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The Second Battle Of Thermopylae
According to legend and some historians, by making a stand in the Thermopylae pass 300 brave Spartans valiantly saved the day for the entire Greek army in the face of a Persian force of overwhelming strength and manpower. More than 2,000 years later some 11 million Greeks might be considered to have carried out a rather similar operation by single handedly facing-off a massed horde of frantic global speculators on behalf of the entire Euro Area population – at no mean cost to themselves in terms of wealth, employment and general well-being. Or at least that is the conclusion which could be drawn from reading through the latest self-critical review issued by the IMF dedicated to the lessons which can be learned from the to-date handling of the country's deep economic and social crisis.
The document, entitled Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2010 Stand-By Arrangement (henceforth referred to as the Evaluation Document), does not mince its words, and suggests that Greece suffered a worse than necessary recession due to the reluctance of Europe's leaders to agree on debt restructuring from the outset. The reason for this reluctance is obvious with hindsight, the Euro Area was institutionally ill-prepared for the kind of crisis which was unfolding while the interconnection of the European capital markets and the banking sectors meant the financial systems of a number of other European countries were at risk.
Contagion from Greece was a major concern for euro area members given the considerable exposure of their banks to the sovereign debt of the euro area periphery.
Earlier debt restructuring could have eased the burden of adjustment on Greece and contributed to a less dramatic contraction in output. The delay provided a window for private creditors to reduce exposures and shift debt into official hands. This shift occurred on a significant scale and left the official sector on the hook.
An upfront debt restructuring would have been better for Greece although this was not acceptable to the euro partners. A delayed debt restructuring also provided a window for private creditors to reduce exposures and shift debt into official hands. As seen earlier, this shift occurred on a significant scale and limited the bail-in of creditors when PSI eventually took place, leaving taxpayers and the official sector on the hook. – IMF Evaluation Document
The contents of the Evaluation Document were widely reported on in the press (see for example here), and produced a swift response from EU Commission representatives, including an "I don't think it's fair and just that (the IMF) is trying to wash its hands and throw dirty water on European shoulders," from Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn. The little phrase that caused all the problems was the report's assertion that "An upfront debt restructuring would have been better for Greece although this was not acceptable to the euro partners." Obviously, when a dispute becomes as public as this, something, somewhere is going on. Trying to fathom what it was I couldn't help noticing that the publication of the Evaluation Document coincided almost exactly in timing with the issuing of the Fund's latest report on the current (rather than the initial) Greek programme – The Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (what a mouthful that is, henceforth the Third Review) – where curiously the international lenders let slip the significant little detail that next year Greece is expected to have a funding shortfall of some 4 billion Euros. Almost immediately denials that any kind of talks were ongoing about any kind of forthcoming debt pardoning for the country started to surface in Germany, (or see here).
In my case the light dawned when reading more thoroughly through the Third Review document I came across the following paragraph:
The macroeconomic outlook, debt service to the Fund, and peak access remain broadly unchanged and euro area member states remain committed to an official support package that will help keep debt on the programmed path as long as Greece adheres to program policies. Capacity to repay the Fund thus depends on the authorities' ability to fully implement an ambitious program. It continues to be the case that if the program went irretrievably off-track and euro area member states did not continue to support Greece, capacity to repay the Fund would likely be insufficient.
Now all of this may sound – at least to the uninitiated – like a load of old bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo, but actually there are a number of key statements here which may help to put the recent internal Troika tiff in some sort of broader and more intelligible perspective.
So now I understand the nervousness a bit better. Crudely put the position is this – as long as the IMF continue to write reviews stating the Greek programme is on track then the euro area member states are on the hook to make up any shortfall in Greek debt performance. This is a commitment they undertook during negotiations on the second bailout agreement.
On the other hand, if the IMF were to start producing reports stating that the programme was off-track because of Greek non-compliance, rather than for example arguing that the numbers were out of whack due to faulty macroeconomic forecasts (some of them from the EU Commission itself), then the euro area member states would be off the hook from additional stepping up to the plate with the result that the IMF would end-up taking a loss.
Complicated isn't it? That is why the rule of starting out from the assumption that nothing is ever exactly what it seems to be is normally a good one to work by.
What is obvious from reading through the documentation is that the IMF is keen to highlight the guarantees given by Greece's euro area peers at the time of setting up the Extended Fund Facility (2012) that "adequate support" would be provided to bring Greece's debt down below 110% of GDP in 2022 (ie that there would be some form of debt pardoning) should the country comply with the terms of its programme and the debt dynamics still not turn out right. Since we now have a track record on all this, and since staff economists at the Fund have also recently conducted a debt sensitivity analysis which came up with the finding that given slight under-performance on GDP and inflation outcomes the debt could still be as high as 147% of GDP come 2022 , the issue is no mere trifle.
This is, in my opinion, why so much emphasis is now being placed in Washington on the fact that Greece's short term interests were to some extent sacrificed for the greater good of the eurozone, a justification which may make the bitter pill of Euro-partner losses on their loans to Greece easier to sell to their respective electorates.
Well, since nothing is really valid in this world until it is tested (like the June 2012 commitment to mutualise some of Spain's bank losses), and since 2020 is still a relatively long way away, it isn't hard to understand why the good folks in Washington might want to see the commitment in Europe tested a good deal sooner, which is where, I think, next year's 4 billion euro funding shortfall comes in. I cite the latest review document (my emphasis):
The program is fully financed through the first half of 2014, but a projected financing gap of €4 billion will open up in the second half of 2014. Thus, under staff's current projections, additional financing will need to be identified by the time of the next review, to keep the program fully financed on a 12-month forward basis, and the Eurogroup has initiated discussions already on how to eliminate the projected 2014 gap. In this regard, the Eurogroup commitment made in both February and November 2012 to provide adequate support to Greece during the life of the program and beyond, provided that Greece fully complies with the program, is particularly important.
Again the essentials are hard to-get-through-to for all the bureaucrat-speak, but the last sentence says it all – "The Eurogroup Commitment…to provide support to Greece….is particularly important."
A Deeper Than Necessary Recession?
Greece's recession has been one of the deepest peacetime recessions ever experienced in industrialized economies, and bears comparison with the great depressions of the 1930s in the US and Germany (see chart prepared by the IMF below). Overall, the economy contracted by 22 percent between 2008 and 2012 and unemployment rose to 27 percent; youth unemployment now exceeds 60 percent. As domestic demand shrank across all areas, net exports provided support largely through shrinking imports. Indeed as opposed to other countries on Europe's periphery exports actually shrank in Greece in both 2011 and 2012. The issue this raises is was such devastation really necessary in a country participating in a currency union which could have expected support from other participants?
Naturally the country "cheated" on its partners, and sacrifices were inevitable but surely a more pragmatic and equitable solution could have been found. Simply punishing a country for what is perceived to have been "wrong doing" accomplishes little and may put a great deal at risk, including amongst those not directly involved.
As the IMF points out in the Third Review, Greece was forced into one of the largest fiscal adjustments seen anywhere to date (see chart below).The primary adjustment in 2010–12 amounted to 9 percent of GDP, and was much higher (15 percent of GDP) in cyclically-adjusted terms. The same outcome could have been achieved over a slightly longer period of time had a more constructive attitude been taken. On the other hand the IMF take the view that some sort of rapid fiscal adjustment was unavoidable (but how rapid?) given that the Greece had lost market access and official financing could be considered to have been as large as politically feasible. They conclude:
It is difficult to argue that adjustment should have been attempted more slowly. The required adjustment in the primary balance, 14½ percentage points of GDP, was an enormous adjustment with relatively few precedents, but was the minimum needed to bring debt down to 120 percent by 2020. Moreover, despite the starting point being slightly worse than thought to be the case when the 2010 Stability Program was drawn up, the SBA-supported program had already extended the period over which the Maastricht deficit target would be achieved from 3 to 5 years. Since the program only ran through mid-2013, the last part of this adjustment would occur after the program and the conditionality had ended. Moreover, debt would still be increasing when the program ended.
One of the key points to note here is the observation that the program only ran through mid-2013. This is a knock-on consequence of the type of program originally set up (the so-called Standby Arrangement – or SBA). SBA's are by their very nature designed and intended for short term liquidity support prior to a reasonably rapid return to market access. But Greece's needs, as is now obvious, were longer term and involved solvency issues. Had a decision been taken at the outset to set up an Extended Funding Facility (the 2012 program is of precisely this type) then the time horizon could have been longer, but part of the reason an EFF was not chosen was because the solvency issue was not recognised and debt restructuring was not on the table, so the argument at this point becomes somewhat circular. That is to say, had the will been there at the outset to use an Extended Funding Facility and had the realistic view (recognized with hindsight) that debt restructuring was inevitable been taken, then the Greek fiscal correction would still have been significant, but more extended in time, and with less overall damage to the economy's private sector.
And the damage was severe. The employment loss was dramatic (see chart) and as in other countries who have suffered a similar, if more benign, fate (Spain, Portugal) it is hard to see how earlier levels are ever going to be recovered given anticipated future growth rates.
The social and economic consequences of the over ambitious fiscal correction have gone well beyond the downsizing of the country's bloated public sector, and no part of Greek society has been spared. Among Greek households the fall in disposable income between 2009 and 2011 nearly doubled the previous debt-to-disposable-income ratio (which rose to 96 percent – higher than the peak observed in Latvia). Falling property prices have raised mortgage loan-to-value ratios from around 70 percent on average before the crisis (lower than in European peers) to close to 90 percent in 2012 (currently higher than even in Spain). House prices fell by 11.8% in the year to the end of March, according to the residential price index published by realtors Knight Frank following a 9.8% drop a year earlier. For a country which didn't really have a property boom before the crisis this is very striking.
In the non-financial corporate sector the decline in profits has affected firms' ability to service debt, with the interest coverage ratio dropping from 24 percent in 2001 (one of the highest in Europe) to 2.4 percent in 2012 (higher only than Portugal). As a result Non-performing loans in both the household and corporate sectors have risen sharply (see chart below for the corporate case) and in 2013 are expected to pass the 30% of total loans mark.
All this distress and impairment naturally creates problems where previously few existed. The Euro firewall building process meant that most of Greece's sovereign debt risk was transferred from other European banks to Greek ones, with the consequence that when the debt restructuring finally did come these banks all needed recapitalizing by the state leading the country to have to borrow yet more money to pay for this. Now that the only external imbalance correction process is what the IMF calls the "recessionary path" (rather than a more comprehensive internal devaluation – see below) these same banks are being faced with substantially more losses on their general loan books, possibly leading to the need for yet more recapitalization, and so on.
Divergences Within The Troika On Deflation?
"Deflation is a protracted fall in prices across different commodities, sectors and countries. In other words, it is a generalised protracted fall in prices, with self-fulfilling expectations. Therefore, it has explosive downward dynamics. We do not see anything like that in any country". Mario Draghi answering the question "do you see any risk of deflation in some countries in the euro area?" at this months ECB press conference
"Macroeconomic developments are broadly as expected. The economy is rebalancing apace: the current account deficit is now shrinking fast, by 6½ percent of GDP in 2012; the competitiveness gap has been reduced by about half as last year's labor market reforms are facilitating significant wage adjustment; and deflation is finally setting in". – IMF Third Programme Review (my emphasis).
Leaving aside a small quibble about the definition of deflation Mario Draghi selects for himself – for self-fulfilling expectations about an ongoing fall in prices to set in prices first need to start falling – there is no doubt that in the case of Greece prices are now falling, and the arrival of this crude kind of deflation (rather than what we could call the Draghi variety) in any country is surely an issue which most of the world's central bankers beyond the confines of the ECBs governing council are certainly not blasé about, if only because unless it is handled properly it can transform itself into the kind Mr Draghi so rightly fears . According to the IMF Third Review
In response to Greece's now high output gap, headline HIPC inflation fell to 0.3 percent at end-2012 (from over 2 percent at end-2011) and turned negative in March (-0.2 percent) and April (-0.6 percent). Core inflation (excluding energy and unprocessed food), which has been negative for some time, fell further to -1¼ percent in March. The GDP deflator also turned negative in 2012 (-¾ percent).
The striking thing, leaving aside the issue of definition, is that the IMF actually seem to welcome the fact deflation is finally arriving in Greece – due to the competitiveness impact it will have on the Greek price level. But it is here I think that one can discern some sort of difference of opinion within the Troika itself. It seems likely that the IMF would actually agree with Mario Draghi that Japanese-style deflation is probably not on the cards in Greece at the moment (although given the depth of the country's problems and the fact that the countries workforce has now started shrinking – due to demographic shifts and emigration – who the hell really knows, I certainly wouldn't put my hand in the fire one way or the other on this one).
But the IMF are concerned about an ongoing fall in wages and incomes in the context of continuing increases in the price level, and hence welcome the drop in prices as part of an internal devaluation which is seen as essential to restore international competitiveness.
The far-reaching labor market reforms put in place in early 2012 have contributed to deeper wage corrections than in other recent crisis cases and substantial adjustment in the ULC-based REER. Less encouraging has been the weak and delayed response of prices to wage reductions, owing largely to product market rigidities. This asymmetry in price adjustment has led to a substantial erosion in real incomes and demand, and placed a disproportionate burden on wage earners relative to the self employed and the corporate sector. It has also left the CPI-based REER overvalued in 2012 by about 9 percent (Box 2). With the headline inflation now in negative territory and a widening inflation differential with the euro area, the extent of overvaluation is gradually reducing and relative prices between the tradable and nontradable sectors are adjusting. – IMF 2013 Article IV Consultation
So why might the other parts of the Troika – the EU Commission and the ECB – be more nervous about the consequences of this drop in the price level? They are concerned about the impact on Greek debt dynamics is the obvious answer. This drop in prices is now seen as essential and inevitable by the Fund, but is still to some extent being resisted in Brussels and Berlin. Again, the reason for the reticence is obvious, "we're on the hook" – remember, if Greek debt is above the 110% of GDP target in 2022, or reaches levels in the intervening years that make this level obviously unattainable, for reasons of lower than anticipated GDP or price growth then the Euro Area peer countries are committed to making up the difference.
The chart below shows the results of a Debt Sustainability Analysis carried out by Fund economists during the period of the first bailout. What is clear is that the two main risk items for debt snowballing are lower than anticipated GDP growth and deflation. As the IMF itself observes in the Evaluation Document: Since the shocks considered were fairly mild, this sensitivity analysis demonstrated the precariousness of the debt trajectory. For example, the deflation shock considered in the DSA (3 percent more) would not have made much difference to the internal devaluation, but would have caused debt to jump to 175 percent of GDP.
In the Third Review the Fund goes even further on the basis of a new Debt Sustainability analysis – "If nominal growth averages 1 percent lower than the 4 percent baseline projection, debt will be 134 percent in 2020 with an only modest declining path thereafter". That is to say, if the sum of GDP growth and inflation is 1% less than forecast in the baseline scenario debt will rise substantially.
So Whither Greece? Is Grexit About To Become An Option Again?
According to Citi's Chief Economist Willem Buiter, the man who coined the term Grexit, the possibility of Greece exiting the euro zone has receded "markedly" in recent months. "We still believe that there is a fairly high risk of Grexit in coming years, but no longer put it in our base case at any particular date," Citi said in a research note co-authored by Buiter published in May. Reading this assessment at the time of its publication the argument seemed reasonable to me. But after 48 hours of poring over IMF documentation on the country I am no longer so sure that this conclusion is as solid as it seems.
My feeling now is that, despite Buiter's recent pronouncements, Grexit may well come rapidly back on the agenda after the German elections.
I think markets are soothing themselves with an overoptimistic expectation of how committed German politicians are to moving towards banking and fiscal union – Draghi bond buying at the ECB is another issue, but the Greeks by and large don't have bonds to sell, they just have debt obligations to the official sector. Put another way, as Wolfgang Munchau argues in this week's Financial Times, "The OMT is not designed to address the solvency problems of various private and public entities in the eurozone", and Greece's coming problems are surely of the solvency and not the liquidity kind.
The key issue really hangs around the obligations the Euro partners entered into with the IMF last December to fund any shortfall in Greek funding and debt-reduction needs as long as the IMF continues to give the country a pass mark during the ongoing reviews.
Looking over and over again through the numbers the IMF put forward it is clear to me that there is really very little wiggle room left on Greek debt dynamics, and that the IMF are fully aware of this as their Debt Sustainability exercises demonstrate, hence initial attempts to distance themselves from EU institutions in the Evaluation Document. The move reminds me of one of Leo Messi's attempts to lose his markers while languishing near the edge of the penalty box. One swift lunge and its in the net.
Now one possibility which lies before us is obviously that the IMF gives the country a red flag in a review. That wouldn't be so difficult given the way Greece works. Yet actually, for reasons discussed in the introductory section to this piece, the Fund has precious little interest in doing this, since the country's Euro peers could then simply walk away from their funding obligations and the IMF would be last man standing on the debt, a situation they repeatedly stress they are anxious to avoid. Nonetheless, let us assume they do throw up a red flag, what would be the consequences?
Well, not another EU backed aid programme surely. The red flag would mean the issue of possible Grexit would be directly back on the table, since core Europe would surely be extremely reluctant to accept politically unpopular losses for a country that wasn't complying, and it is hard to see what the solution to ongoing funding shortfalls coupled with non-compliance would be if it wasn't euro exit.
So now let's assume that the country gets a series of continuing green flags, but that nominal GDP performance is less than projected in the programme's baseline scenario – it may not be politically correct to say this, but it is hard not to get the impression that the inflation and growth numbers for 2015 to 2018 (showing nominal GDP growth of around 4.7%) have been devised explicitly to bring Greek debt into the region of 120% by 2020, at least on paper. The probability of under-performance is thus high.
Cognizant of this looming difficulty the Fund seem to be already attempting to force the issue by looking for a 4 billion Euro down-payment on their commitment from the Euro partners in 2014. Then, supposing they wanted to accelerate the Euro partners Greek bail-in process they would only have to revise down their post 2014 inflation and GDP forecasts to make even more money needed quite quickly.
But, if we think about it a bit, the political logic for ongoing debt pardoning in Greece by other EU member states isn't especially clear given that Italy, Portugal, Ireland and Spain could all easily have debt levels over 110% of GDP come 2022. So how can you justify making Greece a special case in the positive sense?
I think the more likely outcome is that core Europe will try to wriggle out of its obligations following the German elections, and that this move will lead to a surge in uncertainty about Greece's future, with Grexit once more becoming an openly discussed option.
12 Responses to "The Second Battle Of Thermopylae"
Fernando Betancor • June 19th, 2013 at 7:35 pm
Dear Dr. Hugh,
Rather than "wiggle out" of their commitment to Greece and return to the chaotic and panicky days of 2011 and 2012 (with the severe negative repercussions that would have on Spain and Italy), aren't the EU leaders more likely to apply the Cyrpiot Formula to Greece?
4 billion euros is too small a sum to risk a return to chaos and EU leaders, while pusillanimous and short-sighted, are not congenitally stupid. While fully funding the gap might be politically unpalatable to their citizens, they can always sell the story of "EU solidarity" and "the sanctity of the Euro", especially when the call for the Greek people to "make a sacrifice" in return. After all, what's 2 billion euros when Greek domestic deposits stand at 162 billion euros in April? (according to WSJ). And since we all know the Greeks to be very wicked fellows, I doubt they would find any defenders.
That would make everyone miserable, but meet the twin goals of mutualizing pain and keeping the euro alive for one more day…
Edward Hugh • June 19th, 2013 at 8:25 pm
Not sure that it is as easy as that Fernando. The 4 billion is only for next year, and isn't for a bank recap, but for general government funding. But much larger sums are going to appear as needed further down the road. The debt projections and nominal GDP growth numbers are still completely unrealistic. If you read the IMF documents they really are keen to try and make the EU stick to their agreements here. I think it is obvious why.
Also, you mention Spain and Italy. I think Europe's leaders will not be keen to touch bank deposits again in a hurry, precisely due to the panic that this would produce in these countries.
So my main point is OMT is basically irrelevant in the Greek case, and Grexit may be a lot nearer the surface than many are imagining. I think it may well resurface again after the German elections.
james denne • June 19th, 2013 at 9:07 pm
don't underestimate the germans either in terms of pragmatism or ambition. they are far more likely to "invest" than to forgive. they will eventually come to the conclusion that it is cheeper to buy greece than to bail it out. the euro is their baby, and they will not throw it out.
Edward Hugh • June 20th, 2013 at 7:37 am
Hi James
"don't underestimate the germans either in terms of pragmatism or ambition"
Good points, and as I said to Fernando this is definitely what many market participants are assuming. Some hedge funds are even buying Greek bank bonds assuming they won't be "bailed in" when bank recapitalisation comes.
But how deep are Germany's pockets? Will they stretch to pardoning debt in (or buying up) Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland? All of which will continue to be loss making enterprises. This is the isssue I am raising.
Greece is in a unique position, since it is now openly recognised that the country's problems are solvency one (debt sustainability) not simply liquidity (market access at reasonable prices) ones. Not only that, the IMF got the EU to agree to UNDERWRITE future Greek losses should the programme implementation prove to be adequate (as, for example, in Portugal, which is hardly outperforming). Progressing adequately will be sufficient. And as I try to argue the IMF has now no incentive to give any other verdict. It's called moral hazard.
These losses, as I try to argue, will go well beyond the mere 4 billion Euros identified for 2014. In fact, as the IMF recognise, the absence of HICP adjustment means Greece is a long way away from getting sufficient competitiveness to have exports alone pull the economy as incomes fall and the domestic economy contracts. So the Greek economy has been turned into a loss making machine out towards the horizon – are Finland, the Netherlands and Germany willing to keep subsidising Greece over such an extended horizon? And remember we are no longer talking about lending more (that is only relevant in liquidity cases) we are talking about accepting losses (solvency) on a continuing basis. I see nothing to date that convinces me core Euurope is ready for this, even if it could afford to foot the bill. They are, well and truly, "on the hook".
In addition, the other countries – Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Italy – who will probably need future debt restructuring are only currently being offered a liquidity programme (the ECB's OMT). This is where attitudes to Greece were in 2010. Once the fact that these countries are facing solvency problems too is openly recognised then the bill will become very, very large. And Europe's leaders can scarcely offer worse terms than they offer to Greece – except for the Thermopylae argument, which would be a real turn up for the books if it were used.
A lot of thinking will have to go on in Berlin before deciding on whether or not to bite that bullet in the autumn. And we haven't even started to talk about the risk factor represented by Abenomics.
maytainroma • June 20th, 2013 at 10:31 am
So, as a non-economist having read this paper, I ask will anything be done to help the people of Greece who have seen their social fabric torn apart with the program in act. Numerous sources have puiblished the fact that 60% of the bailout finds Greece receives immediately go to pay the banks and preferential lenders. Greece and the Greek people are being looted by this state of affairs and the country will never recover under the current terms it is subjected to. Debt restructuring should have been implemented at the outset. Now that the faults of the program have been admitted Greece and the Greek people must have redress.
Gnoman • June 20th, 2013 at 8:04 pm
While the cost to Greece has been significant, does any supporter of that nation believe that ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY economic reforms would have been introduced by the Greek government otherwise? Let's face it, this crisis presents an opportunity for Greeks to do what should have been done long ago-reign in government spending, reform taxation, open up closed professions, reduce the size of the government headcount and reform labor laws. Let's just hope the economic pain hasn't been wasted by foot-dragging Ministers in Athens!
DiranM • June 21st, 2013 at 7:22 am
Brilliant piece, Ed, that puts forth all the issues concerning Greece, plus realistic assessement of EU politics. Great to see a serious discussion of debt deflation – rare and taboo topic with Europeans whereas generally much better understood by American economists. The Euro is a 'bumble bee" that defies economic logic and flys on political expediency is a good conclusion here.
For Greeks, they have been consistently fed lies by their political elite about their European prospects as milk and honey. Current government resembles a Soviet regime touting their economic progress. Serious Greek economists like Yanis Varoufakis are considered dissidents. The Greek elite see their personal careers in the EU and frankly are happy to trample on the bodies, ambition, and future of their citizens in extracting from them the maximum 'blood money' as Varoufakis puts it.
So far Greeks have been rather submissive towards their European masters and rapacious, self-centered political elite, but for how long? Basically. the pensioners who are the many can choose to suffer or commit suicide, the young are emigrating in droves.
tom • June 22nd, 2013 at 4:31 pm
I can't think of a more inappropriate comparison. Thermopylae is a legendary ultimate self sacrifice for the good of the nation. Today's Greek leaders push the sacrifices onto the least able to push back while cursing the Germans for being so stingy with new loans just because previous loans were squandered.
John • June 27th, 2013 at 4:23 am
Let's take the GrExit option a step further: re-stablishing a Greek Central Bank and floating currency doesn;t guarantee that the outstanding public debt to EZ members / IMF / private sector will continue to be serviced, quite the opposite actually.
Its a lose-lose scenario in my opinion thus other options however illogical they may seem are being pursued.
Edward Hugh • June 27th, 2013 at 9:45 am
Hi Tom,
"I can't think of a more inappropriate comparison."
I thought some might find this comparison rather controversial. It was indeed intended so to be. Having said that, the issue is the average Greek in the street has had a much deeper than necessary recession and a much more rapid than strictly required fiscal correction forced on them simply to enable core Europe banks to exit Greek government bonds before the inevitable debt restructuring took place. I would hardly call the EU approach in this case an honourable one.
Edward Hugh • June 27th, 2013 at 11:36 am
"Its a lose-lose scenario in my opinion thus other options however illogical they may seem are being pursued."
I wouldn't disagree. Maybe now there are only lose-lose scenarios left. Delay always comes at a price.
Beyond that I would stress I am not ADVOCATING Grexit, simply pointing out that it may well happen, since Core Europe may well try to ease its way out of its obligations in a way which will enrage Greek public opinion. Someone here has to pay for the broken plates, and the excessively large recession, and I fear some may feel it is the Greeks who should do so.
According to some versions of history the First World War should never have happened. No one really wanted it. It was a mistake. Millions died, but once the first mobilisation order was given in Germany the inflexible railway timetables made it impossible to throw things into reverse gear. Truth or fiction? I've no idea. But sometimes something no one really wants gets to happen. The Malvinas war would be another tragic example. If Grexit happens it will be like this.
cantueso • June 28th, 2013 at 7:03 am
"additional financing will need to be identified by the time of the next review"
"To identify the financing" crudely paraphrased could mean the money is not in the kitchen drawer. Now if you yourself have to make a real effort to find out what could be hidden under the verbiage, then who are these reports meant for? Or are they maybe written to discourage reading? — I think sometimes lawyers do that to wear out a judge or to frustrate the lawyers of the other party for instance in a patent case.


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A very fast project which took about 2 hours from copying the pattern to be worn.
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Black Knit Fabric with Wool (140 * 1,80m)
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Jan 30, 2013, 08.11 AMby A Sewing Architect
Thank you all! :)
Jan 29, 2013, 02.10 PMby Ivanamania
very nice! did you make any alteration on the collar – I like it 'cause it goes to the neck, it is not falling down like it is predicted by the pattern. I would like to make this turtleneck, but only if I can make collar like on yours (I am afraid if I just reduce the size of the one in the pattern, that I will not be able to dress it over my head)
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Jan 30, 2013, 08.10 AMby A Sewing Architect
Thank you! No, I didn't do any alterations on the collar. The pattern is meant for thin jerseys, I used a thicker stiffer knitted fabric. I would have preferred a falling down collar, but I like it this way, too. The collar is quite big, you could reduce the size a bit..
Jan 29, 2013, 03.13 AMby neveenkarnes
very nice. love the easy projects.
Jan 28, 2013, 09.49 PMby annie-s-1
Love this
Jan 28, 2013, 09.16 PMby Mary Athey
This is lovely on you x


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This article proposes a solution for updating Windows Form components when using cross-thread method calls.
Since .NET Framework 2.0, you can't make an explicit method call to a Windows Form component method (say, you wanted to alter the text of a label). This happens because Windows Forms is not thread-safe (in other words, it can't guarantee that the behavior using threads will be the same as using only the main program thread).
What to do then, when your beautiful, multi-core optimized code has an user interface that needs to be updated from whatever thread is needed? You have to use the BeginInvoke method, so you can make a thread-safe call.
The article covers basically three areas:
Note: English is not my mother language, so the text may not be accurate sometimes.
To understand this code, I recommend that you have at least some contact with the C# language (the more, the better).
If you have already worked with event handling before, this tutorial may improve your skills.
If you never had the chance or patience to learn how to implement a custom event or how to use it with multiple threads, this is specially for you.
The code is fully documented. But for those who are in a hurry and seek just some pointers and advice, I'll give a brief explanation.
The code consists basically of two classes:
The Door class has the delegates and events declaration. I have opted to include a BackgroundWorker to insert some delay between changing the Door state from closed to open and vice-versa.
The Form1 class is a Windows Form with two buttons (Open door and Close door) and a label to display the current status. The door starts up closed, so you have to click Open to raise two events.
The first event raised is the event telling that the door is opening. The second one is raised when the door is open (when the background worker finishes its job).
By design, you can't close a door that isn't open and can't open a door that isn't closed (the in-between events can't be altered even if you click the other button).
Now some code fun.
The following code is inside the Door class:
// event raised before the door opens public delegate void OpeningDoor (); public event OpeningDoor RaiseDoorOpening; // event raised after the door is open public delegate void OpenDoor (); public event OpenDoor RaiseDoorOpened; // event raised before the door closes public delegate void ClosingDoor (); public event ClosingDoor RaiseDoorClosing; // event raised after the door is closed public delegate void ClosedDoor (); public event ClosedDoor RaiseDoorClosed;
And now the Open method for the Door class:
public void Open () { // Asserts that the door isn't already open if ( !_isOpen ) { RaiseDoorOpening (); // raises event before opening door #region Open door delay // we're going to insert a small asynchronous delay here, // so we can see both events happening. // This has to be done in another thread, otherwise it would // freeze the Form (and we don't want that) BackgroundWorker delayer = new BackgroundWorker (); delayer.DoWork += new DoWorkEventHandler ( OpenDelayer_DoDelay ); delayer.RunWorkerAsync (); #endregion } else return; // aborts if already open } private void OpenDelayer_DoDelay ( object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e ) { Thread.Sleep ( 3000 ); _isOpen = true; // sets the door to open state RaiseDoorOpened (); // Raise the event after the delay happens }
As for the Form1 class, the relevant parts are:
The constructor:
public Form1 () { InitializeComponent (); // creates an instance of the Door class door = new Door (); // event handler for door opening door.RaiseDoorOpening += new Door.OpeningDoor(door_OnDoorOpening); // event handler for door opened door.RaiseDoorOpened += new Door.OpenDoor ( door_OnDoorOpen ); // event handler for door closing door.RaiseDoorClosing += new Door.ClosingDoor(door_OnDoorClosing); // event handler for door closed door.RaiseDoorClosed += new Door.ClosedDoor ( door_OnDoorClosed ); }
Now the event handlers for opening the door:
private void door_OnDoorOpening () { string msg = "Opening the door..."; Console.WriteLine ( msg ); object [] p = GetInvokerParameters ( msg, Color.Orange ); BeginInvoke ( new UpdateDoorStatusLabel ( UpdateLabelText ), p ); } private void door_OnDoorOpen () { string msg = "Door opened."; Console.WriteLine ( msg ); object [] p = GetInvokerParameters ( msg, Color.Green ); BeginInvoke ( new UpdateDoorStatusLabel ( UpdateLabelText ), p ); }
Helper method for creating the required parameters for the delegate:
private object [] GetInvokerParameters (string labelMessage, Color labelColor ) { // We have to create an object array as this is the only way our // UpdateLabelText method can receive the parameters object [] delegateParameter = new object [ 2 ]; delegateParameter [ 0 ] = labelMessage; delegateParameter [ 1 ] = labelColor; return delegateParameter; }
Helper method to update the text and change the forecolor:
private void UpdateLabelText ( string text, Color color ) { lblDoorStatus.Text = text; lblDoorStatus.ForeColor = color; }
The Open button Click event handler:
private void btnOpenDoor_Click ( object sender, EventArgs e ) { door.Open (); }
This code helped me to remember how to use delegates with C# and how to handle events. I also learned how to use the BackgroundWorker for the delay to work properly and the cross-thread call was a bonus (I didn't expect to use it at first when I was coding the event handling).
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In this op-ed, Stephen Larrabee explains why Turkey has renewed its engagement in the Middle East, suggesting that it is a result of structural changes in Turkey's security environment rather than a sign of "creeping Islamisation."
One of the most distinguishing hallmarks of Turkish foreign policy since Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development party (AKP) came to power in November 2002 has been Ankara's active engagement in the Middle East. After decades of passivity and neglect, Turkey is emerging as an important diplomatic actor there. Ankara has established close ties to Iran and Syria, two countries with which, in the l970s and l980s, it had tense relations and it has also adopted a more forward-leaning approach to the Palestinian issue and improved relations with the Arab world.
This new activism in the Middle East represents an important departure in Turkish foreign policy. Except for a brief period in the l950s, Turkish foreign policy has been characterised by caution, and by an aloofness from deep involvement in Middle East affairs. For most of the post-WWII period, the Middle East was largely "off limits" for Turkey.


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Hi guys
I'm working on updating my Neko garb as a little project right now to keep me sane whilst between jobs.
What i do have is some black faux fur, and some "anime skin tone" coloured funky foam.
I have an idea on how to do this, but i'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I'm going for a fairly 'chunky' look on them.
Thanks for any help =)
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Taffeta_Rose Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 | I've made a couple of animal ears. Chiiko was very simple - ear shapped bit of high density foam, cover it in fur, stick it to hairband, but it worked for an SD charecter.
Kirara's ears came out quite well, so you might be able to use something similar. Make a sort of flame shape from the foam (like a oval, but long and tapered at the top.) Back with fur and then fold down the middle and stick the bottom edge to itself. You are left with a sort of 3d cat ear, hopefully. You can fold the foam before you attach the fur to see what shape you're going to get, and then cut it to suit your needs (Kirara's quite long and narrow). I'll try adn put a picture up so you can see what the hell I'm talking about Last edited by Taffeta_Rose (24 Feb 2008 - 08:04) |
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jaydrive Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 27 | that sounds quite an good idea actually, i think i've got the jist of what you're saying in terms of the fold..
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Taffeta_Rose Joined: 19 Aug 2007 Posts: 275 | Yeah. I re-read what I posted and realised it didn't make an awful lot of sense
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When the season turns to summer, South St Paul turns to its city festival, Kaposia Days. Our families have been involved in Kaposia Days since its inception 35 years ago and the Fourth of July Celebration for years before that. But for this entry we look back to the Centennial year of 1987 when four-year-old Annie Goossens won 1st place in the Kids Parade with her "Little House On the Prairie" look.
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I am about to jump into field trials this year with my pup or maybe train this year with my puppy while waitng to compete next year. However this is very encouraging for a novice like myself to here of a first time trainers success!
Good luck, Wingman!
It's my first time, too and so excited to be attending my first one next week - just to watch and meet people, then to compete in the Derby in April.
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Jennifer thanks for this thread. I've been reading about Laddie on his blog and am so thankful for his sharing on his training. I trained my first retriever 11 years ago. Never ran the games but used him for hunting. I used all traditional training with him including force fetch and ecollar. I followed Lardy's trt. It worked despite my inexperience but after reading about positive training methods I've wondered for years if that would be a better fit for me and my dog. This board and most others seem to ridicule these methods but I'm seeing that starting to change which is great.
I have a new pup coming to me next week and I've decided to train positively and to hopefully compete in some of the games as well since I now have the time and money to do so. It's great to see and hear of others doing the same thing. I know traditional methods work great but I like the challenge of doing something different that might possibly be better and more comfortable for me and my dog. I look forward to continuing to learn here with you and others! No matter how you choose to train we all share the great love of these amazing dogs and the hunting games.


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After the very successful first Tokamac in Millan, Italy we would like to repeat this at the second Plasma developer meeting in the beautiful city of Oporto, Portugal. The local ISEP institute, kindly offered to host this meeting. ISEP is very interested in Open Source technologies especially exiting and promissing ones like KDE's Plasma. ISEP wants its students of computer science to experience Open Source Software creation and community.
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By Maryann Turner Printed in Practical Homeschooling #19, 1997.
We started out like most other confused, dazed, rookie homeschool parents. We read all the right books, and bought all the right curriculum. We purchased textbooks, manipulatives, art supplies, music supplies, a piano, a recorder (just in case our musical child couldn't conquer the piano), playground equipment, a new computer, an aquarium, a pair of gerbils (after all, she had to learn about science first-hand), educational videos, educational audio cassettes, and computer programs. Then we signed her up for dance class, gymnastics, piano, soccer, Daisy Scouts, and all our church activities. If you are a veteran homeschooler you are probably smiling right about now. Our five-year-old was going to be the best educated and most well-rounded child on this earth!
Within a few months, we could drop every important name in the homeschool movement. We could quote Mary Pride by heart. We read everything by the Moores. We read all the Holt books. All the homeschool self-help books were on our shelves. Ruth Beechick and Charlotte Mason became our mentors; but then so did the Moores, Holt, the BJU and A Beka representatives . . . and let's not leave out Konos, Weaver, and Ann Ward. Now add a toddler, baby, and pregnant mom to the equation and what do you get?
We had all the right stuff, but no idea how to fit it all together! Though obvious to us now, we were trying to combine umpteen different homeschool methods, and we were totally missing the boat! One day we would sit in our new classroom with our workbooks; the next we would be outside drawing letters in the sand and catching bugs. It just depended on which expert's book I had last read. Of course, the days during which we did what appeared to be "nothing" were many, because of the babies and Mom's morning sickness and lack of energy.
No wonder I had no energy. I was trying to be everything, and more, to everyone! I was Super Homeschooling Mom, and everyone was so impressed with how fast I had caught on to this new adventure. After all, within a year I had become overactive in our homeschool support group. We had field trips and co-ops and all kinds of neat things planned every week. How could we fail? We were doing all the right things!
Life was swirling around us. We seemed to never finish what we started. In spite of the thousand dollars that I had spent that first year, the whole experience wasn't rewarding. Our delightful little girl was doing quite nicely. She was adaptable, although somewhat confused about what we would be doing from day to day. Well, we trudged along at this haphazard pace, until.... it all spun out of control.
A Change of Pace
It was shortly after Christmas of our second homeschooling year, and baby number four was due any day. We were still recovering from holiday festivities, homeschool support group gatherings, and countless other holiday activities we had become involved in so that our little student would have all that we could offer her.
She got it all right! She came down with a serious stomach virus, and soon everyone in our home was sick. We all recovered fairly quickly, but she couldn't shake it off. Within a couple of weeks, she was hospitalized. I was waddling around nine months pregnant, not sure what exactly was wrong with my child and exhausted from the long months of chaos. She was in the hospital for a week, and finally diagnosed with inflamed intestines from the virus. The doctor's prescription was "to keep her away from other children for the next 3-6 months. No exposure to any new germs." Two days after she was released from the hospital, our baby daughter was born.
There ended our merry-go-round of perfect homeschooling, and there begin our "perfect" life of taking it all one day at a time. I learned to really listen to my child. I learned to read a story or just cuddle in front of the fireplace, while my children told me stories. I learned to really go outside and catch ants and beetles . . . or just pretend we were a rock or blade of grass for a few minutes in the afternoon. We actually got the art supplies out, and painted the sky. We built towering structures with the huge Cuisenaire rod set I had purchased for math. We played hopscotch and jackrocks. We read poetry books together! All these things were much easier to do with toddlers in tow, and a newborn riding joyfully in a baby sling. We didn't have to watch the clock to finish math problems, or fill in the blanks in a phonics book. Why bother? She was reading poetry to me, and counting ants! We didn't even miss all our activities! We finally had time to have fun!
A New Philosophy
We had made a discovery! Even though it had already been discovered by John Holt and many others before us, it was a breath of fresh air for this tired, exhausted mom. We had discovered education at its finest. We were unschooling.
What is unschooling? Among the many different definitions that have been tossed about, the one that best describes unschooling is "allowing your child's natural curiosity about the world, and natural desire to learn become the motivating factor in education." As parents, our job is to guide and help our children as they pursue their interests at their own pace according to their unique abilities. Children are natural learners, and they want to learn about the world they live in. So if their lives are rich in learning possibilities, great books, and parents that care, children will absorb all the information around them like a sponge.
Unschooling was the turning point in our homeschool journey, but there have been many twists in the road along the way. We managed to survive toddlerhood with the next three children. They even all learned to read! We've homeschooled through Grandma's serious illness that has lasted for the past five years. We've homeschooled through two years that I worked outside the home, because of bad financial decisions. We've homeschooled through learning disabilities and many other curve balls that were thrown our way. Each year ends much the same. I sit and ponder how far we've come since the year before, and I realize that no matter how side-tracked I become during the year . . . the children keep on learning.
As I watch how far we've come on our journey, I know without a doubt that learning to relax and enjoy our time together not only saved our homeschooling adventure but added a whole new dimension to our lives. Our children have learned all the basics, and so much more. They enjoy many hobbies and activities that they wouldn't be able to enjoy if we were tied down to a curriculum time table. It also allowed me to overcome the guilt of not being perfect, so that I could enjoy the many years of homeschooling that we have had and the many years I hope we can share in the future. This is a season in my life that I really wish could last forever!
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Even with the CrossFit Open Madness, you all still managed to achieve some awesome accomplishments during the month of March! I'm quite sure there are many more accomplishments about which to be bragged….remember to write them up on the accomplishment board in the front of the gym!
Deadlifts, Cleans, & Thrusters
Matt Stebbins and Eric Nevarez set a PR on their power clean (205). Deadlift PR's this month included Ian Douglas (440), Bradley Roth (425), Matt L (335), Vinnie E. (265), Themis (285), Lisa Pageau (195), Jenn Jacobson (215), Krooney (225), Jay Caron (300), and Jack Yeager (315). JR Romano PR'd on his hang squat clean at 245 and so did Jeanette at 135. LP set a PR on her thruster and so did Eddie Angiollo at 185.
Other Great Accomplishments
First bar muscle ups this month went to Colleen Delaney, Mary Pont, Sarah Lipp, Courtney Miniter, and Kori Stewart. Shana DePolo got her first ring muscle up this month and Biance Fiondella set a HUGE PR on her 30 burpee muscle ups in 13:50. Janie and Randy are officially back at SCF and Kristine Capstick had her 3-year anniversary this month and it was Ben Schaefer's 4 year anniversary. Steve Signore got his first double unders, Terry O did 15 unbroken, Mark DeCapua did 40 unbroken double unders, and Mary Pont did 17. Steve Signore did chest to bar pull ups for the first time in a WOD and Tricia Anderson performed 2 unassisted pull ups! LP set a "Grace" PR and so did Eric Nevarez (2:52). LP also managed to perform deficit HSPUs after years of a shoulder injury. Melissa Roy set a 44 second PR on 14.5 and Robin Sandler turned 60 years young this month!


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The small letter 'd' in the BMW model names stands for a difference with big results: every BMW diesel engine – whether four, six or eight-cylinder – delivers refined power and superb fuel efficiency.
The diesel engine transforms the chemical energy contained in diesel into mechanical energy. While petrol engines compress a mixture of air and fuel and ignite it with a sparkplug (externally-supplied ignition), diesel engines first compress pure air, which causes it to heat up. The fuel is later injected directly into the combustion chamber and ignites itself (self ignition). The direct injection with common rail technology enables the precise control of the ignition process, an even increase in pressure and the targeted burning of remaining soot particles by post injections. This minimises burning noises, makes running smoother and reduces emissions.
The high compression ratio and pressure deliver generous torque even at low speeds and ensure efficient fuel combustion and thus lower consumption. Modern turbo technologies like the two-stage charging in the Variable Twin Turbo also increase the spontaneous power delivery and, in combination with modern automatic transmissions, minimise the response delay at low speeds. Thus BMW diesel engines combine the typical BMW dynamics and sportiness with smooth and refined running, low consumption and excellent acoustics.
The four-cylinder diesel in the BMW 3 Series Sedan 320d EfficientDynamics Edition, with 120 kW (163 hp) offers a powerful engine and a temptingly low average consumption of 4.1 litres of diesel per 100 km. The common rail injection technology ensures maximum running smoothness; and the BMW BluePerformance technology means BMW diesel engines already fulfil the EU6 emission norm that only come into effect in 2014.
The BMW 740d Series six-cylinder diesel engine in the BMW 7 Series Sedan boasts an impressive 225 kW (306 hp) and a torque of 600 Nm. Thanks to innovative TwinPower Turbo technology the vehicle can be started at just above idling speed and has an electronically-controlled top speed of 250 km/h. The combination of both a large and a small turbocharger enable a powerful start and thrust even at high speed.
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MOSCOW – After 233 days in a locked steel capsule, six researchers on a 520-day mock flight to Mars are all feeling strong and ready to "land" on the Red Planet, the mission director said Friday.
The all-male crew of three Russians, a Chinese, a Frenchman and an Italian-Colombian has been inside windowless capsules at a Moscow research center since June. Their mission aims to help real space crews in the future cope with the confinement and stress of interplanetary travel.
The researchers communicate with the outside world via e-mails and video messages — occasionally delayed to give them the feel of being farther than a few yards (meters) away from mission control. The crew members eat canned food similar to that eaten on the International Space Station and shower only once a week.
None of the men has considered abandoning the mission, although they are free to walk out at any time, mission director and former cosmonaut Boris Morukov told reporters on Friday.
"They are still motivated, but there is a certain fatigue, which is natural," he said.
The six men are due to "land" on Mars on Feb. 12 and spend two days researching the planet. They then begin the months-long return flight to Earth, expected to be the most challenging part of the mission.
"It will be very tough on the boys because of the monotony," Morukov said. "The fatigue and the thought that the mission is over can be fraught with negative consequences."
The Mars-500 experiment is being conducted by the Moscow-based Institute for Medical and Biological Problems, the European Space Agency and China's space training center.
In an effort to reproduce the conditions of space travel, with exception of weightlessness, the crew has living quarters the size of a bus connected with several other modules for experiments and exercise. A separate built-in imitator of the Red Planet's surface is attached for the mock landing.
A real mission to Mars is decades away because of its huge costs and major technological challenges, particularly the task of creating a compact shield that would protect the crew from deadly space radiation.
The Institute for Medical and Biological Problems at http://mars500.imbp.ru/en/index_e.html
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If it doe's, then why did Hasbro forget them on the new toy... ???
If it doe's, then why did Hasbro forget them on the new toy... ???
It does, and as far as I know (which could be wrong, I need to brush up on this info) they didn't. I think the bomber's laser cannons are near the wings. A good length away from eachother, and not too accurate.
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There's some confusion on the whereabouts of the laser cannons on the TIE Bomber. Some sources have it like the TIE Interceptor, with the guns on the wings (like Starfig mentioned); while others say they're under the cockpit just like a regular TIE Fighter (like in Dark Forces2: Jedi Knight); and I believe they're actually in the center portion near the top - you can see 'em on the Hasbro toy.
If they're under the cockpit, they're missing. If they're on the wings, they're not missing but they're kinda rounded since they're from the Darth Vader TIE Fighter. If they're where I think they are, then they're right where they're supposed to be on the toy.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I think JT's right, I checked Behind The Magic and got this picture of a TIE Bomber prop from the front.
"Hokey packaging and ancient gimmicks are no match for good detail on your figure, kid."
"I am a Klingot from Oklahoma in human boy form."
"We came, we saw, we conquered... We, woke up!"
Nice picture LTBasker.
Yep, that looks like that would be where the lasers would be placed. Man, I cannot wait for this vehicle to be in my hot little hands. I hope that it sells really well and Hasbro will do a 25th Anniversary properly scaled and sculpted Tie Fighter. If so, I will be buying two and replacing the center section of my TIE Interceptor as well.
MTFBWY and HH!!
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With the exception of ARMY service a life long resident of the Houston area, I have been though 2 Majors (Alicia and Ike)and the Alison Flood event.
By: uptxcoast, 10:23 PM GMT on September 13, 2011
From The Houston ChronicleEric BergerLinkHouston's never been this warm, this late in the year.The mercury has reached 102 degrees this afternoon at Bush Intercontinental Airport, reports the National Weather Service, smashing the old record of 98 degrees set in 1912.Houston has never recorded a temperature above 100 degrees after Sept. 12. Until today.Marcos Gonzalez, an iron worker at the Houston Dynamo soccer team's new stadium, drinks a cup of water today. (Ja...
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Heat watch: Today may be August's hottestPlease, make it stop.Houston hit 103 degrees Wednesday and it could get hotter today.So far this summer, and alas it's far from over, College Station, Huntsville, Conroe and Houston's Hobby Airport have all beaten the record for the most 100-degree days in 1980.Bush Intercontinental, Houston's official weather site, now has just four to break its record as well.Of course we've already set the record for most 100-deg...
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All in one day!Tornado touched down not far from where I live, North of Houston.Here you can see the Tornado that was confirmed by The police who spotted it. No reports of damage.Power out for a lot of people. Generators were heard for the first time since Ike.It was as impressive as yesterday storms and much more wide spread.Now lets see what happens to these storms once they get out over the gulf. The water is about VERY warm and I believe that there will be ver...
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Late yesterday afternoon and a pop up thunderstorm hit right over my area just north of Houston. It was very localized but intense.Power was out for about an hour. I got to break open my "Hurricane Box" (A big bin filled with flashlights, power strips, batteries and extension cords for the generator) and broke out the electric lantern. Gave me a good chance to go over the supplies one more time.Football and Marching band practice was in full swing as the storm po...
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OK, first of all as anyone knows that has been in a Hurricane, you cant ever be prepared. Fact is, they are like nothing else and it takes a lot of thought, time and planning to get ready for one. Even then you will always find something you don't have or you did not think of. The common sense items can be found at any Hurricane Preperdness guide that most TV stations hand out at grocery stores.Here are a couple of rules:Rule Number 1: Evacuate if told soRule N...
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2014 Spring Can-American – March 27-29
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aka.speech crash
I use aka.speech and it keeps crashing Max after a couple of minutes.
Does this happen to anyone else?
Is there an alternative I could try? I was hoping to look at lspeak from the lobjecs but the ftp seems to be down :(
If you're on mac OSX you can use applescript messages to Bill Orcutt's [shell] external. This patch should get you up and running in no time at all.
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I downloaded a version from maxobjects but it doesn't work. I get an error: unknown external object type
I have never seen this error before. Not quite sure what to make of it. Maybe it's Max 5's way of saying it's an old CFM external?
Since yours is obviously working, could you tell me where you got it from? Maybe you could attach it?
Much appreciated.
never mind just found a newer version that seems to work…
let me have a look.
thanks again
so far no crashes. thanks.
I have to admit though that I don't understand the shell external at all…
is there a way to control the speed as well??
Format your message to [shell] like this:
osascript -e 'say "[[rate 160]] apples and pairs" using "Zarvox"'
It seems to be like 160 is the default speed, you can go quite a lot slower but I've found that above about 300 things start getting unintelligible. You can also use [[emph +]] and [[emph -]] directly before a word to augment or subtract emphasis from it.
The [shell] object helps you run command lines as if you were typing into Apple's Terminal application. I really only use it to run applescripts but I'm sure it is capable of a lot more.
that's great. I will give it a try. thanks so much.
I have a new question about the [shell] object if you don't mind.
If I use plain old AppleScript in my Terminal I can run multiple texts simultaneously. With the shell object I can't. I have two objects set up and send each a different text at the same time. The texts are spoken one after the other.
Is this a Max limitation, a shell limitation… or is there a workaround??
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I just got my order from http://www.yestertoys.com and I paid $54.50 for 7 figures - 5 Imp Officers, 1 Queen, 1 Fleet Trooper! (that is AFTER SHIPPING! My total cost charged!)
At Target, after tax (in CA) they are usually $7.31, so the Yestertoys price was only about 3 dollars more than what I'd pay for them if I found enough driving around to all the retailers (each Walmart in San Diego got only 1 case - and out of that I initially only got to 2 Walmarts in time for anything - and got only 1 Imp and 1 Fleet Trooper between 2 stores! So I spent $3 in gas with my SUV you can be sure!
Now I ordered my figures from Yestertoys at their NON-MINT prices, as I open my figures. Although I didn't really look closely, my figures are extremely close to MINT as any I got from Walmart and they don't have the darn price sticker stuck to the center of the bubble making a mess with removal (use lighter fluid - but again I don't care as I open them).
At Yestertoys I was able to specify exactly what I wanted, no "Have to buy the case or 1 of each in the Assort" (I already had FX-7 from my lucky day at Walmart) and on top of that,
I ordered from Yestertoys last Friday I think, and got my toys today (the first Tues). THAT IS QUICK!
So guys, you know I don't post about Online stores - and I'm not even doing it because they are an SSG sponsor (I don't get anything out of that in my pocket). I'm posting because I know you are frustrated, want to build armies, and want these figures. Even mint, they are like $1.oo or so over retail - and I'm telling you the non-mint are just as good and AT RETAIL! Get your figures from http://www.yestertoys.com now!
I did and I'm going to continue shopping there. They've had Amanaman and Slave-Leia, too!
When you appreciate their great prices, in your messages tell them what else you are looking for and that SIRSTEVESGUIDE sent you. They're doing all of us a favor by sponsoring this great website that helps you learn where to find things - tell them you appreciate that, too!
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Bright screen, lots of real estate. TV tuner a define plus.
Maybe not a real con, but some video or games don't display on the entire screen. Just the center of the screen. Due mostly to the resolution of the video/game rather than monitor's native resolution.
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I bought this to replace a double monitor set up and am very pleased with the amount of space and the split screen feature. Text is very clear and games and video are outstanding. Don't know about the speakers because I have external Bose speakers.
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I really believed that the NBA lockout and subsequent shortened season were going to do serious damage to the relationship between the league and the fans, but it seems that the fans were just content to get their basketball back. The ratings have been solid and games have been sold out, even in cities that lack star power, recently lost their stars or are inevitably going to lose their stars.
Most analysts and experts are already crowning the Miami Heat, which as I already pointed out is probably the easiest prediction a person could make this year, and while the Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder look like the teams to beat in the West, it's panic:30 on most Lakers clocks with their surprising 0-2 start.
The New York Knicks are playing like they're just having a lot of fun, which could be scary for the Heat and Chicago Bulls down the road, so it's way too early to be making predictions like the Heat winning 60 games in this 66 game season. I'm not saying that it's out of the question, I just hate when Jason Whitlock dickishly boasts "You heard it here first" when he's just the sports world's IRL troll. But I digress. I figured now was a better time than any to roll out our new feature, ROFLMNBAO, and take a look at the opening weekend's NBA action in pictures with some fun commentary.
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