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Man Shot In Head In Liquor Store Parking Lot
A man is fighting for his life after being shot in the head outside of a liquor store in Espanola, N.M.
On Friday, Espanola police said Jeff Rabener, 43, went to the store with two friends to buy alcohol. When they arrived, Tomas Archuleta was waiting and confronted Rabener, according to investigators.
Police said Archuleta then shot Rabener in the head at close range. Then, investigators said, Archuleta called 911 to turn himself in.
"I understand he did call the 911 center and he was on his way to the police department," Espanola Police Chief Leo Montoya said.
According to the criminal complaint, the shooting was over money, but investigators aren't revealing much more.
Archuleta is being held in the Rio Arriba County Detention Center. He's charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. Those charges could change if the victim dies.
Montoya said shootings are rare in his town.
"This is something that nobody expected. It happened right at 6 o'clock -- that's the high traffic volume in the day," Montoya said.
In the 50 years of running his business, the owner of Saints and Sinners Liquors said, an incident like this has never happened there before.

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Bathroom renovation in Ardmore is a big choice. It takes time to make all of the little decisions, do research, and formulate a design plan. For that reason, it's important to hire knowledgeable specialists who you can trust to get the details right. No matter what kind of renovation you need- be it big or small- we're here for you.
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GREENWOOD — A proposed Greenwood sign ordinance restricting the size of freestanding signs and outdoor banners is drawing fire from Greenwood sign companies.
The proposed changes will be discussed at today's meeting of the Greenwood City Council.
Greenwood Mayor Carolyn McAdams said that Shelly Johnstone, who developed the city's 30-year plan, will speak on the changes.
McAdams tells The Greenwood Commonwealth that the ordinance will define the height and the size of signs and will address digital electronic signs.
McAdams said that a community steering committee, part of the 30-year plan, has already approved the general concept of the proposed sign ordinance.
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Rising Stars welcome a much-needed break
The players sat quietly in front of their lockers, the looks on their faces and their body language all but telling the sad tale that had become their season.
It was just last week, after the Silver Stars had lost to league-leading Minnesota 87-71 at the AT&T Center, sending them to their fourth straight loss and 11th in 13 games.
The stretch of futility was the worst for the franchise since 2006 — the last time it failed to make the playoffs — and the impending break for the WNBA All-Star game couldn't come quickly enough for a team whose season had been hijacked by injuries to key players.
Sophia Young and Becky Hammon, the team's top two scorers each of the previous six seasons, were sidelined with season-ending injuries. DeLisha Milton-Jones, a 6-foot-1 veteran forward signed during the offseason, injured her right knee against Minnesota and hasn't played since.
"I do think the break will help us," Silver Stars second-year guard Shenise Johnson said that night.
What a difference a week makes.
As the league's attention is focused on Saturday's All-Star game in Uncasville, Conn., the Silver Stars (6-12) have their sights pointed elsewhere — upward.
The team that went through its longest stretch of losing in seven years, struggled on offense and defense, hit so hard by injuries that three times it used the league's emergency hardship exception, now finds itself in the thick of the race to land a playoff berth in the Western Conference.
The Silver Stars are 11/2 games behind Seattle for the West's fourth and final playoff spot. The teams play each other four times in the second half.
"We have the momentum now," said Silver Stars point guard Danielle Robinson, who earlier this week was named a West All-Star reserve. "We're looking forward to getting a little bit of a break. Everybody's going (to) regroup. We know what it feels like to play well."
That it took the Silver Stars midway through the season to finally experience that feeling was of little concern to the team. As the players hurried to go their separate ways and take advantage of some time off after Thursday's 65-53 victory over the New York Liberty, the mood had drastically changed.
There were no despondent looks or feelings that the team was doomed because of a rash of injuries. The Silver Stars, instead, feel as if they are finally hitting their stride.
"It was good for us, with all the turmoil we've gone through, to close with a couple of wins here at home," Silver Stars coach Dan Hughes said. "We've got to continue to improve as we jump back in the fire with Minnesota (on Aug. 2)."
If the Silver Stars are to do so, they'll have to continue doing the things that made them successful of late.
Namely, Jayne Appel must continue rebounding at the rate she has lately. Danielle Adams and Jia Perkins must remain the offense's centerpieces. Davellyn Whyte and Shameka Christon must provide consistent production off the bench.
And Robinson, who is averaging a league-best 6.6 assists, must be the player who gets those components to come together.
"I just hope we can put a group of players together for a period of time where we can create an identity," Hughes said. "I think that's important for any team that's gone through as much injuries as we have. We've got to build on that."


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Narcissism and melancholia
Written in 1915 (though not published until 1917), 'Mourning and Melancholia' extends the work of Freud's paper 'On Narcissism' of the previous year. The translation of Freud's 1914 title 'Zur Einfuhrung Des Narzissmus' as 'On Narcissism: An Introduction', suggests that the paper promises an introductory sketch of narcissism, whereas the German title indicates that the task of the paper is in fact to account for the introduction of narcissism to the broader psychoanalytic project (1914a, 69). This difference of inflection is important because it draws us back to the central problems that the theory of narcissism raises and which persist in Freud's work on melancholia. Why, we must ask, does Freud 'introduce' narcissism to his metapsychological field; what research problem does this introduction attempt to solve, and how does it pertain to his subsequent theorisation of melancholia?
We recall from our reading of the 1914 paper, that a 'new psychical action' was posited as necessary to propel the transition from autoeroticism (an object-less state which exists from the outset) to the state of narcissism (a state in which the ego is libidinally cathected). The supposition of a distinct psychical action, a catalyst of sorts, was deemed necessary by Freud because it was assumed that 'a unity comparable to the ego cannot exist in the individual from the start' (77). A fundamental question persisted, however, when the reader of the 1914 paper did not learn what the 'new psychical action' is that instantiates the necessary development of the ego. It is not altogether surprising, then, that when Freud turns to his theorisation of melancholia the following year he takes the opportunity to stage a further reckoning with the problem of 'the constitution of the human ego' (1917b, 247). And yet a disquisition on states of sadness may well strike us as an unusual location from which to pursue this aspect of metapsychological enquiry.
Mourning and melancholia contribute to the catalogue of commonplace conditions, enumerated by Freud in his 1914 paper, that are characterised by a narcissistic withdrawal of libido on to the subject's own self (e. g. organic illnesses, hypochondria, sleep, falling in love). When the sick man suffering from toothache, say, withdraws his libid – inal cathexes back into his own ego and temporarily neglects his most cherished objects in the external world, we do not find his behaviour alarming (1914a, 82). Likewise, says Freud, we are not taken aback when the loss of a loved one creates in the individual a state of 'profoundly painful dejection, cessation of interest in the outside world, loss of the capacity to love, [and] inhibition of all activity' – for the person in question will, of necessity, devote herself to the work of mourning until the point at which 'respect for reality gains the day' and investments beyond the ego can be afforded once more (1917b, 244). Such is the condition of so-called normal mourning. For the melancholic, however, the picture is a little more complex. In addition to exhibiting the painful symptoms of a subject in mourning, the melancholic manifests a curious 'disturbance of self-regard' which finds expression in uninhibited self-criticism and self-reproach (244). It is only when one understands melancholia as a process through which an object-cathexis is replaced by an identification, however, that the true target of the melancholic's criticism is revealed to be the lost object rather than the individual's own self. This confusion rebounds because the nature of the loss that gives rise to melancholia cannot be as directly apprehended as it can in so-called normal mourning: the melancholic might know 'whom he has lost but not what he has lost in him' (245). With this differentiation between the known whom and the unknown what, Freud underscores the opacity of melancholia commensurate with the withdrawal of the object-loss from consciousness. This leads Freud to articulate the distinction between the two states thus: 'In mourning it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia it is the ego itself' (246). But just how does the lost object get 'inside', so to speak, and how might an understanding of this mechanism shed light on the residual question from the 1914 paper regarding the development of the ego? To answer these questions we need to go a little further in our explication of the melancholic's impoverished ego-state.
In his 1914 paper Freud demonstrated the (narcissistic) difficulty of maintaining a conceptual distinction between the ego-as-subject, and the ego-as-object. When Freud claims that a unity comparable to the ego cannot exist from the start, we assume he is thinking of the ego as subject; which is to say, the ego as broadly coterminous with an agentic sense of self that a general usage of the term implies.1 But of course, the force of the paper resides in Freud's provocation that the ego can be libidinally invested as can any other object. We can call this difficulty a narcissistic one in as much as Freud's theoretical challenge replicates the boundary confusion that we have seen to exemplify narcissistic states. In the 1914 paper the apparatus of the ego's critical agency, in the form of the ego-ideal, went some way in articulating its dual status (i. e. the ego as subject and object). The clinical predominance of the melancholic's 'dissatisfaction with the ego on moral grounds' – the melancholic's shameless self-criticism – gives Freud further cause to investigate the critical ego-ideal in his subsequent paper (1917b, 248).
Freud explains that when, in melancholia, the surfeit of libido that the loss of the object releases is withdrawn into the ego it then binds the ego to the abandoned object in a narcissistic identification. In a much quoted passage, the mode of identification of the ego with the abandoned object is described as follows:
Thus the shadow of the object fell upon the ego, and the latter could henceforth be judged by a special agency, as though it were an object, the forsaken object. In this way an object-loss was transformed into an ego-loss and the conflict between the ego and the loved person into a cleavage between the critical activity of the ego and the ego as altered by identification. (249)
It is important to keep in mind here the inviolable psychoanalytic principle of ambivalence: With particular reference to narcissism, Freud tells us that in the oral/cannibalistic phase of sexual organisation, where love and hate are not yet in opposition, the desire to incorporate the object is an expression of 'a type of love which is consistent with abolishing the object's separate existence and which may therefore be described as ambivalent' (1915c, 138). Hence in melancholia, a regressive narcissistic identification with the object enacts an incorporation which brings the melancholic's ambivalence to the fore. In sustaining a narcissistic identification with the object, the melancholic does not have to give up the lost object wholesale (object-loss is transformed into ego-loss); however, in the very act of safeguarding something of the object (through its transformation), the melancholic also preserves the conflict that was coincident with object-love. Now though, the 'conflict due to ambivalence' is a battle that rages entirely within one breast (1917b, 251). Freud continues:
If the love for the object – a love which cannot be given up though the object itself is given up – takes refuge in narcissistic identification, then the hate comes into operation on this substitutive object, abusing it, debasing it, making it suffer and deriving sadistic satisfaction from its suffering. The self-tormenting in melancholia, which is without doubt enjoyable, signifies […] a satisfaction of trends of sadism and hate which relate to an object, and which have been turned around upon the subject's own self [… ] (251)
Presupposing that the ego can take itself as object (a substitute object), melancholia models a turning around of destructive trends back on the subject's own self. We cannot overlook the violence inherent in this melancholic fantasy-scape with its intimate connection to the operations of (moral) conscience. Freud offers the phenomenon of suicide (and suicidal thoughts) as operative under this schema where 'the ego can kill itself only if, owing to the return of the object-cathexis, it can treat itself as an object' (252). Some years later, by which time the ego's critical agency was theorised as the superego, Freud asks how 'in melancholia the super-ego can become a kind of gathering-place for the death instincts?' With reference again to the figurative 'turn', he concludes that 'the more a man controls his aggressiveness, the more intense becomes his ideal's inclination to aggressiveness against his ego. It is like a displacement, a turning round upon his own ego' (1923, 54). What is important to note is that this curious picture is generalised when Freud explains that melancholic 'substitution^]' (i. e. the replacement of an object-cathexis by an identification) should be understood as 'common' and 'typical' in a theory of 'character' formation (28). With this formulation of a figurative turn, and the identification of the ego as object, we are returned to Freud's unresolved statement from his 1914 paper, 'the ego has to be developed' (1914a, 77).


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In an era of terrorism and destabilization of nations, security authorities in Sierra Leone must be on top of things and must not treat lightly the events reported to be taking place around our borders with neighbouring Liberia.
Yesterday, there were widespread fears among Liberians at home and abroad after reports that a scary and disturbing situation occurred in Bomi, not far from the border , where a strange helicopter allegedly landed and also sporadic shooting took place that forced residents to flee their homes in fear. Radio stations in Liberia and the country's mainstream newspapers carried reports about the event and the Superintendent of Bomi, Samuel Brown , confirmed the event but advised citizens not to panic.
The situation would have passed without notice in Sierra Leone but then came an audio circulated in the social media by an unidentified woman who claimed that armed men from Liberia were planning to attack Sierra Leone and she implored the authorities not to take the report lightly.
This may have been a nuisance and mere scare-mongering event . Who can doubt that when many ( Not all ) Sierra Leoneans have become very foolish, evil, reckless, irresponsible and sick in the head with miscreancy on the social media and garbage and gutter online forums , which they have reduced to a theatre of jealous gossip, lies, character assassination , false rumours, false alarms and a quarry for those they are insanely envious of —Just as you know them to do even in real life. It is the common practice to ignore most of the gutter activism online by Sierra Leoneans and dismiss them as the work of people who need to have their heads quarantined
However, we are taught by U.S. Security operatives not to underestimate any security matter these days. While the internet , social media and garbage forums are populated mainly by depraved , idle and mentally -ill revisionists looking for kicks to escape their boring, uncelebrated, colorless , unfulfilled and frustration-packed lives , when it comes to national security, nothing must be taken for granted. We must look beyond the sickos and try to see if there is any cause for credible concerns. There is nothing wrong in investigating just to be certain all is well. Eternal vigilance is the price for our liberty, Pa Shaki used to say.
The woman on the audio may be playing pranks. She may be fear mongering . She may be playing to the gallery of the mischievous Sierra Leoneans in the social media . How many times have we not seen it happen ? But we cannot be sure and the best way to respond, given the times in which we live today, is to investigate , make sure that our nation is safe and relay this assurance to our people to calm their hearts.
A clear example of Sierra Leonean mischief and demented behavior on the social media was seen yesterday when a loose canon posted a fake story that Sierra Leone had been attacked and there was shooting at the Congo Cross Bridge, which Information and Communications Minister , Hon. Mohamed Bangura, has already refuted .
The sooner our government started dealing with dastardly elements who abuse the social media, the better. Some people need to suffer legitimate penalties in jail before they learn that spreading alarm in the social media is undesirable.
However, the borders with Liberia must be always closely monitored . It is better to be wrong and safe than be complacent and pay the price as the very Liberia experienced in 1989 when repeated complaints about "Strange men shaking the bushes" at the Liberian-Ivorian border were ignored. The paramount chief of the area was even ordered arrested by the then Minister of Internal Affairs, Col. Edward Komo Saccoh , for spreading fear, only for the minister to be proved wrong later when the chief's fears came to pass as Charles Taylor's rebels took over Butuo Town and launched an insurrection, whose results we all know . President Samuel Doe was so angry when it became obvious that his minister had erred that he drove himself to the prisons and freed the chief and then went to the Internal Affairs Ministry and fired the Minister.
Let us find out what is happening on the Liberian border as the woman in the audio warned and how it impacts on us in Sierra Leone, given the historical fact that whenever Liberia sneezes, Sierra Leone catches cold. The same with Liberia. They suffer if chaos overtakes us.
We do not want to catch cold again.
UPDATE: A Scaring Situation In Bomi County, Supt. Brown Confirms Presence Of Strange Armed Men With Sporadic Shooting In His County
Fresh report filtering on some local radio stations speak of strange armed men being spotted in a local village called 'Fula Hill' around Klay Distric in Bomi County, a situation report said has created fears in villagers who spent sleepless night over the weekend.
A caller who spoke on a local radio station said the situation is worrisome and called on the national security to move in right away to find out and bring to the public the motive of these deployed armed in the County which is a bordering Liberia and Sierra Leone.
As a result of this scaring report, men and women of the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) and some members of the Liberia National Police (LNP) Emergency Response Unit (ERU) have been dispatched to the scene to ascertain the facts surrounding this report.
Meanwhile, the Superintendent of Bomi County Samuel Brown has confirmed that yes indeed the presence of strange armed men and shooting in a farming area, Fula 'Fula Hill' in Klay District, Bomi County.
Speaking to our reporter, he said the firing of light weapons were heard in the Fula Hill area on Sunday morning, something he said created panic among citizens who spent sleepless night at the weekend in the region.
But in an interview with journalists Monday morning, Superintendent Brown called on citizens of the county not to panic as all will be done to address the prevailing situation.
According to our reporter, the farmer now considered as a principle witness of the situation was prevented from speaking with media by state security forces.
Our reporter is quoted as saying the farmer was seen heavily guided by officers the Emergency Response Unit (ERU) of the Liberia National Police.
Fact finding investigations, according to Superintendent Brown and Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization Commissioner Col. Lemeul Reeves are ongoing as the identities of these reported strange men are yet to be known, while at the same time no arrest has been made.
The Bomi county Superintendent at the same time instructed that Community Watch teams reinforce their operations in a bid to help the prevailing situation.
The report comes less than two months after the draw down of the United Nations Mission in Liberia from the Western county.
Who Carried Out Shooting On Monrovia-Bomi H/Way?
An overnight shooting which engulfed Sasstown Community on Sunday was as though a large scale fighting had erupted between military actors from opposing sides, according to residents.
The sounds of guns were so sporadic that residents in the area fled their homes under the cover of darkness, shortly before midnight on Sunday, August 7.
By daybreak the following morning, the Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) had dispatched a squad of counterinsurgency unit to the 'troubled spot' and coordinated joint security operations with Liberia National Police officers who were earlier deployed to the area.
It was reported that a late-night insurgency involving an unidentified helicopter had entered Liberian territory, prompting a manhunt for those who reportedly carried out the shooting along the Monrovia/Bomi highway in Western Liberia.
Based on the reports, Defense Minister Brownie J. Samukai, Jr. told the Daily Observer that the country's joint security forces were in firm control of that, and any, situation.
"There is no need to panic because the reported shooting incident was being investigated by the joint security forces," Minister Samukai assured the public.
He described the report of 'sporadic shooting' and the landing of an unknown helicopter on Liberian soil as "scheme of wildcat campaign of speculation, which has no grain of truth to instill fear in the minds of anybody due to the fact that we are on top of every security situation."
He, however, explained that a male villager and his two children had earlier discovered an unspecified quantity of spent-shells, which he claimed might have been left in the bush by fighters of the country's warring factions during the 14 years of civil war.
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Meanwhile, Daily Observer reporter, who visited Sasstown yesterday upon hearing the report, said calm was restored to the community immediately after the security forces arrived.
"They arrived in their numbers and went in search of the shooter, but returned and said there was nothing serious and that we should go about our normal activities," Boima Perry, a resident said of the security forces.
Mr. Perry said on Sunday night, residents did not see any strange movement of people in town prior to the shooting incident.
Surprisingly, he said by 9:00 p.m., while residents were preparing to go to bed, a "very large gun sound" took over the entire town, but we did not know which way the sound came from, and also who carried it out and for what reason.
"Right now, we don't know who shot the gun, therefore, we are afraid of the next course of action," he said.
The incident took place about 9:00 p.m. Sunday night, according to eyewitnesses.
Up to press time last night, the security forces did not make any arrests, but did confirm there was shooting in the town. The Defense Ministry said that several shots were fired from a pistol, which was later found in a nearby bush. No further explanation was given.
But an eyewitness told this newspaper in the town that an unidentified gunman carried out the shooting, but that was only in the air.
Some of the residents also denied ever hearing of any shooting in the town as their kinsmen had claimed.
Our investigation continues.
Villagers in Fear After Reported Helicopter Drop Off, Heavy Shooting in Fulah Hill Community
Fulah Hill, Bomi County – Villagers in several towns and villages in Bomi County are living in extreme fear after reported helicopter drop -off followed by the shooting on a farm in the Fulah Hill Community in Dewein District, Bomi County.
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"I was on my farm yesterday, I went with my grandchildren while we were there, and we heard gun fire pa-pa about six times. So myself I got scare and told the children for us to leave but for me I was thinking that because the men them in the bush now (Traditional Poro school is ongoing) and no man was around there, so I told the children for us to go to the town"- Zinnah Freeman, cassava farmer
Villagers in nearby Vazilon few kilometers from the scene of the reported incident told frontpageafrica that on Sunday night they heard heavy shooting on a farm in the Fulah Hill community, something that have led them to be living in extreme fear unable to go on their farms.
A cassava farmer Zinnah Freeman said on Sunday while she had gone on the farm with two of her grandchildren she heard gun sound but didn't have any thought that it was unknown men.
"I was on my farm yesterday, I went with my grandchildren while we were there, we heard gun fire pa-pa about six times" Freeman said.
She continued "So myself I got scare and told the children for us to leave but for me I was thinking differently because the men got the bush now (Traditional Poro School is ongoing) and no man was around there, so I told the children for us to go to the town".
Freeman said it was when she got back to her village before she heard the news that a farmer in the next town saw some unknown armed men in his cassava patch which according to Freeman is not far from her farm.
"I didn't talk anything but my brother came from Sass Town and said that people came from their farm and said they heard gun sound and saw men with arms," Freeman explained.
Freeman though admitted hearing gun sound but said she didn't see anybody.
"I told him that I went on my farm and that I heard the gun sound but I never see (saw) somebody," she said.
For Freeman going to the farm to begin her normal work is not a decision for this week saying the situation reminds her of the past.
"From yesterday, I left that farm I have never been there, last night I was scare. I was afraid and I couldn't come out in the morning to pray, Freeman added.
She says all the villagers are afraid to go on their farms "All of us are scare, it reminds me of the time we used to pack our things and run, we want the government to help us with security," she said.
Shocking event
Narrating the incident Dewein District Commissioner Foley Siryon said he got a call late Sunday evening about the presence of strange men with arms in the district.
"It was yesterday after 4:00 PM, they called me about this shocking news that some unknown people have entered our territory, you know the people do their livelihood around a place call Fulah Hill where they do their cassava farming and burn charcoal," Commissioner Siryon said.
Siryon continued: "One of the farmers was there packing his charcoal and he saw strange men, he ran to Sass town and told the town chief, they were in military regalia, they had arms but they were at the distance and they could not see the farmer."
According to the Commissioner, the farmer became afraid due to the mood of the unknown men adding that the farmer panic and ran to Sass Town.
"He (farmer) saw approximately six to seven persons, what got us here amazed, is that they said they saw a helicopter in the area hovering just hanging and dropped people there but the Chopper later on came and took the people away, that is the mystery part of the whole investigation," Commissioner Siryon said.
Commissioner Siryon said that visiting Fulah hill (where the incident occurred) one will see signs of people gathering. "You will see the grass down."
Visible signs of movements
During a tour by frontpageafrica in the vicinity of where the reported shooting occurred, about 20 minutes' drive from the main road and another 15 minutes' walk from the dirt road, there is visible sign that several people might have walked along the road in the last few days with several fresh footprints along the road.
In a cassava patch, a carton of Club Beer is seen lying with several empty bottles of what is known as Small Beer scattered in the grass.
Eleven of the beer bottles were pilled together with the grass around the empty bottles completely flat, a clear indication of a group of people sitting on the grass to drink.
Some of those who consumed the Beer sat on a tree stump where they also left two other empty bottles. The entire area looks a warzone, as there is no sign of human activities.
The reported appearance of the armed men comes less than two months after the departure of the United Nations Mission in Liberia.
The incident could increase the already existing fear about the ability of Liberian security personnel to handle the security of the country.
A team of frontpageafrica reporters who visited the scene observed that the farm on which the beer bottles were found has four kitchens made of bamboo roof and constructed with rattan sticks.
In one of the kitchens where the farmer who spotted the unknown men was said to be residing sits a pile of abandoned cassava that he accordingly left due to fear.
In an attempt to allay fears, Dewein District Commissioner said that a joint-security meeting was held in the morning adding that their presence boost confidence in the people.
"This morning the joint security forces came for me. I'm not a security personnel BIN, NSA, LNP last night they deployed PSU and ERU to keep the peace until daybreak, last night the town was quiet, normally when these things happen the security presence gives them assurance, they are doing everything to attain the facts," Commissioner Siryon added.
The Commissioner also said "No casualty, we telling our citizen to remain calm, we have our community welfare team who will comb the area, we will mobilize our own resources to support our community watch team."
A student Siaka Sherriff who burns charcoal said that coming from the bush Sunday he met his town very quiet.
"When I came from the bush, I met the whole town looking quiet and when I asked my parents they said they saw a helicopter that put some people down and they later left," Sherriff said.
For Sherriff his greatest worry about the presence of unknown armed men is that it might put him out of school.
"For some of us we are worry, for me I'm still in school I'm worry about my future, hearing this thing I'm scare and thinking about my future, when I heard the news I thought about war, I don't want this to be true," Sherriff said.
Another resident Junior Norris said early in the morning their town was greeted by huge security presence that short-lived.
"This morning we saw group of police passing and they went to the place where the thing happened after that they passed they went back," Norris said.
According to Norris most of the men in the town were busy with their traditional poro school.
"We are having Poro society business when I came she started to give me the news that she heard certain gun sound," Norris said.
Norris continued: "This news make me to feel bad because I don't want us to go back to where we came from (14 years of war) I don't want us to go back to where we came from."
"We have many activities to attend to in the bush because that is where we can get our food from but here you see everybody in town sitting," he said.
Empty shells reportedly collected
Frontpageafrica has gathered from credible sources that the Liberian National Police collected two empty shells and one undischarged bullet from the area and are examining the shells.
One source said it is likely that up to six bullets were discharged but so far only three were collected on the scene.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism late Monday announced that Defense Minister Brownie Samukai will today (Tuesday) address the nation on the reported military activities in Western Liberia.
According to the Liberia News Agency, Minister Samukai will address a special MICAT press briefing at the ministry at 11am local time, requesting all media institutions to be seated by 10:45am.
It can be recalled in May a ship was found abandoned along the Atlantic Ocean in Grand Cape Mount County.
The abandoned ship which raised fear was later claimed by some Nigerians with the Liberian government yet to provide further information on how the ship was left along the ocean, who took it there and other details.
Liberian security agencies continue to complain of lack of support. Police Director Chris Massaquoi has said the police needs full support through budgetary allocations to help the force perform in the absence of UNMIL.


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This year's 'Punk' themed Costume Institute Exhibit at the MET was a big success, but for next year they're going in a completely different direction. the Costume Institute's next exhibit will be about Charles James, American couturier. Titled simply 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion' Costume Institute curator Harold Koda explains why they've chosen to celebrate his work in particular next year:
"He really is a one-of-a-kind designer, even if you look through the history of French haute couture and all the English couture designers, James stands out as a very idiosyncratic personality and artist and one of the few designers who, in his own lifetime, felt that his work transcended the medium."
Koda says that they'll be using new technology to bring the designer's past work to life:
"Since the early 1990s, it's the first time we will be able to have an open space that is also wired for the latest technology, people were always somewhat hesitant about coming down the stairs and seeing our galleries because they can get so congested with two cul-de-sacs. Now we will be able to direct the circulation in a way that underscores the narrative structure of the exhibitions."
The exhibit is expected to run from May 8 to August 10 in 2014.


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The string of terror attacks in Europe and further afield since last summer has sent reverberations through the travel industry, but Thomas Cook, arguably Britain's best known tour operator, has felt the effects more than most.
Its chief executive, Peter Fankhauser, has warned the industry is suffering the worst disruption in his 30-year career.
The company's shares lost almost a fifth of their value this month when it revealed falling bookings as passengers steered clear of trouble spots.
That warning coincided with the disappearance of an EgyptAir flight on its way from Paris to Cairo, renewing concerns that consumers would be reluctant to travel. The plane was later found to have crashed into the sea, killing all 66 people on board, though the cause has not yet been established.
Thomas Cook's previous trading update, in March, came on the same day terrorists attacked Brussels airport. It followed the murder of 130 people in Paris in November, the killing of 38 holidaymakers in Tunisia in June and the October bombing of a Russian plane flying from Egypt that killed 224 people.
The first three months of this year have seen a series of attacks in Turkey, which 2.5 million Britons visit each year. Thomas Cook's second-biggest market is Turkey, but visitor numbers tumbled 28% in April – the biggest fall in 17 years.
To add to the pressure on holiday companies, the UK economy has been slowing, consumer confidence is shaky and wage growth weak, while next month's referendum on EU membership has helped push down the value of the pound against the euro and the dollar.
Ryanair and easyJet, Europe's biggest carriers, were forced to cut prices after the Paris attacks and both have said seats will be cheaper than last year over the holiday season. Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary spoke of a price war, characteristically declaring his company would be the inevitable winner because of its size and aggressive pricing.
Yet despite all the doom-laden talk, total UK bookings for package holidays this summer are up 6% from a year ago, according to GfK, which compiles a weekly survey of agents and operators.
Britons' commitment to their annual break survived the Great Recession and it appears to remain a top priority. Early bookings for winter and next summer are up 22% and 18% respectively.
Acting on Foreign Office advice, tour operators are not flying to Tunisia or the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, which has been reduced to little more than a ghost town, helping send overall bookings to the country down by almost two thirds. The government advises people to be wary when travelling to Turkey, where bookings are down by a third.
There has been a surge away from these perceived danger spots to the familiarity of the western Mediterranean, which Britons first started jetting to in the late 1960s.
Bookings for Spain are up 27% this year, with Portugal up 30% and Italy up 12% over last year. Greece is coming out of the doldrums: business is up 4% following a huge rise last year. Thomas Cook has moved the bookings of 1.2 million customers who had arranged holidays in Tunisia, Turkey and Egypt to these countries and to long-haul destinations such as Mexico, the US and Cuba.
There has been a corresponding effect on prices in Europe. Last month it cost about £170 less per person to book two weeks in Turkey compared with last year, but the equivalent trip to Portugal is £94 more expensive and rising.
David Hope, GfK's business group director, says: "Prices are going up and up and up." But he says this is only healthy for tour operators if they can provide enough rooms to meet demand.
"It's looking quite healthy at the moment but the concern is that if the likes of Spain and Portugal become booked up, will they have stock left that people want to buy?" he says. "What is left will be lower-grade property they can get in Spain or hotels in Turkey – and do people want to go there?"
Thomas Cook's rival, Tui, which owns Thomson, has fared better because it is bigger in Spain and relies less on Turkey. It has also gone upmarket by operating its own boutique-style hotels – a model Thomas Cook is trying to copy.
Wyn Ellis, an analyst at the City broker Numis, says: "That seems to be a more resilient part of the market, partly because it tends to book earlier. At the commodity end of the market, people will book a lot later because they think they can get bargains."
The industry turmoil has also hit the budget airlines. Dame Carolyn McCall, easyJet's chief executive, said she was forced to slash prices following the Paris attacks in November.
Both Ryanair and easyJet have reported demand returning to normal but prices are likely to stay low. Ryanair predicted its fares would be down 7% over the next 10 months.
Robin Byde, an analyst at broker Cantor Fitzgerald, says: "The thing to remember with easyJet and Ryanair is that between them they have more than 20% of European short-haul traffic. They are price-makers as well as price-takers, so you have to take it with a pinch of salt when they talk about pressures driving down prices."
The biggest influence on air fares is the cost of fuel, which has more than halved in the past two years. Because big airlines buy their fuel up to two years in advance, they have only recently felt the benefit of the falling oil price and have plenty of scope to cut fares.
That is handy for them because smaller airlines, which can't buy fuel as far in advance, have cut prices and laid on extra flights to sell more seats. EasyJet and Ryanair both plan to increase capacity, and the result is that European short-haul capacity is up about 8% this year.
"EasyJet and Ryanair, as big operators in the market, are trying to squeeze out smaller operators so they offer discounts and attractive fares and hope that the competition fails," Byde says.
The received wisdom in the industry is that travelling is now so much a part of everyday life that demand will always bounce back after shocks. McCall reiterated that comforting message when the airline announced its results. "Demand always comes back," she said. "We've seen that with both the tragic events that have happened [last] year and we've seen that in the past. If you are a consumer, it's a very, very good time to fly."


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Phrase one. Analyzing the strategic position
In this stage, is analyzing the strategic position of WRSX Group.
By using the PESTEL framework we can analyse the many different factors in a firm's macro environment. PESTEL analysis is a useful tool for understanding the "big picture" of the environment, in which you are operating, and the opportunities and threats that lie within it. By understanding the environment in which you operate (external to your company or department), you can take advantage of the opportunities and minimize the threats. (Ghemawat, 2008). The Five Force frameworks will response to the industry analysis. Five Forces is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. It is consisted of five key factors; entry barriers, buyer power, supplier power, substitute competitions and industry competitor. (Johnson and Scholes, 2009) The SWOT is useful when we are analyzing the internal environment of WRSX Group. It is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. (Strengths: characteristics of the business or team that give it an advantage over others in the industry. Weaknesses: are characteristics that place the firm at a disadvantage relative to others. Opportunities: external chances to make greater sales or profits in the environment. Threats: external elements in the environment that could cause trouble for the business). (David, 1995)
For the current situation of whole industry of advertising, it is under high level competition. A considerable numbers of agencies live in this industry. The range of their scale is quite widely, it covers large international agencies to small local business firm even only two people involved. Meanwhile, lots of business opportunities in advertising. Under the whole world economic is increasing background, firms are comfortable to put budget on advertise part. Generally speaking, the advertising industry is trend to...


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24 Feb, 2020
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children's rights and equality for girls.
We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it's girls who are most affected.
Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.
We support children's rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.
We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.
Job Description
Position: Driver Grade A
Department & Location WISE Project Office, Sunyani Date March, 2020
Reports to (position): Procurement and Grants Coordinator.
Purpose: How does this post support Plan's strategy and mission? Plan International is an independent non-profit organization that advances children's well-being and equality for girls. Working in building powerful partnerships for children for over 80 years and present in 70 countries, Plan International strives for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children while working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners.
Plan International Ghana is looking for a Driver to support a team of professionals and deliver high quality programming and results for a project titled "Women's Innovation for Sustainable Enterprises (WISE)". The WISE Project to seeks to leverage enormous potential and agency of Ghanaian women aged 19 to 55 years entrepreneurs in rural and peri-urban areas by employing both demand- and supply-side interventions to contribute to increased realization of rights to economic empowerment, well-being and inclusive economic growth in 3 districts in Bono and Ahafo region (Sunyani Municipal, Tano North and Techiman Municipal) and 2 districts in Northern region (Kumbungu and Tolon). The project will start in February 2020, has a duration of 4 years, and a budget of over $ 5.5 million EUR.
Dimensions of Role:
Financial measures or statistics relevant to post such as budget; list of direct and indirect reports
Area of Responsibility – Women's Innovation for Sustainable Enterprises (WISE)
Serve on Purchasing Committee from time to time.
Typical Responsibilities – Key End Results of Position:
"What" is done and "why", but not "how"; include indicators for success
Drive professionally and defensively to ensure safety and protection of staff at all times without any incidents of accidents or injuries
Ensure vehicle is maintained as per the maintenance schedule of the vehicle to enhance longevity of vehicle with no reports of frequent breakdowns or malfunctioning of vehicle
Ensure that vehicle movement and mileage are duly recorded in the vehicle's logbook to keep and track vehicle movement without any reports of carjacking
Ensure that the vehicle is always cleaned to enhance its state and notify Procurement and Grants Coordinator at least 3 months before the expiry date of the vehicles documents (insurance/roadworthiness certificate etc) for renewal without any queries from the MTTU/Police
Dispatch local mail to addressees as would be directed to keep and maintain communication with our clients without any reports of missing mails and withdraw monies at bank as would be directed for implementation of project activities without any reports of fraud or loss of monies
Comply with Plan's Child Protection and safeguarding Policy at all times without any reports or incidents of child abuse.
Perform any other duties to be assigned to support the attainment of WISE project goals.
Dealing with Problems:
The complexity of problems handled & the degree of investigation, analysis, & creative thinking required to solve them
Observe, anticipate and drive defensively to safeguard life and property always
Exhibit a good sense of judgment and responsibility while driving
Works with minimum supervision
Communications and Working Relationships:
Working contacts inside and outside the organization; include the purpose and level (high, medium, low) of the contact
Low contact with service providers and suppliers for the collection of quotations, receiving and dispatch of goods, material, equipments, mails, deposits etc.
Maintains a high contact with project staff to facilitate prompt movement of staff towards the implementation of project and activities.
Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors, and Experience Required to Achieve Role's Objectives:
Gained through education, training, & experience
GCE O level/SSS
At least 5 years driving experience in the formal sector
Valid driving license with at least class C
Experience in the NGO sector preferably with child-related development organisation, would be an advantage
Basic auto mechanic skills
Good knowledge of Highway Code
Defensive driving
Good communication skills
Good verbal and writing skills
Good inter-personal skills
Good planning and organizing abilities
Timeliness and proactive in the discharge of duties
Ability to interact with staff at all levels as is required
Communicates in a manner that inspires confidence and professionalism
High sense of judgment and responsibility
High safety awareness level of area of operation
Good team player
Physical Environment and Demands:
May be "typical office environment"; note if heavy lifting, climbing, excess travel, etc.
Travel requirements
This position entails 80% travelling time within Plan offices and in the Program Units with 20% of the time on office related activities.
Level of Contact with Children:
Low contact: No contact or very low frequency of interaction
Mid contact: Occasional interaction with children
High level: Frequent interaction with children
Mid contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder to have occasional one-to-one contact with children and youth. It is expected that children and youth shall be protected at all times.
We are open and accountable
Promotes a culture of openness and transparency, including with sponsors and donors.
Holds self and others accountable to achieve the highest standards of integrity.
Consistent and fair in the treatment of people.
Open about mistakes and keen to learn from them.
Accountable for ensuring we are a safe organisation for all children, girls & young people
We strive for lasting impact
Articulates a clear purpose for staff and sets high expectations.
Creates a climate of continuous improvement, open to challenge and new ideas.
Focuses resources to drive change and maximise long-term impact, responsive to changed priorities or crises.
Evidence-based and evaluates effectiveness.
We work well together
Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
Develops trusting and 'win-win' relationships with funders, partners and communities.
Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
We are inclusive and empowering
Seeks constructive outcomes, listens to others, willing to compromise when appropriate.
Builds constructive relationships across Plan International to support our shared goals.
Develops trusting and 'win-win' relationships with funders, partners and communities.
Engages and works well with others outside the organization to build a better world for girls and all children.
Location: Sunyani
Type of Role: Admin
Reports to: Procurement & Grants Coordinator
Grade: A
Closing Date: 28th February 2020


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Saturday, October 28, 2017
Target: Trick or Treat & Paw Patrol Event- (Today 11-2pm)
Trick or Treat & Paw Patrol Event! From 11AM – 2PM and while supplies last, participating Target stores will be hosting their Trick or Treat event! Costumes are welcome! You'll also get to preview the new episode of Paw Patrol Pirate Pups!
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This month, we're celebrating Women's History Month by honoring the #WomenAtHilton on Instagram. Follow along as we take a closer look at women at Hilton, their career journeys, how they thrive professionally and personally, and their tips for success. We're big believers in women empowering women and one piece of career advice that we hear over and over is the importance of building a network and finding a mentor. Mary Beth Nobs and Jane Burnell are just one example of how networking can positively impact your career. Mary Beth is the Senior Director Commercial Services and Jane is VP of Global Luxury Sales. The two first met working for competitors in the hospitality industry and while they spent years competing head-to-head in the luxury segment, today they bring not only their skills and experiences but also their friendship to Hilton. When we saw their enthusiasm to work together, we knew this was a story we wanted to hear! Read on to hear about their current roles, career journey, and friendship.
1. Tell us about your friendship.
MBN: Jane's reputation proceeded her and although I knew of her, it was when we finally met in person in Palm Springs that I understood exactly why she was admired. Since Jane has joined Hilton, we have continued our friendship by being open and honest.
JBF: Mary Beth worked for Ritz Carlton / Marriott for many years while I worked at Four Seasons Hotels. Our paths crossed professionally over the years. Mary Beth was someone that not only my clients talked highly about but also my own colleagues. It feels like our friendship has been cemented since joining Hilton within a year of each other. It feels like I just met up with an old friend who I had not seen for a long time and we just picked up where we left off.
2. Why is networking and mentoring so important to grow your career?
MBN: Building relationships is the key to success in the Hospitality industry and networking is so much more than how many contacts you have on LinkedIn or Facebook. I feel to successfully network, you need to truly focus on the person you are communicating with so you can take in their words, tone, body language, etc. We communicate with each other using most of our senses, and if we stay aware, we are able to connect on a deeper level. I have found that mentoring is a result of focused networking, which has awarded me mentors of all ages and status, and has given me the opportunity to mentor others. With over 25 years in the industry, I continue to learn and grow, and I know that will never change.
JBF: Building a network & mentoring in business is key to supporting your own growth and development. A network provides you with ability to connect with other professionals & access industry intelligence/insights and opinions. The sooner you start building your own network the better – it is a little like saving money. The more you save, the more you benefit in the future. I have been a member of LinkedIn for years and I check in every day. It is a great source for networking and also for others to connect with you. Face-to-face networking is always best. Carrying a business card with you particularly if you travel can provide an instant way to network. I count myself very lucky to have had the same mentor for many years. It's important you find a mentor that knows you well enough to tell you the good, the bad and ugly- otherwise you don't stretch yourself.
3. What does your current role at Hilton look like on a day to day to basis?
MBN: In my position, I manage the HelmsBriscoe Account that consists of 1,400 Associates booking more than $1 billion in guest room revenue worldwide. I am responsible for creating, executing and managing strategies and processes that have the ability to move market share.
JBF: I am currently working to align and create a new Global Luxury Sales organization for Hilton. On a daily basis I am involved in various activities that support this goal which involves connecting, communicating and supporting various stakeholders in all regions of the world.
4. What is it like to work with a former competitor and how do you use this experience in your current role?
MBN: Jane is a very respected leader in the Luxury Segment and to have the opportunity to work with her is very special. I feel proud to work for a company that goes after the very best in the industry. Having been competitors in the Luxury segment, we can share our experiences and ideas to support the current and future growth of our Luxury Brands. It is a great feeling to have that familiarity with someone who shares similar experiences and can be an expert industry resource. The shared passion for our industry makes working together wonderful.
JBF: I am so, so thrilled to be working with Mary Beth on the same team! Most of all I am looking forward to learning from her and challenging myself around her area of expertise. In my current role I know Mary Beth will make me better and consequently my clients, my team and the business will benefit. Knowing that you have a trusted colleague who gets it and gets you is very special and quite rare.
5. Why do you think it is important to have friends at work?
MBN: For me, friendships are about trust and common goals. Through work friendships, we are able to share experiences, brainstorm, problem solve, etc, creating the best version of ourselves and an environment of success.
JBF: Friends in any area of life are important. They provide a balance, a shoulder to lean on, a way to kick back, laugh, and be yourself. Good friends help bring the best out of you.
6. What's your favorite thing about working at Hilton?
MBN: Achieving what people think cannot be done.
JBF: Providing me with the opportunity to take charge of my own destiny, develop and grow.
7. What's your best piece of career advice for other women looking to grow their careers?
MBN: Believe in yourself enough to take risks and believe in yourself enough to absorb constructive feedback. In my career, the words and actions I live by are "It is never what you say but how you say it" so be kind in your words and although the world will tell you "don't sweat the small stuff" I disagree. "Sweat the Small Stuff" in the hospitality industry– it is the small stuff that builds strong, trusting relationships. There is no place to grow if a client, leader or friend cannot trust you with the small stuff!
JBF: Always put yourself in the shoes of the person you are working with- whether a client, a colleague or your boss! Be humble and hold your hand up when you make a mistake (you will make mistakes). Take risks, trust your instincts, earn trust, have fun & be first!