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Late night deal on fisheries lacks decisive action on fish stocks
Posted on 30 May 2013
Political compromise risks continuing malaise of fishing communitiesBrussels, Belgium: Early this morning negotiations between the Irish Presidency and the European Parliament concluded with an agreement on the basic regulation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). WWF is concerned that some key issues are being ignored such as decisive actions badly needed to replenish seriously depleted fish stocks.
Despite efforts to reach a deal on this issue by member of the European Parliament, Ulrike Rodust, and her parliamentary negotiating team, the Irish Presidency, representing a divided Fisheries Council led by countries with large fishing industries, preferred to defend a business as usual approach that might delay fish stock recoveries.
"WWF acknowledges the constructive role played by the European Parliament in its attempt to bring about a deal that would reinvigorate a failed fisheries policy. While almost two-thirds of the assessed fish stocks in the EU are overexploited and many fishermen face bankruptcy, the majority of EU's governments have decided to stonewall negotiations and have refused to accept an agreement that would allow a full recovery and increased income for fishermen within the next 10 years." Tony Long, Director of the European Policy Office.
The new EU-CFP reform cannot continue the 40 year pattern of negotiations and self-congratulation by politicians, while fish stocks continue to decline.
"Even if the new CFP does not address the deep problem of overcapacity, WWF hopes that we do not return to the old wasteful way of managing EU's fish stocks. We will continue to ensure that fishermen, and stakeholders, with the support of the scientific community, will have a decisive say over how the industry is run."
The European Parliament and Mrs Rodust's negotiating team and the Irish Presidency should be commended for their endeavour to provide a real transition to a sustainable CFP despite the Fisheries Council inability to support ambitious goals. The agreement includes some positive elements but fails to end overfishing in the coming generations.
The new deal needs to become a legal framework that helps reverse the current frenzied grab for threatened fish, the overcapacity of fishing fleets and a regime whereby the industry is forced into noncompliance.
"We call on all concerned stakeholders to quickly start working within the new legislative framework for multi annual plans to be drawn up and implemented urgently. The plans need to become the backbone of the new CFP. They must be framed to deliver on the most urgent needs for fish stocks and the marine environment recovery. We also hope that the new CFP provides the basis for forging a truly sustainable foreign dimension for the EU's fleets. While negotiating partnership agreement with Third Countries, the EU shall act in line with international commitments, obligations and policy objectives to achieve sustainable fishing operations outside EU's waters".


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SECRETARIAT, a new movie from Walt Disney Pictures about the amazing racehorse that captured the Triple Crown in 1973, will release in theaters on October 8th. Perhaps the release will spur an interest in horse-related reads. Here's the description from Disney:
Against all odds, housewife and mother Penny Chenery (Diane Lane)—with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin (John Malkovich)—navigates the male-dominated horseracing business, ultimately taking Secretariat on a spectacular journey to become the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and perhaps the greatest racehorse of all time.
After learning about this film I immediately wondered if there were any good children's books available about this racing legend. Two books caught my attention: a picture book, I Rode the Red Horse by Barbara Libby and a soon-to-be released book for young readers ages 12 and older titled, The Big Red Horse, The Secretariat Story by Lawrence Scanlan. I'm hoping to get my hands on the first title so that I can share it with my children, but it is out of print and very few libraries own it. There's also a coloring book, Great Racehorses (Dover Pictoral Archive) that includes several famous thoroughbreds including Secretariat. Life on a Horse Farm by Judy Wolfman and Racehorses by Michael Sandler also sound like something my kids might like, but neither look like they specifically mention Secretariat. Two books meant for adults might appeal to older children because they include photographs: Secretariat's Meadow and Secretariat by Raymond G. Woolfe, Jr. I'm actually a little disappointed in the children's book options featuring Secretariat. Perhaps after the movie appears in theaters, publishers will release more books about this interesting horse.
In my searches I did find a wonderful pdf lesson planning kit for educators about horse racing. Author Patsi B. Trollinger wrote it to correspond with her book about a famous jockey, but it contains a lot of general horse racing information and activities. For instance, did you know that thoroughbreds must be registered in a color category? -- Secretariat was a Chestnut.
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For the most part I'm a fan of social media, but from time to time it gets weird. Case in point is an e-mail I got from a friend the other day. It's from some company called Lovehappens.com, "Where friends help friends find love." That idea's as old as Shakespeare, but the following certainly isn't:
That's my friend (on the left). I've seen pictures of her aplenty. But on the right are photos of four potential swains.
Hmm. If I were one of them, I'd be a little horrified to find out my handle and photo are caroming around the internet, landing in the inboxes of god only knows how many strangers.
(If you're curious, my friend is 29, so I think the two young ones (20,20) are too young, the two old ones (41, 49) too old. But I'm not going to tell Lovehappens that.


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Which one of these movie scenes left you more amazed?
List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls026113818/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/GLVEom_N0DQ/
I wanted to include the "Strudel Scene" in Inglourious Basterds and the "Coin Toss" in No Country for Old Men but i have not found images of these scenes so i had to request to add the images of these scenes on the Contribution. When i these images are aproved i will include on this list.
I like the concept behind your poll. However, I would like to see comments from other poll authors and users on your choices for intense scenes. I hope they may be able to supply other scenes that meet your criteria.
It's very similar to this poll >>> https://www.imdb.com/poll/onTc41AGX3A/
Maybe Jose could remove the overlapping options and make a part 2? I wouldn't mind that.
i didn't know that someone had done this poll, my bad!
Would you mind linking my Part 1 Poll of this same idea in your introduction?
Now someone needs to update the description of this Post
This scene https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335345/mediaviewer/rm3653376768
commits suicide is intense, too.
I did not see the movie so I had to go to YouTube to see this scene and it's definitely intense that you can almost feel the lashing that the character is taking. Very uncomfortable for the viewers to watch because it is inhuman and to know that this scene really happened in reality and that Jesus suffered it is really very sad.
Great suggestion and certainly will be in this poll.
Thanks for your contribution.
I got a few scenes in the head, which felt pretty intense for me. But warning: There are a few spoilers ahead. If you don't know a movie and read the name, don't look at the sentence below. It could spoil you if you haven't seen the movie.
The end of 'Saw'.
The Truman Show:
Truman's last time saying goodbye in 'The Truman Show'.
The first demonstration of a mechanical cop in 'Robocop', making hackmeat on the presentationtable by a Robot using two guns on a ceo.
The Sixth Sense:
Dr. Malcolm Crowe discovering he's not alive anymore at 'The sixth sense'.
Saving Private Ryan:
The landing in the Normandy
Ghost Ship:
The intro-scene on deck. The body-cutting cable.
Shutter Island:
When Teddy Daniels realises, he killed his wive and that he is an inmate in real.
Shawshank Redemption:
When Andy gets out of Jail and the director kills himself.
Buried (R.Reynolds):
The whole movie.
The dinner Scene.
The psychopath's revealing scene.
The spaceship-docking-scene, after Dr. Man went nuts. When Cooper docks the turning shuttle on.
The Space-ballet.
Many Scenes, but specially the one, when Stu Shepard reveals the truth about his lousy life and yells at the shooter.
This is why is important to hear people opinions, because some times they catch something that you missed. ;D
You suggested many scenes which made it very difficult to select and leave others out ... Of the fourteen suggestions and I decided to include five, which are:
The Interstellar docking scene definitely needs to be here.
The Truman Show last goodbye,I remember when I saw that he was so nervous about what truman would do if he would have the guts to embrace the real world or if he would continue to live in the False Reality.
Saving Private Ryan Omaha Beach was intense for sure, I know I said I'm not particularly including shootings or war battle, but this scene is more than that, it's about survival, suffering, fear... everything which I think goes through each one's mind in these situations. I don't know how i forget to put this scene, probably it will be on of the favorites of this poll.
Hannibal's dinner scene was a little scary that even i felt goosebumps. Nice pick.
Shutter Island when Teddy saw the atrocity his wife did and in deep depression kills his wife, was one of the most touching scenes.
PS: on the Se7en scene unfortunately I can not put it in this poll because there is a similar poll called "Tense Movie Moments" by Kyle Perez and in his poll, this precise scene is there and we agree that my poll will be like a sequel and so I'll include other scenes to keep the sequence.
Thanks for your contribution.
The Harry Stamper dying-scene.
At ~12 Minutes the entire-life-of-Carl-and-Ellie-scene. The whole audience needed tissues, so me too.
'Star wars episode VI':
The killing of the emperor for rescuing the own son. The struggling way back to the bright side, destroying the evil and save Luke.
The chestbirth of an alien.
The rat-scene.
'Fahrenheit 451°':
The burning-booklover-scene.
The death of Mary O'Brian.
The Revealed swimming-scene at the end.
'Die Hard':
The end of Hans Gruber. ;)
'Primal Fear':
The ending, revealing the truth about Aaron and Roy.
'Schindlers List':
The Moment, when Schindler broke down at the end, realizing the whole truth and how he underestimated it before.
'Das Boot':
The coming-home-scene of the U-96.
'Silence of the lambs':
The elevator-scene and the 'resurection' of the officer, the other officer spread like an angel at the Lecter-cage.
'The Revenant':
The bear-fight!
'The silence of the lambs':
The truth about Clarice and the lambs in an intensive dialog between Clarice and Doctor Lecter in his cage. (But she couldn't even safe one lamb. And Clarice went to Orphanage, while her lamb was slaughtered.) That moment is film-historically one of the most intense. Summary: Lecter-scenes in his prison-cells/cages.
The end of 'Requiem for a Dream'.
The ending of 'Mother!'.
The transcendence tree-scene of 'The Fountain'.
The killing scene with Joker in 'Full Metal Jacket'.
The occult rite scene in 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
The last dinner-scene in 'Titus' (w. A.Hopkins)
... Keyser Söze ... ;)
Sorry, gotta reduce the flashlights, that come up now. ... ;)
I think putting "Saw" is a bit unfair because it's a horror movie and the purpose of this genre is to scare the audience. It's practically their only goal, so the most I'd like to put in is a psychological thriller or crime.
Up, Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream they all have a fantastic scene that I classified like tense but more on the touching way, i don't know if you understand what i tried to said... I'm working in another poll and a put the scene of the Final Act of Black Swan there and i'm requested an image of the tragic end of Requiem for a Dream, so i have to wait until IMDB aproved my request.
About the others movies:
The Revenant, the bear-fight it was a really intense scene, nice suggestion.
The Silence of the Lambs , Hannibal escape it was really excting for me, these scene was great. I was really nervous about that scene.
Die Hard, Hans Gruber death was really great also, the tension and the laughs before Mclane shoots Gruber make the scene even more exciting, I was like.. this guy is a badass and yeah when he shoots and Gruber struggles to not fall of the skyscraper was a pretty intense scene, I got really exciting with that badass move.
These are the three scenes that i will included on this poll suggestion.
You have really good suggestions, I can't remember even twenty intense moments of the movies I've saw and you give me almost thirty suggestions just only today kkkk ;D
[i'm not reclaiming :D, i'm really glad for the help and for your suggestions]
I think that you should created a list based on this concept like a Part III with the others suggestions that you mentioned. This will be a great poll suggestion, this concept have so much material.
Thanks for your contribution.
I guess, you are serious about that I should make the poll part III of it. I sure would like to do that. But what about pere-23566? Do you confirm, I should do that? It seems, it is a project between you both and I don't want anybody to become upset about it. I read a while to undestand.
Please advise me. How are the rules of this poll-series? I have the impression, movies aren't allowed to take part in two of the poll-parts. And I guess the rest is free - or is there some motto for each poll-part or for the whole thing?
If you were kidding, it would be ok as well. I like to help and thank you for the 'suggested by'-mark. Stephen N Russel noticed 'Saving Private Ryan' before I did. It's a bit more his suggestion. :)
These are the only best end-scene-images I've found on IMDb:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/mediaviewer/rm198775296 &
I'm serious, I think you should do this .. For me it's fine, about pere-23566, I don't know what he thinks, but I think he'll feel comfortable with that if you ask him.
I mean, you are continuing this concept and i'm comfortable with that and I believe that is really good to keep continuing running this concept because there are so much material and we all had seen movies that the other didn't watched, so it's benefichal.
About the rules, yes you're right two scenes can't be allowed in two polls. Apart from that, you can choose the scenes you want.
Stephen N Russel was giving a choise of a scene, not a suggestion. I asked him because I was also and he said that.
What is slasher?
How do I contact pere? Do I have to wait till he writes back here below or is there a secret messenger-system? ;)
I've caught up with this convo and I'm fine for you to make a Part 3 (It's like a collaborative Poll series, which is awesome!) Go for it.
I've caught up with this convo and I'm fine for you to make a Part 3 (It's like a collaborative Poll series, which is awesome!) Go for it.
Great suggestion and certainly will be in this poll.
Thanks for your contribution.
I wanted Harry Powell descending the stairs, but I couldn't find a picture of it.
Can you, give me a link of the video of this scene?
Thanks for your contribution
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a picture of him brining her her milk, but there's the afterwards of that action.
Here's a picture of his shadow in that scene:
I liked it. Great Suggestion
How did you watched?
There's other suggestion that you can give?
I think the only solution would either to focus on a special genre, or a certain category of films (Top 250 for instance) or ask us which scene do we personally consider the most intense.
As I didn't find any image of the scene in imdb I had to request the image, within days it will be included.
The Suggestion is now included.
Thanks for your contribution ;)
I think it would fit more in my other poll "most touching movie scenes" because it's more kind emotional than intense, in my opinion.
Cinque freeing his people on 'Amistad'.
The clock-scene at 'Back to the future'
You are officially the contributor who contributed most to this poll, with 9 suggestions.
Thanks for your contribution :)
This poll has really good scenes suggested by this community and I think will make it difficult to choose the best.
I was very happy that this poll finally is live, now the main focus is to try to get yours.
Only one soldier peaking up, that's creating a picture. ;)
I did not find a video or image related to that scene but I think you're talking about when they're hiding from the Germans in that boat and they have to be quiet even when the Germans start shooting that boat like a target and hit one of them. Is that scene isn't?
Because I couldn't get an image and video related to this scene, I had to include another scene and I opted for the "Final Dog Fight". I hope you don't mind.
Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ml0r-5U3lw
It's hard to choose just one scene of that movie, this movie has a plenty of intense moments but i think this scene was the best of all. Because it was you that brought this movie, I put that was you that suggested the scene. I think it is fair.
Thanks for remembering this movie, I've saw it a 6 months ago but I completely forgot about it.
I noticed what I think might be a typo in the intro:
There are some movie scenes that make you hold your breath because it's so intense... you feel like you're there... you feel like you're excited for that and when you get that feeling you already know you'll never forget that scene. These moments are kinda cinematographic pleasure.
(I thought maybe you intended to have "you're" in there, especially as the other phrases use it -- to good effect, by the way.)
The father's tortured realization scene (involving his daughter) toward the beginning of 'Mystic River:' https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327056/mediaviewer/rm1878098176
It was quite emotional, it would fit in my other poll "Most Touching Movie Scenes".
Most Intense Movie Scenes
Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/GLVEom_N0DQ/
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FAQ: Poll Authors - Re-Push Requests
Voted for the docking scene in 'Interstellar' !
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Coastal Villages - Yorkshire's Coastal Towns & Villages
We're getting ready to welcome you back!
If you're visiting the area please follow public health advice and maintain social distancing.
Yorkshire lays claim to one of the most beautiful and best-loved coastlines in the country, each one unique with its own charisma and allure. Our smaller towns and villages are some of the prettiest you'll find anywhere in the world.
At its northern end, the coast is home to picturesque villages clinging precipitously to the cliffs – Staithes, Runswick Bay, Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar among them – and all in the care of the North York Moors National Park.
Travel further south, and the scenery offers the dramatic chalk cliffs of Flamborough to the serine ocean views at Bempton with their seabird colonies, then gradually becomes gentler as you approach Spurn Head, passing through Barmston, Ulrome, Skipsea and a dozen or so other tiny coastal communities.
You can watch local fisherman at work; go fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast; take a smugglers tour around Robin Hood's Bay; admire work of artists in Staithes; try rock pooling in Runswick; relax at a beach shack or enjoy a cup of tea in Sandsend.
Don't be fooled by their wonderful serenity as these thriving coastal communities are full of things to do!


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I haved loved stars since I was a youngin so why not translate that love to fashion. I would wear this trend in a heart beat. Most of the girls shown are wearing Chanel 08 ', but I'll just be happy with the black and white star top I bought from H&M not to long ago.Got to love fashion
-Doe Chee$e