Dallas - Unfair Park - UNT Student Behind "Denton Police" Twitter Says New Media Mash-Ups Inspired HimUNT Student Behind "Denton Police" Twitter Says New Media Mash-Ups Inspired Him
By Patrick Michels in News You Can Actually Use, ActuallyFriday, Apr. 17 2009 @ 6:32PMBrian Baugh, the University of North Texas senior behind the "Denton Police" Twitter account, says his project began with his surprise at how much information is out there about each of us online. Not just the party photos on Facebook, the home address in the people search or your Twitter update about the Lean Cuisine in the microwave -- but what happens when all that information comes together in one easy-to-find place.
Baugh, who studies photography at UNT, says he was inspired by new media art projects like We Feel Fine, a mash-up of blog entries with the words "I feel" layered with information about the author like their gender, their location and what the weather was like at the time.
When he saw the Denton Police Jail Record online, he says, he wondered where he'd find out if anyone he knew had been arrested and how long that would take. Pulling information from the public site and pushing it on a Twitter account he opened, he created a new, easier way to keep tabs on who's getting pinched. "I thought it would just be a thing with my friends," he says.
"I guess I'm happy that it got popular," Baugh says. "I didn't expect that to happen. I thought it would just be a thing with my friends."
As we wrote earlier, there's an effort underway from Denton's city attorneys to get the feed shut down, which Baugh finds ironic since it's all public information anyway. "The only way they might shut it down is if they wanted to use the account for themselves."
As with most dust-ups between the law and the Internet, the practical effect of any legal challenges would be pretty limited. "If someone was wanting to use the information maliciously, it's already out there," Baugh points out. "At this point it's too late to put it back in the bottle."
August 2, 2009
Dallas - Unfair Park - UNT Student Behind "Denton Police" Twitter Says New Media Mash-Ups Inspired Him
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Bond/FineBond Amount THOMAS, DEREK 05/21/1988 08/02/2009 02:02:11 DPD/INSPECTION CERTIFICATE/EXPIRED BOND $452.00 DPD/INSPECTION CERTIFICATE/EXPIRED MORE THAN 60 DAYS BOND $452.00 RIOJAS, SEBASTIAN 10/24/1988 08/02/2009 02:01:54 ALCOHOL/PUBLIC INTOXICATION BOND $500.00 CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BY MINOR BOND $500.00 GLENN, JIMMY 04/24/1968 08/02/2009 01:26:31 ALCOHOL/PUBLIC INTOXICATION BOND $500.00 GONZALEZ, PEDRO 12/04/1989 08/02/2009 01:15:15 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED To Be Determined NO DRIVER'S LICENSE BOND $300.00 DIAZ, DESIREE 11/08/1989 08/01/2009 20:29:15 DPD WARRANT/ SPEEDING BOND $452.00 DPD WARRANT/ SPEEDING FINE $193.00 HAMMONS, RICHARD 12/01/1982 08/01/2009 19:51:35 FAIL TO IDENTIFY FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE BOND DCSO WARRANT / THEFT PROP >$20.00 < $ 500.00 $1500.00 BUMGARNER, ZAKARY 09/17/1987 08/01/2009 15:57:45 DPD/EXPIRED INSPECTION BOND $452.00 DPD/EXPIRED REGISTRATION BOND $419.00 MASON, SHANNON 01/01/1990 08/01/2009 15:26:19 THEFT >=$50<$500 BOND FARRIS, NATALIE 06/22/1990 08/01/2009 15:24:02 THEFT >=$50<$500 To Be Determined DPD/EXPIRED REGISTRATION BOND $419.00 DPD/FAIL TO DISPLAY DRIVERS LICENSE BOND $419.00 AZIZ, KALEN 04/11/1988 08/01/2009 09:51:57 DPD/SPEEDING 42 IN 30 MPH ZONE BOND $652.00 DPD/FMFR BOND $569.00 DPD/FAIL TO DISPLAY DRIVERS LICENSE BOND $419.00 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PD/PUBLIC INTOX-OTHER FINE $375.00 TAYLOR, KELLY 01/18/1960 08/01/2009 07:50:45 DPD/FMFR BOND $569.00 DPD/EXPIRED INSPECTION CERTIFICATE MORE THAN 60 DAYS BOND $452.00 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PD/PUBLIC INTOX-OTHER FINE $375.00 BREWER, JOHN 02/12/1966 08/01/2009 01:23:40 DENTON PD / ALCOHOL/PUBLIC INTOXICATION FINE $594.00 DENTON PD / ALCOHOL/PUBLIC INTOXICATION FINE $594.00 DENTON PD / ALCOHOL/PUBLIC INTOXICATION BOND $719.00 YANK, MICHAEL 03/26/1983 07/31/2009 01:52:21 DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED BOND $2500.00 DPD/DL/NO DRIVERS LICENSE BOND $419.00 DPD/DL/RAN RED LIGHT BOND $452.00 
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Fearing the Moonwalk Revolution: East German Stasi Spied on Michael Jackson - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Fearing the Moonwalk Revolution: East German Stasi Spied on Michael Jackson - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - InternationalEast German Stasi Spied on Michael Jackson
The East German secret police were right to be scared of rock'n'roll and all the Western decadence it implied. Concerts given by Michael Jackson, Pink Floyd and Bruce Springsteen in Berlin in 1988 could well have inspired a revolution. The Stasi were so concerned they spied on Jackson during his visit.
Recently deceased pop star, Michael Jackson, may have had more to do with the fall of the Berlin Wall than anyone ever knew. And so might the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd and other musicians from the capitalist West.
Files kept by the former East German secret police, the Stasi, indicate that they were worried about the concert that Jackson, who died last month, gave in Berlin in June of 1988. This was just over a year before the fall of the Berlin Wall -- but the East German youth were already restive.
In a note from the Stasi, found in files revealed by German mass circulation newspaper Bild this week, the secret police were worried that the "youths will do anything they can to experience this concert, in the area around the Brandenburg Gate." And, they noted, "certain youths are planning to (use the occasion) to provoke a confrontation with police.""They were concerned dissident youths would call for the Wall to fall," Steffen Mayer, a spokesman for the government agency that looks after the Stasi archives, told Reuters. "This was seen as a potential security threat given the amount of foreign media that would be present."
In fact, the Stasi had good reason to worry. Concerts in West Berlin like Jackson's had already been a problem the previous summer. German music promoter, Peter Schwenkow, currently head of German Entertainment AG (DEAG) a firm which now brings in acts like Coldplay and Alice Cooper, had been responsible for putting on various concerts near the Berlin Wall. This included a three day, open air concert series featuring acts like David Bowie, Genesis and the Eurythmics in the summer of 1987. Schwenkow later told Die Welt newspaper that putting on the concerts in West Berlin, right next to the Wall, had been deliberate.
Pink Floyd Turned Their Speakers Toward The East
East German youths had been informed of the gig by West German radio stations but when they tried to get near the Berlin Wall so they too could listen to the show, they were turned back by police cordons. There were scuffles and around 200 people were arrested.
When more shows -- Pink Floyd was one, Michael Jackson another -- were planned for the same spot in the summer of 1988, Schwenkow says that the East Berlin government complained to the West Berlin administration. They said that the concerts were too close to a nearby hospital and that the noise and vibration could cause the deaths of seriously ill patients there.
"But I had already sold 30,000 tickets to Pink Floyd -- the concert couldn't be cancelled," Schwenkow said. "Even though we had to make sure that we played very quietly and directed our sound toward the west, it was Pink Floyd's decision, during sound check, to turn the speakers toward the east and blast East Berlin with (Pink Floyd hit) 'The Wall.'"
Pink Floyd played on June 16 and Michael Jackson was to play a few days later on June 19. So perhaps it is hardly surprising that by May of that year, the East German secret police had opened up a file on Jackson. Notes in his file indicate he had been watched as he toured Berlin. The Stasi observed Jackson's visit to the Allied Checkpoint Charlie, an important border crossing in the middle of the city. Stasi spies noted that three cars pulled up to the checkpoint building, with "many unknown male and female people. Among the people was the USA rock singer Michael Jackson. Accompanying him at all times was a female person, about 25 years old, 165 centimeters tall, with a slim build."
The documents also outlined how the Stasi were considering a diversionary concert in a stadium to draw rebellious music fans away from the border. There was already one diversion: Olympic ice skating champion Katarina Witt was hosting a "Rock Show" further away, in East Berlin, starring Canadian musician Bryan Adams. In Jackson's case, it was suggested that an additional alternative be organized, during which Jackson's show could be broadcast onto a cinema screen. And there would be a two minute delay, in case of "political provocation." Should Jackson's concert feature anything politically inappropriate then they would simply play a video of an earlier Jackson show.
APA photograph from Michael Jackson's Stasi file.
Secret Police 'Hurled The Young People To The Ground.'
As it was, the distraction never happened. Instead, as feared, there were violent clashes between East German music fans and police, many of whom were in civilian clothes, mixing into a crowd of thousands. As eyewitness, Alan Nothnagle, a translator living in Berlin, writes on his Salon.com blog: "We noticed 'inconspicuous' men in civilian clothes, slouching on street corners in groups of three, eyeing the passers-by. The reason was no secret: somehow everyone knew that Michael Jackson was giving a concert in front of the Reichstag that evening, just a few hundred meters from where we were standing … Hundreds, soon thousands of young people congregated to hear the music. The Stasi agents also multiplied... We never heard a note of music that night, but soon voices arose in the crowd calling 'The Wall must go!' and 'Gorbachev! Gorbachev!' Now the plainclothes Stasi men came alive. They hurled the young people to the ground, shouting 'What did you say? What did you say?' and hauled them off by the collar into side streets where police vans were waiting to bundle them off to Stasi headquarters."
Television camera crews from the West German channels, ARD and ZDF, filmed the altercation and also came under attack from the secret police. The West German administration later made official complaints about the mishandling of members of the western press.Strangely enough, exactly a month later, American singer, Bruce Springsteen played at an East Berlin velodrome, to around 160,000 East German fans, many of whom had entered the grounds without tickets. At that concert, which was organised by the Communist youth group, there was provocation aplenty. East Germans sang along to "Born in the USA and Springsteen pulled a 17 year old East German Fraulein onto the stage to dance with him. "I want to tell you I'm not here for or against any government," Springsteen called out to the crowd as he introduced his version of the Bob Dylan song, "Chimes of Freedom". "I came to play rock'n'roll for you East Berliners in the hope that one day all the barriers will be torn down." The official broadcast of the concert was censored.
August 1, 2009
Michael Jackson and Katerina Witt as Celebrity Spies?
Michael Jackson and Katerina Witt as Celebrity Spies?News this weekend from Germany reveals another aspect of Michael Jackson’s mystique. According to a report from Das Spiegel, Jackson and other western performers were spied on by East German secret police Stasi. According to the news Jackson’s 1988 concert in Berlin was cause for more than a stir from fans there, as the then communist regime was apparently dealing with an already restive East German youth movement. Files from the former East German secret police also suggest that Ice Skating double Gold Medalist Katerina Witt and other stars may have been used in “diverting” attention from Jackson’s and other concerts during this time.
Katarina hosted a concert featuring Brian Adams during this time, which actually did draw some attention away from what were feared to be “influential” performances from the west. Ironically, Katarina gave an exhibition in late 88 in the midst of her Calgary Gold Medal quest featuring none other than Michael’s song Bad. Was this performance the Stasi thumbing its nose at the west and Jackson, declaring who was really bad? The Stasi evidently put forth considerable effort to watch Michael before his concert on 19 June, 1988. The documents obtained also revealed the Stasi’s fear of unrest from young people who apparently intended to listen to the concert from over the Berlin Wall or from in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Michael’s West Berlin performances of Bad below, reveal a little of the power these celebrities exuded.
At the time of this “Bad espionage” crisis, the LA Times and other newspapers billed the Jackson – Witt performances as something of a match of ideals, calling Michael’s and Katerina’s relative concerts an “East-West battle of the bands”, which according to the numbers of people at each, Katarina and Brian Adams likely won, given there were nearly 3 times as many fans attending Witt’s extravaganza.
Interestingly, in the Winter Olympics of 88 East German athletes won more Gold Medals than the Americans. Talk about a war of the wills! Perhaps the CIA (if they were using stars for democracy) fought a losing battle in this “fact or fiction” cold war.
Below, Katarina’s version of “Bad” before a packed house at the 88 Calgary Olympics
In all seriousness, it is fairly evident that governments play all the cards in the deck when playing “hard ball” for power. However, though Katarina could play Mata Hari pretty well for the East, Michael never did really come off as the James Bond type for me. The real impact Michael had however, cannot be underestimated. This is just another peripheral example of the appeal and power of such personalities.
Michael in Berlin 1988
Ivorian villagers claim the body of Michael Jackson, their son and prince
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En 1992, Michael JAckson est couronné Amalaman Anoh, du nom d'un ancien prince du royaume © AFP In 1992, Michael Jackson was crowned Amalaman Anoh, named after a former prince of the kingdom © AFP
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Des villageois ivoiriens réclament le corps de Michael Jackson, leur fils et prince Ivorian villagers claim the body of Michael Jackson, their son and prince
En 1992, Michael JAckson est couronné Amalaman Anoh, du nom d'un ancien prince du royaume © AFP In 1992, Michael Jackson was crowned Amalaman Anoh, named after a former prince of the kingdom © AFP
La star de la pop, décédée le 25 juin dernier, avait visité Krindjabo, village ivoirien, en 1992. The pop star, who died June 25 last, had visited Krindjabo, ivoirien village in 1992. il y avait été fait prince et avait souhaité y retrouver ses "racines africaines". there had been prince and had wanted to regain its "African roots". Le village estime qu'il devrait y être enterré, parmi les siens. The village believes that there should be buried among his own.
"Il était notre fils, nous réclamons son corps": les notables de Krindjabo, capitale du royaume du Sanwi (sud-est ivoirien), demandent que Michael Jackson soit enterré dans ce village qu'il avait visité en 1992 et où il avait été intronisé "prince". "It was our son, we call her body" means significant Krindjabo, the capital of the Kingdom of Sanwi (south-eastern Ivory Coast), requested that Michael Jackson is buried in the village he had visited in 1992 and where he was inducted "prince".
"Nous réclamons que son corps arrive pour qu'il soit enterré dignement à Krindjabo", explique Ahissan Nogbou, porte-parole du roi des Sanwi, un royaume des Akan, grand groupe ethnique qui s'étend de la Côte d'Ivoire au Togo. "We demand that his body happens to be buried with dignity Krindjabo," says Ahissan Nogbou, spokesman for the King of Sanwi, a kingdom of the Akan ethnic group which extends from the Ivory Coast in Togo .
Alors qu'aux Etats-Unis l'incertitude règne sur la destination de la dépouille de la star décédée le 25 juin à Los Angeles - l'hypothèse Krindjabo apparaissant toutefois des plus improbables - le notable ivoirien ne veut pas croire que le corps puisse être transféré ailleurs qu'au village. While in the United States there is uncertainty about the destination of the remains of the star who died June 25 in Los Angeles - the assumption Krindjabo appears most unlikely, however - in the Ivory Coast does not believe that the body can be transferred outside of the village.
"Ce serait une honte, car dans la tradition akan un prince est toujours enterré chez lui", fait-il valoir, drapé d'un pagne noir, couleur du deuil, sous le regard du roi Amon N'douffou V qui, selon la coutume, ne parle jamais en public. "It would be a shame, because in the Akan tradition is still a prince buried with him", he argues, draped in a black cloth, the color of mourning, under the gaze of King Amon N'douffou V, according to the custom, never speaks in public.
Le prince couronné The crown prince
Le 13 février 1992, le chanteur de "Thriller", en tournée sur le continent africain, était venu dans ce gros village au coeur de la forêt pour retrouver ses racines africaines. On 13 February 1992, the singer of "Thriller", on tour on the African continent, came in this big village in the heart of the forest to find his African roots.
Tano Koutoua, un planteur octogénaire, faisait partie des notables qui avaient participé à l'événement, sous l'égide du roi précédent, Amon N'Douffou IV. Koutou Tano, an octogenarian farmer, was among the notables who attended the event, under the previous king, Amon N'Douffou IV.
"Son séjour dura 30 minutes. Il avait été couronné Amalaman Anoh, du nom d'un ancien prince du royaume, sous l'arbre à palabres" qui se dresse majestueusement au milieu du village, se souvient M. Koutoua, une photo de la cérémonie à la main. "His stay lasted 30 minutes. He was crowned Amalaman Anoh, named after a former prince of the kingdom, under the palaver tree" that stands majestically in the middle of the village, remembers Mr. Koutou, a photo of the ceremony at hand.
Michael Jackson "avait expliqué à l'assistance que ses origines proviendraient de ce royaume Sanwi, avant de dire merci en langue agni (ethnie locale, ndlr)", raconte-t-il, disant pleurer "un enfant du village". Michael Jackson "was explained to the audience that its origins come from this kingdom Sanwi before to say thank you language agni (local ethnicity, ed)," he says, crying saying "a child of the village".
Collégien à l'époque, Fulbert N'Douba, 30 ans, se rappelle que la superstar avait promis "la construction d'un foyer de jeunes qui devait être une pépinière des vedettes de la chanson". College at the time, Fulbert N'Douba, 30, remembers that the superstar had promised "to build a home for young people who should be an incubator of famous singers.
Las, "le projet n'a pu être réalisé en raison de la politique destructrice des fils du terroir", se lamente Fulbert N'Douba, désignant les quatre hectares de terrain réservés, désormais envahis par les herbes. Las, "the project could not be achieved because of the destructive policy of the son of the soil," laments Fulbert N'Douba designating the four hectares of land reserved, now overgrown with weeds.
Selon lui, l'artiste avait été déçu par la suite de recevoir dans son ranch californien de Neverland, pour évoquer le projet, "une délégation de notables autre que celle qui l'avait accueillie en Côte d'Ivoire". According to him, the artist was disappointed by the result of receiving in his Neverland ranch in California to discuss the project, "a delegation of notable other than that which had greeted in Côte d'Ivoire."
Mort du "fils adoptif" Death of "adopted son"
Pour l'heure, les habitants du village ont décidé cependant de mettre en sourdine leurs querelles pour rendre un hommage princier au "roi de la pop". For now, the villagers have decided however to mute their quarrels to pay a tribute to Prince's "king of pop".
La Mutuelle des originaires du canton de Krindjabo (Amok), association des cadres de la localité, a annoncé mardi la mort du "fils adoptif" dans la rubrique nécrologique du journal pro-gouvernemental, Fraternité-Matin. La Mutuelle des originaires Township Krindjabo (Amok), an association of managers of the resort, announced Tuesday the death of "adopted son" in the obituary section of the pro-government newspaper, Fraternité Matin.
Un comité travaille sur le programme de la cérémonie, qui comprendrait une exposition de photographies et d'oeuvres discographiques dans la grande cour royale. A committee working on the program of the ceremony, which includes an exhibition of photographs and recordings in the great royal court.
L'un des temps forts devrait être une parade de sosies de Michael Jackson sur la place principale du village. A highlight will be a parade of look-alikes of Michael Jackson on the main square of the village. Et une causerie-débat sur "l'influence de l'artiste sur la musique du XXe siècle" réunira journalistes et musicologues. And a talk and discussion on the influence of the artist on the music of the twentieth century "will bring together journalists and musicologists.
Mais malgré l'hommage prévu, les villageois expriment d'une même voix un regret. But despite the planned tribute, villagers express with one voice a regret. "Michael Jackson est mort sans laisser aucun souvenir dans son village", déplore une vieille dame, Thérèse Somian Affala. "Michael Jackson has died without leaving any memory in his village," says an old lady, Teresa Somian slumped.
Prince Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh (prince of Sanwi) will be buried in Côte d'Ivoire
Prince Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh (prince of Sanwi) will be buried in Côte d'Ivoire
APA - Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) - La Côte d'Ivoire s'apprête à organiser des funérailles pour le roi de la pop, Michael Jackson, décédé le 25 juin dernier à Los Angeles, aux Etats Unis. APA - Abidjan (Ivory Coast) - The Ivory Coast is preparing to hold a funeral for the king of pop, Michael Jackson, who died last June 25 in Los Angeles, USA.
La cérémonie, prévue du 31 juillet au 2 août prochains, aura lieu dans le village du Krindjabo, dans le sud-est de la Côte d`Ivoire, ont annoncé samedi les organisateurs, qui entendent ainsi rendre un dernier hommage à leur « prince Michael The ceremony, scheduled from 31 July to 2 August, will take place in the village of Krindjabo in south-east of Ivory Coast, announced Saturday the organizers, who intend to pay their last tribute to their "prince Michael Jackson ». Jackson.
« Nous attendons près d'un million de personnes qui viendront d'Afrique, d'Europe et d'Amérique pour rendre cet hommage méritoire au roi de la pop que nous avons intronisé prince en 1992 à la faveur de son voyage en Afrique », explique le président du comité d'organisation, Olivier Kattié. "We expect nearly one million people who come from Africa, Europe and America to make this worthy tribute to the king of pop that we have enthroned prince in 1992 through his trip to Africa" says the chairman of the organizing committee, Olivier Katt.
En visite en Côte d'Ivoire en 1992, Michael Jackson avait été intronisé prince du royaume de Sanwi, dont Krindjabo est la capitale. On a visit Côte d'Ivoire in 1992, Michael Jackson was inducted prince of the kingdom of Sanwi, Krindjabo which is the capital. Or, les princes Sanwi sont toujours enterrés chez eux. But the princes are buried Sanwi home. C'est suivant cette tradition que les notables du royaume vont organiser les funéraires, en dépit de l'absence de sa dépouille qu'ils ont réclamée à sa famille. It is following this tradition that the notables of the kingdom will organize the funeral, despite the absence of the remains they claimed to his family.
La désignation du successeur de Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh (prince du Sanwi), conformément aux us et coutumes, des danses traditionnelles, la projection de films, constitueront les temps forts de ces funérailles. The appointment of the successor to Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh (prince of Sanwi) in accordance with the customs, traditional dances, film shows, will be the highlights of the funeral.
Michael Jackson est décédé le 25 juin dernier à Los Angeles, d'un arrêt cardiaque, à l'âge de 50 ans. Michael Jackson died last June 25 in Los Angeles of cardiac arrest at age 50.
L'Amérique et le monde lui ont rendu un hommage émouvant, le 7 juillet dernier au Staples Center de Los Angeles. America and the world have made him an emotional tribute on 7 July at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Prince Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh of the Anyi Other Funeral
Michael Jackson's other funeral
| By John James BBC News, Krindjabo, Ivory Coast |
 The village will be in mourning until a new prince is announced on Sunday |
A "funeral" for pop star Michael Jackson has been taking place in the village of Krindjabo, where he was crowned a prince of the Anyi people on a visit to the country in 1992.
The village has been in mourning since his death on 25 June.
The villagers appealed without success to have the body returned, but since his official funeral in Los Angeles they have decided he also needs to be properly buried according to the customs in the Sanwi kingdom.
The village football pitch here has been transformed into a green square surrounded on all sides by tents full of what I guess is around 1,000 people from the village and - like us - from Abidjan to formally say goodbye to one of the biggest pop music stars of the last 50 years.
You may know him as Michael Jackson, but here he is Prince Michael Amalaman Anoh.
One of the organisers of the event, Emmanuel Kassy Kofi, said they had appealed through the international media and the US embassy in Abidjan for Michael Jackson's body to be returned.
 Michael Jackson was enthroned as a "king-in-waiting" |
Michael Jackson was enthroned as a king-in-waiting and should normally be buried in a river.
"If for example the Americans or his family permitted for us to bring the body here we'd do what needs to be done," Mr Kofi said.
"We asked for the body - it's for us. It was Michael Jackson himself who tested his DNA and said it'd be good to find his family.
"And by certain signs the King also recognised certain signs that he was part of the dynasty. And the royal seat that the king's sitting on - Michael Jackson sat on it too."
The organisers say his spirit is already here and will be put to rest.
The whole village is in mourning here until Sunday when the successor to Prince Michael Jackson Amalaman Anoh will be announced.
Until then, the party and memorials will continue well into the night.
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