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Q: Fastest way to get a focus target in arena I'm new to PvP and arenas in general in world of warcraft. I've been getting better, but I'm losing a lot of time in arenas switching targets to help CC a crowd. I know that some more proficient PvPers like to do something like set a focus target, and use a focus modifier macro to say 'Blind' an opponent while not changing their main target that they're DPSing.
What's the fastest way to do this in an arena setting or in any PvP setting for that matter? I want to have a focus target always available so if something like a blind cooldown is available, I can hit say a shift modifier on my normal blind action and get them without physically switching targets.
Any addons+other tips for this would be GREAT!

A: Addons.
Gladius is a very useful PvP tool that provides you with unit frames for your opponents, allowing you to perform actions to the unit frames, themselves. Mine is set up so that right-clicking a unit frame makes that player my focus target. I also have other clicks set up, such as Shift + right-click, which causes me to use Polymorph on the clicked target without ever having to have them targeted or focused.
More recently, I've dumped Gladius and just used Clique, which is a good all-purpose tool for handling clicks on unit frames (raid frames, arena frames, boss frames, etc.). You can set up clicks to do the same thing as Gladius, but you have to specify that the click is meant for a non-friendly target.
In large-scale PvP, Battleground Targets is similar to Gladius, but provides less detail per enemy (since it can show up to 40 targets), reducing each target down to a customizable bar and icon(s). By default, left-clicking an enemy will make them your target and right-clicking an enemy will make them your focus target.
These addons are very commonly used throughout the PvP community and help you to easily make informed decisions and quickly target the correct enemy.

Alternatively, if you don't want to use addons, you can quickly set your current target to your focus target with the macro command, "/focus." I have a macro that I use for this purpose:
/focus [nomod]
/cleartarget [mod]

When using this macro, you can set your current target to your focus, clear your current target (by holding a modifier, such as Shift), and clear your focus (provided that you don't currently have a target) since /focusing a non-existent target clears your focus.
You can also use macros that target specific players. For example, in a 3v3 Arena match, you can target each opponent using arena1, arena2, and arena3 like so:
/tar arena1

If you have space in your keybinds (eg. the Num1, Num2, and Num3 keys), then you can change targets quickly by just pressing a button.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Barbarous Law
August 3, 2016 By Jake Highton Leave a Comment
Jake Highton
The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2015-2016 term on a triumphant note, striking down the inhumane Texas anti-abortion law.
As Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in a concurring opinion to the 5-3 ruling: "It is beyond belief that the Texas law could really protect the health of women."
Beyond belief, certainly, but much in keeping with oppressive, unconstitutional anti-abortion laws in the Deep South.
The New York Times editorialized: "Republican lawmakers around the country are restricting or destroying constitutionally protected reproductive rights. The 2013 Texas law forced abortion clinics and their doctors to meet pointlessly strict medical standards."
Such standards were invalidated by the Supreme in 1992 by Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The Roe v. Wade decision by the Supreme Court in 1973 guaranteeing the right to abortion is often ignored.
In a retrograde dissent in the Texas case by Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas, Alito tried vainly to justify clinic closures.
The court, in another positive decision, reaffirmed affirmative action, 4-3. The court ruled that race was just one of the many factors for admission to the University of Texas at Austin.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, declared: "Considerable deference is owed to a university in defining those intangible characteristics, like student body diversity, that are central to its educational mission."
But what should have been an easy, unanimous decision in the 21st century, archreactionary Thomas dissented with angry howls: "a faddish theory" and "affirmative action gone wild."
IMMIGRATION PLAN STIFLED
The other end-of-term decisions by the court are in keeping with its many reactionary rulings over the years. The worst was a mere nine-word pronouncement in U.S. v. Texas that President Obama's immigration program was dead.
Under the Obama plan five million undocumented immigrants would be shielded from deportation and allowed to work in America.
Walter Dellinger, former solicitor general, rightly decried the brusque dismal of a humanitarian plea: "Seldom have the hopes of millions been crushed by so few words."
The heartless ruling left the undocumented immigrants continuing to live in fear of deportation.
Eliana Fernandez, 28, immigrant from Ecuador, manages cases for an advocacy group. She bravely faces the illegal-immigrant dilemma: "They must step out of the shadows and speak publically as a way to humanize their plight. They must publically counter arguments that they are dangerous to America."
The court did not disclose how the justices voted but the 4-4 ruling was along the usual ideological lines with Chief Justice Roberts joining the reactionaries.
The split vote led to laments that the court needed a ninth justice to replace Justice Scalia, who died in February. True. But the sad fact is that the Republican-controlled Senate refused to hold hearings on Merrick Garland, a highly qualified appeals court judge.
The cynical Republicans hoped a Republican president elected in November would pick a conservative. But the GOP bosses may have outsmarted themselves. If Donald Trump is elected GOP president the nominee could be worse than the Republican chiefs bargained for. If Democrat Hillary Clinton is elected the nominee could be in the Garland vein.
GRAFT PROSECUTION OPPOSED
In the last decision of the term, the Supreme Court ruled against graft prosecutions of public figures. Although the court did not put it that bluntly, it overturned unanimously, 8-0, the graft conviction of Bob McConnell, former governor of Virginia.
Chief Justice Roberts labored to justify the reversal. "We cannot criminalize routine political behavior," he wrote. "Public officials arrange meetings for constituents and contact other officials on their behalf."
McDonnell, a Republican, was charged with using his office to help businessman Jonnie Williams, who lavished luxury products, loans and vacations worth more than $175,000 on McDonnell while he was governor.
Perhaps not bribery but a decent politician would have declined such lavishness.
Another decision, 5-3, brought a fiery dissent from Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Rightly so. The ruling was pure racism.
"It is no secret that people of color are disproportionate victims of this type of scrutiny," Sotomayor wrote.
The "racist" who wrote the majority opinion? Thomas, the only black justice on the court. He was joined by fellow "racists," Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Alito and Stephen Breyer.
The majority ruled that evidence found by police officers after illegal stops may be used in court even if the officers later conducted their searches to learn the defendants had outstanding arrest warrants.
Thomas said such searches do not violate the Fourth Amendment when the warrant is valid and unconnected to the conduct that prompted the search. But Sotomayor said that "the court had vastly expanded police power." Indeed it had.
Jake Highton is an emeritus professor from the University of Nevada, Reno. (jake@unr.edu)
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But, instead of shrouding everything with black and mocking my maturity, this birthday celebration turned out to be fantastic because my husband made it more than just about me getting old, er, older. Enter the Kindness TWIST! He invited party-goers to join in on donating supplies and making toys to help a local animal shelter.
Friends and family brought supplies listed on the shelter's wish list. Many of those supplies were then used to make toys for the cats and dogs in the shelter. Then, the die-hard party-goers came along to donate all the abundance ready to help the community's abused and neglected cats and dogs.
we gathered to make a difference?
Make the event about celebrating a birthday with kindness and making a difference in the world!
Are a great format for parties for adults and for kids!
Provide an easy way to involve kids without involving clowns or an expensive venue. How many more presents do kids need on their birthdays? How much money needs to be spent on goody bags or entertainment? None of those things are wrong to do, but what if we took a portion of that money to help another AND celebrate our kids?
Create long lasting memories for families and friends. Experiences of sharing kindness and serving others are long-lasting and meaningful!
Note: A family member was unable to make the trip to the party. So, he made a donation in my name to his local animal shelter. What a sweet gesture in showing appreciation for me and helping his community!
Donate: Simply donate gifts to a nonprofit that works helping a group you want to help. You can donate toys received to a local shelter or even ask for supplies for the service project.
Service Project: Go to a nonprofit and complete a service project there. Pennies of Time shows how two boys brought a magic show to a nursing home.
Acts of Kindness: Complete birthday acts of kindness- You complete an act of kindness for each year of your life.
See how one mom did it for her 35th birthday.
Read how one dad did it for his 42nd birthday.
Spotlight a Cause: Have a "regular" birthday celebration with the typical bells and whistles, but take a few minutes and share about a cause that is close to your heart.


NEW ZEALAND - A new era in fisheries management starts on 22 September when regulations providing for joint government and iwi management of fishstocks in the lower Waikato River come into effect.
The regulations enact the fisheries agreements of the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Act 2010.
MAF Director-General Wayne McNee says they meet the Ministrys commitment in its fisheries work plan to develop meaningful co-management arrangements with Maori.
The regulations enable Waikato-Tainui to manage non-commercial customary fishing on the lower Waikato River, Mr McNee said.
The trustees of the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu River Trust and appointed kaitiaki (customary fishing authorisers) will be able to issue customary fishing authorisations.
Under the regulations, the Trust can also recommend bylaws to the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture that may restrict fishing on the lower Waikato River in order to ensure long-term sustainability of fishstocks or for cultural reasons.
Otherwise commercial and recreational fishing can continue undisturbed on the Waikato River, Mr McNee said.
MAF formed a joint working group with Waikato-Tainui to develop the regulations, consulting with affected River stakeholders between May and July this year. The proposed regulations were approved by Cabinet in August.
The Ministry will lead compliance with the new regulations, and will also be involved with training, record keeping and administration.
The regulations apply to that part of the Waikato River from Karapiro to the River mouth, including the tributaries, streams and watercourses that flow into that part of the river; and the lakes, wetlands and banks of water bodies along the way.
The key fishery in the lower Waikato River is freshwater eels. Commercial fishers fish out of Port Waikato for species such as mullet and flatfish. Port Waikato is also a popular recreational fishing area.


34 Pieces of You, the other book that we've read by Carmen Rodrigues, is nothing short of intense. And though it looks like we might get a tiny reprieve with The Universal Laws of Marco, it certainly promises to deliver compelling characters and a thoughtful storyline that intrigues us.
We're suckers for dual POV, and this one has that, but in a different, very interesting way: told from Marco's point of view in the past, in eighth grade, and the present, as a high school senior.
Carmen Rodrigues is the author of 34 PIECES OF YOU and NOT ANYTHING. She earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of North Carolina Wilmington.


It's a SMALL WORLD after all with the release of not one, but two expansion packs— Power Packs 1 & 2!
And, for THE VOYAGES OF MARCO POLO comes the Agents of Venice expansion!
Lastly, come the card game for people who love Puns—PUNDERDOME!
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They may have waited four years before releasing their first batch of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey but now that the four year mark has past distillers Shane Baker and Dr. Pat Heist at Wilderness Trail Distillery in Danville, Kentucky are opening the bourbon gates. Their latest release is a Bottled-in-Bond Small Batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey made with a rye small grain versus wheat as found in Wilderness Trail's original Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon.
High Wheat vs. High Rye Small Batch Bourbon?
There's a lot wrapped up in that statement. The two spirits mash bills share the same percentage of 64% corn and 12% malted barley but the remaining mash bill grains vary. Wilderness Trail wants bourbon fans to taste the difference when 24% rye is substituted for the 24% wheat.
Unlike Bottled-in-Bond which has a very strict definition the phrase Small Batch has no legal definition. A Small Batch at a craft distillery may be three barrels while a Small Batch at a larger distillery like Four Roses Distillery could be 100 to 125 barrels. In the case of this latest Wilderness Trail Distillery release their small batch consists of 10 to 12 barrels.
Wilderness Trail proudly uses Kentucky-grown Heritage rye from a local farm, a sweet mash process (most large distilleries use sour mash) and low barrel proof entry into a barrel for aging. When it comes time to dump the bourbon out of the barrel for bottling Wilderness Trail's bourbon and rye whiskeys are bottled at maturity with no chill filtration. That allows more flavor to stay in the bottle. It may also mean fans will see a bit of cloudiness in the bottle at times, and that's ok.
The release will take place at the third annual A Taste in Danville on April 27, 2019 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the distillery where samples will be available. A Taste in Danville features Wilderness Trail's Bourbon and some of central Kentucky's best spirits, locally crafted beers, food and live music.
Wilderness Trail is a proud member of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour and can be found at fine retailers and locations across Kentucky, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Maryland, Illinois, Michigan and Tennessee. Wilderness Trail plans to add Ohio, California, and Virginia in the near future.


Jeff Adams was all techied up with dual monitors to keep us on track during the business sessions. Rev. Dr Lex Akers enjoyed the opportunity to be back amongst us as he chaired the business sessions. According to Lex's slip of the tongue, we need to raise "funny money" for our newly named 'Multiplying Churches fund' (formerly Co-Labourers).
Our moreish meals and delectable desserts were interspersed with dynamic electives. The exciting new vision of "National Impulse" was shared by the very passionate Rev. Troy Beer. Not church growth – church multiplication!
Our exciting evening services were beautifully led by an inspiring worship team. On Thursday night our "Down Under" American brother Rev. Joel Heron shared from 2 Kings 6:24 – 7:17. 'How do we respond when under siege in our life or leadership'?
Day 2 was another beautiful day. Rev. Rob Simpson asked what we're paying attention to, in his morning devotional. Moving on to the business session, there was a sweet spirit during the elections and we moved smoothly through the morning.
After an informative report from Lex re: the NSW district, Rex encouraged us to prayerfully consider moving to NSW to support the work there. Brendan Edwards asked Rex if he had a list of those he wanted to go!!!
We were so efficient the business was completed early and we had a bit of extra free time to catch-up with old friends. (Networking…that's what they call it now)! The afternoon electives were again well attended and informative. The only complaint was having to pick only 2 of the 5 great options.
Friday night the worship again drew us into the presence of God. Joel shared from Joshua 1:2-9; 6:17-19 "Growing into your Next and New!" Challenging us to step out in faith where God leads. God added His own emphasis to a number of Joel's points with some raucous thunder claps during the message.
Saturday morning was a leisurely late start due to the efficiency of the delegates in completing all the business the day prior. We were blessed to be ministered to in song by the Tongan Choir, and also by the Chinese Choir. It is such a blessing to be a part of a truly multicultural church.
Dr. Sifa Lokotui shared in the morning service from 1 Timothy 6:1-16 "The Pastor and the Personal Life of Holiness". He teased that Rex had set him a difficult challenge by asking him to preach in front of so many other pastors, when English is his 2nd language. However, his challenge to us was very clear and poignant. The secret to our ministry and solution to our mistakes is to surrender ourselves to Christ. Have Thine own way Lord….
The highlight of the conference was the opportunity to celebrate the ordination of Siosifa Kaliopasi, Brendan Edwards and Pam Reid. It is wonderful to acknowledge the sacrifice, call and commitment as new pastors rise up to lead our denomination. We were then able to share in a time of communion together, led by Rev Kay Fulcher, where the new ordinands and their spouses served us the elements.
God met with us over the 2½ days, and so emulating the chairman of the Olympic committee I would like to declare this conference "The best conference ever"!


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Pennsylvania prepares to roll out ban on surprise medical billing
Katie Meyer
Michael Riotto, who has received surprise, out-of-network medical bills during his treatment for blood cancer, applauds Pennsylvania's implementation of the federal No Surprises Act. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
A new federal law intended to ban surprise medical billing is set to take effect in the beginning of January. In Pennsylvania, it'll be overseen by the state Insurance Department — and Gov. Tom Wolf says officials are getting ready to roll out the changes.
"The implementation of the No Surprises Act is a major step toward ending unexpected, upsetting, and many times financially devastating medical bills," Wolf said Monday.
Surprise billing is common in the U.S. medical system. It happens when a provider who isn't covered under a patient's insurance becomes involved in that patient's care, often without the patient's knowledge.
This can happen for lots of reasons. In emergency situations, patients can't always choose where they'll be treated. Even patients who carefully select in-network providers can be surprised with big bills when, for instance, an out-of-network doctor at an in-network hospital gets involved with their care in some capacity.
Michael Riotto, who has lived for more than a decade with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, spoke about his own recent experiences at the governor's press conference Monday.
In 2019, Riotto broke bones in both of his feet — a side effect of the bone weakening that can be part of multiple myeloma. He went to two different doctors to get fitted with orthopedic boots, knowing that both of the doctors were in-network. But in both cases, the bills came back hundreds of dollars higher than they should have been.
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Some of the reasons for these charges were clear. For instance, one doctor used an out-of-network provider to get the medical boot. Others were mysterious. But for all of them, Riotto ended up having to battle insurance companies to reduce the bills. It took him about nine months.
"I can't stress enough how much extra stress and anxiety it puts on a chronically ill patient like myself," he said, noting he had to spend "literally hours on the phone and documenting everything back to [his] insurance company or provider to get it fixed."
The federal bill that prompted the surprise billing ban passed in late 2020, under former President Donald Trump. It will stop most health providers from automatically charging patients for out-of-network costs — instead billing patients as if those costs were in-network, and then requiring health providers to negotiate with insurers to settle the balance.
The providers and insurers will go to arbitration if they're unable to agree.
This new rule applies to doctors, hospitals, and air ambulances — though notably, it carves out ground ambulances, a major contributor to out-of-network costs.
'Spread cheer, not COVID': N.J. officials urge boosters, testing ahead of holidays
In the state's final coronavirus briefing of 2021, Gov. Phil Murphy said New Jersey is seeing daily case counts hitting levels not seen since mid-January of this year.
Jessica Altman, Pennsylvania's Insurance Commissioner, will oversee the rollout of the new law in the commonwealth. She noted the current administration enthusiastically supported the federal change.
"The Insurance Department has received numerous complaints about surprise bills over the past few years," Altman said. "Our medical system is complicated enough. The primary concern following major medical procedures should be recovery, not worry over medical billing. My department stands ready to implement this new legislation and protect consumers who act in good faith."
With less than a month until the law takes effect, insurers and medical providers are still attempting to influence the way the Biden administration interprets it.
One key issue: how the arbitration process for paying surprise bills will work. The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing supports a system in which prices are determined based on median in-network rates in a given area.
Insurers tend to support that approach, too. Many doctors and hospitals don't, arguing it could drive down rates and potentially force some providers out of business.
Last month, federal Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said he'd be fine with that, so long as patients aren't hit with exorbitant bills anymore.
"Those who are overcharging either have to tighten their belt and do it better, or they don't last in the business," he said.
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Spotlight PA
Pa. GOP answered Wolf's pandemic vetoes with constitution changes. The strategy is here to stay
Wolf's veto tally grew extensively during the pandemic and will likely expand during his final 13 months in office, as Republicans continue to largely bypass his agenda.
Assessing the ways Chester's Partnership for Safe Neighborhoods program has succeeded
Local, county, and state officials touted the results since the Nov. 2020 launch, including fewer incidents of gun violence.
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Gov. Wolf vetoes measure to block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative entrance
In his veto message, Wolf said the regulation "is a vital step for Pennsylvania to reduce carbon emissions and achieve our climate goals."
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Chief Obafemi Awolowo (1909-1987)
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He was elected Premier of Western Nigeria from 1954 to 1959, after which he became the opposition leader in the Federal House of Representatives. He was arrested in 1962 for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government, imprisoned in 1963 and was freed three years later by General Yakubu Gowon, head of Nigeria's military government, who appointed him the Federal Commissioner for Finance and Deputy Chairman of the Federal Executive Council, a position he resigned in 1971. In 1979, he ran unsuccessfully for president. He died on May 9, 1987
Chief Awolowo's portrait appears on the front of the N100 Note
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Notes: N1000 | N500 | N200| N100 C | N100 | N50 | N20 | N10 | N5
Coins: N2 | N 1 | 50 Kobo
Currency Withdrawn:
Earlier | 1959 | 1965 | 1968 | 1973 | 1977 | 1979 | 1984 | 1991 | 2007
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Lancashire Football Association hires Helen Summers as new Head of Marketing and Communications
Lancashire Football Association today announced the appointment of its new Head of Marketing and Communications.
Following a thorough recruitment process, Helen Summers joins the Lancashire FA team and will work closely with CEO Simon Gerrard, the Board, Senior Leadership Team and all colleagues to help transform the way Lancashire FA communicates its messages to a wide range of stakeholders.
Helen arrives in Lancashire from Qatar, where she has been working as International Media Relations Senior Manager with the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022TM, the organisation working with FIFA to ensure the successful delivery of the first World Cup in the Arab World later this year.
Helen grew up in Pendle, studied in Blackburn and graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Modern Languages. In her early career, Helen was a London-based TV Producer on several football shows and documentaries, before moving over into communication, marketing and media relations roles. Her career has seen her work at the highest level of domestic and world football, with UEFA, Chelsea Football Club, Portsmouth FC, Bolton Wanderers, Barclays and the Asian Football Confederation.
On Lancashire FA's latest recruitment, CEO Simon Gerrard said: "We are really pleased to welcome Helen to Lancashire FA and look forward to benefiting from the experience and expertise she has gained in her impressive career to date. As we now emerge from the limitations of the Covid-19 pandemic, there are many opportunities for football to reach an even wider audience in Lancashire, and with Helen on board I am confident we can exceed and promote all our goals around governance, culture, innovation and growth to maximise our reinvestment back into the game."
Helen added: "I am really excited at this opportunity to get back to my roots and support the Lancashire FA in its mission to grow and enhance the game in a region, where grassroots football is such an important part of many people's lives. Over my 25 years working in the world of football, I have seen first-hand the power of the sport to make a difference. I am looking forward to getting out into communities to hear from our many stakeholders, to help shape the development of innovative new partnerships and campaigns and ensure football in Lancashire is truly a game for everyone."
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Holiday Inn Fremont Port Clinton is a 2 star hotel.
The great hotel restaurant serves extremely succulent things to eat; when you don't feel like going out of the room here at Holiday Inn Fremont Port Clinton to dine, you can ring room service. For all you bowlers, Plaza Lanes is a fine bowling alley near Holiday Inn Fremont Port Clinton. If by chance you are trying to find a marina, Memory Marina is in the vicinity, and it's a pleasant idea to go to Muskellunge Creek.
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CHESTER INC.'S ARCHITECTURAL, CONSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES DIVISIONS ALL HONORED BY NWIBQ AS BEST BUSINESSES IN THE REGION! Pete Peuquet, Chester CEO Both Chester, Inc. Architectural & Construction Services and Chester, Inc. Information Technologies were honored by the readers of Northwest Indiana Business Quarterly as one of the best businesses in three different designations.
Architectural, Construction & Information Technologies Divisions All Honored By NWIBQ As Best Businesses In The Region!


So, Calvinball ended, like, *forever* ago, but I'm just getting around to this blog post now, even though I've been thinking of it *forever*. If you missed out on my frequent Calvinball postings here, you can see the whole month's worth right here.
Here is my stack of layouts that were started as part of the Calvinball competition, which sadly, are still stacked up on my desk almost exactly like this. But, that's over TWENTY layouts I started in the month of March, in addition to the ones that I finished, that I likely would not have made if it wasn't for the inspiration and prompts from Calvinball.
1. I LOVE scrapbooking! I really do. I love making stuff, I love telling stories. I was stuck in a bit of an uninspired rut at the beginning of the year, and Calvinball really pushed me to force myself out of it. Yay.
2. Sometimes it's good to Just Glue It. Not every page will be perfect, not every page needs to be perfect. That stack of 20 unfinished layouts will quickly become 40 unfinished layouts (I'm sure layouts reproduce!) and none of them will be remembered or appreciated if they're never completed. Tell those stories. Get it scrapped. Just glue it.
4. Sometimes when a page isn't working, it's OK to take the photo off, rip the page apart, and start over, or just put that story and picture away for another day.
5. I like making stuff. I like fussing over whether something should be placed 1/8 of an inch to the left or right. Those fiddly bits are why I love the process of scrapping.
6. I love my old product!! One of the Calvinball challenges was to use pre-2010 product.. oh my. I have so much old, good stuff in my stash. Combining it with new product, and using the old product in new way really does give it new life! When it comes to pattern paper.. using just one or two pieces combined with newer papers is great. Break up those old collections, they won't look so old any more!
8. Playing along with a great group of ladies is more than half the fun. :) It's inspiring, it's motivating, it's friendly, and it's nice to have something to share with a larger community. A common purpose, and understanding.
10. Get It Scrapped is awesome! If you haven't checked it out, you should. If you are looking for a place to share creativity, find inspiration, and learn new design and layout process tips, Get It Scrapped is definitely the place for you. Paid membership is totally worth it, and there's lots of free content for non-members, too.
I concur with all ten! I wish Calvinball occurred multiple times each year.
It was great fun and you are especially right about just gluing it and the benefits of GIS. Scrap on!!


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New Test Predicts Relapse of Testicular Cancers
October 19, 2015 By Institute of Cancer Research
Scientists have developed a new test to identify patients who are at risk of suffering a relapse from testicular cancer.
Assessing just three features of a common kind of testicular cancer – called non-seminomatous germ cell tumor – can identify those at most at risk of relapse even where there is no evidence of tumor spread.
The researchers believe the test could be used in the clinic to make decisions about which patients should be given chemotherapy.
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, analyzed 177 tumor samples from patients with stage I non-seminomatous tumors enrolled in clinical trials through the Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinical Trials Unit.
The work was funded by the MRC with support from the National Cancer Research Institute Testis Cancer Clinical Studies Group, and is published in Clinical Cancer Research.
Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) found that three different features of the tumors were important indicators of relapse risk: the levels of a molecule called CXCL12, the percentage of the tumor with an appearance of cancer stem cells and whether or not blood vessels were present in the tumor.
They scored tumors based on these features, and found that combining scores could divide patients up into three different risk groups based on how likely patients were to suffer a relapse of the disease within two years. It is rare for a patient to relapse from testicular cancer beyond this time.
They found that the vast majority of patients were in the low-risk group – where 94.3 per cent of patients were relapse free for two years. In the moderate-risk group 65.9 per cent of patients were relapse free. Strikingly, only 30 per cent of patients were relapse free in the high-risk group.
The researchers were able to validate the test in an additional group of 80 patients at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Testicular germ cell tumors are the most common solid malignant tumor in young Caucasian men. Patients diagnosed with early-stage disease face a choice between monitoring with treatment if relapse does occur or upfront chemotherapy with its associated long-term side-effects. Predicting who does or does not need chemotherapy up front is therefore important to minimize treatment in this largely curable disease.
Study leader Professor Janet Shipley, Professor of Cancer Molecular Pathology at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, said:
"Our research has led to the development of a test that can detect patients that will benefit from treatment up front and spare those who are at lower risk from the side-effects of chemotherapy.
"Chemotherapy is extremely effective in treating testicular cancer, but it can have long-term consequences for a patient's health and wellbeing. Patients deemed at low risk of relapse could simply be monitored and potentially could avoid chemotherapy. Approaches such as this to minimize chemotherapy are particularly important for cancers like testicular cancer, which affect young adults who could live with the side-effects for decades."
Professor Robert Huddart, Professor of Urological Cancer at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Consultant at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, said:
"Patients with stage 1 non-seminomatous germ cell tumors have to make a difficult choice of whether to be watched or to receive chemotherapy to reduce the risk of relapse. Our study may help men make this decision as among the three groups of patients identified we have found one with a very low risk of relapse where surveillance would seem to be best choice and a small group of men who have a very high risk of relapse who could be targeted with chemotherapy. We now need to test this prognostic index in larger groups of men in the clinic."


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Club doctor's walk for prostate cancer
Matt Perry to join Jeff Stelling's Men United March
Wolves Club Doctor Matt Perry is joining Sky Sports' Jeff Stelling on the Men United March to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK – after revealing he has previously been treated for the disease.
Matt, who has been at Wolves since 2002, and was also appointed as the Premier League's first ever medical advisor in 2014, will be joining Jeff and also Wolves CEO Jez Moxey and former keeper Matt Murray on the Midlands' leg of the trek, which will see Stelling walk from Hartlepool to Wembley.
Having previously only told a few people about his diagnosis, Matt has now decided to make it more public with a view to promoting awareness and also helping raise vital funds to help sufferers in the future.
"I had a diagnosis of prostate cancer in June, 2014," he explains.
"I underwent surgery with Peter Cook at New Cross Hospital in September 2014 with his robot and various other assistants.
"I had never had surgery of any type previously, and this was a major operation which lasted for six hours.
"I had started the new job with the Premier League on the Monday morning, went in to hospital on the Thursday morning and I came out on the Friday evening.
"At the beginning of September there was the international break, then Wolves had an away game and then at the next home game I sat up in the Directors Box.
"After that I was back on the bench a month later for the next home game.
"At the time I told my family, Jez (Moxey), Richard (Skirrow), Kenny (Jackett), Phil (Hayward), some people at the Premier League and one or two others.
"The timing coincided with me leaving medical practice but I didn't want the patients thinking I had left because I had cancer.
"My general view is that doctors should be like referees – the less they are seen and talked about the better!
"As a doctor it is not your job to be the focus, it should be about your patients, and so my view was generally to keep quiet.
"The last time I'd been ill before that was when I was a medical student in Tanzania – and suffered from cholera!
"I've worked as a GP for many years and in hospitals but generally I hadn't had anything serious, apart from those two occasions!"
Matt had built up both a good working relationship and friendship with another Matt – former Wolves keeper Murray – and it was a call from the now Nike Academy coach and Sky Sports pundit which set the wheels in motion for this fundraiser.
Although obviously there won't be any wheels in sight as the group cover the 22 miles of what will be Day 6 of Stelling's 'march', heading from Molineux to St Andrews via Walsall, West Bromwich Albion and Aston Villa.
"Matt Murray knew about it from the start," adds Matt.
"I have been close to Matt for a long time and the first thing he always says is 'how are you, how is the family?'
"And when he said it to me I think he realised! So he got the full story which is his knack, although I swore him to secrecy.
"But when he knew more recently that Jeff Stelling was walking for Prostate Cancer UK he mentioned it.
"I have always thought I'd like to do something for New Cross or Prostate Cancer UK, and while this is for the charity, the fundraising contributes to surgical equipment and staff in hospitals so hopefully some of it will find its way to New Cross.
"I spoke to a few friends about whether it was a mistake to tell everybody.
"But I am pretty sure I am cured – the histology after surgery suggested it was cured and blood tests ever since have said the same .
"I wouldn't want to broadcast it if things were going to get worse but it is looking positive so I am one of the people who can broadcast it as a positive story and let us see if we can raise some money for those who don't get it diagnosed or treated successfully.
"The Premier League also said I would never get a better chance, so the decision was to go for it, and we will see what happens!"
It was back in 1972 that Matt last walked this distance, as a 14-year-old in the same Spring he stood on the North Bank for one of his favourite Wolves games, the second leg of the UEFA Cup semi final against Ferencvaros.
Very different circumstances now, but the Doc is hoping for as much support as possible for such an important cause, and the Football League's charity partner.
"Any support that Wolves fans can give will be very much appreciated," he added.
"Any fan who knows someone who has the condition and would like to donate can do so and put the name of their family member or friend on the Just Giving page.
"It is a very common problem for me and almost everyone will know someone who has been – or is – going through it.
"I am just pleased to be able to help if I can.
"When something like this happens you realise that we are all perishable – you never take anything for granted and I am glad to be alive and making the most out of every day."
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Le , aussi connu sous le nom , se trouvait dans la province de Mutsu. Situé dans l'actuel arrondissement d'Izumi à Sendai (préfecture de Miyagi), le château appartenait au clan Kokubu qui gouvernait la région avant l'entrée en scène du clan Date. Matsumoridate était également connu comme le château de la grue volante (Tsuru-ga-jō, 鶴ヶ城), à cause de sa ressemblance avec les ailes déployées d'une grue volante. Le dernier daimyo du château fut Kokubu Morishige. Après l'arrivée du clan Date, le château fut en grande partie détruit et devint le lieu de rendez-vous traditionnel du clan pour ses fêtes de fauconnerie de la nouvelle année.

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Matsumori
Préfecture de Miyagi


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Chris Coleman sacked by Sunderland as sale of the club is confirmed
Sunderland have sacked manager Chris Coleman after failing to keep the club in the Championship. The 47-year-old arrived on Wearside last November to succeed Simon Grayson after a poor start to the season. Coleman left his role as Wales national team boss to come to Sunderland but during his 5 months in charge he could not […]
Sunderland "will rise again" says club statement as Relegation is confirmed
It looked unlikely to avoid, but now results have confirmed that Sunderland will enter the third tier of English Football after back to back relegation. Results elsewhere in the Championship and the fact the Black Cats failed to win against Burton, means Sunderland have cemented their relegation to League One. In a game that summed […]
Sunderland fan wins Championship Supporter Award
A 91 year old Sunderland fan, George Forster, has been named the EFL's Supporter of the Year for the Championship. George a stalwart of the Sunderland community at 91 years of age and is the chair of the Sunderland Supporters Association, which he joined just a few months after its association in 1965. He watched […]
Sunderland searching for win to keep Championship Survival alive
Sunderland welcome Norwich to The Stadium of Light tonight in a must win game for the Black Cats. Including tonights game, there's only five matches remaining for the side and a win is needed to secure the clubs future in the Championship. Chris Coleman's side are second bottom in the Championship and are hoping they […]
SAFC reduces price of seasons card renewals
Sunderland Football Club have announced today (Thursday 15th March) that they're reducing the price of season cards by up to 40% for the new season. The side are facing the realistic chance of going to down to League One and say they've "recognised the loyalty of its season card holders" by reducing costs of renewals. […]
SAFC Coleman shows frustration over transfer
Sunderland boss Chris Coleman let his transfer window frustration show as he prepared his side for their crucial Championship trip to fellow strugglers Birmingham tonight. The Black Cats boss is likely to boast only one new player in his squad in the shape of Kazenga LuaLua after the striker joined on a free transfer from […]
SAFC: Can Chris Coleman Steady the Sinking Ship?
We're approaching the end January 2018 and as Sunderland once again find themselves in the relegation zone, an all too familiar place – Ryan Smith looks at what the rest of 2018 has in store for Sunderland AFC. However, this time the Black Cats are fighting in the relegation zone of the Championship and are […]
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How Far Apart Are We? (Degrees of Disagreement)
Most of my clients are CEOs whose C-level executives have deep domain expertise, and most of the rest are operating leaders at other levels who highly value their employees' input. So it's rare for one of them to make a decision overruling a direct report, but that's an inevitable aspect of management. [1]
When this occurs it's important for the leader to anticipate how their employee will respond and assess we might call the degree of disagreement. So if you're a leader about to veto an employee's preferences, reject their recommendation, or overturn a prior decision of theirs, consider where they're likely to land along this spectrum:
Understanding: Has a different point of view, but appreciates your perspective, with no loss of trust.
Disappointed: Wishes the outcome were different, but no lasting hard feelings, with no loss of trust.
Unhappy: Believes that you're making a serious error, with a loss of trust in your judgment.
Betrayed: Believes that you misled them, with a loss of trust in your intentions. [2]
Note that the same spectrum applies to decisions related to hiring, firing, promotions and layoffs. If you're poised to make a decision that will affect someone's employment or modify their role, consider how they might feel about your working relationship:
Understanding: Eager to continue working with you or to work with you again in the future.
Disappointed: Willing to continue working with you or to work with you again in the future.
Unhappy: Reluctant to continue working with you or to work with you again in the future.
Betrayed: Will no longer work with you, and may advise others not to work with you.
The goal is to increase the likelihood of understanding and minimize the risk of betrayal (and in the latter case, what matters is your employee's belief that they were misled, not whether you actually misled them.) There's no guaranteed means of arriving at understanding, nor can that be your only priority. If you're like my clients, you must regularly make decisions that are in the best interests of your organization but will leave people feeling disappointed, unhappy, and, on occasion, betrayed.
The key is evoking empathy, which can be difficult under the best of circumstances. As I've written before, we typically fail to "empathize up" with people in positions of authority or influence over us:
It's essential to remember that the people we're leading will find it very difficult to empathize with us. They will be unlikely to understand our perspective and our emotions unless we make the effort to be explicit about them. They will make snap judgments about us and readily misinterpret our behavior unless we go out of our way to share our rationale and explain our intentions. They will be reticent to communicate any of these views unless we initiate a dialogue in which we're active participants, not just questioners. [2]
So how might you make it more likely to achieve understanding, even--and especially--when stakes are high and there are strong feelings on all sides? There's no magical solution, but there are some steps you can take, in the moment and over time, that will help you handle these rare but inevitable situations with as much grace as possible:
Identity and question your underlying assumptions regarding this decision (including whether you need to make it):
Leadership, Decision-Making and Emotion Management
Authority and Control in Organizational Life
Racing Up the Ladder of Inference
Seeing What's Not There (The Importance of Missing Data)
Prepare for a difficult conversation and choose the right medium for the dialogue:
Setting the Table (Difficult Conversations)
Learning to Yield (Navigating Difficult Conversations)
Intent vs. Impact (When Communication Goes Awry)
The Communication Funnel
Cultivate your ability to speak directly and empathetically, as well as your capacity for emotion regulation:
Risk Management (The Importance of Speaking Up)
Force Isn't Power
Accountability and Empathy (Are Not Mutually Exclusive)
The Tyranny of Feelings
Invest in your working relationships and their capacity to acknowledge, address and resolve difficult issues:
Better Working Relationships
Make Feedback Normal. Not a Performance Review.
Talking About Feelings
Safety Is a Resource, Not a Destination
[1] Two Sides of Trust
[2] The Difficulty of Empathizing Up
Photo by Sharyn Morrow.


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Vol. 9 Issue 2 01-15 June 2014
The Brave Sage of Timbuktu
Abdel Kader Haidara led the operation that saved Mali's 350,000 manuscripts
By Joshua Hammer
It was early in the summer of 2012, and at the Mamma Haidara Library in Timbuktu, a clandestine operation was under way. Night after night, a team under the direction of the library's founder, Abdel Kader Haidara, quietly packed the ancient works of astronomy, poetry, history, and jurisprudence into metal chests, then spirited them out of the library in mule carts and 4x4s to safe houses scattered around the city.
It was part of a last-ditch attempt to protect the country's most significant collection of historic manuscripts from falling into the hands of militants allied to al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Six months earlier, terrorist groups had seized northern Mali and launched a systematic effort to destroy anything they viewed as haram—forbidden—according to their harsh interpretation of Islamic practices.
The extremists' inroads, militarily and culturally, held a sad irony: Haidara as a scholar and community leader had made it his life's work to document, as never before, Mali's achievements as an ancient center of progressive thought, including Islamic teachings that were anathema to the fanaticism that AQIM was now attempting to spread through the West African country.
And Haidara's manuscripts were precious for what they said more broadly about Africa's history. Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who visited Timbuktu and Haidara in 1996, explains that Hegel, Kant, and other Enlightenment philosophers contended that Africa had no tradition of writing, and therefore no history and no memory.
"And unless you have those, you are not a civilization, which was a pernicious argument that provided justification for the slave trade," Gates said in a recent interview. "The absence of writing, of books, was seen as a reflection of the subhuman position of the Africans. So the presence of these books had high, high stakes, going back to the 18th century. Kant and Hegel and Hume did not know anything about this."
Over nine traumatic months, Haidara and his team rescued 350,000 manuscripts from 45 different libraries in and around Timbuktu and hid them in Bamako, more than 400 miles from the AQIM-controlled north. There were many close calls, including one involving Haidara's nephew, Mohammed Touré, a 25-year-old curator at the library. One night when he was leaving work with a trunk full of manuscripts destined for hiding, Touré came face-to-face with Oumar Ould Hamaha, one of AQIM's most inflexible zealots.
Hamaha shone a flashlight in Touré's face and demanded that he open the chest. "He said, 'You're stealing them,'" Touré recalled one recent afternoon in the Malian capital of Bamako. "I said, 'No, this is my library.'"
Islamic police arrested the curator and and dragged him to the commissariat of the Islamic police. He was charged with theft, a serious crime under sharia. "I risked losing my hand, my foot," Touré said. "They had already started chopping off hands in public places."
Thinking fast, Touré, who is well grounded in Islamic studies, cited hadiths and Koranic verses stating that incontrovertible proof of a misdeed was required before punishment was meted out. "They said, 'The proof is there; you were robbing this library.' I said, 'It belonged to me, and I was moving it to a more secure location.'" He bought himself time, but his fate was unclear.
His uncle swung into action. Having fled Timbuktu to live in self-imposed exile in Bamako, Haidara manned the phones, calling imams, neighborhood leaders, and other librarians, who came forward with documents and affidavits attesting to Touré's role as curator. After 24 hours in custody, the Islamic police let him go.
Traumatized by the Jihadists
But the face-offs with the jihadists kept coming. AQIM operatives stopped, searched, and arrested Haidara's couriers. Bandits captured a boat full of books on the Niger River and held it for ransom. Malian government soldiers often broke open trunks full of manuscripts in a search for weapons, roughly pawing through the fragile volumes.
In the last phase of the rescue, during the French military intervention of January 2013 that drove AQIM from northern Mali, a French helicopter nearly fired missiles at a boat bringing manuscripts downriver—the pilots suspected that Haidara's assistants were smuggling guns. "We were completely traumatized by the jihadists. All we could do was work," Haidara told me in Bamako, of that difficult time. "I could never have imagined such a thing happening just a few months before. Everything collapsed overnight. The state had stopped existing. So we just had to keep working, doing what we could do. I had lots of friends, lots of partners, people who gave me a lot of advice, so that I never felt completely abandoned."
A Grand Culture Rediscovered
For Haidara, 50, the scion of a distinguished family of scholars and collectors from Timbuktu and other towns along the Niger in northern Mali, the rescue marked the culmination of a long career as a champion of the country's cultural patrimony. "Abdel Kader feels as close to the manuscripts as he does to his children," says Stephanie Diakité, an American attorney who became entranced by the works 20 years ago during a visit to Mali and decided to make their preservation her life's calling.
She worked side by side with Haidara in Bamako to raise $1 million from benefactors in Europe, the U.S., and the Middle East to finance the rescue effort. Adds Diakité: "He feels as much responsibility for them as he does for his own family."
I first met Abdel Kader Haidara eight years ago, when I flew to Timbuktu to write about the country's rediscovery of its literary heritage. The city's production of manuscripts reached its apogee in the 15th and 16th centuries, when Timbuktu was a commercial hub on the Niger and a center of academic studies with more than 150 universities. Passed down through the generations by Timbuktu's leading families, the volumes were often locked away, forgotten, and permitted to disintegrate. UNESCO began drawing attention to the works in the 1960s, funding a national library, the Ahmed Baba Institute, and scouring the region for lost works, but it wasn't until Haidara became involved in their conservation effort that the city's literary renaissance began in earnest.
Haidara and I met up at his Mamma Haidara Library, a handsome limestone villa in the heart of the old town, with the best samples from his collection displayed in vacuum-sealed glass cases in air-conditioned and well-lit rooms. By 2006, when I visited Haidara—an imposing and ebullient figure who was clad that day in a beige skullcap and draped in a peacock-blue traditional gown known as a bubu—scholars and historians from across Europe and the Middle East were flocking to the Mamma Haidara to study a collection that offered perhaps the most revealing glimpses of what Timbuktu had been at the height of its glory.
Haidara took me around the collection. The manuscripts were bound in goatskin and handwritten in delicate calligraphy, with flourishes of gold and pen-and-ink drawings of mosques and desert landscapes. They included accounts of the battles fought by medieval Malian kings and their armies; treatises on traditional medicine, Islamic jurisprudence, and mathematics; volumes of romantic poetry; and Koranic studies, all testifying to the complex, intellectually challenging society that had flourished in Timbuktu for hundreds of years, until the Moroccan army invaded in the late 16th century, sacked the city, and carried its scholars off to slavery in Fez.
One of the most valuable manuscripts in Haidara's collection was a later work comprising just a few pages: an 1853 epistle by Sheikh al-Bakkay al-Kounti, a spiritual leader in Timbuktu, to the ruling sultan of Masina, asking him to spare the life of German explorer Heinrich Barth. The sultan had ordered Barth's execution because non-Muslims were barred from entering the city, but al-Bakkay argued that Islamic law forbade the killing. "He is a human being, and he has not made war against us," al-Bakkay wrote. Barth remained under the protection of al-Bakkay and made it back to Germany unharmed. "The manuscripts show that Islam is a religion of tolerance," Haidara told me that day, arguing that his collection would go a long way toward breaking negative perceptions in the West.
Custodian of a Great Intellectual Tradition
Abdel Kader Haidara's father, Mohammed Haidara, nicknamed Mamma, was born in the town of Bamba on the Niger in 1897, in the early years of French rule. A self-taught scholar, he amassed a large quantity of rare handwritten books.
"Since the 16th century our ancestors had been acquiring manuscripts," Haidara told me. "They had built up a library in Bamba, and my father added to it. He traveled all over Africa, bringing back manuscripts from Chad, Sudan, and Egypt." He also helped augment the manuscript collection of the Ahmed Baba Institute, created by UNESCO in 1967 with the objective of preserving the region's rich written history.
In 1981, Mohammed Haidara died at the age of 84. The director of the Ahmed Baba Institute, Muhammed Zubair, asked Abdel Kader, who was then 17, to replace his father as head collector. Haidara told him he wasn't interested. "I wanted to go into business and make money, not work in a library," he says. The director kept pursuing him. "He said, 'This is your work, this is your destiny. You've got a great responsibility. You are the custodian of a great intellectual tradition.'"
After months of prodding, Haidara dropped his plans for a business career and began intensive training, learning everything from conservation techniques to how to assess the monetary value of individual works. Soon he was hooked.
"When I was at the Ahmed Baba Institute, I had an office that was filled with manuscripts. When I was home, manuscripts surrounded me. My friends told me, 'You've gone crazy. You can't talk about anything but these manuscripts.' They had this smell, the manuscripts, and they said, 'You're smelling of manuscripts, Abdel Kader.' I said, 'Leave me alone, just leave me to it.'"
Abdel Kader feels as close to the manuscripts as he does to his children.
Haidara began knocking on the doors of families in Timbuktu, trying to persuade them to bring their manuscripts out of hiding. Resistance was intense. Many families were so skittish, after a century of French pillaging, that they refused even to discuss the issue. "Little by little, I sensitized people to the conservation work the library was doing," he says.
Then he traveled by motorized dugout canoe along the Niger and by camel caravan across the Sahara, visiting chiefs and family librarians in remote villages. "People would say, 'The manuscripts are for us, and they don't leave our presence. What do you want to do with them?' And I would explain, 'I want to take them to Timbuktu. There's a center there; they will conserve them, display them, and put them in good condition. They will be there for everybody, the whole world to share and see.'"
When the art of persuasion failed, Haidara tried playing on guilty consciences, pointing out the appalling neglect that many of the books had suffered: water damage, termite infestations. In the end, he resorted to cash. He carried around a suitcase full of money, which he dispensed lavishly—building mosques and schools; buying cows, camels, and goats for collectors and village chiefs. After a decade of near-ceaseless travel, Haidara managed to grow the Ahmed Baba's manuscript collection to more than 20,000 works.
Preserving Mali's Heritage
In 1993, Haidara quit his job at the Ahmed Baba Institute and went out on his own, trying to raise funds to house the family archive. A breakthrough appeared imminent in 1996, when he received a call from the Libyan government, promising him "assistance." Weeks later a delegation dispatched by Muammar Qaddafi showed up at his home, pored through the Mamma Haidara collection—and offered to buy everything on the spot and take it all back to Tripoli.
"They said, 'We want everything we see here, even the trunks. We will pay you in any currency you want. Just name your price.'" Haidara insisted that he wasn't even tempted. "They couldn't believe it," he says. "They asked, 'Why not?' I said, 'Because this isn't for me. This is the heritage of Mali, of a great nation. It's not for sale.'"
The real breakthrough came shortly afterward, when Professor Gates stopped in Timbuktu while making a television documentary series about Africa. Haidara showed his manuscripts to the Harvard scholar, who had delved only lightly into the written history of black Africa.
"It was one of the most moving days of my life. I was tearing up on camera," recalls Gates. "I was so emotional, holding these books in my hands. I'd thought they were a legend at best, from the time I was a boy, reading Ripley's Believe It or Not. But they were actually real." Gates was also impressed by Haidara, "this colorful man, not extravagant or flamboyant, but deeply learned. He was riveting to interview."
Gates helped secure a grant from the Andrew Mellon Foundation, which allowed Haidara to keep searching for family books and to construct a library to house them. The same year Savama-DCI, a foundation that Haidara established to encourage others with access to family collections to follow in his footsteps, received a $600,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to construct two new libraries in Timbuktu: the Al-Wangari and the Allimam Ben Essayouti. Dozens of other libraries have sprung up in subsequent years.
Jihadist Takeover
Haidara was traveling in Burkina Faso when the Islamist and Tuareg rebels began their march toward Timbuktu in late March 2012. He arrived back home just hours after the rebels seized the city. Overnight, Timbuktu was plunged into a nightmare. The police, the army, and all government officials fled, along with thousands of ordinary citizens. Looters filled the streets, pulling cash out of banks, ripping apart stores, breaking into houses and hotels with impunity.
Then the first Islamist policemen began to appear, driving pickup trucks draped in black jihadist flags.
At first Haidara tried to act as though nothing had happened. He went about his business and kept the library open, avoiding any contact with the cold-eyed, bearded, Kalashnikov-toting jihadists who wandered the streets. "I didn't talk to them, they never called me, they never noticed me."
But quickly he realized that the radicals would soon take undisputed power, and when they did Haidara was sure they would target the manuscripts. These books—scattered in 45 libraries across the city, most of which Haidara had helped get built—epitomized the reasoned discourse and traditions of intellectual inquiry that the militants, with their rigid views of Islam, their intolerance, and their hatred of modernity and rationality, wanted to destroy.
I was so emotional, holding these books in my hands. I'd thought they were a legend at best, from the time I was a boy.
A month into the jihadist takeover, Haidara and his nephew, Touré, began venturing into the markets of Timbuktu, buying up metal cantines, or trunks, and storing them at the Mamma Haidara and other libraries around the city. When they had bought every one in Timbuktu, they found more in markets farther south; when those ran out, they purchased metal oil drums and brought them to a craftsman in the river town of Mopti, and he hammered them into trunks.
Behind locked doors, Haidara, Touré, and a few other volunteers packed the manuscripts into the trunks. They worked often by flashlight because the jihadists had cut all the power. By July they managed to transport all 350,000 manuscripts from Timbuktu's libraries to safe houses around the city, owned by the relatives of library owners.
Haidara fled Timbuktu for Bamako in May, to coordinate the fund-raising campaign and to put the brakes on UNESCO delegates in Mali who wanted to publicize the jihadist threat. Haidara feared that such attention would alert Timbuktu's occupiers to the manuscripts' value. "I said, 'I think that right now, just stay silent. Don't do anything. Don't speak about them.' UNESCO said, 'OK, you're right. We'll leave it.'"
Haidara's wife, Khadija, and their six children—including a son who was born prematurely and cannot stand or speak—joined him in Bamako two months later. (Haidara has a second wife, not an unusual practice in Mali, also named Khadija, who is a high-ranking Malian diplomat based in Paris.)
Held in a Squalid Jail
By September, the news was becoming grim: Salafists had burned a library near Tripoli and destroyed hundreds of manuscripts; at about the same time, radicals in Timbuktu had embarked on a brutal campaign to destroy the tombs of the city's revered Sufi saints, breaking the tombs apart with pickaxes. When Haidara got the word that the militants—feeling stronger and more confident—had removed checkpoints across northern Mali, he gave the orders to his operatives to begin moving the manuscripts from Timbuktu's safe houses to Bamako.
Between September and January, couriers made hundreds of trips back and forth between the two cities in rented 4x4s, usually carrying two or three cantines of manuscripts on each journey. The trips seldom went smoothly: On his first journey south, Mohammed Touré was stopped half a dozen times at Malian government checkpoints. Soldiers harassed him, breaking the locks off his trunks and rifling through the works. His vehicles broke down twice; his driver got lost en route.
After a week on the road, he reached Bamako, where he was rearrested and held in a squalid jail. "Abdel Kader arrived, had to pay a lot of money, and we were finally liberated, with the manuscripts," he says. "You didn't have any choice but to continue. You had to keep working. It got a little easier over time. I made this journey many times. I paid them off repeatedly—the soldiers, the police—and they got to know me, and it became easier."
Weeks before the French military arrived in Mali, AQIM closed all roads leading to the south, forcing Haidara to resort to plan B: organizing dozens of boats to carry the manuscripts down the Niger. By the end of February 2013, Haidara had succeeded in evacuating nearly every manuscript from 45 libraries to safety. The only casualties: 4,200 manuscripts that were burned to ashes in a bonfire set by militants at the Ahmed Baba Institute just minutes before the militants fled the city ahead of the French invasion.
"I'm All the Time Surrounded by Worry"
I caught up with Haidara one final time in mid-February 2014, on the top floor of a four-story apartment building in the Baco Djikironi Golf neighborhood of Bamako. Haidara had transported dozens of chests to this newly acquired safe house during the rainy season that had ended the previous month, and he was checking to see how well the manuscripts were holding up.
"We were obliged to find houses that were raised off the ground, with air-conditioning or dehumidifiers to better preserve them," he explained, thumbing through a 500-year-old work from Timbuktu's Sankoré Library, its yellowing pages bound by a dark-brown goatskin cover. The book was a kind of medieval Encyclopaedia Britannica, Haidara said, chronicling the lives of Islamic scholars, broken into short biographical sections with delicate flourishes, such as green, red, and gold embossed letters marking the beginning of each new section. Scribblings by many different hands filled the margins, presumably added by scholars at Sankoré who consulted this work for their own research through the ages. "It's obvious that it's an important work," he told me. "It's from the 16th century, and it's still readable, and it's filled with statements that shows it's been consulted by many intellectuals. That gives it a great value."
Haidara had expected to escort all the manuscripts back to Timbuktu by now, but continuing instability in the north had made that impossible. (During my visit to Timbuktu in February, jihadists clashed with French Special Forces just north of Timbuktu and fired rockets at the city's airport. Shortly after my visit to Mali, French forces tracked down and killed Oumar Ould Hamaha, the AQIM fanatic who had arrested Touré on that night in Timbuktu two years earlier.)
The continuing state of limbo was taking a toll on Haidara: "I'm all the time surrounded by worry, by responsibility, sometimes I even forget my family," he admitted. "My only ambition is to rehabilitate all these libraries in Timbuktu, so that I can bring all the manuscripts back to each family that entrusted them to me. That will give me a little bit of peace."
(Source: National Geographic, May 2014)