Tolerance of Intolerance

The way, how you deal with others, say very much about the kind of person you really are.

The History, unfortunately, give us some examples of the consequences and non-acceptance between different races, ethnics, nationalities or religions. Even in developed countries, in spite of doing laws to put every citizen in the same plan, there are some persons that have difficulties to accept that difference, yet. And more and more, these persons think that the others shouldn’t have the same rights.
Social developments have been done to end with discrimination and intolerance.
How it is possible to be allowed, yet? Are we equals or all different?
We are all equals, without doubt. And we are all different, in the end.
After all, what must we say?

Equal. We are all equals, because we have the same rights, no matter what race, ethnic, nationality, religion, education or social condition, we belong such as the right of live in liberty and security.
Different. We are all different too. On what? All born with a certain genetic code, inserted in a environment family, made up of a social and cultural context. Therefore, people with educations and different genes may become different persons, which enrich the world in which we live.
Being different is a matter of perspective: the others are different, but I’m different in their eyes.
How to fight intolerance?
Firstly, accepting that all are equal in rights and duties.
Secondly, understand that each person is unique and is not sex, race, nationality or religion that gives more or less dignity.
And finally, explain and convince, to all those around me, that difference enriches humanity and nobody should be discriminated against because of their difference.

My opinion about multiculturalism

When I see someone, I like to establish some dialogue with them, even to meet each other better. But, normally, people tend to label everyone. I think that in a small town that is normal, but it depends if in a big town, people don’t have a big contact and because of that they don’t have the habit of talking about everyone’s life.
Usually, people label each other because they have jealousy from the others.
In my opinion, people who feel discrimination mustn’t ear these stupid comments.
Each person has the right to have his own race, his rules, his roots, his own opinions and everybody should respect them.
I agree with multiculturalism, so that fulfilled us.
When we accept other people, we learn a lot. But, this have some disadvantages too: like racism (can be described as the belief that a certain race or races portray undesirable characteristics), xenophobia (is a dislike and/or fear of that which is unknown or different from oneself), chauvinism (is an exaggerated, bellicose patriotism and a blind belief in national superiority and glory) and discrimination (is a sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or against a person of a certain group in consideration based solely on class or category)…

My last Easter holidays

In my last holidays I went to London with two English teachers and more three teachers.
We left, on the 4th April , Sunday, to London.
The first thing I saw, when we were London, was that British people drive their cars in the right side and we drive them in the left one. So we should be careful while walking. And other great difference that I saw, when we went to the hotel, was the wooden fences because this is a little bit different from ours.
After lunch, we visited the Big Ben and Westminster’s Abbey, where we take a lot of pictures.
In London, we visited the Tower of London, Madame Tussaud museum, the London Eye, Tower Bridge, British Museum and Natural History Museum. We enjoyed a lot every place we visited.
Each group had one different name. The name of the kid’s group of Teacher Ricardo was “ALAPADOS”, the group of Teacher Isabel was “THE MUFFINS” and finally the group of Teacher Teresa was “NO NAME”. This is a funny way to call someone. We enjoyed our holidays.
But, “what happened in London stays in London!” =D

Are you an ordinary consumer or a shopaholic?

What is the difference? To begin, answer to this small test about consumerism. Are you ready?

1. When you earn money, do you save some?

a. Yes
b. No

2. How many times do you buy something, you really don’t need?

a. One or two a month
b. All weeks

3. Is going shopping one of your favourite hobbies?

a. Yes
b. No

4. You see something you like a lot. What do you do?

a. If you can buy, you buy. Or you just leave it for other time
b. Don’t think. You buy this product

5. When you go shopping:

a. You always worry about quality/price
b. Don’t care about the quality or price

6. After buying something you don’t feel good.

a. Rarely
b. Frequently

7. Do you buy something that you don’t use?

a. Rarely
b. Frequently

8. Do you feel anxious before going shopping or crazy after buying your favorite product?

a. Not always
b. Always

9. Do you become jealous when your friend buy something that you like to have?

a. Never
b. Always

10. When you are going in holidays, firstly you:

a. Settle down and take a look around
b. Search for shopping stores and visit them


So, are you a shopaholic or an ordinary consumer?

If you had chosen the majority of answers point a), this means that you are saved, you are aware of what you can / you should buy or not. Unspent money on unnecessary things! You are a conscious consumer.
If, by other hand, you had chosen the majority of answers point b), this means that you should have more attention; you could be buy some products that you don’t really need. You buy for pleasure, for satisfy yours desires. You are a shopaholic. You should be careful!

some pictures about the multiculturalism

A few good man

In this dramatic courtroom thriller, Lt. Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have been accused of murdering a colleague. Kaffee is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey's Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway to represent him. Also on the legal staff is Lt. Sam Weinberg. The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a "CODE RED". Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren't tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup. In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something's fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee.

The Terminal

"The Terminal" tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal’s international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase

Chose your favourite movie

Australia
Set against the scienc backdrop of pre-World War II Australia, Baz Luhrmann's romantic period adventure stars Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch, and Huhg Jacksman as the rough-and-tumble cattle driver who helps protect her property from greedy English cattle barons. As the pair attempt to herd 2,ooo head of cattle hundreds of miles across the treacherous Australian outback, they are stunned to bear witness to the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces - who just a few months prior launched a devastating attack on Pearl Harbor.

Marketing vs. Advertising: What's the Difference?

You will often find that many people really don’t know the difference between marketing and advertising. In spite of both components are important they are very different too. When you finally find the difference by doing your market research, you are able to put your company on the path to substantial growth.
Advertising is a single component of the marketing process. It's the part that involves getting the word all over the world out related with your business, products, or the services you are offering. It involves the process of developing strategies such as ad places, frequency, etc. Advertising includes the best places for an ad like, newspapers, direct mail, billboards, television, radio, and of course the Internet. Advertising is the most expensive thing of most companies.
The best way to distinguish between advertising and marketing is to think of marketing as a pie, inside that pie you have slices of advertising, market research, media planning, public relations, product pricing, distribution, customer support, sales strategy, and community involvement. Advertising only equals one piece of the pie in the strategy. All of these elements must not only work independently but they also must work together towards the bigger goal. Marketing is a process that takes time and can involve hours of research for a marketing plan to be effective. Think of marketing as everything that an organization does to make an exchange between company and consumer.

Karaoke Afternoon

Written by: Jorge Borbinha
Posted by: Rui Cóias

Extreme Makeover

Extreme Makeover is a television program from ABC.
This program consists in several individuals who are going to make a makeover. They can change all the body!
There are several plastic surgeons that make this makeover possible.
In the end of the episodes the participants return home to show all the changes to the family and friends. The majority liked the “new person”.

Here is one example of an extreme makeover:

In how many languages can you say "I love you"?

1- Je t'aime - French
2- Ti amo - Italian
3- Ich liebe dich - German
4- Te quiero - Spanish
5- Ik hou van je - Dutch
6- Kocham cie - Polish
7- Seni seviyorum - Turkish
8- Jeg elsker dig - Danish

posted by: Isabel Brito da Luz

(St. Valentine's day) I Get The Sweetest Feeling - Jackie Wilson

The closer you get
The better you look baby

The better you look
The more I want you

When you turn on your smile
I feel my heart go wild

I'm like a child with a brand new toy
And I get the
Sweetest feeling
Honey the Sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Baby the Sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Loving you, ya

The warmer your kiss
The deeper you touch me baby

The deeper your touch
The more you thrill me

It's more than I can stand
Girl, when you hold my hand
I feel so grand
That I could cry

And I get the (Sweetest Feeling)
Moma the sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Baby the sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Loving you

uhh The greater your love
The stronger you hold me baby
The stronger your hold
The more I need You.

With every passing day
I love you more in everyway
I'm in love to stay
And I wanna say

I get the (Sweetest Feeling)
Baby the sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Honey the sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Loving You

aw (Sweetest Feeling)
Baby the sweetest (Sweetest Feeling)
Sweetest

Posted by: Isabel Brito da Luz

Advertisement about Nike

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posted by: Isabel Brito da Luz

Electricity

"Electricity" is one of my favorite songs by OMD. Electricity is a single by the New Wave and elec pop group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. It is notable for having been recorded numerous times. The earliest versions are live recordings by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys' previous group, The Id. The song is one of the OMD's most popular and recognizable songs even though it never became a hit. The three attempts at scoring a hit only achieved the lowly (but significant for the group at the time) #99 in 1979. "Electricity" would later appear on OMD's debut album and is regularly featured on OMD compilations.
All incarnations of the "Electricity" single were backed by the B-side and fellow debut album track "Almost." This song was inspired by The Teardrop Explodes' song "Camera, Camera" and the Kraftwerk song "Radioactivity."
I know how to play this song on my Casio. The chords are A, F, C and G.



Written by: Jorge Borbinha
Posted by: Rui Cóias