The new strategy lays out how innovation and IT will be integral to U.S. intelligence over the next four years.
Among the lawmakers' questions: Has the technology already been used deceptively by a foreign entity? And what can Congress do?
Dixon has served as the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's deputy director since January 2016.
Six senators introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow the Department of Homeland Security to monitor federal computer networks for intrusions without asking for permission.


Those who have fully enjoyed their bodies cannot be submissive. And those who have not? Can they survive the slavery of solitude and impotent acceptance of what they cannot change or embrace? This is the everyday story of two women taking care of a sick man.
All the characters of the film are suffering from their inability to express their emotions at the moment when they most need to open up. This is a film about how we make our own prisons by accepting with great nobility a life that is anything but noble.


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Partly cloudy early followed by cloudy skies overnight. Low -19F. Winds light and variable.
Looking Back: Jan. 4, 2020
Jan. 4, 2010 — Fairbanks rang in the new year without any major trouble, local law enforcement officers said.
New Year's Eve — on a Thursday this year — was only as hectic as a typical Friday or Saturday night, said Fairbanks Police Department Sgt. Eric Jewkes.
The same was true for the Alaska State Troopers, Sgt. Rick Roberts said.
There were 11 DUI arrests from Dec. 31 to Jan. 1 in the Fairbanks area.
Six of those arrests were made by troopers, who had several patrols working overtime as a precaution.
Fairbanks city police made two DUI arrests on New Year's Day and none on New Year's Eve. FPD had three extra traffic units on the street Thursday night.
Jan. 4, 1995 — Fairbanks violated federal air quality standards Tuesday and is expected to do so again today, dashing hopes that 1995 would be free of days exceeding carbon monoxide levels and raising the prospect of carpooling.
Carbon dioxide content reached 14.5 parts per million in the air above Cushman Street and Second Avenue at noon, according to the borough's Air Quality Division. The eight-hour average, the federal benchmark, was more than 10 ppm.
An eight-hour average exceeding 9 ppm violates federal clean air standards.
The warm, windless weather — largely to blame for the high carbon monoxide count — was no expected to change today. Fairbanks North Star Borough officials were bracing for a second violation on the fourth day of the year.
Jan. 4, 1970 — The News-Miner did not publish on this day. Here is an item from Jan. 3, 1970 — WASHINGTON — Draft officials are considering changes in the way they allocated monthly manpower quotas to local boards if necessary to make sure lottery numbers are called uniformly throughout the nation.
A spokesman said there were no definite plans and officials want to see how the new lottery system actually works before deciding whether changes are needed in the monthly allocation method.
Critics have expressed fears that local conditions could cause some draft boards to reach high up the list of lottery numbers established in a drawing here Dec. 1, while other boards still are tapping lower numbers.
At present, the Defense Department sets a yearly quota of men to be drafted, then issues monthly calls aimed at eventually filling that quota.
The monthly Pentagon calls are divided up among the states by the national Selective Service headquarters; state directors then further allocate the calls to each local board.
Jan 4, 1945 —WASHINGTON —Representative Holmes, Republican of Washington, a member of the House Indian Affairs Committee, recommends that the controversy over Alaskan fishing rights be settled by compensating the Indians.
The salmon industry has been in a sate of agitation for months since Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes undertook to investigate the charges of Alaskan Indians that commercial fishing by non-Indians interferes with the aboriginal rights of Indians.
Secretary Ickes wrote Representative James F. O'Connor, Democrat of Montana, chairman of the House Indian Committee, that he believed investigation of Indian and Eskimo claims in Alaska must be cleared up preliminary to an orderly development of the Territory.
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Scottish Pizzas
Our Chris is down from Glasgow, waiting to start command training. Gran and Grandad's anniversary yesterday, so the newly engaged happy couple, Lou and Matt, thought it would be a nice gesture to buy us all some Dominoes. Delivered as well. They had one of those half price offers, depending what you order. They don't know what to charge, do they? So we had the menu and Chris had his iPad, ready to purchase online. 'Non of the offers are coming up on screen. What's that all about?' However he massaged the thing, no offers. After five minutes the penny dropped, 'I've only gone and logged in to my local Glasgow Dominoes'. By 'eck, we would've 'ad a long time to wait. It would have been interesting tracking the order down through Gretna, past Carlisle and down the M6. Pizzas at 2am maybe, and a quick burst in the microwave.
Chris changed to the Honley Dominoes, but couldn't manage the code, so rang for help. He'd mixed 0 with o. This was still really going well. The lady took sympathy and let him order over the phone. A lot of food, great, we were cooking with gas at last. Forty minutes to wait. At thirty minutes, the phone rang. 'Dominoes pizza here. Where do you live?'
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Labels: family matters, senior moment
Second pair of spectacles
Ever since I spent £70 on a pair of varifocals when all I needed were magnifying glasses, I've managed to be unimpressed by the adverts for Specsavers. Yet I always have 2-3 pairs of specs, for a short time anyway. I get them from Poundland. They have a short life. I sit on them or otherwise put them out of action, usually bending the temples and breaking them during the bend back. I've lost the hinge screws a few times and fixed them with wire. I also put them down and forget to pick them up. At home we've a chance, away from home there's not a hope in hell, as in Skye on the west coast of Scotland.
I've been down to my last pair of the current batch all winter, until today. I was harvesting the last of the leeks and potatoes in bags and raised beds, when I spied a pair of lost spectacles, hanging at odd angles from the garden furniture. They have survived the winter and today, they survived my repairs.
Labels: senior moment
Scarborough 2015
A weekend dominated by rehearsal. In the hotel and in the flat. JRR and I were going to sing at the Highlander - my debut. Lyrics by John, based on a sketch by The Two Ronnies using three traditional Welsh tunes, unsurprisingly entitled A Welsh Trilogy - well we do an American and an African one. There'd been a session at John's house which was really about finding the snags. Like getting the tune for All Through the Night and do we harmonise? The girls said no, so we split into two parts just for Cwm Rhondda. I downloaded the scores and a couple of videos, learned the words and got legged up with the rhythm of All Through the Night. John said it was a slow lullaby and not to get excited by dots. But you do don't you? A couple more sessions in the flat and we were ready.
Early on Friday afternoon, the Greaves/Ray/Healey threesome were seen wandering along The Esplanade. Not simply taking in the view and the bracing Scarborough air, but trying to retrieve a wallet one of them had left behind at their lunch venue. They were successfully reunited with said wallet, but sadly, later in the weekend, that wallet or another wallet went missing once more. Good job they weren't away for a fortnight.
I have a concern, shared with others, about messing with my choir filing system. I don't willingly transfer scores from my master folder, so I take everything to Scarborough. Cumbersome but it safeguards the long term integrity of my system. The method of filing the came up in conversation. If the song title starts with the, do you file under t or the first letter of the second word? It's the sort of thing that keeps you awake at night. So what about nicknames? Such as The Baker's Song for I need thee every hour. Sadly, it could also apply to Christ is risen today.
Alan got into 6/8 time quite early on in the rehearsal and the length of a quaver, rapping and clapping it all out. I did hear the odd grump say 'What is he talking about?' Later there was some confusion between the tenor parts, something about writing music conventions and enharmonic. The Wiki entry is as follows - In modern musical notation and tuning, an enharmonic equivalent is a note, interval, or key signature that is equivalent to some other note, interval, or key signature but "spelled", or named differently. So put that in your pipe and smoke it. And Rupert let him get away with it.
Talking about Rupert, he put his tablet on to charge (at the hotel's expense) and it kept ringing a bell every 20 minutes.
I do attract the odd health issue or two. We have a gout club. There are the hypertension and joint replacement clinics. What about the worried drinkers? Then there are the relaxed laid-back drinkers.
The new pieces were:
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines is the title song of the 1965 British film which is subtitled Or How I Flew From London To Paris In 25 Hours 11 Minutes. It's a comedy set in the early days of aviation about a race from London to Paris with a £10,000 prize. The song was written by Ron Goodwin.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love was written by Freddie Mercury in 1979 while taking a bubble bath in his room at the Munich Hilton when Queen were recording The Game in Germany. It got to No 2 in the UK and was Queen's first chart topper in the US. We first heard it in Cornwall but the choir who sang it wouldn't let us have their arrangement, so Alan and Ray did it their way.
Cavalry of the Steppes. Music by Lev Knipper, lyrics by Viktor Gusev (1933). It's a poem about Поэма о бойце-комсомольце, or Komsomol Soldier to non-Russian speakers, who proudly leaves his home to keep watch against his homeland's enemies.
Kings of Swing. An Alan Simmons compilation, not the well-known orchestra of that name. Begin the Beguine, Ain't Misbehavin', Moonlight Serenade & Chattanooga Choo Choo. Robin Ray won't have to learn the words. Not many people know this but Robin sang duet with Ron Atkinson aka Mr Bojangles. Very popular crooners round the Sheffield Clubscene in the 80s and 90s.
The guest turns were:
Geoff Gill explained the cross-fertilisation between our NE and SW France. Apparently the old French peasant in the corner of the bar with a glass of red has a double in Whitley Bay. The flat cap and beret are not the only similarities. Apparently your average garçon is partial to pigeons, whippets and nutty slack. Geoff illustrated this with a french rendition of Wor Geordie's lost his penka. Musicologists regard this as a traditional song, composer unknown with lyrics by an unknown writer. No one knows who first performed it. So not a lot known about it then. Apparently versions are also sung in Belfast (marley) - penka alternatives in brackets, Glasgow (jaurie), Wolverhampton (glarney). It can be sung in standard English when a penka becomes merely a marble. Strangely a french version is not mentioned.
Tom Ashworth celebrated the life of a cartoon character who always bobbed back up after life's reversals. Popeye the Sailorman, accompanied by ukulele.
Rupert Wilson started with alternative words to Begin the Beguine. Then two poems. The first, set in Africa, about 'Smithers', who had a stellar career in the army, sports and so on, only to be reduced to a 3ft cripple with any number of diseases. Apparently he told a witch doctor 'to sod off'.
The second, three ha'pence a foot, previously performed by Stanley Holloway and Mike Harding, is a tribute to a stubborn Lancastrian who performed a remarkable feat of memory.
'Ibbo' was Ibbo, dressed in khaki shirt and shorts, rifle, Union Jack and topi. His repertoire included Soldiers of the Queen (written originally as a march to celebrate the opening of the Manchester Ship Canal), On the Road to Mandalay (an adaptation of a Kipling poem illustrating the nostalgia and longing of a soldier of the British Empire for Asia's exoticism) and Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Noel Coward).
Steve Davies. One about a fox lamenting his role with the hounds. A really resonant voice. Is it changing and maturing or is it beer?
Ged Faricy. A lovely rendition of Our Wedding Day, arranged by Ronan Hardiman for Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance. Ged accompanied himself on clarinet.
(Long) Rod, (Happy fisherman) Dave and (Johnny Depp) Graham. Hearty, vigorous, salty, and antipodean. A great shanty first heard when sung by St Buryan MVC at Christ Church, New Mill. Originally a work song for a variety of trades such as wool and wheat carried by the clipper ships between London and Australia.
Andy Johnston. Two clever poems from the Johnston genre.
Richard Green. Two adaptations, one a hymn, the other a carol. Again clever and entertaining.
We had an impromptu birthday song or two for Judith, a friend or relative of Charlie, in town for a celebration. It was going to be a big party. We finished off the staff with Just George.
A standard session in the Highlander. My debut came and went. John said to look at him. He had to prompt me once and I recall a lot of noise. The audience couldn't join in as they didn't know the words or the dots. I think my day job is secure.
Labels: away days, Scarborough, singing
Before Christmas three lights failed in the kitchen, not all at once, but failed nevertheless. We tried to replace them, but they were the sort that fit snugly into the kitchen unit over the work area and to us, they looked like integral units. In other words did the whole units need replacing? So we asked an electrician and he came yesterday. 'You'll need a new transformer.' Right. 'I'll have to go and get you one.' Okay. Two hours later, transformer replaced, the lights still didn't work. Out came junction boxes, off came the wall switch and in went various screwdrivers, testing for circuits and ringing bells. Nothing wrong with the electrical system. 'Did they all go off at once?' No. He dismantled the what we thought were integral units and took out the bulbs. 'The elements look alright.' He disappeared up to his van and came back with a replacement. It worked. 'Must be a fault in the bit of the bulb that goes into the socket.' Oh, that's the problem is it? It's only a small thing with prongs rather than a bayonet or a screw and it does look fragile.
Three hours or so and we have the answer. Go and buy more bulbs, stupid.
Heritage vs History
Put simply history is a study of the past, warts and all. Heritage is a selection of history which people feel they have inherited and for which they feel a responsibility to pass down to their descendants.
In the 19th century, certain democratic groups thought that there was a body of property and historical goods which, though privately owned, belonged to the people in common, and as early as the 1830s people were visiting places like the Tower of London. Heritage itself is a new word which first appeared in the 1920s, in common use by the 1960s. Whilst it can be abstract, it tends to be about tangible things like stately homes and steam railways.
Some say that heritage presents a distorted view of national life. The past is represented by artefacts, stately homes for example, which were owned by a small ruling elite and come from an era when the aristocracy was more powerful than it is now. Access within the site can be restricted to places the elite family allow, chaperoned by an elderly retainer who describes how the family are doing wonderful work. This is not the past of most of the population. Heritage works where there is engaging intellectual content in a brilliant setting which tries to connect with the truth of everyday lives. Today's heritage sites are diverse in content and presentation. The countryside and industrial sites can be added to stately homes. As well as written and visual material, there are games, interactive exhibits and enactments. Whilst they are commercial, they are more than simply somewhere to take the kids on a rainy day.
As for history, the Victorians were interested in the formation of the Nation State and hence national identity. Historians wrote about the big long term political, social and economic forces that explain and drive history forward. Inevitably it was selective, often because of the specific interest of the historian. Similarly, English success at Trafalgar and Waterloo is not prominent in French history and the large biographies of people such as Disraeli and Gladstone paint pictures of the great politicians whose lives are to be emulated.
Today, three generations away from from World War II, history has many more voices and a large and varied audience. Globalisation, women and gender, multiculturalism, family and local community are some of the influences. Biographies are now about tortured lives. Today's history is cultural history. Using disciplines such as psychology and anthropology, the interest is in how people made sense of their lives and created their identities? How did they perceive politics and economics, monarchy and the church from the viewpoint of their personal local life? How can we get to these individual experiences - through writing, art, literature and music.
Music and History
Pieces of music, novels and paintings are created in the past. They have been listened to, looked at and read many times since then and they are still enjoyed today. Whilst they are part of our heritage, how do we make sense of them as history?
One way is to think of the composer and his or her musical 'work', who performs and who listens. Then try and place them in a historical context, as in the following examples. Pieces of high art music composed in 17th century have been played and appreciated in lots of different ways. Many satisfy accepted style and quality criteria and some gradually achieve the status of masterwork, granted by powerful members of a cultural elite. Stereotypically, in both the 17th century and today, performances occurred in prestigious venues, played and sung by professional musicians in front of audiences from a social elite.
In contrast, in rural pre-industrial life, an old traditional 'folk' song, sung by local amateurs, would have been enjoyed mostly by ordinary people in the fields, streets and taverns. Apart from broadsheet ballads, these songs were not written down and many have been lost. In the newly growing towns of the early 1800s, publicans set aside singing rooms, mostly for men, to sing and listen to traditional music. These rooms evolved into the 1850s music hall which, by the 1870s, had became an all-professional thriving industry, until TV came along in the 1950s. Whilst music hall moved away from folk songs to 'Home Sweet Home' and others, traditional music continued as music of the streets, pubs and clubs, undergoing revivals and ensuring something tangible had been handed down.
Similar pigeon-holes apply to sacred music, brass bands and choral societies. Such distinctions make the point, but in reality there would have been some overlap even in traditional rural society.
A second related approach to music history is the chart its development in the context of wider British history. Change was not part of pre-industrial life. The journey to the 21st century began slowly toward the end of the 17th century, gathering pace in the 18th, when the food supply improved and technical innovations occurred. Then the increased machine power and mass production of industrialisation which continued into Victorian England. This was a period of social upheaval which resulted in more and more formal leisure pursuits. Brass bands and choral societies started their lives here. The price of instruments decreased, sheet music was cheaper, hire purchase was easier to come by and railways allowed previously unheard of travel. Technological advance in ways of listening began in the late 19th century continuing into the 20th: gramophone, radio, cinema, TV, CD, video and the internet. Two world wars, industrial decline, reduced church membership and the increasing volume of competing leisure attractions summarises where we are today.
What of a class based analysis of music history? As industrialisation progressed the new middle classes became established. Some aspired to be landowners and aristocrats. Others didn't. Hence the class boundaries between who listens to what in one sense became more rigid and yet in others have become blurred. High art music can still be elitist, yet is also performed by local amateur orchestras. Whilst sacred music is still integral to the liturgy and available for church celebrations and festivals, secular concerts also take place in church today. The performers and the audience now come from all sections of society. New music genres are continually springing up. Jazz in the 1930s, pop music in the 1950s and 1960s and a host of others since, each with their own devotees but also having wider appeal.
Finally, can we begin to answer the question 'What role does music play in people's lives?' What are the emotional and practical benefits from being involved in music writing, performing and listening? How are these questions relevant to the population of the Holme Valley?
Some people make a living from composing, performing, conducting and teaching. Similarly, instrument makers and music publishers, concert promoters and recording companies.
Music is communication. From composer to audience via the band, choir or orchestra. To be part of this trio is a strong component of personal identity. Even entering competitions says a lot for how individuals tick. Civic pride is competitive, the best choir, the best venue.
Performance and rehearsal bring fellowship. To support one form of music over another is a big personal statement, often political and class-related. Little is known about how audiences feel other than when the performance has a clear purpose, such as for a funeral or a marriage, when the feelings should also be clear. It is important to explore these ideas, with special reference to the ordinary people of the Holme Valley, where majority of the music is produced by amateurs, in churches, schools and other public venues, listened to by workers and bosses alike.
Labels: random stuff, singing
Chilli sauces
Anyone else got a stupid son who buys million-hot-unit chillis and then wonders why his body hurts?
Ireland November 2014
We have been to Southern Ireland several times, usually for short breaks. We've enjoyed each visit, all different from different perspectives. Big towns and cities like Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway and Limerick for rugby (Thomond Park, home of Munster and The Aviva Stadium, Dublin), a bit of culture, history, eating and drinking. Cleggan, Dingle and Killibegs are coastal places. Ennis for the music festival and Croke Park, Dublin, for The Gaelic Athletic Association.
In September 2014 we went with friends for two whole weeks. A comparative overdose, but never dull. I wondered 'What is it that attracts me to Ireland?'
Is it the history and the relationship with the English? Is being downtrodden by the London elite for several hundred years still valid? It strikes a chord with someone of my background; a socially challenged Yorkshire grammar school boy who joined the officer class for a short time.
Or, is it part of my nature to see other ways of life and cultures as more attractive than my own?
I do admire their humorous and musical acceptance of who they are.
It is not particularly relevant that our great grandmother and father came to Huddersfield in the 1850s from the west of Ireland. Everyone in England seems to be part Irish these days. Indeed a lot of the people we met this time either lived in England and were back home for the festival, or had returned to live here after several years working in England. Their kids were English.
We began in Dublin, staying in the prosperous suburb of Ballsbridge. They say Ireland is out of recession, but I'm not clear whether Ballsbridge ever went into recession. Big houses and cars, close to the classier city centre areas down by the docks. Posh pubs and restaurants. Croke Park and surrounding districts this isn't. The city centre resembles any city centre and the Irish accent was conspicuous by its rarity. The shops and pubs are geared to the tourist. Only on the hop-on-hop-off bus do you get the history and culture, and if you hop off and on a lot you get too much history. And the same jokes. We spent Sunday afternoon in an excellent 'french' jazz cafe bar, the only features distinguishing it from a London or Manchester 'french' cafe bar being the prevalence of Guinness and the singer's pretty Irish lilt. That evening we listened to Clannad at the Olympia theatre which was excellent and felt a bit like a genuine Irish night out, but in fairness we could have been at the St George's Hall in Bradford.
Kilmainham Gaol is on the tourist trail, a model prison initially which gained its repute by hosting the executions of the 1916 Easter uprising ringleaders. A tad grim. The Garden of Remembrance in Dublin centre has the same disapproving tone, but at least the Queen paid her respects there. I felt anger, as I do at all injustice meted out by the powerful who assume they are right. Dublin museum, the Guinness factory, the statues of Wilde, Joyce and Molly Malone were light relief by comparison.
We then hired a car, from a company staffed by polish men, and drove to a basic but adequate end-of-terrace cottage in Ennis, market town and capital of Clare. It is also a centre for Irish music, and the annual traditional music festival was the reason for our visit. In addition it was base from which to explore coastal gems such as Dingle, Doolin and Lahinch, the Burren limestone country and Killaloe and Balina on the river Shannon.
The western coast is wild and rugged. Some of it gradually rises out of the sea, dotted by a haphazard pattern of houses and farms. Some of it, such as the Cliffs of Moher, erupts violently as high as 700 feet straight out of the water. To be even-handed, The Scottish Highlands, N Wales and the Lake District have similar breathtaking land and seascapes. At Doolin and Lahinch, on one of our windy days, the surf was stunning. Tourist traps were few and we avoided the tacky centre at the Cliffs. The Burren is 250 square kilometres of karst limestone country and a temperate climate which supports a number of rare plants. Within the Burren is the spa town Lisdoonvarna, well known for its brewery and salmon smokehouse in addition to matchmaking events. During our first week, we crossed the Shannon estuary by ferry on our way to Dingle and, later, explored around Lough Derg down to O'Brian's bridge. It's a big river and inland, the banks and hillsides are pretty, green and fertile.
The festival comprised groups of players taking up a corner of a pub or more formally performing to rows of seated followers. The informal gigs are not for an audience as the fiddlers, accordionists, pipers and others face each other in a circle. At least we could talk to each other. The music is for dancing: reels, jigs and hornpipes (waltzes and polkas too) or for singing (ballads). The dance music is repetitious and the tunes all sound a bit the same. Nevertheless they soon get your fingers and toes tapping. There is a structure and each group had a leader whose main function appeared to indicate when they should stop. Drinking is also integrated into the structure. Fag breaks as well. In fact between tunes there was much coming and going. And, as many women as men performed. We tried the dancing which had a simple step but a harder series of moves as you built up the steps into the dance. They had to be simple if you were doing it in the kitchen.
So there is history if you want it, illustrated by the heritage shows for the tourists. In addition to the Dublin hop-on-hop-off bus we visited Banratty Castle and Folk Park which contains many preserved cottages, churches and pubs from Clare. Most of the residential properties we saw out in the countryside have however been built within the last 10 years, fuelled by the boom in consumer spending and lax planning. The fisherman's cottage and farm labourer's hovel rightly belong in museums. There's culture if you want it. Ennis has Glor, a modern theatre for music, drama and film, as well as traditional music. In Doolin and every village and town, or so it seems, the pubs are full in the evenings and weekends of locals enjoying an Irish band or two. Literary history is around every Dublin street corner: Beckett, Yates, Joyce, Swift, Behan and Wilde. And there is pretty countryside and the wild Irish west coast.
So what preoccupies Irish people? The same as any other western country. The corrupt banking system, inept politicians, how much debt or wealth they have and currently, the government's water charge. Personal wealth has yoyoed somewhat, following property values, but on average it appears that most people are financially comfortable. There's no talk of the IRA or terrorism. No bare feet and crapping out in the undergrowth. In 2005 The Economist rated Ireland as having the best quality of life in the world. The trad festival pub session was the time for meeting people. Invariably they would say 'Where are you from?' and after the answer they would then say 'I lived in so-and-so.' Even the recent recession was accompanied by emigration. There was one 85 years old Ennis guy who came from Birmingham. Still with the Irish accent, but very worried about Muslims. Yet another from Southampton who was going back to Belfast and none too sure about it. So their stories are of emigration within living memory, gratitude for the opportunity and concern for the conditions now where they found themselves.
So it's the way the Southern Irish seem to have come to terms with their struggles that attracts me the most. As A A Gill wrote recently in the Telegraph magazine, Irish people are 'unnervingly, irrationally, precipitously chummy'. There will be some of the older generation with long memories. Sure the English did lots of bad things, but they are history. Youngsters don't appear to know about them or if they do, they don't bear grudges. The music is unique and Gaelic games are wonderfully inclusive.
Maybe you get a superficial view when you are on holiday, but it's pretty much the only view I have.
Labels: away days, ireland
The wife's new coat.
I took my wife, Sheila, to buy her Christmas box at a local outdoor shop. Lovely gear and she easily selected a coat she wanted. 'Yes, I'll have that one. Wrap it up please, but where's the one I came in?' The sales assistant had only hung it on a hanger and put it on show.
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"Nord" contains three tracks which have Dutch/German (I am not sure about the title track, it could come from several languages, not including Dutch) and Japanese (? again not sure) titles. The sound is lighter than previous Distel releases, but still recognisable. Slow, danceable music, instrumental this time. The total running time is about 13 minutes.
Distel will play on the Wave Gotik Treffen in a few weeks. I guess I will see them with a somewhat larger audience than previously.


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This must be the place: Olden times and ancient rhymes, of love and dreams to share
Written by Garret K. Woodward
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Asbury Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains. (photo: Garret K. Woodward)
Though the baseboard heat was on in the living room, my downtown Waynesville apartment was quite chilly come Tuesday morning. Under warm covers with the anticipation of a blanket of white over the mountainous landscape outside the front door.
Head to the office to put out this week's newspaper. Throw on the jeans, the thick plaid long sleeve, the boots and coat with fleece lining. Winter showed up on Dec. 1, a welcomed sight in a time where all things familiar and normal are seemingly at a premium. But, when all seems lost, Mother Nature will provide, am I right?
Lately, I've been doing a lot more trail running. By not being on the road for work and play now that the weather has turned cold, I find myself disappearing up into the Great Smoky Mountains often. This past weekend, I pulled the truck over at the national park entrance into Cataloochee Valley.
Normally, I'd jump onto the Cataloochee Divide Trail and trot along the park boundary: the vastness of Cataloochee Valley to one side, Jonathan Creek and the rolling hills of Haywood County to the other. But, on Sunday, I was feeling frisky, walking across the dirt road from the CDT and heading up the mostly forgotten and abandoned Asbury Trail.
The Smokies are filled with these endless trails that either aren't put on maps anymore or simply haven't been maintained in recent years and decades. I'd always notice the small wooden "Asbury Trail" marker, tucked behind the large park entry sign, but had never ventured up it.
Doing a little research, it turns out the meandering Asbury Trail rides the boundary between the national park and the Appalachian Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest. It's named after Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury, an early 19th century figure who traveled with his ministry into these mountains.
The route is also known to be an old native trail, called the Cattalucha Indian Track.
Hopping onto the Asbury Trail, it was following along the very narrow track, all covered with leaves and mud, the only way to keep note of the trail being the sporadic yellow paint marks on nearby trees. Within a few minutes, I was over the first ridge and away from any noise of passing traffic at the entryway.
By the half-hour point, I was way out in the middle of nowhere, passing by ancient property markers built by mountain folk now long gone, old horse trails to somewhere, anywhere. At the third ridge, I stopped near the top and gazed out towards Mount Sterling in the distance.
Standing there, the crisp air swirled around me, the late afternoon clouds rolling in from East Tennessee. And, in that moment, I felt as alive as I had all year — alone amid joyous solitude, pondering of self in pure silence. Look up at the heavens in gratitude of being able to experience that moment of natural splendor, only to turn around and jog back to the truck.
Last night, in another attempt at returning to normalcy, I went on my first real deal date since the "before times." Dating (or any semblance of it) has been pretty nonexistent since the pandemic began last spring. The shutdown of restaurants and bars nixed any chance encounters with a femme fatale on an otherwise quiet night at your neighborhood watering hole.
Social distancing and keeping your circles (and movements) small have hampered happenstance conversations, interactions and so on. But, it didn't really bother me. Aside from consideration for public health and the greater good, I've always been under the mindset of "it is what it is," especially when it comes to matters of the heart.
The lady I met yesterday evening? I've known her for a couple years now. We met through mutual friends and crossed paths often at concerts and breweries in Asheville. Right before the shutdown, we had attempted to go on date, or at least meet for a drink. But, we all know how everything unfolded in Western North Carolina after March 17.
Skip ahead almost nine months and we finally had a rendezvous at Red Ginger Dimsum & Tapas on Patton Avenue in Asheville. Waiting outside for her to arrive, an older homeless man sauntered up to me from the park across the street.
"Hey brother, yah got a really nice beard," the old man pointed to my face, his long white beard hanging heavy from his solemn eyes. He was in search of a dollar. I handed him three bucks and wished him well.
Being seated at our table, my date and I removed our masks and looked at the disposable menus as to what might strike our fancy. Our waiter stood six feet away from the table and took our order. Every other table was empty. Smiles and expressions covered up, at least for the time being, but the chance to engage in a hearty conversation never once being lost on us.
By the end of dinner, it was a nightcap at the nearby Yacht Club. A casual date turned into three hours of laughter and memories rehashed. It felt good to feel normal again, you know? Even if it was under the current circumstances. We bid farewell with plans already in the works for another meet up this week.
Back into the cold truck, back to Waynesville and my chilly apartment. The radio station was scratchy, but I could still hear the sounds of the beloved 88.7 FM (WNCW). It was the timeless and sentimental "Christmas Is Here" instrumental from "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
With the first snowflakes of the season in my headlights, the highway was silent, my heart full thinking of past holidays back home in the North Country, of faces either six feet under or thousands of miles away.
But, my spirits were high. The instrumental faded away, as did the radio signal, though I kept humming the tune to myself — a smile ear-to-ear, simply lost in thought.
Life is beautiful, grasp for it, y'all.
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You know it's summer in Seattle when the Bite of Seattle rolls around. Held at the Seattle Center, this annual, three-day event is a time to let your taste buds do some experimenting. The Bite of Seattle is always held in July, which means the hot Seattle sun is out in full force. Food booths fill the center, attracting people from all over the city. The food is delicious, sometimes crazy and wacky, and the options are endless.
Seattle Center is packed with people during the Bite of Seattle.
There are a lot of different types of food at the Bite of Seattle. You'll find the very traditional fair food — corn dogs, curly fries, burgers, elephant ears, and strawberry lemonade. There's also a great diversity of food. You'll see everything from Cajun, Asian, BBQ, Thai, Russian and so much more. While some of the food booths appear to travel around from one festival to another, other booths represent a variety of local Seattle restaurants. Some of the highlights include Chutney's Queen Anne, Wings & Rings, and Relish Burger Bistro. There are always some wacky options that reel people in at the Bite of Seattle, including deep friend mac and cheese, fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and even elk burritos. There are also plenty of booths at the Bite of Seattle selling desserts, novelty food items and drinks.
The food booths offer both small bites (hence the name Bite of Seattle) and larger portions. The smaller bites allow you to try a bunch of different food without getting too full with one meal.
I snapped a picture with Tom Douglas at Bite of Seattle's The Alley Hosted by Tom Douglas.
Our favorite part of the Bite of Seattle is The Alley hosted by Tom Douglas. For those who don't know, Tom Douglas is a James Beard Award winning chef based in Seattle. Every year during the Bite of Seattle, he brings together iconic and up-and-coming Seattle restaurants to raise money for a Northwest charity. For ten dollars, you get a plate full of small bites from seven different restaurants. The bites are unique, delicious and leave you wanting so much more. Plus, the menu changes every day of the event. The most fun part about the entire experience is Tom Douglas is usually there cooking! I snagged a picture with him while he was taking a break from barbecuing some pork shoulder.
This deep fried lasagna tasted just like a giant cheese stick with pasta sauce and meat.
Since Tim and I enjoy eating and discovering new food, we visit the Bite of a Seattle a few times over the weekend. We'll hit up The Alley one day, and then test taste everything else another day.
With cash in hand (some of the booths take cards, but cash is the always the easiest), we walk around the Seattle Center, drooling at all the options. This year, our first stop was at a booth selling deep friend lasagna. Neither of us had ever heard of deep friend lasagna, so we had to dig in. It was awesome! A few people said, "Gross!" but it tasted like a glorified cheese stick. The oozing cheese, mixed in with the beef and pasta sauce was a great way to start our Bite of Seattle food tour.
Goldbergs' Famous Delicatessen won the Bite of Seattle Best Dessert Award for their coconut cake.
After we finished the lasagna, we stopped at Goldbergs' Famous Delicatessen. The half Reuben sandwich looked delicious and Tim and I couldn't pass it up. The meat was stacked a mile high on the toasted bread and served with a big pile of warm sauerkraut. While we were ordering, I noticed a small sign at the booth saying Goldbergs' won the Bite of Seattle's "Best Dessert Award" for their coconut cake. Tim and I both agreed pretty quickly that we had to try it. The Reuben and the coconut cake were both to die for. It was one of the best Rubens I've ever tasted. But the coconut cake stole the show for me. It was extremely moist and had the perfect amount of coconut. I will definitely visit Goldbergs' Famous Delicatessen (located in Tukwila) to enjoy that cake year round.
Tim and I both loved the roasted corn.
Next up, Tim and I wanted to try something Russian. We went to Kaleenka Piroshky and ordered a salmon and cream cheese piroshky. We debated if we should get the salmon or the beef and cheese. While the beef and cheese piroshky is more traditional, we figured the Bite of Seattle is all about trying something new and different so the salmon made the most sense. The piroshky was good and fresh. You could tell it came right out of the frier.
We ended our Bite of Seattle food tour with roasted corn. There were a few different booths selling it, and the lines were long. The roasted corn is definitely a crowd favorite and for good reason. Nothing screams summer more than fresh corn on the cob.
In additional to all the great food at the Bite of Seattle, there is plenty of live music and beer gardens scattered throughout the Seattle Center. The place is slammed with people. If you want to avoid crowds, you should visit when the Bite of Seattle opens every day at 11am.
Since Tim and I love food, and trying new things, the Bite of Seattle is perfect for us. There is always something new and interesting to try. We also love discovering new restaurants in Seattle at this event, so it's a must for us every summer.
Have you ever enjoyed the Bite of Seattle? What is your favorite food to chow down on? We'd love to hear from you! Please leave a comment below or connect with us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+. Don't forget to also check out Seattle Bloggers for more fun events around the Emerald City!
We too hit up the Bite this weekend, and are big fans of the "The Alley". Love how you get all those bites at once, and you can sit down are really dig in and enjoy! I also was huge fan of the fried cheese curds from the Monte Cristo food truck. Yum!
We're glad to hear you enjoyed the Bite this year! "The Alley" was definitely the highlight for us, but mostly because Tove got to meet Tom Douglas. How in the world did I miss the fried cheese curds? I was born in Milwaukee, so I can usually hear cheese calling my name from a mile away. I guess I'll have to track down the Monte Cristo food truck around town. Thanks for the heads up!


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Sunday shot. Doing a test run on Leica Digilux 2. Lovely camera with crisp details and perfect natural colors. Shot in jpg and no PP except for a bit of a crop.
Was a bit shocked to see the two ACs jutting out in the balconies!
Fantastic b/w shot; the air conditioners do seem a bit out of place!
You're very fortunate to live in an area with so many elaborate temples. This one has beautiful balconies and arches.
I also thought that this was black n white! Great texture on the building!
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Competitive gaming makes its way into the classroom with esports curriculum
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In this classroom, students learn important skills, such as critical thinking and teamwork, through an unconventional curriculum involving video games.At Tokay High School in Lodi, California, students are learning how to play video games at a competitive level called electronic sports, or esports for short. The students try out to join the team. If they make it, they get to play a team-based video game and learn how to coordinate with each other to overcome other high school esports teams. They must also attend practice regularly and keep their grades up to stay on the team, just like in any other sport.Tokay High School's esports coach, John Medina, says students who excel in the program have the opportunity to earn a college scholarship.Watch the video above to learn more about how esports is helping students learn more about sportsmanship and teamwork.
In this classroom, students learn important skills, such as critical thinking and teamwork, through an unconventional curriculum involving video games.
At Tokay High School in Lodi, California, students are learning how to play video games at a competitive level called electronic sports, or esports for short. The students try out to join the team. If they make it, they get to play a team-based video game and learn how to coordinate with each other to overcome other high school esports teams. They must also attend practice regularly and keep their grades up to stay on the team, just like in any other sport.
Tokay High School's esports coach, John Medina, says students who excel in the program have the opportunity to earn a college scholarship.
Watch the video above to learn more about how esports is helping students learn more about sportsmanship and teamwork.


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Governor Hochul Announces New Concealed Carry Laws
Governor Kathy Hochul reminded New Yorkers recently that strengthened gun laws enacted following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to strike down the state's century-old pistol permitting process took effect Thursday, September 1. The laws contain strengthened background checks and firearm safety and live-fire training for individuals seeking to obtain concealed carry permits; prohibit concealed carry permit holders from bringing their firearms into sensitive locations, including Times Square, bars, libraries, schools, government buildings and hospitals, among others; and require renewal or recertification of permits every three years. The Governor also announced a new Gun Safety Website to provide the public, gun owners, and gun dealers with a comprehensive information about all of the new requirements under state law.
"In response to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down New York's century-old concealed carry law, we took swift and thoughtful action to keep New Yorkers safe," Governor Hochul said. "I refuse to surrender my right as Governor to protect New Yorkers from gun violence or any other form of harm. In New York State, we will continue leading the way forward and implementing common sense gun safety legislation."
"New York is leading the way in the fight to reduce gun violence and save lives," said Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado. We want to ensure that all members of our communities are safe, and these new conceal and carry laws will help prevent tragedies by ensuring that gun owners are properly trained, that safety measures are promoted and that firearms are not carried into sensitive locations."
Governor Hochul also announced new permitting and minimum age requirements related to ownership of semiautomatic rifles taking effect Sunday, September 4, 2022. After that date, an individual must be at least 21 years old and have a permit prior to purchasing or taking possession of a semiautomatic rifle. These new requirements were included in a package of legislation signed by the Governor in response to the racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo this spring. Licenses are not required for individuals who possessed semiautomatic rifles before September 4, 2022.
For more than 100 years, New York required individuals seeking concealed carry permits to undergo background checks, which included checking whether they had any criminal convictions that could disqualify them gun ownership, and character references. In response to the Bruen decision, the state has standardized and strengthened the background checks required for concealed carry permits by requiring four character references; a list of former and current social media accounts for the last three years; disclosure of applicant's spouse or domestic partner, any other adults residing in the applicant's home, including any adult children of the applicant; and an in-person interview with their licensing officer or designee. Licensing offers may request any additional information they deem appropriate.
The firearm training requirement applies to all concealed carry permit applicants on or after September 1, 2022 and includes individuals who live in New York City and Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester counties and are required to renew their permits. The 16-hour classroom and two-hour, live-fire firearm safety training course must meet the state's new minimum standards. These standards are designed to provide licensed firearm owners the skills and knowledge necessary to safely store and carry their firearms, and educate them about other topics, including conflict de-escalation, suicide prevention and use of deadly force, that will help keep them and others safe.
Individuals who currently have concealed carry permits and recertify those permits with the New York State Police are not required to complete this new training. Renewal and recertification of concealed carry permits is now required every three years instead of five. By year's end, the State Police plan to institute an online recertification process for permit holders.
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said, "In response to the Supreme Court's decision, implying that guns are more important than lives in this country, we passed legislation to ensure that New York State has safe and responsible gun laws. States are the last line of defense, which is why we stepped up to protect New York from being easily flooded with concealed weapons and keeping firearms out of the wrong hands. These measures, in addition to the previous anti-gun violence legislation we passed, are vital in a time when there are more guns than people in America. New York will continue to prioritize people's safety and lives, and I thank my conference, Speaker Heastie, and Governor Hochul for their partnership."
The State Police and state Division of Criminal Justice Services also developed Frequently Asked Questions about the new gun laws for the public, gun owners, and gun dealers. In addition to training and expanded background check requirements, the laws:
• Restrict individuals from carrying their concealed pistol or revolver in sensitive locations. Individuals who are not exempt from this restriction under the law can be charged with a felony for violating its sensitive locations provision. The state will launch / has launched a public awareness campaign to educate New Yorkers about these new restrictions.
• Require monthly checks of permit holders to determine if they have criminal convictions or court orders that may disqualify them from having concealed carry permits. The state will provide this information to local licensing officials for action.
• Mandate that firearms in unattended vehicles be unloaded and locked in a fire, impact, and tamper resistant storage depository that is hidden from view.
• Expand safe storage requirements if children younger than 18 or anyone prohibited from possessing a gun live in a home with firearms, rifles, and shotguns.
The State Department of Environmental Conservation's website has additional information about how the new laws pertain to hunting and hunting education activities, which include skeet and trap shooting competitions. These activities continue to be legal under the new laws.
The State Police also is working to implement other requirements that take effect in 2023: establishing state oversight for background checks for firearms (July 1); creating statewide permit and ammunition databases (August 1); and partnering with the state Division of Criminal Justice Services to establish an appeals board to review permit denials and revocations.


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Oakwood University remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1962 visit
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Posted: Apr 4, 2018 / 09:46 PM EDT / Updated: Apr 9, 2018 / 04:15 PM EDT
Fifty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
What you may not know is that he gave a very similar speech at Oakwood University in Huntsville. WZDX sat down with a former Oakwood student who was fortunate enough to see and hear the civil rights icon in person.
D. Tim McDonald moved to Huntsville from Pennsylvania in 1958 to attend what was then called Oakwood College.
"I'd never been south before, I'd heard many many stories about the south, many scary stories for African-Americans, or colored people as we were called back then," said McDonald.
At that time the Civil Rights Movement was just gaining momentum. "Still in its infancy, even though the sit-ins had happened, and we got word that many of our brother and sister students from Alabama A&M were sitting in at lunch counters, and theaters and restaurants across the city. We weren't allowed to do it, Oakwood in those days was very, like I said conservative," explained McDonald.
So you could imagine his surprise, when the 22-year-old found out that the biggest leader of the Civil Rights Movement would be speaking at his school.
"It was major, I mean the campus was just on fire, that Dr. Martin Luther King was coming to Oakwood, people didn't even know Oakwood, we were a rather small insignificant church-supported college but to have that kind of notoriety was big and as a student body we were just pumped it was fantastic," McDonald said.
Oakwood College was the only venue which would allow King to speak. "I would say there were upwards of close to 3,000 people there. They were everywhere, inside the gym outside the gym, all around. Alabama A&M sent their band, and many of the church leaders in town were on the rostrum," added McDonald.
On March 19, 1962, a year before King gave his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech, he gave a similar speech in the Oakwood auditorium.
"Many of the themes that he presented at the mall in Washington D-C a year later, you can hear on that tape in 1962, so you might say that we were his proving ground for his major speech," explained McDonald.
McDonald said attending that speech mobilized him and his classmates to push for change in Huntsville, which was still segregated.
"After that speech some of us actually defied the administration and went down and sat in. I remember sitting in at the Woolworth 5 and 10 Cents Store cafeteria. We weren't allowed to eat there as Blacks but we went there and we sat in on the lunch counter and they wouldn't serve us," McDonald said.
But following King's visit, the tide began to turn.
"Integration in Huntsville came very rapidly, soon after, within probably a year I would say, I think you could eat anywhere in Huntsville, you could go anywhere, you could stay anywhere, you could ride anywhere, I think the vestiges of segregation vanished very quickly in Huntsville, most of it as a result of Dr. King's speech," McDonald explained.
On this 50th anniversary of the assassination Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., McDonald said his speech is as relevant today as it was in 1963.
"I think a lot of that has been accomplished but we still have a long way to go before we have full equality and full acceptance by blacks and whites," he said.
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/*jshint strict: true */
/*global assertTrue, assertEqual*/
'use strict';

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// DISCLAIMER
///
/// Copyright 2021 ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
///
/// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License")
/// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
/// You may obtain a copy of the License at
///
///     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
///
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/// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
/// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
/// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
/// limitations under the License.
///
/// Copyright holder is ArangoDB GmbH, Cologne, Germany
///
/// @author Markus Pfeiffer
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
const jsunity = require('jsunity');
const arangodb = require("@arangodb");
const _ = require('lodash');
const {db} = arangodb;
const lh = require("@arangodb/testutils/replicated-logs-helper");
const lpreds = require("@arangodb/testutils/replicated-logs-predicates");
const helper = require("@arangodb/testutils/replicated-logs-helper");

const {waitForReplicatedLogAvailable} = helper;

const database = "replication2_entry_test_db";

const replicatedLogEntrySuite = function () {
  const targetConfig = {
    writeConcern: 2,
    softWriteConcern: 2,
    waitForSync: false,
  };

  const {setUpAll, tearDownAll} = (function () {
    let previousDatabase, databaseExisted = true;
    return {
      setUpAll: function () {
        previousDatabase = db._name();
        if (!_.includes(db._databases(), database)) {
          db._createDatabase(database);
          databaseExisted = false;
        }
        db._useDatabase(database);
      },

      tearDownAll: function () {
        db._useDatabase(previousDatabase);
        if (!databaseExisted) {
          db._dropDatabase(database);
        }
      }
    };
  }());

  return {
    setUpAll, tearDownAll,
    setUp: lh.registerAgencyTestBegin,
    tearDown: lh.registerAgencyTestEnd,

    testCheckFirstIndexOfTermEntry: function () {
      const {logId, leader, servers} = lh.createReplicatedLog(database, targetConfig);
      waitForReplicatedLogAvailable(logId);
      const head = db._replicatedLog(logId).head();
      assertEqual(head.length, 1);
      const [firstEntry] = head;
      assertEqual(firstEntry.logIndex, 1);
      assertTrue([1,2].includes(firstEntry.logTerm));
      assertEqual(firstEntry.logPayload, undefined);
      assertTrue(firstEntry.meta !== undefined);
      const meta = firstEntry.meta;
      assertEqual(meta.type, "FirstIndexOfTerm");
      assertEqual(meta.leader, leader);
      assertEqual(meta.participants.generation, 1);
      assertEqual(Object.keys(meta.participants.participants).sort(), servers.sort());
      lh.replicatedLogDeleteTarget(database, logId);
    },

    testCheckUpdateParticipantsConfig: function () {
      const {logId, servers, followers} = lh.createReplicatedLog(database, targetConfig);
      waitForReplicatedLogAvailable(logId);
      const follower = _.sample(followers);

      lh.replicatedLogUpdateTargetParticipants(database, logId, {
        [follower]: {forced: true},
      });
      lh.waitFor(lpreds.replicatedLogParticipantsFlag(database, logId, {
        [follower]: {
          allowedInQuorum: true,
          allowedAsLeader: true,
          forced: true
        }
      }));

      const head = db._replicatedLog(logId).head();
      assertEqual(head.length, 2);
      const entry = head[1];
      assertEqual(entry.logIndex, 2);
      assertTrue([1,2].includes(entry.logTerm));
      assertEqual(entry.logPayload, undefined);
      assertTrue(entry.meta !== undefined);
      const meta = entry.meta;
      assertEqual(meta.type, "UpdateParticipantsConfig");
      assertEqual(meta.leader, undefined);
      assertEqual(meta.participants.generation, 2);
      assertEqual(Object.keys(meta.participants.participants).sort(), servers.sort());
      lh.replicatedLogDeleteTarget(database, logId);
    }
  };
};

jsunity.run(replicatedLogEntrySuite);
return jsunity.done();

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