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Fatal officer-involved shooting in Napa County
by United Reporting	,	October 23, 2020
Photo: snip from the shooting video
Originally appeared as a Napa County Sheriff's Office Facebook post –
"On Monday, October 5th, 2020, at approximately 10:10 PM, Napa County Sheriff's Sergeant David Ackman spotted a car traveling on Kaiser Road with the headlights off. The driver of the car was later identified as Juan Adrian Garcia. Sergeant Ackman made a traffic stop as Garcia approached the Kaiser Road/State Highway 221 intersection.
Immediately after stopping, Mr. Garcia tossed a cell phone out of the driver's side window and exited his vehicle without being told to do so. Mr. Garcia advanced toward Sergeant Ackman while keeping one hand tucked behind his back.
For nearly a minute, Sergeant Ackman attempted to de-escalate the situation as he retreated and repeatedly asked Mr. Garcia to stop and show his hands, however Mr. Garcia refused to comply.
When Mr. Garcia got within close range, Sergeant Ackman fired his weapon 6 times, hitting Mr. Garcia 5 times in the torso and once in the leg. Moments later, Napa County Sheriff's Deputies arrived at the scene and administered CPR and First Aid. Mr. Garcia was rushed to Queen of the Valley Medical Center, but died the following night around 8:30pm.
Although Mr. Garcia refused to stop and show both hands simultaneously, it was later determined he was not carrying any weapons. Investigators were unable to obtain a statement from Garcia, therefore we're unaware of his motive.
However, it should be noted medical records show Mr. Garcia's serum blood alcohol level on the night of the incident was .338%. Mr. Garcia's criminal record includes multiple DUI arrests. He understood English, including the commands that were given to him by Sergeant Ackman.
As part of protocol, Sergeant Ackman has been placed on administrative leave. He's been a Napa County employee for 31 years, the past 21 years with the Napa County Sheriff's Office. This incident is being investigated by the Major Crimes Task Force, which includes the Napa County District Attorney's Office, Napa County Sheriff's Office, and Napa Police Department."
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Around 1:20 a.m., the suspects approached a 29-year-old man in front of 25-48 Steinway St. and punched and kicked him, while attempting to remove property from his backpack.
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NunatuKavut Research Forum coming up on March 24-25, 2022
NCC will be hosting an exciting NunatuKavut Research Forum on March 24-25, 2022! The theme is "Preserving and Sharing our History in NunatuKavut."
It will be a virtual event with in-person hubs in Port Hope Simpson, Cartwright and Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Space at the in-person hubs may be limited. Please register by March 23, 2022 to confirm your participation.
Virtual and Port Hope Simpson Registration:
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March 24 Sessions
Archaeological Work in NunatuKavut with Lisa Rankin, Professor and Research Chair, Department of Archaeology, MUNL
Between 2003 and 2013 Lisa, her students and research assistants from Cartwright recorded and excavated multiple Inuit archaeology sites in Sandwich Bay helping to explain the Inuit history of the region between the 16th and 20th centuries. Come and find out what they learned and what the future plans are for archaeology in southern Labrador.
Heritage Resources and Repatriation: Research, research, and re-search with Deirdre Elliot, PhD Candidate, Department of Archaeology, MUNL
Report on repatriations research, including a preliminary inventory of Inuit heritage resources from southern Labrador, experiences and challenges in repatriation efforts, and recommendations for the future.
How Citizen Science Can Play an Important Role in Archaeology with Lisa Rankin, Professor and Research Chair, Department of Archaeology MUNL and Jamie Brake, Provincial Archaeologist, Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts and Recreation, Government of NL
Have you ever wondered how archaeologists do their jobs? Come learn about the basic protocols we use, why they are important and why it is more important than ever in this period of rapid climate change that we learn about the archaeological sites you have found in and around NunatuKavut communities. Bring your photos (or email them to Shandy Smith at ssmith@nunatukavut.ca) and we will tell you how to best report and protect them for future generations.
March 24 Evening Session
Preserving Meaningful Memories with Donna Teasdale, Conservator, Department of Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
Donna Teasdale is a Conservator with the Department of Archaeology at MUNL. She has a degree in archaeology and a diploma in Collections, Conservation and Management from Fleming College. At Memorial, Donna works closely with the archaeologist to make sure that the artifacts they excavate are stabilized for display and storage. Each artifact has a story to tell, and the preservation of these artifacts is her main task.
Come learn about what Donna does and why it is important. Following her presentation Donna will take questions about caring for your own family heirlooms. If you have photographs, slippers, baskets, tools, or other items that you would like to learn how to care for please email photos in advance of the talk ssmith@nunatukavut.ca.
Launch of NunatuKavut Inuit History Project with Dr. Amy Hudson, Governance and Strategic Lead, NunatuKavut Community Council and Dr. Andrea Procter, NCC Researcher
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Launch of NunatuKavut Community History sessions with Dr. Amy Hudson, Governance and Strategic Lead, NunatuKavut Community Council and Dr. Andrea Procter, NCC Researcher
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Our Time Over There: Memories of the Muddy Bay and Lockwood Boarding Schools with Dr. Andrea Procter, NCC Researcher
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Михаил Валентинович Савва (род. 19 ноября 1964, Краснодар, СССР) — российский политолог, общественный и политический деятель. Доктор политических наук, профессор Кубанского государственного университета.

Биография

Образование
В 1989 году окончил исторический факультет Кубанского государственного университета, в 1993 году — аспирантуру. В 1996 году окончил социологический факультет Кубанского государственного университета, в 2001 году — аспирантуру социологического факультета Московского государственного университета, где защитил диссертацию на соискание учёной степени кандидата социологических наук. В 1994-1999 годах соискатель кафедры национальных и федеративных отношений Российской академии государственной службы при Президенте РФ, в которой защитил диссертацию на соискание учёной степени доктора политических наук.

Работа
С 1991 по 1993 год Михаил Савва возглавлял отдел по национальным вопросам и межнациональным отношениям Краснодарского краевого Совета народных депутатов, занимавшийся подготовкой краевых нормативных актов и аналитических материалов по вопросам межэтнических отношений и национально-культурного развития. До образования краевого подразделения Миграционной службы РФ в ведение отдела входило также исполнение части функций Миграционной службы на территории Краснодарского края.

В 1993—1994 годах Савва был главой управления по делам национальностей, региональной политике и миграции администрации Краснодарского края, осуществляя взаимодействие с этническими объединениями края и решая вместе с миграционной службой края вопросы приёма и обустройства беженцев и вынужденных переселенцев. В этот период Савва также занимался урегулированием межэтнических конфликтов на территории края. В 1994—1995 годах Савва возглавлял департамент по делам национальностей министерства по делам национальностей и региональной политике России, где взаимодействовал с национально-культурными общественными организациями и участвовал в урегулировании межэтнических конфликтов уже на федеральном уровне. При его участии готовились проекты законов «О национально-культурной автономии в РФ» и «О статусе коренных малочисленных народов в РФ». Уволился по собственному желанию, отвергая национальную политику России на Северном Кавказе во время первой чеченской войны.

В 1995—1996 годах Савва — заместитель Главы администрации Краснодарского края и представитель администрации в Законодательном собрании края. С августа 1997 по январь 2001 года он был заместителем начальника, а затем начальником управления по делам общественных и межрегиональных связей мэрии Краснодара. Вскоре после смены мэра в декабре 2000 года Савва ушёл в отставку из-за несогласия с политикой, проводимой новым городским руководством.

С 1996 года Савва работает в Кубанском государственном университете, где был доцентом, а затем профессором кафедры политологии, а с 2001 года профессором кафедры связей с общественностью и социальных коммуникаций. Вёл курсы «Конфликтология», «Теория и практика связей с общественностью», а также ряд спецкурсов по этнической политике. С января 2001 года Михаил Савва является также директором грантовых программ общественной организации Южный региональный ресурсный центр. В рамках этой работы он занимался разработкой методических рекомендаций по развитию гражданского общества. Член Общественной наблюдательной комиссии Краснодарского края по контролю за обеспечением прав человека в местах принудительного содержания граждан. Специалист в области исследования межнациональных отношений. Автор большого числа публикаций по вопросам межнациональных конфликтов и проблем межэтнических отношений. Изданы его монографии «Этнический статус (конфликтологический анализ социального феномена)» (Краснодар, 1997), «Пресса, власть и этнический конфликт (взаимосвязь на примере Краснодарского края)» (Краснодар, 2002, в соавторстве), «Новые диаспоры Краснодарского края» (Краснодар, 2006). Статьи Михаила Саввы публиковались в таких ведущих профильных изданиях, как «Социологические исследования» (журнал РАН) и «Международная жизнь» (журнал министерства иностранных дел России).

Оценка научной деятельности
Как ученый интересовался этническими проблемами. У него есть монографии, статьи, книги. Как минимум десять лет он много изучал проблемы гражданского общества. Что касается его взглядов, то это человек не склонный к радикализму. У него всегда были умеренные взгляды. Он классический, очень профессиональный профессор, его очень любят студенты, он руководил многими научными работами аспирантов, преподаватель высшего класса. Во всем, что касается политологии, он один из лучших кубанских ученых.

Уголовное преследование
11 апреля 2013 года на основании материалов оперативно-розыскной деятельности ведомства было возбуждено уголовное дело в отношении Михаила Саввы по ч.3 ст.159 УК РФ «Мошенничество в особо крупном размере». Речь идёт о хищении бюджетных средств, выделенных администрацией Краснодарского края на гранты. По версии следователя ФСБ, при реализации программы «Построение мира», на которую получен федеральный грант Министерства экономического развития РФ, Михаил Савва не провел социологического исследования, на которое было запланировано более 300 тысяч рублей

Возбужденное дело в отношении Михаила Саввы, по мнению его супруги Елены, является политическим. Она сообщила, что при обыске в квартире сотрудников ФСБ интересовали зарубежные контакты её мужа.

12 апреля 2013 года Михаил Савва был задержан на 48 часов. Около 06.00 в квартире Михаила Саввы начался обыск, который проводили сотрудники УФСБ.

Согласно данным ФСБ Савва виновен в хищении бюджетных денег, полученных ЮРРЦ в качестве гранта. В понедельник, 15 апреля 2013 года, Савва должен был приехать в Москву на заседание президентского Совета по правам человека, чтобы выступить с докладом о проверках НКО на Кубани.

13 апреля 2013 года Октябрьский районный суд Краснодара избрал меру пресечения Михаилу Савве, в виде ареста сроком на 2 месяца.

14 марта и 10 апреля 2013 года сотрудники краевого управления ФСБ провели обыски в Южном региональном ресурсном центре.

27 апреля в Краснодаре прошел митинг в поддержку профессора Саввы. Митинг собрал около сотни человек: студентов, коллег, гражданских активистов.

13 мая 2013 года в отношении Саввы возбуждено второе дело по ст. 159 УК РФ («Мошенничество»). На этот раз политолога и правозащитника обвиняют получение денег за курс, который он не вел.

По словам адвоката профессора Марины Дубровиной, Савве вменяется получение порядка 90 тысяч рублей в качестве оплаты за проведение курса, которого, по версии следователя ФСБ, Савва не провёл. Марина Дубровина и сам Михаил Савва считают это обвинение надуманным.

5 июня 2013 года Октябрьский районный суд вынес решение продлить арест профессора Михаила Саввы до 11 августа.

17 июня 2013 года Союз солидарности с политзаключенными признал Михаила Савву политическим заключенным. «Политическим» называет дело против Саввы и заместитель директора «Хьюман Райтс Вотч» по Европе и Центральной Азии Рейчел Денбер.

8 августа 2013 года Октябрьский районный суд вынес решение продлить арест профессора Михаила Саввы до 11 октября.

5 ноября 2013 года в Краснодаре начался суд по делу Михаила Саввы, которого УФСБ Краснодарского края обвиняет в мошенничестве по двум частям 159-й статьи Уголовного кодекса. Известный правозащитник Лев Пономарев, занятый помощью краснодарскому ученому, опасается, что сотрудники спецслужб собираются обвинить Михаила Савву в государственной измене.

Обвинение Михаила Саввы построено на показаниях Виктории Реммлер, директора маркетингового агентства «Пилот», с которым сотрудничал Савва.

2 апреля 2014 года Первомайский районный суд Краснодара вынес Савве обвинительный приговор, назначив наказание — 3 года условно.

21 мая 2014 года в материале на портале «Ясно» Михаил Савва не исключил заведения новых уголовных дел против него.

19 февраля 2015 года уголовно-исполнительная инспекция обратилась в Советский районный суд Краснодара с ходатайством отправить в колонию профессора Михаила Савву. По сведениям источника в правоохранительных органах Краснодарского края, уголовно-исполнительная инспекция выступила с соответствующим ходатайством, поскольку осужденный нарушил «режим отбывания условного наказания» — якобы он скрылся за границей. В этот же день Михаил Савва сообщил, что покинул Россию и обратился за получением политического убежища в одной из европейских стран, опасаясь того, что ему могут предъявить обвинение по еще одному уголовному делу.

23 ноября 2015 года стало известно, что главное следственное управление МВД по Краснодарскому краю предъявило новое обвинение профессору Михаилу Савве в мошенничестве при получении выплат, совершенном группой лиц по предварительному сговору.

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Директор Института этнологии и антропологии РАН В. А. Тишков после ареста Саввы заявил: «За его порядочность в плане финансовых средств могу поручаться. Дело поддержки НКО вел скромно и без политизации. Ребята в СК и ФСБ, видимо, имеют установку давить всех, кто пытается чего-то возражать обыскам и изъятиям. Тем самым бьют по вполне лояльным гражданам, делая из них уже упертых критиков власти и ситуации в стране. Тем временем ненавистники России потирают от удовольствия руки и не только. Когда и кого будем призывать к ответу за этот антироссийский маразм?».

По мнению кубанского общественно-политического активиста, директора Национал-правозащитного комитета «Презумпция» Альберта Гаямяна, Михаил Савва осознано вёл борьбу против российского государства: «Я убеждён в том, что Михаил Валентинович является высокоинтеллектуальным человеком, а значит, он прекрасно осознаёт то, чем занимается, распределяя "забугорные" деньги среди российских НКО. Считаю, Савва понимает то, что американские деньги даются лишь на разложение чуждого им (американцам) общества и государства, а не на его процветание. Как любой менеджер, он заинтересован в большем обороте денег. Следовательно, он корыстно лоббировал и пропагандировал либерализацию общества и власти, направленную на уничтожение сложившейся общественно-культурной формации России»..

Михаил Савва о ситуации на Кубани
«Основания для протестных настроений в крае есть, и они очень серьезные. Они не специфичны для нас, кубанцев, в целом те же, что и по всей России. Можно выделить два главных основания. Первое — это очень высокий уровень относительной депривации, или, проще говоря, глубокое чувство ущемленности, дефицит справедливости. Дело в том, что за нулевые годы в России сформировался новый правящий класс. Это бюрократия — чиновники в погонах и без погон — любые. Их возможности неимоверны, их права значительно выше, чем права всех остальных людей, и это стало в привязке к информации о фальсификациях на последних думских выборах спусковым крючком для массовых протестных действий. Классики теории относительной депривации утверждают, что люди становятся способными на организованные протестные действия не по классовому признаку, не по уровню доходов, а в силу общего чувства несправедливости. Обратите внимание на протестные акции, которые имели абсолютно одинаковый формат в Москве, Петербурге и у нас в Краснодаре: они объединяли людей вне зависимости от уровня доходов. Помните, может быть, в одной старой революционной песне есть такая строчка: "кто паровозы оставлял, идя на баррикады". Сегодня люди порой и "бентли" оставляют, уходя на Болотную. Что это значит? Граждане, даже с весьма высоким уровнем доходов, стали чувствовать себя беззащитными перед бюрократией» — Михаил Савва.

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 Пресс-портрет Михаила Саввы на Яндексе
 Михаил Савва: «Власти не хватает зависимости от народа»
 Хроника событий, связанных с арестом Михаила Саввы

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Jeff Goode is the creator of American Dragon: Jake Long for the Disney Channel. Previous to that he was well-known as a playwright, responsible for such works as The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. He has also been a Guest of Honor at several furry fandom conventions. Combine all those facts and you might just have an explanation for his latest work for the stage, Fursona Non Grata. Here's what the press release says: "A young woman raised furry brings her mundane fiancé home for the holidays to meet her family for the first time. Fur-larity ensues. Screenwriter and playwright Jeff Goode, the creator of Disney's American Dragon: Jake Long and the author of The Eight: Reindeer Monologues is developing a new stage play for SkyPilot Theatre Company in Los Angeles, inspired in part by his misadventures as a GoH at Califur, Rocket City Furmeet and Oklacon. The original comedy Fursona Non Grata will have its first public reading on: Sunday, June 17 @ 3:00 p.m. at the Sherry Theater, 11052 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, CA. Admission is Free! Featuring Katie Apicella, Jude Evans, Brett Fleisher, Kelly Goodman, Joanna Kalafatis, Christian Levatino, Bart Petty, Rosina Pinchot, and Julia Sanford. There will be a post-reading talk-back with the author. This will be a chance for actors, audience and the furry fandom to give the author direct feedback on this new work-in-progress which is set to premiere in 2013 as part of SkyPilot's main stage season." Fursona Non Grata also has its own Facebook page where you can learn more about the new production.
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The New York Mets finished the 2016 season with a record of 87-75, good for second place in the NL East Division. In addition, they earned the first wild-card position but ran into the brick wall that is Madison Bumgarner, despite an outstanding pitching performance from second-year starter Noah Syndergaard. While this year was a downgrade from last year's division title and World Series appearance, the Mets do deserve credit, considering three of their five starters ended up on the disabled list, and they had to utilize parts from their AAA team to stay competitive.
Since Sandy Alderson has taken the reigns as Mets general manager, the culture of the Mets has dramatically changed. In Alderson's initial years with the organization, the team was hampered by financial constraints that stemmed from the Madoff Ponzi scandal and subsequent court-ordered repayments in the settlement. This scandal forced Alderson to place more emphasis on building rather than buying, which led to a repopulation of the farm system by selling off once-prized assets.
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While it may not feel like spring is on the way in certain parts of the country, it's closer than you think. Why? Well, the start of Spring Training is less than three weeks away, and we all know that the mere sight of players on a baseball field gives people the warm and fuzzies — no matter what the thermometer says.
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Outside of watching Mike Trout dominate on a nightly basis, there wasn't much else to be happy about in 2016 with regard to the Los Angeles Angels.
They went a disappointing 74-88 and missed the playoffs for the fourth time since 2012, which was Trout's rookie season. To make things worse, it's also been hard to feel optimistic about the organization's future in recent years.
It's getting better, though.
ESPN's Keith Law (subscription required) no longer views them as baseball's worst farm system, but coming in 27th out of 30 teams isn't anything to party about. On the big-league level, big contracts to C.J. Wilson and Jered Weaver have come off the books, leaving just one more year of paying Josh Hamilton and another five years (womp womp) of Albert Pujols.
Without the financial means to throw money at a free agent or the farm system to offer a boatload of intriguing prospects in a trade, general manager Billy Eppler had to get creative this winter, which is exactly what he's done.
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Moving on to the last position in the outfield, we've already anointed Bobby Veach the Greatest Tiger left fielder, and Ty Cobb the greatest Tiger center fielder. The question now is, will Sam Crawford make an early 1900's sweep of outfield greats, or will Al Kaline or possibly Harry Heilmann, or another Tiger take home that crown? To be eligible for the list, a player must play at least 5-years for the Tigers with a majority of games coming at that position. Unlike the infielder however, I do look at stats across all outfield spots.
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Qualifying for today's list is: Al Kaline, Harry Heilmann, Sam Crawford, Pete Fox, and Magglio Ordonez. With this group, I am leaving Pete Fox off the list with a total Tigers WAR of 10.6.
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it's that time again, baseball fans! time to rank the best of the best in Major League Baseball by position. MLB Network began airing their annual Top 10 lists last Sunday, which was oddly changed from Thursdays in past years, i might add. and tonight, on January 22 at 10 pm ET, their "Top 10 Right Now: Left Fielders" show premiered.
Brian Kenny, who was joined by Eric Byrnes, hosted the reveal of this year's Top 10 Left Field players currently in baseball going into the 2017 season as ranked by MLB Network's Shredder. an analytic methodology known as The Shredder, which operates without emotion or bias, assembles these rankings based on a player's recent performance and projected performance for the coming season.
If the general premise of this sounds familiar, it's because we've talked about this before.
On the heels of the Texas Rangers returning to the playoffs in 2015, I noticed they had similar roster uncertainties in advance of 2016. All they did once Opening Day rolled around was win the American League West with ease by posting an AL-best 95-67 record.
While they proved to be masters of winning one-run games, having just a +10 run differential made some wonder if they'd be able to hang in the playoffs. And before there was an answer, they were packing up for the winter after getting swept by the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS.
The 2017 season is fast approaching, and the AL West will be interesting to follow. After all, Seattle Mariners general manager Jerry Dipoto won't stop making trades and the Houston Astros are doing whatever they can to make Sports Illustrated look like a bunch of geniuses.
The Rangers still have some roster questions to answer ahead of Spring Training — like, is this Mike Napoli reunion happening or not? — but one area that's set is the outfield.
Texas will go to battle with 21-year-old Nomar Mazara in left, Carlos Gomez in center and Shin-Soo Choo manning right. This looks good on paper, but it's far from a sure thing judging from each player's recent history.
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Yesterday, Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell were voted into the HOF. For the first time, a steroid user has been voted into the Walhalla of baseball. I had to let that sink in. You can only wonder why a bunch of cheaters has been voted into the HOF.
It all started with the induction of a commissioner who used to turn a blind eye to the steroid use during the homerun race between Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa in the late nineties. Baseball had lost ground due to the player strike in 1994 and fans had turned away from the game. This homerun race between McGwire and Sosa was heaven sent as it helped to get the fans back to the stadiums.
Only around 2004, Selig stepped up against steroid use so he would be remembered as the commissioner that fought steroid use….
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In case you missed the news last night, the Tigers most likely just traded for their center fielder. In a move that isn't going to get a ton of coverage, Detroit traded a player to be named and cash to Tampa for right handed hitting Mikie (pronounced Mike-ee) Mahtook.
The move doesn't come as a big surprise as General Manager Al Avila mentioned that Detroit would be searching all avenues for a center fielder and had been connected to cheaper options recently.
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I get a free day, and that it's OK to take advantage of it. Just don't go out of control, and really try to stick to the plan the rest of the week.
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Thompson Strawberry Farm, located in Bristol, Wisconsin, included more than two million sunflowers in their fields this summer. As the name suggests, they also had strawberries available earlier in the summer, but it was their first foray into floral blooms that really caught everyone's attention.
"We had kind of been planning to do it for the last couple years and never got around to it," Scott Thompson, the farm's owner, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "We said if there was ever a year the world needed more sunflowers, this was it. We just needed some extra happiness this year."
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We are in the heart of the season…..there are flowers everywhere!!🌸🌻
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The farm, which has been in the Thompson family for just over 70 years, charges $25 for a carload of visitors (up to 6 people), which includes taking home a dozen sunflower blooms. Their website claims there are 15 acres filled with the bright orange and yellow flowers and recommends bringing something to cut the flowers with, plus a vase (they're happy to provide some water).
As a social distance-friendly activity, the farm encourages everyone to take their time wandering around the sunflower paths. "People can have a picnic or walk among the flower fields," Thompson said. "You just get to hang out and enjoy the field, and get away to the country."
The response from visitors has been so overwhelmingly positive that Thompson already plans to make sunflowers a regular part of their farm from now on. "We get all these comments on Facebook, or if I'm out in the field, everybody is like, 'Thanks for doing this,' and 'This is what I needed," Thompson told CNN. "People are so happy to be out there and have a place to go."
Those able to make a trip to the farm will also get to see some zinnias, wildflowers, and a particular breed of Mexican sunflowers that are known for attracting butterflies. They currently still have some raspberries available for picking and will have pumpkins just in time for fall.
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Technology Investor Lead Edge Capital Raises $950 Million as VC Sector Swells
By Marc Vartabedian
Lead Edge Capital raised a $950 million fund for growth-stage technology investing, adding to the already soaring fundraising total for the sector.
Lead Edge Capital V LP, which closed at its hard cap, is more than 80% larger than its predecessor fund, which closed in 2018 at $520 million.
The new fund will write checks of up to $150 million to fuel mature startups that are capitalizing on society's increasing embrace of digital technologies, a trend that has been pushed forward by the coronavirus pandemic, said Lead Edge founder and Managing Partner Mitchell Green .
"We believe that this pandemic has accelerated digital transformation across all industries, which has validated our investment thesis, which is digital businesses over the last decade have been a net share gainer over traditional old-school legacy businesses," Mr. Green said.
The new fund comes after Lead Edge notched exits from several portfolio companies this year. Work management software company Asana Inc. launched a direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange in September and cybersecurity company Signal Sciences LLC entered into a $775 million acquisition agreement with Fastly Inc. this summer.
Lead Edge also is an investor in financial-tech giant Ant Group Co., which is awaiting regulatory approvals for a pair of stock sales in Asia that could raise more than $30 billion in total, making it the largest initial public offering in history.
Venture firms have continued to raise capital at a healthy clip throughout the pandemic. Through the third quarter of this year, venture firms in the U.S. have raised $56.6 billion across 228 vehicles, already surpassing last year's full-year total and putting this year on pace to notch a record high for the total capital raised in one year, according to a report from data analytics firm PitchBook Data Inc. and the National Venture Capital Association.
Investors largely have been undeterred in backing technology-focused venture firms, thanks to the fact that share prices for tech companies have been on a tear for much of the year, Mr. Green added.
"I think investors are leaning into private funds focused on managers that have an expertise around technology," Mr. Green said. "Investors believe that the same tailwinds that benefit public software and internet companies are also going to benefit private software and internet companies."
The fund tapped roughly 500 limited partners, the majority of whom are business executives that participate in the fund as individual investors and act as advisers to the firm's portfolio companies. Meg Whitman , the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. and current CEO of streaming platform Quibi Holdings LLC, and Alison Rosenthal, the former head of mobile at Facebook Inc., participated in Lead Edge's latest fund.
Mr. Green added that the pandemic forced a change to his fundraising tour, forcing him to talk to potential LPs virtually instead of traveling to meet them.
The new vehicle is Lead Edge's fifth fund since the New York-based firm was founded in 2009 and brings its total capital raised to over $3 billion.
View original article at Wall Street Journal


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SONIA PETRONE
Department of Decision Sciences
sonia.petrone@unibocconi.it
20236 TIME SERIES ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL DATA
40140 BAYESIAN STATISTICAL THEORY II
Laurea cum laude in Economic and Social Sciences from Università Bocconi. PhD in Statistics, Università di Trento (1989).
Sonia Petrone is Full Professor of Statistics at Bocconi University, Milano, and Director of the PhD in Statistics at Bocconi.
Member of Evaluation Committee for Human Resources (2013-2016), Bocconi Univ. Member of University Research Council (2012), Bocconi. Vice-director and curricula director, PhD in Statistics, Bocconi Univ. (2004-2011). Previously at University of Insubria (1998-2001) and University of Pavia (1991-1998). She has conducted research in several universities and research institutions abroad, including Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Washington, Duke University, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications-University of Minnesota, Indian Statistical Institute,Russian Academy of Science, Pontificia Universidad Catòlica de Chile.
Professional and editorial service.
Co-Editor, Bayesian Analysis, 2010-2014. Associate Editor, Statistical Science, 2014-2016.
President Elect (2013), President (2014), Past President (2015) of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis.
Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS): Elected member of the IMS Council, 2011-2014. Member (01/2011-09/2012) and Chair (10/2012-07/2014), IMS Committee on Travel Awards.
International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA): Member of ISBA Board of Directors (2002-2004 and 2008-2010). Constitution and Bylaws Committee member (2012-2017); Chair (2015) and member (2009) of de Groot Prize Committee; Chair (2012) and member (2010) of Savage Award Committee.
Project evaluator and referee: National Science Foundation (USA); Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO); Conicyt (Chile); Milano Univ.; Padova Univ.
Member of the scientific and organizing committee of numerous international scientific meetings and research programs, including the series of workshops on "Bayesian Nonparametrics" (BNP) and "Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Processes" (BISP).
Prize for Excellence in Research, Bocconi University (2002, 2003 and 2009-2010; 2011-2012; 2013-2014; 2015-2016). Lindley Prize 2010, with S. Wade and S. Mongelluzzo.
Bayesian Statistics -- foundations, methods, applications. Bayesian nonparametrics. Mixtures and latent variable models. Methods and models for prediction. State space models.
Fortini, S. and Petrone, S. (2015). Predictive Characterization of Mixtures of Markov Chains. Bernoulli, to appear.
Fortini, S. and Petrone, S. (2015). Predictive distribution: de Finetti's view. Wiley StatsRef-Statistics Reference Online.
Petrone, S., Rousseau, J. and Scricciolo, C. (2014). Bayes and Empirical Bayes: do they merge?. Biometrika, 101, 285–302.
Wade, S.K., Dunson, D.B., Petrone, S. and Trippa, L. (2014). Improving Prediction from Dirichlet Process Mixtures via Enrichment. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 15, 1041–1071.
Petrone, S., Rizzelli, S., Rousseau, J., Scricciolo, C. (2014). Empirical Bayes methods in classical and Bayesian inference. METRON, 72, 201–215.
Wade, S., Walker, S. and Petrone, S. (2014). A Predictive Study of Dirichlet Process Mixture Models for Curve Fitting. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics, 41, 580–605.
Fortini, S. and Petrone, S. (2012). Hierarchical Reinforced Urn Processes. Statistics and Probability Letters, 82, 1521-1529.
Fortini, S. and Petrone, S. (2012). Predictive construction of priors in Bayesian nonparametrics. Brazilian Journal of Probability and Statistics, 26, 423-449.
Petris, G. and Petrone, S. (2011) State space models in R. Journal of Statistical Software.
Wade, S., Mongelluzzo, S. and Petrone, S. (2010). Enriched conjugate priors for Bayesian nonparametric inference. Bayesian Analysis, 6, 359-386.
Petrone, S., Guindani, M. and Gelfand, A.E. (2009) "Hybrid Dirichlet mixture models for functional data", Journal Royal Statistical Society, Ser. B, 71, 755-782.
Petris, G., Petrone, S. and Campagnoli, P. (2009) Dynamic linear models with R, Springer, N.Y.. Trippa, L., Bulla, P. and Petrone, S. (2011) "Extended Bernstein prior via reinforced urn processes", Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics,63, 481-469 (online 2009). Petrone, S. and Veronese, P. "Feller operators and mixture priors in Bayesian nonparametrics" (Statistica Sinica, 2010, 20, 379-404 ). N.L.Hjort and Petrone, S. (2007) "Nonparametric quantile inference with Dirichlet processes", in: Advances in Statistical Modeling and Inference. Essays in Honor of Kjell A Doksum, V. Nair Ed., 463-492. A.E. Gelfand, M. Guindani and Petrone, S. (2007) "Bayesian nonparametric modelling for spatial data using Dirichlet processes" (with discussion), in: Bayesian Statistics 8, J.M. Bernardo, J.O. Berger, Dawid, A.P. and A.F.M. Smith Eds, Oxford University Press. Petrone, S. (2007) Discussion on "Approximating interval hypothesis: p-values and Bayes factors", by J. Russeau; in: Bayesian Statistics 8, J.M. Bernardo, J.O.Berger, Dawid, A.P. and A.F.M. Smith Eds., Oxford University Press. Petrone, S. (2003) "A predictive point of view on Bayesian nonparametrics"; in: Highly Structured Stochastic Systems, P. Green, N. Hjort and S. Richardson Eds, Oxford University Press. Petrone, S. and Wasserman, L. (2002) Consistency of Bernstein Polynomial Density Estimators, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Ser. B, 64, 79-100; Petrone, S. and Veronese, P. (2002) Non Parametric Mixture Priors Based on an Exponential Random Scheme, Statistical Methods and Applications, 11, 1-20. Campagnoli, P., Muliere,P. and Petrone, S. (2001) Generalized Dynamic Linear Models for Financial Time Series, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 17, 27-39; Petrone, S. and Corielli, F. (2005) Dynamic Regression Using Bernstein Polynomials with Application to Estimation of the Term Structure of Interest Rates Studi Statistici 61, IMQ, Università Bocconi; Petrone, S. (1999) Random Bernstein Polynomials, Scandinavian Journal of Statistics , 26, 373-393; Petrone, S. (1999) Bayesian Density Estimation Using Bernstein Polynomials, Canadian Journal of Statistics, 27, 105-126; Petrone, S. (1999) Discussion on "Bayesian nonparametric inference for random distributions and related functions", by Walker, S.G., Damien, P., Laud, P.W., Smith, A.F.M., Journal of the Royal Statistics Society, Ser. B, 61, 522-523. Petrone, S., Roberts, G.O. and Rosenthal, J.S. (1999) A Note on Convergence Rates of Gibbs Sampling for Nonparametric Mixtures, Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, 3, 213-225; Petrone, S. and Raftery, A.E. (1997) A Note on the Dirichlet Process Prior in Bayesian Nonparametric Inference with Partial Exchangeability, Statistics and Probability Letters, 36, 69-83. Mira, A. and Petrone, S. (1996) Bayesian Hierarchical Nonparametric Inference for Change-point Problems; in: J.M. Bernardo, J.O. Berger, A.P. Dawid, A.F.M. Smith (eds.), Bayesian Statistics 5, Oxford University Press, 693-703. Muliere, P. and Petrone, S. (1993) A Bayesian predictive approach to sequential searching for an optimal dose: parametric and nonparametric models, Journal of the Italian Statistical Society, 3, 349-364. Muliere, P. and Petrone, S. (1992) Generalized Lorenz curve and monotone dependence orderings, Metron, L, 19-38.


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CDT Bookshelf: Howard French on China in Africa
Posted by Samuel Wade | Jul 15, 2014
The story of China in Africa is not just one of lumbering and faceless state-owned enterprises mechanically dispensing stadiums according to blueprints wired from Beijing. In China's Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, Howard French describes his travels through fifteen countries to find China's human presence. Most of the Chinese he meets are not officials or contract workers, but individuals who, for their own reasons, have sought opportunity where the West sees little. Still, their endeavors remain tangled with those of their government. French also talks with representatives of the African governments and publics which, he stresses, will play active and decisive roles in shaping the outcomes of engagement with China. He writes:
Africa, I believe, is embarking upon an era of sharp divergences in which China will play a huge role in specific national outcomes—for better and for worse, perhaps even dramatically, depending on the country. Places endowed with stable governments, with elites that are accountable and responsive to the needs of their fellow citizens, and with relatively healthy institutions, will put themselves in a position to thrive on the strength of robust Chinese demand for their exports and fast-growing investment from China and from a range of other emerging economic powers, including Brazil, Turkey, India, and Vietnam. Inevitably, most of these African countries will be democracies. Other nations, whether venal dictatorships, states rendered dysfunctional by war, and even some fragile democracies—places where institutions remain too weak or corrupted—will sell off their mineral resources to China and other bidders, and squander what is in effect a one-time chance to convert underground riches into aboveground wealth by investing in their own citizens and creating new kinds of economic activity beyond today's simple extraction.
The book fizzes with relevance beyond its direct subject matter, offering insight into China's other foreign ventures and unfamiliar perspectives on its domestic politics and society.
Now an associate professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, French covered both China and Africa as a foreign correspondent for The New York Times. His previous books are A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa and Disappearing Shanghai, a collection of his documentary photography, presented alongside poetry by Qiu Xiaolong. He kindly agreed to discuss China's Second Continent with CDT by email.
China Digital Times: What are the most common or serious pitfalls in thinking about Africa and China's presence there, for those of us without a strong focus on or familiarity with the former?
Howard French: I would emphasize two things. The first [misconception] is that everything, or even most of what is happening in Africa with regard to China is directly driven in some centrally planned way by the Chinese state. Beijing has clearly made a priority of extending its influence on the continent, but a major theme of my book is that the large-scale migration of private Chinese citizens has become an important wild card in relations between China and Africa, one that defies real control or planning. For that reason, the tentative working title of the book was originally "Haphazard Empire."
The other thing I would say is that the common notions of Chinese competition with the United States or with the West "for Africa" involve gross oversimplification. It is widely thought that China's big successes in commerce and construction have come at the expense of Western interests, but because of the way the global economy is segmented and increasingly specialized, that is largely untrue. The goods that China is selling are generally not mainstays of Western commerce anymore. I would also say that China has large, inherent competitive advantages in infrastructure and public works, because of the scale of infrastructure building in China, and because of the low cost of capital there, and that much of the business it is winning in Africa in this sector isn't so much being taken away from anyone as it is being allocated rationally.
CDT: This business may not be taken away from the West, but Samuel Inokye of the Association of Ghana Industries complained in the book that "our indigenous road builders, just like our textile manufacturers, cannot win contracts against the Chinese, who win everything, but who give us quality that is very low." Similar complaints arise elsewhere. How serious is this erosion of opportunity for African businesses?
HF: The erosion of opportunity for African entrepreneurs is a very big issue across Africa. There is little good technical reason that African countries should be relying on international contractors to build road systems. In fact, road building should ordinarily serve as a rung on the ladder toward higher industrialization, an activity whose entry costs and technical barriers should be relatively manageable for developing countries. I said that China had big competitive advantages over Western companies in infrastructure development, including road building, and that is true, but according to what several Chinese contractors themselves told me in my book, China also engages in anti-competitive practices in this sector, including below cost bidding to build market share and sustain high employment rates, and this makes it nearly impossible for indigenous public works companies to establish themselves in the market.
CDT: You note a number of signs of American "soft power" and cultural influence across the continent, from Snoop Dogg to beauty pageants, but there are few, among Africans, of China's. Is China making a cultural impression? Are Chinese New Year celebrations widespread, for example? Is its presence being reflected in African literature or cinema?
HF: Soft power remains a huge weak spot for China in Africa. It is something that the country has simply not figured out, and it is an area where I believe it will suffer a long-term disadvantage. There are a few clear reasons for this. China is perceived (wrongly) as a homogenous society, rather than a multicultural one, and this deprives it of many of the natural hooks that connect American culture, and even Western European culture to Africa. Secondly, pluralism has fairly deep roots in many African societies, and the Chinese state's desire to tightly control information, to tailor and dominate the narrative in terms of politics and history, and to hew to stodgy propaganda hinders Chinese influence.
China has invested hugely in propagating its state media in Africa, most notably this means CCTV and an African edition of China Daily. Neither of these strikes me as remotely sophisticated enough to achieve much of a purchase on African audiences, who are used to intense, contradictory news coverage, both national and international. The Chinese products come across as baldly propagandistic, full of euphemism and China boosting.
One hears the odd African leader speaking about emulating the Chinese model in one way or another, but I have seen very few signs of any resonance of such notions at the popular level. For all of the West's inconsistency and even hypocrisy, it must be said that the notions of universal values that it promotes have a strong and broad appeal. To answer your question more specifically, my sense is that China is not making a big impression culturally, either – certainly not anywhere near in proportion to the economic inroads it has made in Africa.
CDT: One striking culture clash in the book is Chinese bewilderment at African religiosity: "How is it that in a country full of poor people, everything is closed on Sundays? In China people are trying to make money on Sunday, too. Here, everyone goes to church!" "Malians are always making excuses, and the biggest trump card of all is God. Invoke God, and you are without blame." (The latter seems to echo the frustration of Teju Cole's American narrator in Every Day Is For The Thief at the Nigerian slogan, "Relax! God is in control.")
HF: This relates back to your soft power question. The Chinese come across very often, and yes to their disadvantage quite often here, as having reduced life to one dimension, the economic dimension: getting rich and if possible getting rich quickly.
CDT: On Twitter, [former Mexican ambassador to China] Jorge Guajardo suggested 'A Cautionary Tale for Latin America' as an alternative subtitle for the book. There might equally be lessons in it for central Asian partners along China's "New Silk Road," and for countries anywhere, like the U.S. or particularly Canada and Australia, with growing Chinese investment and resource deals. How broadly do you feel the experiences in the book apply beyond Africa? Are there parallels elsewhere that you find particularly compelling?
HF: I am a great admirer of the writing of a China scholar of a very different generation, Owen Lattimore. One of his big ideas concerned how China has controlled its destiny and its place in the world by creating "near abroads," meaning buffer zones, essentially in Central Asia, where Chinese settlers played an important role in establishing Chinese influence and neutralizing enemies and rivals. I feel that in some ways Chinese "near abroad" has simply moved further afield, to Africa and to Latin America, at least embryonically. The presence of large migrant communities helps develop strong trade networks, which have the potential of transmitting other kinds of influence over time, but they also play a geopolitical role that perhaps harkens back to Lattimore. By building a position in Latin America, China, in theory anyway, may eventually be able to distract and preoccupy the Americans in their own back yard, the better to prevent the Americans from thoroughly distracting and preoccupying Beijing in China's back yard, as is the case at present.
CDT: On the other hand, there are similarities, such as imported labor and general monopolization of the fruits of development, between some Chinese ventures in Africa and development projects in Tibet and Xinjiang. Is this a useful parallel? If African countries' experiences can serve as cautionary tales elsewhere, can Africa take lessons from China's west?
HF: Yes, and the large-scale importation of labor, whether in Muslim or Tibetan areas of western China or in Africa, predictably raises hackles, and undermines the much ballyhooed notion of win-win.
CDT: It's common today to be pessimistic about democracy's global prospects. Francis Fukuyama's recent look back at 25 years since "The End of History" in The Wall Street Journal was distinctly defensive in tone. But the importance of democracy, especially when it extends beyond the mechanics of elections into deep civil society, is a central theme of the book. Moreover, you suggest that reactions to China have actually strengthened democracy and civil society in some cases.
HF: I'm not at all pessimistic about democracy's prospects in Africa. Trouble dominates the news in most places, and coverage of Africa, historically, has been notoriously nearly one-dimensional in this regard. The effect is that people continue to think of the continent as a basket case, even as its prospects, overall, have steadily improved. Africa is more democratic than it has ever been, and this trend continues to develop. Africa is growing faster than any other continent, and although inequality is becoming a big problem, as elsewhere, this growth and the accompanying emergence of big middle classes, would seem to strongly favor the deepening of democracy. China has inadvertently played a role in stimulating democracy in that civil societies and opposition parties have responded to a decade of robber-barron deals between Chinese parties and African leaders – uncompetitive and deeply un-transparent deals – and insisted on more openness and accountability.
CDT: On the other hand, you talk about projects stalling as governments change, and infrastructure decaying due to lack of consistent attention. Many African countries would also have good reason to share China's fear of social chaos. Has China's development and stability over the past thirty years increased the appeal to Africans of one-party rule along Chinese lines?
HF: No.
CDT: Are there plans for a mainland Chinese edition?
HF: I would be delighted to see a Chinese edition, but I haven't had any attention from publishers there so far. A Taiwan edition is in the works and I was in Taiwan in May to promote it.
CDT: Could the core of your story survive the inevitable pruning (to borrow terms from Evan Osnos' reflection on his own decision not to publish in China)?
HF: I reserve judgment on this. I recently shared my book with a friend from Beijing who began reading it, saying that it seemed too critical of China to pass muster with the censors. A few more chapters into the book, though, she told me that it seemed like I had interviewed all kinds of characters, "good" and "bad," and had let them tell their stories. From this point on, she said she could find no fault with my fairness, and she went on to note her surprise at an abundance of criticism of American and other Western policies toward Africa.
I didn't just aim to be objective, but to achieve a reasonable degree of representativity in the choice of characters I included in the manuscript. I would hope that if Chinese publishers took interest in my book, that they could themselves recognize this, and eventually China's censors, as well. What I could not consent to is the publication of a Chinese edition of my book that skewed my story to fit a political purpose, or to ostensibly shield Chinese sensibilities from unaccustomed thoughts or observations.
CDT: You've talked elsewhere [12:20] about how your work on Disappearing Shanghai fed into China's Second Continent. Did you contemplate a photographic component to the book? Will we see a photographic side to the project in future?
HF: Not really. I believe in total commitment to reporting and to photography, which pretty much means I can only feel like I am doing the work justice when I limit myself to one of these forms at a time. I took photos during my year on the road for this book, but with nothing like the application that would have been required for something I'd like to publish.
CDT: Besides your own, what books and other sources would you recommend for building a clearer understanding of Africa in general, and China's relations with it in particular?
HF: Over the last couple of years I've done a lot of reading in political theory, and this has helped me understand Africa and the problems of the nation state, including China, much better. A few items I'd highlight taken from a class I taught last fall:
Joseph Strayer, On the Medieval Origins of the Modern State
Charles Tilly, Coercion, Capital and European States
Jeffrey Herbst, States and Power in Africa
Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Economic Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy
Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman, Inequality and Regime Change [PDF]
Mahmood Mamdani, Define and Rule: Native as Political Identity
James C. Scott, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
Ernest Gellner, Nations and Nationalism
Dani Rodrik, Roepke lecture in Economic Geography- Who Needs the Nation-State?
Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink, Transnational Advocacy Networks in International and Regional Politics [PDF]
R Charli Carpenter, Setting the Advocacy Agenda: Theorizing Issue Emergence and Nonemergence in Transnational Advocacy Networks.
A good general introduction to Africa is Biography of a Continent, by John Reader.
In fiction, I have been a huge admirer since my youth of Chinua Achebe. This means Things Fall Apart, of course, but also of his less well known books: No Longer at Ease and The Arrow of God. It is impossible to do justice to the topic in a short list like this, but I would also highlight Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Petals of Blood; The Wizard of the Crow; Dreams in a Time of War.
CDT: Musical selections are a frequent highlight of your Twitter feed. Can we have one now?
HF: I was in a supermarket-department store in Kampala, Uganda a few weeks ago, and they were playing non-stop Franco, a deceased giant of Congolese Rhumba. I was so bowled over by its beauty that I nearly started dancing in the aisles; actually I began to sway a little bit. Anyone who doesn't know Franco's music owes themselves the favor.
Let me say another, final word about African music. It is of course extremely diverse and hard to usefully characterize in any general way. At its best, though, it reflects the extraordinary vitality and vibrancy of African civil society. This was the case with Franco, whose song about SIDA (AIDS) is one of the most potent public health messages I've ever heard. It is the case with Fela, the Nigerian musical giant who I often tweet about and whose large catalog nearly all consists of protest of one kind or another. The Chinese, and indeed anyone, would do well to study African civil society, which has developed and persevered under some of the most difficult conditions anywhere, producing works of high genius and renewing societies and changing them for the better.
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