Petro leva a melhor

O Petro venceu a  supertaça neste domingo, ao empatar a uma bola frente ao Recreativo do Libolo. Os tricolores venceram assim no agregado por duas bolas a uma.

Para os Tricolores força

Can social inequality be overcome? Should it be overcome? Why?

According to the Longman Dictionary, inequality refers to an unfair situation, in which some groups in society have more money, opportunities, power etc than others (Longman Dictionary Online). Social inequality is characterized by the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society. It contains structured and recurrent patterns of unequal distributions of goods, wealth, opportunities, rewards, and punishments.

Inequality may result from one or a combination of the following factors, age, sex, disability, race and the prevailing economic environment. These can be classified under biological, social and political, and economic.

Political representation and decision making could also lead to inequality. In most countries including, Saudi Arabia, women are hardly represented in the political structure and for that matter, issues that concern them do not receive the needed attention. It is of little wonder therefore that women in Saudi Arabia could only vote for the first time this year in national elections. This is inequality resulting from the political system and the kinds of decisions it makes. For example the country’s laws forbid women from driving. (Burke, 2011)

Functionalist theorists believe that inequality is inevitable and desirable and plays an important function in society. Important positions in society require more training and thus should receive more rewards. Social inequality and social stratification, according to this view, lead to a meritocracy based on ability.

Conflict theorists, on the other hand, view inequality as resulting from groups with power dominating less powerful groups. They believe that social inequality prevents and hinders societal progress as those in power repress the powerless people in order to maintain the status quo. Positions are important so long as those in power consider them to be significant.

Inequality should be solved because; it prevents individuals and even large sections of society from realizing their full potentials. This does not only deny them of their fundamental human rights but also robs society of the full social and economic benefits that it could derive from the talents of these individuals and groups such as an enlarged economy among others.

The other reasons include starvation and disease and other forms of immense suffering that majority of the world’s population go through. In Africa for example, there are millions of deaths that result from preventable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhea.

The threat that inequality poses to national security and world peace as exemplified by the Zapatista revolt is one major reason why it should be overcome. The insurgent group, Zapatista National Liberation Army’s activities in the mid 1990s in Mexico attests to the fact that those at the receiving end of inequality and injustice will not continue to remain silent forever. Social inequality will not disappear on its own; there must be a conscious effort to overcome it. For example, as of the late 1980s, 31.5 million people lived at or below the officially defined poverty level, while in 1999 the figure had increased to 34.5 million. (Collins, Hartman, and Sklar 1999; Oxfam 1999 both cited in American Sociological Review).

Distinguish between prejudice, ethnocentrism, and racism. Give real world examples.

Even though prejudice, ethnocentrism, and racism are interrelated, there are differences among these concepts. Sociologist Richard Schaefer defines prejudice as “a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority”. Ethnocentrism on the other hand refers to “the tendency to assume that one’s own culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others” (Schaefer 2006, pp 71, 245).

Ethnocentrism is a major reason for divisions amongst members of different ethnicities, races, and religious group in society. Ethnocentric individuals believe that they are better than other individuals for reasons based solely on their heritage. Clearly, this practice is related to problems of both racism and prejudice. While many people may recognize the problems, they may not realize that ethnocentrism occurs everywhere and every day at both the local and political levels.

To solidify the definition of ethnocentrism, looking at the present day politics of the United States is helpful. With instances occuring since its conception, the United States has often thought of itself as more powerful, more economically sound, and just generally "better" than other nations. This has been shown by the country's tendency to dabble in situations occuring in other nations, such as the country's current involvement with affairs in the Middle East.

One of the most well-known and the most horrible examples of ethnocentrism to ever occur was during Nazi Germany. Adolf Hitler decided that he hated Jews, as well as some other groups of people, and had many innocent people slaughtered in concentration camps. They did not deserve the torture that they received, and this was clearly an extreme case of ethnocentrism. While prejudice certainly leads to problems, very rarely in history has ethnocentrism led to the mass slaughter of millions of innocent people (Examples.com).

Prejudice can result sometimes from ethnocentrism, or however it may result from racism. Prejudice, in simple words, is referred to as a conclusion drawn by anyone without judging the actions of a person or thing. The word is mostly used talk about a premature judgment about some person or group based on religion, profession or any other feature associated to that person or group.

Racism is a form of prejudice and is the belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior (Schaefer, 2006). For example, a head teacher who refuses to admit an Arab student into his or her school purely on the basis of his race is engaging in racism.

The major difference between prejudice and racism is that a person can be prejudice even if he is not a racist but a person cannot be referred to as racist if he is not prejudice. Racism is based on a decision that is mostly premature and is based on the way a specific system is working in a country or a society. Prejudice, is also a premature thought but that is mostly associated with an individual only. Also, prejudice does not pose any threat to someone while racism might involve violence and threat to a group of people belonging to specific race (Andrew, 2011).

Vendas encerradas no Kilamba

As vendas dos apartamentos nas novas centralidades do Cacuaco, KM44, Capari, Zango e Kilamba foram encerradas na sexta feira passada.

A Delta e a SONIP estão a trabalhar agora na elaboração dos contratos. Muitos dos cidadãos que se deslocaram na sexta feira para os postos de venda foram surpreendidos ao verem os postos fechados.

Esperemos que a entrega das chaves seja um projecto mais célere, e rápido.

O fim do cerato

O meu Kia Cerato ficou danificado após um embate contra um Kia Rio. O embate aconteceu no bairro do Alvalade e o condutor era o meu irmão mais novo.
Felizmente não houve vitimas.

Grupo 5, 5 anos depois

14 de Janeiro de 2008, 40 jovens foram selecionados para o programa de formação da Esso Angola,  a ter lugar no Sumbe, INP (Instituto Nacional dos Petróleos). Dos 40 selecionados, apenas 31 terminaram o curso avançado de inglês, seguindo assim para a cidade de Calgary, Alberta para dar sequencia aos estudos.

5 anos já se passaram desde aquela data, que já mais esquecerei, por ser o meu primeiro emprego. Os momentos passados juntos, as brincadeiras, os jantares e as pedras. Dos 31 que terminaram a formação actualmente 27 continuam na empresa.

Não importa, por onde andam os 4 que deixaram o programa, mas contudo foi bom vos conhecer, e foi bom trabalhar com vocês. 

Petro vence Libolo na abertura da época 2013

O petro Atlético venceu na tarde desta Quarta-feira, 20, no estádio nacional 11 de Novembro, em Luanda, a formação do Recreativo do Libolo, por 1 – 0, na disputa da primeira mão da Supertaça. 

O golo feito aos 43 minutos da segunda parte, foi apontando por Job na marcação de uma grande penalidade.
Dizer que o próximo jogo será já no próximo Domingo em Calulo, Kwanza Sul.

Fonte: Angonoticias

Termina o 1 capitulo dos oitavos de final

Os meus clubes tiveram sorte diferentes na primeira mão da liga dos campeões. O ManUtd foi a Madrid empatar com o Real Madrid, ao passo que o meu Porto recebeu e venceu o Malaga por uma bola sem resposta. Ja o Barcelona foi a Milão perder por duas bolas sem resposta contra o AC Milan. Esse resultado foi a surpresa pra mim. Vamos esperar pela segunda mão.

FC do PORTO e o CLUBE EUROPEU COM MAIS TÍTULOS NO SÉCULO XXI

FC do PORTO e o CLUBE EUROPEU COM MAIS TÍTULOS NO SÉCULO XXI
De entre todos os clubes de topo... o FC PORTO está mesmo no topo. ORGULHO!!

Nigeria is the champion

Nigeria beat Burkina Faso in AFCON 2013 final. Nigeria is the new champion of the African Cup of Nation 2013.

Renda resoluvel nas centralidades

Recentemente, a SONIP abriu a renda resoluvel para o publico em geral, para o efeito as pessoas devem fazer inscrição nos postos de venda da Delta Imobiliária, na centralidades do Kilamba ou do Zango.

Como já era previsto, a enchente nesses postos tem aumentado dia após dia. As pessoas são obrigadas a passar uma noite antes nesses locais para fazer a inscrição.

JV wedding

Congratulations buddy for the wedding , that was an awesome party i had so much fun, I wish for you and your wife nothing but the best for you.