Teen Scares Off Burglar With Samurai Sword

13465305_240×180.jpegA 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.

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Make your own environmentally safe fuel – pay the taxes

veggie57.jpegBob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil.

So last fall the Charlotte musician and guitar instructor spent $1,200 to convert his 1981 diesel Mercedes to run on vegetable oil. He bought soybean oil in 5-gallon jugs at Costco, spending about 30 percent more than diesel would cost.

His reward, from a state that heavily promotes alternative fuels: a $1,000 fine last month for not paying motor fuel taxes.

He’s been told to expect another $1,000 fine from the federal government.

And to legally use veggie oil, state officials told him, he would have to first post a $2,500 bond.

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Pushing Up Virtual Daisies

Funerals Go Online 

The integrated system that we provide is the most advanced and comprehensive viewing system for funeral homes. The system includes a wide range of Internet based functions that funeral homes can provide the family. Funeral homes can and will be able to provide a comprehensive website for families that will include:

1. A stored video of the funeral service at cemetery that can be played at any time immediately after the funeral home uploads it to the family website.

2. Real-time live Internet viewing of the visitation at the funeral home is a powerful feature. The live viewing is made possible by web cameras that are placed in the visitation rooms at the funeral home. The live Internet viewing is only available during the actual hours that the visitation takes place.

3. An Internet photo album is another key function of the website. The family can select to purchase memorial CD-ROMs that contain the video of the funeral ceremony, family photos and messages sent to the website by relatives and friends. Online-Funeral produces the CD-ROMS and ships them to the funeral home.

4. Additional functions includes a condolences message center and a text memorial tribute. 

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Wal-Mart Weddings

Wal-Mart is giving seven lucky couples wedding packages worth more than five-thousand dollars, including rings, wedding cakes invitations and flowers and other related items. The nuptials will take place in the lawn and garden sections of the couple’s local Wal-Mart Supercenters. The couples are to tie the knot in ceremonies all on July Seventh.

Couples entered at Wal-Mart’s gift registry site on the Internet and submitted love story essays. Wal-Mart says more than 400 couple registered.

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