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Q: POST Tweets from different Accounts in Android App every one. I have made an application in android which post tweets on twitter, But problem is it only post tweets of my account of which I have provided "Consumer key", "Consumer secret",  "oauth_token" and "oauth_token_secret".
But I want that my app should ask for login to the user( if he is not logged in already), take his tweet in editText and post to twitter. What should i do? Any help is highly appreciated.
I am using these field in my previous app.
Creating the Consumer and Access KEy web:
https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth/tokens-devtwittercom

Consumer key            xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Consumer secret     xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Request token URL   https://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token
Authorize URL   https://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize
Access token URL    https://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token
Callback URL    None

Access token               xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Access token secret    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Access level    Read-only

Code:
OathRequestTokenTask.java
package com.nxb.twitter;

import com.nxb.twitter.preferences.Constants;

import oauth.signpost.OAuthConsumer;
import oauth.signpost.OAuthProvider;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.util.Log;

/**
 * An asynchronous task that communicates with Twitter to
 * retrieve a request token.
 * (OAuthGetRequestToken)
 *
 * After receiving the request token from Twitter,
 * pop a browser to the user to authorize the Request Token.
 * (OAuthAuthorizeToken)
 *
 */
public class OAuthRequestTokenTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

    final String TAG = getClass().getName();
    private Context context;
    private OAuthProvider provider;
    private OAuthConsumer consumer;

    /**
     *
     * We pass the OAuth consumer and provider.
     *
     * @param   context
     *          Required to be able to start the intent to launch the browser.
     * @param   provider
     *          The OAuthProvider object
     * @param   consumer
     *          The OAuthConsumer object
     */
    public OAuthRequestTokenTask(Context context,OAuthConsumer consumer,OAuthProvider provider) {
        this.context = context;
        this.consumer = consumer;
        this.provider = provider;
    }

    /**
     *
     * Retrieve the OAuth Request Token and present a browser to the user to authorize the token.
     *
     */
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {

        try {
            Log.i(TAG, "Retrieving request token from Google servers");
            final String url = provider.retrieveRequestToken(consumer, Constants.OAUTH_CALLBACK_URL);
            Log.i(TAG, "Popping a browser with the authorize URL : " + url);
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(url)).setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY | Intent.FLAG_FROM_BACKGROUND);
            context.startActivity(intent);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error during OAUth retrieve request token", e);
        }

        return null;
    }

}

PrepareTokenRequestActivity.java
package com.nxb.twitter;
import com.nxb.twitter.preferences.Constants;
import com.nxb.twitter.utils.TwitterUtils;

import oauth.signpost.OAuth;
import oauth.signpost.OAuthConsumer;
import oauth.signpost.OAuthProvider;
import oauth.signpost.commonshttp.CommonsHttpOAuthConsumer;
import oauth.signpost.commonshttp.CommonsHttpOAuthProvider;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.util.Log;

/**
 * Prepares a OAuthConsumer and OAuthProvider
 *
 * OAuthConsumer is configured with the consumer key & consumer secret.
 * OAuthProvider is configured with the 3 OAuth endpoints.
 *
 * Execute the OAuthRequestTokenTask to retrieve the request, and authorize the request.
 *
 * After the request is authorized, a callback is made here.
 *
 */
public class PrepareRequestTokenActivity extends Activity {

    final String TAG = getClass().getName();

    private OAuthConsumer consumer;
    private OAuthProvider provider;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        try {
            this.consumer = new CommonsHttpOAuthConsumer(Constants.CONSUMER_KEY, Constants.CONSUMER_SECRET);
            this.provider = new CommonsHttpOAuthProvider(Constants.REQUEST_URL,Constants.ACCESS_URL,Constants.AUTHORIZE_URL);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "Error creating consumer / provider",e);
        }

        Log.i(TAG, "Starting task to retrieve request token.");
        new OAuthRequestTokenTask(this,consumer,provider).execute();
    }

    /**
     * Called when the OAuthRequestTokenTask finishes (user has authorized the request token).
     * The callback URL will be intercepted here.
     */
    @Override
    public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
        super.onNewIntent(intent);
        SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        final Uri uri = intent.getData();
        if (uri != null && uri.getScheme().equals(Constants.OAUTH_CALLBACK_SCHEME)) {
            Log.i(TAG, "Callback received : " + uri);
            Log.i(TAG, "Retrieving Access Token");
            new RetrieveAccessTokenTask(this,consumer,provider,prefs).execute(uri);
            finish();
        }
    }

    public class RetrieveAccessTokenTask extends AsyncTask<Uri, Void, Void> {

        private Context context;
        private OAuthProvider provider;
        private OAuthConsumer consumer;
        private SharedPreferences prefs;

        public RetrieveAccessTokenTask(Context context, OAuthConsumer consumer,OAuthProvider provider, SharedPreferences prefs) {
            this.context = context;
            this.consumer = consumer;
            this.provider = provider;
            this.prefs=prefs;
        }

        /**
         * Retrieve the oauth_verifier, and store the oauth and oauth_token_secret
         * for future API calls.
         */
        @Override
        protected Void doInBackground(Uri...params) {
            final Uri uri = params[0];
            final String oauth_verifier = uri.getQueryParameter(OAuth.OAUTH_VERIFIER);

            try {
                provider.retrieveAccessToken(consumer, oauth_verifier);

                final Editor edit = prefs.edit();
                edit.putString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN, consumer.getToken());
                edit.putString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, consumer.getTokenSecret());
                edit.commit();

                String token = prefs.getString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN, "");
                String secret = prefs.getString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, "");

                consumer.setTokenWithSecret(token, secret);
                context.startActivity(new Intent(context,TwitterIntegrationActivity.class));

                executeAfterAccessTokenRetrieval();

                Log.i(TAG, "OAuth - Access Token Retrieved");

            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "OAuth - Access Token Retrieval Error", e);
            }

            return null;
        }

        private void executeAfterAccessTokenRetrieval() {
            String msg = getIntent().getExtras().getString("tweet_msg");
            try {
                TwitterUtils.sendTweet(prefs, msg);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "OAuth - Error sending to Twitter", e);
            }
        }
    }

}

TwitterIntegrationActivity.java
package com.nxb.twitter;
import java.util.Date;

import oauth.signpost.OAuth;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Handler;
import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.nxb.twitter.utils.TwitterUtils;

public class TwitterIntegrationActivity extends Activity {

    private SharedPreferences prefs;
    private final Handler mTwitterHandler = new Handler();
    private TextView loginStatus;
private EditText status;
    final Runnable mUpdateTwitterNotification = new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), "Tweet sent !", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    };

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        this.prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        loginStatus = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.login_status);
        status=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.textStatus);
        Button tweet = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_tweet);
        Button clearCredentials = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_clear_credentials);

        tweet.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            /**
             * Send a tweet. If the user hasn't authenticated to Tweeter yet, he'll be redirected via a browser
             * to the twitter login page. Once the user authenticated, he'll authorize the Android application to send
             * tweets on the users behalf.
             */
            public void onClick(View v) {
                if (TwitterUtils.isAuthenticated(prefs)) {
                    sendTweet();
                } else {
                    Intent i = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), PrepareRequestTokenActivity.class);
                    i.putExtra("tweet_msg",getTweetMsg());
                    startActivity(i);
                }
            }
        });

        clearCredentials.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                clearCredentials();
                updateLoginStatus();
            }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        updateLoginStatus();
    }

    public void updateLoginStatus() {
        loginStatus.setText("Logged into Twitter : " + TwitterUtils.isAuthenticated(prefs));
    }

    private String getTweetMsg() {
        return status.getText().toString().trim()+"   "+ new Date().toLocaleString();
    }

    public void sendTweet() {
        Thread t = new Thread() {
            public void run() {

                try {
                    TwitterUtils.sendTweet(prefs,getTweetMsg());
                    mTwitterHandler.post(mUpdateTwitterNotification);
                } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }
            }

        };
        t.start();
    }

    private void clearCredentials() {
        SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this);
        final Editor edit = prefs.edit();
        edit.remove(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN);
        edit.remove(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET);
        edit.commit();
    }
}

Constants.java
package com.nxb.twitter.preferences;

public class Constants {
    public static final String CONSUMER_KEY = "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
    public static final String CONSUMER_SECRET ="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";

    public static final String OATH_TOKEN="4XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";
    public static final String OATH_TOKEN_SECRET="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX";

    public static final String REQUEST_URL = "http://api.twitter.com/oauth/request_token";
    public static final String ACCESS_URL = "http://api.twitter.com/oauth/access_token";
    public static final String AUTHORIZE_URL = "http://api.twitter.com/oauth/authorize";

    public static final String OAUTH_CALLBACK_SCHEME = "x-oauthflow-twitter";
    public static final String OAUTH_CALLBACK_HOST = "callback";
    public static final String OAUTH_CALLBACK_URL = OAUTH_CALLBACK_SCHEME
            + "://" + OAUTH_CALLBACK_HOST;
}

TwitterUtils.java
package com.nxb.twitter.utils;

import com.nxb.twitter.preferences.Constants;

import oauth.signpost.OAuth;
import twitter4j.Twitter;
import twitter4j.TwitterException;
import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
import twitter4j.http.AccessToken;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;

public class TwitterUtils {

    public static boolean isAuthenticated(SharedPreferences prefs) {

//      String token = prefs.getString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN, "");
//      String secret = prefs.getString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, "");
        String token =Constants.OATH_TOKEN;
        String secret =Constants.OATH_TOKEN_SECRET;

        AccessToken a = new AccessToken(token,secret);
        Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
        twitter.setOAuthConsumer(Constants.CONSUMER_KEY, Constants.CONSUMER_SECRET);
        twitter.setOAuthAccessToken(a);

        try {
            twitter.getAccountSettings();
            return true;
        } catch (TwitterException e) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public static void sendTweet(SharedPreferences prefs,String msg) throws Exception {
//      String token = prefs.getString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN, "");
//      String secret = prefs.getString(OAuth.OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET, "");
        String token =Constants.OATH_TOKEN;
        String secret =Constants.OATH_TOKEN_SECRET;

        AccessToken a = new AccessToken(token,secret);
        Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
        twitter.setOAuthConsumer(Constants.CONSUMER_KEY, Constants.CONSUMER_SECRET);
        twitter.setOAuthAccessToken(a);
        twitter.updateStatus(msg);
    }
}

main.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/background"
    android:gravity="center_horizontal"
    android:orientation="vertical" >
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/login_status"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="@string/labeleWhatisHappening"
        android:textSize="30sp" />
    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/textStatus"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="100dip"
        android:layout_margin="5dip"
        android:background="@color/transparentBlue"
        android:hint="@string/hintStatus"
        android:marqueeRepeatLimit="marquee_forever"
        android:maxLength="160"
        android:maxLines="4"
        android:padding="5dip"
        android:textColor="#E6E6E6"
        android:textColorHint="#E6E6E6" >
    </EditText>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_tweet"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Tweet" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/btn_clear_credentials"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Clear Credentials" />
</LinearLayout>

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I'm using MVC 5 with Entity Framework 6 and Newtonsoft.Json.
I have the usual scenario for this exception:
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When I try to serialize a service object in my view, like this:
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we have just recently ventured into the information age, finally!!! we have an exchange server and MS Outlook as the email client. we have been backing up datas on our servers religously and being that this email thing is very new to us none of us know which file to backup in our email system and we are kind'a scared that with the barrage of malicious emails being sent by people who have nothing else better to do we might end up losing emails that are inportant to our day to day operation. ifyou have any information or questions that might help me please email me. thank you.
Basicly you need a package to scan the content of an email before it arrives at your mailserver (you can block certain type of mails like .vbs) a antivrus program for your mailserver as well as for the clients and a backup software package that will backup data and mails.
You can find products ;istings and their reviews at http://www.winntmag.com/TechWare/SolutionsShopper/.
I can sympathize with your confusion over which files to backup with an exchange server. Exchange is a very complex messaging system and requires more than a simple backup, as you would commonly do on a file server or other type computer. The problem lies in the fact that the message stores on exchange cannot be backed up as an ordinary file is. Additionally, it is during backups that the log files for exchange are purged thus keeping you from rapidly using all of your disk space. When you are selecting a backup solution, you must be sure that the software you choose has the agents that provide support for exchange. There are many fine solutions available for this however; support for exchange usually comes at an additional cost over the already expensive cost of the backup software.
If you are looking to save some dough, you can use the backup program included with NT Server. When you install exchange, the backup program native to NT is enhanced to provide both increased speed andsupport for online backups of exchange.
These commands will backup the Information Store and the Directory services database respectively. If you restore the information store from these or any other backups you may find that you have to repair the database through the use of the ESEUTIL. Be sure to check on the proper use of this utility before usingit.


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This information of this page has been compiled by Paul F. Strubeck.
It is a list of the railroad owned tugboats that served in New York Harbor, that were either built as or repowered with diesel engines. The specifications, modifications, and ownership histories, where known; for those vessels is listed as well.
Please direct all correspondance to crossharbor11@gmail.com.
sold 198? to Boston Fuel Transport / Boston Towing, renamed "Hercules"
scrapped 2006 Wheelhouse & smokestack lowered by Chessie.
Was repowered with another Fairbanks Morse, same type. Crank case explosion & fire 1999 at Bay State gutted engine room.
Thames Towing purchased vessel in 1999 with intention to rebuild but was not, when another tug was purchased instead.
diesel-clutch 1600 110' 25'6" 12' sold unknown date to Poling Bros. renamed "Jeannie C"
sold unknown date to Reinauer, renamed "Carol Wales"
sold unknown date to Hayes Tug & Launch, Chester, PA; renamed "Scooby Doo" Wheelhouse & smokestack lowered by Chessie.
sold 1984 to Donjon/Wittes ?
sold 1994 to Krause Towing, renamed "Theresa S. Krause"
sold unknown date to Krause Towing, renamed "Elizabeth Krause"
diesel-clutch 1600 110' 25'6" 12' sold 1973 to McAllister Towing, renamed "Wm. H. McCallister"
sold unknown date to unknown, renamed "Angela M. Sissy"
Newport News, VA 1928 102' 28' sold to ?
sold 1971 to Manatee Tug & Barge Lines, Inc., Tampa, FL; as there "Bradenton"
sold 1994 to Bay Transportation Corp., Norfolk, VA; renamed "Commander"
sold 2001 to River Parishes, same name.
sold 1974 to Baker-Whitely Towing, Baltimore, MD.
also added one bow mounted retractable Z drive.
sold unknown date to ?, renamed "Palmetto".
sold unknown date to Iberville Interests, LLC; renamed "Iberville II".
operated by River Parishes Co., owned by Moran Towing.
Newport News, VA 1908 1800 100' 25' owned by Hartley Marine of Maine.
Wilmington, DE 1925 92' 24' 12' sold 1964 to Indian Towing, New Orleans, LA; renamed "Breton"
sold unknown date to unknown; renamed "Seminole"
sold to Hayes Tug, Philadelphia, PA; renamed "Big Mama"
diesel electric sold 1964 to Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, Brooklyn, NY; renamed "Integrity"
diesel electric sold 1964 to Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, Brooklyn, NY; renamed "Intrepid"
diesel-electric 1200 94' 24' sold in 196? to McAllister renamed "Steven McAllister"
diesel-electric 1200 94' 24' sold unknown date to Crescent Towing; New Orleans, LA; renamed "Marion Smith".
sold 1986 to Boston Fuel Transport / Boston Towing renamed "Pleon"
sold 1998 to Eastport Port Authority as their "Pleon"
sold 2004 to Eastern Towboat, renamed "Akron"
diesel-clutch 1200 84' 24' 12' built new for use in Chicago, IL; named "Wauwatosa"
renamed 1918 "C. S. Goldsborough"
sold 1966 to Coastline Towing, RI.; renamed "Narragansett"
built with low profile wheelhouse for Chicago River use.
out of documentation unknown scrapped in Mexico?
sold 1986 to Portland Tug renamed "Captain Bill"
became Boston Towing (Reinauer) "Cornell"
sold 2003 to private owner in MD.
diesel-electric 1600 106' 27' 12' sold 1973 to Curtis Bay Towing, Norfolk, VA renamed "Swan Point"
transfered to Moran "Swan Point"
transferred to Moran as their "Hawkins Point".
sold to Eastern Towboat for parts.
scrapped 2011 removed from Moran service ca. 2004 due to failed bearing in reduction gear.
diesel-electric 1600 106' 27' 12' sold 1976 to Crescent Towing, New Orleans, LA; renamed "Shannon Smith"
sold to Turecamo Towing, renamed "Christopher B. Turecamo"
Note: NYC did not have any Diesel tugs in class, just misc. repower or early diesel tugs.
NYC No. 34 Staten Island Shipbuilding?
Camden, NJ 1886 1600 100' 22' originally the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad "C. C. Clark"
renamed 1913/1914? "New York Central #3"
renamed 1915 to "A. W. Whiteman"
renamed 1941/1942 "N. H. DeBardelbren"
2 diesel repowerings: repowered in 1941 with an unknown diesel.
NYC No. 13 J. H. Dialogue & Son; Camden, NJ 1887 82' 19' 6" became "Hay-Dee" of Kosnac Floating Derrick.
Currently in private ownership under restoration. repowered 1950?
diesel-electric 1600 106' 27' 12' renamed "Transfer 23"
renamed 1979 the "Brooklyn III"
not to be confused with New York dock "Brooklyn III"
diesel-electric 1600 106 27' 12' renamed "Transfer 24"
renamed 1985 "Cross Harbor I"
sold 1998 to Eastern Towboat in Boston, MA.
sold: Eastern Shore RR (same name) in ?
sold: Eastern Shore RR "Chicago" date?
sold: to ? to become the "Accomack" date?
sold: to ? to become the "Staten Island" date?
sold 1971 to Cape Fear Towing Co. as "Fort Caswell"
sold ? to Cape Fear Towing Co. as "Fort Fisher"
sold 1978 to Crescent Towing renamed "Elizabeth Smith".
sold 1975 to Crescent Towing renamed "Kyle Smith".
sold 1974 to Crescent Towing renamed "Glenn Smith"
sold 1974 to Crescent Towing renamed "Jeanne".
diesel-electric renamed "Lewis G. Seabrook"of McAllister Towing, Charlestown.
Brooklyn, NY 1942 details unknown, currently the "Pernell J" of an unknown company.
 All of Crescent Towings ex-PRR tugs have been rebuilt as twin screw boats with pretty much new everything. They have also been repowered. The "Louisiana" and "Ned Ferry" were repowered with Cat 3512Bs; while the "G. Shelby Friedrichs", "Margaret F. Cooper", "Admiral Jackson" and "Mississippi" were repowered using new GE V228 engines.
 All tugs that were sold to Crescent did not retain their appearance. All had pilothouses lowered and were repowered after arriving on Crescent Towing property.
 Both tugs had an Almon Johnson double drum towing winch locating in the back of the house with a wire capacity of 1800'.
 Ead Johnson's Steam Vessels of the Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Coasts, 1920; and Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1920; both list three tugboats having been built in 1906 at Sparrows Point Shipyard, Baltimore MD: Pennsylvania RR No. 5, No. 10 and No. 14. It is currently not determined which particular vessel of these three was renamed "Altoona".
sold 1981 to Crescent Towing, New Orleans, LA; renamed "Nonie"
renamed 1988 "J. K. McLean".
sold 11/1998 to Signet Maritime, Houston, TX; renamed "Signet Defender".
sold 2009 to Marine Steel Transportation, NY; renamed"Edith Thornton"
rebuilt/repowered 1998 with a EMD 16-645. 2100 hp.
diesel-clutch 1600 110' 25'6" 12' sold 1966 to McAllister renamed "Michael J. McAllister"
sold 1970 to Mobile Towing Co. Mobile AL, arenamed "William A. Weber"
diesel-clutch 1600 110' 25'6" 12' sold unknown date to Tucker Towing Philadelphia, renamed 1991 "Russel B. Murray"
Camden, NJ 1954 Fairbanks-Morse 6-38D 8 1/8 960 92'9" 25' 11'6" sold 1964? to Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Baltimore, MD; "Lehigh"
sold 1975 to Crescent Towing, New Orleans, LA; renamed "Craig Smith"
 These tugs were built for Reading Railroads carfloat operation on the Delaware River..
as well as personal acquired knowledge.
"Railroad Tugs", by Preston Cook, a four part series in the April, May, June and July 1983 issues of Railroad Model Craftsman.
"The Man Who Designed Railroad Tugs" by Preston Cook, in the May 2008 issue of Railfan & Railroad.
"Issue #44" of Rail Marine Information Group's publication "Transfer", has an excellent writeup on the GMA tugs by Alan Frazer.
Furthermore, several issues of the "Transfer" published by the Rail Marine Information Group has numerous articles on tugboats, so it is recommended that you check out their archives for more. I cannot comment on them at this time, but I am sure they are excellent resources based on the authors that have contributed to those articles.


I won't talk much about the new hardware as you've undoubtedly read a million words on that already. The only thing I'll say is that as someone who has started taking my health much more seriously in the last year, the new watch was what stood out to me. The general improvements are fantastic, and AFib detection and ECG are incredible features. The AFib detection is also a great example of how something that we first saw as a ResearchKit project has now fed into the core operating system. This is fantastic work from Apple and I still believe HealthKit has great potential to change the world of medicine even further. I do hope they get the necessary approvals to roll out these features outside the US though! I'm lucky that my heart is doing 👌 for now, but I'd still like the watch be able to keep an eye on it!
As always, new hardware brings new APIs along with it and this year is no different. There's a few new videos available on the developer videos page. Check out Building Apps for iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, Designing for Apple Watch Series 4 and Developing Complications for Apple Watch Series 4.
This isn't surprising, I've been expecting an announcement ever since the acquisition last year. The bad news is that Firebase is now a required dependency if you want to continue using Crashlytics, and that some other features of Fabric are going away completely. It's not that Firebase is bad, far from it! You'll even get more features when you make the switch, but it is a big dependency if you were previously only using Crashlytics.
Run through our sample app for Square Reader SDK. Make a cookie selling app that uses Square hardware to take payments in minutes. Great for that Girl Scout in your life.
Geoff Hackworth was fast out of the gate with this post with everything you need to know about the new watch sizes. He also has a similar post for the new iPhone models. Thanks Geoff!
I talked about some of Nathan Gitter's ARKit prototypes back in Issue 362 so I was pleased to read this write up of his experiences building them. Some of these are really interesting experiments, and they all have value.
Is CMMotionActivity about to get a "falling" state after this week's announcements? Probably not, but it does have states for many other classes of movement like cycling, walking, running and travelling in a vehicle. Mattt Thompson gives it the NSHipster treatment.
After last week's link to DataSourceKit, this week sees more talk of declarative table views with this post from Chris Eidhof and Florian Kugler. The post is great, but there's also more than four hours of video to accompany it. Comprehensive!
More follow up, this time it's Roland Leth following up on last week's post on overriding hit testing. In this post, he talks about a clean way to increase the tappable area of a button.
Before the keynote had even ended, these device frames for the new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max devices were made available. It takes a while for the official marketing images to be released so this is perfect for getting everything updated with the latest device frames. There's also an iPhone XR version available if you want some colour!
How big is the Apple Watch Series 4?
A fun set of images showing how the size of the new watch, and the new screen has changed with this iteration. I think this one is an especially good look at how the huge increase in screen size only makes a tiny difference to the watch size.
Just in case you were in any doubt how Apple see the future of paid up front apps on iOS, here's a reminder from the bottom of the marketing page for the iPhone XS. Also this week, Apple published a case study video on adopting subscription pricing. They are sending a pretty clear and consistent message on what they'd like us to do at the moment.


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TechCrunch Rolls Over For Tinder CEO Sean Rad
Kevin Montgomery
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sean rad
Tinder's sexual harassment lawsuit hasn't even gone to trial yet, but TechCrunch already thinks it's a bunch of bullshit. Earlier today, tech's favorite mouthpiece published an investigation into Whitney Wolfe's lawsuit that was highly sympathetic towards her former employer. An hour later, TechCrunch announced Tinder CEO Sean Rad would be speaking at their conference in September. Hmm.
Ex-VP Sues Tinder Alleging Coworker Called Her a "Whore" (And Worse)
This is definitely worse than your worst Tinder horror story: Whitney Wolfe, Tinder's former…
The article on the former Tinder VP of Marketing's allegations relied almost exclusively on anonymous quotes—largely from inside the startup itself. It paints Wolfe as an opportunistic, scandalous, cheating, dishonest, dramatic, sex-crazied, and generally problematic woman. The whole thing reads like it could have been ghostwritten by Tinder's defense team.
TechCrunch goes beyond simple victim blaming. They (and their sources) work to portray Wolfe as the stereotypical Crazy Bitch Ex-Girlfriend. For example, when discussing the breakup between Wolfe and former Tinder CMO Justin Mateen—the latter being Wolfe's ex-boyfriend, ex-boss, and object of many of her sexual harassment complaints—TechCrunch depicts her as thoroughly unstable.
According to one friend, Whitney said over text messages that she loved Justin and couldn't stop thinking about him. This was also in December. [...]
Between February and late March, the status of the relationship between Whitney and Justin was still slightly unclear. One employee remembers an instance in which Whitney approached Justin in a very heated manner and began discussing personal issues in the office.
"Justin kept telling her not to do this in the office, but she wouldn't let up," said the employee. "Eventually, Alexa Mateen stood up and told Whitney to not to discuss personal drama in the office. Whitney told her that if she ever got involved again, she would kill her."
Despite the abundance of pro-Tinder sources, TechCrunch doesn't bother to get her side of the story. They even brush over the cache of harassing text messages sent to Wolfe—texts that clearly prove Mateen was threatening towards her.
Wolfe has also accused Sean Rad of stripping her co-founder title because she is a woman. There is plenty of evidence that she was a co-founder, including a text message from Rad assuring her she "still" was a co-founder. And yet TechCrunch makes sure we know that this was a just a temporary title.
When Whitney did interviews, she repeatedly asked Sean to let her go by "co-founder," claiming that the press would take her more seriously if she had that title, according to people in the office.
According to my sources, Sean and Whitney were incredibly close friends (after all, she was dating his best friend and they all worked together) and he did, in fact, give in a number of times.
"Sean knew she wasn't a founder… we all knew she wasn't a founder" one source said on the phone. "But he wanted to help her career, and he knew that having female representation in the press could only be a good thing for the company."
Either someone is a co-founder or not. This isn't a title CEOs loan out to employees as a form of career charity. TechCrunch knows this. But instead of being skeptical of anonymous Tinder sources minimizing Wolfe's role in the company, TechCrunch paraded around the accusations without any substantive counter-argument from Wolfe's side. The best TechCrunch could do was to suggest "the decision to let Whitney use the term co-founder in the press was probably a bad one."
This is beyond lazy. Here we have an industry blog, allegedly doing investigative reporting on sexual discrimination at a prominent startup, using that startups' star CEO to promote its conference. TechCrunch has an open line of communication with Tinder, spent hours interviewing their employees and friends, and scrawled out a one-sided hit piece.
Is this how tech encourages women to speak up about abuse?
Update: TechCrunch editor Alexia Tsotsis responded to our criticism on Tumblr.
To contact the author of this post, please email kevin@valleywag.com.
[Photo: TechCrunch]


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Friday 12 February 2021 7:23 am
Before the Bell: Firm focus on UK GDP numbers this morning
It was another uneventful day in the markets yesterday as fresh news stories were thin on the ground. The same old headlines about vaccines being distributed and optimism with respect to President Biden getting his $1.9 trillion stimulus plan approved in the next few weeks continued to be the main focus of traders' attention.
Both topics are of major importance but neither is likely to see any serious progress anytime soon. "The fact that new variants of Covid-19 have emerged has caused a little concern in relation to tackling the crisis but AstraZeneca has already announced that it will develop unique drugs for the different strains," remarked David Madden, market analyst at CMC Markets UK, this morning.
Last week it was announced that Democrats introduced a measure to try and implement President Biden's $1.9 trillion spending plan without gaining backing from the opposition, the Republicans.
"It has been the overriding story of the week and it is likely to linger too as the process could take weeks. Global stocks have been helped by the possibility of additional spending, in particular, US equities. The S&P 500 finished slightly higher last night," Madden pointed out.
Monetary policy is one of the two major tools that can be used to potentially trigger economic activity, he continued. On Wednesday, the Fed's boss, Jerome Powell, re-stated his commitment to keeping a very loose policy in an effort to help steer the economy through the current situation. Powell confirmed that stimulus will not be withdrawn until the US economy is out of the woods.
"The central banker said the actual unemployment rate is, in reality, is closer to 10 per cent and that it is a long way from full employment. Traders took the update as a sign that policy will remain on hold for some time. That has underpinned stock markets," Madden said.
Several stock markets in Asia are closed today as countries celebrate the Lunar New Year. Equities in Japan and Australia are in the red. The Australian state of Victoria will enter a five day lockdown in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Stock markets in Europe are set to open a little lower.
The US dollar has been in decline for the past week. "Its negative move began following the downbeat US non-farm payrolls report. Mr Powell's remarks about maintaining the current monetary policy didn't help," Madden said.
Yesterday's jobless claims reading was disappointing on two counts, firstly, the reading was 793,000, missing the 757,000 forecast, secondly, the prior update was revised up from 779,000 to 812,000. The jobs data backs up Powell's stance with respect to keeping policy on hold, he noted.
The CMC GPB Index hit an 11 month high on Wednesday. Sterling benefitted from last week's Bank of England meeting whereby it was suggested that negative interest rates will not be introduced in the few next months, or potentially at all.
"Even though the near-term outlook is bleak because of the lockdowns, the BoE is banking on a successful vaccine rollout to bring out a robust economic recovery later in the year," Madden noted.
UK GDP numbers this morning
Today's UK growth reading will be in focus as it might influence BoE policy. UK gross domestic product (GDP) contracted 9.9 per cent last year, marking the largest annual fall on record.
Data from the Office for National Statistics showed UK GDP grew one per cent in the fourth quarter of the year due to recovery in government consumption and business investment as Covid restrictions eased.
Services account for approximately 70 per cent of the UK's economic output. The services PMI levels in October, November and December were 51.4, 47.6 and 49.4 respectively. A reading below 50.0 means negative growth.
"It is clear the tougher restrictions that were introduced from November onwards dented the all-important industry. Given the uncertainty that existed in relation to the UK-EU trading relationship at the back end of 2020, there could have been stockpiling of goods," Madden said.
British bank's lending margins are being squeezed by the low interest rate environment, so he said the BoE is unlikely to rush into cutting rates below zero.
"Even if today's growth rate is negative, it doesn't necessarily mean that sub-zero rates will be a done deal. Sterling has been elevated lately, so a not-hot reading could prompt a fall in the pound," Madden concluded.
UK trade
Global Britain goes on £11bn Brexit spending spree in Ireland as UK imports jump by a fifth
UK-Ireland trade
Trade with Ireland takes a £3bn Brexit hit as UK exports drop by more than a fifth in less than a year
One in three UK business owners fear their company won't exist anymore in a year as Brexit onslaught intensifies
Brexit impact
All eyes on yields this week after latest job data points to even tighter labour market amid record vacancies
Markets this week
Boost for Global Britain as UK exporters enjoy £620m surge in post-Brexit trade with South Korea
Post-Brexit trade
Brexit red tape: More disruption to food supplies looming as EU is 'not prepared' for new UK import rules that take effect on 1 January
Brexit in 2022
Early orders and Singles Day boost: Both Chinese exports and imports pick up steam
Chinese economy
'Americans will be licking their lips': Export of UK lamb to US from January as three decade-old ban ends
UK-US trade


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Arkadi Ievguenievitch Kozlov (en ) est un joueur russe de volley-ball né le  à Alma-Ata (RSS kazakhe, alors en URSS). Il mesure 2,08 m et joue central. Il est international russe.

Biographie
Il a été international cadet pour le Kazakhstan entre 1996 et 1998.

Clubs

Palmarès
 Championnat du monde des moins de 21 ans
 Finaliste : 2001
 Championnat d'Europe
 Finaliste : 2005
 Ligue européenne
 Finaliste : 2004
 Ligue des champions (2)
 Vainqueur : 2003, 2004
 Championnat de Russie (3)
 Vainqueur : 2003, 2004, 2005
 Finaliste : 1999, 2006
 Coupe de Russie (2)
 Vainqueur : 2003, 2005

Articles connexes

Liens externes
 Son profil sur le site de la FIVB
 Son profil sur le site de la CEV

Notes et références

Joueur russe de volley-ball
Joueur kazakh de volley-ball
Naissance en janvier 1981
Naissance en RSS kazakhe
Naissance à Alma-Ata

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Component parts manufactured for Commercial aircraft.
This helmet clip is another example of Titan being a trusted source for solving our customers design challenges even for non aerospace customers. This bracket assembly required some challenging bends in order to hold a flashlight on the firefighters helmet.
The helmet clip is screwed onto the firefighters helmet rim using the slot and screws on the left. The black center know is used to adjust the angle of the lights beam.
The mounting bracket on the left side has simple bends and threaded holes to accommodate the mounting screws. There are also threaded holes on each part where they are joined using the center adjustment knob.
The difficulty of this part is the compound bends on the right hand side one of which can be seen to the right of the black knob. You can see there is a bend just before the radius of the clip is formed. The purpose of the first bend is to angle the light across the firefighters line of sight.
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Titan has come to our customers need for over 61 years and have been an integral part of the aerospace and defense industries since we started. We were right there as the United States Space program was launched by President Dwight Eisenhower in the late 1950's.
We were proud then and prouder now building satellite components for Boeing.
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The Beryllium Copper clip pictured below was made by Titan to be used in a satellite system. It has a spring function which is accomplished with the three tabs that are pushed in just shy of the back wall of the part. The clip is mounted in an electrical system so it will hold the circuit boards in place. Multiple clips are used to hold the boards in place.
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Compression springs are used to move the antennae out of its storage place. Then custom component manufacturing parts of special steel open the antennae so it can be moved to transmit or receive information from earth.
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At Titan we call them FRAMES to differentiate them from other springs because they are somewhat unique, This product has both a wire form component as well as a coiled spring. The coiled portion of the spring looks like a torsion spring but does not function as one. The purpose of the coils act more like an extension spring opening slightly as the passenger opens the seat back pocket then springing back when released. The small loops or eyes as we refer to them are for mounting the FRAME to the seat.
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Tamarack is making history with their winglet concept for jet aircraft. Tamarack started with the Cessna CJ1 but have recently developed a commercial airline version for Boeing and Airbus. I have known these guys for about 7 years and just love this product. It is truly amazing and developed in Northern Idaho. You will be seeing this winglet on major airlines very soon being built under license from Tamarack by Boeing and Airbus.
More recently they have received certification for the Cessna CJ3 and CJ3+ Business jets.
Tamarack Aerospace Group is located in the northern Idaho resort town of Sandpoint near Lake Pend Oreille. Not exactly where you would expect to see aircraft products being made but there are a number of companies in the area. Across the runway at Sanpoint airport is Quest Aircraft where the manufacture the Kodiak turboprop aircraft. The Kodiak is a short runway aircraft capable of taking off in 1,000 feet.
A few miles west of Quest is Aerocet where they manufacture a revolutionary composite float system for water landing. Pictured below is the Quest Kodiak aircraft equipped with Aerocet composite floats.
Just an hour south in Hayden Idaho there are more aircraft industry suppliers like Titan Spring Incorporated. Titan is a 60 year old AS9100 family owned aerospace manufacturing company. Unitech Composites is just a mile away where they manufacture aerospace products for Boeing and other defense companies.
North Idaho College has an Aerospace Center near Unitech where they have an aircraft composites program in addition to an aviation maintenance program. Students are taught airframe and powerplant courses in preparation for licensing. The college offers CNC mill operation in addition to non destructive testing and inspection in support of the local industry. The college will be adding additional aerospace classes in the future as needed.


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Літораль ( «прибережний») — зона узбережжя між рівнем найвищого припливу і найнижчого відпливу.

Топонім

Літтораль — найменший департамент Беніну.

Прибережний регіон — регіон на заході Камеруну.

Літорал — одна з провінцій Екваторіальної Гвінеї.

Інше
 «Літораль» — болівійський футбольний клуб з міста Кочабамба.

Див. також
 Літорал-Лагунар — південно-східна частина бразильського штату Ріу-Гранді-ду-Сул.
 Бойовий корабель прибережної зони


In good to very good overall condition, a Wilkinson made British Royal Navy Officer's Sword, marked to naval outfitter Matthews & Co of Portsmouth.
Matthews & Company (also of Gieve, Matthews & Seagrove) sold Wilkinson made swords with their retailer names on them. Matthews appeared to use this trading style until 1906, so, as the crown on the hilt is Tudor (post-Victorian), the sword dates from 1901 to 1906.
The 30 1/2 inch blade is well etched, a little worn, some rust spots, firm in the hilt. The hilt is generally very good, as is the grip and associated twisted grip wire bindings. The original sword knot is aged and frayed but remarkably good still. The leather and gilt metal scabbard in good condition overall. The folding guard section of the hilt works well and locates nicely on to the scabbard locking pin. The sword sheathes and draws well.
A good example for only £(too late - this item is now sold - but we will divulge the original sales price for a small fee). Please quote item reference O63 (1384). Further / full sized pictures available upon request.


I love talking to people about their interests, motivations and reasoning for acting the way they do. Whilst my subject focus varies, I care very deeply about accurately representing the view of the people I'm talking to in my writing, and translating my research findings into actionable insights. I'm equally passionate about qualitative and quantitative methods, and I think each has its own merit.


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Q: How to get Course modules details in moodle's default Web service I am working with moodle, and I want to use moodle's default web service.
With a user with required parameters, all services are working fine.
But it doesn't work properly for mobile application trying to get Course module details.
I get course title detail through core_course_get_contents default web service but not getting details of any course modules (wiki,lesson,quiz,..).
I'm referring to the documentation at Web services Roadmap, but I am unable to get much information.


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R&D Tax Reliefs - New Government report published
Published on 30 November 2021. After several rounds of consultations on aspects of R&D tax relief and the announcement in the Autumn Budget of the reforms of the R&D system, the Government has published a detailed report on R&D relief. It welcomes comment with any responses to be made by 8 February 2022.
Below are the key areas covered which will take effect from 1 April 2023.
Data and cloud costs
The following new categories of expenditure will be brought into scope:
licence payments for datasets; and
cloud computing costs that can be attributed to computation, data processing and software
Focusing on innovation in the UK
The Government proposes to limit relief for payments to subcontractors or externally provided workers, in both schemes, to claims where the subcontracted activities or workers payment of PAYE/NIC takes place in the UK. The Government argue that this will help ensure that the spill-overs from the research, such as improved skills, benefit the UK.
Note that the Government is interested in views from stakeholders on whether there is a case for any narrow exceptions to allow claims on some overseas activity.
Administrative changes to improve how HMRC can target its compliance work
To protect the integrity of the reliefs the Government proposes that in future, companies' claims should:
provide more information including an endorsement from a senior officer in the company and the name of any agent providing R&D advice
all be made digitally and
be notified to HMRC in advance.
Whilst welcoming the inclusion of some aspects of cloud computing and data, Margaret Savory, Tax Partner and R&D specialist, commented that one of her main concerns was that life science companies would be unfairly penalised by this restriction. She hoped that the Government would introduce an exception for bona fide clinical trials (which are often run globally). She also felt that many of the compliance changes proposed were what "good practice" should look like already and there shouldn't be too much additional burden on those companies and advisers already operating to a high standard.
James Cowper Kreston will be canvassing opinions of our many clients for whom we provide assistance in making R&D claims in order to give feedback to HMRC. If you would like to get in contact with our R&D team please email msavory@jamescowper.co.uk.
Please click here for a link to the HMRC's report.


Happy August! This late summer weather is feeling great as we get ready for the fourth and finalseason of August Noise JP (ANJP): a free, outdoor concert series hosted in Jamaica Plain, MA.There will be six concerts total, the first of which is this Thursday (August 7th) at the Loring-Greenough House at 6pm. The performance falls on JP's "First Thursday Art Walk", meaning there will be lots of fun activities AND food trucks!
Founded in 2011, ANJP is all about bringing the joy of unexpected music into everyday life.We're excited for this season, as it's both an affirmation and conclusion of the time and energy we've invested over the years. The two of us have been organizing this concert series for the past 3 seasons (Beth on her own for the pilot season in 2011), and it's been a total blast. Asresidents of JP and trained musicians, we see August Noise as a way to give back to our community with what we know and love best. Music is an excellent social impetus, and thus the aim of ANJP is to build cultural community through music. We challenge traditional venues by hosting concerts in a busy streetscape, on a sunny lawn, in a niche near a beloved JP hangout – all public spaces that invite anyone from pedestrians to commuters to experience the music. At the same time, we want to demonstrate the importance of local artists and their continued dedication to music. Through crowd-funding and donation appeals, we are able to compensate all of the performers for their participation in this series.
We've seen a great deal of growth in our little neighborhood at the end of the Orange Line, and believe that ANJP has been a small but meaningful contribution. Boston's arts scene (in general) is booming, with a greater emphasis on cultural investments and arts awareness. However, there are still some limitations that maintain barriers to access, such as the ticket costs and educative prerequisites that are often attached to cultural productions. The ability to share art with all audiences, regardless of musical knowledge or socioeconomic status, means redefining venues, profit margins, artist-to-audience interactions, and more. August Noise JP aims to provide cultural opportunities that are all-encompassing, a provision we believe should be a priority for any community.
You can check out our website to see the full season: http://augustnoisejp.org/calendar. We've got a great lineup for the series, and hope you'll join us for one (if not all!) of the concerts. You can stay tuned by "liking" our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/noisejp) or following us on Twitter (@AugustNoiseJP).
Beth McDonald – Founder & Artistic Director: Beth is a resident of Jamaica Plain and alumna of New England Conservatory. She plays tuba in a wide range of musical groups, such as the Callithumpian Consort, Korean Jeans, Sound Icon, and Lindenbomber Fleet. She enjoys running, yoga, and eating the food that Anne cooks.
Anne Gregory – Director of Communications: Anne is a resident of Jamaica Plain, an avid chef, and cyclist. She is an alumna of New England Conservatory and is employed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.


Lately, drug stocks have been among the most actively traded. It seems that at least once a week, news pushes a stock in the sector up or down by a large amount. Unsuccessful traders look at the move and feel regret about missing it. Successful traders take the opportunity the market gives them.
The feeling of regret, or the lack of that feeling, is important in trading. Successful traders understand that there is no need to regret missing a move in a stock. The market consists of thousands of stocks and another opportunity is always present.
Traders with relatively small accounts may regret that they don't have enough trading capital to take a large number of positions that could allow them to have exposure to the next big move. This is also not a feeling that successful traders have.
Remember, the truth is the market consists of thousands of stocks. We don't know which will be the biggest gainer or loser tomorrow so no matter how much money we have we can never ensure we own the day's biggest winner.
What we can do is react after the news comes out. This strategy could still offer large profits and it actually lowers risks on many trades. Before looking at that strategy, let's look at some news.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mylan's generic versions of Copaxone, a multiple sclerosis drug made by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (Nasdaq: TEVA). Shares of Mylan soared on the news while shares of Teva plunged.
The approvals were for a 20-milligram daily dose and for 40-milligram shots three times per week. The 40-milligram approval is the first generic at that dose. Novartis' (NYSE: NVS) Sandoz and Momenta Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: MNTA) got approval for a 20-milligram daily Copaxone generic, Glatopa, in 2015.
Analysts were caught off guard by the approvals. They had expected the FDA to approve generic Copaxone sometime in 2018. The FDA, however, has been working to speed the approval of generic drugs for several months.
Mylan is perhaps best known as the maker of Epi-pens, a product that it helps patients obtain with education and limited financial assistance. Significantly, the company announced a patient support service dubbed Mylan MS Advocate to help ease patients off branded Copaxone.
This will include an interactive mobile app, in-home injection training, a 24/7 call center, copay assistance for eligible patients and support from a nurse experienced at treating MS.
Analysts noted this will have an adverse impact on teva. "Bottom line, this is incrementally positive for Mylan while for Teva both a negative surprise and a cash flow hit to 2018," RBC analyst Randall Stanicky wrote in a note to clients. He reiterated his underperform rating on Teva stock.
Teva is fighting back. The company is suing five companies, including Mylan, claiming they infringed on a patent covering the manufacturing process for Copaxone. All five companies are working to bring generic copies of the MS drug to the market.
Teva expects Mylan's generic launch to erase $0.25 in earnings per share from its fourth quarter results. RBC's Stanicky noted Teva had previously predicted one or two generics could lead to $1 billion to $1.3 billion in annual revenue downside and a $1 hit to per-share earnings.
"We believe the company gaining approval on both strengths of Copaxone not only validates Mylan's core competency as a premier generics company, it also provides an important signal to investors that one can simply never count out Mylan — especially in the area of complex generic products," he said.
The news sent shares of TEVA lower but Teva was already in a downtrend.
This seems to confirm sellers were right and TEVA is unlikely to deliver a significant rebound until the company delivers good news. At the earliest, this could be mid-November when the next quarterly announcement is due. In all likelihood, the stock will remain under pressure from sellers.
To trade a potential decline in the stock, a trader could buy a put. For TEVA, it's not surprising that put options are relatively expensive. The stock is in a downtrend and its recent selloff led to increased volatility which raised options premiums. This is normal when a steep selloff occurs.
For TEVA, we could sell an October 20 $16.50 call for about $0.58 and buy an October 20 $18 call for about $0.18. This trade generates a credit of $40, which is the difference in the amount of premium for the call that is sold and the call that is bought multiplied by 100 since each contract covers 100 shares. That is the maximum potential profit on the trade.
The maximum risk on the trade is $110. The risk is found by subtracting the difference in the strike prices ($150 or $1.50 time 100 since each contract covers 100 shares) and then subtracting the premium received ($40).
This trade offers a return of about 36% for a holding period that is about two weeks. This is a significant return on the amount of money at risk. This trade delivers the maximum gain if TEVA is below $16.50 when the options expire, a likely event given the stock's trend.
Call spreads can be used to generate high returns on small amounts of capital several times a year, offering larger percentage gains for small investors willing to accept the risks of this strategy. Those risks, in dollar terms, are relatively small, about $110 for this trade in TEVA.


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Early Learning and Face Processing May 22, 2018
Julie Markant proposes a new theoretical model to examine the ways infants learn and retain information.
Faculty Accolades 2018 May 21, 2018
Jeff Lockman has been awarded a research fellowship at the Institute of Advanced Study in Toulouse, France.
Mike Cunningham received the 2018 award for Psychology in the Public Interest by the Louisiana Psychological Association. Read the story (page 9).
Psychology Awards 2018 May 15, 2018
The 2018 Psychology Honor's Thesis Students received recognition certificates from Dr. Wyland. The 2018 undergraduate awards of Senior Scholar (Abrania Marrero and Victoria Parker), the Rosa Cahn Hartman Prize (Brooke Bailey), the Aaron Hartman Medal (Lauren deBlanc), the Anne M. McPherson Memorial Student Award (Lauren deBlanc), the Barbara E. Moely Award for Psychology in the Public Interest (Victoria Parrilla and Ashton Friend), and the Psychology Faculty Memorial Award (Taylor Kimball and Monica Holler) were presented. The C. Chrisman Wilson Memorial Award for Graduate Student Teaching in Psychology (Katie Simon) also was presented. Matt Coleman received the Gerall Award on May 16.
Daniel Awarded Gary P. Dohanich Professorship May 3, 2018
Jill Daniel is appointed the inaugural Gary P. Dohanich Professor in Brain Sciences in the Tulane Brain Institute. Tulane B.S. alumnus Wayne Teetsel endowed the professor in Gary's honor. Now inaugural director of the Brain Institute, Jill earned her Ph.D. under Gary's direction.
Safe Schools NOLA April 4, 2018
Tulane University professors Stacy Overstreet, Courtney Baker and Kathleen Whalen have collaborated with a team of community partners to determine how six local schools can better support trauma-exposed students through an innovative.
Tulane Launches PhD Certificate in Health Psychology January 16, 2018
Students in the Psychological Science PhD program now have the option of completing a certificate in health psychology. Health psychology is the scientific discipline focused on understanding how psychosocial factors – thoughts, feelings, actions, relationships, and culture – shape health, as well as how health affects these important life domains. In completing the certificate, students focus 15 of their credits on health psychology foundational courses, advanced courses in methodology and statistics, and clinical or disease-specific courses. The training will empower students to improve public health and well-being through health psychology research careers in academic, medical, and other settings.
Jill Daniel awarded grant on impulse control. December 13, 2017
A Tulane University researcher is studying why males have more impulse-control issues than females, with the ultimate goal of developing more effective preventative and treatment strategies. Psychology and neuroscience professor Jill Daniel, director of the Tulane Brain Institute, received a two-year, $414,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to gain a better understanding of why males are more vulnerable to such disorders as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and addiction.
Welcome Dr. Jonathan Fadok August 2017
Dr. Fadok is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology and the Brain Institute. His research is focused on understanding how brain circuits control emotional learning and adaptive behavior. A fundamental goal of the laboratory is to discover the neurobiological mechanisms underlying emotional states, with the hope of identifying novel targets and strategies for therapeutic intervention designed to alleviate mental illness. The lab uses a multidisciplinary approach that combines advanced neuroanatomical tracing techniques, behavior, neurophysiological recordings, and methods to manipulate brain function.
Jonathan Fadok received his Ph.D. in Neurobiology and Behavior from the University of Washington, where his dissertation research was supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award. He then completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel, Switzerland. This work was funded by a long-term fellowship from the European Molecular Biology Organization and a NARSAD Young Investigator grant from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Department of Psychology • 2007 Percival Stern Hall • New Orleans, LA 70118 • Phone: 504-865-5331 • psych@tulane.edu


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Bay Foundation, Others Sue EPA Over Restoration Plans
By Joel McCord • Sep 10, 2020
The harbor at Smith Island
Credit Joel McCord
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation, three bay states and the District of Columbia sued the Environmental Protection Agency Thursday, charging it has failed to enforce the Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint.
The blueprint, signed in 2010, is the latest in a series of pacts dating from 1983 in which five states in the bay watershed—Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware—and the District of Columbia agreed to develop and implement plans to reduce pollution.
EPA's evaluations of the New York and Pennsylvania plans show that neither one is adequate to meet the goals set for 2025, yet the agency approved them.
Will Baker, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation president, said in a virtual news conference the 2010 agreement requires EPA to impose consequences on states that fail the meet the goals.
"EPA has not only refused to enforce the blueprint, but it has rolled back fundamental federal water and air protection," he said.
If the agency doesn't hold those states accountable, the blueprint would be "yet another in a series of failed bay restoration agreements" and a "slap in the face to all who have worked diligently to achieve their commitments by the deadline."
The bay foundation was joined in its suit, filed in federal court in the District of Columbia, by Anne Arundel County, Maryland, the Maryland Watermen's Association and Robert Whitescarver and Jeanne Hoffman, who operate a livestock farm in Virginia.
The attorneys general of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia filed a separate suit in the same court.
Baker said he expects the suits to be combined.
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said the state, its citizens and businesses have invested billions of dollars to restore the health of the Chesapeake Bay, but every state in the bay's watershed needs to do its part. And the EPA, under the law, is required to make sure that happens.
"What we're asking for in our lawsuit is very simple," Frosh said. "We want EPA to do its job."
An EPA spokesman said in an email the agency has taken and will continue to take "appropriate actions under our Clean Water Act authorities to improve Chesapeake Bay water quality.to improve the bay's water quality."
He said EPA "has delivered thousands of hours of technical assistance to the states, as well as comprehensive reviews of state implementation plans and progress forecasts to identify strengths and weaknesses."
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36 Years After The First Chesapeake Agreement Bay Progress Is Mixed
By Karen Hosler • Dec 13, 2019
It was 36 years ago this week that the leaders of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia signed the first agreement to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. And that was 14 years after the Chesapeake Bay Foundation had launched its clean-up campaign.
And the best that can be said after all those years is progress has been mixed.
Blue Crab Stocks Healthy
By Joel McCord • Jul 1, 2020
Just in time for the Fourth of July weekend, EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program has pronounced the bay's blue crab stocks stable, not overfished and not in decline.
The annual Blue Crab Advisory Report released Wednesday by the Bay Program found that the Chesapeake's crab stock remains healthy despite having dropped by nearly 200 million crabs this year.
Chris Moore, a senior scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says the numbers are within a reasonable range.
Oyster Restoration: It's Easier Said Than Done
By Pamela D'Angelo • Jan 21, 2019
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Ten years ago, President Obama issued an executive order requiring Maryland and Virginia to restore oyster populations, decimated by disease, over-harvesting and pollution, to tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.
But that has been easier said than done, according to state and federal scientists meeting in Newport News, Va.
Trump budget eviscerates bay restoration funds
By Pamela D'Angelo • Mar 16, 2017
President Trump's budget blueprint to "Make American Great Again" cuts $73 million from EPA, the entire budget for the Chesapeake Bay Program, the multi-agency effort that oversees bay restoration programs.
The cuts would remove EPA oversight of the Chesapeake Bay's so-called pollution diet to clean up the bay and its streams, creeks and rivers and drew sharp rebukes from bay scientists.


Our November metal price trends report showed an industrial metals complex buoyed by strong Chinese demand and bullish on the future, thanks to the election of republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who promises to curtail regulations on metals producers and the energy suppliers that provide power for smelting, steelmaking and mining.
While some of the metals turned in a flat performance during the month of October, almost all quickly took off after the election. Now, as our lead forecasting analyst, Raul de Frutos, recently wrote, the industrial metal bulls are in full charge.
The minor metals remained flat, but that's no surprise to any buyer at this point. The fact that rare earth miner Lynas Corp. received a lifeline from a hedge fund and a Japanese state-owned enterprise was a minor (metals) surprise itself.
It's a good time to be a producer of base metals as it looks like the bulls may continue to run in 2017. For more information on how to plan your purchases well into the New Year, consult our monthly metal buying outlook.