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Looking back at a landmark law on government IT modernization
By TIM STARKS
With help from Eric Geller and Martin Matishak
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— Almost three years ago, Congress enacted an ambitious law to remake how federal agencies upgrade aging IT, but not everything has gone as planned.
— Hackers don't worry federal election security officials as much this year compared with coronavirus concerns that are taking top billing.
— A senator who focuses on election security clashed with a leading internet voting vendor, among other highlights from DEF CON.
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CHECKING IN ON MGT ACT — As congressional negotiations over the latest coronavirus aid package have fallen apart, a $1 billion cash infusion proposed by House Democrats for a Trump White House-backed fund to upgrade antiquated government technology — with cybersecurity vulnerabilities one of the central reasons for the fund's existence — is likewise on hold. And an attempt by House Democrats to give it $3 billion earlier this year went nowhere.
The Technology Modernization Fund, envisioned as a radical approach to the costly problem of upkeep for outmoded government information technology (an estimated 75 percent of feds' $90 billion IT budget is spent on maintenance), has been on the short end of the cash stick before. Originally proposed with a $3 billion price tag for loans to agencies that would repay them with cost savings from using IT systems that didn't need endless patching, Congress in 2017 scaled back the bill creating the fund to a $250 million annual cap. Instead, for the past two fiscal years, it's received just a 10th of that: $25 million. The most it ever got came in fiscal 2018, when it got $100 million. The fund has awarded a total of 10 projects as of the end of July.
Two of the chief sponsors of the Modernizing Government Technology Act told MC that the law has nonetheless had some successes. But that doesn't mean they're entirely happy with how the law has played out. "The TMF has been chronically underfunded since its inception," said Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.).
Both Connolly and Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) were particularly peeved at how agencies have interpreted another key part of the law: the creation of working capital funds for agencies that allow them to hold on to IT cost savings for three years, rather than losing them if they don't spend them within a calendar year. Agencies said the Office of Management and Budget told them that Congress didn't grant them transfer authority to set up the working capital funds, "which is outrageous," Hurd said. "This is why we passed this bill." Both lawmakers said they were working on clarification legislation.
There have been other issues, besides. At a House Oversight Committee hearing last month on how the pandemic has exposed government IT shortcomings, Steve O'Keefe, founder of Meritalk, told the panel that "the majority of agencies won't even apply for the [TMF] funds in light of the requirement to pay back those loans. That means that IT modernization doesn't pass go." A Government Accountability Office report in December found that there were issues with collecting fees, and that cost savings estimates were unreliable.
Hurd touted some of the areas where the fund has produced better-than-expected results at agencies like Housing and Urban Development and the Agriculture Department. "That doesn't sound sexy, but this is some of the basic stuff that we should be doing," he said. Hurd and Connolly said the bipartisan backing for the 2017 law — House leadership figures from both sides of the aisle also co-sponsored it — makes the lack of funding baffling, however. Hurd cited the regular battles for funding for anything. Connolly has cited Congress' lack of tech expertise. Connolly also noted that Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) recently spearheaded the first Senate letter pressing for a Technology Modernization Fund spending boost as part of coronavirus aid, indicating a bit of a chamber-to-chamber divide, too — a cause for optimism, Connolly said.
And the retiring Hurd said he and Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) were working up legislation intended to mimic the Modernizing Government Technology Act for states, an indicator of congressional confidence in the model.
ERROR 404: ELECTION NOT FOUND — Federal officials are more worried about election systems failing under abnormally high demand because of the coronavirus pandemic than about hackers tampering with those systems, two CISA experts said during a presentation Saturday at DEF CON's Voting Village. "The biggest risk to this process is not necessarily an actual attack against these systems but rather a routine failure," said Jack Cable, an election security technical adviser to CISA. Cable's colleague Alex Zaheer added, "A lot of these systems are going to see a usage pattern that they have not seen before."
Voter registration databases and absentee ballot request portals are among the systems likely to experience severe strain. Many of the systems in the mail-in-ballot pipeline are not internet-connected, which reduces hacking risks, but because they are not designed to support the number of ballot requests they are experiencing, innocent breakdowns are now more likely. On the security front, meanwhile, voter databases have become a more tempting hacking target than ever, because accurate ballot mailings depend on the integrity of their information. "Ensuring the sanctity of those systems and the accuracy of those records is very, very important to making sure that this election runs smoothly," Zaheer said.
All of that being said, the federal government is just as concerned about disinformation raising unnecessary concerns. As more states replace their paperless voting machines, the number of ballots that cannot be audited is decreasing — CISA has predicted that 92 percent of voters will cast ballots with paper records in November — but that increased reliability doesn't prevent malefactors from painting a different picture. "We can expect some hiccups to occur, but that does not mean that something went wrong or that the results are invalid," Cable said. "We need to be thinking about how we can make people more resilient."
ELSEWHERE AT DEF CON — The hacker conference offered plenty of programming for election-security nerds, including multiple keynote addresses, a discussion among federal officials and multiple presentations about internet voting. Here are some of the most interesting things you missed if you didn't tune in:
— The NSA's lead election security official expressed confidence in the government's ability to spot interference. "There's always worry about what you don't know, but what I'm confident is that we are a lot better positioned now in terms of agility," David Imbordino said during Friday's panel of feds. Earlier in the session, an FBI official said tips from nonfederal partners were key. "The majority of the information that we're able to get to state and locals since 2016 has been because people called us, they've said they were concerned about something, we looked at it, and we said, 'You're right,' and we got it out there," said Cynthia Kaiser, the FBI's deputy chief of analysis for national security cyber threats.
— Officials are still on alert for an October surprise from foreign hackers. "What could be the effect from these various groups?" Kaiser said, describing the government's focus. "What could happen closer to September, October? Because it still is a few months away, and we need to be prepared for a lot of different things happening within that."
— Replacing outdated election technology is a top priority for CISA. Asked during the feds panel for his biggest wish on election security, Matthew Masterson, a senior cybersecurity adviser at CISA, said he'd implement service agreements to upgrade aging systems in underfunded election offices. "It's not just Windows 7," he said, referring to a recent dilemma. We're talking older." Masterson's second wish, he said, would be 100 percent vote auditability; some states still use paperless voting machines.
— The Election Assistance Commission hopes more states and vendors will embrace vulnerability disclosure policies. Leading vendor Election Systems & Software announced a VDP on Wednesday, and Ohio released one on Friday. During the feds panel, Maurice Turner, a senior adviser to the EAC's executive director, said the agency was "working toward" greater VDP use among its partners. "It takes some time," he said, although he wished it could move more quickly.
ONLINE ACRIMONY — The Voting Village at DEF CON renewed debate over the dangers, and benefits, of voting online. Internet voting is "the weakest link in our election infrastructure," Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) declared during a keynote address on Friday. Security experts and election-integrity advocates offered similar views through the course of the virtual conference. But the attendance of Voatz, a vendor of mobile voting products that has had to defend its work in the past, generated a war of words during the typically low-key event.
MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL — National security adviser Robert O'Brien on Sunday made additional allegations of Chinese election interference, beyond the intelligence community statement on Friday that China and Iran wanted President Donald Trump out of office, while Russia wanted to keep Joe Biden away from the White House. The Friday statement focused on Chinese public rhetoric, but O'Brien's remarks to CBS News were, well, new on the subject of active election cyberattacks: "China, like Russia, like Iran, have engaged in cyberattacks and phishing … with respect to our election infrastructure, with respect to websites."
O'Brien also didn't directly answer a question about whether the administration wanted more election security funding before November, while elsewhere, the NSA and Cyber Command put more flesh on the bone about current election interference tactics.
While some lawmakers were pleased with the election interference statement on Friday from Bill Evanina, the director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, others found it lacking. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said what Russia was doing was different from the other two nations. Emerson Brooking, an Atlantic Council fellow, made similar points about Russian clandestine activities versus state propaganda, and noted that Iran's efforts were far smaller in scale. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined Pelosi in saying that the public should hear more from the intel community, as the Evanina statement "only hints at the threats." A trio of top Senate Democrats also suggested more public disclosures and briefings from the FBI.
Meanwhile, The New York Times uncovered previously unreported details about White House meddling in an intel community assessment on election interference, and revealed that Trump didn't directly order an attack on a Russian troll farm.
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Για 4η συνεχόμενη χρονιά, η Nelios βραβεύτηκε με Gold Award ως Best Hotel Digital Marketing Agency, κατά την τελετή απονομής των Greek Hospitality Awards 2021 που διοργανώθηκε από την Ethos Media στις 15 Οκτωβρίου.
Παράλληλα, η Nelios απέσπασε 3 ακόμη χρυσά βραβεία, στις ακόλουθες κατηγορίες:
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Best Greek Hotel WebSite: αφορά στο σχεδιασμό και την κατασκευή website που υλοποίησε η Nelios για τον όμιλο Nimbus, που περιλαμβάνει δύο boutique ξενοδοχεία υψηλής αισθητικής, στη Μύκονο και τη Σαντορίνη.
Best Digital Advertising and Performance Campaign: αφορά στην επιτυχημένη στρατηγική digital marketing που υλοποίησε η Nelios για το ατμοσφαιρικό Olea All Suite Hotel στη Ζάκυνθο.
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"Ευχαριστούμε θερμά! Αυτές οι βραβεύσεις αποτελούν μια σημαντική αναγνώριση της προσπάθειας που καταβάλει η καταπληκτική ομάδα μας. Παράλληλα όμως αποτελούν και δέσμευσή μας για συνεχή εξέλιξη και ανάπτυξη νέων τεχνολογικών λύσεων που θα ενισχύσουν ακόμη περισσότερο τον ελληνικό τουρισμό," δηλώνει ο Δημήτρης Σερίφης, Nelios CEO.
Η Nelios, μετά από 13 χρόνια επιτυχημένης πορείας στην τουριστική αγορά της Ελλάδας, συνεχίζει να κατέχει σταθερά τη θέση του market leader στην παροχή υπηρεσιών digital marketing αποκλειστικά για ξενοδοχεία και προορισμούς.
Η μακρόχρονη εμπειρία της Nelios, το πλούσιο εταιρικό portfolio με περισσότερα από 400 ξενοδοχεία, ο ρυθμός ανάπτυξης ετήσιων συμβολαίων 96%, οι κινήσεις εξωστρέφειας που περιλαμβάνουν συμμετοχή των στελεχών της σε περισσότερα από 250 συνέδρια και workshops που αφορούν στον ηλεκτρονικό τουρισμό, αλλά και τα επιτυχημένα case studies πελατών της, επισφραγίζονται από πλήθος διακρίσεων, αφού τα τελευταία 4 χρόνια η εταιρία έχει λάβει περισσότερες από 25 βραβεύσεις για τις υπηρεσίες που προσφέρει και τα αποτελέσματα που είναι σε θέση να επιδεικνύει υπερήφανα για τους συνεργάτες της.
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A few late payments to the mortgage company. A forgotten gas card bill and, suddenly, your once stellar credit rating is wallowing in the mud.
In today's faltering economy, where jobless claims are up and home values are down, such scenarios are all too common as a growing number of consumers fall behind on their debt obligations.
Indeed, the number of personal bankruptcy filings hit 822,590 in 2007, up 38 percent over the 598,000 filed in 2006, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.
Dana Dratch of Fox Business News shares four tips on how to improve your credit score.
Arden Hearing is our Senior Vice President of Land Acquisition based out of our Northern California office in Danville. Here he is at Squaw Valley in Tahoe with his five-year-old daughter Sienna on her first blue run!
We asked Arden a few off-beat questions, hoping to find out something about him that we didn't already know… and he didn't disappoint!
For example, did you know that he really wants to be a rock-star architect? That he keeps a parenting book right next to "Skin in the Game" on his nightstand? And that his favorite guilty pleasure is bottomless taqueria chips?
Most exotic travel experience: I once spent 6 months or so cruising around S. America and SE Asia. Many portions of my trip come to mind, but one stands out when I was the "furthest away". At one point, I made some local friends in Bolivia and was invited to a rodeo/fiesta in the middle of the Amazon Basin. We were already hundreds of miles from any major airport etc, but for a dirt landing strip. Without any real planning we took off through the jungle in an old truck. I will always remember the moment when we passed an anaconda in the (dirt) road…just another day in Bolivia. I had to be the only English-speaking guy for hundreds of miles. It was a long night; which included celebratory gunshots and sleeping on the floor of a barn. In many of my travels, even those that took me off the beaten path, real authenticity always proved illusive. On that particular side-trip, I felt privileged to be experiencing authentic local culture.
Every day is different in RE Development. We get to become acquainted with fields far and wide. It's like Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood out there. Some days you have to be well versed in riparian habitat…or propane tank blast zones…or the physics of wind…or the impact of current monetary policy on rental housing.
Most importantly, as property developers we are uniquely privileged to make a lasting impact on our world through our daily efforts to shape the built environment. We create places where people, our children, live, learn, work and play. It is an honor and a huge responsibility to be a steward of the property we transition to higher and better uses.
Favorite weekend activity: Going to brunch with my two daughters (ages 5 & 2); followed by a walk to the park.
What inspires you? Spending time in New York…and travel in general.
What book is on your nightstand now? I try to keep a balance, and always have a few open. Right now it's; 1) Skin in the Game (RE/Finance) 2) Search Inside Yourself (Business/Life Balance), 3) Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child (Parenting).
First thing you do when you get to the office: Read (i.e. skim) the papers: WSJ + NY Times + SF Chronicle.
Last thing you do before you leave your office: Dial the number of my strategically scheduled phone meeting for the drive home.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – August 10, 2012 – Capital Station, LLC has sold 23 of 34 townhomes at its recently opened Capitol Station development thanks to high demand, attractive pricing, convenient location and a good partnership with area real estate brokers.
The Mediterranean-style townhomes, located in the City of San Jose at the northeast corner of North Capitol Avenue and Grandview Drive, offer a variety of floor plans and range in size from 1,316 square feet (2 bedrooms/2.5 baths) to 1,809 square feet (3 bedrooms plus bonus room/3 baths). All units are covered by a home warranty, which includes major systems (electric, plumbing and heating/cooling) and the home's structure.
Higgins has relied on Capitol Station's sales representative, Teri Leffel, to spread the word to the local broker community about Capitol Station and has kept advertising to a minimum.
Priced from $405,990 to $529,990, the townhomes are a great housing opportunity for young executives and couples. Higgins expects Capitol Station to be sold and closed out by September/October of this year.
Michael Maples, Principal & CEO of Trumark Homes, shares some of his favorite leadership techniques.
We started the homebuilding company in the offices of our land company, thus all the homebuilding executives had to work in cubicles until the first deal was funded. Having one of the owners (and we own several office buildings) work out of a cubicle while we subleased out the window offices sent a strong message to the staff that this was a start-up company in a difficult time and we were in this together as a team.
Our first project was Wyeth Cove, a partially complete community of 39 homes in Upland, Calif. We broke ground in September 2009 and by February 2010 we held the grand opening of our first new home community.
You can take a look at how it turned out by clicking here. www.livewyethcove.com.


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Indigenous Research Conference
On April 1st, Washington State University hosted their third annual Indigenous Research Conference. The conference was organized by the WSU Chapter of the Society of Indian Psychologists, led by Ph.D. candidate Greg Urquhart (Eastern Band of Cherokee descent). It was supported by WSU's Plateau Center for Native American Research & Collaboration, a branch of Native American Programs, and the Center for Mestizo and Indigenous Research.
Conference participants included undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, researchers, and community members. Among the institutions they represented were WSU, Eastern Washington University, and Northwest Indian College. The conference included thirteen presenters, addressing topics ranging from business development among Northwest tribes to Indigenous language revival in Libya.
WSU Tribal Liaison and Director of Native American Programs Barbara Aston (Wyandotte) opened the conference by welcoming attendees to WSU Pullman. She also acknowledged that the university is located on traditional Palus land and ceded Nez Perce territory. She emphasized that this fact should inspire attendees to engage in the most ethical, most effective research with tribes as possible. Undergraduates Shelby Leighton (Nez Perce) and John Reichel (Cowlitz), members of WSU's Tribal Nation Building and Leadership Program followed Aston with presentations of their senior projects.
During lunch, keynote speakers Dr. Zoe Higheagle Strong (Nez Perce) and Emma Elliot-Groves (Cowichan) delivered a presentation entitled "Indigenous Research Methodology, Ethics, and Academia." Dr. Strong, Plateau Center Research Fellow and Asst. Professor of Educational Psychology, summarized the key concerns and principles expressed in these methodologies. Then Dr. Elliot-Groves, Asst. Research Professor at WSU's Partnerships for Native Health, offered a powerful example of how these methodologies can facilitate respectful, collaborative research by describing her own work with her community. Dr. Strong's father, Gordon Higheagle, opened for the two presenters, welcoming attendees to Nez Perce territory.
This year, the conference was held the day after the spring Native American Advisory Board to the President Meeting. There, representatives from the twelve tribes with whom WSU has a memorandum of understanding, had the opportunity to visit booths manned by various WSU researchers working in Native America, before meeting with President Kirk Schulz. That day, WSU also held its annual Academic Showcase, during which all faculty, staff, and graduate students have the opportunity to display posters and discuss their research projects. Altogether, then, the Indigenous Research Conference and the preceding Advisory Board Meeting and Academic Showcase meant that the WSU community and visitors had the opportunity to see the a huge range of research pertaining to Indigenous peoples, over the course of two days.
The conference will be held again next spring, and will likely follow the Native American Advisory Board Meeting and Research Showcase once more. We urge interested parties to consider submitting proposals for presentations or posters. Next year, The Plateau Center plans to expand the conference significantly, accommodating many more researchers from institutions of higher education, regional tribes, and other Indigenous communities. The CFP is months away, but anyone with questions can contact Ken Lokensgard, Ph.D. in the meantime.
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UM BRIDGES: Bridging divides across the food-energy-water nexus
UM BRIDGES (DGE #1633831) is a graduate training program at the University of Montana focused on the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus. UM BRIDGES trains graduate students to conduct cutting-edge and cross-sector research on complex FEW problems, and prepares these students to succeed in a range of science and science-related jobs through an innovative, interdisciplinary program. The training program comprises coursework, seminars, and workshops and provides opportunities for international and interdisciplinary collaboration and research. Trainees are also eligible for funding support for various FEW-related activities.
New Course Offering at WSU
The College of Education at WSU will be offering a new course called "Indigenous Epistemology & Methodology" (ED PSYCH 521) Fall 2016. The course will implement the study and application of Indigenous Epistemology and Methodology. Please see the flyer below for a full description of the course, including days and times, and contact information.
Indigenous Epistemology Methodology Flyer
New COSMOS Member
Northwest Indian College is now a member of the PNW COSMOS Alliance! We welcome the newest members of the PNW COSMOS family, Dr. Emma Norman, Northwest Indian College Science Department Chair, and Mr. Patrick Freeland, Northwest Indian College Academic and Career Advisor.
The Alliance Newsletter strives to disseminate opportunities for Native students across our eight institutions. In this supplemental issue of the monthly newsletter, we invite you to explore and disseminate the following information about a new NSF-funded opportunity for graduate studies at the University of Montana: UM BRIDGES: Bridging divides across the food-energy-water nexus (DGE #1633831). For a full description of the program, please visit the UM Bridges webpage.
MSU Professor Guest Speaker in Hanover
PNW COSMOS member Dr. Sweeney Windchief, Assistant Professor of Adult and Higher Education at Montana State University, will be a guest speaker for the August 15, 2015 PROMISE AGEP Summer Success Institute in Hanover, Maryland: https://promiseagep.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi-august-15-2015/romiseagep.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/promise-summer-success-institute-ssi-august-15-2015/
SKC Offers Professional Certification in Indigenous Research
Please see this document and http://americanindigenousresearchassociation.org/certification/ for more information.


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Q: Make a call to a external mvc controller I want to know if its possible and how to do the following , i have a basic MVC application (ASP.Net) that i have modified to work for me. Now the application already handles authentication perfectly fine but i need to use this authentication in another app.
Without creating a webservice is it possible for me to make calls to the applications authcontroller , if so how

A: You can't directly call a controller in another application because it is in a separate AppDomain.  If you just want to reuse the existing code, you could refactor it into a separate assembly (library project), include that assembly in your new application, and just reference it from your logon controller.  If you are trying to do single-sign on, then you may want to look at existing SSO solutions, such as JA-SIG CAS 2.0.

A: Authentication is a cross-cutting concern that shouldn't be embedded into a single use case/controller.  AOP afficionados would say it should be encapsulated in an aspect.

A: Whoa guys slow down , im still beginning MVC and all its related details , the single sign on looks promising  , the reason i dont want to go that route yet or even refactor the code and include it in the second project is because its way too simple a project.

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Houston, ECU football enter first phase of NCAA's summer access plan
Published: Jul. 6, 2020 at 5:43 PM EDT|Updated: Jul. 6, 2020 at 10:31 PM EDT
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Mike Houston and his ECU football program entered the first phase of the NCAA's summer access plan Monday. This means workouts are now mandatory.
"I can't wait for the opportunity to get our fans around these student-athletes and seeing the new brand of Pirate football, and I think they'll be excited too because I think we've got something special cooking here."
Mike Houston, ECU head football coach
Houston spoke with WITN Sports Monday afternoon and said he is controlling what he can control.
"What tomorrow looks like? Who knows. With this whole deal it just remains so fluid. We are planning, and we are hopeful and we are optimistic that we are going to play on August 29th. All of our game plan workout, our calendars and all that stuff; we've geared everything around us playing a ball game in Dowdy-Ficklen that Saturday. So hopefully that's what happens."
In fact, Monday, July 6 marks the first day of mandatory activities for Pirate football. That means the voluntary workout period is officially over. This new period is being called 'Summer Access I' by the NCAA. During this two-week stretch, teams can lift, run and meet for up to eight hours each week.
Then on July 17, 'Summer Access II' will begin. This period is basically walk-through week, where hours increase from 8 to 20 for the student-athletes.
As of right now, fall camp is slated to begin on July 29.
Houston said his program has only encountered one positive COVID-19 test thus far. He said that student-athlete is already wrapping up his quarantine.
But to keep all of his players and staff safe, Houston and his coaching staff have instituted several social distancing measures, including the use of five separate locker rooms, and only allowing 10 players to workout inside the weight room at one time.
The reason 'Summer Access I' begins this Monday for ECU football is because the Pirates are suppose to to play Week 0 against Marshall. The rest of the FBS will start its mandatory workouts next Monday.
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Anthony Allen Stacey es un jugador de baloncesto profesional de origen estadounidense y con pasaporte español que ha jugado en España durante 9 temporadas participando en la liga ACB y la Liga LEB.

Trayectoria

Stacey es un jugador experto en la Liga LEB; puesto que desde que llegó a Inca en el año 2000 procedente de la Universidad Bowling Green, ha disputado siete temporadas en la segunda categoría del Baloncesto español.

Su carrera ha transcurrido por Inca, Manresa, Murcia, inicio de la temporada en el Lucentum (ACB) para volver a LEB con Algeciras -donde repitió un año-, regresó a Inca y Melilla en 2007.

Trayectoria profesional

 1996-2000 NCAA. Universidad Bowling Green.
 2000-2001 LEB Oro. Drac Inca.
 2001-2002 LEB Oro. Bàsquet Manresa.
 2002-2003 LEB Oro. CB Murcia.
 2003-2004 ACB. CB Lucentum Alicante.
 2004-2005 LEB Oro. CB Ciudad de Algeciras.
 2005-2006 LEB Oro. Drac Inca.
 2006-2007 LEB Oro. Melilla Baloncesto.
 2006-2007 ACB. CB Murcia.
 2007-2008 LEB Oro. Cantabria Lobos.
 2007-2008 LEB Oro. Drac Inca.
 2008-2009 ACB. Grupo Begar León.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
Ficha del jugador en la FEB

Baloncestistas de Ohio
Baloncestistas nacionalizados en España
Baloncestistas de la Liga ACB
Baloncestistas de la Liga LEB
Baloncestistas de los Bowling Green Falcons
Baloncestistas del Club Basquet Inca
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Murcia
Baloncestistas del Baloncesto León
Baloncestistas del Bàsquet Manresa
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Lucentum Alicante
Baloncestistas del Cantabria Lobos
Baloncestistas del Club Baloncesto Ciudad de Algeciras
Baloncestistas del Club Melilla Baloncesto

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Early in my career, my wife and I lived in Strasbourg, nestled against the Rhine in theeasternmost part of France. From our apartment balcony, you could see the citys fa-mous cathedral in the distance. Even from far away, it was an impressive sight, stand-ing over 462 feet tall, with massive flying buttresses on either side, a striking blend of bothstrength and refinement. It was first started in 1176 and took almost 300 years to build.The original architects never saw its completion, and most of its builders died on the job.It went through numerous setbacksfires, political upheavals, wars, lack of fundingand yet there it stands, not only as a monument to human ingenuity but also as a reminderof the power of a clear and compelling vision strong enough to survive multiple generations.
The National Institute for Learning Disabilities has been in existence for more than 25years, faithfully and powerfully serving a narrow segment of the educational market. Sev-eral years ago, it decided to broaden its scope, convinced that its service was too valuableto keep to a limited market. As it set out on a quest to define its scope, its leadershiplanded on the daunting goal of a million students in therapy by 2020what they latercalled their 2020 Vision. When they first explored its implications, they almost abandonedit, because it meant, among other things, training 100,000 therapists. But before dismiss-ing the goal, they asked the question, what would it take to reach that number? And as theycreatively explored different options, they suddenly realized that it wasnt totally unrealis-ticit was still a huge stretch, but not impossible. So they embraced the vision and it gal-vanized them. Everything they did was now put under the scrutiny of that vision. It wasclear, compelling, and captivating. It changed the organization.
Visions energize. A vision exercises a magnetic pull thatirresistibly engages people in its pursuit. It captures theheart and the imagination. The purpose (or mission) stim-ulates the mind as it pushes the organization forward, butthe vision warms the heart as it pulls the organization toits point on the horizon. It gives people the drive to crosseven the most inhospitable terrain and face the most in-clement weather; it provides the energy and passion thatsustain the morale and maintain the momentum. As Pres-ident John F. Kennedy once said, Efforts and courage arenot enough without purpose and directionthe pur-pose and direction that a compelling vision provides.
So why, then, are so many corporate vision statementsso shortsighted?
The Real Purpose of VisionVision is long term, an alien concept in present-day cor-porate thinking, which is increasingly measured inhours, minutes, and seconds. Three to five years is notlong term. Vision asks where you want your organiza-tion to be in ten, fifteen, or twenty years. Some leadersthink out even as far as thirty years. The greater yourresponsibility, the more important it is to cast your vi-sion farther into the future. But at whatever level youlead, you still need to cast a vision and articulate theconcrete description of the future you are striving for.For the head of a department, it may be three or fiveyears. For some CEOs, twenty years may not beenough. Whatever your role, vision extends beyondyour tenure (ideally, a long way beyond your tenure),which requires of leaders a focus on the long-termhealth of the organization rather than on the success oftheir own careers.
An effective vision doesnt predict the future; it shapesit. Every great accomplishment goes through two cre-ations: its creation in your mind and its creation at yourhands. Da Vincis Mona Lisa and Michelangelos Sis-tine Chapel went through two creations: one in theirminds and one at the tips of their brushes. The mentalcreation precedes the physical creation, and the secondcreation is virtually impossible without the first.
The vision you define for your organization is your firstcreation. However distant from its ultimate reality, theclear and compelling vision you cast in the present, atthis point in time, has a huge impact on the growth ofyour organization. This isnt about the projection of afalse vision, one that you use to manipulate; it is aboutdefining a future you believe in, a compelling futurethat genuinely drives you. Its about defining your firstcreation, and that first creation becomes a powerfulforce for growth and change as you enlist your peopleinto the second creation.
Intuitively we can understand the power of vision, butwe can also know it empirically. A Harvard study, con-ducted by John Kotter and Jim Heskett with 207 com-panies in 22 industries over 11 years worldwide, foundthat companies with vision-led cultures significantlyoutperformed those without one, and this translatedinto four key performance criteria described in Table 1.
These are striking numbers. On every count, the dif-ference between organizations with a clear vision andthose without one is impressive. If leaders ever neededan argument to convince them that the pursuit of netincome (profit) as a goal in itself is ineffective, its righthere.
It is not difficult to understand why vision is so powerful.Vision does something for leaders: it gives them a cha-risma they never had before. They suddenly find it easierto recruit good people and retain them, they find theirstaff are more loyal, and they find their people are moreproductive. Its not that they have suddenly become morecharismatic; its rather that the vision they set out cap-tures the imagination of their people, and vision breedscommitment. (See The Cause Has Charisma in Leaderto Leader Number 43, Winter 2007.) Vision also breedspersistencethe clearer your vision and the stronger yourcommitment to it, the greater the widespread commit-ment to overcoming the inevitable setbacks and disap-pointments in the pursuit of that vision.
Shaping the FutureSo how do you go about drafting a visionnot just anyvision, but one that is compelling and that looks farenough into the future to shape it rather than predict it?You engage the past, the present, and the future: youdraw from the past, you anchor the future in the pres-ent, and you sharpen the focus of your picture of thefuture with a clear long-term goal.
the future. With one group, however, he gave them anadditional task: before thinking about the future, heasked them to think of the things that have happenedto you in the past. The revealing result was that thegroup tasked to look at their past first had future timehorizons that were twice as long as the group thatplunged straight into the future.
Theres something about the past that gives confidencefor the future. Thats why West Point reminds all itscadets that they are part of the long gray line that hasmarched through history ever since its inception in1802, and why they revere the Grants, the Pattons, theSchwartzkopfs, and the many others who have takentheir place in that long gray line. Thats why we cele-brate the Fourth of July: remembering more than 200years of history helps us look beyond the current fouryears of any administration to the future legacy of thisnation.
Every organization has a history. Even a young organi-zation reflects the history and the aspirations of thosewho founded it. Every decision, every choice, and everydocument it creates over the years tells you somethingabout the essence of the organization and the core driv-ers that shaped its early ethos. As a leader, you becomea historian, mining the early business plans, the min-utes from critical meetings, and the articles or any otherdocuments that give you clues about the aspirations ofits founders.
in other cases isnt. Mining the past brings back intofocus the core essence of the organization, and at thesame time, it traces the evolution of growing core com-petencies that may well shape a new and more appropri-ate direction. Either way, studying the past will bringclarity to those choices.
You dont cast your vision in a vacuum; you cast it inthe framework of the world where you operate. Thatdoesnt mean you limit the scope of your aspirations; itmeans that your stretching and challenging long-termaspirations are anchored in the credibility and realism ofthe possible, if not the guaranteed.
The current social and cultural environmentthechanging generational and demographic trends,and the cultural values that change with them.
The economic environmentthe likely impact onyour business of macroeconomic conditions suchas inflation, unemployment, interest rates, the riseof China and India, and global energy conditions.
The technological environmentthe likelihood ofnew technology either making your business obso-lete or forcing you to change the way you deliveryour services.
The competitive environmentthe existing directcompetitors and their market positions, the cur-rent breeding grounds for future competition, andthe potential growth of substitute products, ser-vices, or strategies.
The regulatory environmentpending political orlegal actions likely to affect your product or ser-vice, or changing public perceptions that coulddrive controls that currently dont exist.
With a clear sense of the past and the present, you cannow turn your gaze to the future.
Strong visions lead to bold initiatives, and bold initia-tives are expressed in bold goalsgoals that capture thehearts, minds, and energy of the organization. WhenStanford set its goal to become the Harvard of the West,when Ford set out to democratize the automobile, whenin 1945 Sony set itself a fifty-year goal of becoming theJapanese company most associated with changing theworldwide image of poor Japanese quality, and whenthe National Institute for Learning Disabilities set itselfthe goal of reaching a million students in therapy by2020 (an 18-year goal at the time), each one defined agoal that focused the organizations considerable energiesin the same direction.
Such goals are compelling. They get peoples attention,and more important, they unify. They are widely pub-licized and widely embraced. They stretch and chal-lenge, but they remain within the bounds ofreasonthey are at least 51 percent believable.
What kind of technology and equipment do yousee?
What qualities characterize your people?
How do they approach their work?
What kind of relationships do you have withthem?
What kind of market share do you have?
How do your financial statements read?
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Mosul Movie Review – Is it worth watching?
Mosul: Plot
Mosul: Direction, screenplay, and story writing
Mosul: Conclusion
Mosul: Ratings
There are certain movies, which are destined to be watched once in a blue moon, giving you that rush of emotions that you take to your bed with you. It stays for a long time in your memory, not on a daily basis, but at the back of your head, without even you realizing it. And then for your second watch, all those emotions come rushing back and serve you with a jolt of an experience.
Based on true events that had been taking place in the last few years, Mosul will take you on such a journey of emotions. The movie which goes by the city name itself 'Mosul', is a major city in Iraq, which has been under the control of ISIS for almost three years starting from 2014.
They were years of torture, rape, and murders that ripped apart the city, economically and structurally. Just as the events took place in reality, 'Mosul' is the story of the police crew from the city itself also known as the Ninevah SWAT team and their mission, wherein they attack an ISIS base.
Though only in the concluding scenes of the movie do we understand the real mission of the squad. Most part of the movie we see through the eyes of the young Kurdish police officer Kawa (Bilal Adam Bessa), who has been on job for a mere two months and is rescued by Major Jaseem(Suhail Dabbach) and his squad of Ninevah SWAT team.
The SWAT team only takes in those who have been injured or lost a family member to ISIS. Kawa who recently lost his uncle is offered a chance by Jaseem to be a part of the team, which Kawa realizes is his only chance at survival. It offers varied insight into the life of the characters, the journey, and their struggles during the civil war.
Scripting action-based thriller movies are nothing new for Matthew Michael Carnahan who has played World War Z, 21 Bridges, Deepwater Horizon, and other movies of the same genre, Matt Carnahan makes his directorial debut with Mosul. Producers Anthony Russo and Joe Russo are not at all new names for action movie enthusiasts.
Especially if you are a devotee of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, wherein they directed four major films including the Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame, came across an article in the New Yorker back in 2017 titled "The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS" which gave rise to the idea of this story also being on the silver screen and not just on the pen to paper.
The overall cinematography of the movie is exceptional, the way the camera pans out the opening scene showcasing the whole city that has been destruction just right away takes you into it.
To be able to film the movie at Mosul itself would have been the best option, but given the infrastructure and safety reasons Mosul was not ready for it, hence the whole movie was shot in Morocco which had more proficient facilities. The whole movie runs in and around the city which is a total battleground with wrecked buildings, burnt vehicles, shattered and smashed infrastructures, innocent dead bodies with blood scattered all over the place, heavy machinery and military bases, and a few more corpses to complete the whole scene.
To set up such a structure for a movie set week in week out is sublime. In such a war-based film the background and the site will acquaint the viewer with the mood of the characters and basically, the whole movie itself and Matt Carnahan has done that job exceptionally well. The roles played and the acting is both admirable.
We see Suhail Dabbach and Adam Bessa in lead roles who have done justice to their characters. Suhail Dabbach as Major Jaseem is like a father figure to the group and oh how well a father he has been to them all. He leads the team with an example, as fierce and relentless he might be, we also see his emotional sides in particular scenes. There are a couple of high intense scenes that will have you so engrossed.
One particular scene is the one that is portrayed in the trailer as well where Jaseem is seen talking to two young boys about their whereabouts so as to take them to safety. Another such scene can be found where the SWAT team trades cigarettes for bullets from the Iranian soldiers and there is a brief exchange of potent words and actions between Major Jaseem and Colonel Kaveh. The action scenes have been well choreographed, though they aren't something that we might've already not seen it's very real in its nature; and the drama is profound.
There isn't much of a back story and the movie just gets into it, hence the same could be said about the character development, apart from the lead two or three roles we don't see a lot of insight into the other characters. In the beginning stages of the movie a bit of randomness to the scenes can be found, like a Call Of Duty game where you just know your next target, you take them down and you move forward.
But as the climax hits and the story comes to an end, everything just fits together like a jigsaw puzzle. There isn't anything much wrong direction wise done by Matthew Carnahan, also with the factor of the genre and storyline of a warzone, you cannot hope to expect much more from the debutant. In all it is a good watch for its genre, granting an encounter with the recent affairs.
Have you already watched Mosul? What are your thoughts on the movie? Let us know in the comment section below, and we will get back to you with amazing movies and shows. Until then, happy binge-watching. Stay safe!
Direction: 3.5/5
Acting: 4/5
Background score: 4/5
Overall ratings: 7/10
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Dixie Bones BBQ has had the pleasure of catering for the Reston Raiders ice hockey team's annual event in Reston, VA for many years! This year we decided to do something a little different… VLOG it.
In 2017, I went on the event as a catering server & loved it. The energy & atmosphere were ripe for recording. When we were asked to do it again in 2018, I knew we had to VLOG it so everyone could see just how much fun it is.
There are so many great catering choices to choose from in the Reston/Northern Virginia area which is why we are ecstatic that the Reston Raiders team chooses us to cater their event every year.
See our video where we follow Tatchin – one of our catering servers – around. See the catering event from her point of view while she interacts with what's going on around her.
In this post, we'll breakdown our schedule over the course of the day. You can see how we time managed the Reston catering event & what interesting things happened while we were there!
6:00AM | Dixie Bones cooks clock in & begin preparing catering food for the day's event.
7:45 AM | Richard P. – Event Supervisor – arrives at Dixie Bones to begin event prep. He confirms that the cooks are preparing all the food that has been ordered.
8:15AM | Tatchin B. & Sandra R. – catering event servers – clock in & help Richard load up the truck with our catering equipment – things like: buffet tables, tablecloths, paper products, buffet pans, etc. They may also drink a cup of coffee to prepare for the fun day ahead of them.
8:30AM | Richard meets with the catering staff that day to brief them on the event & what he expects of them. On this particular event, he wanted the catering staff to make sure if any children need help getting food, we help immediately.
8:45AM | Tatchin sits down to VLOG & tells the audience her background.
9:00AM | The food is ready. It is put into temperature holding cambros & loaded onto the truck.
9:30AM | Catering services does one more final check to make sure the truck has everything & then we all leave.
9:45AM | The event location is about a 40 minute drive away & we have to arrive an hour & a half before the meal time (in this case, it's Noon). This early arrival guarantees that we have plenty of time to set everything up. Tatchin drives separately from Richard & Sandra since there isn't enough room in the truck.
10:00AM | The gloomy day forces Tatchin to play upbeat, dance music so that she won't be dragged down by the weather.
10:30AM | We all arrive. We meet with Steve Willey, head of the event, to see where we're setting up & if they would like us to do anything different this year.
10:40AM – 11:40AM | We unload & set-up the buffet line.
11:50AM | Meal time is at Noon but some hungry folks come in early. Since we're all set up, we let them go at it a little early!
12:10PM | Despite the gloominess, it still hasn't started raining yet!
12:30PM | One of the hockey team's coolers starts to leak out & someone comes to the rescue to mop up the mess.
1:30PM | The buffet line starts to slow down since most people have eaten & cleared out because of the rain. Tatchin takes a moment to explore & take pictures.
2:00PM | Meal time is over & everyone is full. We start to break down the buffet line & pack everything up.
2:10PM | We put all the leftover food in aluminum containers & leave them for Steve to do what he wishes with it. Since the food is prepaid, all leftover food belongs to the events people.
2:30PM | The truck is fully loaded. We collect payment from Steve & prepare to head out.
2:40PM | Tatchin has some last minute fun since the rain cleared everyone out (see the video to see what she did).
2:50PM | We all drive back to the restaurant.
3:00PM | Tatchin winds down by listening to sad music to go along with the rainy weather.
3:30PM | We arrive back at the restaurant to unload all our catering supplies & clean the truck.
This Reston event went off without a hitch! Other than a leaky cooler & a little boy falling on the ice rink, we saw nothing but smiles!
Catering is such a routine thing here at Dixie Bones that our staff knows how to make it easy & fun – no matter what.


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Q: Change html content at a specific video timecode of a html5 video I have an html5 video player and at the bottom of this video i want to display questions at a specific time range.
For example from 0sec to 2sec it's question 1, from 2sec to 4sec it's
question 2...
I've managed to change the content of my DOM element at a specific timecode. I'm pretty close to what i want. But there is some bug with my method :
var interval = setInterval(myFunction, 10);

function myFunction() {
  if (Math.floor(vid.currentTime) == 2) {
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = 'de 2 à 4 secondes

<input type="checkbox" name="answer3" value="answer3"> answer 3
<input type="checkbox" name="answer4" value="answer4"> answer 4
';
  }
}

If you click right after the change the checkbox is reset.
Any other method to do that ? Or another library i should use ?
Here is my example :
https://jsfiddle.net/5stLf6f9/28/

A: The issue with the code was because you were immediately overwriting the HTML content of the #demo div when the interval fired. Hence any selection was immediately overwritten with the newly created input element.
To fix this you can store the last time the HTML was updated and only change the content when the new time code boundary is hit. You can also simplify the logic by placing the HTML in an array and doing some simple maths on the timecode to work out which index of the array to show. You can also use the timeupdate event instead of polling the video properties every 10ms. Try this:

var video = document.getElementById('myVideo'),
  demo = document.getElementById('demo')

video.addEventListener('timeupdate', setQuestions);
video.addEventListener('ended', function() {
  demo.textContent = 'Done!';
});

var questionData = [
  'de 0 à 2 secondes

<input type="checkbox" name="answer1" value="answer1"> answer 1
<input type="checkbox" name="answer2" value="answer2"> answer 2
',
  'de 2 à 4 secondes

<input type="checkbox" name="answer3" value="answer3"> answer 3
<input type="checkbox" name="answer4" value="answer4"> answer 4
',
  'de 4 à 6 secondes

<input type="checkbox" name="answer5" value="answer5"> answer 4
<input type="checkbox" name="answer6" value="answer6"> answer 5
',
  'plus de 6 secondes

<input type="checkbox" name="answer7" value="answer7">  answer 6
<input type="checkbox" name="answer8" value="answer8"> answer 7
'
]

function setQuestions() {
  var index = Math.floor(video.currentTime / 2);
  if (video.dataset.lastIndex != index) {
    demo.innerHTML = questionData[index] || questionData[questionData.length - 1];
    video.dataset.lastIndex = index;
  }
}

<video id="myVideo" width="320" height="176" controls>
    <source src="https://www.w3schools.com/tags/mov_bbb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    <source src="mov_bbb.ogg" type="video/ogg"> Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>


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Q: Extract env variables from file using regex # code

ENV['VAR_1'] = 'HELLO 1'
ENV['VAR_2'] = 'HELLO 2'
ENV['VAR_3'] = 'HELLO 3'

# code

How do I extract using ruby and regex each variable and it's value?
Currently I'm doing line by line which is stupid.
S3_SECRET       = line.split(' = ').last.delete("'") if line =~ /ENV\['S3_SECRET'\]/
S3_KEY          = line.split(' = ').last.delete("'") if line =~ /ENV\['S3_KEY'\]/
S3_BUCKET       = line.split(' = ').last.delete("'") if line =~ /ENV\['S3_BUCKET'\]/

A: You may have quite a verbose regex like
/^ENV\['(.*?)'\] *= *'(.*?)'$/

See the regex demo.
Details:

*

*^ - start of line

*ENV\['  - a literal ENV[' substring

*(.*?) - Group 1 capturing 0+ chars other than a newline as few as possible up to the first

*'\] - literal '] text

* *= * - a = sign enclosed with optional (0 or more) spaces

*' - a single quote

*(.*?) - Group 2 capturing 0+ chars other than a newline as few as possible up to the

*'  - final ' at...

*$ - the end of the line.

Here is a Ruby demo:
s = <<DATA
# code

ENV['VAR_1'] = 'HELLO 1'
ENV['VAR_2'] = 'HELLO 2'
ENV['VAR_3'] = 'HELLO 3'

# code
DATA
puts s.scan(/^ENV\['(.*?)'\] *= *'(.*?)'$/).to_h

Output: {"VAR_1"=>"HELLO 1", "VAR_2"=>"HELLO 2", "VAR_3"=>"HELLO 3"}

A: Suppose you've read the file into an array of lines (using, say, IO#readlines).
arr = ["ENV['VAR_1'] = 'HELLO 1'",
       "ENV['VAR_2'] = 'HELLO 2'",
       "ENV['VAR_3'] = 'HELLO 3'"]

Rather than using a complex regex straight away, we can remove the text we don't want, split the slimed-down strings on "=", surrounded by spaces, and then convert the resultant array to a hash.
bad_bits = %w| ENV[ ] ' |
  #=> ["ENV[", "]", "'"]
r = Regexp.union(bad_bits)
  #=> /ENV\[|\]|'/
arr.map { |str| str.gsub(r, '') }.map { |s| s.split(/\s+=\s+/) }.to_h
  #=> {"VAR_1"=>"HELLO 1", "VAR_2"=>"HELLO 2", "VAR_3"=>"HELLO 3"}

Notice that Regexp::union does the escaping of regex's special characters for you.