May. 1st, 2007

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May. 1st, 2007 05:58 am
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May. 1st, 2007 05:58 am
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Опубликован доклад Human Rights Watch! Волмарт борется с профсоюзами!

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/05/01/usdom15797.htm

Today, Wal-Mart continues to take advantage of weak US labor laws and inadequate labor law enforcement that fall far short of international standards. Wal-Mart’s sophisticated tactics to keep unions out of its stores have prevented Wal-Mart workers from freely choosing whether to organize, in violation of their internationally-protected right to freedom of association.
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Опубликован доклад Human Rights Watch! Волмарт борется с профсоюзами!

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/05/01/usdom15797.htm

Today, Wal-Mart continues to take advantage of weak US labor laws and inadequate labor law enforcement that fall far short of international standards. Wal-Mart’s sophisticated tactics to keep unions out of its stores have prevented Wal-Mart workers from freely choosing whether to organize, in violation of their internationally-protected right to freedom of association.
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Meccano today is very different from its heyday in the 1930s to 1950s and purists look down on the modern French- and Chinese-made Meccano, for several reasons: the plates are thinner, or plastic; the bolts are hex-headed galvanised steel; and new specialized pieces have been introduced (plastic gears, electric motors, battery boxes) which many consider as not "true" Meccano. Large or specialist parts for the Meccano Super Models, such as very long (up to 2 foot) angle girders, loom shuttles, printing rollers, etc are becoming ever more difficult to obtain - some very rare original parts are particularly valuable to collectors. Most of the currently available electric Meccano motors are also small DC models designed to run on domestic batteries, and can only deliver a fraction of the torque of earlier electric motors such as the particularly well known E15R and E20R universal motors, which could be run from a mains transformer or, in the case of the E15R, a 12V car battery.
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Meccano today is very different from its heyday in the 1930s to 1950s and purists look down on the modern French- and Chinese-made Meccano, for several reasons: the plates are thinner, or plastic; the bolts are hex-headed galvanised steel; and new specialized pieces have been introduced (plastic gears, electric motors, battery boxes) which many consider as not "true" Meccano. Large or specialist parts for the Meccano Super Models, such as very long (up to 2 foot) angle girders, loom shuttles, printing rollers, etc are becoming ever more difficult to obtain - some very rare original parts are particularly valuable to collectors. Most of the currently available electric Meccano motors are also small DC models designed to run on domestic batteries, and can only deliver a fraction of the torque of earlier electric motors such as the particularly well known E15R and E20R universal motors, which could be run from a mains transformer or, in the case of the E15R, a 12V car battery.
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Впервые за долгое, долгое время что-то полезное происходит из администрации Буша:

WASHINGTON, April 30 — The Bush administration proposed on Monday leasing out millions of acres along the coasts of Alaska and Virginia to oil and gas drillers, a move that would end a longstanding ban on drilling in those environmentally sensitive areas.

Не может быть, никогда такой логичной вещи не случится.
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Впервые за долгое, долгое время что-то полезное происходит из администрации Буша:

WASHINGTON, April 30 — The Bush administration proposed on Monday leasing out millions of acres along the coasts of Alaska and Virginia to oil and gas drillers, a move that would end a longstanding ban on drilling in those environmentally sensitive areas.

Не может быть, никогда такой логичной вещи не случится.