a transcript of the proceedings below. Inasmuch as it is the appellant’s burden to demonstrate the merits of her appeal, she must bear the burden of the deficient record.”) (citations omitted); Schmid v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, et al., 827 F.2d 384 (8th Cir.1987) ("It is important, if not essential, to the reviewing court that an appellant under Rule 10, Fed. R.App. P., bring before this court all parts of the proceedings below necessary for a determination of the validity of any claimed error.”) (citation omitted)). 5 . Farrey v. Sanderfoot, 500 U.S. 291, 297, 111 S.Ct. 1825, 1829, 114 L.Ed.2d 337 (1991) ("Ordinarily, liens and other secured interests survive bankruptcy.”); Long v. Bullard, 117 U.S. 617, 620-21, 6 S.Ct. 917, 918, 29 L.Ed. 1004 (1886) (<HOLDING>). 6 . Soost v. NAH, Inc. (In re Soost), 262
holding that the purpose of the bankruptcy codes avoidance provisions is to prevent a debtor from making transfers that diminish the bankruptcy estate to the detriment of creditors holding that 20 of creditors knowing of consignment relationship does not satisfy general knowledge requirement notwithstanding that such creditors represented 63 of claims against debtor holding that a creditors security was preserved notwithstanding the bankruptcy of the debtor holding that the debtor in possession could utilize the strongarm powers of the trustee to avoid an unperfected security interest even though the debtor knew of the interest prior to bankruptcy because the two are distinct entities and the debtor in possessions responsibility is to preserve the estates assets for the benefit of the creditors holding that an answer that asserts a counterclaim against a plaintiff who then becomes a bankruptcy debtor is an action or proceeding against the debtor within the meaning of  362a1 notwithstanding the fact that the debtor initiated the lawsuit