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Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
|Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
Theatrical film poster
|Directed by
|Produced by
|Chris Lee
Elie Samaha
|Written by
|Alan B. McElroy
|Antonio Banderas
Lucy Liu
Gregg Henry
Ray Park
Talisa Soto
Terry Chen
|Music by
|Don Davis
|Julio Macat
|Edited by
|Jay Cassidy
Caroline Ross
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
|September 20, 2002
Running time
|91 minutes[1]
|United States
|$70 million[1]
|Box office
|$19.9 million[1]
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever is a 2002 American action-thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, and directed by Wych Kaosayananda (under the pseudonym of "Kaos"). Liu and Banderas play opposing secret agents who are supposedly enemies, but team up during the movie to fight a common enemy. The film was widely panned by critics, and is often listed among the worst movies ever made. The film was also a Box office bomb, recouping just over $19.9 million of its $70-million budget.
Michael, the son of Robert Gant (Gregg Henry), director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), is kidnapped when he returns home from a trip to Berlin, despite a heavily armed DIA escort. The kidnapper is a former DIA agent named Sever (Lucy Liu). Former FBI agent Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas) is asked by his old boss, Martin, to investigate the case. Ecks realizes the kidnapper must be one of the Chinese girls the DIA adopts and trains as secret agents and assassins. Gant orders his DIA agents led by his right-hand man A. J. Ross (Ray Park) to pursue Sever.
Ecks discovers Gant stole a dangerous nanobot assassin, which operates in the human circulatory system. Gant had placed the nanobot in Michael's body to smuggle it into the country.
At the outset of the film, Gant is married to Vinn (Talisa Soto), who was previously married to Ecks. Gant is later revealed to have separated from Vinn and Ecks by staging their deaths by car bomb so each of them thought the other was dead. Vinn was officially declared dead and had a closed-casket funeral attended by Ecks. Gant had also facilitated a mission in which Sever's husband and child are killed. Sever blames Gant for their deaths, so it initially appears that Sever has kidnapped Gant's son, Michael, for revenge. However, Michael is not Gant's son, but actually Ecks is Michael's father and Sever has kidnapped Michael to keep him safe from Gant.
A final battle happens near an old railroad station. There, Ross and Gant confront Ecks and Sever, who have teamed up to defeat Gant. A long battle with explosions and gunfire follows, with Ecks and Sever eventually getting the upper hand on the DIA agents sent to kill them. Ross confronts Sever inside a laboratory, and hand-to-hand combat ensues. Eventually, Sever wins the fight and kills Ross with a death strike to the neck. Gant is revealed to have placed the nanobot inside Michael's arm, but as he attempts to retrieve it, he is surprised to learn that it is not there. Sever then shoots Gant in the arm with the bullet prepared earlier with the nanobot, produces the remote for the nanobot, and presses the button - killing him. Sever escapes as the police and FBI arrive. The film concludes with Ecks and Sever looking over the sea and Ecks thanking Sever for reuniting him with his family.
- Antonio Banderas as FBI Agent Jeremiah Ecks
- Lucy Liu as Agent Sever
- Gregg Henry as DIA Director Robert Gant / Agent Clark
- Ray Park as A. J. Ross
- Talisa Soto as Rayne Gant / Vinn Ecks
- Miguel Sandoval as Julio Martin
- Terry Chen as Agent Harry Lee
- Roger R. Cross as Zane
- Sandrine Holt as Agent Bennett
- Steve Bacic as Agent Fleming
- Tony Alcantar as Edgar Moore
- David Palffy as Sleazy Man
- David Pearson as VPD Officer
- Norm Sherry as Ross Sniper
- Brian Drummond as VPD Officer
- Joel Kramer as Bus Driver
- John DeSantis as Bus Guard #2
- Charles Andre as Agent Addis
- Mike Dopud as DIA Agent
- Jonathan Kelly as the Da Feiji technology teacher
- Jet Li as man in car (uncredited)
Critical response[edit]
"Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever" was universally panned by critics and has a rare 0% score on Rotten tomatoes based on 115 reviews with an average rating of 2.6 out of 10, meaning that not a single critic gave it a positive review. The critical consensus states "A startlingly inept film, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever offers overblown, wall-to-wall action without a hint of wit, coherence, style, or originality." In March 2007, the film was ranked #1 among "The Worst of the Worst" movie list.[2][3][4] The film also has a score of 19 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 26 critics indicating "overwhelming dislike".[5]
Roger Ebert gave the film half a star out of four and later listed it on his most hated movies list and said of the film ""Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" is an ungainly mess, submerged in mayhem, occasionally surfacing for cliches, overloaded with special effects and explosions, light on continuity, sanity and coherence. There is nothing wrong with the title "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" that renaming it "Ballistic" would not have solved. Strange that they would choose such an ungainly title when, in fact, the movie is not about Ecks versus Sever but about Ecks and Sever working together against a common enemy—although Ecks, Sever and the audience take a long time to figure that out."[6]
Box office[edit]
Along with the critical mauling the film was also a massive Box office bomb. In 2,705 theaters it grossed $7,010,474, with an average of $2,591 per theater and ranking #4 at the box office. The film ultimately earned $14,307,963 domestically and $5,616,070 internationally for a total of $19,924,033, well below its $70 million production budget.[7]
The soundtrack includes these tracks:
- Main Title
- Name of the Game
- Smartbomb [Plump Dj's Remix]
- Heaven Scent [Original Mix]
- The Flow
- I Think of You [Screamer Remix]
- Hell Above Water
- Go
- Bloodlock
- I Need Love
- The Aquarium
- Time
- Anytime
Video games[edit]
A Game Boy Advance first-person shooter, "Ecks vs. Sever", was based on a very early version of the film script and, story wise, is almost nothing like the final rewrite. It was released in 2001, before the film. It received very positive reviews and received a 9/10 on IGN.[8] The game was considered an impressive technological feat on the GBA and was accepted more than the film itself.[9] A second game created after the premiere, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, which follows the plot-line from the film, is considered a sequel to the first game.
See also[edit]
- List of films considered the worst
- List of films with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
- List of American films of 2002
References [edit]
- ^ a b c "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Worst of the Worst 2009 - Witless Protection". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ "Worst of the Worst". Archived from the original on 2008-07-02.
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ballistic_ecks_vs_sever/
- ^ "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ballistic-ecks-vs-sever-2002
- ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ecksvssever.htm
- ^ Harris, Craig (30 November 2001). "Ecks vs. Sever". IGN. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
- ^ Metacritic Review Database for the Ecks vs. Sever GBA game


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By the time Mary Jo and Ava get rolling down the road, we're also picking up vibes from Paper Moon (wisecracking kid) and Thelma & Louise (females on the brink of fate) and worrying -- some of us, anyway -- that this could be one very long ride to California.
Happily, the age of miracles has not passed. Our runaways have barely crossed the Kentucky state line when Tumbleweeds starts to show complexity and a distinct attitude. We soon learn that the earthy Mary Jo is not only a loving mother who will do anything in her limited power for her child but also an obsessive manhunter with a fatal knack for picking losers and abusers. We see that Ava, named after Ava Gardner, is not just a cute kid with a smart mouth but a lost dreamer tormented by rootlessness; her whole life has been spent moving from one Dixie backwater to another. We come to understand that the love between this mother and this daughter is multilayered and rich in contradictions. This drama of growing up, spiced with bawdy humor and suffused with rare tenderness, manages to perform double duty: Girl and woman both come of age here.
While we're on the subject of miracles, consider these: From her untidy pile of blond hair to the playful lilt of her down-home dialect, Mary Jo Walker is the picture of rough Southern charm and raw American carnality, but the actress who plays her is actually British, an able surveyor of the classics, even. Only two years ago McTeer picked up a Tony for her portrayal of Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House, but watching her here you'd swear she came up hard in Rocky Mount.
Tumbleweeds's screenwriter situation seems even more unlikely. The North Carolina-born actress and writer Angela Shelton, whose unpublished childhood memoir is the genesis of the movie, and first-time director Gavin O'Connor had been married for years when they began collaborating on the script; their subsequent divorce (around the third draft, they say) didn't put the project asunder. If anything, it may have sharpened the edges of the dialogue here and there. Working on a bare-bones budget, the moviemakers shot for only 24 days, yet scarcely a word or gesture is rushed or poorly considered.
One more miracle, a little one: Young Kimberly Brown, who started making commercials when she was five, sidesteps the usual child-actor traps -- brattiness, scene-stealing, terminal cuteness -- and puts in a nicely detailed, beautifully shaded performance as a kid who's only on the verge of puberty but way ahead in the maturity department. Meanwhile, McTeer and Brown work together so naturally that we feel they've known each other for years. From their car jokes to their shared hopes, they make emotional sense. The secret of their success may lie in the democracy of the script; Mary Jo treats Ava as much like a girlfriend as a daughter, and the child understands her equality.
Tumbleweeds is not all sweetness and light, of course. In San Diego the Walkers find a foothold: a job for Mary Jo at a security alarm company, a new school and new friends for Ava, who sees in the Pacific Ocean all the traditional possibilities for a new life. But old habits die hard. Mary Jo takes up with another hairy alpha-boy, a truck driver named Jack (director O'Connor) who, two weeks after exhausting his charm supply, insists that she keep her meddling hands off his La-Z-Boy. Time for the old tumbleweed wanderlust to kick up again, but this time the daughter has something to say about it.
The details in Tumbleweeds are so carefully chosen and well executed that they could serve as a kind of dramatic and comedic gift catalog -- Mary Jo and Ava dolled up in identical ribbed bathing suits; mom teaching daughter how to kiss using a couple of apples as props. Best of all, perhaps, we have little Ava and her audition for the school play, which happens to be Romeo and Juliet. Who's to say, in Elizabethan times or our own, that Romeo must be played by a boy or Juliet by a girl? Who's to say, in southern California at the end of the '90s, that destructive human patterns must repeat themselves forever? The most liberating thing about this funny, touching, heartfelt little movie is the way it defies the rules and, in the end, begins to set its heroines free.
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As you might know, I like to make clothes that are on the wearable, practical side of things, but still have them look good (otherwise we'd all be wearing overalls). Because of this particular point of view, I've been a long-time fan of Claire McCardell, a US designer who worked especially in the 1950s, and was a great influence on making clothes for women that were practical and wearable, with functional details. I suppose it's all about form following function when you come down to it.
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Skill drills and 40 times are key, but interviewing has become a huge part of the NFL Scouting Combine.
Maurice Clarett will be sought after for interviews by NFL teams this week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, but at least he won't need a U-Haul to carry excess baggage home.
Interviews are one of the most important aspects of the annual pilgrimage to Indianapolis. Though the 32 teams usually are disappointed many of the first-round draft choices attend but don't work out, a lot gets accomplished during the one-week session that began Wednesday and lasts through next Monday.
For Clarett, who opened a dangerous legal loophole by suing the NFL to gain eligibility, the interview process will be his most important assignment. He gets to talk to as many teams that show interest, trying to improve a perceived draft rating of the second round or lower. What he will find is an improved system of interviews by teams that won't force him to check pounds of baggage at the airport.
A year ago, organizers of the combine got smart. With the league expanded to 32 teams, the process of players getting together with teams was ridiculous. Talk about chaos. Teams brought their most physical and hustling employees to Indianapolis to shag players into hotel suites to be interviewed by coaches, general managers and scouts.
Remember, the NFL is competitive. Each team wanted to meet as many players as possible. Over the course of the week, around 350 players will fly into Indianapolis. Getting players to the rooms was ridiculous. Players had the freedom to pick and choose the teams to see, but knowing this trip was a basic job audition, players said yes to everybody.
Anger raged if a team took too much time with a player, setting back the schedule. Things got so bad representatives of teams got into fights over players.
The other crazy aspect of the old Indy combine was the gifts. To lure a player into a room for an interview, teams would give souvenirs that had their team's logo.
"It started with everybody giving the player a hat," Titans general manager Floyd Reese said. "Then it was a hat and a T-shirt. Then it became a hat and a shirt and a duffle bag. Pretty soon, you'd see the player walk out with all of his stuff jammed into the team's duffle bag that was the biggest."
No more.
Teams are limited to 60 scheduled interviews. However, late entries such as Clarett don't have to be included in the 60. The same applies to Pitt wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who declared last week. Because of Clarett, the NFL has to keep a new application date of March 1 for anyone interested in seeking NFL eligibility, but it's not a guarantee that the applicant will be invited to the combine.
Clarett's interview schedule will be controlled by those running the combine. It will be up to him and his new agents whether he will work out and how well prepared he is for this job audition.
"The interviews are very important," Dolphins general manager Rick Spielman said. "You get to learn what a player is about. You get to find out about his personality. We take a little bit of the pressure off of the Indianapolis combine by getting a lot of the interviews done in the all-star games. We interviewed all but two of the players at the Senior Bowl."
Compared to many of his new peers, Clarett is at a disadvantage. He's spent his recent time training individually at Ohio State and going to classes. Many of the top players in the draft have been working with individual trainers who are schooled on preparing players for the combine.
Not only are there physical trainers, but there are teachers who prepare their clients for the interviews. Bucs vice president Bruce Allen used to be an agent and he was in the forefront of getting his clients ready for the draft. He'd bring his clients to Phoenix and have them work with a trainer. He'd get a copy of the Wunderlick Test so they could score well psychologically.
Tom Condon and Ken Kremer of IMG have their clients work intensively in the IMG facility in Florida. Along with getting the best in state of the art training, the clients are prepped for the interviews.
"It's so funny because a lot of the interviews are getting so choreographed by the agents," Reese said. "That's why we ask a lot of unique questions to catch them off guard. It's not as simple as asking 'Who's your favorite player?' or 'What's going to get you angry at a coach?' Players have been coached in how to answer those questions."
Many teams employ psychologists to help them with their questioning. For decades, the Giants have had one of the longest and most beneficial psychological tests for players. Those who fail those tests might be taken off the Giants draft board or discounted.
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After all, a team invests a lot in a draft choice. For a first-rounder, it's millions of dollars. If they draft the wrong character, it's going to cost the jobs of those who are selecting. With players being so prepared for these interviews, expect the tricky questions to increase just to neutralize the advent of the choreographed answer.
Clarett is entering the NFL at a time of increasing sophistication at the combine. Thanks to the 60-player interview schedule, teams have gotten their acts together in getting to know the players. Agents are getting their acts together in preparing the players for what's ahead.
In fact, you have to wonder where the prep cycle is heading on the agents' part. Agents have to spend in excess of $60,000 to get a player prepared for the NFL. They pay for a personal trainer. They have to pay for living accommodations for the players while they prepare for the draft.
And agents do this with no guarantee of which round the player is going to be selected. Many agents go in debt on a player if he is chosen on the second day of the draft. And there isn't a guarantee the player is going to stay with the agent who trains him. He can leave the agent and wait 30 days to hire a new one.
Welcome to the pre-NFL, Maurice Clarett. You may have won a court case to open your door to the NFL, but now the education begins. Just don't feel hurt if you don't get to take home pounds of souvenirs. It's not that the NFL doesn't like you, it's just the combine has done a better job of managing the flow of players getting to interview rooms.
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Li, C., Sun, A. and Datta, A. (2013), TSDW: Two-stage word sense disambiguation using Wikipedia. J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci., 64: 1203–1223. doi: 10.1002/asi.22829
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After replacing back, power button won't work (even pushing)
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I bought a new back for my cracked white 3GS and tried to replace it myself last night. The only problems I have now are that the top power button/lock will not respond at all, although it clicks. Also, I seem to have lost bass in music, and the volume control buttons work but don't physically click like they should.
I am only concerned about the power button. (Pushing on the corner doesn't work at all, it did before I replaced the back.) Would replacing that whole mess of wire with the headphone jack help the power button? Is there something physical I might have done wrong? The guides on this website are bar none the best but don't show extreme detail that might help answer this problem.
Also, I have been left with two of the very small screws and a small metal brace not for the camera. Not sure where they go! (One prob goes under do not remove stick but won't stay in - does brace go under that?)
Please note this phone is not jailbroken so I cannot use an app to turn it off.
Thanks for the help.
is it possible for you to post a photo? just click on the orange icon "images" at the bottom right of this page. If you can take photo of the rear case without the motherboard in, and the metal part it may help us a bit more to tell you what the part does and what may be wrong with your assembly.
The powerbutton ribbon could have easily been damaged during the swap, OR there is poor fitment between the bezel and the actual housing, making it not properly "click" the home button. Generally housing swaps yield poor results if a lower quality housing is used. Fitment being poor will lead to buttons not being as crisp as they used to be, but this could also come with age, as the phone does wear pretty easily.
As for the "bass" issue, do you have the screen that covers the speaker install in the bottom of the housing? This is just a theory, but without that, the airwaves which move when the speaker functions is no longer slowed down, thus it is acting like a tweeter, rather than a bass box. Again, this could also be poor fitment with the housing. The speaker is supposed to be closely fitted up against the housing so that there are no leaks, and sound comes out from the bottom only.
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Had the "same" problem. I replaced the power button, now it clicked but still no action. Then i saw the bezel frame was not sealed 100%, i just pushed on it a little and then power worked. So everytime need to use power button i have to hold the screen and frame pressed together so the button gets a connection. This might not be the solution for you, but this was my experience. :)
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Should I tell people I used a sperm donor to conceive my babies?
I'm a single mom; I conceived my twins using artificial insemination and donated sperm. I don't know what to say when people ask about my 'husband' or the girls' daddy. I'm not ashamed of the way I got pregnant, but I'm not sure it's anyone else's business, either. How should I handle questions? And when and how do I tell my daughters?
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I am a sperm donor, a know donor for some friends of my wife and I, and it was really great to be able to help a friend. If they ever need them, all my medical records will be available. They currently have a baby on the way and I am thrilled to have been a help in this process. What greater gift can someone give than the gift of life, and I was a part of the process! It means a lot to me to help someone out. I think that the children should know whatever they want to know, but if aren't sure about questions other ask you it helps to reply "why do you want to know?" When you understand where their question is coming from it can help you decide what, if any, information you want to share with them. Perhaps they are concerned about you, or perhaps they are just being nosy.posted 01/25/2015 by Vethic
I'm 38, I want to become a mother and like most women my age, I fear I'm running out of time. Mr. Right just hasn't come into my life. I have a wonderful job with great pay and tremendous flexibility. (a great benefit for SM) For years I've worked hard not only juggling my FT job but a small business I owned and operated on the side. I feel that all these years of working hard (with some play) has prepared me for the road ahead as a single mom. I'm no stranger to work and discipline. I'm hoping that a special male friend will be my donor. I wasn't fond of the sperm bank idea originally because I'm uncertain how my choice will affect the child, but many of the posts here have greatly encouraged me and helped me reconcile the thoughts in my head.posted 10/02/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
Sorry just seeing newer responses, sorry to hear that happened to u Sue. I hope you and all of us single moms by choice have the opportunity to hold our baby in our arms one day. Would be nice to cuddle up with our baby and, share in the joy of what other mothers experience.
Thanks for asking this question. You ladies & Especially the daughter of" Have really helped me make a decision on using donor sperm. Im 31 and lost the love of my life earlier this year. He died due to a heart condition and we were actively in the process of ttc'ing but didn't get a chance to freeze any sperm :'( However, I have decided I still want to experience motherhood via sperm donation. California Cryo bank have a wide range of Educated and very Attractive donors. Many of them open to even meeting their offsprings. I too believe in the honesty policy. But not too much too soon. Some things are personal some things are not., Its still a lot to take in and im definitely still saving up for expenses, iui/ivf, time off work, daycare, etc. This will be a 2yr process for me. I want to be a mom by 33 & but do not desire to remarry any time soon,.. Many single moms do just fine, and I cant wait to see that new Moms Club Movie'.. :-D.. Only God can create life babies are gifts
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No! Why is that anyone's business? I mean, that's pretty nosey of them. Unless you are close and comfortable with them, then it, like they said( the topic) should just be left alone. Congrats anyway. :-)posted 05/13/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
My name is Sue and I'm 30 years of age. At 26, I was almost raped while on a date. At 27, I dated around, nothing serious... Then come 28, I lose my virginity to someone I barely knew nor liked just to fit in. Then, at also 28, I met some that i guess you could say I felt a connection with? But I was also mistaken. I'm willing to try this route so I searched for the topic online and thank God I have found this website! I would like to be a mom some time before the cut off...36 I think.... Time just flies by so fast.... It's still beautiful. God bless friends... Love you all!posted 04/29/2014 by a BabyCenter Member
Hi, I am a healthy man living in London, Ontario. I would like to be an AI sperm donor. Any interested woman let me know when you need the assistance :)posted 02/08/2013 by AISpermDonor
Good for you! I'm in the process of doing the same thing right now, and I find your honesty refreshing and a huge comfort; all of you folks who have rushed to her defense as well. People who judge have a lack of open-mindedness and perspective, but ultimately we shouldn't judge each other's choices just appreciate that everyone has their own circumstances and nobody can truly understand where you're coming from unless they've been (or are) there. You will have (and deserve to have) everything you want because you weren't afraid to go for it, and your kids are lucky to have you as a Mom as you will raise them to be as brave as you are. :)posted 04/19/2012 by brknspikes
For invasive,inquizitive people, no matter the question, I always answer "Why do you ask?". It usually catches them off guard and gives you a chance to formulate your answer based on their answer.posted 01/05/2011 by March15andcounting
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Canada First: Basel III's Implications for Corporates
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The Emerging Risk Management Discipline: The New Face of Corporate Insurance
In search of profitability, insurers are pushing up rates as treasurers are managing the challenges of emergent risk categories including total cost of risk and risk assessment. Cyber liability is important because companies in all industries increasingly rely on communications and information assets. The market as a whole is in a state of transition. Learn best practices of banking exposure data collection into processes, building a holistic risk profile, looking at Total Cost of Risk (TCOR), and measuring results.
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Trends Impacts and Practical Advice on the Life Cycle of Doing Business in China
China is still one of the primary growth markets for any company looking to expand globally. However, as everyone knows, opening up in China isn't that easy. How do you initially fund the business, and then continue to fund growth? What are the right treasury and cash management structures? How do you manage the foreign currency exposures? And maybe most importantly, how do you navigate the ever-changing regulatory environment? In this webinar, learn from a global banker and corporates who have been operating in China for quite some time.
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Intermediate Excel: Analytical Tools for Treasury and Finance
This course introduces the experienced Excel user to the more advanced data analysis features of the product including functions, macros, pivot tables and the Visual Basic for Applications language. Through hands-on examples, participants will learn to extract business insights from their spreadsheet applications and enhance their analytical capabilities of treasury related applications. Learning Objectives: Use intermediate and advanced analytical techniques in Excel Understand various types of quantitative analytical methods in ExcelTake-Aways: PivotTables Text and Date Manipulation Optimization with SOLVER Automation with Macros
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Global Account Analysis: A Myth or Reality?
Learn the latest developments to achieving a global account analysis statement with your banking partners. Hear the challenges and the opportunities it affords in managing their bank relationships more effectively. Also review developments from the TWIST BSB, ISO20022 standard and where AFP Global Service Codes can help with the effort.
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Liquidity Cycles and the Global Currency Markets
As capital flows surge and reverse, foreign exchange markets are seeing sharp dislocations and national economies are being destabilized. Learn about the profound changes that are altering the flow of money across the planet - from a currency trader's distinctive perspective. By turning the complex interactions that govern the financial ecosystem into a series of elegant illustrations, understand the secular forces that are driving an inexorable rise in the amount of capital moving across borders – and the transitory factors that often cause these flows to reverse.
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Managing Cash, Liquidity & Risk: What Now? Beyond Unlimited FDIC Insurance
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Money Market Fund Restructuring: The Regulatory Landscape and its Impact on Corporate Treasury Professionals
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The U.S Economy – 5 Steps to Recovery
Since the economy stumbled in 2008, from stimulus to QE, financial innovation by the government has increased faster than it ever has been in the private sector. The problem is these remedies are being applied to the wrong target instead of where the true problem lies. Review the cause of today's challenges and what must be done before true economic recovery can arrive.
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Understanding the Changing Landscape of Account Analysis
Account analysis fees continue to show a great deal of volatility. Banks are looking for ways to replace lost revenue streams and your account analysis statement is a prime target. Learn to develop a solid strategy for monitoring your bank fees and cope with rising interest rates as well as the rapid expansion of the international reporting of bank fees. Please note: If you attended the live session of this recording at the 2012 AFP Annual Conference, you will not be granted additional CTP credit.
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The Evolution of Capital Structure at Discovery Communications
What are the basics of capital structure management? Examine Discovery Communications' evolution from a privately held media company with only a few cable TV outlets in the U.S. to a publicly traded company with over 140 cable networks in over 200 countries. Learn the challenges of raising capital in a growing company, the types of debt instruments available, and the importance of continually adapting capital structure to a changing financial position. Please note: If you attended the live session of this recording at the 2012 AFP Annual Conference, you will not be granted additional CTP credit.
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eBAM – From Paper to Pilot to Production
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From Data to Intelligence in a Single Step
This case study reviews the success of a corporate treasury team that augmented its data to business intelligence in a simple cost effective manner. Learn how you can use the everyday tools and simple steps to effectively manage cash, measure and mitigate risk and support strategic decision making. Please note: If you attended the live session of this recording at the 2012 AFP Annual Conference, you will not be granted additional CTP credit.
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Got SWIFT Now What
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The Impact of USPS Network Consolidation on Remittance Mail
The U.S. Postal Service network consolidation will completely reshape the first-class mail product by eliminating next-day delivery and substantially reducing the geography covered by two day delivery. Although these impacts will be mitigated for remittance mail and lock box operations, some postulate consolidation as an end to payments by mail. Examine the impact of consolidation, how to mitigate negative consequences and forecast how product offerings and usage may change while answering the key question: Will lock box remain an effective and reliable method of collecting payments? Please note: If you attended the live session of this recording at the 2012 AFP Annual Conference, you will not be granted additional CTP credit.
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Streamlining Bank Relationships
The U.S. Treasury Department streamlined the management of over 125 different banking relationships saving millions of dollars in bank fees. Learn about the new Bank Management Service (BMS), an A/P module configured by the Federal Reserve Bank to its Customer Accounts Receivable System (CARS), the analytical tools available in CARS/BMS and ways to implement the same bank management principles in your organization. Please note: If you attended the live session of this recording at the 2012 AFP Annual Conference, you will not be granted additional CTP credit.
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Keeping Treasury Running Smoothly After an Acquisition
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The best hotel in lima
The hotel is perfect, elegant and lovely and we have never experienced such incredible service before. They have an excelent restaurant and bar. Believe me, the best hotel in the beutiful Lima. A little bit expensive but really fabulous.
First Class
Pleasant and accommodating staff, excellent food, wonderful rooms. Excellent choice for couples.
First Rate Hotel
This hotel was of this highest standard. We had a room on the ground floor but the hotel were careful to keep us well away from the weddings party that was going on during our visit.
The room was large (possibly upgraded) and we could walk out to an almost private area in front of the gym and small swimming pool - almost like having a private terrace.
The staff could not have been more helpful - all of the reception staff helped with the translation of a menu that had been sent to us by a travel company.
The breakfast on the terrace was exceptional and definately the best in Peru.
Dinner was also very good and the number of options on the menu meant you could stay for several days without repeating choices.
All in all an elegant colonial hotel with great room, great service and great food
Lovely Hotel and friendly staff
I don't agree with one of the comments below with regards to this hotel's 5 Star status - I think it is a superb hotel with very helpful staff. If you go for one of the larger rooms upstairs, mine was a 'Gran Class' they are very spacious with lovely clean marble bathrooms. Their website offers very good deals on the rooms. Granted, the 'taxi' service they offer is costly - but you get picked up in a nice car (it is more like a private car service than a taxi) and at least you know you will arrive safely with no hassle!!! I really enjoyed my stay here (although brief) and would recommend it.
Luxury Hotel
Beautiful historical hotel in a first class residential neighborhood. Helpful staff...well trained. Elegant lobby and facilities...great for business and pleasure travel. Affiliated spa is wonderful. Amazing value for a very large and airy room. Not sure about the "damp, basement" comments in other reviews...we had two couples in separate rooms/floors and were both very pleased. We were on floor 2 and they were on floor 3. Would definitely return.
Gorgeous hotel -- damp, basement rooms
On arriving at this hotel, we couldn't believe our eyes. This hotel is absolutely gorgeous, from the outside to the lobby to the rooms and dining areas. However, there were some major things that disappointed us. The first was our room. While stunning in size and decor, it was incredibly damp and musty, and the beds are rock hard. There was only one small window to a very small courtyard, so it was impossible to get fresh air. Plus, to get to the room, we had to go down a set of stairs from the lobby. This gave us the eerie feeling of staying in a basement. It just felt very closed in. In addition to the room, we felt that this hotel overcharged us in taxi fees. They charge $20 to get to the airport. Granted it's a nice car, but we paid $8 with a normal taxi. It's kind of a rip-off. I think you can stay in a better hotel in Lima for half the price. Maybe not as luxurious in decor, but perhaps more friendly and reasonably priced.
Nice hotel but some real management problems
We stayed here twice during our recent trip and while the rooms were great ( except the first floor which was musty) the management of the hotel leaves a great deal to be desired. While at the restaurant ( where the food was good but very expensive -$80 for lunch 2 adults two children no drinks) my 9 year old daugther found a staple in her salad! While one understands that mistakes happen it is how they are handled which proves the worth of a hotel. Notwithstanding the life threatening nature of the problem they wanted to still charge us for the entire meal including the salad. When I expressed my concern they agreed just to take off the salad. This was the worst I have known and totally unprofessional. Nice rooms but be warned . It is not a true 5 star
Fantastic hotel
The stay began well - with the car the hotel sent to meet us at Lima airport at a quarter to one in the morning waiting to whisk us away from a back door - avoiding all the throng in arrivals. On arrival we were made very welcome with champagne and shown to our room. The room was on the second floor and had a view of a park - which was interesting to watch the comings and goings. We found the staff friendly and helpful - both at breakfast time and also just drinking in the bar which was old colonial style. The location of the hotel was away from the main centre - a good thing, as it is easy to feel quite threatened when using cashpoints etc, and a short taxi ride from Miraflores where there are lots of great bars and restaurants - lets face it with taxi's so cheap, why walk? On our return we couldn't get in to the Country Club and in desperation agreed to stay at The Antigua, Miraflores. Their guestbook was full of stories of muggings and the rooms were very very damp and the staff rude - refusing us breakfast because it was 5 minutes too early etc.
Luxurious retreat
Stayed here for a total of four nights and could not fault it. Large comfortable rooms with grand opulent bathrooms, good quality toiletries and towels and complimentary mineral water, exqusite entrance lobby/lounge (think 1920's Hollywood film star Spanish mansion style) with complimentary fresh orange juice at check in and excellent service. Breakfast on terrace a delight (wild parrots in the gardens a hoot to watch) as was a dinner we took there one evening (we also went to the the Los Delphins for dinner next door one evening. That was more Holiday Inn style but still very good.) Small swimming pool but too tired to use with all wonderful sight seeing. Lima is a huge sprawling city but the Country Club was in a good location.
Awful damp rooms!
Unfortunately my tour of Peru included 2 stays at this hotel. The rooms smelled of damp and there were stains on the bedroom carpets.
In fact, on my 2nd stay I had to ask to move rooms as the smell of damp was so bad. I mentioned to reception that the whole basement floor smelled.
The breakfast table was stained as well, so overall a shabby hotel in need of refurbishment.
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Culture and Comida
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- For $38, you get an Indian and Latin American fusion dinner for two (up to an $82 value). Dinner includes the following:
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- Two entrees (up to a $28 value)

- For $75, you get a Seven Deadly Sins dinner on New Year's Eve (a $150 value), which includes:
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- A champagne toast and party favors
- A DJ spinning Bollywood, global, and club music
- Dancing until 3 a.m.

The recipient of all manner of accolades and press mentions, Vermilion's culinary team assembles a menu of specialties that combine the zesty flavors of Latin America with the scorching spices of Indian cuisine. The juhu ki pani puri appetizer pours spicy potato and chili-mint purée over flour shells. Shrimp paella combines shrimp and mussels with ancho tequila and indian flattened rice poha, and Vermilion thali offers a smattering of Indian dishes, including daal makhani, basmati rice, and naan bread, for a taste of India more manageable than a gingerbread Taj Mahal.
On New Year's Eve, Vermilion hosts a soiree complete with a DJ spinning Bollywood dance tunes and party favors aplenty. A seven-course meal fuels the carousal with dishes named after each of the seven deadly sins. Pride kicks off the noshfest with blue-corn-crusted scallops, followed closely by the Avarice of mysore lamb chops, before moving onto Mild Irritability, which is marked by phone calls from telemarketers during the meal. The evening rounds off with a champagne toast in honor of the new year.
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Vermilion has garnered a great deal of press and accolades over the years. From being named one of Chicago magazine's Best New Restaurants of 2004 to gracing the pages of Esquire in an article titled "15 More Restaurants Not to Miss," the restaurant is no stranger to the spotlight. And at the heart of its success is Rohini Dey, a former consultant who, in 2003, decided to dive whisk first into the restaurant biz. Inspired by her Indian heritage, Dey set out to re-engineer the country's traditional approach, fusing contemporary homeland flavors with elements of similarly bold Latin cuisine.
At Vermilion's Chicago and New York City locations, the chefs craft meat and vegetarian fusions. Some of their most successful creations include the Gourmet-lauded duck-vindaloo arepas, lobster tail stewed in coconut-and-curry-leaf gravy, which was named the top dish worldwide by USA Today in 2004, and the tandoori skirt steak, hailed by Esquire. The decor mirrors the artful approach to dining, with sleek white spaces accented by black-and-white photos taken before the invention of color. Both locations also incorporate lounge areas that often come to life as fusion music, specialty cocktails, and a global wine list circulate the space.
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