and little in the way of welfare provision Catalonia and Basque provinces wanted autonomy Trade unions competed with each other led to a growth of Trade Unionism Failed to achieve anything as employers could always could always find alternative labour from the countryside made violence more appealing as the only means of accomplishing anything Had bitterness as Primo de Rivera had taken back the self governing rights of Catalonia during his rule Had separate languages and cultures
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Salvador Dali Salvador Dali was born Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dali Y Domenech on 11 May 1904 in the Spanish town of Figueres in the foothills of the Pyrenees about sixteen miles from the French border in the region of Catalonia. A few websites that contain information about Salvador Dali are: http://www.salvadordali.com/ ‚ http://www.thedaliuniverse.com/ and‚ http://www.themost10.com/famous-salvador-dali-artworks/ and‚ http://www.biography.com/people/salvador-dal%C3%AD-40389. Salvador Dali’s
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In fact‚ this war doesn’t break out overnight‚ a chain of events happened before the military uprising. Those events started on April 1931‚ when Alfonso XII leaves Spain and there is a proclamation of the II Republic on April 14th. On 1932‚ Catalonia get their autonomy statute‚ and the connive on the Republicans started. Two years later‚ the ‘Frente Popular’(FP) is created‚ which is a coalition of leftist organizations. On February 1936‚ the F.P. obtains the electoral victory‚ increasing the
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Spain would plummet into turmoil. Those victorious at the election then declared Spain a republic and monarchy was abolished. The new republic immediately faced a number of major problems: Two important regions in Spain wanted independence – Catalonia and the Basque region. Had their requests been successful‚ it would have lead to the break-up of Spain. The Roman Catholic Church was hostile to the republic and the republic was hostile to the highly influential Roman Catholic Church. The
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fifteenth and the late seventeenth centuries. Spain’s rise to be a European and global power began with the marriage (1469) of queen Isabel of Castile (1474–1504) and king Ferdinand of Aragon (1479–1516)‚ whose realm included Aragon proper‚ Valencia and Catalonia. They not only united “Spain” by bringing together‚ very loosely‚ these disparate territories‚ but they also conquered the last Islamic realm (Granada) in Iberia‚ supported Columbus’ Atlantic voyages‚ and extended Spanish dominion in north Africa
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following down the middle road instead of going right or left. Unfortunately‚ they are having shortcomings with their democracy. One reason I believe that contributes to this shortcoming is that they do not have a federal system. Also regions like Catalonia and Basque country do not want to be a part of Spain and divides the unification of the country. They are given more power and rights to govern their own region but even with those rights they want to be separate from Spain and apart of their own
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Examining the Internet in Everyday Life[1] Barry Wellman‚ Anabel Quan-Haase‚ Jeffrey Boase‚ and Wenhong Chen Centre for Urban and Community Studies‚ University of Toronto wellman@chass.utoronto.ca www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Keynote address (given by Barry Wellman) to the Euricom Conference on e-Democracy‚ Nijmegen‚ Netherlands‚ October 2002 Introduction As the Internet evolves‚ its users and uses grow and diversify globally. Internet use dramatically increased worldwide between 1995 and 2000
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from ticket sales was less than expected (64%). But‚ in return‚ Incomes from purchases made inside exceeded the initial budget by 40%. The prospects for 1996-200 were to overcome the champaign effect and capture the public from nearby provinces (Catalonia‚ Valencia‚ the Basque country and Madrid). The campaign was targeted to the medium and low class‚ overall the families. 2. How far is Port Aventura from being Break Even? It stands at a 3700 visits per day‚ the total number of visits has to be
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MIHMEP XIII SDA Bocconi 1 CONNECTED HEALH IN BARCELONA CONNECTED HEALTH UPINDER SINGH MIHMEP XIII Upinder Singh MIHMEP XIII INTRODUCTION This reports documents the findings o f a three month long study of the connected health project (AISBE) in t he Barcelona Esquerra region‚ makes a direct comparison o f the project in Barcelona to the National Electronic Health Record project in Singapore a nd makes proposals for the future evolution of the AISBE p roject based on interviews with
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MANGO‚ is a clothing design and manufacturing company‚ founded in Barcelona‚ Catalonia(Spain) by brothers Isak Andic and Nahman Andic. Its first website was created in 1995 and‚ five years later‚ in the year 2000‚ it opened its first online store. H. E. by Mango is a men’s line created in 2008. Mango has over 8‚600 employees‚ 1‚850 of whom work at the Hangar Design Centre and at its Headquarters in Palau Solità i Plegamans (Barcelona). Despite being a Spanish clothing company‚ and having the most
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