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Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a regional transport partnership for the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. It is responsible for planning and coordinating regional transport, especially the public transport system in the area, including responsibility for operating the Glasgow Subway, the third oldest in the world.

History

The principal predecessor to SPT was the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE) set up in 1972 to take over the Glasgow Corporation's public transport functions and to co-ordinate public transport in the Clyde Valley. In the 1980s it was replaced by the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive (SPTE), under the overall direction of Strathclyde Regional Council. Section 40 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 created a new statutory corporation, the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPTA), which took over "all of the functions, staff, property, rights, liabilities and obligations of Strathclyde Regional Council as Passenger Transport Authority" on 1 April 1996. The Executive was reincorporated as a body consisting of councillors drawn from the 12 Council Areas which succeeded Strathclyde Region:-
Argyll and Bute
West Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire
North Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire
City of Glasgow
South Ayrshire
East Ayrshire
North Ayrshire
Inverclyde
Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire

and nine transport experts appointed by the then Scottish Executive:

On 1 April 2006 - following the passing of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 - Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive (and Authority), along with the WESTRANS voluntary regional transport partnership, were replaced by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport. The new national agency Transport Scotland was created at the same time. At this latest reorganisation SPT gained responsibility for planning for all regional transport (not just public transport) though it lost a number of specific powers relating to rail franchising and concessionary fares. There will be no change in abbreviation (still SPT) or branding or in its major operational functions.

Organisation

SPT has the following main responsibilities:
 Developing a regional transport strategy for west central Scotland
 Planning of public transport investment
 Operation of the Glasgow Subway
 Operation and maintenance of bus stations, bus stops, travel centres and other support infrastructure
 Provision of some subsidised bus services, where no commercial services exists
 Provision of dial-a-bus and ring'n'ride services
 Issuing ZoneCard tickets, and dividing the revenue between participating transport providers

Bus services

Until 1986 SPT (and the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive before it) was directly responsible for running the municipal bus services in Glasgow, and owned both the buses and the necessary supporting infrastructure. The Transport Act 1985 deregulated the bus industry and SPT was subsequently forced to sell off its bus operations. The main bus operator in Glasgow is now First Glasgow, although SPT owns the city's Buchanan Bus Station, the largest bus station in Scotland.

The Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE), the forerunner of SPTE, started operations in 1973, taking over the entire municipal owned and operated bus, and Underground railway, services of Glasgow Corporation Transport (GCT), which had been in existence from 1894 to 1973. They used a new livery which was a variation of the previous GCT colours of green, yellow and cream. The new livery had Verona green on the lower panels, and yellow between decks, white was used for window surrounds, and the roof. A stylised "GG" logo was applied to the forward yellow side panels. At bus stops, pennants had GG branding along with Scottish Bus Group branding on bus stops that were also used by the SBG. The orange and black colour scheme used later on in the 1980s to 1990s was originally a special livery for a small fleet of cut down single deck Leyland Atlanteans that operated the Glasgow Central to Queen Street rail link service.

As GCT had done, the GGPTE continued to buy large numbers of Leyland Atlantean double-decker buses, they were by far the most numerous type of bus in service, but GGPTE also introduced new bus types such as the Scania-MCW Metropolitan, and the front-engined, Scottish-built, Volvo Ailsa.

At the start of the 1980s GGPTE was replaced by SPTE who introduced "Fast Fare", an exact fare payment policy which is still being used today by SPTE's successors. Revised liveries were gradually introduced, with the green and yellow replacing most of the white on some buses, and matt black lower deck window surrounds applied to many others, the latter became the livery applied to new buses. Logos also changed, stylised "Trans-Clyde" lettering was displayed below the "GG" logo, which SPTE was also using on rail services and the Underground at the time. Gradually the "GG" logo was discontinued, and "Trans-Clyde" was used alone although a Volvo Citybus prototype was branded in the same livery with "Strathclyde" instead. Bus Stop pennants was replaced with "Trans-Clyde" branding. In the "Trans-Clyde" era Coach & Tour stock was painted white with a two tone brown stripe pattern and single deck buses were also painted white with a verona green skirt and yellow painted above the green.

In 1983 SPTE changed their colours to orange (known as Strathclyde red) and black, the "Trans-Clyde" name was dropped and replaced with "Strathclyde Transport" branding with the Strathclyde Regional Council Scotland map logo, the typeface used on the former "Trans-Clyde" brand name was also used. Bus stop pennants were given "Strathclyde Transport" branding by having a sticker placed on top of the old "Trans-Clyde" name. The name lasted until 1986 due to deregulation of the bus industry, The orange and black colour scheme was kept and "Strathclyde's Buses" branding was used. New bus stop pennants were given with Strathclyde Transport branding but without Scottish Bus Group branding. The Regional Council logo was briefly retained, later on "Strathclyde's Buses" was used alone. In May 1992 a fire at Larkfield depot resulted in a loss of over 50 buses, to make up the number of buses lost in the fire SBL leased several double decks from Western Scottish, Tayside, Grampian, Manchester, Nottingham and Newcastle fleets also several demonstrator single deck buses were leased until a new order of Alexander bodied Leyland Olympians was delivered in August 1993. However some Leyland Atlanteans from the Nottingham & Newcastle fleets were bought to add to the new Olympians. The bus service was still in PTE control until 1993 when Strathclyde's Buses became employee-owned. During that time Strathclyde's Buses formed a low cost subsidiary called GCT - Comlaw No 313 Ltd which marked a return of the Trans Clyde era Verona Green, Black and Yellow as well as taking over Kelvin Central Buses which led to a cascade of Strathclyde Buses vehicles in KCB colours and KCB was rebranded as "KCB Network". At that time SPTE acquired Buchanan Bus Station from Scottish Citylink which led to a substantial refurbishment completed in 1995. Both Strathclyde's Buses and GCT colour Schemes lasted until 1996 when First Glasgow took over Strathclyde's Buses. Single deckers at that time was also painted the same livery as their double deck counterpart and the coaches was painted orange on the top panels with deep white centre panels and black lower panels.

A new segregated bus scheme is currently being planned between Glasgow city centre and Glasgow Harbour called Clyde Fastlink, but has been beset with problems.

Currently SPT bus stop pennants have SPT branding with the corresponding council area logo next to the SPT logo. Buses on SPT subsidised services have a new SPT livery of orange however the new SPT orange colour is a brighter shade of orange than the previous "Strathclyde Red".

In May 2019, to celebrate 125 years of public transport in the city, First Glasgow painted 3 Wright Eclipse Gemini buses in 1960's Glasgow Corporation livery, 1970's GGPTE livery and 1980's Strathclyde Transport livery

Reconstitution

In April 2006 under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive were abolished and a new transport authority, the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), was established along with another six regional transport partnerships covering the rest of Scotland.

The Partnership is led by Chair, Councillor Dr. Martin Bartos, and Chief Executive Valerie Davidson

Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is the only underground metro system in Scotland. Opened in 1896, it is the third-oldest system of its type in the world, and the only one that has never been expanded from its original route.  The circular route serves the city centre, the city's fashionable West End, and parts of the south side. Between the early 1930s and 2003 the system was officially known as the "Glasgow Underground", but many citizens always continued referring to it as the "Subway". In 2003, the "Subway" title was again used officially, with station signage and publications changed to reflect this. The Subway system is unique in terms of its scale and gauge - the Victorians designing an early tunnel through which the rolling stock had to pass which was not subsequently replicated in subsequent, land based systems. This has resulted in an expensive transportation mechanism which has proved stubborn to modernisation.

Recent proposals by the authority include the development of a second loop serving the east of the city and a new line cutting through the existing circle and providing links to low level rail, and a proposed 'Crossrail' project. This new line might have been ready for the Commonwealth Games in 2014. However it was later decided to revamp the subway over a long term programme which includes a refurbishment of all the stations, new escalators, improved disabled access, new ticketing system and later on driverless signals and trains. The first refurbished station Hillhead was completed and reopened in September 2012.

Strathclyde rail services

Glasgow has the largest network of suburban railway lines in the UK, other than London's. Much of the network is 25 kV AC electrified, with the exception of the Maryhill Line and South Western Lines. Glasgow's main terminal stations are Glasgow Central and Glasgow Queen Street.

The Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive (GGPTE) was created, in 1972, to oversee all suburban railways in the Glasgow area. When the GGPTE was formed, the trains that ran in the GGPTE area were painted in the BR Blue livery that had been introduced across the BR network in the 1960s. A "GG" logo was applied on one side of the driving cars and the BR double-arrow logo was used on other side of the car, a practice common for all PTE's at the time.

In 1979, to commemorate the reopening of the Argyle Line and completion of the Glasgow Underground refurbishment, a London Underground style line diagram map was introduced which also showed ferry interchanges from both the PTE and Caledonian MacBrayne. The map was modified over time due to the closure of the Kilmacolm line in 1983 and additions such as the Maryhill line were added. The map was still in use until 2008 when Transport Scotland incorporated the map into a Scotland wide map. Some trains from 1975 to 1979 were also being painted in BR's new livery of white, with a blue stripe, with the addition of the GG logo. However, most trains were still being painted BR blue. From 1980 the trains were repainted in British Rail Blue/Grey livery; again the GG logo was used with the addition of "Trans-Clyde" branding. Later on, as on the buses, the latter was used alone. Regular BR branding was used at all stations apart from stations on the North Clyde and Cathcart Circle lines that still had "Glasgow Electric" signs dating back to 1960. Also the new Argyle line stations had dual Trans Clyde and BR signs.  From 1983, due to SPTE's rebranding, the BR logo was now used along with "Strathclyde Transport" branding on the centre of each car, following repaints. In 1985, as with bus services and the Subway, orange and black livery was used, including a black with white bordered BR logo although some Class 311s still had BR Blue/Grey livery with either ScotRail or "Strathclyde Transport" branding until their withdrawal in 1990. Stations in the SPT area were also given "Strathclyde Transport" signage on the platforms and outside the station, as well as on certain bridges. From 1995 vinyls of the new SPT logo were placed on top of the old "Strathclyde Transport" logo. When BR was privatised, in 1997, new ScotRail signage with SPT branding was applied at the stations. The BR logo was replaced with the ScotRail logo. The orange and black livery was later replaced by carmine (red) and cream, after a blue experimental livery on a Class 101 "101 692" Then another experimental livery was tried, using carmine and cream on a Class 156 "156 433 Named The Kilmarnock Edition". The carmine and cream livery had "SPT rail" branding new signage, with "SPT rail", was placed at SPT stations.

SPT is no longer involved in the everyday operation of the rail network. The rolling stock was operated on behalf of SPT by First ScotRail (also part of FirstGroup) until 31 March 2015. Since 1 April 2022, Scottish Government-owned ScotRail have operated rail services.

In August 2008 the Scottish Government's agency Transport Scotland announced that all ScotRail trains (including from the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport) would be eventually repainted in a new, blue livery with white Saltire markings on the carriage ends. This will, in due course, lead to the elimination of the distinctive SPT carmine and cream livery from trains. In the Autumn of 2008 some trains, including the Class 156, 314 and 318 have had their "SPT Rail" logos removed. In February 2018 ScotRail announced that over the year the 1979 vintage Class 314 will be withdrawn from service as the new Class 385 enters service. As of January 2020, no passenger rolling stock carries the SPT carmine and cream livery following withdrawal of the Class 314s in December 2019 and the last Class 318, 318 268 being reliveried in 2017.

The rolling stock used and in use in the SPT area is as follows:

Current

The table below summarises the various lines and routes:

On the Argyle and North Clyde lines, each station has an automated announcement system.

Ferry services
SPT operated the Renfrew Ferry until March 2010, when Silvers Marine took over the service trading as Clyde Link. SPT also subsidises the Gourock-Kilcreggan ferry service, which in the recent years have been operated by Clyde Marine (-2012, 2018–2020), Silvers Marine (trading as Clyde Link, 2012–2018),and Caledonian MacBrayne (2020-).

Day Tripper tickets
Day Tripper is a multi-modal ticket allowing unlimited travel in the Strathclyde area, by rail, bus, underground and ferry for 1 adult and up to 2 children or 2 adults and up to 4 children. The ticket is heavily subsidised by the Passenger Transport Executive and addresses social needs (e.g., to let low-income families without access to a car to take a trip to the beach).

See also
Transport Scotland
Passenger Transport Executive
ZoneCard
Commuter rail in the United Kingdom

References

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport's website

Public bodies of the Scottish Government
Transport in Glasgow
Public transport in Scotland
Public transport executives in the United Kingdom
Companies owned by municipalities of Scotland
Regional Transport Partnerships in Scotland
Transport in Scotland

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By Joyann Jeffrey
If there's anything Pink loves most in the world it's her kids! The 31-year-old singer is a proud mom-of-two as she shares daughter, Willow Hart, 7, and son, Jameson Hart, 2, with husband, Carey Hart.
In June 2011, Pink took to Twitter to announce Willow's birth to the world. "We are ecstatic to welcome our new beautiful healthy happy baby girl, Willow Sage Hart," the three-time Grammy winner tweeted. "She's gorgeous, just like her daddy. #beyondblessed."
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From the Wire | The Sweetness Ice Cream Opens in Fair Trade Café
November 4, 2011 by DPJ Staff
(From the Wire includes press releases received from reliable sources that help tell the story of the many happenings in Greater Downtown Phoenix. Yep, they are ripped from our inbox.)
"I don't have a bad memory of ice cream," Jesse Robinson, the founder of The Sweetness ice cream said. "The worst tragedy in the world could happen, but if you have ice cream, it makes things just a little bit better."
With a lack of ice cream shops in downtown Phoenix, Robinson decided to open his own ice cream business, The Sweetness. On Friday, the Fair Trade Café on First Avenue and Roosevelt will hold a grand opening event for The Sweetness.
The Sweetness will only serve super-premium ice cream made locally and specifically for the business. Super-premium is the highest quality ice cream, the same grade that Häagen-Dazs uses.
Robinson became passionate about ice cream after living in Boston for seven years, where he said that small ice cream shops were popular. When he moved back to Phoenix, he missed having a locally-owned ice cream shop to visit. So Robinson decided to open an ice cream business of his own.
"I love Phoenix, and ice cream is really simple. It's a no-brainer because everybody really loves it" Robinson said.
The motto of The Sweetness is "Just Better Ice Cream." Robinson said he believes that ice cream doesn't have to be complicated. The flavors of The Sweetness are familiar, like mint-chocolate chip, and are always made at the highest quality.
The ice cream will also be served late nights, open Thursday through Saturday until 2 a.m. and Sundays until midnight.
In the developing stages of his business, he had dinner with one of the co-owners of Fair Trade Café, Michele Lavis-White, to talk about life as a small restaurant owner in downtown Phoenix.
The original plan was that Robinson would open a shop of his own, but after talking, Robinson and Lavis-White came up with an idea. The Sweetness would be served at Fair Trade Café. Part of Fair Trade Café's mission is to support local business any way they can, so working with The Sweetness seemed like a great idea.
Lavis-White said, "With the economy how it is, the more small businesses band together, the more likely we are to see the other side of this thing."
The coffee flavored ice cream will be made with Fair Trade Café's coffee. They will also offer a specialty drink called an affogato. For an extra dollar, customers can get a shot of espresso with a small scoop of ice cream.
In this story: Fair Trade Café, from the wire, ice cream, Roosevelt, The Sweetness
Categories: Eats & Drinks, F&B, Innovate, News, News & Events, Roosevelt
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Children of Men: The Defining Film of The Aughts
October 9, 2012 · by Supreme Being	· in Active Observation, Best Of Mind Control, I Like to Watch.	·
When I first saw the trailer for Children of Men in late '06, I thought it looked like yet another standard issue end of the world action flick. I had no intention of seeing it. When it opened, the NYT gave it a nice review, but hell, it was Manhola Dargis writing it, and she's hardly the most reliable set of eyeballs. Still and all, she made it sound good enough to see.
The movie opens on a black screen. The voice of a TV newscaster sets the scene of the state of the world: the siege of Seattle, the army occupying mosques, British borders closed, and the lead story: the world's youngest person, eighteen years old, has been killed outside a bar in Buenos Aires. Cut to a group of coffee shop patrons staring at a TV. Pushing through them to the counter is Theo (Clive Owens in his best performance), more interested in his coffee than the news. The camera follows Theo out of the shop into the futuristic London of 2027, not a shiny, glossy science-fiction cliché future, but a dirty, lived-in one. It's the present, skewed. A strange couple of vehicles drive past as Theo sets his coffee down to add a shot of whiskey to it, the camera pans around him, the coffee shop now in the background—and a bomb blows the shop to pieces. Theo stumbles away from the blast. From the smoking ruins a woman walks out, holding her blown-off arm.
Cut to:
And then back to Theo, heading into work.
At this point, sitting in a theater on New Year's day, I was hooked in a way I hadn't felt hooked by a movie in ages.
Alfonso Cuarón, the director and co-writer, said he wanted the movie to feel like The Battle of Algiers as opposed to Blade Runner, like a historical report of what happened back in 2027. He wasn't interested in creating a gleaming science fiction future. Cuarón: "It's not about the future – I don't care about the future. The whole intent of the movie was to make an adventure that goes through the state of things, what I consider to be the state of things today."
He achieved this goal so well I think it was too hard to watch for many people. How does one brief opening scene grab me the way this one did (and still does, every time I watch it)? It's not something specific. It's a combination of elements, the actors, the camera movement, the production design, the feel, all of which is fully realized in these opening moments. This is one of those rare and beautiful movies where the creators went to the trouble of considering every detail of their world, and despite many of those details existing only in the background, in the periphery, and for the audience often not even consciously, that those details do exist, that this world exists so fully in the minds of those creating it, is what allows even a single scene, even the first scene, to manifest the kind of totally encompassing impact that every scene manifests in Children of Men.
The conceit of the movie is that for the past eighteen years woman have been infertile. As a result, the world has gone mad. No one discusses philosophically why this is so. It's a given, as it should be. No matter that procreation may be in the background for many of us, or not important at all, to live in a world where humans are dying out and will soon vanish for good, and to have lived in that world for eighteen years, I think would have incomprehensibly awful psychic effects. What would anything matter? Isn't all we do done knowing there will be others to follow us? You could argue that you're going to die anyway, and that when you do, like the Bokononists say, you're destroying the world, so what difference if, even out there beyond your own consciousness, the rest of the world is going to die too? I think it would make all the difference. I think it would send the world over the edge. If anything, I think the madness in Children of Men is likely an understatement of the probable state of the world given the premise.
Newspaper headlines, glimpses of televisions, throughout the movie these pop up showing the world in chaos: riots, fires, soldiers, journalists tortured, a mushroom cloud blooming over New York. A news promo proudly declares that despite the world going to pieces, "Only Britian soldiers on!" And Theo walks past soldiers and caged refugees awaiting deportation.
The details pile up like the trash on the streets. And the trash, even the trash in this movie looks perfect. Graffiti on a wall: LAST ONE TO DIE PLEASE TURN OUT THE LIGHTS. In the tunnel leading to the boat at the end of the movie is Picasso's Guernica, seen earlier during Theo's visit to the Ark of The Arts, an arts repository located in the Battersea Power Station, over which floats a giant, inflatable pig. And why not? The movie is set in 2027, the 50th anniversary of the Pink Floyd album Animals, their darkest, about people as beasts, and the world gone mad. Standing in the entryway is Michelangelo's David, a chunk of of his leg missing. Theo asks his friend, the curator of the Ark, what keeps him going, when a hundred years from now there won't be "one sad fuck" to see any of it? "You know what it is, Theo? I just don't think about it."
The movie is full of visual allusions to past works of art and to the current state of the world, such as the Libertines song "Arbeit Macht Frei" playing over soldiers beating refugees, and the government selling drugs for suicide under the name Quietus, from Hamlet's suicide soliloquy: "When he himself his quietus might make…" Cuarón:
They exit the Russian apartments, and the next shot you see is this woman wailing, holding the body of her son in her arms. This was a reference to a real photograph of a woman holding the body of her son in the Balkans, crying with the corpse of her son. It's very obvious that when the photographer captured that photograph, he was referencing La Pietà, the Michelangelo sculpture of Mary holding the corpse of Jesus. So: We have a reference to something that really happened, in the Balkans, which is itself a reference to the Michelangelo sculpture. At the same time, we use the sculpture of David early on, which is also by Michelangelo, and we have of course the whole reference to the Nativity. And so everything was referencing and cross-referencing, as much as we could.
The story of the movie is simple: a woman is pregnant. Different factions want to use her and the baby to advance their own political ends. The mother, a young African woman named Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey), wants to join the Human Project, a group that may or may not exist on an island, trying to save humanity. A meeting point has been set up: at a buoy off-shore, where a ship will pass. When Theo discovers the plots of those who would use her, he helps her escape and reach the buoy. As referenced by Cuarón above, the Nativity is alluded to throughout, from Kee revealing her pregnancy in a barn, to her joking about being a virgin, to the epithet uttered by everyone who sees the baby: "Jesus Christ!"
The movie is about Theo's journey from defeated indifference to hope. This is the theme: to have hope in the face of disaster, a disaster that reflects and magnifies the current state of the world. The war zones resemble current war zones. The prisoners in cages look like current prisons. In one panning shot of refugees is seen a hooded man straight out of Abu Ghraib. The movie takes the terrors happening at specific places around the globe—wars, terrorist bombings, deporting illegal aliens, government crackdowns, economic disasters—and spreads them everywhere at once.
This is why to me Children of Men is the best movie of the aughts. It's not only because it's a brilliantly made film, artistically and technically, it's because no other movie more wholly captures the mood of the times. It shows the world not as it literally is (I hope). It shows us the world as it would exist with all of our current fears realized. And it does all this in a story of one man finding hope in the midst of it. It must be the grimmest hopeful movie ever made. Then again, that the hope suggested at the end is one to believe in isn't necessarily clear cut. Cuarón: "If you have a fateful disposition then it might be a depressing and bleak film. If, however, you have a hopeful disposition, then the film is going to ultimately be about hope."
Is the ship at the end going to take Kee and her child someplace good? Or will they use her as everyone would have? Does the Human Project exist as rumored, or are the stories only stories? When I first saw the movie I thought for a moment that we wouldn't even see the ship, that we'd leave Kee waiting. I realize such an ending would tilt the equation too far towards hopelessness. The ship means something, yes, but what it means is up to the viewer to decide.
Technically the movie is so miraculous I want to yank out my eyeballs and throw them at the screen every time I watch it. I think I'd been secretly dreaming for years of an action movie that didn't use rapid fire cutting to create the "action." This is the biggest crutch in the history of movies, as though more and briefer shots—and pay attention the next time you watch an "action" movie, see if any single shot is held longer than five seconds, or hell, two seconds—as if this barrage of images is actually saying anything other than "Hey! Look! Now! Yes! Here! Bam!" Editing is best used for a reason, and if your reason is, "If we do a lot of it, 'excitement' will result," then you're doing it wrong. Editing must be motivated to mean anything.
Children of Men consists of long takes, whether it's an action scene or a small moment of people talking. And depending on the type of scene, the effect of this technique is dramatically altered. The action sequences are more exciting than if there'd been rapid cutting. The non-action scenes, with no dramatic close-ups to hammer home meaning, become quietly powerful and more meaningful for their lack of beating you over the head. Cuarón said that for Children of Men,
…character is as important as social environment. That means that there are no close-ups, everything is seen from a distance and also we are trying to avoid editing seeking for an effect. Rather than that we tried to create moments of truthfulness and to have the camera registering that moment of truthfulness.
The effect is almost one of having no central characters. Throughout the movie the camera wanders away from Theo to observe the surroundings. The city itself, the reality these people live in, becomes in itself a kind of character.
The most talked about single-take moments in the movie (in appearance; in fact these sequences were combinations of numerous takes put together to create this effect) are the attack in the car and the final battle in the refugee camp. Both are stunning. Best of all is that the first time watching the movie, you don't even realize that you haven't seen an edit in however many minutes. These single takes aren't used to wow you for their technical cleverness, they're used to pull you into the action, to in a sense make you forget you're watching a movie, exactly the opposite effect of rapid cutting.
My two favorite scenes aren't those two. They're two short, simple moments, also shot in single takes. The first comes after Julian's (Julianne Moore) death. Our heroes are in the woods laying the body to rest. Theo walks into the woods, takes a drink from his flask, takes out a cigarette. Up to this point in the movie Theo has been emotionally absent from everything, from the world, from people, from himself. He helped out Julian because of their past, and to make some money. Suddenly everything is real, and Julian is dead. He tries to light his cigarette when he's overcome by tears. He falls to his knees next to a tree. But they have to leave, he's called back to the car. He stands, gets control of himself, and walks away.
The second comes when they reach Theo's friend Jasper (Michael Caine, completely great, who based his character on John Lennon). Kee and Miriam and Jasper are in the living room. Theo is in the kitchen when he hears them talking about him. The camera stays on Theo, who does nothing but listen. The other three are out of focus in the background, though they're the ones talking. Jasper tells them about Theo and Julian's son Dylan and how he died, and how Theo lost faith in doing anything for the world or for himself. It's such an unusual way to shoot this kind of scene, and it's so smart. The characters talking don't matter. Theo is the one who matters. That he's not with the others allows them to talk freely about him. And we in the audience stay with Theo to see how this reporting of his life affects him. He's not there to argue with them, to correct them, to add his opinion. We just watch his face as he listens.
Other moments: the deer running through an abandonded grade school. A kitten climbing up Theo's leg. Slow pans across bureaus cluttered with photos and news clippings. The dreamy cut to Theo in a fancy car being driven first through the dying city and then into the walled off, well-kept grounds of the government on his way to the Ark of The Arts. "I was told to call you a fascist pig." Theo and Julian on the bus, they've said but a few words when she tells Theo their deceased son had his eyes, and they turn away from one another, their eyes zoning out as memories of their son play out. Theo's reaction when Kee reveals that she's pregnant: without saying a word, his face shows a destroyed man who in that one moment realizes he's allowed to have hope.
Children of Men is all beautiful moments. For a movie that contains so much, the story is simple, and there's not a lot of dialogue. The images tell you what you need to know. The images don't tell you what to think. They present a world disintegrating and, possibly, a glimmer of hope living within it.
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7 responses on "Children of Men: The Defining Film of The Aughts"
Bradley Rowe October 9, 2012 at 4:42 pm · · Reply →
thatmashguy (@thatmashguy) October 11, 2012 at 7:13 am · · Reply →
Children of Men, Pan's Labyrinth and The Constant Gardener are my favourite three films of the 00s. Maybe City of God too.
rewatched this recently with the Mrs.
still amazing
Supreme Being October 11, 2012 at 9:47 am · · Reply →
i loved City of God too, but haven't seen it since it came out. been meaning to watch it again.
Evil Genius October 11, 2012 at 9:58 am · · Reply →
City of God is great; although I felt it lost some of its impact on second viewing. The Constant Gardener is under-rated but nowhere near Children of Men.
I'm not coming up with anything I liked better or appreciated more than Children of Men. Eternal Sunshine is pretty great. I'm also always up for watching the Incredibles, but that's not the same thing at all. Also: Mulholland Dr.
Dolan Frazier May 15, 2013 at 9:46 pm · · Reply →
I always found There Will Be Blood, Children of Men and The Social Network to be the three best movies of the last 13 years
Samouraï Cinema January 29, 2014 at 3:47 am · · Reply →
This film was screening on TV when I was thirteen. It made me paranoid, it freaked me out, but my eyes were locked to the screen. It's incredible, constant shivering!
unholy Trinity May 16, 2014 at 9:23 am · · Reply →
A jewel of a film for which we should be grateful and re-watch it when ever we can, for there is so much to discover about ourselves, important matters, unanswered questions …
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Planning on moving to Finland in the future. I've got some questions.
1. Which of the jobs/fields I mentioned above are needed the most in Finland? It would be greatly appreciated if you could rank them and give me a bit of information on the topic.
2. What is the current economic status of Finland?
3. Is it generally hard to find a job in Finland as a foreigner with English, German, Greek and Finnish knowledge?
4. What are some skills that are a bonus for someone to have?
5. Do you believe that moving to Finland instead of another country (e.g Norway, Denmark) would be a wise choice to build a good life?
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Re: Planning on moving to Finland in the future. I've got some questions.
1. Programming is by far the most needed of those afaik.
2. Right now ok, in four years... who knows.
3. I'd say it is hard to find a job in Finland without connections or references.
In your situation, if after the studies still thinking about moving, I'd be looking at Denmark (and Switzerland, albeit it's non-EU). There's nothing in Finland that's inherently better, but it's colder and darker during much of the year, further away from the rest of the Europe and the language is harder to learn.
In your opinion, why is Denmark a better choice? I still keep my options open though, I just have to decide this year because next year I'll have to start learning the language of the country I'll be moving to, so the whole thing might happen in 4-5 years from now but I can't make a last minute decision. In other words I know a lot of things might change (e.g the country's economy, need for jobs etc) but at least I need to have a plan.
I just mentioned some reasons, Denmark is at least on par in just about any measure for quality of life. Have you visited Finland, or other coutries you're thinking about? To me it sounds that it's not very clear to you what exactly you want (maybe other than to leave Greece), and you're basing your plans on statistics, news stories etc. without first hand experience of the daily life in where you're planning to go. It doesn't matter that much which fields of work have openings, unless you yourself are also interested in the same. Becoming good enough in just about anything will help a lot, but that is hard to do if you don't really like what you're doing.
All the fields I mentioned are fields I'm really interested in, actually. As far as the preference is concerned, this is the reason I joined the forum, to read about experiences from people who live there, and not just statistics and numbers. I'm trying to get in contact with other people as well who live in Finland and are musicians as well so at the moment I'm gathering as much information about life there as I can, so I can make a proper decision when the time is right. Now, about the other thing you said, I actually admire the Finnish culture, customs, nature (obviously) and language as well, so it's not that I just want to move there out of desperation.
Being a musician is the same as anywhere else - the vast majority will barely make a living, if even that, having to have a "real job" (and/or being on wellfare) is the norm. Whatever you end up studying, make sure that the degree is transferable to the rest of Europe. The more people-facing a job is, the more important being fluent in the local language will be. I think one will have to be something extraordinary learning Finnish to that level without actually using the language on a daily basis for quite some time. Thus, it's not very realistic to expect to land a job in Finland e.g. in healthcare, having just completed studies for it somewhere else.
I'm planning on learning the language in the years in between. Apart from actual classes which I'll obviously attend, is there any good site-app for starters?
Never mind, I found the Language school section on the forum.
Programming. If you are a good programmer you might not even need Finnish. As the above poster I'd recommend you look at other similar countries first, in particular Sweden, Switzerland and maybe even Norway as they are less xenophobic, are generally wealthier, have broader and larger economies and have higher ranked Universities - esp. Switzerland.


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Team Secret Win Captains Draft 4.0 After Two Impossible Comebacks
Radu Muresan
Captains Draft 4.0 was a high quality Dota Pro Circuit LAN event organized by DotaCinema and Moonduck. With a fantastic production led by Shannon "SUNSfan" Scotten and Jake "SirActionSlacks" Kanner, 8 of the world's best teams, $300.000 on the line and breathtaking matches, this was a truly memorable tournament.
No doubt, even before the competition started, almost everyone had Team Secret as the clear favorites to win this one. Finalists at the ESL One Hamburg Major and winners at DreamLeague Season 8, the Europeans were the team of the moment, sitting at the number one spot in the Dota Pro Circuit rankings.
Team Secret kicked off their Captains Draft 4.0 campaign with a win against Team Empire followed by 2 shaky performances which resulted in 2 losses: one against Mineski and another one against Vici Gaming. This second loss, against Zhang "Paparazi" Chengjun's team, was a glimpse of what was to come in the Finals.
Secret finished 3rd in their group and it was looking like their poor track record at Dota Pro Circuit Minor events was going to continue. They had obtained poor results at their previous 3 Minors (StarLadder i-League Invitational Season 3 (3rd-4th), PGL Open Bucharest (5th-6th) and Perfect World Masters (5th-6th)), so a below average placement at Captains Draft 4.0 would not have been entirely surprising.
But, as soon as the Playoffs began, Team Secret went into high gear. They won against Evil Geniuses (score 2-1) and then eliminated their Group Stage nemesis Mineski (score 2-0). Their opponent in the Finals was going to be Vici Gaming, who had had a field day against compLexity and OG.
The Bo5 between the two finalists began with a game in which Vici Gaming had a 15K net worth advantage at the 26-minute mark, and a Faceless Void – Doom – Medusa lineup. Just 15 minutes later, the game ended, but the winners were Team Secret.
The next 3 games were once again dominated by the Chinese team, who won the first 2 and had a 22K net worth lead in the 3rd. But, once again, Secret somehow managed to pull off a victory.
Clearly demoralized and going up against Marcus "Ace" Hoelgaard's signature hero (Meepo), Vici Gaming got destroyed in the 5th game of the series and lost a match they should have won with ease.
Following this championship victory, Team Secret increased the difference between themselves and the second placed team in the Dota Pro Circuit rankings and are now sitting at the number 1 spot with 4140 points.
If the Captains Draft 4.0 tournament taught us anything, it's that "fortune favors the brave" and "victory belongs to the most persevering" (Napoleon Bonaparte). Team Secret never gave up, never stopped believing and their unshakable confidence was the only thing that saved them not once, but twice in the same match. Going forward, they will definitely have to patch a thing or two in their gameplay (Vici Gaming did a perfect job at exposing and exploiting their weaknesses), but in the meantime, they are the number one team in the world.
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| position         = Högerforward/vänsterforward
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| klubb            = NHLVegas Golden Knights
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}}Jonathan Audy-Marchessault''', född 27 december 1990, är en kanadensisk professionell ishockeyspelare som spelar för Vegas Golden Knights i NHL. Han har tidigare spelat för Florida Panthers, Columbus Blue Jackets och Tampa Bay Lightning.

Marchessault blev aldrig draftad av något lag, däremot blev han 21 juni 2017 vald av Vegas Golden Knights i expansionsdraften.

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Födda 1990
Idrottare från staden Québec
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Levande personer
Män
Spelare i Vegas Golden Knights
Spelare i Columbus Blue Jackets
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Spelare valda i NHL:s expansionsdraft 2017
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In this painting I was fixated on capturing the leaves of the mandarins in a loose but convincing way. I like the play of light and shadow while also the play with the complementary colors, red-green, and blue-orange.


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Q: How to link a check button(true/false) with a toggle list after that I'm having some trouble today. I need to put in a table from excel the name of 12 members of a project and their available days for work (name-availability), so I did a lot of check buttons for each person, as in the image :table with members and their free days
But, after that, I need to create a toggle list with the days of week in a calendar and receive the name of the people based in their free days. Like:
Person1 can work mondays, wednesdays and saturdays. Person2 can work mondays, fridays and sundays. Person3 can work only at fridays.
And for that, have a list like this one:The second table, with all the members, not with filtered members based in the days, "sexta-feira" is friday.
In this, I've tried to use the data validation table. But I want to create a list only with the name of the people that are available based in the table 1, not putting all the names of the members.
In this example, for the day 1st October, the list showing only Person2 and Person3 without Person1 because the P1 isn't available.
Somebody have a tip to me? Im really confused about how can I do that.
Thanks so much in advance!

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Breaking News With Anant Goenka, Executive Director, The Indian Specific
So, our readers can formulate their very own stands on issues in a bias-free method. For different messages, please write to the newspaper's editor. Air India Express has not inducted any new planes in its fleet for a very lengthy time. The airline is claimed to have drawn up a marketing strategy in 2018, which envisioned it to be a 50-aircraft company by 2025.
Run Indian Express in distraction-free window, manage multiple Indian Express accounts simply and more with the unofficial Indian Express desktop app for Mac and PC on WebCatalog. Additionally, they're increasing to extra use-cases like price range updates, sports activities news, market knowledge, election results and so forth. TIE staff had a prime news RSS feed that was curated and often up to date by the editorial team.
Microsoft To Train, Certify Over 1 Lakh Indian Software Builders In A Month
The newspaper accommodates the news, advertisement, articles, and so forth. Newspapers are available in different languages like Hindi, Kannada, English, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, and so on. In India, there are lots of English newspapers, and the top 10 English newspapers are described under. For over ninety years, The Indian Express has been learn by those that have their very own unique point of view of taking a glance at things. With coverage primarily based on complete analysis, and with fearless reporting, we empower our readers with the truth behind each matter. And we don't simply cease there, but ferret out every element that brings out the how, why, where and what next of the topic.
Haryana Government To Levy Rural Improvement Fee On Farm Produce
While there was no official announcement, and we don't know the precise composition of the orders, newest stories counsel that it'll embody several Boeing 737 MAX plane for Air India Express. Not all content material that the Library has archives for is currently out there through the Library's web site. Limitations affecting access to the archived content include നോമ്പ് മുറിയുന്ന കാര്യങ്ങള് a one-year embargo interval for all content material in the archive. Content outdoors of the embargo period is up to date and made available regularly. For extra information visit theWeb Archiving Program | For Researchers page. The readers of the newspaper spread all across the world with a really high NRI visitors to the website.
Rani Mukerji To Inaugurate 28th Kolkata Worldwide Film Pageant
An explosion occurred on a railway monitor here on Sunday, hours before the lately inaugurated Asarwa-Udaipur Express train from Ahmedabad was imagined to move. The police mentioned they were investigating all angles, together with sabotage. The video shows the vigilance officers grappling with Sub-I… Once impressed by sports icons and international celebrities,…
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They're additionally exploring sending e mail quizzes to their audience to interact and educate them about current affairs. This solved the problem of stale news in e-mail and made newsletters extra related. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who's on a two-day go to to Gujarat, will flag off the model new and upgraded version of Vande Bharat Express from Gandhinagar today.
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