April 2011

(Daily Mail Reporter) – A woman died after an out-of-control SUV crashed into her home as she answered the door.

Rosemary Turner, 83, was just opening front door to her neighbor when the large vehicle careered into her house.

Rosemary Turner, 83, was just opening her front door to her neighbor when the large vehicle careered across four lanes of traffic, through her garden and into her house in Worcester, Massachusetts. The elderly woman was trapped under the Nissan Pathfinder for 48 minutes before being taken to hospital where she died. Her neighbor John Pappas, 53, said he was knocking at the door to check on Mrs Turner when the vehicle suddenly appeared. ‘I heard a screech and I turned around and I saw a car coming, and it was coming right at us,’ Mr Pappas, told local station Fox 25.‘Seemed like it was airborne at the end there. You couldn’t have aimed better if you tried. Freakish thing.’ Mr Pappas managed to jump out of the way and escaped with only a broken ankle, but Mrs Turner, who had just opened the door was fatally injured.

The driver of the car, Hari Dhakal, said he was trying to stop the vehicle just before the accident, but believes his brakes failed. ‘There was something wrong with the brake. I jammed the brake. And the car didn’t stop,’ he told Fox 25. He added that he does not believe he was pressing the gas pedal instead of the brake. Mr Dhakal, who is a father-of-two said he was driving to pick up his wife at the time and drives down the road every day. Police said alcohol was not involved in the crash, but said speed may have played a part. Sean Maher, a family friend of Mrs Turner, said she was expected to turn 84 in a few weeks. He questioned the speed of the driver. He said: ‘He had to be going pretty fast to go 12 feet airborne and make it to where he made it. ‘It’s a sad, sad, sad end for her.’

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(Phoenix New Times By James King) – ​Arizona is well-known as a corridor for smuggling marijuana, and out-of-towners often like to take home a souvenir. Weed, however, is not allowed on airplanes, so stoners are occasionally forced to mail their cannabinoid keepsakes to their out of state homes. When doing this, it’s important to get the address right — otherwise, your weed could end up in the hands of senior citizens.

Police in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, say an elderly couple received a package in the mail last week from an Arizona address with which they weren’t familiar. Inside: a big brick of weed. Initially, the couple left the package on their front porch because they didn’t know the person to whom it was addressed, and they assumed it would be picked up. After a few days, the package was still there, so the couple opened it and found what many people would consider a godsend: five pounds of weed with an estimated street value of about $10,000. The couple turned over the marijuana to police who determined the Arizona return address was a fake, and the package — shockingly — originated somewhere else. Last summer, an elderly woman in Michigan received a similar package. That one was from Arizona. As Blackman Township, Michigan, police Sergeant Rich White explained to New Times at the time, he was hip to Arizona’s status as America’s weed-distribution center. Below is how our conversation with White played out:

“Heard an old lady had a bunch of weed sent to her house?” we asked White.

“Yeah, a little bit,” he says.

“Two pounds of weed is more than a little bit,” we explained.

“Not coming from you guys [Arizona, not New Times] it’s not,” White joked.

The theory, White explained, is that the sender mailed the weed to the wrong address or had it mailed to the old woman’s house with plans that someone would steal it from her mailbox before she had a chance to get the mail.

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(Daily Mail Reporter) – A Muslim waiter at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel named Mohamed said he was forced to wear a name badge with ‘Edgar’ on it to stop guests being scared.

Mohamed Kotbi is suing the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York for racism after he was asked to wear badges with different names on.

Mohamed Kotbi is suing the New York hotel for racism after he was asked to wear badges with different names on to prevent customers being frightened of being served by someone named Mohamed. The Moroccan-born banquet waiter said he was first asked to change his name badge to one that said ‘John’ on September 11 2001, after the attacks on the World Trade Center.  ‘I put it on. I was in shock,’ the Muslim man told the New York Post. When Mr Kotbi, who has worked for the hotel since December 1984, complained to the hotel management, he was told, ‘We don’t want to scare our guests’.

He filed discrimination suits with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2005 and 2009, and was given a name tag with his surname on it. But in November, he was given a name badge that said ‘Edgar’. When he spoke to his manager, he was told, ‘It’s better to be Edgar than Mohamed today’. Mr Kotbi is suing the hotel for religious and racial discrimination. In court documents, he accuses the hotel of creating a ‘hostile work environment’ and failing to stop bullying from colleagues. He alleges that he has been repeatedly called ‘terrorist’ and ‘al Qaeda boy’. Mr Kotbi said: ‘It’s like I’m guilty, like I did the attacks on September 11.’ Lawyer Jonathan Bell said his client is a ‘family man’ and ‘can’t afford to just up and leave’.

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Dream – Carolyn, Age 67:

“I’ve had this dream in one form or another for the past two years or so: My children, (who are now all in their 40′s) appear as they did when they were children. We are all enjoying each other, playing games, etc. The youngest one (who died in 2000) is playing video games and entertaining himself.”

Dr. Richard G. Schulman

“Usually, I’ll get up to go to the kitchen and start dinner. At that point, I’m transported to the home of my parents (who passed away in 1979) and we share some happy moments. Then I go back home and finish cooking for the children. The part that puzzles me the most is that my husband (who died in 1987) never appears in any of my dreams! Thank you for any thoughts you may have. I think it’s just my mind replaying some of the better moments in my life. But my husband was wonderful before he got sick. I don’t understand why he’s never there.”

Dr. Richard G. Schulman’s Interpretation:

Hi Carolyn,

First of all, I am sorry to hear about the loss of your child. That is a tough one, no matter what age the child was at passing. Although the pain may soften through time, there is often hurt that lingers.I think that you are correct in your idea that your mind is replaying some happy moments, but there may be additional emotional information. The fact that your parents were also in the dream may represent you and your husband as parents as well as your link to your own family of origin. Cooking is an expression of nurturance and the dream may be a nurturing thing for you or an indication that you may need a little more nourishment, either emotional or spiritual.

The interpretation of why not dream about your husband can take several turns. A lot depends on what one believes. There is a notion that the spirits of our loved ones visit in dreams and those whom we are very attached to may have trouble contacting us because of the depth of feeling associated with them. Dream symbols often show up in code and your husband may actually show up as someone else or something that symbolizes your relationship or him. Think about some other dreams and it may come to you.

Thanks,

Richard

Dr. Richard G. Schulman is a psychotherapist who developed the technique called “Emotional Shifting Process.”  His website is http://www.dr-richardschulman.com

Have a question or dream for the psychotherapist? Email info@fisherbrothersmedia.com

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(Daily Mail Reporter By JOHN STEVENS) – When picking a song to cover, it would probably not be your first choice.

Irritating song Friday was so bad that teen internet star Rebecca Black was placed under police protection after receiving disturbing death threats. But a singer has re-recorded the song and it has become a viral hit that people actually enjoy, by translating it into Chinese.

SEE THE VIDEO OF CHINESE VERSION HERE

R&B performer Dawen took on the infamous song and it seems his acoustic version is a lot more palatable than the heavily auto-tuned original. Fans posted a barrage of praise, or at least preference to the original, on the YouTube video, with comments including, ‘this version is actually alright’. Viewers commented that the much derided lyrics were actually bearable when in a language not understood.

SEE THE ORIGINAL REBECCA BLACK VIDE0 HERE

Dawen, who has previously performed with Grammy Award winner Macy, is offering a free download of his version of the song on his website. The original performer of Friday, 13-year-old Rebecca Black, was dubbed the ‘worst singer in the world’, after she shot to fame when the cringe worthy video went viral. It has been viewed more than 125 million times on YouTube, but the strange lyrics and bad vocals were widely mocked. Her mother paid $2,000 to the record label to produce the song and video, which was shot in her father’s home with friends and family as extras.

Miss Black was placed under police protection after she started to receive death threats, which officers said they were taking ‘very seriously’. The teenager admitted that she was shaken by the at times vicious comments she received online. But Miss Black is reported to have earned in the region of $20,000, through YouTube’s revenue-sharing plan, according to Forbes Magazine. She’s also estimated to have made thousands of dollars from iTunes sales. The cast of Glee are expected to perform a version of the single in an upcoming episode.

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