Foreign students walk off Hershey’s factory job in protest

Hundreds of foreign students on a State Department cultural exchange visa program walked off their factory jobs in protest on Wednesday.

The J-1 visa program brings foreign students to the country to work for two months and learn English, and was designed in part to fill seasonal tourism jobs at resorts and seaside towns. The 400 students employed at a Pennsylvania factory that makes Hershey's candies told The New York Times that even though they make $8.35 an hour, their rent and program fees are deducted from their paychecks, leaving them with less money than they spent to get the visas and travel to the country in the first place.

Some of the students were assigned night shifts, and said they were pressured to work faster and faster on the factory lines. Hershey's said they didn't hire the students when the Times asked:

Dust storm envelops Phoenix

For the third time this summer, a giant wall of dust swept over Phoenix and parts of central Arizona, turning the sky brown, delaying flights, and knocking out power to thousands. National Weather Service meteorologists said a thunderstorm packing winds of up to 60 mph pushed the dust storm toward the Phoenix area about 6 p.m. Thursday.

Weather officials say such massive dust storms, also known as haboobs in Arabic, only happen in Arizona, Africa's Sahara desert and parts of the Middle East because of dry conditions and large amounts of sand. Some incoming and departing flights at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport were delayed about 40 minutes because of the storm, according to airport spokeswoman Julie Rodriguez. She said take-offs and landings resumed at Sky Harbor about 6:50 p.m.

Death toll at Belgian festival become 5 victims

Young people screamed and fled in panic as a fierce thunderstorm shredded huge canvas tents and brought down metal scaffolding at an open-air festival in Belgium, killing five people. Hasselt Mayor Hilde Claes said Friday that two more people had died, bringing the toll from Thursday night's disaster to five. About 140 were injured in the storm, 10 of them seriously, she said. All the dead were Belgians.

Organizers canceled the annual Pukkelpop festival near Hasselt, 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Brussels and sent the 60,000 festival goers home Friday in fleets of buses and trains. The brief, violent thunderstorm toppled the poles of several concert tents and left them in tatters, flapping in the wind. It also downed several trees and the scaffolding for the main stage, where rows of concert lights swung wildly before crashing down.

Wow! ... We Can Watch Female Woman Orgasm Movie on Qantas Airline

Wow! ... Qantas plane ride Can Watch Movies On Orgasm Women. Entertainment film in the plane is commonly installed by the airline to entertain passengers. But the Australian airline, Qantas offers entertainment movie that is not common for many people, the film about the mystery of the pleasure that women feel when having sex.

A 50-minute duration of a French film titled The Female Orgasm Explained in which there are also scenes of explicit video was already long been of interest passenger plane.

However, the party has the edge channels to warn, if the spectacle is only for adults only.

U.S. investigating S&P over mortgages

The investigation began before S&P, a unit of McGraw-Hill, downgraded the long-term U.S. debt from a AAA rating to AA-plus this month. The Justice Department is investigating whether Standard & Poor's improperly rated dozens of mortgage securities in the years before the financial crisis.

In the mortgage investigation, the Justice Department has been asking about instances in which S&P analysts wanted to assign lower ratings to mortgage bonds but may have been overruled by S&P business managers, the Times reported. Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on the story upon being contacted by Reuters. S&P did not immediately respond to phone calls seeking comment outside regular U.S. business hours.

3 Reasons why American must stop coddling the super rich

They love America and appreciate the opportunity this country has given them. Many have joined the Giving Pledge, promising to give most of their wealth to philanthropy. Most wouldn’t mind being told to pay more in taxes as well, particularly when so many of their fellow citizens are truly suffering.These are 3 reasons why all American must stop coddling the super rich :

This is the Message Triggers Riots London via BlackBerry Messenger

This is the Message Triggers Riots London via BlackBerry Messenger. As reported earlier, British riots which have occurred since Saturday (06/08/2011) and is accompanied by looting and arson triggered by messages via BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). The message was to organize the masses so that more and more involved in the riots and looting. Some messages sent over the fuel that is more widely disseminated via Facebook and Twitter to grow and grow. One of the messages sent successfully revealed on Monday (08/08/2011) afternoon. The message called on all recipients to go to the area Stratford, East London, and loot.

Terrorist attempt attacks superfast bullet trains in Russia [Pic&Vid]

Russian authorities had foiled a planned terrorist attacks targeting railway lines or superfast bullet trains in the country. Terrorist groups are planning to blow up the railway using homemade bombs made ​​from fertilizer. This was stated by the newspaper Kommersant Monday's edition (8/15/2011). The newspaper quoted sources in the Federal Security Service (FSB), successor counter terrorism intelligence service KGB and the Soviet Union era.

According to sources, the terrorist group, led by a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria province in the North Caucasus Muslim named Khamuzhyev (22), assemble bombs made ​​from ammonium nitrate, which is the basic ingredient of fertilizer, in an apartment near a railway line (KA) busy near Moscow.

$ 1.3 billion for a Sheep [Pic & Vid]

An Irish sheep farmers have been sold by Ireland, Dan Tynan, worth 108,000 euros (USD 1.3 billion) in Scotland. So reports the public broadcasting station, RTE, Wednesday (10/08/2011).

According to RTE, Scottish farmers, Myfyr Evans, bought the sheep on Tuesday in the sale of the Northern Area Branch held at the Agricultural Center Stirling, Scotland. Price rams mated it has purchased for a record-breaking highest previous price of farm animals, ie 90 000 euro (USD 1 billion), which was printed in 1988. The normal price for a ram is only 200 euros (USD 2.4 million)

Cathay Pacific Oral Sex Scandal [Pic & Vid]

Oral Sex Photo rattles Foreign Airlines. The airline Cathay Pacific is conducting an investigation related to the photographs that allegedly showed a stewardess performing oral sex on a pilot on the plane's passengers from Hong Kong.

AFP news agency on Monday (08/08/2011), reported that a number of photographs of scenes that have been published in local Chinese-language media. The photographs showed women dressed in red uniforms, which resemble Cathay cabin crew uniforms, perform oral sex on a man who said the report was a pilot.

London Riot, Looted until naked [Pic & Vid]

Images of looting incidents in the UK are staggering. Some people have been stripped bare by looters. One of the pictures, as shown the Daily Mail, Tuesday (08/09/2011), shows a young man who apparently was forced to hand over all her clothes after being stripped naked in a riot on Monday night. Rumors on the internet last night, reports the Daily Mail, stated that at the height of widespread destruction in London and Birmingham, the people stripped by looters. Meanwhile, the police seem helpless to stem the crime.

Another outstanding A photo showing a woman last night, unnamed, completely naked. The woman standing next to a police officer after his clothes had been stripped. Reports on Twitter that some people have been disarmed.

Tottenham Riot, Morning Latest Up Date

Morning finally arrive, The atmosphere at Tottenham Still Confused. Morning finally arrived in the area north of London, England, precisely at Tottenham. But the situation following the riots last night, not yet fully under control.

As reported by Sky News, Sunday (07/08/2011), firefighters are still working hard to complete the suppression of fire has burned some buildings because of the mass burned. Cars extinguisher with a long trunk hose trying to reach difficult spots.

While looting continues on a morning like this. It appears some people pushing a shopping cart containing the loot.

London is committed mass looting

Widespread Looting action in London. Aftermath of the riots in Tottenham, London is committed mass looting. Until well into the morning, looting has spread around Tottenham.

As reported by Sky News, Sunday (8/7/2011) residents involved looting was still pushing a shopping cart containing the booty. Looting continued spread of unrest at Tottenham about the location to retail stores around it and get to the Wood Green area.

Looted shops looked ravaged. Items that are not taken left scattered on the streets.

26 London Police Injured in Tottenham Riot

Possible Victim kills There Buttcrack in London. Unrest in the Tottenham area, the City of London, England has successfully handled by local police. Even so, otherwise the condition is relatively safe, but pointed out there are dead bodies inside a burning building.

As reported by The Telegraph, Sunday (07/08/2011), members of parliaments from the region Tottenham, David Lammy, warns the authorities to look for possible victims who died in the former building which burned after the riots last night.

London Riot

Riot occurred in Tottenham, north London, England. Crowds attacked police and looted shops. So far, no citizen of Indonesia in London are affected. "No," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Michael Tene in a short message to AFP on Sunday (08/07/2011).

Tene asked if there are Indonesians affected or even become a victim in a riot in Tottenham. As is known, eight police officers were hospitalized because of a mass attack. While the last condition in Tottenham, firefighters said the fire that burned the shops and buildings in the High Road is under control. Nevertheless, the atmosphere seemed in disarray.

10 Work Most Dangerous to Your Lungs

Nearly 23,000 workers suffering from diseases associated with lung in 2008, as estimated by the Department of Labor in the United States. Chronic, more than 16,000 people die from the disease each year, as quoted from the Health. But most types of lung disease from the workplace can be prevented, says Philip Harber, MD, Professor sekliagus Division Head Occupational and Environmental Medicine at UCLA. "The steps are simple but real control can reduce risk exposure and disease," he said. Here are 10 professions that may pose a risk to the health of your lungs.

Workers who inhale dust in the demolition or renovation of a high risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and asbestosis; disease that causes scarring and stiffness of the lungs. "We're concerned about workers who already work from 20 to 30 years ago," said Dr. Harber. That time is when many products containing asbestos is not banned. Wearing protective clothing, including respirators, when working around old buildings and avoiding smoking can help prevent serious diseases.

National Weather Service Issues Thunderstorm Alert Noaa Hurricane

NOAA's weather programs touch the lives of every American. Every day, decisions are made based on NOAA weather information. In the middle of the night on February 6, 2008, Alabama weatherman Dan Satterfield went on air to warn his viewers to take cover: a severe tornado was spinning through the Huntsville area. A tropical weather event could impact the St. Petersburg area as early as this weekend. The National Weather Service is advising citizens to monitor the tropical front.

All received early warnings, either first or secondhand, via weather radios. Still, Herb White, dissemination services manager with NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), estimates that only one in every five or six American homes can survive. A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for all Connecticut counties except for Litchfield, according to the National Weather Service.

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