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A graduate of New York's Cornell Medical College, Dr. Adrienne Denese opened an anti-aging clinic in Manhattan shortly after completing her studies. It has become extremely successful, to the point where she felt it necessary to create her own products to make sure her skin-care advice was being taken.
Her book, Dr. Denese's Secrets for Ageless Skin: Younger Skin in 8 Weeks, on how to take care of your skin, is much like Dr. Perricone's book The Wrinkle Cure, in that both promise to get rid of (or at least really, really minimize) your wrinkles. Another similarity is the lack of supporting research or studies to back up the claims in either book. Neither Dr. Perricone nor Dr. Denese source their information, and more often than not, there are no research reports or supporting studies to be found. We are just supposed to take their word for everything they say. Denese naturally uses her gender more than Perricone to establish credibility and empathy with female consumers (who, no secret, purchase the vast majority of skin-care products out there), and also routinely appears on QVC to discuss her products.
Ironically, her product line, sold exclusively via QVC and Denese's Web site, makes much more sense than a lot of what she writes in her book. After reading the book and evaluating her namesake line, we noted some interesting and frustrating statements and conflicts that deserve attention. One of her statements that we found most surprising, for a dermatologist keen on anti-aging medicine, was: "If a skin-care product doesn't work, it's not the consumer's fault." This statement is not untrue, it's just incomplete. Dr. Denese contends that no one can afford to throw away money on products that don't work, a point with which we truly agree. However, she mentions nothing about carefully establishing a skin-care routine and then following through on it. Unfortunately, many consumers don't follow through, and that's a big reason why they don't get the results they want from products.
For example, using an anti-acne product only occasionally, or not applying sunscreen daily or liberally enough, won't benefit your skin and could easily lead you to believe that the unimpressive results mean the product is faulty.
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In another statement Dr. Denese refers to petrolatum and mineral oil as "junk food for skin," stating that "they feel good but they clog your pores." This is not a true statement because neither substance is capable of becoming hard and clogging the lining of the pore. In fact, both of these ingredients have impressive research proving their benefit, mildness, and effectiveness for skin (Sources: Cutis, September 2004, pages 109–116; and Dry Skin and Moisturizers: Chemistry and Function, CRC Press, 2000, pages 252–254).
Petrolatum and mineral oil have greasy textures, so they're not the best-feeling ingredients for someone with oily or acne-prone skin, but in this case greasiness does not equal clogged pores.
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According to Dr. Denese, you cannot exfoliate too much. Yet she doesn't warn against the potential for irritation when too much of a good thing becomes a punishment rather than a benefit, which absolutely can occur with over-exfoliation.
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Dodge. Agility doesn't provide near as much avoidance as Dodge. The bonus armor and crit is nice, but not enough to account for the missed avoidance.
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Awesome, thank you much, Bonerot.
Yeah. Unfortunately, some foolish (wanabe) high-end tanks are putting spinels of Agility in their gear, rather than dodge. That isn't really worth it though, in my mind. Their idea is it lets you generate threat better while still having avoidance... but it's just bad. It takes over 30 agi to get 1% crit, and each 10 agility gem is like 33% less effective than a 10 dodge gem.
If you have 10 such gems in your gear, you're missing out on like 3% avoidance, but only gaining 200 armor, and 3% crit. The crit can be ignored because threat generation isn't relevent (you have tons of other ways to generate sufficient threat), and the armor is such a small amount compared to the avoidance loss.
It's just not worth it.
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I was wondering does the Agi and other stats that we get form gems stack with buffs like kings? And if so does that make Agi a touch more valuable?
We paladins see a lot of benefit from agility. Generally we only miss about 16% of the avoidance potential from dodge over agility, while keeping the armor. At this point, with avoidance being half-useless for most big fights, we are better off with agility usually.
Necromancy, fuh tuh wuh. Note: they are discussing Crimson Spinels, aka BC epic gems. =)
But to answer your question, yes, Agility from gems does get scaled by Kings and Imp GotW.
If that makes it better than dodge? That's hard.
It will always give less avoidance than dodge rating, but it also gives you some armor, and some crit chance. Depending on your class/spec you might decide you like the net value of agility better. I know I do.
The fact that it gets scaled by stat % increases means that the more of it you have, the bigger bonus you get. If you have 1 10 Agi/15 Stam gem, and no other agility from anything, then 12% more is a little lackluster (+1 Agi!!). However, if you use that in each of your red slots (hurray socket bonuses), and have +Agi to cloak, etc. Suddenly you're getting a bit more value out of the stat buffs.
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Just to add to a year old thread discussing TBC epic gems... lol
- Each point of Agility is 84% as effective as a point of dodge rating for avoidance. (i.e. 10 AGI ~ 8.4 Dodge rating ~ 0.114% Dodge)
- Each point of Agility is 98% as effective at reducing average incoming damage as a point of dodge rating
- Each point of Agility also gives you almost 1 pont of critical strike rating.
See sig spreadsheet; unless you're so heavy on dodge/avoidance already, you'll want to avoid agi over dodge.
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I'll reiterate, if you're going for the purest survival value, Dodge Rating will get you that. My personal opinion? I don't need to min/max my survival value, I have a pretty good balance otherwise, I'd rather get the big messy net value in this case. It's worked well for me so far.
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I have to agree with Satorri when it comes to Blood DK tanking that 10 agi 15 stam gems over take 10 dodge rating 15 stam gems for us.
When you add in socket bonus', the Armor, the the Crit, The attack power, gain from 10 agil it out weights the avoidence gain from 10 Dodge Rating to me. Additionally having the Agil instead of Dodge you don't suffer as much from Deminshing returns on Dodge at the higher gear levels.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I was sure DKs dont get ap from agi...
you are correct, they get 2ap from 1 str
Actually, Shadow, that's not entirely correct.
Agility gives armor, armor gives AP. It's not huge, but it's something. Specifically we get about 0.11 AP per point in Bladed Armor, per 10 Agi. So, 10 Agi for a tank with 5/5 in Bladed Armor, is 0.55 AP. That's not a big deal but when you combine it will all the other sources of armor and AP it does give you a little buff.
I'm also not sure agility will save you all that much on diminishing returns of Dodge. On one hand, it will mean you get more *absolute* value from the dodge rating you get on dodge rating, but I have yet to see a solid presentation of the interaction between multiple dodge sources, as I am generally of the belief that it is the final dodge% that is regulated and the sub-contributers (dodge rating, agility, defense rating) include a factor somehow related to that. That last part is purely my speculation though and ultimately a bit inconsequential.
I just wouldn't say to take Agility because it makes your diminishing returns less severe.
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Until 25.11.2012
The most important architectural exhibition in the world take place in these days in Venice.
The "common" speach about cultural tendencies of our time in the architectural field. They are inspired to the "common" sensorial experiences of the architects in the world affording the nature, the urban ambience, the history, the social tendencies of each location (city, country, theoric/virtual).
The question is: how to afford a new architectural space in a particular country location, following the common sensored-experience of each citizen of a city? Looking at the common nature around us, the common architectural history of our country.
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Ruta del Pelegrino, for instance, is typical example of this efforce to adapt the architecture to a common religious walk to a famous sanctuary in Mexico.
To host several pelegrins in walking, the authors must adapt services, hotels and other structures giving value to the spirit and spirituality of this location, without alterating it.
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The famous "Rotonda" of Palladio in Vicenza (17th Century) has been taken as example for new projects, yet. As "Villa Asta", Liberty (1928) building in Lido di Venezia, in which is set Villa Gabriella B&B and Apartments. Look at the similitudes between the old photo of 1928 here and the right side photo of the structure exposed in the hall of the Biennale!
The Korean city of Uslan is a typical example of the commitment to these shared and common values: the urban land has been remade in a visual way, that allows the old city to have an own identity, not destroyed by the new white omogeneus-neutral modern city in the bottom of the landscape. The cultural level of the memory of the citizens of this city has been preserved.
The Portuguese Aires Mateus, with "Radix", wanted to recall the sensory experience and memory that creates the architectural identity of a building - the Gaggiandre, the covered docks of the Arsenale designed by Jacopo Sansovino in the 16th Century.
Finally, mr. Luca Zevi, the Manager of the italian pavillon in this 55th Biennale of Architecture. A good example of Common Ground in a common work with a lot of design studios. A very nice pavillon to visit!
....Much more than this in a very long trip (it takes in my opinion not less than 4 hours for each part -Giardini+Arsenale) in a tour of the world's contemporary Architecture in a Common Ground of culture, tastes, social needs.
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A midsize gull of the Western interior, the California is closely tied to saline lakes. Polytypic. Length 21" (53 cm); wingspan 54" (137 cm).
Identification A medium- to large-size, long-legged, long-billed, and long, narrow-winged 4-year gull. Bill characterized by being nicely parallel sided, lacking an expansion at the gonydeal angle. Summer adult: a dark gray mantled gull, darker than the ring-billed gull. White head, neck, underparts, and tail. Bright yellow bill with a red gonys spot and a black subterminal band. During breeding period the black bill band is reduced in size; on some birds it may be nearly absent. Eye dark, with bright red orbital ring, carmine gape. Greenish yellow legs. The wing pattern is distinctive: this gull shows extensive black on the primaries, particularly so on P8 and P7, giving the black wing tip a nearly square-cut shape. The mirrors on P9 and P10 are large. Winter adult: similar to breeding adult, but head and neck streaked brown, concentrated on back of the neck, nape, and lower neck sides; often with a dark postocular streak. Throat and front of neck are unstreaked. Juvenile: usually dark, grayish brown, although some cinnamon brown, and often whitish on the center of the breast and belly. Bill all dark. The wings lack paler inner primaries, and they show dark-based coverts. The tail is largely dark, and the legs are pink. First-year: like the juvenile, but bill bicolored with pink base and black tip. Juvenal scapulars replaced by variable patterned feathers, but tend to show a solid gray-brown center and shaft streak and a large buffy gray tip with a narrow blackish terminal fringe. Summer birds with whiter head and worn and faded wings, contrasting with newer mantle. Second-year: dark gray mantle; browner wings with marbled pattern on coverts and tertials, often some gray inner median coverts present. White head, neck, and underparts with streaks concentrated on ear coverts, nape, and particularly the breast sides. Bicolored bill, with grayish to gray-green base; legs similarly greenish gray. Wing pattern at this age shows blackish outer primaries clearly contrasting with paler gray inner primaries; dark secondary bar. Tail remains blackish, but now contrasts with white rump and uppertail coverts. In second-summer, head and body much more whitish; may obtain more adultlike soft-part colors. Third-year: like adult, but retains dark on greater primary coverts and tail. White mirrors on primaries not as well developed.
Geographic Variation Nominate subspecies breeds east to Colorado, Utah, and Idaho. Subspecies albertaensis farther east and north in Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North and South Dakota; intermediates in Montana. It is larger, larger-billed, and paler on mantle than californicus, and it has a tendency to show less black on the primaries and larger mirrors, with that of P10 often with entirely white tip.
Similar Species Distinguished from the adult herring gull by darker mantle, dark eyes, greenish legs, and black and red on bill tip. Second-year birds similar, but note the California's darker mantle, dark eyes, grayish bill base and legs, as well as structural differences. First-year Californias can be told from first-year lesser black-backeds by their more extensively dark tail, bicolored bill, and blotchy, pale tipped scapulars.
Voice Long call: a series of kyow notes; the first 2 are longer and more drawn out. Call is higher pitched than corresponding call of the herring gull.
Status and Distribution Abundant. Breeding: colonies on flat islands, some on saline lakes. Migration: moves to coast after breeding. In summer and early fall, shows a generally northward movement. Southward movements begin in fall and winter, reaching southernmost winter range in midwinter, before moving north again. Interior birds, albertaensis, appear to move farther south than californicus and return slightly later in spring. Winter: shifts to Pacific coast and interior near coast during winter. Vagrant: casual throughout interior to East Coast, appears to be increasingly regular as a vagrant to east.
Population Estimated between 500,000 and 1 million individuals. Population in United States estimated to have doubled since 1930. Increases ongoing: for example, in San Francisco Bay, California breeders increased from 400 to over 21,000 in last 20 years.
—From the National Geographic book Complete Birds of North America, 2006
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BILL MOYERS: If you've been curious about why New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg endorsed Barack Obama for re-election, just take another look at the widespread havoc caused by the Frankenstorm benignly named Sandy. Having surveyed all this damage Bloomberg Business Week concluded: "It's Global Warming, Stupid: If Hurricane Sandy doesn't persuade Americans to get serious about climate change, nothing will."
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Singleton is a class which has only one instance in whole application and provides a getInstance() method to access the singleton instance. There are many classes in JDK which is implemented using Singleton pattern like java.lang.Runtime which provides getRuntime() method to get access of it and used to get free memory and total memory in Java.
1) Which classes are candidates of Singleton? Which kind of class do you make Singleton in Java?
Here they will check whether candidate has enough experience on usage of singleton or not. Does he is familiar of advantage/disadvantage or alternatives available for singleton in Java or not.
2) Can you write code for getInstance() method of a Singleton class in Java?
Most of the java programmer fail here if they have mugged up the singleton code because you can ask lots of follow-up question based upon the code they have written. I have seen many programmer write Singleton getInstance() method with double checked locking but they are not really familiar with the caveat associated with double checking of singleton prior to Java 5.
This is really nice question and I mostly asked to just quickly check whether candidate is aware of performance trade off of unnecessary locking or not. Since locking only make sense when we need to create instance and rest of the time its just read only access so locking of critical section is always better option. read more about synchronization on How Synchronization works in Java
Answer: This is again related to double checked locking pattern, well synchronization is costly and when you apply this on whole method than call to getInstance() will be synchronized and contented. Since synchronization is only needed during initialization on singleton instance, to prevent creating another instance of Singleton, It's better to only synchronize critical section and not whole method. Singleton pattern is also closely related to factory design pattern where getInstance() serves as static factory method.
4) What is lazy and early loading of Singleton and how will you implement it?
This is another great Singleton interview question in terms of understanding of concept of loading and cost associated with class loading in Java. Many of which I have interviewed not really familiar with this but its good to know concept.
5) Example of Singleton in standard Java Development Kit?
This is open question to all, please share which classes are Singleton in JDK. Answer to this question is java.lang.Runtime
Answer: There are many classes in Java Development Kit which is written using singleton pattern, here are few of them:
- Java.lang.Runtime with getRuntime() method
- Java.awt.Toolkit with getDefaultToolkit()
- Java.awt.Desktop with getDesktop()
6) What is double checked locking in Singleton?
One of the most hyped question on Singleton pattern and really demands complete understanding to get it right because of Java Memory model caveat prior to Java 5. If a guy comes up with a solution of using volatile keyword with Singleton instance and explains it then it really shows it has in depth knowledge of Java memory model and he is constantly updating his Java knowledge.
if(_INSTANCE == null){
//double checked locking - because second check of Singleton instance with lock
if(_INSTANCE == null){
_INSTANCE = new Singleton();
return _INSTANCE;
7) How do you prevent for creating another instance of Singleton using clone() method?
This type of questions generally comes some time by asking how to break singleton or when Singleton is not Singleton in Java.
Answer: Preferred way is not to implement Clonnable interface as why should one wants to create clone() of Singleton and if you do just throw Exception from clone() method as "Can not create clone of Singleton class".
8) How do you prevent for creating another instance of Singleton using reflection?
Open to all. In my opinion throwing exception from constructor is an option.
Answer: This is similar to previous interview question. Since constructor of Singleton class is supposed to be private it prevents creating instance of Singleton from outside but Reflection can access private fields and methods, which opens a threat of another instance. This can be avoided by throwing Exception from constructor as "Singleton already initialized"
Another great question which requires knowledge of Serialization in Java and how to use it for persisting Singleton classes. This is open to you all but in my opinion use of readResolve() method can sort this out for you.
Answer: You can prevent this by using readResolve() method, since during serialization readObject() is used to create instance and it return new instance every time but by using readResolve you can replace it with original Singleton instance. I have shared code on how to do it in my post Enum as Singleton in Java. This is also one of the reason I have said that use Enum to create Singleton because serialization of enum is taken care by JVM and it provides guaranteed of that.
10) When is Singleton not a Singleton in Java?
There is a very good article present in Sun's Java site which discusses various scenarios when a Singleton is not really remains Singleton and multiple instance of Singleton is possible. Here is the link of that article http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Programming/singletons/
Answer: I know at least four ways to implement Singleton pattern in Java
1) Singleton by synchronizing getInstance() method
2) Singleton with public static final field initialized during class loading.
3) Singleton generated by static nested class, also referred as Singleton holder pattern.
4) From Java 5 on-wards using Enums
13) How to write thread-safe Singleton in Java?
15) When to choose Singleton over Static Class?
16) Can you replace Singleton with Static Class in Java?
17) Difference between Singleton and Static Class in java?
18) Advantage of Singleton over Static Class?
I have covered answers of couple of these questions in my post, Singleton vs Static Class in Java - Pros and Cons.
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Yesterday was the day we planned to upgrade our Sophos Enterprise Management Console from version 5.0 to version 5.2. Initially things went ok but then the upgrade failed because a component was missing from the database. Ten out of ten to Sophos support in particular Michael Garewal who spent 3 hours online with me fixing this problem. That really is excellence in Support that would be unbeaten anywhere in my opinion. Thanks Sophos and Michael. I'm one happy Sophos customer.
Boy, Oh, boy, am I fed up with the whole Olympics 2012 thing. When London was announced as the winning venue I thought it was a great idea. Now, however, I am totally fed up with it all and it's not actually started yet!
Twenty seven million quid on the opening ceremony today. Someone is taking the country for a ride and having a laugh. That money could have done so much good. Three million on the Olympic Rings dangling under Tower Bridge - another crazy waste of money.
The referendum on voting
Apologies in advance to anyone who was expecting my first blog to be on something technical
Being of an age where voting is something I do partly in respect of the history of those who lost life and limb to protect our rights I'm currently in a quandary over this seemingly pointless referendum on the Voting system. I say pointless because we are given only two options The AV System or First Past the Post.
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When I was a field training officer — an embarrassingly long time ago — the most common problem new officers had was the inability to write good reports. We didn't have a lot of resources available for these folks, and more than a few washed out of the program because they couldn't master the necessary skills in the time the field training program allowed. As with most everything else in life, there is a solution now available on the Internet.
Sometimes it was a matter of organization, not being able to reduce what they had observed or been told to a few concise paragraphs. More commonly, the disconnect was with basic literacy skills.
I taught criminal justice in small, mostly two-year colleges for eight years. At most of these schools, way more than 90 percent of incoming students did not do well enough on placement tests to be allowed to enroll in college-level English courses. The same was true of college-level math, but that's another story.
Don't Know What They Don't Know
Worse yet, these same students resisted completing the classes they needed to improve these critical skills high school graduates are supposed to know. They wanted to enroll in all the criminal justice core courses — that was the "cop stuff" — but preferred to save the English and math courses for later.
They got an awful object lesson when they found my classes were writing-intensive and things like grammar and spelling counted as much as content. Given that all of these students completed their work with word processors that automatically check for proper spelling and grammar, I didn't think there was much of an excuse for turning in a paper containing errors.
One student who submitted his work electronically via email consistently sent me papers with grossly-misspelled words — all easily identified by that red wavy line Microsoft Word puts under any word it doesn't find in its dictionary. I had him in my office one day and asked why he always sent me papers with errors.
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"Do you see that red line underneath some words? That alerts you that they are misspelled."
"I didn't know what that meant."
"You want to be a police officer, right? In the cop biz, that red squiggly line would be called a 'clue.' It merits further investigation."
Yes, many of my students hated me. Now that I enjoy petty fame as a contributor here on PoliceOne, I occasionally receive messages from former students who told me they hated being in my classes, but learned more from me than most of their other instructors.
The upshot is that — with some exceptions — few colleges and even fewer high schools do an adequate job of conferring basic skills in English and math onto their graduates. I could explain why I think this is so, but that's material for another column. In the end, a high school or even a college diploma is no guarantee of basic literacy. You need to evaluate every new officer candidate to assess their individual skills.
Watch TV, Get Smarter?
If you're looking for a no-cost source of scenarios to use as foundations for remedial reports, look no further than the soap operas on daytime TV. They're tedious and slow-paced enough that they require focus and listening skills, and yet each episode depicts a mini-drama that drives the story forward.
You may have to ask a fan of The Young and the Restless to tell you whether your student is getting the facts right, but you have an easily-accessed and inexhaustible supply of sample situations to work with.
If you would prefer a more structured approach, the website yourpolicewrite.com may be of help. The website is the work of Dr. Jean Reynolds, an English professor and the author of The Criminal Justice Report Writing Guide for Officers, available on Amazon.com or in an ebook version from Smashwords.
At the yourpolicewrite.com website, Dr. Reynolds has some badly written passages to practice editing (with the better version also posted), PowerPoint decks for twelve lessons in reporting writing, a diagnostic test and answer key, and links to several podcasts on report writing.
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The impasse in the dispute about the place of evolution in South Carolina's state science standards continues. "The S.C. Education Oversight Committee on Monday sent proposed language to the [state board of education] that would require biology students to construct scientific arguments that seem to support and seem to discredit Darwinism," reports the Charleston Post and Courier (April 28, 2014).
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The most critical component of the relationship between the lead bank and its participants, and the source of most disagreements, is communication. A prudent lead bank will adopt the motto early and often in all of its communications with the participants. But it is helpful for a lead bank to understand the communications that it is required to give, and those that are discretionary.
Necessary or required communications will be those that are specified in the participation agreement. They may include the status of borrower performance, the status of collateral, reports and information from borrowers, and similar information. On the other hand, discretionary communications are those that are not required by the participation agreement, but which a prudent lead bank would give to participants. A prudent lead bank will follow the golden rule, and will communicate any information to the participant that the lead bank would want to know if it were in the shoes of the participant.
The form of communication is also important. A prudent lead bank (as well as a participant) will communicate in a form that memorializes all discussions and decisions. Although telephone and oral communications are important in reviewing critical issues, any critical communications and decisions should be documented in writing. Emails are generally sufficient for this purpose, but should be regularly printed and held in the loan files.
To illustrate this, imagine a telephone call in which a participants loan officer authorizes a lead bank to release certain collateral and guaranties, but no written confirmation is given. Soon thereafter the loan officer leaves the employment of the participant. Within a few months the borrower stops making payments. The participants president discovers, for the first time, that collateral and guaranties have been released. You can imagine the ending to this story.
In addition to the need to memorialize communications, there are some communications that may require written consent forms. A lead bank should always review the participation agreement to determine if it requires a written consent for a specific transaction. For instance, a loan advance or change in certain loan terms may require the signature of the participants.
Accounting and Distributions
Accounting for expenses and distributions can also be a source of conflict between a lead bank and its participants. Generally, the contractual terms of the participation agreement will govern the allocation of expenses and distribution of payments and recoveries. But this seemingly simple rule is subject to several exceptions and complications that a lead bank must carefully consider.
First, participation agreements that became effective in the first reporting period after Nov. 15, 2009, are subject to FASB 166. Under FASB 166, a transfer of a loan participation interest will only be recognized on the books of a lead bank where all distributions of cash flow strictly follow the proportionate interests held by the lead bank and each participant. (Otherwise, the financial asset will be recognized as remaining on the books of the lead bank notwithstanding the sale of a participating interest).
Second, a lead bank must carefully consider the issues that arise when it has multiple loans, lending relationships or collateral that are subject to participation interests. Consider the following examples:
Example 1 A lead bank has three loans to a borrower, each of which is secured by separate collateral. One of the loans is the subject of a participation agreement with a participant, and the other two are held only by the lead bank. The lead bank enters into a settlement with the borrower that calls for payoff of the two loans held by the lead bank, but only a partial payoff of the participated loan. In this example, the lead bank must determine its rights and limitations under the participation agreement to self-deal. It must also determine if cross-collateralization provisions in the loan documents would give rise to any requirement that the lead bank apply payoff funds to the participated loan, or perhaps maintain the existing collateral for the unpaid participated loan. Finally, the lead bank must determine whether, under the laws of its state, it has assumed a fiduciary duty to its participants that would require it to apply payoff funds to fully repay the participated loan.
Example 2 Consider the same facts as in example 1, but instead of a settlement with the borrower the lead bank liquidates all collateral and must allocate this to the three loans. Here, the lead bank must not only look to the provisions of the participation agreement that govern the allocation of proceeds of sale of collateral, but it must also determine if cross-collateralization provisions in the loan documents would give rise to any requirement that sale proceeds be applied to the participated loan (or perhaps applied to all three loans on a pro rata basis). Yet again, the lead bank must also determine if, under state law, it has assumed fiduciary duties.
Example 3 A lead bank has one loan to a borrower that is secured by collateral that is also pledged as collateral for a different loan to a different borrower. One of the loans is the subject of a participation agreement with a participant, and the other is not. The lead bank liquidates the collateral. Here, the lead banks decisions are not only complicated by all of the same factors as in examples 1 and 2, but also by the issue of the priority of the security interests that are held by the lead bank with respect to each loan. If the lead bank applies sale proceeds to the unparticipated loan, the participants will argue that this application favors the lead bank in breach of its fiduciary duties to the participants.
Finally, the effect of the appointment of the FDIC as receiver for the lead bank or a participant can create yet another set of problems for the remaining banks. For example, if the lead bank is the subject of a receivership, a vacuum in the decision-making and administration of the loan will likely be created during the receivership administration (at least until the lead bank interest can be sold). The participation agreement may not adequately address the rights of the remaining banks to purchase the interest of a lead bank or participant that is the subject of an FDIC receivership. And, even if it does, the FDIC may be unwilling to recognize those rights of purchase under its statutory authority to repudiate contracts.
Even more dangerous is the FDICs treatment of loan accounts and deposit accounts of a borrower. When the FDIC becomes the receiver for a failed lead bank, it (and the borrower) have a right to offset the borrowers deposit accounts against the loan account. However, the participants do not then have a right to receive distributions of their pro rata share of that offset. Rather, the participants must instead file a claim with the FDIC as receiver, thereby receiving only a fraction of their share of the offset (if anything).
Prudent lead banks and participants will carefully consider all of these issues before entering a participation.
Michael A. Campbell is chair of the creditors rights, loan enforcement and creditor bankruptcy representation practice group with Polsinelli Shughart PC in St. Louis. Contact the author at 314-552-6805 or mcampbell(at)polsinelli.com.
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Hey there,
I love to browse through "post your UI" threads, and i noticed that we dont have one of them on tankspot - would be great to see what your ui´s look like... it can be sometimes very inspiring and helps people to get ideas how to set up a good UI.
I allways prefer screens of raid-ui´s but feel free to post ooc-screens aswell
Ok. ill make a start
old raidinterface (03/16/08)
new raidinterface (04/29/09)
Get it here:
Changed to Acaciaizm MM Healbot 1.2 & made some slight changes and some additonal add-ons
additional Add-ons:
-Skinner (black backgroundborder @ bottom)
-ORa2 (Raid Addon like CTRaid...includes Mt Tagets,Rdy checks etc)
-KTI TargetIcons (Raidicon shortcut)
-Simple Minimap (minimap customization)
-EavesDrop (small combatlog with incombat-fade)[/B]
really looking forward to see some "tankonly-ui´s" =)
Last edited by Wrath; 05-03-2009 at 06:11 AM.
What the addons are: http://evilempireguild.org/misc/SatUI_explained.jpg
(Anything that isn't labelled is either self explanatory or something I wrote for myself or my guild)
this is on my warlock but its pritty much the same thing on my warrior.
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Well here's what im playing with. Just need to get a debuff addon since I can't see debuffs on me with Xperl somehow. Only when I target myself.
Question to Satrina: What combat "chat" addon are you using?
--EDIT-- Same I use for tanking also, just my gm paying me to come bg with her :P
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Raid 10 UI , i screen raid 25 tonight
Don't try this @ home
So lucky in this screen , yes i play with 1000ms+ always of time :X
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Don't try this @ home
Satrina : What is the Outgoing DPS , Stance , Time and Latency addon you have at the bottom right corner? I like the look of that corner and the chat one too .
I'm a natural progression of the species. Evolution is a part of nature and nature kills. Simple, right? - Sylar - Volume 1 : Chapter 18 "Parasite"
I love the UI post for those of you posting though it would be a great help if you would list your mods under the UI and if you want a quick general of what part of your set up they are for.
I'm at work now will post mine later, though once i found out what bottom bar and chat box mod some of you show in your post it may change
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Nor : What are the hands above the party members?
Curious to healing mods too as I'm starting a priest. =D
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World of Warcraft Addons - WowAce.com or the Ace updaters)
Outgoing DPS is an DPSMonitor, an addon I wrote for myself a long time ago that I haven't bothered to publish anywhere
Time, Latency, etc. is from StatusWindow2 (WoWInterface Downloads : General GUI Mods : Status Window 2), Which I need to upload a fix for today. The "Guild:32" at the top of the screen is also from that addon.
The stances are the stance bar from Bongos2, just stuck between DPSMonitor and StatusWindow
Satrina i like ur mods wat r u using? id like to check them out an play wit them
Anything that isn't labelled is either self explanatory or something I wrote for myself or my guild.
Uh, sorry, no resized version.