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Fans of the cult comedy film Super Troopers (2001) have been clamoring for a sequel for several years, but the filmmakers - a group of friends known as the comedy troupe Broken Lizard - pursued other comedic endeavors in the ten years that followed, which ultimately became a string of critical and commercial failures (Club Dread, Beerfest, The Slammin' Salmon). However, those flops, combined with the insistence of their loyal and passionate fan base has prompted the Lizards to finally put Super Troopers 2 into action.
A few months back, we heard that a finished script was turned in to 20th Century Fox and that the group was ready to start shooting later this year. The only remaining hurdle was securing funding and according to the Lizards themselves, that's one hurdle they haven't been able to clear yet.
While appearing as guests on comedian Bert Kreischer's podcast, Bertcast, earlier this week, group members Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lemme said that the studio has agreed to distribute the film, but that it will not provide a budget for production or marketing, which Fox execs said needs to be at least $15 million in total.
The deal basically puts Broken Lizard in the same position it was in when it made the first film. The Lizards will have to raise the money themselves independently - like they did for Super Troopers - by asking friends and private investors.
Said Heffernan:
"We're hoping that it's not going to be that hard because there are people with money out there who are fans."
If all else fails, the group is considering using the fundraising site Kickstarter, which has proven to be successful for projects such as the Veronica Mars movie.
Said Lemme:
"We don't have that kind of money, so Kickstarter seems like a legitimate way to do it."
While not getting studio funding may seem like a setback for the project, Heffernan and Lemme said they were happy with the deal, considering that it takes care of distribution and that it means there will be no studio meddling when it actually comes time to shoot.
Said Heffernan:
"We certainly don't have any interference with the studio. We can make the movie we want to make."
The fact that the studio wouldn't be involved with production may be the best piece of news for hardcore fans who want to see a no-holds-barred sequel to the film they love. What's also nice to see for fans is that the filmmakers seem determined to make Super Troopers 2 happen no matter which fundraising route they have to take. They also told Kreischer that they weren't working on any other films, which suggests that their sole focus is on the Super Troopers sequel.
Would you contribute some hard earned cash to see Car Ramrod ride again? Let us know in the comments and stay tuned to how Super Troopers 2 develops. We'll let you know when production gets underway.
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In our last post, we discussed multiple ways or more accurately metrics that we have at our disposal for evaluating a classification model. While this evaluation process is leading us down the road towards model selection we need to first consider optimizing or tuning our model for the task at hand.
Model Parameters
Over the course of this series we introduced a number (yet not exhaustive list) of different model algorithms that can be used for both binary and multiclass classification task. All of these models require model parameters to do their jobs or function. Some parameters are learned during the training process and do not require any special handling per se while others can be tuned to affect the behavior or the model. These parameters are often referred to as hyperparameters and will be the focus of this post.
My highly uneducated and unofficial guess is that many of you like me haven't the slightest clue what a hyperparameter is or what impact it will have on a given algorithm. Couple that with the fact that different algorithms have different hyperparameters and its enough to make your head spin. Fear not there is a light at the end of the tunnel and we will arrive there soon. Before we do however, let's consider some of the various hyperparameters you are likely to encounter.
- Logistic Regression – Regularization (often referred to as 'C')
- SVM – Kernel, Gamma and Regularization
- Decision Trees – Depth
Optimal Configuration and Grid Search
To date, we've often ignored algorithm hyperparameters by accepting default values and without understanding the inner workings of an algorithm it's difficult to guess the optimal configuration without some iterative random guess. Enter hyperparameter tuning in the form of a technique called grid search.
The grid search technique is simply a brute-force method where we exhaustively iterate over a collection of possible parameter values to find the optimal configuration for a model. Once all the possible combinations have been considered the "best" model is returned. As you can imagine this is an extremely computationally expensive process and many machine learning libraries have built in implementations of this technique. Conveniently enough the scikit-learn implementation is called GridSearchCV.
To use this technique we need to think through a couple of different things up front. First and most importantly is a scoring metric. Going back to our prior post, the score metric is largely based on the task at hand and if we choose something like Accuracy then GridSearch evaluate all the possible combinations of parameter values returning the "best" model with the highest accuracy score.
Next we need to specific a list or range of possible parameter values that we want to evaluate. For obvious reason these may vary between algorithms and if you are not sure where to start your friendly inter-webs search engine or the documentation for the ML library of your choice is going to be your friend.
With these two pieces in place we can use the code provided below to run our grid search to find the optimal model configuration.
from sklearn.cross_validation import train_test_split from sklearn.grid_search import GridSearchCV from sklearn.metrics import classification_report from sklearn.svm import SVC parameters = {'kernel':('linear', 'rbf'), 'C': [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, 10.0, 100.0, 1000.0]} svc = svm.SVC() clf = GridSearchCV(estimator = svc, param_grid = parameters, scoring ='accuracy', cv = 5, n_jobs =-1) clf.fit(X_train, y_train) print('Best Config: %s' % clf.best_params_) print('Best Score: %.3f' % clf.best_score_)
Best Config: {'kernel': 'linear', 'C': 1.0} Best Score: 0.971
The preceding code outputs the optimal hyperparameters configuration as well as the highest score for the best performing estimator. To see how our model performs on unseen data, we could then train this optimal model and score it using our test data as seen below. The results show that in this particular example our model generalizes pretty well and actually has a higher accuracy score against our test dataset.
best = clf.best_estimator_ best.fit(X_train, y_train) print('Score (Accuracy): %.3f' % best.score( X_test, y_test))
Score (Accuracy): 0.978
Nested Cross Validation
We originally discussed cross validation and more specifically k-fold cross validation in the prior post on model evaluation. We will extend that concept here in the context of model selection when we are interested in comparing one model to another while minimizing bias. Using this technique allows us to work with k-fold cross validation both for tuning our hyperparameters and in the subsequent evaluation of the model. The result being a score (in our case accuracy score) for each k-fold. Let's look at an example.
from sklearn.cross_validation import cross_val_score cv_scores = cross_val_score(clf, X, y, scoring='accuracy', cv=5) print(cv_scores) print('Accuracy: %.3f +/- %.3f' % (np.mean(cv_scores), np.std(cv_scores)))
[ 0.96666667 1. 0.9 0.96666667 1. ] Accuracy: 0.967 +/- 0.037
A quick look results using 5 folds, shows that our average model accuracy for the test is 96.7% with a standard deviation of 3.7%. Looking at the detail scores we see that our best estimator was perfect on two folds and has a low score of 90%. If we were evaluating multiple models for example a Logistic Regression or Decision Tree we could compare these scores to determine which model is likely to provide the best results.
In this post we discussed model selection through brute force hyperparameter tuning using grid search and nested cross validation as a means to minimize bias during evaluation. With that we've covered the basics within the context of a classification problem. In our next post we will discuss a means for tying all these concepts together in a streamlined and repeatable manner using pipelines.
Till next time!

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Today, children are taking their own lives after being bullied. Children are being abused by their own parents. I am utterly shocked to hear the frequent occurrence of such incidents. How are such tragedies possible? How is it that even children with their whole future ahead of them are being abused and bullied at home and in school, the very places that should protect and nurture them? I sent Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Eriko Yamatani and Head of the Education Rebuilding Council Office Hiroyuki Yoshiie to Chikuzen Town in Fukuoka Prefecture immediately after a student committed suicide there as a result of having been bullied in school. It is the basic stance of the Abe Cabinet to listen directly to the voices of the people concerned.
As this article in The Japan Times indicates, there are considerable problems beyond the educational environment -- particuarly lax standards and a misplaced emphasis on preparing students for university entrance exams. It is unclear how exactly introducing patriotism into the curriculum will help. Perhaps it will create a more disciplined learning environment? Whatever the reasoning, it is difficult to see how it will improve the ability of Japanese students to thrive in a globalized world. Thus the DPJ's stalling tactics against the bill -- criticized in this editorial by the right-of-center Yomiuri Shimbun -- may prevent the passage of an education bill, but perhaps over the long run it will lead to the passage of a better education bill.
The measure of education reform in Japan, and, for that matter in other developed countries, must be how successful it is in preparing students for a world that is changing drastically. In the coming decades, Japan's role as a regional leader will grow and, mutatis mutandis, Japan will be more globalized than it has ever been before. It may be time to shift the balance in Japanese education away from producing nails that don't "stick out" (from the oft-used Japanese proverb 出る釘が打たれる, deru kugi ga utareru, "the nail that sticks out gets hammered down"), and begin emphasizing creative and critical thinking. Japan shouldn't completely abandon the old ways, but as Japan changes -- and Japan has been in the midst of tremendous, if understated upheaval for some time now -- so too should the Japanese education system.
The other piece of legislation of significance this term is a bill to elevate the Japan Defense Agency -- currently a 庁 (cho), an office subordinate to the Prime Minister's Office and therefore a second-tier participant in the Cabinet -- to a 省 (sho), a proper defense ministry that would be a member of the Cabinet with first-tier standing. This bill was actually leftover from the spring, but now, the Asahi Shimbun reports (link in English), it is likely to pass during the current session, thanks to the support of the DPJ. The bill is coupled with a revision of the Self-Defense Forces Law that elevates deployments outside of Japan to participate in UN peacekeeping operations or to provide rear-area support for US forces to one of the JSDF's primary missions, alongside territorial defense and disaster relief. The latter bill may be as significant as the former, because it enshrines into a new view of the JSDF as a force that excels at MOOTW, as I discussed yesterday. Both pieces are consistent with the "normalization through law" approach that has dominated Japanese security policy since the early 1990s: they push the envelope of permissible security activities, and expand the tools by which the Government of Japan will be able to act should a critical situation arise, but they do not in and of themselves constitute "normalization." So these bills are further positive steps in pursuit of the ever-elusive goal of a Japan fully capable of acting as a security provider.
What emerges from this picture of this term's activity in the Diet is a DPJ struggling to find the right strategy to confront a reforming LDP prime minister -- it struggled to find the right way to attack Koizumi, and it looks to be in the same place regarding Abe. The problem is that cleavages in Japanese politics do not neatly coincide with party lines. Cleavages are within parties, rather than between them, which puts the DPJ's conservative reformers (many in the younger generation in politics) in an uncomfortable position when confronted with initiatives generated by young conservative reformers in the LDP. That dilemma explains the pattern seen in this term: the DPJ supports strengthening Japan's national security apparatus, which is largely uncontroversial and valued by the DPJ's hawks, while taking a strong stand against the controversial revision of the education law. The DPJ will grasp whatever issue it can to contrast itself with the LDP. Whether this strategy will lead to the DPJ forming a government in the near future remains to be seen.
To conclude on a personal note, I have decided on an apartment. I will be living in Kamakura, walking distance to Kamakura Station on the Yokosuka line. A long commute perhaps, but what's a long commute when one has reading material. A pleasant beach town popular with toursts, Kamakura will probably be great (and noisy) come summertime. Upon moving in, however, I will have to furnish the place entirely -- and I mean entirely. There is not a single appliance or piece of furniture in the place (not counting the bathroom). It makes be tired just thinking about it, and there are a number of contractual steps I must take before I will be able to move into the apartment. Simply exhausting, although my present exhaustion is in part the long days I have day in, day out -- up before 6am, asleep after 11pm. On top of that, my earlier progress in recovering my Japanese abilities seems to have stalled somewhat. Sorry to end on a down note, but at the moment there's just not that much "up" there. After all, it's the start of the weekend, but the weekend schedule is no different than the rest of the week.
I'll close by linking to an article from the Chronicle on Higher Education on Wikipedia. As readers will notice, I regularly link to Wikipedia articles. As the gateway to information -- the "alpha," so to speak -- there's simply nothing better. It's not one-hundred percent authoritative, but it's an excellent place to begin looking something up -- and when in need of the answer to a trivia question or crossword clue, I've yet to be disappointed.


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Congratulations to the Toronto Varsity Blues and BCO grad Denise Wooding (2011), player of the gold medal match and tournament all star, for their 1st ever CIS Gold Medal in program history.
Congratulations also to UBC Okanagan Heat and BCO grads Katie Wuttunee 2011), tournament all star, Emily Oxland (2012) and Michelle Jakszuk (2013), for the Bronze Medal at their 1st ever appearance in the CIS Championship.
Any finally, congrats to the UBC Thunderbirds and BCO grads Alessandra Gentile (2013), Sam Patko (Player of the Game, 2014) and Katie Crawford (2011), for their 4th place finish.
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Tryouts can be nerve-wracking, so we asked some of our BCO family who have had some very successful tryouts for some tips. Hint: not one of their tryout tips has anything to do with not making mistakes! Your evaluators know that not every pass or set will be perfect – that's how volleyball goes. What they're curious about is how you react to these imperfections to make sure the next one is a little better.
Don't compare yourself to other players or try to figure out what the coach is thinking. You will give yourself the best chance of making the team if you just play hard and enjoy! – Denise Wooding, BCO Grad 2011, University of Toronto libero, 2015 OUA East Libero of the Year
Look at the coach when they are talking to you! And stand out by your work ethic. Put max effort into every drill even if it's something your not comfortable in, get comfortable being uncomfortable!
Always do the demos!!!!!!! - Devon May, BCO Grad 2013, SFU left side
Don't forget to smile! – Jayme Bratsberg, BCO Grad 2014, SFU libero
My mom made me wear a bright red shirt, as if a 6'3 grade 10 didn't stick out already. I would try my hardest and be friendly to everyone!!! It's a team sport after all – Katie Wuttunee, BCO Grad 2011, UBC Okanagan middle, 2014 Canada West All-Star
Be coachable! If a coach asks you to try a new technique make sure you do! Also always put 100% effort into every drill! – Danielle Curtis, BCO Grad 2011, SFU setter
Be the most positive on the court because you could be the worst player but they might take you if you have the right attitude and work ethic – Jen Johnstone, BCO Grad 2011, former Guelph University middle
Relax, have fun and work your hardest! – Kendra Finch, BCO Grad 2015, Thompson Rivers University left side
Be loud, always run from drill to drill or from drills to water, don't worry about what other people in your position are doing just be yourself! The most important thing is to be aggressive and have fun :) – Shae Harris, BCO Grad 2015, Seattle University setter, 2015 Canadian National B Team
Be competitive!! And wear basketball shorts. – Rhiannon Patterson, former BCO & VCCE Coach, former Capilano University right side
No matter what age you are bubble kneepads are the way to go and will always impress coaches – Dayna Kern, BCO Grad 2015, Tulane University middle
Go for every ball! – Kate Lonergan, BCO Grad 2012, former University of Toronto libero
Be super loud (with intention don't just yell for no reason) and be a leader! Listen to instructions and be the first to set up the drills when you're asked – Anna Price, BCO Grad 2015, UBC left side
Volunteer for demos. – Katie Crawford, BCO Grad 2011, UBC libero
Always listen to the coaches and volunteers when they are speaking or giving instruction and especially when they are giving you feedback. Work hard, play with determination, and smile! – Meghan Koven, BCO Grad 2015, Capilano University left side
You can't control what the evaluators write down. What you can control is what you do, so focus on the little things. Stop your feet before you pass and finish every set with even hands. – Wes Webb, BCO 18U Elite Associate Head Coach
At our November Board Meeting, a number of key decisions regarding the organization of our club were discussed. The Board of Directors has approved a number of paid positions to ensure the long-term viability of BCO Volleyball. While our club has managed to operate well in the past on the reliance of volunteers, increasing demands in relation to administrative tasks as well as the implementation of Development Camps and the Beach Program has resulted in BCO becoming a 12-month a year operation.
BCO Club Organization 2015/2016
John McGowan
Mike Rockwell
Jane Corrigan
Shannon Graham
Tony Laurita
Trina Hewlett
Richard Price
Linda Wolverton
Athlete Development
Alan Ahac
Director - Club Operations*
Deb Janzen
Operations Assistant*
Suzy Koven
Social Media Coordinator*
Mika Janzen
Kirsten Bell
Facilities Coordinator**
Arlene Murdock
Club Head Coach*
Dan Huzar
Technical Development Committee
Rob Gowe
As this is the first year that we are implementing these paid positions, the Board of Directors is committed to conducting a review at the end of the season and making any adjustments to the list of positions as required.
Positions with an * are paid positions for the 2015/2016 season.
All team coaching and manager staff are volunteer positions.
Club Fees 2015-2017
The Board of Directors also passed a motion to increase club fees over the next two seasons. These fee increases are necessary in order to cover a number of administrative cost increases as well as to support the creation of the new club positions.
· Volleyball BC and Volleyball Canada membership fee per user has increased.
· Volleyball BC tournament fees have increased for all age groups including for Regionals and Provincials.
· New club structure.
· Administration costs (website & registration system, legal & accounting for CRA requirements).
14U Girls
15U Girls
16U Girls
17/18U Girls
2016 Season
2017 Season
Note: As boy's teams do not always follow the same season structure/plan as the girl's teams, fees for these teams will be confirmed upon the head coaches confirmation of season structure and approved by the BCO Board.
BCO Volleyball Club
As we are gearing up for the 2015/2016 club volleyball season, we are pleased to announce our incoming President, John McGowan. McGowan enters the Presidential role with an impressive resume and history with BCO, most recently as an Assistant Coach with the 2015 18U Elite team. Currently, he is the District Principle for the North Vancouver School District. He has been an educator on the North Shore for over 20 years and has coached volleyball at the high school and club level for as many years. McGowan began teaching in the early 90's and spent 15 years as Secondary School Vice Principal and Principal before moving to the Board Office. We're excited for what the new season will bring, and read on below for his message to the club.
President's Statement
It is my true honour to take on the role of President of the BCO Volleyball Club. After spending a year working with Mike Rockwell, our outgoing President, my hope is to maintain the legacy established by Mike and Neil (Sulkas) of BCO being one of the most recognized volleyball clubs in Canada.
BCO was established to give young athletes on the North Shore the opportunity to play volleyball beyond playing at school. Over the years, the club has developed and expanded to support not only our local young athletes, but to provide high level training and competition for players from across the Lower Mainland. This model has seen tremendous success Provincially and Nationally culminating with our 18U Elite team winning Provincial and National Gold Medals last year. Each year, a number of our graduating athletes are also able to continue playing volleyball at the post-secondary level. Please take a look at our Alumni page to see a partial and always updated list.
More importantly are the positive life experiences we try to provide to each of our BCO athletes. We hope that each of them will know what it means to be part of the BCO family and that their time with our club will help them develop the attributes and traits to help them find success and happiness in their lives.
With the addition of our Camp program over the past couple of years, we want to continue to support the development of volleyball on the North Shore. This program has allowed us to introduce the sport to young girls and boys at a much younger age than in the past. We have also started a Beach program, opening up this exciting version of the sport to our local athletes.
Finally, I want to thank all of the athletes, parents, coaches, and individuals who have been part or are currently part of our club. This club is testament to each of you. The fact that it has been in existence since 1978 demonstrates to me that we have created an organization that provides an important and critical part of the North Shore community.
Last weekend at the AGM, we happily announced three additions to the BCO Board or Directors: a warm welcome to Linda Wolverton, Dick Price, and Tony Laurita! Although, "welcome" doesn't quite seem to be the right word as these three have already contributed so much to our club over the years.
Linda returns to BCO after leaving the Board in 2012 when her daughter, Hannah, graduated after 5 years of playing with BCO. During her time off, Linda focused on her three sons' athletic pursuits, lending her insight to rugby and soccer. This year we've finally managed to convince Linda to come back to BCO and the land of dry, warm indoor sports and games that aren't (usually) played in the rain. In all seriousness, we are grateful to have her grounded parent perspective back on the BCO Board of Directors.
Richard is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of British Columbia and has previously worked on a project under the UBC President's Office to attract top Canadian athletes to CIS schools rather than the NCAA (USA). He also has an extensive basketball background as a player at the University of Alberta and a coach at the high school level for boys and girls. If Richard's last name is ringing a bell, it might be because his daughter, Anna, wrapped up her 5 years with BCO on the 2015 18U Elite team. She currently plays for the UBC Thunderbirds, but we are very happy that Richard has agreed to join our Board of Directors and keep a Price at BCO.
Speaking of 18U Elite, our third addition to the Board of Directors is one of last year's 18U Elite Assistant Coaches, Tony Laurita. Tony is a teacher at Burnaby North Secondary and served as a long time director on the BC School Sports Volleyball Board until we snagged him for the BCO Board. He is renowned in the BCO 18U community for his creative scorekeeping skills during practice. His two daughters, Jenna and Kiera, played at BCO; Tony brings the coveted combination of coach and parent input and we are lucky to have him.
Although we are excited to welcome the new additions, we unfortunately must say goodbye to Nina Hoppe as she steps down from the Board of Directors. Thank you for all of your tireless work with our boy's programs!
A popular saying these days is to 'stay in your lane'. In my experience, it's always been used jokingly in a meme or as a lighthearted negotiation in an Instagram comment war. I never really thought much about what those five words actually meant. Recently I began thinking.
With so many camps and academies and teams and practices, there's a fair amount of volleyball to go around on the Lower Mainland As a result, there's a fair amount of pressure to make sure you go to the 'right' camps and play on the 'right' teams. September seems to be a time of decisions - which sports to play, which teams to play for, which things to cut out. How do you decide? You stay in your lane.
Yes, if you want to be great you need to make sacrifices. Yes, if you are going to be the best in the club, province, or country, you will need to take extra opportunities to get reps outside of normal practice. No, there is no defined list of sacrifices or opportunities to be successful. No, you are not going to be a failure if you don't take every single opportunity. No, you are not going to get cut from a team because you didn't go to a camp. Yes, you will get cut from a team if you don't make every rep matter, whether it's on the court or in the weight room.
What it really comes down to is commitment. For some, that commitment is signing up for every camp and never missing a practice. For others, that commitment is subtler. It's always being the sweatiest at practice. It's late nights or early mornings alone in the weight room. It's being that teammate that everyone wants to share their successes with as much as they want a hug from in their failures. I'm not saying one way is better than another, or even that there is a divide - that's kind of the whole point of this post. Just because everyone else is taking one path doesn't mean that's the right one for you. You do you. At the end of the day, you're the one who has to see your commitments through; in my experience I've enjoyed, and been far more successful in, the things I do because I want to much more than the ones I do because I feel like I'm supposed to. Stay in your lane.
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life" – Steve Jobs
Even though the calendar says summer doesn't end until the middle of September, it always feels like September 1st should be the first day of fall. Maybe it's because school's going back, Vancouver has reclaimed its title of Raincouver with a vengeance, or maybe I'm the only one who feels like this. Either way, here are some highlights from BCO's summer of success.
Alumni at the Senior Women's National Team Tryouts | In May, Volleyball Canada held an open tryout to select the Senior Women's National B Team. This team trains with the National A team for a month, playing an integral role in preparing the squad for international competitions and Olympic qualifiers. The tryout drew national team hopefuls and future Olympic dreamers from across the country, including 5 BCO athletes. 18U's Shae Harris, Sarah Chase, Tessa May, and Dayna Kern headed straight to Winnipeg after winning Gold at Club Nationals in Calgary. Joined by 2012 alumnus (18U National 4th Place finisher) and current SFU libero, Alison McKay, the girls went through a grueling 4-day tryout complete with two-a-days and fitness testing.
We should mention/toot our own horn that your average (or even above average) high-school players are way out of their league at anything Senior National Team related, so even just keeping up at the tryout was a feat in itself.
At the end of the tryout, the news started trickling back to Vancouver that our BCO players absolutely crushed it. In fact, three of them were offered one of nine available spots on the squad. Harris, Chase, and McKay were officially one GIANT step closer to the National A Team and possibly Olympic dreams.
Of course, participating in any iteration of the Senior National Team sounds like a no-brainer, but I think it's important to mention the sacrifices these athletes (and so many more) have made in their volleyball careers for the opportunity. McKay commuted to play with BCO from Port Coquitlam, essentially spending the same amount of time getting to practice as she did actually practicing. Chase packed up her life at the ripe old age of 16 to move from Campbell River to North Vancouver to train with BCO, completely uprooting herself from her family and friends to chase the dream (oooh was that a pun? I'll let you be the judge.). Harris, a native North Vancouverite, was slated to be Carson Graham Secondary's co-Valedictorian this year – an honour she had to forego to stay in Winnipeg and train with the National Teams. These kids aren't joking around, but I guess that's why they were selected and why we're so very proud of them.
Myeloma Fundraiser Match | There are two rules to trash talking:
1. Don't say anything you can't back up
2. Always follow Rule #1
Back at one practice in April, resident trash-talker/2015 18U Elite Coach, Dan Huzar, broke all the rules and told 18U Elite right side/ridiculously good beach volleyball player, Nicole McNamara, that he could beat her and her twin sister in a beach volleyball match. Always up for a "challenge", Nicole agreed and Dan somehow roped 18U Black Coach/actual beach volleyball player, Wes Webb, into being his partner. Next thing we knew, Volleyball BC had graciously agreed to let us use the feature court before the annual Clearly Open and the event would be a fundraiser for Myeloma Canada. It was a legit thing. Dan was legit wishing he followed Rules #1 and #2.
There was a lot of hype leading up to the July 9th face off, and the match didn't disappoint. We raised just under $2400 for Myeloma Canada, convincingly exceeding our $2000 goal. Spoiler alert: the twins took the match in a generous 3 sets, but I think it's safe to say it was a win all around! Relive the full match here, including Dan utilizing his medical time out and some peer-pressured induced skyballs.
PS Nic & Megan went on to win the pro division of the Clearly Open that weekend (for the second year in a row)...maybe a result of their great warm-up match competition? Or a result of their talent and hard work? One of these options seems much more likely...
North Shore Beach | Neil Sulkus, BCO's co-founder who passed away last year, was a driving force behind promoting beach volleyball on the North Shore and the implementation of the sand courts at the Lonsdale Shipyards. As a result of Neil's hard work, an increasing amount of indoor players have made the seasonal transition to the sand without having to drive 45 minutes to Kits Beach.
In 2015, BCO joined up with North Shore Stars Volleyball Club to form North Shore Beach and bring beach volleyball camps to the Shipyards. We ran training camps from June to August for beginner to advanced athletes who wanted to learn the game. To all of the athletes who took part in our camps, I hope you're excited for how high you'll be able to jump in indoor. Honestly, apart from the sunshine, great atmosphere, and other fabulous factors, transitioning from jumping on sand to hardwood floor is a great ego boost.
In all seriousness, it was so awesome to see Neil's dream realized. The work he started is by no means finished, but we are well on our way. Less than 300 days until next year's beach season!
Gold Streak Continues at Team BC | For a normal human, 2 gold medals at the highest level of high-school volleyball in one year seem like enough. Dan Huzar (coach) and Betsie de Beer (player and overall angel) are not normal humans. The two brought home the 18U Provincial and National Gold in the 2015 club season, but then continued the medal hunt with 18U Team BC. Huzar and de Beer, along with the rest of Team BC, trained long and hard in Whistler to prepare for NTCC's (National Team Challenge Cup) in Richmond, and Western Canada Summer Games in Wood Buffalo, Alberta. And, if you didn't deduce from the title of the section, they took home the gold at both, bringing them to 4 gold medals in 2015. Move over, Michael Phelps.
High School Prep Camps | Studies have shown that kids are rusty when they come back to school after 2 months of summer vacation. Wait…was that a legitimate excuse to run some volleyball camps? Well, don't mind if we do.
While others are out buying new pencils, going over their multiplication tables, and re-reading Catcher and the Rye, we prefer to focus on the really important stuff: dusting off those court shoes. School is obviously very important, I mean, if you didn't go to school you wouldn't be allowed to play high school volleyball! (But seriously kids, stay in school and study hard, that knowledge is actually useful for your future.)
Highlights from camps definitely included extreme bumper ball and whatever else goes down this week. OK, maybe summer isn't quite over yet...
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015. For most people, it was an ordinary Tuesday. For BCO 18U Elite, it was a great day to make club history.
It was Finals Tuesday at Calgary 2015 and the 18U National Champion Title was up for grabs. BCO was ranked second to the hometown Dino's coming into the tournament, and finished the first two days of pool play undefeated. The squad was cautiously optimistic, as they were also favourited to finish well at last year's Nationals until the Norwalk virus demolished any golden hopes.
The veteran squad was no stranger to pressure situations: 4 were core players on the AAAA Provincial Champion team for Argyle Secondary, 1 earned a Silver Medal at the Youth Olympics last year, and another 4 were headed directly to the Senior Women's National Team tryouts the next day.
The Quizzical Quarter's: BCO vs Leaside (ON 1)
In many pre-tournament speculations, this was the favourite match-up for the National Finals. Due to some pool play upsets, we met the powerhouse club from Ontario in the quarters, which I should mention were single knockout (i.e. you lose and your season is over). Needless to say, it was a high stakes match against a very talented team. But as they say, to be the best, you have to beat the best (or something like that).
From the first swing in warm-up to the game-winning stuff block (more on that in a second), both sides were fired up. BCO took the first set, but Leaside took the second. In the third set, BCO's calm confidence kicked in and even though it was close, we always had the upper hand. Then at 14-12, Kendra Finch absolutely roofed Leaside's right side hitter for the win. Literally, FTW.
The Scary Semi's: BCO vs Shock (MB 1)
The 2015 18U Elite squad was packed full of the sweetest, most caring kids around which made them a delight to coach. Unfortunately, sometimes their good manners leaked onto the court and as a certain 18U Assistant Coach liked to say, "We sportsed a little too hard for the other team". In the first set of the semi-finals, BCO probably scored 80% of the points; but most of those points went to Shock in the form of unforced errors (missed serves, hits into the net, etc.) and BCO dropped the set.
In the second set, we began to sports for our own team a bit more but soon realized that Shock's defence was REALLY GOOD. It was like they had a back row full of libero's. But wait, didn't 18U Elite just spend the last 3 weeks training with a back roll literally full of libero's? (Thank you Aly McKay, Brooke Halvorsen, and Jayme Bratsberg!!) We had trained for this exact moment, but it didn't mean it was going to be easy.
We soon found ourselves down 14-8 in the must-win second set. Head Coach Dan Huzar called the team's second and final time-out and made a pinnacle, life-changing speech akin to Al Pacino in Any Given Sunday (ok, maybe not quite that good, but it was definitely some of Huzar's best work). This time-out was followed by the TSN Turning Point of the match: outside hitter Anna Price was subbed in and 'put the team on her back'. This superstar came in off the bench, shook it up on the court and took BCO on a 17-5 run. Shock was shocked (pun intended).
By the third set we managed to find our groove and pulled it off 15-9. We were officially off to the National Finals, where the (mostly) Grade 12 squad would play their final high-school volleyball match on the same court Team Canada played in the FIVB World League just days before.
Fun fact: Last time BCO was in the 18U National final's (then coached by club co-founder Mike Rockwell), they lost to Shock's coach, Mike Burchuck. How's that for a little sweet revenge?
The Fabulous Final's: BCO vs Dino's (AB 1)
It's not very often in life that you can say that the next two hours will be magical. But, walking into the Stampede Corral for the 18U Division 1 National Finals, as cliche as it sounds, there was something special in the air. This would be the court where early mornings paid off, every drop of sweat mattered, and dreams came true. Or, this would be the court where the most painful loss of your high school career occurred.
To be honest, my memory of the whole match is a blur with distinct moments of clarity. Looking up and seeing all of our team's parents wildly cheering and BCO 18U Black with hilariously awesome signs. Tessa May demolishing a perfectly set step from Shae Harris. Winning the first set. Pulling ahead in the second set. Dayna Kern absolutely hammering a 51 near the end of the set. Nicole McNamara's superb ambidextrous skills coming in handy for the final point. 12 of the most awesome girls living one of the best moments of their lives. Winning the first ever 18U National Title for BCO. The team huddle to end all team huddles while surrounded by the most supportive parent group. Feeling an 18U National Gold Medal hung around your neck and knowing that every rep, swing, tear, sweat, laugh leading up to this moment was completely worth it.
Turns out knowing the next two hours of your life will be magical doesn't make them any less magical.
Watch the final match here (fast-forward to ~1:20:00)
Thanks to Volleyball Source for the interview with Provincial & National MVP, Team Canada National B Team setter, Shae Harris
Thanks to the North Shore News for the "sick" article
Thanks to Volleyball Stuff and Canuck Stuff for the awesome championship tee's
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At the end of a vigorous campaign and much public debate about the expansion of casino gambling at Newport Grand, we only know a few facts: Mr. Paolino and his real estate development partners say they intend to spend $40 million to renovate Newport Grand, and over $1 million in his political campaign. They propose to make Newport Grand an "entertainment center with casino gambling," presumably because casino gambling is a dying industry and needs life support. In Atlantic City, four casinos have closed. Nearby Foxwoods has laid off numerous employees.
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Brendan Gilmore elected new Longford GAA Chairman
Rathcline clubman Brendan Gilmore was elected the new Chairman of the County Board at the annual GAA Convention in Aras Ui Bhriain, Glennon Brothers Pearse Park on Friday night.
Gilmore overcame the challenge of the outgoing Vice-Chairman Pat Donnelly (Fr. Manning Gaels) in a contest for the top position, winning the vote 54-36.
Beating Eugene Murtagh (Sean Connolly's) in a very tight contest by the slender margin of just one vote, 45-44, outgoing Chairman Pat Cahill (Carrickedmond) is the new Central Council Delegate.
John Bannon (Legan Sarsfields) and John Duffy (Dromard) were elected in the contest for the two Leinster Council Delegate positions ahead of Eugene Quaine (Carrickedmond).
Ciaran Kelly (Ardagh St. Patrick's) lost out to Tommy McLoughlin Jnr. (Mostrim) in the contest for the position of Coaching Officer.
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CENTRAL COUNCIL DELEGATE – Pat Cahill 45 Eugene Murtagh 44
LEINSTER COUNCIL DELEGATES (2) – John Bannon 83 John Duffy 62 Eugene Quaine 35
John Bannon and John Duffy elected on the first count
COACHING OFFICER – Tommy McLoughlin Jnr. 56 Ciaran Kelly 34
The controversial motion that was proposed by the County Board to divide Templemichael Parish was defeated at the Convention by 48 votes to 38 following a secret ballot.
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Satellite Image of Toxic Red Sludge Ajka, Hungary, Kolontar Village
Satellite Images captured the environmental disaster of a contaminated waste reservoir that gave way to 24.7 million cubic feet of toxic red sludge on October 4th, 2010, killing nine people, injuring 150, forcing home evacuations and ruined property over 15 square miles.
The red sludge devastated creeks and rivers near the spill site and entered the Danube on Thursday October 7th 2010, moving downstream toward Croatia, Serbia and Romania.
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The IKONOS one-meter resolution satellite image features a portion of Hungary's toxic sludge spill east of Ajka, Hungary in the village of Kolontar. The image was taken on October 7th, 2010 and shows a close-up of the holding pond where the red mud pollution broke through the retainer wall. On the same day the image was captured authorities reported the spill had reached the Danube River, threatening to contaminate the waterway's ecosystem. The image was collected by the IKONOS Satellite from 423 miles in space as it moved from north to south over Hungary at a speed of 4.2 miles per second.
QuickBird (0.6m) Satellite Image of Toxic Red Sludge – Ajka, Hungary, Kolontar Village
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SPOT 5 (2.5m) Satellite Image of Reservoir in Ajka, Hungary – Before
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So, right off the bat, I have to confess that I am horrifyingly bad at coming up with titles. I have this tendency to ponder on them and keep the working title at the end. However, the book I wrote last has the potential to be my breakthrough, so I think it's high time I asked for advice.
The story is about a group of college freshmen. It has a Romantic element, with the main character getting to know his high school crush more and more as they're working together, slowly realizing she's not the person he imagined her to be. Now, what they're working on is the center of the plot: the 2016 Democratic Primary. Namely, they're supporters of the Sanders-campaign. The girl got the guy into it, and they're basically racing through the whole series of events, from late-August of 2015 to the California Primary.
To reflect the central role of the political line in the story, I thought about "A Future They Believed In" as the title. What do you guys think? Any suggestions?


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2016 Community Arts Partnership Artists
The Greater Columbus Arts Council's Community Arts Partnership Award program recognizes the community's crucial contributions to the arts including financial support, non-cash contributions, volunteer involvement and board participation. Strong partnerships between businesses, community members and the arts stimulate economic growth, promote the city's revitalization, encourage tourism and enhance Columbus' cultural image and give life to the city.
The 2016 event honored winners in six categories at a luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 13 at COSI.
Each year, as part of the program, the Arts Council purchases the work of three local artists to present to the three business honorees. Ten local artists are selected to show two works each at the CAP Art Selection show in August. Three works that will be chosen through a jury process in late August by the Arts Council's Board of Trustees presented at the 2016 CAP Awards.
Larry Hamill, Between Two Bridges
Cody Heichel, At the Cap
Jim Murrin, Morning Fish Beach


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During a presentation at CineEurope on Wednesday, Disney previewed its upcoming slate of films, including Toy Story 4, Mary Poppins Returns, and Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, to exhibitors. But the biggest title displayed at the trade show was Marvel's follow-up to the two-billion-dollar-grossing Avengers: Infinity War, the still-untitled Avengers 4.
No actual footage was shown; instead, those in attendance were treated to a video from Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige, who "shared a few details about the upcoming film, apologized for having less heroes to advertise this time around, and explained that the rest of the Marvel characters would need to band together in order to save the universe from Thanos." Marvel didn't come empty handed, though. Several scenes from Ant Man and the Wasp were shown, and the studio debuted a sizzle reel for Captain Marvel, the Brie Larson-starring film that comes out on March 8, 2019. Get ready to see her a lot:
While there isn't a frame-by-frame description of this footage, the report does state that it included Larson's take on the titular character. The video introduced exhibitors to who Captain Marvel is, explained her various powers, and said that she will be the next face and leader of the Marvel Cinematic Universe heading into Phase 4.
I am totally here for Captain Marvel replacing Iron Man as the face of the MCU, as long as she upgrades from her pager. Shuri can get her hooked up with something more exciting, like a Motorola Razr. It comes with a free U2 iPod!
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It was a Big Game, and the Big Three came up big.
And so, by the way, did Kendrick Perkins.
The Celtics got past the Pistons, 106-102, last night at the Garden to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. They�re one win away from advancing to the NBA Finals for the first time in 21 years.
Game 6 is at 8:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Palace of Auburn Hills. If a Game 7 is needed, it will be played at 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the Garden.
Kevin Garnett led Boston with a playoff-high 33 points, including the two clinching free throws with 3.4 seconds left. Ray Allen broke out of his prolonged shooting slump by making 9 of 15 shots, including 5 of 6 3-pointers, and scoring his playoff high of 29 points. Paul Pierce did his part by collecting 16 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds. The Big Three combined to make 25 of 43 shots after sinking only 11 of 38 in Boston�s Game 4 loss at Detroit.
Perkins was immense, collecting career playoff highs of 18 points and 16 rebounds, all in the first three quarters. Boston outrebounded Detroit, 42-25.
�Perkins is eating us up,� Pistons coach Flip Saunders said. �The games that they�ve won, he�s had big games.�
The Celtics led by 17 in the third quarter and by 15 early in the fourth, but had to hold off the Pistons at the end. Detroit pulled within one on Rodney Stuckey�s 3-pointer with 1:23 left and again when Stuckey sank two free throws with 8.2 seconds to play, but Allen and Garnett each made two at the line to end it.
�You take free throws at the end of the game,� Garnett said. �You want to be poised, you want to be calm, you go through your ritual, how you shoot free throws, and you let it go.�
The Celtics made only 5 of 13 shots and turned over the ball five times in the fourth period, but made 11 of 13 free throws.
�Man, it was the longest fourth quarter out of all the games we played in,� Pierce said. �We�ve got to be able to close the game out a little better than we did.�
Rajon Rondo made only 3 of 14 shots but made up for it by tying his career playoff high in assists with 13, again all in the first three quarters.
The Celtics� starters scored 103 of the team�s 106 points.
Chauncey Billups, who had been slowed by a strained hamstring, scored 26 points for Detroit.
�This is probably the best I�ve felt,� Billups said. �I felt really good in Game 2 before I tweaked it.�
Rip Hamilton poured in 25 for Detroit. After the game, Hamilton was in severe pain with what Saunders called a hyperextended right elbow. His status for tomorrow is unknown.
Rasheed Wallace scored 18 points, but picked up his sixth technical foul of the playoffs in the fourth quarter. One more, and he�ll be suspended for a game.
Antonio McDyess, who led Detroit to a Game 4 victory with 21 points and 16 rebounds, scored only 4 points before fouling out.
The Celtics are 29-0 in playoff series after taking a 3-2 lead.
When a best-of-seven Eastern Conference final has been tied, 2-2, the winner of Game 5 has gone to take the series 19 of 22 times. Entering last night, the Celtics had won six Game 5s of Eastern Conference finals with the series tied, 2-2, and had gone on to win those series every time. The two times they�ve lost Game 5 under those circumstances, they�ve lost the series.
The Celtics won Game 5 with the series tied, 2-2, in the first two rounds this year.
Boston improved to 10-1 at home in the playoffs. The C�s are 1-7 on the road.
�It�s a huge game,� Pierce said. �I mean, we don�t get this game, we put ourselves in position to have to win another road game. We know how tough it is to win out there in Detroit. It�s one of the biggest games that we played all year long.�
The Celtics tired in the fourth quarter because coach Doc Rivers stuck mostly with his starters. The bench scored its only points on James Posey�s 3-pointer with 9:54 left that regained a double-digit lead, 89-78.
Garnett�s jumper with 4:12 left in the third pushed Boston�s lead to 73-56. The Celtics made 9 of 13 shots in the quarter to that point. Perkins hit a pair of foul shots to regain a 17-point lead, 84-67, late in the third.
The Celtics dominated the boards, 28-11, in the first half and led, 52-46. They scored 20 field goals, one less than they had in all of Game 4.
Garnett banked in a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to cap a 14-1 run that give the Celtics a 50-43 lead. McDyess� dunk early in the second quarter gave the Pistons their largest lead of the half, 33-25.


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Microsoft .NET Framework for Windows
Component needed to execute programs using .NET Framework
- Necessary component to run .NET apps
- No standard user interface
Microsoft .NET Framework is one of those software components that don't work as applications by themselves, but rather as a framework to run other apps.
Microsoft .NET Framework contains everything you need to execute programs based on the .NET development environment. It includes common library files, language common routines and ASP.NET files.
Thanks to Microsoft .NET Framework you will no longer get error messages when trying to run .NET applications, so you should definitely install it on your system. What's more, installation is really easy: simply run the file and follow the wizard's steps. Just don't expect to have an interface or something similar to run .NET Frameworks: there's simply none.
Microsoft .NET Framework is a necessary component to run many applications nowadays, so you should absolutely install it on your system.


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Today marks the first official day of grilled cheese month. Yes, there is such a thing and I'm super excited about it. I decided to host a grilled cheese party at my house to help kick it off.
It's been a while since I've thrown a small dinner gathering at our house. This one was so incredibly easy and everyone got to make their own personal gourmet grilled cheese.
I teamed up with President cheese to discuss the "Art of Cheese." It doesn't get much better than just having a whole party dedicated to it. Just recently I fell in love with brie cheese. I've always avoided this cheese and now I'm trying to figure out why it's almost taken me 30 years to love it. I wanted this cheese to be the main star following the bread, meats and fixings.
- assortment of breads (my personal choice was a jalapeño cheese loaf)
- prosciutto
- baked bacon
- ham
- turkey
- salami
- Président® cut & wrap Brie wedge
- other cheeses
- pesto
- tomatoes
- spinach
- vegetable tray
- chips
- rondelé® by Président® 8 oz garlic & herbs
- diced watermelon
- Président® 8 oz regular feta chunk plain
Other items you could include
- Feta skewers
- salsa
- crab
- lobster
Everyone went down the line to prepare their sandwich and then went to our grilling station where Shaun's dad was flipping and grilling the sammies.
This brie pesto bread is the perfect start to any grilled cheese sandwich. Now you just have to choose your fillings. Entertaining with your friends and family members can be fun and they will love a gourmet grilled cheese party!
ENJOY ~ Meagan
Brie pesto bread
1 french baguette bread
1 tablespoons salted butter, melted
2 tablespoons pesto
7 oz. Président® Brie
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Slice baguette in half lengthwise. Brush the butter on each piece and top with pesto.
Cut the Président® Brie into small chunks and place on the top of each bread slice.
Place the bread on baking sheets and bake for 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.
Slice into 2 inches pieces.
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Paladins Update 1.43 (OB64+OB65) is now available for PS4 and Xbox One users. According to the official Paladins 1.43 patch notes, the new update includes new Champion Moji and friends. In addition, the update also added Team Deathmatch game mode and New TDM Map: Trade District. Check out more details below.
Paladins Update 1.43 Changelog
- Reward Claims
- The Profile screen shows Account Linking status. Players can currently link their Hi-Rez account to Twitch and/or Facebook
- The Profile screen allows user to Claim rewards from partner promotions such as viewer drops
- Pop-up for Primal Prowler Cat Mount
- Upon login user will see popup announcing the new cat mount and how it can be freely obtained
- Fixed a condition where some players Daily Quest would no longer progress
- Fixed some players getting two of the same Daily Quests
- Fixed an audio issue with Shatterfall
- Fixed an unintended side effect of healing when dying
- Fixed a visual issue with Immovable Object values not match the description
- Fixed Social menu not updating in real time (i.e. party and friend invites)
- Time to open another Chest has been reduced.
- New Game Mode: Team Deathmatch
- "With this patch we are introducing Team Deathmatch as our newest game mode. The first team to reach 40 kills will win the game. The Team Deathmatch queue will consist of 3 maps. Trade District is a new map featuring rotational spawns, so the battle will flow throughout the map. Magistrate's Archives and Foreman's Rise will put players in head to head combat fighting from spawn to spawn."
- Payload has been removed from the game
- "In cycling in new game modes we cycle out less popular modes to keep queues popping quickly. Payload has been the least played game mode for a while and was also confirmed as the least popular gamemode via the December player survey"
- New TDM Map: Trade District
- "In this brand new map, Trade District, the Champions of the Realm will once again battle in the shadow of the Magistrate's Stone Keep. Usually bustling with trade and commerce from around the Realm the streets of this city center are now filled with the ongoing conflict between the Paladins and the Magistrate's forces."
Full OB64 and OB65 Patch Notes are available here and here.
Check your game update and download latest Paladins Update 1.43 (OB64+OB65) on PS4 and Xbox One.


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Notification to the One Who Was Searching For an Explanation of 'Manhajus Saalikeen' In This Website
Assalaamu alaykum Warahmatullaah;
In the search section (in this website), we came across a search for Sharh of Manhajus Saalikeen. Here is a link https://archive.org/details/Bazmol_Moh with few audios (Explanation of Manhajus Saalikeen) by Shaikh Muhammad Baazmool (may Allaah preserve him). See audio numbers 85, 86, 87 and 88. Hope this would be helpful. May Allaah grant us and you beneficial knowledge, and righteous deeds.. Aameen.


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It is the middle of the day and the sun is up, I am rocking in my Rocking Chair admiring my Fairy Garden Pond.
The Flowers and the bushes surround the pond filled with Koi which are my pride and joy.
The Hardy Hibiscus have bloomed in pinks, red, and white flowering lovely in the beautiful sunlight.
I sit still, listen and watch hoping to see a Fairy sitting on a Lilly Pad or even a little Frog would make me glad.
I have a Mommy Bunny that had babies in my Fairy Garden and I carefully sit still and watch them hopping under the bushes playing in the Sun.
The Ornamental Grasses stand at least seven foot tall and sway back and forth in the wind while the Finches eat the seeds so high above.
I love my time sitting in the Sun rocking gently in my old Rocking Chair thanking God above for the beauty he has bestowed upon me.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The companies that compile consumer credit reports and scores — the firms people love to hate because they control so much of our financial lives — are set to come under new oversight Thursday.
The newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is scheduled on July 21 to take over from bank regulators a swath of consumer-product regulatory functions, including some oversight of mortgage and other credit products.
Included under the bureau's oversight obligations are the big three consumer credit-reporting companies, Equifax Inc. EFX, +0.55% Experian PLC (EXPN) and TransUnion.
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These companies compile data that banks and lenders use to identify borrowers' creditworthiness for major purchases, such as a home or car. The credit scores generated by the reports they issue — which help determine what interest rate you pay, and can make or break a major purchase — are calculated based on information such as an individual's car-payment history and whether a home loan is paid on time. Read more: Keep your credit scores from costing you.
Still, the full extent of the consumer bureau's oversight of these companies is unclear, as is whether the new watchdog agency will help to cut what consumer advocates say are unusually high credit-report error rates and credit-reporting firms' failure to resolve consumer disputes in a timely manner.
Consumer groups have long said these and other companies that compile consumer credit scores are black boxes, with no regulatory requirement that their systems and books be subject to periodic examinations.
"They want to keep their activities secret and not disclose the degree of problems they have like mixed files and ID theft cases," said David Szwak, partner at Bodenheimer, Jones & Szwak LLC.
Consumer advocates say the companies make too many errors, in part because they mismatch the files of different people, or allow a fraudulently created identity to get mingled with a real person's records (as is the case with identity theft, when accounts are falsely opened or used by a thief). They also complain that the firms' procedures for resolving disputes raised by consumers are broken.
New level of oversight — eventually
As a result, advocates are enthusiastic about the consumer bureau becoming a new watchdog for the industry. As of Thursday, the CFPB will join the Federal Trade Commission in fulfilling obligations set out by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which governs credit-reporting companies. The Dodd-Frank bank-reform law calls for the new bureau to write rules based on that statute and to enforce violations.
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Some industry watchers say that ultimately the CFPB will supervise the credit-reporting companies, such that they'll be required to register with the bureau and open up their books to periodic exams and reporting. Such a move, which is widely expected, would represent a major expansion of oversight beyond that imposed by the FTC, the firms' primary regulator until now. The FTC acts more as a law-enforcement regulator for the credit-reporting firms, not a supervisor.
The consumer bureau last month launched an effort to identify what types of non-bank financial companies will be subject to its supervision. Observers expect that the big three credit-reporting companies will fall into this category. However, those supervisory powers will be delayed until after the White House succeeds in getting its nominee to head the agency, Richard Cordray, approved by Congress. It's unclear when that may happen, in part due to partisan squabbles on Capitol Hill. Read about Obama's CFPB pick
Read more: Mortgages, credit cards in CFPB's focus now.
Chi Chi Wu, staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center in Boston, and other advocates contend that the CFPB should conduct on-site, periodic examinations of credit-reporting companies to truly understand their processes.
"They need to look at records, audits, records of their audits. No agency has had that kind of supervision authority over the credit reporting agencies before," Wu said.
Dealing with credit-report errors
Wu said that exams would help the new bureau write rules to limit mixed-file errors and to set minimum standards for dispute-resolution investigations. She said that currently, instead of conducting investigations, reporting companies often send the dispute to a vendor who matches it to a four-digit code that sends the furnisher of the information — usually the borrower's lender — a sentence or two of text about the problem.
The CFPB "can mandate a minimum standard for investigations and require that there be actual communications and that the consumer dispute letter is actually sent to the furnisher of the information," Wu said.
However, Stuart Pratt, president of the Consumer Data Industry Association, an industry trade group, defended the dispute process. He said that 70% of all disputes are resolved in less than 14 days. He added that consumers have the right to dispute information directly with their own lenders.
Pratt added that the quick turnaround is impressive given that a big chunk of the disputes are submitted by credit-repair companies "engaging in fraud and whose only goal is to have accurate, predictive data deleted from credit reports."
He said the automated system includes both the use of "carefully designed codes that capture with precision the consumer's dispute" and also an "additional set of fields for adding additional explanatory information where needed."
John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education at Smartcredit.com, said that investigations could be improved. But, he said, the CFPB also could put pressure on lenders and other credit-information providers. One solution, he said, would be for the bureau to hike the fines imposed on lenders for failing to comply with their obligations under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
"The furnisher has to do something more than a cursory look at their information," Ulzheimer said. That should include, in some cases, talking to the consumer who filed the dispute, he said.
Studying the problem
To better understand credit-report error rates and other problems, it's likely the CFPB will conduct a series of studies of the big three credit-reporting companies. The bureau on Tuesday released a study that found a general lack of information available about credit scores. One survey, cited by the study, reported that many consumers don't know that a credit score represents the risk of not repaying a loan.
Separately, two recent studies, one conducted by the credit-reporting industry group and one by a consumer group, reported vastly disparate findings.
A May 2011 study funded by the credit-reporting industry trade group found that less than 1% of cases had one or more disputes that, when settled, resulted in a "material" credit score increase of 25 points or greater. Consumer groups point out that each of the credit-reporting companies has roughly 200 million consumer files and, as a result, a 1% error rate means there are errors in about 2 million files.
A 2004 U.S. PIRG study entitled "Mistakes Do Happen" found significantly more problems: 79% of credit reports it surveyed contained either serious errors or other mistakes of some kind. The report found that almost 8% of credit reports were missing major credit, loan, mortgage or other consumer accounts.
For this part, Ulzheimer said there are problems with each study's approach, and that the discrepancy shines a spotlight on the need for the consumer bureau to conduct its own independent report.
"You have to compile what is a bulletproof and nationally representative sample from all three credit bureaus," Ulzheimer said. "The true number of errors is somewhere in between the two results."
He said that for the CFPB to do the study effectively, it must have access to the credit-reporting company data. Having these firms designated for supervision would expedite that process.
Szwak said that such a study would help the CFPB conduct an assessment of risk factors to identify what is causing mixed files and other errors. He added that CFPB supervision would be critical because agency staffers could then monitor how the companies create credit scores.
However, Ulzheimer cautions that too much regulation, including periodic examinations, could raise costs that might be passed on to consumers.
"You don't want to turn it into something so cumbersome," he said, "that it increases the cost to the consumers."


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