"A Waltz with Bashir" was the movie our class watched last Wednesday. It was teacher's recommendation, so we had to respect her decision og bringing it to the class... bad idea (joke). Everyone was falling asleep, or talking, or laughing, or simply distracted with something else. Yes, it was a hard movie, but even hard movies can be more interesting. I don't know if I didn't like because of the animation, or because of the story itself, but simply didn't catch my attention.
But, as I said when the movie ended and we started discussing it, maybe if I had watched at the cinema I would have different opinion.
I just liked two things: the way the "actors" narrated - their voice were more real, the way they reacted, like a man (I don't recall who) who during his report made a sound like saying "Ffhhh, I don't know...", which appeared very natural; the second thing was the music - I love when they add classical songs with slow motion scenes.
Watch this trailer, then the movie if possible, and make your own conclusions.
sexta-feira, 23 de abril de 2010
"Take a sad song and make it better"
Music moves people... unbeliavable.
(Hate this music, but I have to admit it's an original way to promote a concert.)
Even in Portugal...
Though in this case those were the few Portuguese who joined the "cause"...
1: The dance wasn't that good; 2: Portuguese need to loosen up!
(Hate this music, but I have to admit it's an original way to promote a concert.)
Even in Portugal...
Though in this case those were the few Portuguese who joined the "cause"...
1: The dance wasn't that good; 2: Portuguese need to loosen up!
quinta-feira, 22 de abril de 2010
"Taugh Catch" TIMES article - Poor tunas...
The principal purpose of the article is to demonstrate the importance of animals (in this case tunas) for a balanced environment.
It gives us the reality of some relevant companies, particulary their struggle to catch Yellowfin and Bluefin, two endangered tuna species.
On one side there's the fisherman, who need to catch this species to survive, and on the other there's WWF, the scientists and even fishermans who defend sanctions to limit the number of fish getting caught.
The business is run like this: first tuna is caught, then washed, beheaded, gutted and packed with dry ice to be put on 10.30 a.m. Manila's flight, to be finally on the market in such places as Tokyo, Seattle or California. Mainly this kind of species come from Southern Filipines where the biggest and best tuna can cost around seven hundred dollars or more!
The way tuna is captured has changed through years; in the old days, fisherman used to go out to sea in the morning and by night came back with two or three tunas weighing each seventy kilos, whereas nowadays even to catch small kinds it's a two/three day trip out of sea due to the massive exploitation. The country which exhides normal ratings is Japan, a country which population much depends on the resources of the sea and, most importantly, of sushi restaurants. This country consumes 80% of the 6 000 tons of Bluefin caught worldwide, which is used for Sashimi.
Although the number of species has increased, the number of boats are rising, and so is the distance permitted to fish, invanding sometimes protected areas (and that's why contolling is so hard).
To solve this problem of possible extinction, European Commission advised a Global suspension of fishing Atlantic Bluefin tuna, which was denied by Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, France and Italy because they think the measure would be a disaster economically; this measure would give time to recover the species. The most worrying method to catch them is by dragging to shore (a technique invented on the Mediterranean in 1996) which is called "Tuna Ranching"; it consists on dragging the fish with aditives so the price gets higher the heavier it gets.
But, and though they're endangered, Bluefin isn't people's first choise; they first pick canned tuna, the Slipjack and Albacore species.
Another method used to produce more fish is Aquaculture, which experts say that is wasteful and expensive. The only system which seems to respect and protect these species are handline fisheres.
Summing up, the greed for tuna is hindering not just these species, but food chain too, and if this problem isn't solved, many animals will disapear quickly.
P.S. - As you may have notice, this summary wasn't really a summary. The reason why? Well, I think that all I've written matters. That's all.
This is how Americans sell canned tuna:
It gives us the reality of some relevant companies, particulary their struggle to catch Yellowfin and Bluefin, two endangered tuna species.
On one side there's the fisherman, who need to catch this species to survive, and on the other there's WWF, the scientists and even fishermans who defend sanctions to limit the number of fish getting caught.
The business is run like this: first tuna is caught, then washed, beheaded, gutted and packed with dry ice to be put on 10.30 a.m. Manila's flight, to be finally on the market in such places as Tokyo, Seattle or California. Mainly this kind of species come from Southern Filipines where the biggest and best tuna can cost around seven hundred dollars or more!
The way tuna is captured has changed through years; in the old days, fisherman used to go out to sea in the morning and by night came back with two or three tunas weighing each seventy kilos, whereas nowadays even to catch small kinds it's a two/three day trip out of sea due to the massive exploitation. The country which exhides normal ratings is Japan, a country which population much depends on the resources of the sea and, most importantly, of sushi restaurants. This country consumes 80% of the 6 000 tons of Bluefin caught worldwide, which is used for Sashimi.
Although the number of species has increased, the number of boats are rising, and so is the distance permitted to fish, invanding sometimes protected areas (and that's why contolling is so hard).
To solve this problem of possible extinction, European Commission advised a Global suspension of fishing Atlantic Bluefin tuna, which was denied by Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, France and Italy because they think the measure would be a disaster economically; this measure would give time to recover the species. The most worrying method to catch them is by dragging to shore (a technique invented on the Mediterranean in 1996) which is called "Tuna Ranching"; it consists on dragging the fish with aditives so the price gets higher the heavier it gets.
But, and though they're endangered, Bluefin isn't people's first choise; they first pick canned tuna, the Slipjack and Albacore species.
Another method used to produce more fish is Aquaculture, which experts say that is wasteful and expensive. The only system which seems to respect and protect these species are handline fisheres.
Summing up, the greed for tuna is hindering not just these species, but food chain too, and if this problem isn't solved, many animals will disapear quickly.
P.S. - As you may have notice, this summary wasn't really a summary. The reason why? Well, I think that all I've written matters. That's all.
This is how Americans sell canned tuna:
terça-feira, 13 de abril de 2010
Damn!
3rd term has started and I'm feeling kinda depressed... yeah, already! Vacations were great, but I want more(!).
Pain never ends, right? Yes, I'm overreacting, BUT... there's no but, forget it.
So, enjoy school because it's coming to an end (at last!).
Bye, see you later, as always.
P.S. - Fortunetelly, I'm not feeling as bad as this guy.
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