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Sensitive to rejection? Here are the big lenders who approve the most mortgage applications and those that are toughest.
This post comes from Marilyn Lewis at partner site Money Talks News.
One of the mysteries of life is why one lender blesses your application for a mortgage and another boots you to the curb. Who's back there behind the curtain pulling the strings, and what's their motive?
If you're sensitive to rejection, it may help to know that JPMorgan Chase rejected a third (33.6 percent) of the mortgage applications it received in 2012. That makes Chase the toughest of the 10 largest U.S. mortgage lenders, according to this MarketWatch report.
MarketWatch used 2012 data, the latest available, from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and Inside Mortgage Finance, an industry publication.
The other top 10 lenders most likely to reject borrowers were:
- Bank of America, 25.6 percent rejected.
- Wells Fargo, 21.2 percent.
- Quicken Loans, 17.3 percent.
- U.S. Bank, 17.2 percent.
But here's the thing: These numbers aren't entirely apples to apples. The rates for Wells, BofA, Quicken Loans and U.S. Bank (but not Chase) include loan preapproval applications, or prescreenings. That can skew the numbers. Without preapprovals, Wells' rejection is just 12%, MarketWatch says.
Also, take heart: These numbers aren't as bad as they look. Nearly 9 percent of the "rejections" were for applications whose borrowers just gave up and walked away.
The easiest lenders
The easiest lender in the bunch was SunTrust Mortgage. It rejected only 11 percent.
The other top 10 lenders more likely to approve an application:
- PHH Mortgage, 11.5 percent rejected.
- Flagstar Bank, 13.2 percent.
- Citibank, 14.3 percent.
- Branch Banking and Trust Co., 15.6 percent.
Among this group, only Citi's rate includes preapproval applications.
It's (slightly) easier to get a mortgage
With the economy improving, it's getting a bit easier to get a mortgage, for the moment, anyway. FHA recently relaxed some of its rules, although mortgage insurance requirements are making FHA loans more expensive.
Starting next year, getting a mortgage may get harder as new federal rules kick in. Right now, though, some lenders are competing by loosening requirements a bit. But only for borrowers with the best credit scores. "Options for those with smaller down payments and lower scores are still limited," says CNBC.
And yet, compared with the worst years of the crash, mortgage lenders have definitely eased up. In 2009, "rejection rates among most of the lenders on this list ranged from 13 percent to 70 percent," MarketWatch says.
Across the industry, lenders in 2012 rejected 18.5 percent of applications for first-lien mortgages on owner-occupied home purchases and refinances, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Why the big difference?
Lenders all play by the same rules, including debt-to-income requirements, credit scores and down payments required of borrowers. These rules are imposed by government-backed agencies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which buy mortgages from lenders. So why the big differences?
One major reason: Lenders can, and do, add their own requirements (called "overlays").
They often do this out of fear they'll be required to buy back mortgages when homeowners default, at a cost of billions of dollars.
Experience taught lenders that sloppy screening of mortgage buyers costs dearly. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac forced lenders to buy back $120.29 billion worth of defaulted mortgages between 2009 and September this year, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, an industry publication.
Also, there may be differences among banks' customers. Writes MarketWatch:
Chase and Bank of America, which had the highest rejection rates in 2012, have subprime borrowers that they acquired when they bought Washington Mutual and Countrywide, respectively. If those borrowers tried to buy another home, it's likely that they turned to these banks since they already had a relationship with them and were denied because of their poor credit, says Feldstein. A spokesman for Bank of America says the bank's denial rates have been consistent over several years, ranging from 20% to 25%, including prior to the Countrywide merger. Chase did not respond by press time.
Quicken Loans' customers happiest
There's more to finding happiness with a lender than just approval rates. If you've got a strong application your biggest worry may be finding great customer service.
This year, Quicken Loans topped J.D. Power's 2013 U.S. Primary Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Study for the fourth year in a row. No. 2 was BB&T (Branch Banking & Trust Co.) and U.S. Bank ranked third.
Satisfaction among borrowers was higher this year than at any time in the past seven years. Borrowers who refinanced were a bit happier than home purchasers, especially first-timers, possibly because, having borrowed before, they knew what to expect.
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Nine Inch Nails' monumental second album, 1994's The Downward Spiral, turned 20 this year, and the kind folks at Brooklyn's Goodnight Records have put together a belated birthday present in honor of the landmark LP. The label has tapped two bands on its roster — Heliotropes and Friend Roulette — to record a split seven-inch single featuring covers of two Downward Spiral cuts. Heliotropes slow down "March of the Pigs" on the A-side, trading the original's teeth-gnashing menace for ghostly stoner-rock, while Friend Roulette sanitize the slither of "Piggy" with playful psych-pop.The vinyl won't be available for purchase until May 20, but both tracks are streaming below. Explore this new Downward Spiral, then revisit SPIN's 2013 cover story on Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor.
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Justifying Torture?
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Finally, a journalist who gets it.
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Heather Mac Donald responds:
The FBI regards any form of stress interrogationsuch as marathon interrogation sessions that keep a prisoner up past his bedtimeas abuse. Tensions and bad blood between FBI agents and military intelligence at Guantánamo were, for that reason, high. One memo from a disgruntled FBI agent at Guantánamo referred to such stress techniques as torture; but calling them torture does not make them so. If the FBI memo alleging that a prisoner had been kept in shackles for 24 hours proves accurate, such treatment might well constitute abuseif there were no security reasons for it. But high-security prisons in the U.S. shackle violent prisoners. And Guantánamo detainees are hardly lambs: they create weapons out of every possible object and regularly try to assault guards. Shackling in this particular case may have been gratuitous and culpable cruelty; it may also have been a lawful security measure.
I will lose my disdain for the ACLU and Amnesty International when they start telling the truth about the war on terror. The Red Cross has exercised a double standard over the last four decades regarding prisoner abuse (essentially ignoring American POWs in Vietnam, for example); but the failure of Abu Ghraib prison officials to heed its warnings was a clear mistake.
The 6 million innocent victims of Nazi atrocities are tragically not able to answer the question, but if offered the choice between detention at Guantánamowhere 600 suspected terrorists are given Red Cross visits, cutting-edge medical treatment, exercise, three meals a day, copies of the Quran, the opportunity to pray five times a day, Pentagon bureaucrats second-guessing every decision made by guards and intelligence officers so as to ensure humane conditions, and ocean viewson the one hand, and detention at Buchenwald on the other, they would certainly choose the former.Does Policing Matter?
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A new jurisdiction wont recognize right away that the mole has popped up in its hole, and a lot of damage can be wrought in the interim. More comprehensive efforts to identify and incapacitate career criminals, and to hold accountable those in the criminal justice system who fail to do this, are the only truly effective way to bring about the tipping point, not pushing the weights onto someone elses scale.
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William T. Prince, MS, CPP
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Its Mr. Prince and his determinist viewpoint that deserve the label laughableas in laughably out-of-date.Intelligence and Scholarship
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Against this array of wealth and power, Anderson describes a few quirky professors. It must be admitted: a plurality of professors lean to the left. Thats a product of both intelligence and scholarship. But the Left consists of a thousand and one different viewpoints, while Mr. Andersons Right is a monolithic beast fearful of exposure to a variant argument.
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Im a sophomore at Louisiana State University, and the campus is like an island of liberalism in Baton Rouges conservative sea. Keep in mind: LSU is one of the more conservative universities; but pictures of Noam Chomsky and Karl Marx are still included in the sociology departments Hall of Fame. Anything that loosens this insidious stranglehold can only be for everyones goodexcept, of course, for the Marxist profs and their propaganda.
Keavin Keith
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J. Bell
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The idea that professors lean left because theyre smarter and better scholars is too absurd to respond tothough Im sure its what the Ward Churchills of academe believe, and what they would prefer that we all believe, as well.
In fact, Mr. Greenhut has it exactly backward: its the Left that has long been sheltered from variant argument, protected by a now-shattered media monopoly and the yet-to-be-broken domination of the nations campuses.
My thanks to Mrs. Bell, Mr. Keith, and the many other letter writers who took the time to express their appreciation and interesting reflections.Ludic Readers
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Years ago, I dropped into an academic conference of English professors at UC Santa Barbara, where I was finishing a Ph.D. in English. Katharine Stimpson (a future president of the Modern Languages Association) gave a talk in which she reported hearing rumors of a creature called the ludic reader, who read works of classic literature for pleasure. Shed never met such people, and was not quite prepared to state positively that they existed. I raised my hand to say that I was such a reader.
People who persist, as I have, in preferring what I can learn from Jane Austen or James Baldwin or Pushkin or Sophocles to whatever Frederic Jamesons latest emission iswell, we dont find a warm home in academia.
I gave up being an academic seven years ago. What made it worse for me as an academic was that, as a minority and a woman, I wasnt supposed to be excited about things like Tristram Shandy (which I still read once a year for pure pleasure and inspiration). All those people so concerned about diversity who got up at meetings to defend unreadable postcolonial novels were utter reactionaries when it came to the class dynamics of academia. If you were a minority, you were supposed to quietly beaver away at the works of Ngugi wa Thiongo, not embrace the poetry of John Donne. Literary theory defended this positiona sort of sanctimonious, unacknowledged racism.
Kia Penso
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James H. Williams, Ph.D.
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Some additional information: the earliest lending library in Scotland was formed by Leadhills leadminers in the eighteenth century. The miners spent 12-hour days in darkness and went home to read the classics.
The Wordsworths visited the town and were astonished to hear the miners children quoting Homer. The Leadhills Library is still in existence and is well worth a visit.
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My kids currently attend Pre-K at Bay Haven and I couldn't be happier. They are going to be more than ready for kindergarten next year. They learn a ton, but not in a high pressure way. The teachers are super engaged with the parents and welcome parent involvment.
I have gone to Bay Haven since 3rd grade. At first, I thought that I would get the help that I needed with math. But, over the years I am now in 7th grade and school has gotten even more stressful. I feel that the teachers do not take me seriously, and that I am a puppet. I feel that the strict uniform policy is a bit over the top. If I were to be myself teachers and other students would make fun of me.. (i would know because i don't fit in.) BHCA is just not my school. Classwork is stressful. Homework is stressful.
This school is far too stressful. After years of attending the school, my kid (and I) had had enough. Far too much homework and they are extremely inflexible. They give zeros if the work is late, even if they just left it at home and the parent brings the work to school. Another student's grandmother told me that her granddaughter is in counseling because of the stress. Yet, the child's parents are so pleased they got her in at this school. My kid has gone from struggling at this school to straight A's at another highly ranked public school. We don't regret leaving and we don't miss the elitist attitude of many staff and parents. Be careful what you wish for.
They claim to have a Zero Tolerance Policy on Bullying but during the Summer they only have a bunch of High School kids running the show (and not enough) there is a lot of bullying especially older kids on younger kids since they don t bother to separate them!
This is a great school! Whenever my grades were slipping the teachers and faculty informd my parents and helped me raise them. I will always remember the friendly staff and great memories there. If you want your child to excel send them here.
This school is unbeliveable. My daughter has attened this school in the 6th grade. she was a straight a student...until the 2nd semester when her teachers sent home a report card saying that she is failing her classess...but out og those 9 weeks not once did i get a call from the teachers that said my daughters grades were sliping from a's to f's. not once. she never had any test those nine weeks it was based on there class participitation. she participated but she's very shy. She clamied to even told the teacher that. This school is horrible all those other reviews are talking about its a great school because its a charter school but that has nothing to do with anything. do not send your child her, its a bad influnence.
I attended Bay Haven all throughout midle school and I feel they accurately prepared me for high school. Sure, at first I was uneasy about the whole uniform concept, but it really doesn't hinder socialization. The staff is friendly and absolutely wonderful. I could continue to rave about them for years. I highly recommend this school.
Great school. The teachers really care about the students and the parents are really involved. I recommend it.
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The most adorable sibling dance battle you'll see today!
An adorable father and daughter duo has fun dancing to Taylor Swift's 'Shake It Off'…
Gaël Monfils takes on Laurent Lokoli in an epic dance battle during the French Open Kids' Day. The French tennis players are dancing to DJ Snake and Lil Jon's 'Turn Down for What':
A dance competition breaks out at the annual United States Marine Corps Birthday Ball and, as always, a sergeant major leads the way. Watch him and his fellow Marines bust out some awesome break-dancing moves:
This unexpected wedding breakdance battle is the biggest thing that hit Russia since the meteorite. Stick with it and you'll see why.
Three Metropolitan Police officers entertain the crowd with an impromptu dance off at the annual Notting Hill Carnival in London, UK.
A taekwondo competition turns into a dance battle set to Yolanda Be Cool's 'We No Speak Americano'.
At the Korean baseball All-Star game, the mascots decided to have a dance-off. I think that the blue dinosaur won, despite that guy doing back-flips.
I don't know about you, but I think that the father won.
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Fonterra's new coal mine plans
Dairy giant Fonterra wants to open a new coal mine in Waikato to fuel its processing plants.
In an emailed statement, Fonterra's national consents manager David Wright says its mining company, Glencoal Energy, intends to lodge resource consents to build a mine near Mangatangi, about 50 minutes south of Auckland, off State Highway 2 towards Paeroa.
Without giving details, Mr Wright says the mine's footprint will be "very small" and will have a life of less than 10 years.
The land is owned by Fonterra and the mine will be open cast, he says, extracting 120,000 tonnes a year at its peak.
Consents could be lodged in a few months, after community consultation, with the intention of starting mining by the end of 2014.
Fonterra's Waitoa, Hautapu, and Te Awamutu milk processing factories get their coal from the Kopako 3 mine, at nearby Maramarua, which is nearing the end of its life.
Last week, Solid Energy announced sweeping cuts to operations and staff, blamed on falling international coal prices.
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We seem to have enough coal being produced by other mines, tell them to buy some.
Ok then why don't they buy a shipping line too??? I'm joking....they should stick to their knitting....
They have a joint venture ocean freight company called Kotahi (JV with Silver Fern Farms).
NZ is a small market and often there are only a few suppliers of these services, so while the average business becomes a price taker, those with the size to do so may find it cheaper to circumvent the market.
And there is the issue of price volatility, so they are reducing risk by taking this option (although there are other instruments available to also do this).
But in the case of international shipping, Fonterra is the small one, there are all sorts of efficiency considerations like routing and return leg capacity utilisation Fonterra just would never be able to achieve by itself.


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Things could be on the up and up for dogs in Masterton if a proposal to set up a dog park in the town becomes a reality.
The concept is the brainchild of Tinui woman Fern Love, who has been mulling over the idea for 10 years and is about to test the waters by sending out flyers to determine whether dog owners will support the idea.
Collection points for receiving completed questionnaires will be set up at various businesses in Masterton and if enough support is shown the proposal will be put before the Masterton District Council.
Ms Love, who is a dog trainer, said having lived in rural Canterbury she had seen dog parks in action and had seen first hand how they improved the social skills of dogs and allowed dog owners to mix and mingle.
She once saw 15 dogs "of all shapes and sizes" running after a ball. "There was only joy at the game, only one brought the ball back, not a growl or a raised hackle was seen."
Dog parks meant fewer wandering dogs and frustrated animals but were also a social place for owners.
"Lots of older dog owners bring along their dogs and it's not long before seats are donated and people congregate for a chat while their dogs exercise."
Dog parks are enclosed grassed areas of land, usually with a tree or trees and a water supply surrounded by high fencing.
They are designed to allow dogs to run free for exercise and socialising and can also be used for formal dog training, or agility work.
Ms Fern said she had been back in Wairarapa since Christmas having previously lived in the district but most recently had lived in Canterbury.
"I was building a house in New Brighton but after the earthquake had problems with insurance companies so I walked away rather than be in for five miserable years."
She leases a lifestyle block at Tinui and loves it.
"Tinui is a amazing place, full of amazing people.
"I have only been here since Christmas but already I am like part of the furniture and the pub is the hub.
"It's a great place to share a joke and a laugh, especially on Wednesday nights," she said.
She realised Henley Lake was a popular spot for owners to take their dogs but there were limitations.
Blue-green algae affected the lake water for part of the year, there was other wildlife to consider, the danger of a nearby road and the need to keep dogs on a leash in some lake areas.
She said if the council approved of a dog park and a suitable area was found for one there would be little maintenance involved.
"The grass would need to be mowed, a bin emptied and there may be other occasional maintenance but the dog owners would be required to pick up any poo."


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Fruit Spritzer
Yield: Makes 6 cups
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 3 cups orange juice
- 1 cup vodka*
- 1/2 cup Key lime juice
- 1 (16-ounce) bottle ginger ale, chilled
- Process first 5 ingredients in a blender until smooth. Pour mixture into a large pitcher; stir in ginger ale. Chill and serve over ice.
- *Substitute 1 cup each of orange juice and ginger ale for 1 cup vodka.
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There are some things in this world I cannot for the life of me explain. Here is one of them: Bathroom-themed restaurants. This is a thing, people. This is a real, live, trending thing. There's a bunch of them out there and they keep building more. And no, it's not just happening in some far-off country. The Magic Restroom Cafe, America's first bathroom-themed restaurant, just opened in Los Angeles. You could totally go there! Make a road-trip out of it. The whole family would love it and by the whole family I mean your scatalogically-minded children but certainly not you because WHY WOULD ANY ADULT FIND THIS APPEALING?
Here are a few details grabbed from various bathroom-themed restaurants around the world, just to give you an idea of what we're dealing with.
More from The Stir: Restaurant Ice Is Dirtier Than Toilet Water & We Are Officially Grossed Out
You get the picture. At least all of these, um, "features" don't show up in the same restaurant. But yeah ... basically I don't understand this at all. I kind of feel like it would take me about 100 hours of deep, focused meditation and maybe even a week at an ashram to come even close to comprehending the mind of the bathroom-themed restaurant enthusiast.
Maybe they're just more evolved than I am. Maybe they're "over" the grossness of their own bowels and can relax and enjoy the joke. Not me. (Even though I obviously poo rainbows and butterflies, just so we're clear on that.) I am so not evolved enough for this idea. Oh Lord, my butt cheeks are clenching at the mere thought. You guys knock yourselves out. I'm sticking with the restaurant-themed restaurants.
Would you ever eat at a bathroom-themed restaurant?
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Eating and pooping at the same time is probably very efficient.
I would love to eat there, just to say i have! I dont know how much i would actually be able to eat, cuz i might become sick. I would still try it though!
My 6 year old would probably think it was hilarious. You know 6 year olds and poop...and fart and...
No thanks, I'll pass.
Gives new meaning to poo poo platter.
omg. you people are such party poopers! <- yes, pun intended. I have been to the Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taipei & let me tell you, it is not only wildly popular but also pretty darn tasty. They serve curry style foods & yes, in little toilet bowls & urinals & you can even buy them to take home yourself. It is fun, original & why the hell not?? Are Americans so snooty & "upscale" that we can't have a little fun while eating? the food doesn't LOOK like poop or smell like it for god sakes. There are tons of themed restaurants out there that are popular & for people who aren't afraid to try new things. Have a little fun, widen your experiences & try it! what could it hurt?? seriously.
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EEC173A - Computer Networks4 units - Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarters
Lecture: 3 hours
Discussion: 1 hour
Prerequisites: ECS60; ECS132 or EEC161 or MAT135A or STA131A or STA120 or STA32
Grading: Letter
Catalog Description: Overview of local and wide-area computer networks. ISO seven-layer model. Physical aspects of data transmission. Data-link layer protocols. Network architectures. Routing. TCP/IP protocol suite. Local area networks. Medium access protocols. Network performance analysis. Only 2 units of credit for students who have taken ECS157.Goals: Students will:
- learn basic knowledge of fundamental principles in communication networks
- understand the architecture and underlying protocols along with scalability, complexity, and robustness of large-scale network systems
- be prepared to undertake an in-depth study of local and wide area networks dealing with their access mechanisms, routing algorithms, performance evaluation methodologies, and related issues
- gain experience in the design and analysis of network protocol through experiments on Ethernet LAN, network measurements, or through simulation models.
Relationship to Outcomes:
Students who have successfully completed this course should have achieved:
|Course Outcomes
|ABET outcomes
|An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
|An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
|An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
|A knowledge of contemporary issues
|An ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.
Expanded Course Description:
- Introduction
- Terminology
- OSI reference model; layered architecture and protocols
- Physical aspects of data transmissions
- Signals, spectral analysis, bandwidth
- Transmission impairments
- Data encoding/decoding
- Communication Techniques
- Serial/Parallel communication
- Synchronous and asyncschronous communication
- Interfacing techniques
- Multiplexing: FDM, TDM, STDM
- Data Link Control
- Flow Control
- Error Detection
- Error Control
- Broadcast Communication Networks
- Medium Access Control (MAC) Protocols
- Channel Partitioning: FDMA, TDMA, CDMA
- Random Access: Token ring/bus
- LAN/MAN Technologies and Topologies
- Wireless LANs
- The Network Layer
- Circuit Switching
- Packet Switching
- Virtual Circuit vs Datagram
- Routing
- The Transport Layer
- Connectionless vs. Connection-Oriented Transport, TCP and UDP
- TCP Flow and Congestion Control
Computer Usage: Typically, students do their projects in the campus computer laboratories containing networked workstations and personal computers (PCs) running LINUX. The simulation project can be done on other computers as well, such as PCs at home. The projects are typically done in the C, C++ or Java programming languages, although the simulation project can be done in any other high-level language as well.
Laboratory Projects: The course contains a series of design projects with 2-3 students per team. The projects are designed to reinforce certain concepts and to familiarize the students with network measurement tools and simulators. Example projects include:
- Designing a simulation model, e.g., using network simulator (ns-2) to analyze various aspects of the Internet protocol or compare performance of different flow control protocols
- Monitoring and analyzing data collected using active/passive network measurement tools or a LAN analyzer
- Extended assignment to design measurement experiments to analyze a particular performance metric or network anomaly
- Introductory assignment to configure PC-based or commercial routers
Textbook: J. Kurose and K. Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet, Addison Wesley.
Engineering Design Statement: The course emphasizes techniques for designing and analyzing network protocols, from the application to the link layer. There will be both written and programming assignments in the class. In written assignments, students will be presented with open-ended problems that require them to explore various approaches to network design, to choose between alternatives, and to justify solutions based on performance and cost/complexity considerations. Sample projects include: (1) design of elementary file transfer protocol, (2) design tools to collect and analyze network measurements, and (3) design of a simulation model to study the characteristics of various error control strategies, the effect of window size on delay and the throughput, or to analyze medium access protocols.
Professional Component: Engineering Depth, Laboratory
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My brother once sat on me and farted until I passed out
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Rainbow House supporters are making the holidays magical for the families we serve. Many people gave generously to ensure kids got what they wanted this year.
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Every year, dozens of Rainbow House families would not get anything for the holiday season were it not for our holiday gifts program. We make sure our families in greatest need get the toys, games, and clothes they need to make their holidays magical.
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I'm in Vancouver for work. So here's a cop-out post containing highlights of the future Raptors Hall of Famer: Better post later (maybe?): Highlights: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX42AEpO-EY] Highlights: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpJszNGHjNA] Interview: [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=u-AnRtWfqlA] Warriors Pre-draft Interview: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSmcGQaqR3w] Jazz Pre-draft Interview: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp2kNtkC3Tg] NBA Draft Aussie Prospects: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Y7Iy89-6A]
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Let's start off the day with Chad Ford's mock draft which insists on us taking Robin Lopez at #17. I don't see it happening unless Brandon Rush, CDR or even Donte Greene are already taken. There's no doubt that drafting a hustle-type big man is the easier thing to do, there's far less expectations from …Continue Reading
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About this recipe: This beef curry is an authentic recipe from Bangladesh. Beef stewing steak is cooked with an aromatic combination of spices. The spice list might look daunting, but most you should have in your cupboard! Enjoy this beef curry with rice or naan. It's quite spicy, so reduce the number of chillies if desired.
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Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood by Fatima Mernissi
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 5:30-7:00 PM
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Discussion led by Shalin Gerami, Directory of SJSU Women's Studies and Professor of Interdisciplinary Social Studies.
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In Dreams of Trespass, Fatima Mernissi tells her memories of growing up in urban Morocco with stories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth – her mother, aunts and cousins. Living in a domestic harem and deprived of access to the world outside, these women used their imagination to recreate their own place … a provocative story of a girl confronting the mysteries of time and place, gender and sex in the recent Muslim world.
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Don't let politics decide land use
"Go for it, Rodney. I would not invest in this country the way it is."Featured comment
Last week "Rastus" took me to task in comments at NBR ONLINE for writing that people should have next to no say about how you use your own land and resources.
He explained that if he owned 2000ha of high country he shouldn't be free to burn it bare and let it erode. He likewise said he shouldn't be allowed to strip his topsoil until none is left and the land is useless in the future.
"We should all have a say as to how land is used… You are the caretaker of it and no more."
It sounds good, it sounds caring and most Kiwis would agree with the sentiment. But sounding good, caring and agreeable doesn't make a proposition true, correct or even sensible.
What Rastus omitted is how "we" all get to have a say. It's hard to imagine a meeting of four million souls to decide what to do with 2000ha.
And why should the use of 2000ha just concern Kiwis? The entire world should be at the meeting. And future generations. Oh, and don't forget other species.
That's the absurdity of the proposition that everyone should have a say.
It is a practical impossibility. And so the "we" is not "us" but the people's elected representatives. It makes a big difference to the proposition when the "we" is replaced with "government" or "politics." As in, "government should have a say how land is used". Or "politics should decide land use".
But that's what the proposition boils down to.
The proper question is not whether we should all be having a say but whether government or private landowners should decide land use.
Private landowners have always and everywhere proved superior to government. There's a simple reason for this: landowners have every incentive to care for and maintain their land. If they don't, it won't be worth much.
Landowners don't strip-mine their soil and render their land useless for the future because it's a valuable asset. They don't want to destroy it.
Governments have no such incentive. It has historically been governments that have overused and abused natural resources, not private landowners.
The worst example was the eastern bloc countries, which were environmental basket cases and where all land was state-owned.
Here in New Zealand privately owned land is far better cared for and far more productive than land owned by the Department of Conservation.
When the government gets it wrong, the entire country is affected. Government subsidies to cultivate marginal land destroyed habitat, eroded land and cost money. Private landowners can get it wrong, too, but it's only the land they own that they affect and, if they are devaluing the resource, they will be bought out.
The real trouble of government having a say over land use is the uncertainty.
Farmers with patches of bush on their land may want to keep it as valuable habitat. But they run the risk that the local council will take control of that bush through planning controls and turn an asset for the farmer into a liability.
That threat greatly diminishes the incentive to care for and manage environmental amenities.
I used to think the problem with political decision-making was that politicians only looked ahead to the next election. I now know that politicians looking past tonight's TV news is long-term planning.
But the problem is not how best to look after the environment. The real problem is the greedy desire of people like Rastus, who want to have a say over how land is used with none of the responsibility of ownership.
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If Government has historically overused and abused natural resources, could you give us the five worst examples of this?
So the invisible hand of the free market will save us all will it Rodney? Sorry to have to try and disabuse you again but it just doesn't happen.
The bottom line is always about the pursuit of profit. Its encouraged. Greed is stimulated. Greed is good. Competition is celebrated. Beat the other guy down. Take his wealth.
And in the meantime, most people and the environment suffer. Unless Governments intervene representing the mind of all their people. Its all about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all and posterity isn't it? Governments are players in the market place. Whether we like it or not. Values based Government is our hope.
Better the invisible hand of the free market than the iron totalitarian murderous fist of the Marxist filth.
Values based government! Marxists have no values.
You forget to compare with the murderous stupidity of the imperialists during WW1. Over the top the workers. For King and Country (oh and the fat capitalists at home with their sons on the estate. Healthy ideologies evolve and bigots fade away.
East Germany, Russia, China, Albania, North Korea.
Alan - you aced that one !
Marginal loans board, SMPs, NZ Forest Service, Ministry of Works, Think Big.
"Landowners don't strip-mine their soil and render their land useless for the future because it's a valuable asset. They don't want to destroy it."
Sorry, as a landowner I don't agree with you on this one. If my soil was worth more than my land I would strip it off and sell it -- if there was no controls at all on land usage.
Wonder how your kids would feel inheriting a worthless hole in the ground.
Then you don't understand either the market or arithmetic. Your land will always have a value, therefore your land plus soil will always be worth more than your land minus soil.
However, if you are a useless farmer and the soil is worth more to someone else than to you then the nation will benefit from you selling it to someone who will use it more productively.
Right on again Rodders.
Looking forward To your next piece on the unions and how they fund the Labour Party... Whilst keeping their members in the dark as to their finances. Please pour on some brilliant sunlight disinfectant....
Good article again, Rodney.
When are you going to re-enter the halls of power?
Looking forward to your forthcoming article on old boys clubs and insider trading deals.
Ask the land owners in Australia who have Government owned reserves as neighbours. The vegetation on the reserves is left grow unmanaged. The landowner worries about about fire risks and tries to make a fire break along the boundary. Even if he/she succeeds in Court ( because that is uaually where it ends up in most states) the risk grows each year from the unmanaged reserve.
So - if as a landowner I am able to decide what I do with my land then (to go the absurd extreme) you would agree that building a pig farm and treating my own waste from it (and others who will pay me for it) is ok in my back yard.
There needs to be a level of control (ie compliance with some sort of plannig rules) to control the extreme end of things. If not I'll have a roadside stall for my pork ready in no time!
Councils should have control only of health and safety - and nothing more in pretence of those aspects.
As for your waste treatment, so long as it doesn't impact your neighbours' properties you should be free to do as you wish.
Ah - so how does one know what impact there will be on the neighbours, how do we decide, when do i ask, who makes those calls, what rules do they follow. Oh dear that sounds like the RMA (how it should work, not how our daft councils try to manipulate it...)
One has a brain. One uses it. When one requires to know something one doesn't know, one consults a specialist. Most times one uses one's common sense.
Who makes the calls - you and your neighbour. If there is an irreconcilable dispute you choose either mediation or a court case just as every business already does and every property use that doesn't require a new construction or resource consent already does. The big difference is that only those directly affected get to have a say rather than every busybody in the area and a bunch of lobbyists who are not.
Could new immigrant rules that require some to make an investment of 500k in NZ business be a factor? Real estate purchases are approved as an immigrant investment, I am reliably informed this is a factor for Asian's who are very strong in the market in Auckland. Why not change the rule to exclude real estate as an improved investment and divert that money into business?
Go for it, Rodney. I would not invest in this country the way it is. It makes more sense to spend our discretionary funds holidaying overseas than trying to do anything here that requires consents.
Yes, most land owners do look after their land. The problems come when they go to sell that land. It is usually more profitable to split the land up and sell it in sections. Thereby depriving others and future generations the ability to own and use what the previous land owner had.
Weak argument Rodney, and as Act has now resorted to being just a party for the greedy, it has lost my vote. Why not come up with some innovative thinking rather than just destroying N.Z.
I am sorry but you were clearly about ACT with your vote if you thought it was greedy and if you ever thought it wasn't about defending property rights.
It's bizarre that you oppose subdivision when that is what allows most of us to own our home and property and I am sure, too, that you would be against someone buying up land and agglomerating it.
I have never, ever heard of a rule that land can never be subdivided so as not to deprive others and future generations of the ability to own ans use what the previous land owner had.
Auckland would not exist!
RE: "Auckland would not exist"...
"Go the Crusaders!"
Property rights. Oh we are back to the Waitangi Tribunal and land theft again.
Spare us your Sixth Form leftist trip and silly nom de plume, 'Spartacus'. Mummy's calling you - it's way past your bedtime.
Rodney, you helped create the Auckland Council - a monopoly - that is Exhibit A of the bad things you ascribe to government in your article. Your credibility on land use and property rights would be a lot higher if you had created at least a contestable, if not competitive structure fo local government in Auckland. Your theory that one government would cost less than many is flawed - and the evidence is playing out right now.
We all make mistakes. How about acknowledging that you made one with Auckland local government?
Well, the issue first is whether what we have is better than what we had. I was pleased that the Auditor General's report gave that the thumbs up.
I am pleased with the CCOs compared to what Auckland had and the reduction in managers that was achieved day one.
Is it perfect? Of course not.
But you always have to play with the hand you have.
The concern about contestability and council costs isn't peculiar to Auckland. But unfortunately cabinet did not accept my paper to limit councils to core functions and to cap their spending.
That's the way it is.
Cabinet also required that I not reverse one spending decision of all the previous councils in auckland. And of course, utlimately spending decisions are in the hands of the voters of Auckland and the new council.
Why should I apologise? There was no contestability in council services in auckland before, just fragmentation and duplication.
In the new council we have a structure that can make decisions, e.g. world cup, cf to the stadium decision before reform, and I reduced senior management in auckland more than the entire government took out of wellington central govt!
This week's column by Rodney Hide the neo-liberal economist and former MP has been replaced by a piece by Rodney Hide, budding children's author and fantasist.
"The entire world should be at the meeting. And future generations. Oh, and don't forget other species."
I think I know what you're getting at Rodney. There's this thing called democratic representation. AKA government. Remember? No, of course not.
Regarding your bizarre reference to eastern bloc countries:
Are you saying that the RMA is bad because it's the same thing as corrupt, anti-democratic government that torche the houses of people they disagree with?
The wonderings of the untrained mind ... truly amazing.


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In this Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, photo, Sergio Garcia poses for photographs in San Francisco. Garcia arrived in Northern California illegally 20 years ago and and has been there since. On Wednesday, he will ask the state Supreme Court to license him as an attorney_but the U.S. Department of Justice is trying to block his request. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A majority of California Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant Wednesday to grant a law license to Sergio Garcia, who graduated law school and passed the state's bar exam but has been living illegally in the United States for 20 years.
A federal law passed by Congress in 1996 bars immigrants in the country illegally from receiving "professional licenses" from government agencies or with the use of public funds unless state lawmakers specifically vote otherwise.
"Congress wanted political accountability," Justice Ming Chin said in expressing doubt the court could grant Garcia his license without a specific law enacted by the state Legislature.
Justice Goodwin Liu said it was "commonsensical" that Congress meant to include lawyer licenses in the law.
The five other justices on the court made similar comments, essentially arguing that the law bars them from making Garcia a lawyer unless the state Legislature acts.
The court has 90-days to rule in a case that has garnered national attention, putting the Obama administration against state officials who supported Garcia's application.
Outside of court, Garcia expressed optimism that the Supreme Court would rule in his favor despite the tough questions asked of the lawyers who spoke on his side during an hour of oral arguments.
If he does lose, Garcia vowed to continue fighting to become a California lawyer either through the state Legislature or in the federal courts.
"This is about trying to live the American Dream and showing other immigrants that hard work and dedication does mean something in this country," he said.
The state Supreme Court is in charge of licensing lawyers in California and the arguments boiled down to whether public money would be used in its licensing of Garcia. Lawyers for Garcia and the California State bar also argued that Congress meant to exempt attorney licenses from the law because they are issued by courts and not agencies.
A U.S. Department of Justice lawyer argued that Garcia is barred from receiving his law license because the court's entire budget comes from the public treasury.
"A law license is a professional license," Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Tenney said. "Congress meant to prohibit all professional licenses."
Garcia arrived in the U.S. illegally 20 years ago to pick almonds in the field with his father.
Working the fields and at a grocery store, he attended community college, studying to become a paralegal, and then law school. Garcia passed the California bar on the first try, a boast that Brown, former Gov. Peter Wilson and nearly 50 percent of all first-time test takers can't make.
The dispute is the latest high-profile immigration clash between state and federal laws. Usually, it's the Obama administration opposing state laws in Arizona and elsewhere thought to be anti-immigrant.
The Obama position surprised some, since it had recently adopted a program that shields people who were brought to the U.S. as children, graduated high school and have kept a clean criminal record from deportation and allows them to legally work in the country.
At 36, Garcia is too old to qualify for the Obama program. But he and the immigration groups supporting him argue that Garcia is exactly the type of candidate the Obama administration had in mind when it adopted its program.
The administration's opposition stunned Garcia, who self-financed his education at Cal Northern School of Law in Chico while working at a grocery store and publishing a self-help book in 2006.
"I was very upset by," he said. "I worked hard and have never been a burden to the state."
But legal scholars and others say Garcia faces obstacles if he wins his law license.
Garcia will have to work for himself because no law firm or other employers could legally hire him. And he may be automatically disqualified from representing certain clients and taking on some types of cases because of his citizenship status.
"Garcia is not qualified to practice law because he continually violates federal law by his presence in the United States," former State Bar prosecutor Larry DeSha said in one of the few "friend of the court" briefs filed opposing Garcia's licensing.
A similar case is brewing in Florida. That state's Supreme Court has so far refused to certify a person living illegally in the U.S. as a lawyer, but has not issued a final ruling.
Garcia and his supporters argue that he deserves his law license on legal — and moral — grounds.
State Bar officials and California's attorney general argue citizenship status is not a requirement to receive a California law license. Garcia said he deserves to practice law for those legal reasons, plus the hard work and dedication he put into passing the bar examination.
Garcia first came to the U.S. with his family from Mexico when he was 17 months old. He returned to Mexico with his mother when he was 9 and came back eight years later and applied for citizenship in 1994, sponsored by his father, who is now an American citizenship.
Garcia estimates that it could take another five years for his application to be approved given the backlog of applications.
He said he doesn't fear deportation because of the notoriety his case has received — and the fact that he has notified immigration officials of his prolonged presence in the U.S.
In the meantime, he has supported himself as a motivational speaker and paralegal when he can find the work.
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Pirates kicker scores at National Kicking Combine Series
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Braden River High kicker Kadin Kerns recently won first place for kickoffs and second place in place kicking at the National Kicking Combine Series Regional Competition June 27 in Tampa.
Kerns averaged 61.5 yards per kickoff and connected on 90% of his field goal attempts. With his solid performance, Kerns was invited to participate in the semi-finals Aug. 1. If Kerns makes the cut next month then he will be invited to the National Championship event in January.
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