Archive for May, 2009
Sunday, May 31st, 2009
Labor program trains farmworkers effectively David Strauss, Executive Director,Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs - Washington USA TODAY's article "Budget office seen shifting gears" misleads readers about a Department of Labor program that trains migrant and seasonal farmworkers for new jobs...
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Labor program trains farmworkers effectively (USA Today)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Spain’s bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how to spend the money the government is injecting to stimulate the economy, the U.S. transportation secretary said Saturday. Ray LaHood said the $8 billion allocated for high-speed railways in the United States will spur economic growth and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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U.S. transport boss: Spain’s trains are U.S.’ model (The Canton Repository)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Spain's bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how to spend the money the government is injecting to stimulate the economy, the U.S. transportation secretary said Saturday.
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US transport boss: Spain's trains are US' model (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Spain's bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how to spend the money the government is spending to stimulate the economy, the U.S. transportation secretary said Saturday.
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US transport boss, Spanish premier discuss trains (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
Associated Press - May 30, 2009 9:33 AM ET MADRID (AP) - The U.S. transportation secretary says Spain's bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how it will spend its stimulus...
Continue here: US transport boss, Spanish premier discuss trains (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
The U.S. transportation secretary says Spain's bullet train system is a model to follow as America plans how it will spend its stimulus package.
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
GO trains could go from diesel-powered to electric. Metrolinx, which merged with GO Transit earlier this month, says it will study the possibility of electrifying the entire GO Transit rail network, as a future alternative to the diesel trains currently in service.
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Trains could GO electric (Barrie Examiner)
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Saturday, May 30th, 2009
A web of tracks with working model trains whizzing through scenes of Americana will greet visitors today at the "Trains, Trains and More Trains" exhibit at the Mauldin Cultural Center.
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
A tiny horn sounds, a model train chugs by and Carlos Baca's smile lights up the room.
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Sarracino students conduct ambitious model train project (El Defensor Chieftain)
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Friday, May 29th, 2009
Day-care workers are on strike this week as Germany's model labor union system shows signs of unraveling.
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Why Germans are starting to strike – like the French (The Christian Science Monitor)
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