happens so easily. A snake, a bolting horse, thrown, and blackness….. Knight woke. The cool sheets were strange, white. The light was glaring; he tried to shield his eyes. He could hear noises. Someone told him not to rise, to rest. He passed out. He woke again. A nurse said that a doctor would see him. Days seemed to go by. 'You've been unconscious for well over a month, but you are now recovering fast. What's your name?'
'I don't know. What's the date?'
'It's December the 24th. You didn't miss Christmas.'
An aboriginal named Warry walked into the police station at Moree on the 18th of December 1886. He had walked for two days from the Big Leather Watercourse country where the remnants of his tribe still lived. He had a sad story to tell: A small white boy, dirty, scratched and bleeding, hungry and thirsty, had wandered into the black's camp. The blacks tracked the boy's footprints back to a slab hut some miles from their camp. As they approached the hut they heard the whimpering of a baby. Hesitatingly they opened the roughly hewn wooden door.
On the 24th of December 1886 the Moree Mail published a tragic story.
This is the gist of it:
An aboriginal had led police to a slab hut in the wilderness of the Big Leather Watercourse. There they had found the body of a woman who had died in childbirth, possibly some weeks premature, and probably on the 16th. The aboriginals had been led to the hut by the woman's three year old son, and had found a new-born baby there beside her dead mother. The aboriginals had cared for the boy and one of the female aboriginals had nursed the baby. The dead woman has been identified as Mary Ann Butler, also known as Mary Ann Clark, 35 years of age. Despite a comprehensive search the father of the child, believed to be a drover named Steve Knight, has not been located."
Frank fell silent. His eyes, somewhat glazed, reflected the flames as he stared into the fire for some time. More than one hardened man surreptitiously wiped a tear from his eye.
"They say there are no happy endings." Frank said at last. "But I will at least give you some brightness at the end of this dark tunnel. The baby girl lived, as did the little boy. They were adopted by a country woman — a well-off and saintly woman, and she brought them up and set them both on the right path. They live not far from here and I pass by there sometimes and catch a glimpse of them. They are both growing into fine citizens; and I'm sure Mary Ann would have been proud of them."
Frank fell silent again.
'But what of Steve Knight?
What became of him?' from one of the listeners.
"Oh, I believe he is very proud of them as well," replied Frank.
Creating a Flashpoint
Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Observation, Satire, Sonnet
Australian poet, poem, poetry, sonnet, Spenserian sonnet
𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭
We need an insurrection to suppress!
Then we can justify complete control.
Our aim is revolution friends, no less.
We need to paint their hero black as coal,
And hope that they'll react — that is our goal —
We'll then portray them as the enemy.
We've kicked Trump out, and now we're on a roll,
We must destroy the bastards totally!
So here's the plan — I'm sure you'll all agree:
Destruction of The Donald may suffice
To get them rioting — we'll wait and see —
And if it does they'll pay a heavy price.
But should this not provoke these "faithful" sons,
We know what will — we'll take away their guns.


text:
Антей 2500 или С-300ВМ (название на НАТО SA-23 Gladiator / Giant) е руска система за противоракетна отбрана с малък обсег. Разработена е въз основа на С-300, но с по-голям обсег и точност.

Описание
Антей 2500 е предназначена да прихваща крилати и балистични ракети с обсег до 2500 км. Системата е способна и да засича стелт-самолети, и се отличава с пълна автономност на работа. Друга характерна черта е пълният имунитет към ЕПМ и високата проходимост (Антей 2500 е мобилна система). Възможно е фокусиране на взривната мощ на бойната глава в определена точка. Антей 2500 може да прихваща и сваля свръхманеврени цели и да защитава площ от 2500 кв. км.

Технически характеристики
 Максимален обсег срещу балистична цел: 40 км
 Максимален обсег срещу аеродинамична цел: 200 км
 Максимална височина на прихващане: 30 км
 Минимална височина на прихващане: 25 м
 Максимална скорост на целта: 4500 м/сек
 Максимален брой на едновременно прихванати цели: 24 (балистични), 16 (аеродинамични)
 Брой ракети в дивизия: 96+48
 Време за привеждане/извеждане от бойна готовност: 5/5 мин
 Време за подготовка на ракетата: 7,5 мин
 Капацитет на радара: до 200 цели едновременно
 Максимален обсег на радара: 250 км
 Ракета за близки разстояния: 9М83М (96 в дивизия)
 Ракета за далечни разстояния: 9М82М, до 200 км обсег (48 в дивизия)
 Бойна глава: конвенционална, 150 кг
 Гориво: твърдо
 Макс. скорост: до 8640 км/ч
 Радари
 9С15М2 (1)
 9С19М (1)
 9С32М (4)
 Командни постове: 1
 Установки в дивизия: 24
 Установки за допълнителни ракети в дивизия: 24

Вижте също
 С-300
 А-135
 MIM-104 Пейтриът

Източници

 Технически характеристики и сравнение с "Пейтриът"
 Цялостно описание
 Подробно описание
 Антей 2500 на сайта на руската ПВО

Руски и съветски антибалистични ракети
Отбранителни системи на Руската федерация

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Pat R.
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IRS Reporting Regulation on Charitable Donations
by Senator Pat Roberts
Read More about IRS Reporting Regulation on Charitable Donations
ROBERTS. Mr. President, I rise to alert the Senate and all of my colleagues to yet another--yes, yet another--egregious action by the Internal Revenue Service, one that will affect every charity, every church, every nonprofit, and the communities they work so hard to serve. I emphasize ``another'' because it seems that the IRS continues a march toward regulations and practices that target and burden hard- working Americans.
Let me just recap. First, we learned that the IRS had released confidential tax return information on companies the IRS believed opposed the administration. Then we uncovered that the IRS had illegally targeted groups whose views differed from the White House, followed by an extensive effort to hide information on these actions-- i.e., Lois Lerner, her so-called ``lost e-mails,'' which weren't ever really lost. It was true injustice to law-abiding organizations and American citizens, which is why I should not have been surprised--but I was--to learn of the IRS's latest scheme.
Hot off the press is a new IRS proposed regulation that needlessly targets charitable contributions. Right now, when you make a contribution of $250 or more, charities will send you a ``written acknowledgement'' confirming the details of the donation, including the amount of the donation. The taxpayer uses this acknowledgement to document his or her tax deductions should there be any question.
Most charities take the time to send out a written confirmation of the donation as part of their thank-you to the donor. It is simple, it is inexpensive, and it builds good will. In short, it works for the taxpayer and also for the charity. That is it--a straightforward, commonsense method to confirm a donation was made, and no one, not even the IRS, argues that it is not working well.
But now the IRS has proposed a new method to substantiate donations-- a method that could do great harm to the charitable sector and give the IRS more tools to go after taxpayers they may not like, as we know they have done before. The IRS wants to set up a new, more formal system where the charity would have to gather information about its donors, keep that information, and--here is the rub--report the information to the IRS.
What type of information are we talking about? The return would include the charity's name and address, the donor's name and address and--here is the scary piece--the donor's Social Security number. Again, all of this new information would have to be sent to the donor and the IRS and kept on file by the charity at considerable cost. Even more disturbing, the IRS would store, maintain, and use this information in case the donor is audited.
Although this is described as an option, given the IRS's recent track record, do we really trust the agency to store this information and not use it for other purposes? I, for one, do not. I don't think we can trust them with a new source of data on donors. We must do all we can to prevent the IRS from gaining access to this sensitive data.
I am also alarmed at the thought of whether the IRS can properly safeguard this information because the agency has demonstrated zero capacity to keep similar data out of the hands of people who commit fraud, and thieves. Charities and churches that routinely receive thousands of dollars from their supporters now become greater targets for people to commit fraud.
Earlier this year, the IRS admitted that it had been hacked and private taxpayer information had been compromised. If they can do it to the IRS, you had better believe they can do it to your local nonprofit. And while the IRS today says this rule as proposed would simply be voluntary, suffer no illusion: The IRS will eventually move to make this a mandatory requirement.
Charitable organizations are also speaking out against the IRS proposal. They understand the chilling--chilling--effect this would have on [[Page S8590]] their donors, but, more importantly, on the communities they serve.
Tim Delaney, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, recently wrote: The IRS proposal would open the door for scam artists. . . . Nonprofits have neither the financial resources nor sufficient staffing to combat hackers who will see an easy source for Social Security information. This also creates a liability nightmare for innocent nonprofits. . . . To be asked to share their address, their credit card number and their Social Security number all in the same place would be enough to scare even the most committed donor to decline to give.
Tim Delaney has aptly summarized this pending and serious problem. He poses very legitimate concerns, especially regarding how scam artists might operate, explaining: Imposters' phone scripts will go something like this: ``Hi . . . I'm working for several nonprofits here in Kansas to make sure that generous donors like you get full credit for your wonderful contributions. . . . The nonprofits asked me to thank you for your generosity and confirm your name and address. . . . Also, the IRS has a new regulation that nonprofits need your Social Security number so we can send you a form confirming your contribution in case you get audited. What's your Social Security number so we can send you the form?'' Sadly, many people who want to be sure to support their charity will give the scam artists exactly what they want.
To protect the mission of our nonprofit community and the taxpayers who share their hard-earned dollars with those in need, I have introduced legislation to block this regulation and to maintain current law. The Protecting Charitable Contributions Act would maintain current IRS rules governing the substantiation of charitable contributions, and prohibit the IRS from issuing, revising, or completing any new regulation that would alter the existing rules. This just makes sense. And I would think the IRS would agree when in their own description of the proposal they state that the present system works effectively.
I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and to join me in stopping this dangerous and unneeded proposal from moving forward.
I urge all those who play a role in supporting nonprofits to go to the IRS Web site before December 16 to provide written comments to the IRS about this proposal. Yep, the IRS would like to have your comments.
Let me repeat that. I would urge all those who play a role in supporting nonprofits to go to the IRS Web site before December 16 to provide written comments to the IRS about this proposal. The message should be simple: No.
This is one Christmas greeting you had better send.
Mr. President, I yield the floor.
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.


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Q: How to get weekly data from a timestamp? I have two tables, "Gate_Logs" and "Employee".
The "Gate_Logs" table has three columns.

*

*Employee ID - A 4 Digit Unique Number assigned to every employee

*Status – In or Out

*Timestamp – A recorded timestamp

The "Employee" Table has

*

*Employee ID

*Level

*Designation

*Joining Date

*Reporting Location

*Reporting Location ID - Single Digit ID

I want to find out which employee had the highest weekly work time over the past year, and I am trying to get this data for each individual location. I want to look at the cumulative highest. Let's say Employee X at Location L worked 60 hours in a particular week, which was the highest at that location, so X will be the person I wanted to query.
Please provide any pointers on how I can proceed with this, have been stuck at it for a while.

SQL version 8.0.27

A: It can use window function LAG to pair In/Out records

*

*periods - pair in/out records

*sumup_weekly - compute weekly work hours for each employee

*rank_weekly - rank employees per location per week

and finally select those rank one

WITH periods AS (
  SELECT
    `employee_id`,
    `status` to_status,
    `timestamp` to_timestamp,
    LAG(`status`) OVER w AS fr_status,
    LAG(`timestamp`) OVER w AS fr_timestamp
  FROM gate_log
  WINDOW w AS (PARTITION BY `employee_id` ORDER BY `timestamp` ASC)
),
sumup_weekly AS (
  SELECT
    `employee_id`,
    WEEKOFYEAR(fr_timestamp) week,
    SUM(TIMESTAMPDIFF(SECOND, fr_timestamp, to_timestamp)) seconds
  FROM periods
  WHERE fr_status = 'In' AND to_status = 'Out'
  GROUP BY `employee_id`, `week`
),
rank_weekly AS (
  SELECT
    e.`employee_id`,
    e.`location_id`,
    w.`week`,
    SEC_TO_TIME(w.`seconds`) work_hours,
    RANK() OVER(PARTITION BY e.`location_id`, w.`week` ORDER BY w.`seconds` DESC) rank_hours
  FROM sumup_weekly w
  JOIN employee e ON w.`employee_id` = e.`employee_id`
)
SELECT *
FROM rank_weekly
WHERE rank_hours = 1

DEMO


In the last few months, the Delaware Court of Chancery has issued two opinions addressing fraud claims in connection with private M&A transactions based upon representations and statements made by sellers outside the four corners of the acquisition agreement, with quite different results for the allegedly defrauded buyers.
In Prairie Capital III, L.P. v. Double E Holding Corp.1 (Prairie Capital), decided in November 2015, the Court granted a motion to dismiss fraud claims brought by the buyer in the purchase of a private business to the extent that the claims were grounded on false representations made outside of the purchase agreement. The Court found that the extra-contractual fraud claims were barred by an "exclusive representation clause" in which the buyer affirmatively acknowledged that it relied only on the representations and warranties in the purchase agreement.
In the second case, FdG Logistics LLC v. A&R Logistics Holdings, Inc.2 (FdG Logistics), decided a few months later, the Court allowed fraud claims based on statements and omissions in a confidential information memorandum, a management presentation, and other due diligence materials, despite the fact that the merger agreement governing the transaction contained a clear disclaimer from the sellers stating that the sellers were not making any representation or warranty outside of the merger agreement. In the court's view a disclaimer from the sellers was not sufficient. The buyer, as the aggrieved party, must acknowledge its non-reliance on information provided outside the scope of the agreement to preclude fraud claims for extra-contractual statements.
Prairie Capital III, L.P. v. Double E Holding Corp.
Prairie involved the sale of Double E Parent LLC (Double E) to Double E Holding Corp. (the Double E Buyer), an acquisition vehicle owned by a private equity firm, Incline Equity Partners, III L.P. (the Incline Fund). The principal sellers were two private equity funds that owned a controlling interest in Double E (the Double E Sellers), which were sponsored by Prairie Capital Partners (Prairie Capital). The sale was made pursuant to a stock purchase agreement, which was signed April 4, 2012 (the Stock Purchase Agreement), and the transaction was completed the same day. One of Prairie Capital's affiliated funds served as the representative of the Double E Sellers under the Stock Purchase Agreement (the Seller's Representative). The parties agreed that a portion of the purchase price would be held in escrow until June 30, 2013, to cover potential indemnity claims brought by the Double E Buyer.
Two days before the escrowed funds were scheduled to be released; the Double E Buyer submitted an indemnification claim notice asserting, among other claims, that Double E and its management had engaged in fraud with respect to financial statements that the Double E Buyer had relied on in its decision to pursue the transaction.
In September 2014, the Sellers' Representative sued the Double E Buyer to compel the release of the escrowed funds. The Double E Buyer and the Incline Fund asserted counterclaims against Prairie Capital and two former officers of Double E for fraud, aiding and abetting fraud, and conspiracy to commit fraud, as well as contractual claims for indemnification under the Stock Purchase Agreement.
The counterclaims brought by the Double E Buyer and the Incline Fund alleged that the fraudulent actions began in the summer of 2011 at the time Double E was first being marketed for sale, when Double E's management, under pressure to support a growth story being pitched to potential buyers, began to falsify Double E's financial statements.
In its analysis of the counterclaims brought by the Double E Buyer and the Incline Fund, the Court noted that to plead fraud, a plaintiff must identify a false representation. The counterclaims relied on four allegedly false representations made in the Stock Purchase Agreement, as well as on purportedly false representations made in writing and orally during the sale process and due diligence that did not appear in the Stock Purchase Agreement.
The Stock Purchase Agreement also included a standard integration clause stating that the agreement set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the transaction and that it superseded all prior discussions of the parties.
The Incline Fund argued that the Stock Purchase Agreement should not foreclose its extra-contractual fraud claims, because it failed to specifically state that the Double E Buyer did not rely on representations other than those made in the Stock Purchase Agreement. The Incline Fund looked to Delaware case law requiring that anti-reliance representations must be explicit and clear.
The court dismissed the fraud counterclaims to the extent based on extra-contractual representations, but it found that the counterclaims adequately plead that three of the representations in the Stock Purchase Agreement were false when made.
This case arose out of the acquisition of a trucking company, A&R Logistics Holdings, Inc. (A&R) in 2012. A&R was acquired by Mason Wells, a private equity fund, through a merger transaction in which a subsidiary of Mason Wells was merged into A&R, with A&R as the surviving entity. (A&R as the surviving entity is referred to in the opinion as the Buyer). Prior to the merger, FdG Associates LP, a New York private equity firm, (FdG) owned 62.15 percent of A&R's outstanding shares. (FdG and its affiliates and A&R's other shareholders prior to the merger are referred to in the opinion as Securityholders).
In 2012, A&R's board began an auction process to sell the company and engaged an investment company and a financial advisor to assist with the sale. A lengthy confidential information memorandum describing A&R's business was prepared, which touted A&R's market leadership and the quality of its fleet of trucks. During the sale process, the Buyer's representatives met with A&R's management and received a power point presentation, which also emphasized the quality of A&R's trucks and equipment. In addition, prior to the merger, the Buyer's team had access to an online data room with due diligence information about A&R. Once the Buyer's representatives and A&R signed a letter of intent, the parties began preparing definitive documents for the transaction. The acquisition was completed pursuant to a merger agreement (the Merger Agreement) on Dec. 18, 2012.
Within six months after the merger closed, the Buyer began asserting indemnification claims against the Securityholders. The Securityholders' representative brought an action in the Delaware Chancery Court to recover a pre-closing tax refund. The Buyer asserted counterclaims alleging that A&R had engaged in illegal and improper activities that were concealed from the Buyer during the due diligence process, such as falsifying driver records, breaching environmental laws, improperly recording expenses, fraudulently charging customers for services that were not performed and hiring aliens who were not authorized to work in the U.S. The Buyer's fraud claims were based, in part, on documents provided to the Buyer during the due diligence process, including the confidential information memorandum and the management power point presentation.
The Merger Agreement also included a standard integration clause that provided that the Merger Agreement contained the entire agreement of the parties and superseded any prior understandings, agreements, or representations of the parties.
It is not surprising that sellers want to limit their exposure for information provided to potential buyers during the sale process. Sellers and their advisors seek to put their best foot forward in presentations to potential buyers and may be prone to puffery and exaggeration at times. Senior managers, seeking to please their future bosses, may be motivated to stretch the truth regarding their performance. In the interest of disclosure and sometimes just the sheer rush and exhaustion of closing a deal, documents are dumped into online data rooms, occasionally without careful checking of the content. Without an anti-reliance clause, a misstatement in a management presentation or in sales figures buried in a sub-folder of the data room could come back to haunt sellers who had no intention of committing fraud. On the other hand, as a practical matter, buyers often rely on these materials for their decision making far more than the disclosure schedules attached to the acquisition agreement, which are often delegated to a junior legal associate, with the buyer's team giving them a once over just before closing. One way to address this is to specifically identify key information on which the buyer is relying and attach this to the acquisition agreement. This is usually the case with financial statements, but other materials, such as interim sales figures, environmental assessments or management reports, can also be specifically referenced in the representations or attached to the agreement if they contain information that is key to the Buyer's purchase decision. Once the relevant information is specifically identified, sellers should include an express anti-reliance clause in the sale agreement. As noted in Prairie, this clause does not need to contain any magic words, but it should be express and specific and, critically, it should come from the buyer. As the Court noted in Abry Partners, the subtle difference between disclaimer clauses can make all the difference in a fraud action.


Most people that know me know that I used to weigh quite a lot. Then I weighed a lot less. Now I weigh a little bit more, but by no means quite a lot. I went through a bit of a learning experience later in life. I've often thought that if I were a good enough writer (something I've been enjoying doing on my blog by the way) I would write a book about the experience.
I just finished reading a book that I think would be very similar to the book I would write. Heft on Wheels by Mike Magnuson recounts his transference of his obsession with drinking and smoking to riding his bicycle. Magnuson's book is a fun, quick read and I felt a kinship to him in reading it. We shared many experiences, while still clearly being very different people. For example, he finished at the head of the pack in the Cat V race he tried while I was shot off the back very early on!
I should think it would be interesting to meet him some day. Perhaps on a ride.


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The Maccabees also spelled Machabees were a group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea, which at the time. 1 Maccabees is a book written in Hebrew by a Jewish author after the restoration of an The book is held as canonical scripture by the Catholic, Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox churches (except for the Orthodox Tewahedo), but not by. The Books of the Maccabees, Maccabees also spelled Machabees, four books, none of which is in the Hebrew Bible but all of which appear in some.
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To Antiochus, the High Priest was merely a local governor within his realm, a man whom he could appoint or dismiss at will, while orthodox Jews saw the holder of the High Priesthood as divinely appointed. Wipf and Stock Publishers.
View this article at Wikipedia. We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. There are seven poetic sections in the book that imitate the style of classical Hebrew poetry: The people, in turn, must worship the Lord alone and observe exactly the precepts of the law given to them.
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Francis, the bishop of Rome and the leader of the Roman Catholic Church —. Judas Maccabee – after losing some of his men in a military campaign – made a monetary offering for the dead and is praised for making sure that they were delivered from their sins. Pope Damasus I 's Council of Rome inif the Decretum Gelasianum is correctly associated with it, issued a biblical canon identical with the list given at Trent including the two books of Maccabees.
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Many scholars suggest that they may have actually had access to a Biblical Aramaic paraphrase of the work—but one should be aware of a "creeping Aramaicism", finding evidence for a vaguely Aramaic text when there is nothing definite to point to. From this point onwards, Antiochus pursued a zealous Hellenizing policy in the Seleucid satrapies of Coele Syria and Phoenicia. Instead, we have an early, pre-Christian, Greek translation full of Hebrew idioms.
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Shahrokh Zamani, a member of the Painters' Union, was charged with "endangering national security" and "participating in an illegal organisation" by the Iranian regime after he attempted to build an independent trade union.
While in prison he has been physically and psychologically abused, denied medication and denied access to visitors. Following his recent transfer to the notorious Ghezel Hesar prison he has been on hunger strike for over 29 days.
We appeal to all trade unionists, socialists, women's, students' and LGBT activists, to call on the blood-soaked Iranian regime to release Shahrokh Zamani and all other class-war prisoners immediately and unconditionally. We hold the Iranian regime's officials responsible for the well-being of imprisoned labour activists like Shahrokh and they will one day be held accountable for their crimes against the working class.
Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) has reported that the imprisoned Iranian trade unionist Shahrokh Zamani, has just entered his 30th day of a hunger strike.
The agency reports that his initial 3 day strike which was made in solidarity with imprisoned and persecuted Gonabadi Dervishes was extended after being exiled to the infamous Ghezel Hesar prison, a jail notorious for abysmal conditions, torture and executions. Shahrokh was jailed in 2011 for his organising of the painters and decorating union.
Another political prisoner – the student Arash Mohammadi, has joined Shahrokh's hunger strike in solidarity.
Socialists must use this urgent time to bring the awareness of Shahrokh's imprisonment to the attention of the wider public to gather solidarity.
There has been a petition campaign to Free Shahrokh Zamani since 2013. It can be signed online at Change.org here, and paper copies of the petition can be printed from here, as well as leaflets, from here.


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During the day our brains are constantly bombarded with new data. We meet new people. Memorize facts and figures. Listen to important details relating to work, friends and family members. And so much more!
Somehow, all of this information becomes stored in our memories. This enables us to ask a co-worker how her husband, John, is doing after his knee surgery, recall vital statistics when the boss asks for them, and recognize a new neighbor on sight.
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In a new analysis, researchers had two groups of people study the location of words on a computer screen. After this short memorization session, the participants were tested on their ability to recall where the words were placed.
For testing purposes, the words first appeared in the middle of a computer screen. Then the subjects had to indicate where they thought the words belonged based on their earlier memorization session.
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Afterward, one group slept for 90 minutes and the second group remained awake. Then each group was retested. However, the majority of words weren't placed in the positions where they were originally studied. Instead, they were updated into positions closer to where they were retrieved in the first phase of testing.
In both groups, the location recalled at the second test was closer to that recalled at the first test than to the originally-learned location, indicating that memory updating had taken place and new memory traces had been formed.
However, those who slept between the sessions had better memory for both the updated location and the original location of the words. This suggests that a restful sleep has a protective effect on memories — actively updating and strengthening both new and old versions of our memories.
Lead researcher Dr Scott Cairney said: "Previous studies have shown sleep's importance for memory. Our research takes this a step further by demonstrating that sleep strengthens both old and new versions of an experience, helping us to use our memories adaptively.
However, there is one downfall that may occur. The research team points out that this process may also allow us to incorporate incorrect information into our memory stores. This is a phenomenon known as retrieval-induced distortion (RID).
This means that, over time, our memories may draw on both accurate and inaccurate versions of an experience at the same time. This can cause distortions in how we remember previous events and could explain why some memories tend to change and become fuzzy over time.
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Pop music tends to sound like summer. Even if the underlying feeling is wintry, most pop music attempts to transform this coldness into warmth – it turns the most devastating tragedy into a sunny celebration. Jeremy Jay's Slow Dance, on the other hand, doesn't try to conceal the fact that its pop-sensibilities exist in a world of never-ending winter. It's a winter-night pop album that follows fragile, too-cool-to-care finger-snapping characters, who continuously move — sometimes on horseback and over moonbeams — but never permanently arrive anywhere on a winter night. The album is a road album that lacks a destination and celebrates this lacuna through the heroism of its restless characters. Jay's Godardian sensibilities are no mystery for those who have kept up with the interviews, and this is clearly seen in the traces of movement that follow the characters as they push forward even after the closing notes of the last track. For, at the end of the album, Jay has cleverly re-articulated the problem from 2008's A Place Where We Can Go. Slow Dance ends with a question – "Where could we go tonight?" And the only appropriate answer is: "Yeah."
"We Were There" paints a portrait of the hero who, like some courageous conquistador, goes looking for new lands, for new places to be and to dance. The hero has some sort of special historical consciousness in that he or she is always there at the right time, and this special vision returns on the closing track when we discover that the one who plays the "noble guitar" possesses the power to "see through time." And this is ironic since we're left at the end wondering where to go. Despite this Beckettian existential dilemma, there don't seem to be any limitations on where the characters can go. "In This Lonely Town" finds the gang together, hitting the town, following the beat and the floating notes as they walk, turning the streets into a dance floor.
But the next two songs, "Gallop" and "Canter Canter," find our character(s) on the back of some sort of magical horse that soars over moonbeams and star streams, outruns monsters, and turns imagination into reality. The journey of the hero, we might think, continues the search for a place to go, even in dreams. Whether we are still in the dream, awake, or if imagination has actually become reality, we are now slow-dancing with someone "from another world." "Yeah." This otherworldly dancer temporarily stays in the love-warmed winter wonder world of ice-skates, hot chocolate, fireplaces, and blankets. Temporarily because the delicate ice that holds them soon breaks, returning the world back to its biting coldness. "Slow Dance 2" seems to be some sort of wish for a return to the joyfulness felt in "Slow Dance" when the strange dancer first made an appearance.
Finally, we are left with the question about where to go. The identity of the character(s) across tracks is ambiguous in such a way that the otherworldly dancer and the noble guitarist might be the same person, or the latter is a new character introduced who might, in some way, help to provide a new answer to the incessant, lurking, but always romantic question.
The recording perfectly reflects the aesthetic of the world Jay has imagined, and both Calvin Johnson and Bob Schwenkler deserve praise for accurately materializing Slow Dance's wintry, yet robust landscape. The synth sounds like icicles and provides a Twin Peaks-like layer of haunted mysteriousness that glides alongside the characters as they fearlessly cruise the cold streets. The beat is conducive to finger-snap coolness, and one can easily picture our characters reenacting the Madison dance scene from Bande à Part, perhaps even with a cigarette placed in the direct center of their mouths, hitting a perfect Belmondo imitation. The guitar riffs are only out-sassed by Jay's mystifyingly echoed, ghost-like vocals, as he flawlessly manages to hit each note -- each "yeah" -- with urgency and seduction. This is a sexy album. It's Jay's most impressive release so far, and one of the smartest indie-pop albums of recent years.
1. We Were There
2. In This Lonely Town
3. Gallop
4. Canter Canter
5. Slow Dance
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7. Will You Dance With Me?
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10. Where Could We Go Tonight
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With risk of sounding melodramatic Nabil Abdulrashid may well be the very long awaited comedic breath of fresh air.
Born in London but raised in Northern Nigeria to a Medical doctor father and a politician/business woman mother he has been fortunate to travel around the world at young age and had a private school education before moving to back to England to live in Croydon south London (or croy croy as he fondly calls it).
His interesting background gives him a wealth of material which he takes to his advantage. Unpredictable, Nabil switches from surreal to satirical his dichotomy of being a middleclass educated man yet simultaneously a street smart urban youth whilst avoiding clichés when dealing with topics like being a black muslim in south London is a glory to behold, what is more amazing is how he switches accent and languages like they were costumes speaking French, patois, urdu and Somali and Chaucer and blending them into his material like spices into a dish. In less than a year he has already written and starred in his own comedy sketch show which on air till date.


A controversial bill that stalled in the California legislature earlier this year has now passed the state Senate and could become law (Desert Sun, August 16, 2018). The bill would effectively prevent those seeking help to resist homosexual tendencies from obtaining professional help. According to Liberty Counsel, the American Psychological Association claims that such counseling is "probably ineffective and may cause harm." Contradicting such claims, Liberty Counsel recently published a study involving men who went through sexual orientation change efforts that they claim demonstrate the "overwhelming effectiveness" of such efforts (LC.org, August 16, 2018).
The aim of the legislation, authored by homosexual activists, includes having an impact on those whose religious beliefs condemn homosexuality. During debate on the bill, California Assembyman Al Muratsuchi said, "The faith community, like anyone else, needs to evolve with the times (Fox News, August 22, 2018). Opponents of the legislation see this bill as a direct attack on free speech and freedom of religion, expressing concern that it could lead to the banning of any book labeling homosexuality or transgender confusion "immoral," including the Bible.


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Dementia Forum X is a global initiative founded to fight dementia. It is a day of reflection and discussion between a hundred of the world's leading business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders. In the presence of Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, the 2nd Dementia Forum X took place on the 18th of May 2017 at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden and was followed by a visit to Stiftelsen Silviahemmet and a joint dinner. This year, our selected participants are invited to the 3rd Dementia Forum X at the Royal Palace in Stockholm on May 15th.


The magenta compatible Ricoh 842097 toner unit is a single colour replacement cartridge that is formulated with the highest quality and standards in mind. Using genuine recycled parts, it is a reliable and economical option for printing colour photos on your Ricoh printer and will not invalidate the machine's warranty. This ensures you obtain an impressive yield of around 6,000 pages at 5% average coverage. The product is easy to install and offers vivid, precise, accurate, smudge-free and high resolution images and text that stand the test of time.
The product comes with an enhanced drying performance and produces fade-resistant documents. It is suitable for modern printing needs in busy work environments. With its long shelf life, it continues to perform reliably throughout its product life and delivers consistent printouts in terms of colour, contrast, clearness and brightness.
The compatible magenta 842097 Ricoh laser toner comes with a low cost per page without sacrificing on quality. The product offers the best of all worlds, making it well suited for various modern printing requirements.
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