Ronaldo de Assis Moreira was born in the Rio Grande do Sul capital of Porto Alegre. His mother‚ Miguelina‚ is a former salesperson who studied to become a nurse. His father‚ João‚ was a shipyard worker and footballer for local club Esporte Clube Cruzeiro (not to be confused with Cruzeiro EC)‚[5] and suffered a fatal heart attack when Ronaldo was eight. After Ronaldo’s older brother‚ Roberto‚ signed with Grêmio‚ the family moved to a more affluent home in Porto Alegre‚ which was a gift from Grêmio
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Introduction Being a passionate footballer myself‚ I was intrigued by my father‘s experience on a business trip to Barcelona‚ which happened to coincide with one of the El Classico games in the city. His description of the electrifying atmosphere‚ excitement‚ energy and buzz in the city both pre‚ during and post-match. The proud display of the Catalan flags throughout the city‚ were enough to ignite the desire to understand both the culture and politics behind this sea of contrasting emotions brought
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residents‚ visitors and investors. For example‚ Barcelona used the 1992 Olympic games as a branding opportunity. Landmarks‚ such as the Sagrada Familia‚ were referred to during the games and a new brand image started being re-created across the world. Just having an event as important as the Olympics is a type of branding because it gives of the image of Barcelona being able to sustain such a large event and have support of the residents. It gave Barcelona the opportunity to show different aspects of
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become a painter. In the late 1970s she joined post-Franco Madrid’s turbulent cultural scene‚ the movida madrilène; but had her first photographic show‚ Peluquería (Hair Salon)—figures bizarrely arranged with objects like turtles or electric razors ( Barcelona in 1979). In the 1980s she became famous for large‚ carefully organized monochrome photographs hand painted with watercolour and varnished. She applied this striking and sometimes disorientating technique both to everyday scenes and portraits and
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with two goals and was awarded the Bronze Ball award as Brazil scored a total of twenty-one goals while only conceding two. After playing for Gremio and the U-17 Brazil National he went on and played with some great teams like Paris Saint-Germain‚ Barcelona‚ AC Milan‚ and Flamengo. The first team Ronaldinho played for was Paris Saint-Germain. He wore the number 21 in his debut on August 4th‚ 2001 as a substitution in a 1-1 draw against Auxerre. He scored his first goal on October 13th 2001 in a 2-2
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could be separate entities‚ and by being so would release a new and significant architectural force. (20) -Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich were jointly responsible for the design of the German section of the 1929 International Exposition at Barcelona; when France and Britain decided to build national pavilions at the exposition‚ the German government commissioned Mies van der Rohe to prepare the
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High in the Andean mountain range‚ nestled on a ridge between two mountains high above the valley floor below sits the amazing city and archaeological site of Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu is about 1400 kilometers south of the Equator on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes. The site lies near the head waters of the Amazon River and is on the ridge between two prominent mountain peaks Machu Picchu and Hauyna Picchu about 500 meters above the valley bottom (Wright and Kenneth‚ 2-3). Machu Picchu
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became a member of the Circulo Hispano-Filipino. After 8 years‚ he founded the filipino newspaper La Solidaridad or SOL in Spain. He also joined the radical party Partido Republicano Propagandista in Barcelona where it emphasized revolutionary ideas. Graciano Lopez Jaena was died of tubercolosis in Barcelona‚ Spain in January 20‚ 1896. Other Propagandist and Important Personalities in Europe Mariano Ponce Mariano Ponce was born in Baliuag‚ Bulacan in 1863 and finished his Medical
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Built for the 1929 International Exposition in Barcelona‚ Spain‚ the German Pavilion‚ designed by Mies van der Rohe‚ was used for the official opening of the German portion of the exhibition. To this day‚ the German pavilion is seen as one of the most significant buildings built during the 20th century. When analyzing the building formal‚ structural‚ and material qualities‚ it becomes effortless to support the proposition that the German Pavilion was built with the concepts of nature in mind where
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Sitges and Calafell are approximately equal-sized settlements lying to the south west of Barcelona. Both rely on tourism as a major source of income and employment and the study aims to compare the relative success of tourism‚ in its various forms‚ by employing the Butler Model. 1. SITGES Sitges - a brief history Sitges is a town of approximately 25‚000 people and is located about 30 km south of Barcelona. Originally occupied by the Romans on a defensive headland looking out to sea‚ Sitges’ port
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