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New Meaning to LOW Jeans New fashion in Japan. NSFW.

Teen Scares off Burglar with Samurai Sword

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Teen Scares Off Burglar With Samurai Sword

Karate Brown Belt Lunges At Burglar After PlayStation 3 With Sword

POSTED: 8:12 am EDT June 8, 2007
A teenager with a brown belt in karate used a samurai sword to scare off a burglar who was after his PlayStation 3 video game console.Last Friday afternoon, Damian Fernandez and his 15-year-old sister, Deanne Fernandez, were home alone at their northwest Miami-Dade County home while their parents were at work when they heard knocking on the front door. Moments later, two men were prying the front door unlocked, prompting Deanne to hide in her closet."I was so scared," she said.As her brother slept in the next room, the burglars ransacked their parents' room, taking some jewelry before moving on to what they were really after -- a PlayStation 3.According to a police report, one of the burglars kicked in Deanne's bedroom door. She said she could see his foot through the closet panels.The burglar found the empty PlayStation 3 box and ran out of the room, but Damian was waiting for him."Once I saw him take off running back, I jumped off my (bunk) bed and I grabbed my sword … and I just waited for him," he said.Damian said he lunged at him with his samurai sword, striking him in the chest."He freaked out," Damian said.The burglar ran out of the house with Damian chasing him down the road. When police arrived, a K-9 officer located the burglar hiding behind a neighbor's palm tree. The second burglar got away.Javier Cotera, 21, was arrested and released early the next morning on bond.Local 10 attempted to contact Cotera at his Hialeah home, but his family said he wasn't there and that they didn't know anything about it.Damian and Deanne's father, Delio Fernandez, said he is concerned Cotera is out of jail."If he would have had a gun, I could have lost one of my children," he said.Cotera is scheduled to appear in court in two weeks to face three felony charges.

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The Ten

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Chismillionare big fan of Alubeam paint

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Who knew unused radio waves had so much power

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Beer paired with Food other tham burgers and Dogs!! The Horror

Pilsner Urquell Pushes Beer and Food

Posted: Monday, June 11, 2007
By Michael S. Marsh
"White wine with fish, red wine with meat." It's the long-standing rule of thumb when deciding what beverage pairs best with a meal. Unfortunately, it doesn't consider any other alcoholic beverages worthy of drinking with food. Pilsner Urquell, the world's first Bavarian pilsner, is trying to debunk that notion.
Wait a second. Is someone suggesting that beer pairs well with food? Oh the humanity, cries the wine cognoscente with a cringe.
The fact of the matter is that beer -- with its vast variety of styles and expressions -- does pair well with food and, as Pilsner Urquell believes, a quality brew has all the components and ingredients needed to complement a variety of dishes. With that belief, Pilsner Urquell is pushing the idea that when it comes to food, beer has just as much to offer as wine.
Sadly, though, beer suffers from a tainted reputation. It's often linked to uncouth frat boys, middle-aged softball players with oversized paunches and hard hats spending their lunch break at the local watering hole. Its association with food rarely goes beyond burgers, barbecue, Buffalo wings and washing down a few hot dogs at a ball game.
"There is a lack of education about beer as opposed to wine," says Ryan Johnson the U.S. trade brewer for Miller Brewing Co.'s international brands division, which includes Pilsner Urquell. "Wineries have stuck together as a team and together preach the intrinsic [qualities] of wine. With beer, there is a lot of competition between breweries and instead of pushing beer as a category, they only push their own brands."
But according to Johnson, there is a lot more to beer than people realize and many brands -- from Peroni and Samuel Adams to Sierra Nevada and Guinness -- are beginning to realign themselves. They are stressing education and the aspects of beer that allow it to pair favorably with different cuisines.
"Beer is not as specific as wine when it comes to pairing with food," says Johnson. "Sometimes with wine, it's either a perfect fit or a disaster. Beer is more forgiving." Johnson draws a parallel between wine and beer, noting that each offers an array of styles from an array of regions, each with its own inherent value and taste profile. "Most people order wine by style," he says. "People don't order beer by style, they order it by brand, and if a certain brand is not available, it becomes a difficult decision."
To counter this trend, Johnson stresses beer education, from the brewing process and the ingredients to the various styles offered and how to best enjoy those styles. For its part, Pilsner Urquell has created the Sensory Beer Experiment -- a pairing of gourmet food with Pilsner Urquell beer -- which made a stop in Manhattan last week at The French Culinary Institute.
The menu included spiced pulled pork tacos, basil shrimp skewers with bean puree and fingerling potato chips, and baked jerk clam gratin. There was also a selection of cheese, including authentic Gruyère and Montgomery's cheddar. Along with Pilsner Urquell, the food was sampled with Heineken and Beck's.
Like any tasting, pairing beer with food is a subjective experience. "It all comes down to what a person likes," says Johnson.
All three beers, with their light hoppy citrus notes, paired well with the salty richness of the tacos. With the shrimp, the carbonation in the beers provided a crisp, clean feeling on the palate, and with the jerk clam gratin, a pronounced fruit and pineapple note came through. Most surprising was how the beers paired with cheese, which is typically matched with wine. Not only did the combination produce a wonderful chewy texture in the mouth, but there were also loads of cream, melon and bread notes.
"Pilsner Urquell is trying to concentrate its efforts on finding pairings that will people away [from the perception that beer doesn't pair well with food]," says Johnson. "It's about focusing on why and how. We're giving the consumers a different approach. We're giving them something to talk about and something to argue."
The approach seems to be working for Pilsner Urquell. Those in attendance most certainly left with a new understanding of beer and food. Of course, there's plenty of research that can still be done with beer, including pairing it with premium cigars. But that's the fun part.