is no more beautiful game than the one played with one’s feet. What makes soccer so universally appealing that children in the remotest parts of the world know who Lionel Messi is? Well‚ let’s take Messi as an example. The 5 foot 6 inch tall FA Barcelona forward is small‚ even by soccer standards. But Messi’s diminutive size in no way diminishes his effectiveness on the field of play. In fact‚ soccer is one of the few sports where smallness of stature can be an advantage‚ if it is accompanied by
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the development of architecture throughout the world. However‚ these two architects found their distinction in expressing their own modernism. Villa Savoye and Barcelona Pavilion are the landmarks in the success of Corbusier and Mies‚ also the discrimination in architectural styles of the two. Villa Savoye of Corbusier encountered Barcelona Pavilion of Mies in the way their architect taking advantage of using steel and concrete columns as material and bearing structures. [1] For that‚ the interior
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Bagas‚ Camille Anne A. BSIT-3A *Singapore - (May 3‚ 1882) During the voyage he carefully observed the people and things on board the steamer. - There were sixteen passengers. He was the only Filipino and the rest were Spaniards‚ British‚ and Indian negroes. - The captain of the ship‚ Donato Lecha befriended Rizal. - To kill boredom of the voyage‚ Rizal played chess with his fellow passengers. He then defeated them many times‚ for he was a good chess player. - On May 9‚ the Salvadora docked
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(New York) in June 1969‚264 pgs Book Review of Homage to Catalonia George Orwell‚ noted writer and journalist‚ arrived in Barcelona‚ Spain in late 1936 to cover the fight against fascism. Being an avid fan of socialism‚ he was amazed to see the small glimpse of socialism in action. He was intrigued to say the least‚ of the classless society he observed there. Barcelona‚ Spain at this time was held under Anarchist control‚ and as such most of the old class society rituals were abandoned: tipping
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Overview A blind swimmer with a vision… many people do not understand this. Trischa Zorn‚ born without both irises (a disease called Aniridia)‚ has always been a persistent and persevering person. From her childhood she dreamed of being famous. This inspired her to accomplish every-day tasks which other blind people could only dream of. She is now well-known as the most decorated Olympian and Paralympian. Blinded by the light On the June 1‚ 1964 in Orange‚ California a beautiful baby was born to
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London: Penguin Books. Schulze‚ F. (1985)‚ Mies van der Rohe: A Critical Biography. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Smith‚ V. (2005)‚ Forms in Modernism: A Visual Set. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications Sola-Morales‚ I Online Images Barcelona Chair (1929) [online image] [Accessed: 18 November 2011] Composition A (1923) [online image] Ford Model T Touring Car (1910) [online image]. Available from < http://www.american-automobiles.com/White-Star.html> [Accessed: 2 December 2011] Rietveld
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father taught him the traditional ways of drawing and oil painting. At age 14‚ Picasso completed the one-month qualifying examination of the Academy of Fine Arts in Barcelona in one day. From there he went to the Academy of San Fernando in Madrid‚ returning in 1900 to Barcelona. Even though Picasso spent most of his life Paris‚ Barcelona was still considered to be his real home. At the end of the 19th century‚ Picasso was sent off on his own to Madrid’s Royal Academy of San Fernando for the very first
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small and pointless. It would be great to go to a country I have never been to before. I’ve heard from many people who’ve been to Europe that Barcelona was the best place they’d ever visited. Barcelona is a city that has beautiful beaches and is known for having sunny and clear weather‚ so if I had a chance of going to any country I wanted to‚ I’d choose Barcelona as my ideal vacation location. On my vacation‚ I’d like to relax on a beautiful blue beach. I want to sunbathe and get a tan‚ too. Most
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SPAIN- CASINO AND HOTELS IN SPAIN. Retrieved November 17‚ 2012‚ from http://gamblinginspain.net/ * Hotels in Spain * MarketLine. (2012). Spain - In-depth PESTLE insights. Marketline Country Profile Series‚ 1‚ 1-77. * Professionals Turisme de Barcelona * Solsten‚ E.‚ & Meditz‚ S. W. (n.d.). Spain. Country Studies. Retrieved November 17‚ 2012‚ from http://countrystudies.us/spain/ * Spain Franchises * Stanton‚ E. F. (2002). Culture and Customs of Spain. Westport‚ Connecticut: Greenwood Press
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My bedroom full of soccer shows how soccer is such an international sport‚ and how different locations play and watch the game differently. My bedroom is large‚ and with the empty space that I have‚ I play soccer with a small ball. The ball‚ orange‚ Adidas‚ size one and from the club the Houston Dynamos‚ I received as a gift from my mom. She bought it when she was in Houston‚ Texas during an intense rivalry game against FC Dallas. While she was in Texas‚ she was surprised by how energetic the city
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