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Why Middle-Class Americans Are Turning to Dumpster Diving

2011-09-16 14:39:06 | LED candles

Dumpster diving has become a hot new trend in America. In fact, dumpster divers even have a trendy new name -- "freegans" -- and as the economy crumbles their numbers are multiplying.

Many freegans consider dumpster diving to be a great way to save money on groceries. Others do it because they want to live more simply. Freegans that are concerned about the environment view dumpster diving as a great way to "recycle" and other politically-minded freegans consider dumpster diving to be a form of political protest.MJ816 - 2nd generation Led down light released in Q1 2010

But whatever you want to call it, the reality is that thousands upon thousands of Americans will break out their boots, rubber gloves and flashlights and will be jumping into dumpsters looking for food once again tonight.

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One of the biggest issues facing dumpster divers is safety. Crawling around in back alleys and side streets in the middle of the night is not exactly the safest thing to do. But the lure of large amounts of free food is enough to keep some people coming back over and over again.

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If your family was going hungry, would you go dumpster diving?

You might be surprised at who is doing it. Dumpster diving is not just for the homeless and the unemployed anymore. A lot of people that have decent jobs have picked up on the trend.

Just check out the following example from a recent MSNBC article, "When Money Ran Short, This Dad Started Dumpster Diving."

A programmer by day, Todd takes to the streets of North Carolina by night, digging through Dumpsters at drug stores and grocery stores all around his rural neighborhood.

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Todd slinks in and out of smelly places with low-light flashlights to evade rent-a-cops who will shoo him away. Most nights, his 14-year-old son comes along.


Morrison puts grievance aside, homers in loss

2011-09-16 14:38:05 | led lights

Shortly after it was learned he filed a grievance his own team, Morrison hit his 20th homer of the season in the Florida Marlins' 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies in the opener of a day-night doubleheader Thursday.

Morrison was sent to the minors on Aug. 13, several hours after he skipped a team meet-and-greet with season-ticket holders. Morrison was batting just .249 at the time, but he was second on the team with 17 homers and third with 60 RBIs. He filed the grievance because he believes it was a wrongful demotion,

"I want to put it behind me and it's not about money," Morrison said. "I want to stand for what's right. The players' association agreed I should apply for a grievance. It's not an easy decision or a decision I took lightly. It's about protecting rights. Guys who have been here for a long time want to make sure their rights won't be stepped on."

Morrison filed the grievance Aug. 25,Browse through our impressive range of sky lanterns and buy online now. two days after he was recalled from Triple-A New Orleans. The team had no comment.

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Morrison provided all the offense the Marlins could muster against Kyle Kendrick and four relievers.

Kendrick (8-6) didn't allow a hit until Morrison homered to lead off the fifth. He gave up one run and one hit, striking out six.

Michael Stutes tossed two scoreless innings, Antonio Bastardo and Brad Lidge worked the eighth, and Ryan Madson finished for his 31st save in 33 chances.

Madson pitched out of a second-and-third, one-out jam by striking out Emilio Bonifacio and getting Omar Infante to foul out.

Anibal Sanchez (8-8) pitched six strong innings, but was the hard-luck loser. He gave up two runs and four hits, striking out seven.

Cliff Lee goes for his 17th win as the Phillies try to complete a sweep and reduce their magic number for clinching their fifth straight NL East title to two. The games are a makeup from rainouts due to Hurricane Irene last month.

Hunter Pence and Raul Ibanez hit RBI doubles in the first, and the major league-leading Phillies moved within six wins of setting a single-season franchise record.

Placido Polanco got the Phillies started in the first with a one-out single. He went to second on a balk and scored on Pence's double to left. Ibanez hit an RBI double to right with two outs to make it 2-0.

The Marlins cut it to 2-1 in the fifth on Morrison's 20th homer.

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Ryan Webb walked Polanco with the bases loaded in the seventh to force in a run that put Philadelphia up 3-1.

The Marlins put two runners on with one out against Bastardo in the eighth. Lidge came in and allowed a single to Gaby Sanchez. But left fielder Ibanez threw out Infante trying to score for the second out.


Chesham amateur divers appear on TV

2011-09-16 14:37:03 | led strip

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The divers are searching the Thames for artefacts and hope to prove it was a Roman quayside.

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Chairman of the Chesham SAC Christopher Roberts said: "We went on a walk in Amersham with the local history society and they linked us up with the work which was being done on the Roman villas where they were trying to find evidence of a Roman quayside.

"We were already diving the river for fun and they were working for the local county museum so we thought we would help them with the archaeological dig underwater.

"We've found numerous items dating over many centuries, Roman and Medieval building materials and much later material due to the River's extensive leisure use. The number of champagne bottles and ancient beer bottles that can be found is phenomenal."

Club organiser Dennis Carter had to ensure that members got the mandatory licence from the Environment Agency (EA) to allow them to dive.

EA stipulates that it cannot be dived after 9am which means the club members start at 6.30am.

Mr Roberts said it is a 'work in progress' and members are prepared to help out for as long as needed. Mr Carter has even bought an under-water metal detector to help in the search.

Mr Roberts added: "It made an interesting day out to see the filming, we even found some superb artefacts including a 100 plus year old battery torch, clay pipes and those old beer bottles again.Browse through our impressive range of sky lanterns and buy online now.I have created a video walkthrough of the led strip."


"The more you travel the more you see we are all connected to the same issues"

2011-09-16 14:33:07 | led bulb

One issue we are all connected to, regardless of location, is that Mother Nature is in charge, and she can be testy. Long waits and heavy downtime come with the territory for ski and snowboard pros. Crews can wait days for weather, then find a feature and wait hours for light,Has anyone had any experience with this led light bulbs light? only to botch the landing or run into camera problems and end up with nothing to show for a half week of down time or thousands of dollars of helicopter fuel.

"The classic filming cliché is, 'This is the sickest pow I've never skied,'" says Eric Hjorleifson,Buy cheap bike light, flashlight,fluorescent bulbs a seasoned big-mountain charger from Canmore who now calls Whistler home. "I've spent a lot of days in amazing terrain waiting for light or standing around in sick snow just to do a single slash turn when it would be awesome to be just there with your buddies banging off laps. That's part of the job though, you can't complain. Filming enhances the quality of your skiing over the quantity.I have created a video walkthrough of the led strip. It's a fair trade."

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"Everything is decided by weather and it can get frustrating," Campos says. "We waited nine days in a super-rustic cabin for a one-day window... and it was amazing. The crater is a mile across and the runs were about 750 vert. We did probably five lines each. It was so unique to ride these gnarly spines on the inside of a crater and all end up meeting in the middle."

Nine days with six dudes hunkered into a hand-built cabin without electricity is when the aforementioned baselayer issues can come into play.MJ816 - 2nd generation Led down light released in Q1 2010 "I usually bring two or three pairs though," Campos says. "These days I like to stay clean."

These days Shin Campos is a producer and owner of Whistler Creek Productions but he spent over ten years touring the globe as a pro rider. Getting older, he still appreciates the nomadic, snow-chasing lifestyle but says it definitely comes with challenges.

"Once you have a family, a wife, it gets tougher," he says. "Crazy cell phone bills from calling home or once you've been on the road with someone for more than two weeks, regardless of who it is, you start to feel over it."

Don't mistake honesty for whining though. Everyone admits the good outweighs the bad and that travelling the world to snowboard or ski for a living will always beat unclogging toilets in the Whistler nightclubs or working the Walmart register on crying baby day.