Our newspaper archives contain issues from Dakota Territory as early as 1864 and many from 1872 to the present. The North Dakota Newspaper Law of 1905 required official newspapers to provide two copies to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Newspaper titles may be searched using WorldCat or they may be found by clicking on the links below. The State Historical Society of North Dakota also has a small collection of newspapers from Minnesota and South Dakota which document aspects of North Dakota history. Frontier Scout, the first newspaper published in northern Dakota Territory, is available online.
In 1905, the Legislative Assembly enacted the North Dakota Newspaper Law, requiring official newspapers to send copies of every issue to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. In addition, the agency has attempted to collect as many earlier extant North Dakota newspapers as possible. This compilation of newspapers spans the period from early territorial days to the present.
Newspapers contain a great deal of information for the genealogist and the historical researcher. For genealogists, newspapers may include birth and marriage announcements and death notices and obituaries. Individual newspapers provide information concerning local events throughout the ancestor's lifetime, and state and national events that were instrumental in shaping lives.
Newspaper editorials permit the historical researcher to uncover the dynamics of an area. Information concerning the social and cultural history, economics, politics, and individualism of members of the community can be found. City and county commission minutes and other official records were printed in the newspaper. Advertisements provide information concerning businesses that were a part of the community. Biases in reporting and information in articles on historic events also can supply attitudes, etc.
The first newspaper known to have been published in northern Dakota Territory was the Frontier Scout issued at Fort Union on July 7, 1864. Nine years later, The Bismarck Tribune published its trial run on July 6, 1873. This was soon followed by the Fargo Express, The Grand Forks Plaindealer, and The Jamestown Alert. Within a period of ten years, 160 newspapers were distributed throughout Dakota Territory, and by 1910, more than 344 newspapers documented the hopes, dreams, and events of the developing state. The Brinton Newspaper Law of 1919 limited the number of newspapers publishing official notices. As a result, many newspapers were unable to survive on local community advertising. Other factors also entered into the demise of publications, and more than 200 newspapers ceased to circulate within a five-year period. Presently, fewer than 100 newspapers are published in North Dakota.


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Der Burgstall Im Hof, auch Burg auf dem Hof genannt, ist neben dem Schloss im Ort eine von zwei abgegangenen Niederungsburgen von Neidlingen im Landkreis Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg.

In Neidlingen bestanden zwei von den Herren von Neidlingen erbaute Niederungsburgen, die kleinere Burg im Hof, von der noch der Burghügel und ein Grabenrest erhalten ist, am Ostrand des Orts und die größere und wohl jüngere Burg an der Lindach nahe dem einstigen Herrenhof südlich der Kirche.

Literatur
 Günter Schmitt: Burgenführer Schwäbische Alb, Band 4 – Alb Mitte-Nord: Wandern und entdecken zwischen Aichelberg und Reutlingen. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1991, ISBN 3-924489-58-0, S. 53–60.

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Jim MacQueen, the owner of Coach's Pub and Grill near Holt, plans to reopen with limited capacity on Feb. 1. The large bar and restaurant will be able to accommodate about 80 guests.
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Jim MacQueen watched Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's latest press conference from his empty sports bar on Monday afternoon, hoping it didn't include any added restrictions on restaurants.
MacQueen, the owner of Coach's Pub and Grill near Holt, is used to a moderate lunch rush — even on Mondays. But like thousands of other restaurants across Michigan, Coach's has been reduced to carryout and outdoor dining as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers.
On Monday, a dining room that could normally seat 300 people was empty. The kitchen staff hadn't seen a single carryout order all afternoon. Staff used their spare time to shuffle around tables into a new socially distant seating arrangement. February can't arrive soon enough: On Monday (Feb. 1), inside dining resumes in Michigan, albeit at 25% capacity.
"From the beginning, we've wanted to do our part and help get this virus under control, ebb the flow, flatten the curve. But we've lost over $600,000 in 2020. It's a very significant hit," MacQueen said. "We just didn't write our business plan to operate with these limitations."
It's been since Nov. 18 when the state Department of Health and Human Services enacted and later extended a three-week "pause" on indoor dining.
As coronavirus infection rates continued to decline, state officials agreed it was time to loosen the leash on bars and restaurants — but only a little. The latest epidemic orders allow for indoor dining, but only at 25% of usual seating capacities and with a strict 10 p.m. curfew to close.
For MacQueen, it's an opportunity that will allow nearly 80 guests to return to his restaurant — a lifeline that he hopes will allow an already battered industry to continue clinging to life in 2021. According to the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, the pandemic (and related restrictions) swallowed nearly 3,000 restaurants and 200,000 jobs in 2020.
"It's been hard for us being a family-owned, small business," MacQueen added. "It's translated to a lot of really difficult decisions that really could've all been solved by us keeping the doors open. We've been in full support of these measures, but that doesn't make it less difficult."
MacQueen joined nearly 100 other restaurant owners in urging Whitmer this month to allow restaurants to reopen safely "as soon as possible." Matt Gillett and Travis Stoliker, co-owners of Saddleback BBQ, penned the open letter one week before the orders were lifted.
"It's great that fewer people are getting sick and fewer people are going into the hospital, which is really what's putting us in a position to be able to do this," Stoliker added. "For restaurants, I think the time has come that we can slowly move toward reopening. We need the chance."
Before the latest restrictions on indoor dining, state officials tracked a rate of 734 coronavirus cases per million people in Michigan. As of this week, that rate was below 177 cases per million. In Ingham County, that rate was tracking at 109 cases per million Tuesday.
Those statistics, in part, justified the loosened restrictions.
MacQueen said carryout and limited outdoor dining have only helped him recoup less than 30% of his usual revenues. Grant funding helped supplement his losses, but he said larger sports bars like Coach's have — and likely always will — rely heavily on crowded rooms for cash.
While larger restaurants can weather capacity limits with more expansive seating arrangements, smaller shops like Saddleback will continue to face some limitations in February. The Lansing location isn't large enough to add a single table. Saddleback's other location, in Okemos, will seat fewer than 20 guests, down from 74, Stoliker said.
At some small diners, only adding a table or two might not justify keeping the lights turned on.
"For a lot of places, it'll be a financial decision on whether the 25% occupancy is enough to keep the business open," Stoliker added. "Just like our customers, everyone will have to make their own decisions on how they handle things, like whether they feel it's safe to go back out again."
Will customers actually return?
City Pulse reached out to readers on Facebook shortly after the new orders were announced. And with more than 50 responses, the vast majority were hesitant about dining out in February.
"I know that a lot of customers will feel that way for a while, especially until we see more vaccines becoming available," said Walah Aljabbary, manager at Zaytoon on Lansing's west side. "We'll be doing everything we can as far as sanitizing and social distancing to make people feel safe."
At Art's Pub in Lansing, those precautions will include a limit of 24 guests — down from about 100 outside of the pandemic. And each of them, in alignment with state orders, will be required to sign in at the front to help assist contact tracing efforts, should they become necessary.
Pizza helped supplement carryout sales in recent months, but owner Greg Sinicropi recognizes that some types of bar food (like burgers) don't always make for the best to-go orders. Buns get soggy. That melted layer of cheese can become stiff. Some things are best enjoyed right away.
Restaurants are also battling against a nationwide lag in vaccine distribution. Whitmer's goal of 50,000 inoculations a day could allow the state to hit its goal of vaccinating 70% of people age 16 and older by August. At the current rate, that mark wouldn't be reached for yet another year.
"I don't expect things to jump back to normal for quite a long time," Sinicropi added. "Right now, we're also dealing with a new variant of the virus and a slow rollout of the vaccine. It's going to take a while for people to be totally comfortable going back out, and that makes a lot of sense."
Sinicropi and the others who signed Saddleback's letter this month emphasized that their suggestion to quickly reopen restaurants wasn't designed as criticism for the governor — more of a polite request to reconsider the metrics guiding decisions to keep dining rooms totally closed. None of them wanted to align themselves with the right-wing Capitol protest crowd.
"We just felt that a few bad apples might've spoiled it for the whole bunch," Sinicropi added. "Like others, we've been paying close attention to the rules and guidelines to make this a safe experience. We just wanted to let the governor know that many of us were taking this seriously and felt like we were ready to begin safely reopening, that now was the time to get going again."
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"LEAP is a fantastic initiative and I am delighted that the (Irish) Government is supporting it. Certainly, you will not just be accelerated in your career development, but you will get to where you out to be, which is at the helm."
– Ambassador Geraldine Byrne-Nason, Irish Mission, United Nations
The Irish Government's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFA) wanted to support the next generation of women executives in New York and partnered with Maura Kelly and the Irish International Business Network to launch the LEAP (Leadership & Executive Acceleration) Program.
Maura Kelly was selected as the primary Director for the 2019 program — recognizing her executive skills and deep understanding of the issues would be an asset. Maura also saw this as an opportunity to build online digital resources (videos/ content) to engage a larger community around LEAP. Some highlights:
The 6-month leadership and social innovation program launched at Moet Hennessy USA with the support of CEO, Jim Clerkin.
Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ireland's Representative to the United Nations and Chair of the UN Commission on the Status of Women was the keynote speaker.
Leading executives from Verizon, PepsiCo, Viacom, Merrill Lynch and more, participated.
Nonprofit partners, Solace House and the Aisling Irish Community Center (AICC) received strategic and marketing support through the LEAP in the Community project.
The government's Global Irish Emigrant Support Program (ESP) is designed to strengthen the global community and its bond with Ireland. They support the emerging needs of the Irish diaspora.
Knowing that women are highly underrepresented in leadership in the US, the Irish government wanted to support an immersive program for high-potential Irish and Irish American women and bolster their economic opportunity.
To address the leadership gap, we worked with the government to develop and launch LEAP 2019 so a cohort of next gen leaders will be ready to accelerate their careers and create their own economic opportunities. To achieve this, we:
Built an agile team by recruiting a LEAP Co-Director (Courtney Sunna), and a program manager.
Designed, and continually improved the LEAP website and platform.
Recruited, and stewarded advisors, board members, volunteers, and supporters.
Developed programming, including workshops, talks, and speed mentoring.
Developed a customized curriculum with a multiplicity of learning situations.
Developed a strategic engagement plan and digital content marketing strategy.
We employed the following tactics:
Intuitive Web Design: We designed a new website to incorporate LEAP Digital – a series of online learning modules (videos, transcripts) and an IMPACT section supported by robust data.
Outreach & Community Engagement: We reached out to a variety of business groups, business leaders, subject experts, and conducted a series of meetings to build a coalition of support.
Example: Opportunity Desk, an online platform that connects young people to global opportunities published the LEAP announcement. Their website gets 600,000 hits/month. The post was shared 99 times and they also tweeted about LEAP (25K followers).
We cultivated relationships and partnerships with:
Leading companies: Verizon, Moet Hennessy, Grant Thornton & Bank of Ireland Innovation Lab.
International agencies: Irish Mission to the UN, Irish Consulate of New York, Training Women's Network (TWN) Northern Ireland, and Northern Ireland Bureau, NY.
Several companies provided venues for workshops and participated as hosts and speakers.
"The hugely important thing about having women in leadership roles in business is that it creates a different type of decision making and a different environment inside the workplace. LEAP creates role models and it improves the quality of thinking in leadership. The more diverse a board or a leadership group can be, the better the outcomes for the business."
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We created LEAP Academy (professional development) and LEAP in the Community (team projects)
Developed a customized curriculum with a multiplicity of learning situations including action learning, individual assessments, expert coaching, and team projects
Tracked improvements in skills through a series of pre and post-learning surveys conducted by an external evaluator, SemperClarus Consulting LLC.
LEAP Academy: Through an admission survey, we focused on the skills the women wanted to work on, such as effective leadership tactics, negotiations, personal branding and networking, financial power and managing teams.
Results: Working with a coalition of groups, we've increasing LEAP's profile and built a pipeline of female leaders – ensuring the growth of the brand's influence.
Our post event survey data proves that LEAP content is highly relevant and useful. Highlights:
Speakers & Mentors. We collaborated with over a dozen high profile female executives from Viacom and PepsiCo to Northwell Health, Moet Hennessy and Merrill Lynch to name a few.
Gains in Leadership, Professional and Business Skills Reported by Data Analysis
As reported by LEAP Participants, 100% will utilize the tools and advice learned from LEAP to advance their careers, while 71% will use it to impact workplace dynamics and grow visibility. The initial results are:
We have directly provided dozens of women with tools to excel in their careers, and 100's more when the women shared the materials with colleagues.
With LEAP Digital, we have the opportunity to share resources with a virtual global audience.
LEAP in the Community: We identified and recruited two nonprofit organizations (Solace House and Aisling Irish Community Center) to work with LEAP in the Community teams, resulting in improved organizational strategies and branding.
Working under the supervision of the directors, the teams developed strategic plans, fundraising decks, and identified resources to support the organizations. More broadly, they learned effective corporate social responsibility practices.
Results: Through LEAP in the Community surveys, our nonprofit partners have rated their satisfaction with the LEAP Program as a 10 out of 10. They stated that LEAP played a major role in strengthening their organizational and fundraising capacity. Their brands are stronger and their influence is growing. Over 93% of LEAP women reported that the knowledge they gained through the program was applied to the projects.
"Solace House is now better equipped with documentation and strategy plans focusing on expanding our programs and organizational structure… Through a workshop on effective fundraising practices, Solace House was able to secure over $90,000 in additional revenue for our upcoming Solace Sunrise Walk."
– Danielle Gallagher, Director of Operations at Solace House
"Working with LEAP was of great benefit to us as it helped us focus on our strategic plan and identify the areas we needed to prioritize… As a result, LEAP helped us set measurable goals, re-evaluate our programs and services based on community need, and they created a pitch-deck presentation for potential corporate donors."
– Catherine Flood, Executive Director of the AICC
Conclusion: Building a pipeline for female leaders & inspiring social change for good.
LEAP has grown quickly into a strong, effective community force. Working with a coalition of business organizations, corporate executives, and nonprofit partners, LEAP has developed leadership skills in the next generation of female leaders; and impacted the community by strengthening the capacity of several nonprofit organizations.
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WATCH: Health care workers concerned over federal facial protection standards during coronavirus outbreak WATCH: Health care workers concerned over federal facial protection standards during coronavirus outbreak
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March 16, 2020 at 2:24 pm CDT
WASHINGTON, DC — Doctors and nurses are on the front lines as we combat the spread of the coronavirus and now some health care worker associations said there needs to be more guidance about how they can get the best protection during the outbreak.
Specifically, there are growing concerns about changes the government made to its guidelines for facial protection.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced last week that "face masks are an acceptable alternative when the supply chain of respirators cannot meet the demand" during low-risk situations.
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"The question is just the why behind it?" Emergency Nurses Association President Mike Hastings said. "We want to make sure it's not just because of a supply chain issue. As health care workers, as nurses, we preach evidence based practice all the time. We want to make sure that we're using evidence based information."
There has been a shortage of the N95 surgical masks.
"That's the biggest challenge right now is where do we get those supplies and how do we free up those supplies so we do have them on the frontlines?" Hastings said.
The CDC said the respirators filter the air and offer respiratory protection while face masks protect the person from splashes and sprays.
"We're going to do everything we can to maintain our own safety and the safety of every patient that's coming in," Hastings said.
Hastings said two members of the association were diagnosed with coronavirus.
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One was an emergency medicine doctor in New Jersey and the other was in Washington state.
Monday we also learned a doctor at Children's National Hospital in Washington D.C. also tested positive for the coronavirus.
National Nurses United is calling on Congress to get involved and in a statement said in part: "We urge Congress to mandate that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration promulgate an Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 protections for health care workers. An OSHA emergency temporary standard is a critical step in ensuring that all nurses on the front lines of the coronavirus response are given the proper respirators and personal protective equipment to safely care for patients with confirmed or potential COVID-19 infection."
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Q: Attached property attached only on the first user control instance Following Josh Smith example on mvvm workspaces (customers view), I have a mainwindow and a mainwindowviewmodel which contains an ObservableCollection of "ChatTabViewModel":
internal class FriendsListViewModel : ObservableObject
{
    #region bound properties
    private ICollectionView viewfriends;
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I have an area dedicated to this collection in the xaml like that :
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And in my resources dictionary:
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</DataTemplate>

<DataTemplate x:Key="ClosableTabItemTemplate">
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        Focusable="False"
        FontFamily="Courier"
        FontSize="9"
        FontWeight="Bold"
        Margin="0,1,0,0"
        Padding="0"
        VerticalContentAlignment="Bottom"
        Width="16" Height="16"
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<DataTemplate x:Key="ChatTabsTemplate">
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      IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
      ItemsSource="{Binding}"
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</DataTemplate>

On user event I add a new ChattabViewModel in my collection and the view related to it appears in the main window.
But when I tried to add an attached property on a scrollbar in the ChattabView, this property will attach only on the first ChattabViewModel instance, the other tabs won't be bound to the attached property. Here's the ChattabView XAML:
 <ScrollViewer VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" Grid.Row="0">
  <ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Messages}" View:ItemsControlBehavior.ScrollOnNewItem="True">
  <ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
    <DataTemplate>
        <TextBox IsReadOnly="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding Path=DataContext, RelativeSource={RelativeSource Self}}" />
    </DataTemplate>
  </ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</ScrollViewer>

and the code of the attached property:
namespace GtalkOntre.View
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Util class to scroll down when a new message is added.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>attached property called ScrollOnNewItem that when set to true hooks into the INotifyCollectionChanged events of the itemscontrol items source and upon detecting a new item, scrolls the scrollbar to it.</remarks>
    public class ItemsControlBehavior
    {
        static Dictionary<ItemsControl, Capture> Associations = new Dictionary<ItemsControl, Capture>();

        public static bool GetScrollOnNewItem(DependencyObject obj)
        {
            return (bool)obj.GetValue(ScrollOnNewItemProperty);
        }

        public static void SetScrollOnNewItem(DependencyObject obj, bool value)
        {
            obj.SetValue(ScrollOnNewItemProperty, value);
        }

        public static DependencyProperty ScrollOnNewItemProperty =
            DependencyProperty .RegisterAttached(
                "ScrollOnNewItem",
                typeof(bool),
                typeof(ItemsControlBehavior),
                new UIPropertyMetadata(false, OnScrollOnNewItemChanged));

        public static void OnScrollOnNewItemChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
        {
            var mycontrol = d as ItemsControl;
            if (mycontrol == null) return;
            bool newValue = (bool)e.NewValue;
            if (newValue)
            {
                mycontrol.Loaded += MyControl_Loaded;
                mycontrol.Unloaded += MyControl_Unloaded;
            }
            else
            {
                mycontrol.Loaded -= MyControl_Loaded;
                mycontrol.Unloaded -= MyControl_Unloaded;
                if (Associations.ContainsKey(mycontrol))
                    Associations[mycontrol].Dispose();
            }
        }

        static void MyControl_Unloaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var mycontrol = (ItemsControl)sender;
            Associations[mycontrol].Dispose();
            mycontrol.Unloaded -= MyControl_Unloaded;
        }

        static void MyControl_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var mycontrol = (ItemsControl)sender;
            var incc = mycontrol.Items as INotifyCollectionChanged;
            if (incc == null) return;
            mycontrol.Loaded -= MyControl_Loaded;
            Associations[mycontrol] = new Capture(mycontrol);
        }

        class Capture : IDisposable
        {
            public ItemsControl mycontrol { get; set; }
            public INotifyCollectionChanged incc { get; set; }

            public Capture(ItemsControl mycontrol)
            {
                this.mycontrol = mycontrol;
                incc = mycontrol.ItemsSource as INotifyCollectionChanged;
                incc.CollectionChanged +=incc_CollectionChanged;
            }

            void incc_CollectionChanged(object sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
            {
                if (e.Action == NotifyCollectionChangedAction.Add)
                {
                    ScrollViewer sv = mycontrol.Parent as ScrollViewer;
                    sv.ScrollToBottom();
                }
            }

            public void Dispose()
            {
                incc.CollectionChanged -= incc_CollectionChanged;
            }
        }
    }
}

So why is the attached property only bound once, on the first "chattabview" occurence of the chattabviewmodel collection? and therefore, working only on the first chattabviewmodel.
When I close them all, the attached property will unbind itself on the last instance of chattabviewmodel, and when I add a new first chattabviewmodel, the property will bind correctly. So it triggers only on the first instance and last instance of the "chattabviewmodel" collection of mainwindowviewmodel.
After a week of searching, I'm a little desperate now...
So far my hypothesis is : the problem might be related to the way I set the view to my viewmodel in dictionary resources. The view might be shared and the first scrollbar only might react. I tried to add an x:Shared = false attribute on the DataTemplate tag but it didn't change anything.

A: You haven't shown us ChatTabsTemplate, so I can only assume it contains a TabControl. If so, that explains the behavior you're seeing. The TabControl lazily loads its child tab items, so only the current view will be initialized, and hence have the attached property applied to it. When you switch tabs, however, you should see the same attached property firing. Is that not the case?
As for your hunch, it's not quite right. The DataTemplate is being shared, but the DataTemplate is used to create distinct instances of its contents, which are not being shared.

A: Are you sure there are different instances of your ChatTabView being created?
I believe WPF's TabControl re-uses the existing template if it's the same instead of creating a new one, and simply replaces the DataContext behind it.
So it would only create one copy of your ChatTabView and switching tabs is replacing the DataContext behind the ChatTabView to a different item in the collection.

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It's 2020 and My Chemical Romance are back. Their North American tour sold out in under six hours and the band even added a fourth Los Angeles date to their fall tour because of the overwhelming demand. But let's take it back to 2002, when My Chem were just a couple months old, playing small local shows for anyone who would show up.
Before they were rock's hottest concert ticket, My Chemical Romance were another local band slugging it out like the rest of them. They were well-received by new audiences from the start and cut their teeth playing local shows like this February 2002 gig at an American Legion hall in Creskill, New Jersey, which was about a 45-minute to an hour drive from their home town of Newark (footage below).
The clip is of "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough For the Two of Us" and "Vampires Will Never Hurt You" and shows the early development of the band onstage. Already a showman, Gerard Way's beloved outstretched hand gestures and finger wagging were commonplace even this early on. They still had some growing to do live though, but the rest of the band wouldn't remain statues up front for much longer.
At the time, Frank Iero had only recently joined My Chem and yesterday (Jan. 31) he posted an image of a sold out 2020 tour flyer on Instagram, thanking the fans while noting, "My heart is incredibly full." See that further down the page.
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Q: Does Visual Studio 2017 need an explicit move constructor declaration? The below code can be compiled successfully using Visual Studio 2015, but it failed using Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio 2017 reports:

error C2280: "std::pair::pair(const std::pair &)": attempting to reference a deleted function

Code
#include <unordered_map>
#include <memory>

struct Node
{
  std::unordered_map<int, std::unique_ptr<int>> map_;
  // Uncommenting the following two lines will pass Visual Studio 2017 compilation
  //Node(Node&& o) = default;
  //Node() = default;
};

int main()
{
  std::vector<Node> vec;
  Node node;
  vec.push_back(std::move(node));
  return 0;
}

It looks like Visual Studio 2017 explicit needs a move constructor declaration. What is the reason?

A: Minimal example:
#include <memory>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <vector>

int main() {
  std::vector<std::unordered_map<int, std::unique_ptr<int>>> vec;
  vec.reserve(1);
}

Live demo on GodBolt: https://godbolt.org/z/VApPkH.

Another example:
std::unordered_map<int, std::unique_ptr<int>> m;
auto m2 = std::move(m);              // ok
auto m3 = std::move_if_noexcept(m);  // error C2280

UPDATE
I believe the compilation error is legal. Vector's reallocation function can transfer (contents of) elements by using std::move_if_noexcept, therefore preferring copy constructors to throwing move constructors.
In libstdc++ (GCC) / libc++ (clang), move constructor of std::unordered_map is (seemingly) noexcept. Consequently, move constructor of Node is noexcept as well, and its copy constructor is not at all involved.
On the other hand, implementation from MSVC 2017 seemingly does not specify move constructor of std::unordered_map as noexcept. Therefore, move constructor of Node is not noexcept as well, and vector's reallocation function via std::move_if_noexcept tries to invoke copy constructor of Node.
Copy constructor of Node is implicitly defined such that is invokes copy constructor of std::unordered_map. However, the latter may not be invoked here, since the value type of map (std::pair<const int, std::unique_ptr<int>> in this case) is not copyable.
Finally, if you user-define move constructor of Node, its implicitly declared copy constructor is defined as deleted. And, IIRC, deleted implicitly declared copy constructor does not participate in overload resolution. But, the deleted copy constructor is not considered by std::move_if_noexcept, therefore it will use throwing move constructor of Node.

A: When you declare a move constructor, the implicitly declared copy constructor is defined as deleted. On the other hand, when you don't declare a move constructor, the compiler implicitly defines the copy constructor when it need it. And this implicit definition is ill-formed.
unique_ptr is not CopyInsertable in a container that uses a standard allocator because it is not copy constructible so the copy constructor of map_ is ill-formed (it could have been declared as deleted, but this is not required by the standard).
As your example code show us, with newer version of MSVC, this ill-formed definition is generated with this example code. I do not think there is something in the standard that forbids it (even if this is realy surprising).
So you should indeed ensure that the copy constructor of Node is declared or implicitly defined as deleted.

A: Let's look at the std::vector source code (I replaced pointer and _Ty with actual types):
void _Umove_if_noexcept1(Node* First, Node* Last, Node* Dest, true_type)
    {   // move [First, Last) to raw Dest, using allocator
    _Uninitialized_move(First, Last, Dest, this->_Getal());
    }

void _Umove_if_noexcept1(Node* First, Node* Last, Node* Dest, false_type)
{   // copy [First, Last) to raw Dest, using allocator
    _Uninitialized_copy(First, Last, Dest, this->_Getal());
}

void _Umove_if_noexcept(Node* First, Node* Last, Node* Dest)
{   // move_if_noexcept [First, Last) to raw Dest, using allocator
    _Umove_if_noexcept1(First, Last, Dest,
        bool_constant<disjunction_v<is_nothrow_move_constructible<Node>, negation<is_copy_constructible<Node>>>>{});
}

If Node is no-throw move-constructible or is not copy-constructible, _Uninitialized_move is called, otherwise, _Uninitialized_copy is called.
The problem is that the type trait std::is_copy_constructible_v is true for Node if you do not declare a move constructor explicitly. This declaration makes copy-constructor deleted.
libstdc++ implements std::vector in a similar way, but there std::is_nothrow_move_constructible_v<Node> is true in contrast to MSVC, where it is false. So, move semantics is used and the compiler does not try to generate the copy-constructor.
But if we force is_nothrow_move_constructible_v to become false
struct Base {
    Base() = default;
    Base(const Base&) = default;
    Base(Base&&) noexcept(false) { }
};

struct Node : Base {
    std::unordered_map<int, std::unique_ptr<int>> map;
};

int main() {
    std::vector<Node> vec;
    vec.reserve(1);
}

the same error occurs:
/usr/include/c++/7/ext/new_allocator.h:136:4: error: use of deleted function 'std::pair<_T1, _T2>::pair(const std::pair<_T1, _T2>&) [with _T1 = const int; _T2 = std::unique_ptr<int>]'
  { ::new((void *)__p) _Up(std::forward<_Args>(__args)...); }
    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A: Visual Studio 2017:
As @Evg indicated, the Visual Studio 2017's vector sourcecode finally call into _Uninitialized_copy because the implicitly-declared move constructor of Node is considered as not-nothrow (is_nothrow_move_constructible<Node> is false) and is_copy_constructible<Node> is true in Visual Studio 2017.
1) About is_nothrow_move_constructible<Node>:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/move_constructor says:

The implicitly-declared (or defaulted on its first declaration) move constructor has an exception specification as described in dynamic exception specification (until C++17)exception specification (since C++17)

Maybe it's reasonable to consider is_nothrow_move_constructible<Node> as false beacause Node's data member std::unordered_map's move constructor is not marked as noexcept.
2) About is_copy_constructible<Node>:
As @Oliv says, it's seemingly not logical to compute is_copy_constructible<Node> as true, specially considering the fact that Node is not copy_constructible has been detected and reported as compile error by Visual Studio 2017 compiler. Node is not copy_constructible beacause std::unique_ptr is not copy_constructible.
Visual Studio 2015:
Visual Studio 2015's vector has a different implemetation. vec.push_back->_Reserve->_Reallocate->_Umove->_Uninitialized_move_al_unchecked->_Uninitialized_move_al_unchecked1->std::move(node). is_nothrow_move_constructible<Node> and is_copy_constructible<Node> are not involved. It just call std::move(node) instead of copy constructor. So the sample code can be compiled successfully using Visual Studio 2015.


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Protesters in Hong Kong reportedly called for the assistance of President Donald Trump in liberating the city, as demonstrators marched to the U.S. Consulate on Sunday.
The march started at the Chater Garden public park in Hong Kong's business district, then moved towards the U.S. consulate in the city, CNN reports. Protesters planned to present a letter to the U.S. Consulate requesting the ratification of the "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act 2019" by the U.S. Congress.
The bill would impose penalties on Hong Kong or Chinese officials who are involved with suppressing human rights and democratic freedoms in Hong Kong, according to the Wall street Journal. The bill would also have commercial implications including holding Hong Kong's trading autonomy as collateral if human rights are violated by the government.
Banners carried by protesters reportedly read "President Trump, please liberate Hong Kong," CNN reported. Some protesters reportedly sang the U.S. national anthem as they marched.
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"We share the same US values of liberty and democracy," banker David Wong said, according to CNN.
"USA is a country of democracy. Donald Trump is elected by his people. We want this," he continued.
Sunday's protest quickly descended into a scene of violence as law enforcement officers arrived on the scene, CNN reports. Protesters put up a barricade in front of one of a Subway station exit and reportedly set it on fire. (RELATED: Hong Kong Withdraws Extradition Bill That Ignited Summer-Long Protests)
This weekend is the 14th consecutive weekend of protest in the financial district of the city. The protests were sparked by a proposed extradition bill that would allow Hong Kong citizens to be criminally tried in mainland China, where legal rights for political dissidents are poorly upheld.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam withdrew the proposed China Extradition Bill on Wednesday in an attempt to appease protesters and hopefully put an end to the recurring demonstrations.
"We must find ways to address the discontent in society and look for solutions," Lam said in a statement Wednesday.
The withdrawal of the extradition bill addresses only one of five core demands protesters have put forth to Hong Kong's government which also include for Carrie Lam to step down from her position, to address alleged police brutality, the release of certain political prisoners, and creation more democratic freedoms for Hong Kong, according to CNN.
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On A Change of Mind Indeed
March 5, 2018 UncategorizedThe Way Forward, United Methodist ChurchCliff Wall
In a recent address the current president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops, Bishop Bruce Ough, implored his colleagues to be open to having Christ change their minds. Some major metanoia (Koine Greek for repent which more literally means "a change of mind") is certainly in order. Unfortunately, Bishop Ough's idea of a change of mind seems to only go in one direction as his use of the common progressive buzz words would indicate. According to Bishop Ough, if we would only be open to Christ changing our minds we will find ourselves "freed to replicate Jesus' pattern of expanding the boundaries of whom God loves and includes in the Kingdom." It's no mystery that he thinks that of necessity would involve the Church accepting and even celebrating everyone under the rainbow, so to speak, including the behavioral expression of what he sees as God-given sexual orientations and gender identities.
The truth is the true Church already welcomes and includes everyone from any background and has since Jesus gave the great commission, although the Spirit, as Bishop Ough alludes to in his reference to the Book of Acts, had to guide the church into the full meaning and implications of the mission to the Gentiles. As the promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 indicates, the blessing of God's election of Israel was always meant to include the Gentiles, that is all the peoples of every nation on earth. By its very nature the Church commissioned by Christ Jesus and set apart by the Spirit of God is inclusive of all people of every nation and background, including those whose sexual desires have been corrupted by sin (i.e. all of us).
This certainly does not mean, however, that every set of sexual desires, proclivities, and practices will be included, commended, or recommended in the church. The genuine inclusive nature of the church is summed up well by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. ~ 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 ESV
Because of God's great love for the world and everyone in it, we are all invited to come as we are, but not to stay as we came!
Now I know some are going to continue to argue that sexual immorality here, as elsewhere in the New Testament, does not really condemn all sexual activity outside of natural marriage traditionally understood as a covenant union of one man and one woman. And I know some are going to argue that the Bible, Old and New Testaments, never really condemned committed same-sex unions (although it is becoming impossible to believe that sex confined to monogamous marital unions is a satisfactory norm for progressives as I and others have demonstrated before–see here and here). The official position of the so-called "centrist" ("contextualist"? see Dr. Chris Ritter's assessment of the re-branding here) movement, the Uniting Methodists, is: "We believe our differences on the questions of same-sex marriage and ordination stem from differences over biblical interpretation, not biblical authority."
Some sincerely believe this, I'm sure. But undoubtedly there are others who know this is not true, but will go along with it because it is obviously more marketable than just admitting that they are in fact rejecting the authority of Scripture. One of their leaders, Adam Hamilton, certainly one of the most influential United Methodist pastors in America, is clearly on record saying that he does not believe that all Scripture is inspired by God. He also diminishes the special inspiration of the Bible in general when he says the Bible is inspired "in the same way and to the same degree as many contemporary preachers and prophets and even ordinary Christians have been inspired by the Spirit in every age" (Making Sense of the Bible, 294 as quoted by David Watson in Scripture and the Life of God). It is just not credible that the progressive "centrists/contextualists" have the same view of the authority of Scripture. How far we have fallen from John Wesley's view of Scripture!
In his introduction to his notes on the New Testament Wesley said:
The Scripture therefore of the Old and New Testament, is a most solid and precious system of Divine truth. Every part thereof is worthy of God; and all together are one entire body, wherein is no defect, no excess. It is the fountain of heavenly wisdom, which they who are able to taste, prefer to all writings of men, however wise, or learned, or holy.
As always the question is not whether someone says they too believe in the authority of Scripture, the question is, what exactly do they mean by the authority of Scripture? I don't think traditionalists and progressive/centrists mean the same thing at all.
Nevertheless, some are still going to make the more marketable argument that they really do still have a high view of Scripture but simply believe the church has historically misinterpreted the Bible to condemn all forms of homosexual relationships. They will insist the Bible says nothing in condemnation of committed same-sex relationships. Some, I do not doubt, are genuinely sincere in this belief, although I sincerely believe they are sorely deceived. As Dr. Tim Tennent says in his assessment of this claim, "the exegetical case for this is not defensible." (see full article here)
Although I know some sincerely believe the revisionist arguments, it's not a given that everyone making these arguments is sincere.
In their book, Unchanging Witness: The Consistent Christian Teaching on Homosexuality in Scripture and Tradition, Donald Fortson and Rollin Grams relays the following regarding the revisionist arguments of the now deceased Yale professor, John Boswell:
Commenting on Boswell's book, Homosexuality, Intolerance and Christianity, gay author John Lauritsen writes: It is not surprising that Professor Boswell has been enthusiastically hailed by the gay Christians, to whom he appears as a new Savior who will rescue them not only from queer-hating religionists, but from gay liberation secularists as well, by demonstrating historically that it's all right to be a gay Christian. . . . I cannot remember reading a more frustrating book. Undeniably, it is a formidable work of scholarship. . . . On the other hand, Boswell's arguments, his use of evidence, are fatally flawed by his doomed attempt to reconcile the irreconcilable. . . . It is regrettable that one must be harsh on a work with such considerable merit, but willful dishonesty in a scholar must not be condoned. . . . We should invite John Boswell to join gay liberation wholeheartedly; he has skills and knowledge that we need. To join us, Boswell must first extricate himself from the impossible position he's in: attempting to reconcile Christianity and homosexuality. It would be an act of maturity for Boswell to graduate from Christianity to secular humanism….. (Unchanging Witness, location 7734-7745 Kindle edition).
Revisionist arguments that find support for homosexual relationships in the Bible have repeatedly proven to be untenable. Despite the vitriolic epithet given to traditionalist Christians above by John Lauritsen, we are not driven by hatred of anyone. Rather we are driven by a love for the God who washed us, sanctified us, and justified us, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God and a desire to live faithfully with integrity according to God's word.
I agree with Bishop Ough that we do indeed need to be open to change. But the change I envision goes in a different direction. As I've said before, the way forward is the way backward—the old fashioned way of repentance! United Methodists do indeed stand at a crossroads.
Thus says the Lord: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths,
where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls…." Jeremiah 6:16
Will United Methodists respond as the majority in Israel did at the time as the rest of Jeremiah 6:16 reveals? "But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'"
The way forward is the way back! For those with ears to hear, you "shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way, walk in it' …. (Isaiah 30:21).
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This is a page I started when I taught a course in Windows 10 as a volunteer teacher at the McGrath Computer Learning Center in Aiken, SC. As a result, some of the information in the Questions & Answers section talks about what we did "in class." The Tips may be particularly useful to a new computer user.
February 16, 2019. I am no longer updating this page. I'll leave it up for the information it contains.
Question: How do I change the settings so that when I save a file (document, picture, spreadsheet, etc.), it is saved by default into a folder on my computer and not on OneDrive (Microsoft's storage on the Internet, aka known as the cloud)?
Answer: OneDrive is built into Windows 10. Unless you turn it off during setup, OneDrive is also turned on by default. This means when you save a file, it will be saved to a OneDrive folder unless you explicitly change the location in the Save File dialog box that pops up when you save a file from within an app. You can change this behavior using OneDrive's settings.
Right click the OneDrive icon (which looks like a cloud) on the taskbar or within the hidden icons area (display the hidden icons by clicking the upward-pointing caret on the taskbar). Click Settings on the menu that pops up. Click the "Auto Save" tab in the dialog box. There are three pick lists in the dialog box labeled Desktop, Documents, and Pictures. The pick list button will display OneDrive unless you changed it during Windows 10 setup. Click the downward-pointing caret on the right side of the pick list for the category of files you want to change. Select "This PC" for the categories for which you do not want to use OneDrive as the default save location. Click OK.
If you decide you do not want to use OneDrive at all, you can unlink your PC from OneDrive on the Internet (cloud). First, make sure that you have a backup copy of all the files on OneDrive. Go to the OneDrive Settings as described in the paragraph above. Click the link entitled "Unlink this PC." On the box that pops up, click "Unlink account."
As I mentioned in class, the Fall Creators Update (the current major update of Windows 10, which you likely have on your computer), changes the way OneDrive works. I am still researching this and will update this answer when I understand the new process. If you want to learn more about OneDrive, a good place is Microsoft's help page for OneDrive.
Question: How do I change the email program that pops up when I click on an email address in my web browser?
Answer: This depends first on whether your normal email client (the program you use to send and receive emails) is a web mail client (such as Gmail, Yahoo mail, Bellsouth web mail, etc.) or a local, desktop client (such as Thunderbird, Mailbird, or Outlook, etc.). (The Outlook I'm referring to in that list is the program that comes with Office, not Microsoft's web mail outlook.com.) If you use web mail, you usually set the default client using the settings for your browser (or an add-on extension for your browser). If you use a desktop client, you set the default using Control Panel and Settings in Windows 10. Go to this article to learn how to set the default email you are using.
Question: How do I change my account type that I use to login to Windows from Administrator to Standard (or vice versa)?
Answer: This is the question that I stumbled over in the class of 1/22/18. I knew how to do it from within Control Panel, but I felt that you should be able to do from within the Settings app. It turns out that the problem was that we only have one account on the computers in the Learning Center and that is an Administrator's account. You are required to have at least one Administrator's account on a Windows computer. If you have only one account on the computer (as we do), you cannot change the account type.
So let's look at how you change the account type when you have more than one account on the computer. First of all, you can only make this change from an Administrator's account. Open the Settings app (Windows key + I). Click Accounts. Click "Family & other people" on left side of page. Scroll down (if necessary) to the "Other people" section. If you have more than one account on this computer, the other accounts will be listed in this section. Click one of the account names. Click the button labeled "Change account type."
Question: What do I do if I've lost my Windows login password?
Answer: This may be an easy fix if you are using a Microsoft Account (rather than a local account). With a Microsoft Account, you can reset your password online.
With a local account, it's a little harder. If you can still get into your computer with a PIN or fingerprint reader, you can create a new user account with a new password. However, you then have to manually copy your personal files from the old account to the new one. This means your new account needs to be an Administrator's account so be sure to select that type of account when creating it.
There is software available on the Internet that will allow you to reset or recover your Windows password. I have not used any of these and that's the kind of activity that seems ripe for downloading a program that would allow a hacker into your computer, so I won't recommend one. Instead, call a good computer repair center and have them come and reset your password. They will have the appropriate software to do so.
You can always reinstall Windows. There is a real risk of losing your personal files in this case. That means you will have to rely on your backup (you do have a backup of your personal files, right?). You can create a bootable flash drive to start your computer and from which to reinstall Windows by using the Media Creation Tool on Microsoft's web site.
All of the anxiety and problems of losing a Windows password may be avoided by taking an action while you still know it. You can create a password reset disk or flash drive. As Step 1. at that link says, this will not work with a Microsoft Account, for which you should use the link in the first paragraph above.
Question: How do you search for a file based on the file date stamp.
Answer: In File Explorer, navigate to the folder in which you want to search. Click in the search box in the upper right area of the window. A tab will be added to the ribbon labeled Search Tools. (If your ribbon is not displayed, click that tab.) The search ribbon will open showing options for your search in the Refine group. Click Date Modified and select a date. If you want more control over the date for which to search, in the search box type "datemodified:" (without the quotes). A window will pop up with a calendar allowing you to pick the exact date for which to search.
You can find a good summary of searching here and an article specific to searching by date here.
Question: We discussed the need to keep a current backup, that is, a second copy stored on a drive outside your computer, of your personal files, those files that you create or receive from friends, relatives, or co-workers. The purpose of a backup is to be able to restore your files should you be the victim of ransomware or simply a failure of the primary hard disk in your computer. During that discussion, someone asked how you start your computer if the hard drive has failed.
Click the Start button. Type "create recovery" (without the quote marks) and press the Enter key. (You may be asked to enter the password of an administrator account.) A dialog box entitled Recovery Drive will open.
Make sure the checkbox in front of "Backup system files to the recovery drive" is checked. Click the Next button. Windows will take a few minutes to prepare for creating the recovery flash drive so be patient.
If you have not connected (that is, plugged it in to a USB port) a flash drive, you will be prompted to do so. Then you will have to click on the flash drive's name. Click the Next button.
The dialog box will now warn you that everything on the flash drive will be deleted. Click the Create button to transfer the Windows 10 files to the flash drive. This will take some time, perhaps 5 to 20 minutes. After the files are transferred, click the Finish button. You have now created your recovery flash drive.
You can boot (start) your computer from the flash drive. Once booted, the flash drive will guide you through the choices available for restoring your computer. You can go to this Microsoft article about creating a recovery drive for more information and to see screenshots that show the above steps.
Question: When I try to uninstall some of the preinstalled apps that come with Windows 10, such as Xbox, the "uninstall" button is grayed out (inactive). How can I uninstall these apps?
Answer: Microsoft does not make it easy to uninstall some of the apps in Windows 10. In fact, some, such as Cortana, cannot be uninstalled. Other apps can be uninstalled, but not from the All Apps list. Someone asked how to uninstall Xbox. This article explains how to uninstall the Windows 10 apps. In the article, under the heading "Use Powershell to Uninstall Built-in Apps," when the article says, "Agree to the UAC prompt," you may have to enter your Windows login password if you are logged in under a standard account.
Question: How does the size of Windows 10 compare to earlier versions?
Answer: Windows 10 is smaller than both Windows 7 or 8.1 and it boots faster. Take a look at this article, especially the graphs.
Question: Is Windows Defender that comes with Windows 10 the only anti-malware protection you need?
Answer: Windows Defender is intended to be basic protection. It may be good enough if you are careful about which web pages you go to and how you respond to links in emails. If you want more protection than offered by Defender, there are many third party products available, many of which are free. A firm named AV-Comparatives conducts tests of anti-malware products. You can find a summary of their most recent tests in this chart. You can go to the AV-Comparatives web site for more information. Another similar test company is AV-Test. You can find AV-Test's summary chart of Windows 10 test results here.
Question: How do I check my computer to see if any malware has been added to it?
Answer: Run a scan using the free program Malwarebytes Anti-malware. A good article on how to run Malwarebytes can be found at Bleeping Computer. Note: while Bleeping Computer is a safe site, the ads on it, or any other web site, may not be safe. Do not click on anything in an ad, such as the one that will appear at the top of the page when you go to this link, unless you know it to be safe.
Question: How do I add my Bellsouth/AT&T or AtlanticBroadband/GforceCable email account to the Windows 10 Mail app?
Answer: We are covering these email providers because so many of our students use them. Some providers (Outlook, Gmail (Google), iCloud, and Yahoo) are listed in the window where you add an account to Windows 10 mail. Adding one of these accounts requires only that you enter your email address and password. Setup from there is automatic. However, other email providers must be added as a POP or IMAP account. This link to Microsoft help covers the basics of getting to the Manage Accounts window where you add an account.
For email providers like Bellsouth or AtlanticBB, first try entering your email address and password and clicking Sign In. Sometimes that works. Other times, you will get a message that Mail could not find the account. There will be a button labeled Try Again. You must click this button 2 more times before it will switch to Advanced. Click the Advanced button to enter the account information manually.
The key information you need is the incoming and outgoing mail server names. These names will usually be different for a POP3 or IMAP4 account type. POP3 and IMAP4 are different ways of accessing your email inbox. POP3 is simpler but not as secure as IMAP4. You should try to set up your account using IMAP4 first. If that does not work, try to set it up using POP3.
Uncheck the box "Outgoing server requires authentication."
After you enter the information manually, the Sign In button will be active. Click it, then click Done and your account should be set up. You may want to go back into the settings and change how frequently your account syncs, that is, how often it downloads new mail to your Inbox.
Question: Some of my Windows 10 apps (Mail, Photos, etc.) do not work correctly. How can I re-install them to make sure the app files are up to date and not corrupted?
Press Enter. Ignore any error messages that pop up. It make take a few minutes, but all your Windows 10 apps will be re-installed. Restart your computer to ensure that the changes are made effective. This link provides more detail on this procedure as well as how to uninstall Windows 10 apps that do not have an uninstall option in the All Apps list.
Question: How do I setup a slideshow of pictures on my desktop background that will change pictures?
Answer: Go to Settings, select the Personalization category, and click the Background menu item on the left side of the screen. In the settings on the right side of the screen, click the downward-pointing arrow in the pick list box below the word Background and select Slideshow from the pick list. Click Browse to select the folder that contains the pictures you want to include (you may want to create a special folder just for this purpose and copy pictures to include into it). Click the pick list symbol below "Change picture every" and select the time each picture will be displayed. Close the Settings app and you are done.
Question: How do I put a shortcut in a tile on the Start Menu that lets me go directly to a web page by clicking on the tile?
Answer: The easy way is to use the new Edge browser. In Edge, go to the web page that you want to create a link to. After the page finishes loading, click the ellipsis (the three dots) in the upper right corner of the Edge window. A menu opens. Click "Pin this page to Start." You're done. Click the Start button to open the Start menu and drag the tile for the web page to the position you want it.
You can add a tile for a web page from other web browsers, but it's a lot more complicated. To see how to do that go to this page.
Question: Can you eliminate the many ads that pop up in your web browser.
Answer: Those ads are what pay for all the free content on the Internet, all that help you can get for just about anything. I personally don't use an ad blocker. Consequently, I don't know much about installing and using them. Some research shows that one of the oldest that has a good reputation for being effective is Adblock Plus. This is a browser extension (or add-in) for all the major browsers.
Question: How do I print the information on the Settings>System>About page, which shows the version of Windows you have, the amount of memory installed, the processor you are using, whether your computer and Windows is 32-bit or 64-bit, and other information.
press the Windows key and the R key simultaneously to bring up the Run input box.
in the input box, type "msinfo32" (without the quotes) and press Enter. This will bring up the System Information window (not the same as the one in Settings that we looked at in class).
In the System Information window, use the menu option File | Print to print the information.
Question: How do I print or save what is on the screen so that I can send you the error messages that I am getting?
Answer: You can do a screenshot using Windows 10. Simultaneously press the Windows key (located in the lower left corner of the keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys) and the Print Screen key (usually in upper right of keyboard but different manufactures put it in different places; it will have Print Screen, or PrtScn, or PrtSc, or just PS, on the key). You may see your screen flash or you may see nothing. However, a picture of your screen has been saved as a file in your Pictures folder, in a subfolder named Screenshots. The file will have a name like Screenshot(1).png. You can now attach that file to an email to me that describes the problem you are having. That will help me give you an answer to your problem.
Question: My Windows 7 computer takes a long time to start up. Before I upgrade to Windows 10, I want to remove some programs that are automatically loaded when I turn my computer on. How do I do that?
Answer: For Windows 7, run a program on your computer named msconfig. Press the Windows key and R keys together to bring up the Run box. Type "msconfig" (without the quote marks) in the box and press Enter. The System Configuration dialog box as shown below will open. Click on the tab along the top of the box labeled Startup to display a list of all the programs that are loaded when you turn your computer on.
It's a little hard to figure out what each program is, but looking at the Location column (which shows the path to the program's executable file) may help. You can uncheck most of these Startup Items to remove them from the list. Most of them load at startup only to make the program a little faster to open when you launch it. Even if you remove it from this list, it will still open when you use it. That said, you do not want to remove programs like your anti-virus program that needs to load when you turn on your computer to ensure you are protected.
Go to this article which has an explanation in more detail about how to remove start-up programs from both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The information for Windows 8 is also applicable to Windows 10.
Question: How do you change the email address (also called an alias) you use to sign in to your Microsoft Account when you start your computer.
Open the Settings app (click Start Button, click Settings).
Make sure "Your email and accounts" is selected (highlighted) in left menu pane.
In right pane, find the link that says "Manage my Microsoft Account" and click the link.
This will open your default web browser and take you to a Microsoft web page from which you manage your Microsoft Account. If there is a button that says "Sign in," click it. (You may be taken directly to a sign-in page instead of the page with the Sign-in button.) Sign in with your current email address and password.
You may be prompted to enter your password again or to request a code that Microsoft will send to the email address or cell phone number listed in your account as security information. This lets Microsoft know the request is coming from you.
If the address you want to use in the future is not listed, click the "Add email" link.
Type the email address you want to use to sign in to Windows in the future in the box.
Click the "Add alias" button. You will be returned to the "Manage your account aliases" screen and the new email address will have been added to the list of aliases.
If this is a new address for your Microsoft Account, you have to prove to Microsoft that you own the address. To the right of the alias you added, click Verify. An box will open for you to click "Send an email." Microsoft will send a message to that email address to get confirmation. When you receive the verification email, click the link provided to verify that you own the account. You may have to sign in again just to prove it's still you.
After you verify the email address, while still on the "Manage your account aliases" screen, click the "Make primary" link to the right of the new email address you want to use. You have now made this the primary address associated with your Microsoft Account.
Wait a few days to make sure that everything is working right. Then, if you want to, you can remove the old email address you no longer want to use. Follow steps 1 through 7 above to go back to the "Manage your account aliases" screen. To remove an email address that you no longer use, select "Remove" next to that alias on the "Manage your account aliases" page, and then follow the instructions provided.
Below is a list of shortcuts useful for Windows 10.
WinKey+E – open new instance of File Explorer.
WinKey+S – launch Cortana (search).
WinKey+X – open power menu.
WinKey+Tab – open Task View.
WinKey+PrtSc – take picture of screen, save it in Pictures/Screenshots.
You can find a complete list of keyboard shortcuts at this web page.
Below is a list of links useful for Windows 10.
Overall Questions and Answers About Windows 10 - An article written by Ed Bott (whom I consider the most reliable of all the Windows "experts") that addresses common questions about Windows 10, from upgrading to what's new. Bott writes straightforwardly, but there are a few technical concepts in this article. Bott frequently updates this article for changes in Windows 10.
Complete version history of Windows 10 - From Wikipedia. Gives the timeline and content of all the major updates.
Why 64-bit Windows is Better - I usually spend a few minutes in class talking about the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit processors and Windows. Now the HowToGeek tells you more about why you should use 64-bit if you can.
Privacy Concerns? - A clear, straight-forward article about privacy settings in Windows 10.
Get Started - An article from the support wiki on the Microsoft site. This article provides links to resources on the Microsoft site to help with learning Windows 10. Comprehensive and complete.
Index of Microsoft Help for Windows 10 - The first place you should go to search for help with Windows 10 on the Internet.
Control Your Privacy - There is a lot written about the information sent to Microsoft by Windows 10. You, however, have control of most of it. This article takes you through the Privacy settings and tells you what each of them means and the benefit of turning it off or leaving it on.
Review of Windows 10 - General discussion of Windows 10 with links to other pages that provide useful information.
Basics of Using the Computer - This is not specific to Windows 10, and it is somewhat dated (2008), but it's a good list of some basic tips that everyone who uses a computer at home ought to be aware of.
Zen and the Art of File and Folder Organization - This is not specific to Windows 10, but it may be the most complete discussion of setting up your file system that I've seen. I'm not saying this is the way you should organize your files, but it is a complete system that you may want to take some points from.
Tips on using Windows 10. Also has some basic computer tips that apply to almost all desktops and laptops, whether they are running Windows, macOS, Linux, or Unix.
In almost any program, app, or operating system, you can select one word by double-clicking on it with the mouse pointer positioned over the word.
The universal eraser to undo you last action, whether it's typing, mouse click, a command, is to press the Ctrl key and the letter Z simultaneously (that key combination applies to Windows; on a Mac, it's Command and Z).
For versions of Windows after the Anniversary Update (August 2016), it is no longer easy to turn off Cortana, the personal assistant. You can learn how to turn off Cortana. Be sure to heed the warnings in the article about setting a restore point and backing up both the registry and your personal files before you do this.
Sometimes you have to double click a screen element (icon or link or file/folder name) to open it, sometimes a single click will do. How do you know which is required? If your mouse pointer is an arrow, usually a double click is required. If the pointer is a hand, a single click will suffice.
If a friend tells you that she received an email from you that invited her to invest is some securities, it is likely that your email account has been hacked. Immediately changing the password to your email account will usually take care of this. Your new password should be a strong one of at least 12 characters. Go to my blog entry on Online Security for more information on strong passwords and other ways to protect yourself online.


@ayan: Sorry for the delay - I've just uploaded the slides that Mark sent me. Look for "download" links here in this page.
Hi Yoshiro@YoshihroKawabata: we are working on more guidance of when to use Event Grid instead of or together with other Azure services, and some example scenarios. I will update here once we have it.
And you can raise an issue there with your questions for the team to help you out if possible.
Yes indeed, thanks, Donna missed the s in functions.
@aljj: In the Azure portal, go to Azure Active Directory. In there, create a new user in that directory. Then give that user co-admin rights. Then you can use that user to sign in, when using the bot. I know these extra steps are a pain, we're trying to fix this so you could use your hotmail.com account but for now those extra steps are needed.
@John I run solutions and create samples that cross OSs between Windows, Mac and Linux, so it was my choice to use a Mac to make it a bit easier to switch the context. I run Windows 10 on it, and really like it.


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Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, leader of the junior partner in the country's coalition government, has resigned over the Macedonia name deal, which he opposes.Kammenos announced his resignation after meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday morning. He said his party is quitting the government. He plans to give ...
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namespace HipsterJazzbo\Telegraph\Tests;

use HipsterJazzbo\Telegraph\Services\Apns;
use HipsterJazzbo\Telegraph\Tests\Utils\TestsService;
use Mockery as m;

class ApnsTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{
    use TestsService;

    public function tearDown()
    {
        m::close();
    }

    public function testApns()
    {
        $push     = $this->getPushMock();
        $pushable = $this->getPushableMock('apns');
        $message  = $this->getMessageMock();

        $response = m::mock('\ZendService\Apple\Apns\Response\Message');
        $response->shouldReceive('getCode')->andReturn(0);

        $client = m::mock('overload:ZendService\Apple\Apns\Client\Message');
        $client->shouldReceive('open')->once()->andReturn(true);
        $client->shouldReceive('send')->andReturn($response);

        $apns = new Apns($push);

        $apns->push($pushable, $message);
    }
}

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text:
ModuleWindow::ModuleWindow(bool start_enabled) : Module(start_enabled)
{
	window = NULL;
	screen_surface = NULL;

	name = "window";
}

// Destructor
ModuleWindow::~ModuleWindow()
{
}

// Called before render is available
bool ModuleWindow::Init()
{
	LOG("Init SDL window & surface");
	bool ret = true;

	if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0)
	{
		LOG("SDL_VIDEO could not initialize! SDL_Error: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
		ret = false;
	}
	else
	{
		//Create window
		width *= screen_size;
		height *= screen_size;
		Uint32 flags = SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL | SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN;

		//Use OpenGL 2.1
		SetWindowAttributes();

		switch (win_mode)
		{
			case WINDOW_MODE::RESIZABLE: flags |= SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE; break;
			case WINDOW_MODE::FULL_DESKTOP: flags |= SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP; break;
			case WINDOW_MODE::FULLSCREEN: flags |= SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN; break;
		}

		window = SDL_CreateWindow(title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, width, height, flags);

		if(window == NULL)
		{
			LOG("Window could not be created! SDL_Error: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
			ret = false;
		}
		else
		{
			//Get window surface
			screen_surface = SDL_GetWindowSurface(window);
		}
	}

	return ret;
}

// Called before quitting
bool ModuleWindow::CleanUp()
{
	LOG("Destroying SDL window and quitting all SDL systems");

	//Delete OpenGl context for SDL window
	SDL_GL_DeleteContext(window);

	//Destroy window
	if(window != NULL)
	{
		SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
	}

	//Quit SDL subsystems
	SDL_Quit();
	return true;
}

update_status ModuleWindow::Update(float dt)
{
	if(win_mode == RESIZABLE)
		SDL_GetWindowSize(window, &width, &height);

	return UPDATE_CONTINUE;
}

//Getters
const WINDOW_MODE  ModuleWindow::GetWindowMode() const
{
	return win_mode;
}

const int ModuleWindow::GetWidth() const
{
	return width;
}
const int ModuleWindow::GetHeight() const
{
	return height;
}

const int ModuleWindow::GetScreenSize() const
{
	return screen_size;
}

const bool ModuleWindow::GetVsync() const
{
	return vsync;
}

//Setters
void ModuleWindow::SetTitle(const char* t)
{
	title = t;
	SDL_SetWindowTitle(window, title.c_str());
}

void ModuleWindow::SetWindowMode(const int& m)
{
	switch (m)
	{
		case WINDOW_MODE::RESIZABLE:
		{
			win_mode = RESIZABLE;
			SDL_SetWindowFullscreen(window, SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE);
			break;
		};
		case WINDOW_MODE::FULL_DESKTOP:
		{
			win_mode = FULL_DESKTOP;
			SDL_SetWindowFullscreen(window, SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN_DESKTOP);
			break;
		};
		case WINDOW_MODE::FULLSCREEN:
		{
			win_mode = FULLSCREEN;
			SDL_SetWindowFullscreen(window, SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN);
			break;
		};
	}
}

void ModuleWindow::SetWidth(const int& w)
{
	width = w;
	SDL_SetWindowSize(window, width, height);
}
void ModuleWindow::SetHeight(const int& h)
{
	height = h;
	SDL_SetWindowSize(window, width, height);
}

void ModuleWindow::SetScreenSize(const int& size)
{
	screen_size = size;
}
void ModuleWindow::SetVsync(const bool& vs)
{
	vsync = vs;
}

//---------------
void ModuleWindow::SetWindowAttributes()
{
	//SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_FORWARD_COMPATIBLE_FLAG);
	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_MASK, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_PROFILE_CORE);
	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DOUBLEBUFFER, 1);
	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE, 24);
	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_STENCIL_SIZE, 8);
	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MAJOR_VERSION, 3);
	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_MINOR_VERSION, 1);
}

//Called to load configuration variables
bool ModuleWindow::LoadConfig(JSON_Object* data)
{
	bool ret = true;

	title = json_object_get_string(data, "title");
	width = json_object_get_number(data, "width");
	height = json_object_get_number(data, "height");
	screen_size = json_object_get_number(data, "screen_size");
	vsync = json_object_get_boolean(data, "vsync");

	switch ((int)json_object_get_number(data, "window_mode"))
	{
		case WINDOW_MODE::RESIZABLE: win_mode = RESIZABLE; break;
		case WINDOW_MODE::FULL_DESKTOP: win_mode = FULL_DESKTOP; break;
		case WINDOW_MODE::FULLSCREEN: win_mode = FULLSCREEN; break;
	}
	return ret;
}

bool ModuleWindow::SaveConfig(JSON_Object* data) const
{
	bool ret = true;

	json_object_set_number(data, "width", width);
	json_object_set_number(data, "height", height);
	json_object_set_number(data, "screen_size", screen_size);
	json_object_set_number(data, "window_mode", (int)win_mode);
	json_object_set_boolean(data, "vsync", vsync);
	json_object_set_string(data, "title", title.c_str());

	return ret;
}