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Barcelona Sponsors As you may know, Barcelona is a pretty famous/well known soccer team from northern Spain. Barcelona has two FIFA Club World Cup trophies. They also have many partnerships with many different businesses. Their partnerships are referred to as their sponsors. Many of their sponsors you know and use in an everyday life style. Some sponsors include Panasonic, Gatorade, Nike, Head and Shoulders, EA sports, Toshiba, Qatar and many more. Some sponsors are more presentable then others…

Money could change a person. It causes greed, and greed is evil. It turns people against each other , and brings bad luck. Money is the root of all evil. John Steinbeck, famous American writer, wrote the novella The Pearl. In The Pearl, Kino’s son Coyotito, is stung by a scorpion, and Kino takes him to the doctor. Kino is rejected by the doctor because of his poorness, so he looks for a pearl to pay the bill. Once Kino finds a great pearl, he becomes greedy for riches. Kino’s neighbors become…

third-youngest player constantly to play for the FC Barcelona. When he scored his first superior goal for the club in opposition to Albacete Balompié on May 1, 2005, Messi was 17 years, 10 months and 7 days old, becoming the youngest to still score in a La Liga game intended for FC…

He created history by being the youngest to ever score in a La Liga game for Barcelona. Messi at this point was still a substitute and was not part of the starting 11. He was put into the game when needed because he still had a lot to learn but eventually his time came. In his 2006-07 season Messi was put into…

the end everything turns out good. The Pearl symbols beauty and wealth so anyone can get interested and attached to it as much as Kino did. Throughout the book, Kino changes about what is important about life as he copes by resolving his internal conflicts. In the beginning of the book, the things that are important to Kino are: his family and his boat. “Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth this is the Whole”(Steinbeck , 3).…

It means throughout the course of a game he is running almost twice as far as Messi would normally run. It also means that he does not nearly have the same amount of goal scoring opportunities as well. Yet, when Cristiano Ronaldo switched to “La Liga,” the league Messi always played in, Ronaldo’s goal scoring record has always been better than Lionel Messi. Since Ronaldo moved to Spain, Messi has been scoring at a rate of 1.01 while Ronaldo edging out the Barcelona striker with a scoring rate…

Bartleby the Scrivener, by Herman Melville, is a story of an employee who only performs the basic tasks required for his job. Bartleby begins his employment demonstrating exemplary work ethics. However, two days into his employment Bartleby shifts from an employee willing to pitch in as needed to a non-cooperative, non-responsive person. The remainder of the story Bartleby continues performing only required tasks refusing to take on additional work. Bartleby and his manager are able to find…

John Steinbeck once wrote, “ There are only black and white things, and good and evil things, and no in between.” Though he says it is good and evil, sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, there is a town, where a poor fisherman named Kino lives with his wife, Juana, and son, Coyotito. One day Kino finds an amazing pearl, that he believes is a blessing from God and will make his life better. But it soon becomes clear that the pearl has unleashed…

“The Pearl” by John Steinbeck tells the story of Kino, a poor pearl diver, who's son, Coyotito, gets stung by a scorpion. To treat his son’s scorpion bite, Kino takes Coyotito to the doctor. Although the doctor does not feature predominantly in in the book’s storyline, he plays a very important role in the plot of the novella. From the moment he is introduced in the book, the doctor is portrayed as being an extremely despicable person who is self-indulgent, unsympathetic and only cares about…

ball and can hold it against players almost twice his size. Messi’s speed is considered a little above average but his acceleration is one of his main attributes that makes Lionel Messi so great; he is one of the most explosive players in the league (La Liga), making him the top dribbler in the game. He is a guy that usually is not as attracted to goal unless he sees the opportunity. By the age of 29, Leo has been awarded the Ballon d'Or five times during his career, which is the most times a…