the stories of this area; and a story that was brought over from Puerto Rico, where it originated. Another myth that is told to our children here is the tale of La Llorona – The Weeping Woman. This tale has been told to children for hundreds of years and is used to frighten children and to discourage them from going into the dark alone as La Llorona might snatch them up and never return them. In contrast, myths of old were used to explain things that the
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2009 in a transfer worth €94 million ($132 million). In Spain, he has since won one La Liga title, two Copas del Rey, two Champions League titles, and a Club World Cup. Ronaldo holds the record for most goals scored in a single UEFA Champions League season, having scored 17 goals in the 2013–14 season. In 2014, Ronaldo became the fastest player to score 200 goals in La Liga, which he accomplished in his 178th La Liga game. He is the only player in the
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Data Analysis Assignment The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes Been a athlete nowadays as become a real business where this people could make a lot of money, only showing their image and skills in newspapers, TV shows, TV commercials and others types of social media. I like this list of the “The world highest-paid players”, for the fact that we can see how many different players from different sports make a lot of money. Soccer, football, basketball and baseball are the sports that have more players
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------------------------------------------------- Real Madrid – 1st Case Assignment The following answers are based on the case materials “Real Madrid Club de Futbol”, “Real Madrid Club de Futbol in 2007: Beyond the Galacticos” and the links in the footnotes. 1. What differentiates Real Madrid from other Soccer clubs? One thing that differentiates Real Madrid from other top soccer clubs is that Real Madrid is owned by its members while most other top club is owned by shareholders (investors)
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Football has always been my subculture any time, any day. Football which is popularly known worldwide by many football fans based on the entertainment and excitement it brings to its supporters. The game of football unites countries, clubs and fans together because of the pleasure they gained from it. It is a game (football) that is played with eleven players each on both sides, ie home and away team. According to classic football, “the history of football started about 100years ago in England in
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Over the course of the last five years I have been a devoted and loyal employee. When times got rough, I stuck by you through it all. We went through a very difficult time here at the office, and we pulled together as a team to make us even more successful than before. The number of clients that we have retained has more than tripled since I started, and I assume that we are doing very well financially. I believe in you and this firm, and see that my future is very promising here. I want to see this
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caso y que utilizaremos en este análisis: • Valor de la inversión = $ 3,500,000 Pesos • Valor de la inversión = 220,000 Euros • Depreciación del equipo nuevo a 10 años. • Valor en libros de equipo manual actual $ 250,000 pesos faltando 3 años para depreciarlo. • Valor de mercado de este equipo usado $ 175,000 pesos • Ventas proyectadas en 2008 (proyectadas) = 3.35 Billones de Euros • Actividades de consultoría = 18% de las ventas totales • Utilidad Neta en 2008 = 61.2 Millones
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FC Barcelona WHICH MARKET DO YOU THINK HAS A HIGHER GROWTH POTENTIAL FOR THE FC BARCELONA BRAND: THE US OR CHINA? WHY? Factor | US | China | Decision | Sports Following | American Football, Baseball, Basketball and Football | Olympic Sports, Football, Basketball, Tennis | Both | Football Awareness | Popular among women, boys and girls.The Americans, are used to different kind of sports which are fast paced and more of an entertainment. | Fairly popular. The Chinese love the Football
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Manchester United before moving to Real Madrid. At that time the two weren’t compared to each other much. Messi was regarded as a huge young prospect who had a lot of potential to become a super star in the future, coming from Barca’s youth academy “La Masia” (Levinsky), while Ronaldo was an already established star in an amazing Man United squad, winning the prestigious Ballon D’ Or award in 2008, which is an award that recognizes a player as the best in the world for that particular year. It was
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Your First Day on Your First Job ‘You got the job! You got the job!’ were the words that joyfully rang out from the fast stuttering mouth of my closest neighbor, Maggie. She brought the good news that her boss, Regina Dumas, had agreed to employ me as a secretary for the non-government organization ‘Agency For Rural Transformation’. I couldn’t contained myself and exclaimed ‘Yes, I did it! Finally I can work and earn my own money!’ All too soon the day came for me to head off for my first day
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