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The IFC's towers have featured in several Hollywood films, including Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, where Lara Croft leaps off the then-under-construction 2 International Finance Centre, landing on a ship out in the Kowloon Bay, and The Dark Knight, where Batman leapt from 2 IFC to 1 IFC, where an action scene then takes place.
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* IFC's related company IFC Films has entered into several ventures in new distribution models for Video on Demand ( VOD ) and DVDs.
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Slightly Off ; said slogan reflects IFC's shift from merely airing independent films to airing independent films, cult television series, and specials with an indie flavor and sensibility.
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However, opponents reacted against the IFC's mission, saying that plans to promote international freedom through exhibits and displays about various genocides and crimes against humanity through history, including genocide of Native American and the slave trade in the United States, were inappropriate at a site that many people consider to be sacred.
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* The band performed " Set Fire To The Face On Fire " and " Laser Life " on Season 2, Episode 6 of IFC's The Henry Rollins Show, May 18, 2007
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* IFC includes the linear channel, IFC. com, and IFC Free, which is IFC ’ s On Demand cable service, where viewers can watch premieres of IFC's programming in HD before they air on the linear network.
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The IFC's share capital amounted to approximately $ 2. 4 billion, of which 51 % is controlled by the seven largest member governments of the OECD.
The IFC's total capital amounted to $ 20. 3 billion in 2011, of which $ 2. 4 billion was paid-in capital from member countries, $ 16. 4 billion was retained earnings, and $ 1. 5 billion was accumulated other comprehensive income.
The IFC's return on average assets ( GAAP basis ) decreased from 3. 1 % in 2010 to 2. 4 % in 2011.
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In 2011, the group published an evaluation report titled " Assessing the IFC's Poverty Focus and Results " in which it noted that although the IFC's projects that emphasized inclusive growth patterns performed well and that poverty reduction was an implicit outcome, the IFC neglected to articulate and detail the impacts on poverty of the projects which target economic growth specifically.
When the IFC's Board of Directors votes on matters brought before it, each executive director's vote is weighted according to the total share capital of the member countries represented by that director.
In 2009, Bruce McDonald directed a short documentary episode of IFC's The Rawside Of ... that focused on the making of Brendan Canning's solo album Something for All of Us.
Since then, it has aired numerous times on the Independent Film Channel ( IFC ) cable television network, with IFC's Matt Singer having expressed admiration for the movie.
She has also worked on her first international project with Chris Kattan in IFC's Bollywood Hero.
* Reggie Watts ( Bandleader / sidekick on IFC's Comedy Bang Bang, Conan )
These ten chapters were also shown on the Independent Film Channel ( IFC ), and were also streamed on IFC's Web site.
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In 1965, the corporation channeled $ 600, 000 ($ 4. 4 million in 2012 dollars ) in capital from Deutsche Bank and other investors to Champion Cellulose, marking the launch of the IFC's Syndicated Loan Program.
The increase in income before grants is ascribed to higher earnings from the IFC's investments and also from higher service fees.
The IFC's deployable strategic capital decreased from 14 % in 2010 to 10 % in 2011 as a share of its total resources available, which grew from $ 16. 8 billion in 2010 to $ 17. 9 billion in 2011.
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Although the IFC's shareholders initially only allowed it to make loans, the IFC was authorized in 1961 to make equity investments, the first of which was made in 1962 by taking a stake in FEMSA, a former manufacturer of auto parts in Spain that is now part of Bosch Spain.
IFC's weekly series, formerly titled " At The Angelika " ( filmed at the nearby Angelika Theater ) relocated to IFC Center and thus the show has been retitled " At The IFC ".
The New York Times, in an editorial, criticized the protests against the IFC, arguing that the IFC's opponents had made trivial and unconvincing suggestions that both the IFC and the " cultural component " of architect Daniel Libeskind's plans would somehow diminish the scope of the Memorial Museum: " To argue over the size of these two spaces is to assume that emotional power is solely the result of square footage.
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The IFC's stated aim is to create opportunities for people to escape poverty and achieve better living standards by mobilizing financial resources for private enterprise, promoting accessible and competitive markets, supporting businesses and other private sector entities, and creating jobs and delivering necessary services to those who are poverty-stricken or otherwise vulnerable.
The IFC's Board of Directors consists of 25 executive directors which meet regularly and work at the IFC's headquarters, and is chaired by the President of the World Bank Group.
The IFC's Executive Vice President and CEO oversees its overall direction and daily operations.
The IFC's investment services consist of loans, equity, trade finance, syndicated loans, structured and securitized finance, client risk management services, treasury services, and liquidity management.
Financial derivative products are made available to the IFC's clients strictly for hedging interest rate risk, exchange rate risk, and commodity risk exposure.
The IFC's new international borrowings amounted to $ 8. 8 billion in 2010 and $ 9. 8 billion in 2011.
The IFC's corporate advice targets governance, managerial capacity, scalability, and corporate responsibility.
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While much of the construction in these sites conforms to common Pueblo architectural forms, including Kivas, towers, and pit-houses, the space constrictions of these alcoves necessitated what seems to have been a far denser concentration of their populations.
At the same time, Greek fortifications began to feature high towers with shuttered windows in the top, which could have been used to house anti-personnel arrow shooters, as in Aigosthena.
Space elevators have also sometimes been referred to as " beanstalks ", " space bridges ", " space lifts ", " space ladders " or " orbital towers ".
Grand entryways and tall towers, or minarets, have long been and continue to be closely associated with mosques.
It is a pink brick structure over 205 metres ( 224 yards ) in length, but while its fortified towers have disappeared, it is otherwise in a good state of preservation.
The report concludes that the fireproofing on the Twin Towers ' steel infrastructures was blown off by the initial impact of the planes and that, if this had not occurred, the towers would likely have remained standing.
Because the towers were wooden and thus flammable, they had to have some non-flammable covering of iron or fresh animal skins.
On the other hand, almost all the largest cities were on large rivers, or the coast, and so did have part of their circuit wall vulnerable to these towers.
Space elevators have also sometimes been referred to as beanstalks, space bridges, space lifts, space ladders, skyhooks, orbital towers, or orbital elevators.
North and Central Campuses each have unique bell towers that reflect the predominant architectural styles of their surroundings.
Those seated on the left side of the plane would, therefore, have had a clear view of the towers approaching, with one burning, until the final moment of the flight.
" This venerable etymology is at least as old as Dionysius of Halicarnassus, who said " And there is no reason that the Greeks should not have called them by this name, both from their living in towers and from the name of one of their rulers.
Intricate warning systems have though always been used such as scouting towers with fires to signal incoming threats.
Some city water towers have the name of the city painted in large letters on the roof, as a navigational aid to aviators and motorists.
Many of their facilities have decorated actual water towers ( presumably non-functional ) on-site.
In modern times, the towers have become fashionable in some circles.
Architects and builders have taken varied approaches to incorporating water towers into the design of their buildings.
In many countries, water towers have been taken out of the water supply system and replaced by pumps alone.
Many cathedrals, because of their large size and the fact that they often have towers, spires or domes, have until the 20th century, been the major landmarks in cities or in views across the countryside.
The planet Gor has lower gravity than Earth's ( which allows for the existence of large flying creatures, and tall towers connected by aerial bridges in the cities ), and would have an even lower gravity if not for the technology of the Priest-Kings.
The west front may have two towers like a French Cathedral, or none.
Accounts described earthen mounds used to aid construction ; however, to reach the top of the statue would have required a mound in diameter, which exceeded the available land area, so modern engineers have proposed that the abandoned siege towers stripped down would have made efficient scaffolding.
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