Not all direct loans have subsidized interest. Most of my loans are of the unsubsidized type, and while not due while in school, accrued interest from the date of issue. Some of my loan money is subsidized, and is not accruing interest while in deferment.
The first chunk of my loans, issued pre-Fall 2006, are at ~1.8% and is a variable rate. My loans issued Fall 2006 and onwards are at 6 and change. My only complaint is that they refuse to let me pay back the higher interest loan first, telling me that federal law prohibits it. Loans for graduate school are higher, my wife has graduate PLUS loans at the 8.5%.
2 years in the Peace Corps will not forgive any of your loans, it will just get you a two year deferment. Those PLUS loans of the OP are going to sit and accrue interest at 8.5% for two years. The $6,000 "resettlement" cash PC gives you when you return won't cover the interest on his loans. Not withstanding any other benefits (increased employability, personal growth, ect), the PC is a poor economic decision for recent graduates with unsubsidized loans.
Having lived a block away from a major tourist landmark for a year, I'm certain that I am in thousands of facebook, and other, photos. I'm pretty sure I can't do anything about it either, public space and all.
I attend VCU in Richmond VA. My girlfriends bike was stolen, and she saw the guy take it. The police said they were busy, someone would be out tomorrow. No one ever came. A friend had their moped jacked, they got someone out to take a report two days later, after the roomates moped got stolen as well.
Then, we get an email from the Dean of Students, that said in part.
This letter is to inform you that a Party Patrol, consisting of officers from the Richmond Police Department Third Precinct, the VCU Police Department and the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, has been formed. The Party Patrol will patrol areas of the Fan on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during the month of December. The goal of the Party Patrol is to reduce the disorderly nature of parties that occur in that area.
The Patrol will have the ability to arrest individuals who are publicly intoxicated, who provide alcohol to minors, or who are underage drinkers. Additionally, information on the owner of the residences where the parties are being held will be provided to neighbors so that warrants can be obtained.
People call the police and they are "busy" and have to "prioritize the call volume." Those kids having a good time must be a threat to society. Police go where the money is.
IFI is a company separate from FIRST and Radioshack. It was formed by former engineer mentors of the FIRST robotics competition who were unhappy with the control systems that were available at the time, so they made their own and formed IFI.
I've been involved in FIRST since the fall of 1998, and am active on the ChiefDelphi Forums for years. I've been to competitions all over the country. These are my qualifications to speak on this subject.
I agree with you that most FIRST teams are used as marketing devices, but they are used as marketing devices for the enginnering profession. I know many people that have gone on to work for the company that sponsered their team, and know off countless others. NASA is now the largest sponser of teams, with partial funding for over 200 teams. For many of those teams, the NASA funding allows them to afford to compete but they have no NASA enginners or employees involved at all.
The purpouse of FIRST is not to teach kids engineering. It is to Inspire and get kids excited about engineering so as to goto college to learn engineering. It is to provide an alternative role model and idol to Ron Artest.
Here is a little bit from Dean Kamen, the founder of FIRST. In 2000, a VIP inquired him about "students not building the robots, like the Delphi teams". Dean replied, "But, if I walked into the pits of any of those Delphi teams, and asked any of the students about the robot, they could explain every inch of it. Learning is important, not whether they built it or not".
You forget, graphing calculators in high school classrooms are a fairly recent improvment(in sleep prevention). The editors at Gamespot are probaly just to OLD to know about such things.
Anyone else look for the games that fall through the cracks of marketing and end up in the discount bin? I know there are other poor college kids out there that can't afford $40-50 a game.
(Because it is Microsoft is not a valid answer) What makes Phoenix so cool that I should bother with it? Compare things like features, security, and resource usage.
(1) I maintain that a person has a reasonable expectation of pri vacy to any part of his/her body which clothing is covered.
So if I am wearing a shirt, then I can expect noone to take a picture of my chest?
The judge can't rule against a law because she dosn't like it, a judge needs to rule on the law as written by the legislature, whether or not s/he likes it.
I recomend that you read the Constitution, it will tell you exactly what a judge can and can't do. The Third Article" in particular.
I just graduated hs and am doing the community college bit this year because I never got around to applying to a 4 year college. I work 3 days a week(24hrs) and have 14 credit hours.
Working great for me so far. We see how I do next semester when the robotics season starts.
Being born in 1984, I remember none of these ads. I did have an Atari 2600, bought at a thrift shop on my own when I was 12(in 1986) because my parents wouldn't buy a game console. However, we always had a computer in the top half of the performance curve.
We here in the Metro DC area often have the opposite problem. Its often turned so LOW as to be unable to be heard over the other arcade games, even when playing. It makes it really hard to play when the song is blending into the background...
"I mean if I can't beat every catastrophic song on maniac some people wont even bother talking to me. "
Nothing wrong with tech players. Not that I can beat MaxUnlimited yet, even with raping the bar... However, some are elitest assholes, just like Mac users. As a player yourself, can you not reconize the skill they developed to do be able to AAA combo songs on heavy?
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Not all direct loans have subsidized interest. Most of my loans are of the unsubsidized type, and while not due while in school, accrued interest from the date of issue. Some of my loan money is subsidized, and is not accruing interest while in deferment.
The first chunk of my loans, issued pre-Fall 2006, are at ~1.8% and is a variable rate. My loans issued Fall 2006 and onwards are at 6 and change. My only complaint is that they refuse to let me pay back the higher interest loan first, telling me that federal law prohibits it.
Loans for graduate school are higher, my wife has graduate PLUS loans at the 8.5%.
2 years in the Peace Corps will not forgive any of your loans, it will just get you a two year deferment. Those PLUS loans of the OP are going to sit and accrue interest at 8.5% for two years. The $6,000 "resettlement" cash PC gives you when you return won't cover the interest on his loans. Not withstanding any other benefits (increased employability, personal growth, ect), the PC is a poor economic decision for recent graduates with unsubsidized loans.
Having lived a block away from a major tourist landmark for a year, I'm certain that I am in thousands of facebook, and other, photos. I'm pretty sure I can't do anything about it either, public space and all.
I attend VCU in Richmond VA. My girlfriends bike was stolen, and she saw the guy take it. The police said they were busy, someone would be out tomorrow. No one ever came. A friend had their moped jacked, they got someone out to take a report two days later, after the roomates moped got stolen as well.
Then, we get an email from the Dean of Students, that said in part.
This letter is to inform you that a Party Patrol, consisting of
officers from the Richmond Police Department Third Precinct, the
VCU Police Department and the Virginia Department of Alcohol
Beverage Control, has been formed. The Party Patrol will patrol
areas of the Fan on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights during
the month of December. The goal of the Party Patrol is to reduce
the disorderly nature of parties that occur in that area.
The Patrol will have the ability to arrest individuals who are
publicly intoxicated, who provide alcohol to minors, or who are
underage drinkers. Additionally, information on the owner of the
residences where the parties are being held will be provided to
neighbors so that warrants can be obtained.
People call the police and they are "busy" and have to "prioritize the call volume." Those kids having a good time must be a threat to society. Police go where the money is.
IFI is a company separate from FIRST and Radioshack. It was formed by former engineer mentors of the FIRST robotics competition who were unhappy with the control systems that were available at the time, so they made their own and formed IFI.
I've been involved in FIRST since the fall of 1998, and am active on the ChiefDelphi Forums for years. I've been to competitions all over the country. These are my qualifications to speak on this subject.
I agree with you that most FIRST teams are used as marketing devices, but they are used as marketing devices for the enginnering profession. I know many people that have gone on to work for the company that sponsered their team, and know off countless others. NASA is now the largest sponser of teams, with partial funding for over 200 teams. For many of those teams, the NASA funding allows them to afford to compete but they have no NASA enginners or employees involved at all.
The purpouse of FIRST is not to teach kids engineering. It is to Inspire and get kids excited about engineering so as to goto college to learn engineering. It is to provide an alternative role model and idol to Ron Artest.
Here is a little bit from Dean Kamen, the founder of FIRST. In 2000, a VIP inquired him about "students not building the robots, like the Delphi teams". Dean replied, "But, if I walked into the pits of any of those Delphi teams, and asked any of the students about the robot, they could explain every inch of it. Learning is important, not whether they built it or not".
They still are RC, but there is now an autonomous stage of the game. Or at least was the past two years of 15 seconds at the beginning of each match.
Its not leather, its dead dino.
Took me about 2 minutes to download the 16MB trailer via the torrent.
You forget, graphing calculators in high school classrooms are a fairly recent improvment(in sleep prevention). The editors at Gamespot are probaly just to OLD to know about such things.
Most Improved Sequel on PC. They liked Hitman 2.
After I read the article before posting, I leave now in search of the demos.
Moonbase commander, Best Game No One Played on PC.
Anyone else look for the games that fall through the cracks of marketing and end up in the discount bin? I know there are other poor college kids out there that can't afford $40-50 a game.
Just imagine a beowulf cluster of 100Mhz Pentiums running Lightweight Linux.....
Why should I switch from IE?
(Because it is Microsoft is not a valid answer)
What makes Phoenix so cool that I should bother with it?
Compare things like features, security, and resource usage.
(1) I maintain that a person has a reasonable expectation of pri vacy to any part of his/her body which clothing is covered.
So if I am wearing a shirt, then I can expect noone to take a picture of my chest?
The judge can't rule against a law because she dosn't like it, a judge needs to rule on the law as written by the legislature, whether or not s/he likes it.
I recomend that you read the Constitution, it will tell you exactly what a judge can and can't do. The Third Article" in particular.
Hey...I work at a respectable job.
I work in the music department at Barnes and Noble.
Nor have I smoked pot since 10th grade.
I just graduated hs and am doing the community college bit this year because I never got around to applying to a 4 year college. I work 3 days a week(24hrs) and have 14 credit hours.
Working great for me so far. We see how I do next semester when the robotics season starts.
Yes.
My mistake.
I'm getting 90KB/s.
Being born in 1984, I remember none of these ads. I did have an Atari 2600, bought at a thrift shop on my own when I was 12(in 1986) because my parents wouldn't buy a game console.
However, we always had a computer in the top half of the performance curve.
We here in the Metro DC area often have the opposite problem. Its often turned so LOW as to be unable to be heard over the other arcade games, even when playing. It makes it really hard to play when the song is blending into the background...
"I mean if I can't beat every catastrophic song on maniac some people wont even bother talking to me. "
Nothing wrong with tech players. Not that I can beat MaxUnlimited yet, even with raping the bar...
However, some are elitest assholes, just like Mac users.
As a player yourself, can you not reconize the skill they developed to do be able to AAA combo songs on heavy?
Puttyworld.com is where you can find Crazy Arron.
One of the cooler potato cannon videos.
Thanks, I was just gonna ask what the marks are.
So this is how you gripe on slashdot.
I griped and became a troll.
I read this in the Post 3 weeks ago.
Just wondering if someone didn't read the article, but saw nuclear worms and decided to post it.
Gar