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What leaders say is far less important than what they do. That's one of the clearest conclusions we drew from a study, in collaboration with HBR, of 19,000 employees around the world, focused on how they experience their lives at work. (You can still take the survey to see how your experience compares to other HBR readers'.)
As we reported last week, companies seeking more sustainable high performance from their employees need to meet four of their core needs: renewal (physical); value (emotional), focus (mental) and meaning and purpose (spiritual).
When leaders actively support more sustainable ways of working in these four dimensions, the result is a significant positive impact on employees' engagement, stress levels, retention, and job satisfaction. When leaders model in their own behavior sustainable ways of working, the effect on those they lead is far bigger.
Unfortunately, only 25% of our survey respondents told us that their leaders model sustainable work practices. Those leaders' employees are 55% more engaged, 72% higher in health well being, 77% more satisfied at work, and 1.15 times more likely to stay at the company. They also reported more than twice the level of trust in their leaders.
In a classic study, the anthropologist Lionel Tiger found that the average baboon looks at the alpha male once every 20 to 30 seconds, for guidance. Human beings aren't much different. We look to those with the most power in any given situation for cues about what is acceptable behavior and what is not.
Carla Christofferson, a Managing Partner of the law firm O'Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles is an example of a leader who took this message to heart. Through 360 feedback, she learned that her own long hours were a primary reason associates were putting in so many hours themselves, and feeling burned out. Only when Christofferson intentionally cut back herself, and talked openly about doing so, did her associates feel free to follow suit.
Sure enough, employees in our study were 1.1 times more likely to stay with an organization if they had bosses who actively encouraged them to take breaks during the workday and use their vacation days, and if they modeled these behaviors themselves.
The same phenomenon applies to perks. More and more companies are building fitness facilities and even nap rooms, but when leaders don't make use of them, employees are understandably reluctant to do so themselves. In our own work with clients, we have seen many terrifically equipped gyms sitting largely unused during work hours. Perks that ought to be generating positive energy and renewal among employees may end up prompting frustration and resentment instead.
We've observed a similar phenomenon when it comes to email practices. If leaders regularly send out emails in the evenings and over the weekends, it's a near guarantee that their direct reports will feel compelled to read and respond to them. Often, leaders will tell us they don't expect responses on weekends. But once again, their behavior speaks louder than their words. When leaders feel compelled to write emails at all hours, we encourage them to park them in their draft folders and push the send button during working hours.
A similar problem occurs when leaders have the expectation – explicit or unspoken – that employees will respond immediately to emails sent during the workday, ensuring that they forever face distraction from their ongoing work. Sure enough, only 21% of our respondents said they were regularly able to focus on one thing at a time and only 18% said they allocated sacrosanct time to creative and strategic thinking.
At the emotional level, what matters most to employees is feeling recognized and appreciated by their direct supervisors. Our findings strongly confirmed the adage that "people don't leave organizations, they leave leaders." When employees in our study felt valued by their leaders, for example, they were 1.3 times more likely to stay with the company.
Finally, at the spiritual level, only 36% of our respondents said they felt a high level of meaning and significance at work. Those who did were more than three times as likely to stay at their companies – the highest single correlation in our study.
Once again, leaders' attitudes and behaviors in this dimension have a powerful influence on employees. Only 22% reported having a leader who "communicates a vision that is clear, consistent, and inspiring." Those who did, however, reported 65% higher engagement, 82% higher job satisfaction, and a 1.3 times greater likelihood to stay with the organization.
Our research suggests a deceptively simple formula for leaders: the better you take of your people — and yourself — the better they will take care of the business.


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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Read Stuff, You Should
The good stuff:
1. Excellent article on women in politics and the remaining barriers by Kate Sheppard, but it isn't quite true that Heidi Heitkamp is the "first woman to represent North Dakota in Congress, ever." First woman elected to do so, but when Quentin Burdick died in 1992, Jocelyn Burdick served for two months.
2. Really good point about unintended consequences and Senate reform from Sarah Binder. Something I need to keep in mind more often: what we "see" happening in the Senate may not reveal to us the full options that both sides have under the rules. So if one rule is changed, that might just mean that other options get exploited.
3. And Sarah Kliff on ACA implementation and ignorance.
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Something I've been wondering about the filibuster reform drive is whether the push for a talking filibuster is likely to be transformed into something fairly different before it succeeds. I know that the talking filibuster is the proposal that everyone's signing onto now. But if people understand themselves to be signing on as general supporters of filibuster reform, and some other version of filibuster reform looks good to Harry Reid and whoever is in the room at the moment of decision, is it possible that we just get the other thing?ReplyDeleteReplies
Getting to this late...but, yeah, I think that's a possibility -- that the talking stuff is just a cover for what they really want to do. So much depends on the details, which we don't even have for the proposal. Let alone what they finally wind up with.Delete

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Shuttle inches toward retirement home at LA museum
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At every turn of Endeavour's stop-and-go commute through urban streets, a constellation of spectators trailed along as the space shuttle ploddingly nosed past stores, schools, churches and front yards.
Having escaped out of Earth's atmosphere two dozen times, Endeavour's slow-speed trek Saturday to its retirement center took it through the working-class streets of southern Los Angeles.
In an instant, the shuttle crossings became part of history.
"This is great for the city as a whole. It makes us proud," said Dean Martinez, a project director for a nonprofit who began waiting before dawn to get a glimpse of Endeavour.
Along the 12-mile course, thousands marveled at the engineering. Some rooted for Endeavour when it appeared it might clip a light post.
Others wondered if it could just hurry up to its destination as its planned hour of arrival came and went with the end nowhere in sight.
Endeavour had been scheduled to inch into the California Science Center early Saturday evening to begin its years as a museum piece, but delay after delay pushed the expected arrival time past 1 a.m. Sunday, perhaps hours later.
Agencies scrambled to make new plans. Because it was spending far more hours in darkness than expected, a pair of city fire trucks with generators and huge halogen lights were brought in to accompany it.
Subway and light rail lines further extended their special operating hours well into the night, with some running 24 hours.
The second day of the move started off promising, with Endeavour beginning the day 1½ hours ahead of schedule and ending it at least six hours behind.
There was no major single reason for the slowdown — it was the accumulation of small problems involving maneuvering and maintenance.
They included a small tree on the narrowest section of the move that planners hadn't thought needed removal but ended up bringing the procession to a stop. As crews tried to find ways to tilt and twist the shuttle past the tree, they came close to deciding to cut it down before Endeavor squeezed through. Another slip-up came when it appeared the shuttle was going to hit a light post, and crews again began plans to remove it as the ship slid through.
The crowd had its problems too. Despite temperatures in the mid-70s, more than two dozen people were treated for heat-related injuries after a long day in the sun, according to fire officials.
But incredibly, given the size of the crowd, police reported no arrests.
Unlike other high-profile events like the Academy Awards or the Rose Parade, the procession was centered in some of the area's most economically downtrodden and troubled places. The shuttle passed several gritty areas and shuttered businesses, and rolled down many streets that were aflame two decades earlier during the 1992 riots brought on by the Rodney King beating.
"Having a shuttle come through this area of high poverty, it can only be a good thing" for the community," said Damian Pipkins, a volunteer at Eso Won Books.
Endeavour hit the pavement before dawn Friday, trundling out of the Los Angeles International Airport on a remote-controlled 160-wheel carrier past diamond-shaped "Shuttle Xing" signs. When it reached a freeway overpass that night, it was towed by a truck.
The shuttle made a late-morning pit stop Saturday at the Forum — former home of the Los Angeles Lakers — where it was greeted in the arena's parking lot by a throng of cheering spectators. It was late to its second public celebration that included a dance performance choreographed by Debbie Allen.
For most of the way, Endeavour straddled wide boulevards — Manchester, Crenshaw, Martin Luther King Jr. The one exception was when the shuttle ambled through a slightly curved residential street lined with apartment buildings on both sides — a spot that caused some delay.
As it wound through South Los Angeles, residents welcomed its presence. Before the move, some lamented over the loss of shade as trees were chopped down to provide clearance.
Others thought it was a decent trade.
"If you have to go through a little bit of pain to have something nice for the community, then it's worth it," said Pamela Tucker, who lives a block away from Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles.
When Endeavour rolls down King Boulevard, special attention will be paid to the pine trees planted in honor of the slain civil rights leader.
Endeavour may have circled the globe nearly 4,700 times, but its roots are grounded in California. Its main engines were fabricated in the San Fernando Valley. The heat tiles were invented in Silicon Valley. Its "fly-by-wire" technology was developed in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey.
It's no longer shiny and sleek, like when it first rolled off the assembly line in the Mojave Desert in 1991 to replace the lost Challenger. As it cruised block-by-block, it's hard to miss what 123 million miles in space and two dozen re-entries can do to the exterior.
Shuffling Endeavour through city streets was a laborious undertaking — nearly a year in the making. It could not be taken apart without damaging the delicate tiles. Airlifting it was out of the question. So was driving on freeways since it was too massive to fit through underpasses.
There were consequences. Several hundred Inglewood residents suffered hours-long outages when power lines were temporarily snipped. Some businesses lost customers because of street and sidewalk closures.
Such a move is not cheap. The cross-town transport was estimated at $10 million, to be paid for by the science center and private donations.
Associated Press writer Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this story.
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text: 17 FEBRUARY 2016 - BANGKOK, THAILAND: A performer puts on his makeup before a Chinese opera performance in Bangkok. He's a member of a small troupe that travels from Chinese shrine to Chinese shrine performing for a few nights before going to another shrine. They spend about half the year touring in Thailand and the other half of the year touring in Malaysia. Members of the troupe are paid about 5,000 Thai Baht per month (about $140 US). Chinese opera was once very popular in Thailand, where it is called Ngiew. It is usually performed in the Teochew language. Millions of Chinese emigrated to Thailand (then Siam) in the 18th and 19th centuries and brought their culture with them. Recently the popularity of ngiew has faded as people turn to performances of opera on DVD or movies. There are still as many 30 Chinese opera troupes left in Bangkok and its environs. They are especially busy during Chinese New Year and Chinese holiday when they travel from Chinese temple to Chinese temple performing on stages they put up in streets near the temple, sometimes sleeping on hammocks they sling under their stage. Most of the Chinese operas from Bangkok travel to Malaysia for Ghost Month, leaving just a few to perform in Bangkok. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZAdd to Lightbox Download


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06-Nov-2005 -- Wādiy Ḥaḍramawt consists of a highly fertile plain inside a great fissure in the earth that runs for 160 km east to west. Just 750 m at its narrowest, and expanding to 12 km at its broadest, the wādiy's geography has allowed it to remain apart from the rest of Yemen. Traditional dress, architectural style, and agriculture are distinct from that seen in other parts of the country. Ḥaḍramiyys have exported themselves around the globe - many to other states in the Arabian Peninsula, but also as far as South-East Asia. Remittances have made many Ḥaḍramiyys wealthy; latter-day discovery of oil in the broader region, and tourism, have also made their contribution to development here.
Most of the tourists who come to Ḥaḍramawt do so to see the classic mud-brick 'skyscraper' architecture of Šibām, Say'ūn and Tarīm. Chocolaty, wobbly, close-packed houses shoot into the sky in these towns' old madīnas: many consider them to be a prototype for the current Western skyscraper fetish. Indeed, Šibām is often called the 'Manhattan of the Desert', a phrase originally coined by the 20th century adventurer Freya Stark, who spent a great deal of time in Ḥaḍramawt, although this term is something of a misnomer as the wādiy is anything but a desert.
16N 49E lies between Say'ūn and Tarīm (closer to the latter), towards the eastern extremity of the wādiy. To reach it, one should follow the eastern road from Say'ūn, and turn left towards Tarīm at the T-junction by al-Ġuraf. This road will take you 1.2 km from the confluence point. Here, we went off road and headed towards the rocky protrusions on the west side of the wādiy. Keeping what appeared to be some kind of Ṣūfiyy shrine to our left, we were able to get the Landy to a position just 300 m from the point. The rest of the route is somewhat vertical, and involves a steep scramble/boulder up to the penultimate ridge of the rocky hill, upon which the Confluence lies.
Sitting at the point affords fine views across the wādiy. One can sit on the western 'ridge' of hills and look across the plain to the eastern ridge. It would probably be a superb position to watch a sunrise. It is possible to climb higher from this point, which would yield even better views. Alternatively, after enjoying an afternoon climb, visitors could dash back to gaze at the old city of Šibām in the beautiful pre-dusk light.
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Can a story about superheroes and alien monsters help to overcome ethnic divisions? That's what Kenya Human Rights Commission hopes. After a survey showed that six out of 10 children feel pressured by their parents to discriminate against other ethnic groups, the KHRC developed a storybook for kids aged 9-16 called Attack of the Shidas: AKAs Save Planet Earth — in which tolerance is a superpower.
"Attack of the Shidas:AKAs Save the Planet" is the story of three communities who live in a desert town which depends on a lone borehole for all their water. But the people are threatened when they discover that the water is mysteriously being emptied at night. Three children in the town discover they have special powers as only they, can see and hear the invisible water thieves that bring with them numerous other problems to the three communities. Yet nobody believes what the children have to say, because these three children possess special powers of equality and tolerance that enable them to see what others in their communities cannot see. Can the children stop the aliens before war breaks out in the town?
"Attack of the Shidas:AKAs Save the Planet" is among the first to venture into the genre of science fiction to address the very delicate and contentious issue of discrimination by providing simple and practical messages to children in an entertaining manner. The storybook has been pre-tested among pupils and students of 5 primary and one secondary school as well as 15 teachers drawn from Siaya, Kitale, Marigat, Kwale, Wajir and Nairobi (Kawangware, Kibera, Musa Gitau, Mathare and Lavington).
It's interesting to see how these archetypes (superpowers, alien monsters) are used in different cultures — and it'll be interesting to see if there's more evidence that a story like this actually can help to reduce tensions between different ethnic groups.


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Washington, D.C.- Fourteen economists and other academics have written an open letter to the media calling for the reporting of "overwhelming statistical evidence" that shows that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro won the April 14 elections as verified by Venezuela's electoral authorities. The economists, who include James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas and Robert Pollin of the University of Massachusetts, point to a statistical analysis of the initial audit of 53 percent of votes as irrefutable proof that Maduro won the election, but the media's failure to report this fact could mean that "many if not most Americans believe that the election was stolen or that the result is somehow in question."
The letter cites three "uncontested facts" about Venezuela's electoral process and the audit: the existence of both electronic records and paper receipts of voters' choices; the completion of the initial audit of 53 percent of votes on election night in the presence of [tens of thousands] of witnesses; and the fact that this audit found no discrepancies between the electronic vote tally and paper receipts. The letter notes that this allows for a simple statistical analysis of the audit, which shows that "theprobability of getting the audit result of April 14, if in fact opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski had received a majority of the votes, is far less than one in 25 thousand trillion."
The full letter follows:
June 7, 2013
An Open Letter to the Media:
As economists and statisticians who have used and taught statistics and probability theory, we want to call attention to the clear statistical evidence regarding the results of Venezuela's presidential election on April 14th, which leaves no room for doubt about the result.
According to what we understand to be uncontested facts, as presented by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Venezuela's election process has the following characteristics:
1) The voting is done by machine, with a paper receipt which the voter then places in a sealed box, allowing for a complete paper record of the machine count.
2) Immediately after the polls close, 53% (20,825) of the machines are chosen at random, the paper receipts are counted, and the two tallies are compared. This is done in the presence of witnesses from all sides.
3) When this "hot audit" was done on the night of April 14, this process yielded no discrepancies between the machine count and the paper count for the 53% percent of machines sampled. (An additional 1 percent of voting machines were audited the following day, making an initial audit total of 54 percent of machines.)
So far as we know, these facts are accepted by all parties, including the Venezuelan opposition and the United States Department of State. Yet the State Department has called the outcome of the election into question, and refused to recognize the results. It has demanded that the remainder of the voting machines be audited as well, calling instead for a "100 percent audit or recount of the results" as "an important, prudent, and necessary step."
The point we wish to stress is this: on the agreement that these are the facts, what is the probability that we would get the April 14 audit result if in fact there were enough discrepancies in the remaining machines to reverse the result? This is a simple question that any economics or statistics professor can answer.
The probability of getting the audit result of April 14, if in fact opposition candidate Henrique Capriles Radonski had received a majority of the votes, is far less than one in 25 thousand trillion. (See the full calculation here.)
It does not make sense to ignore this overwhelming statistical evidence, as the Obama administration, and almost all major U.S. media outlets, have done. As a result of this omission, many if not most Americans believe that the election was stolen or that the result is somehow in question. This is simply not believable in the face of the actual evidence.
James K. Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government, University of Texas at Austin
John Schmitt, Senior Economist, Center for Economic and Policy Research
Robert Pollin, Department of Economics and Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Ronald Chilcote, University of California, Riverside
James G. Devine, Professor of Economics, Loyola Marymount University [for identification only]
Michael Meeropol, Visiting Professor Of Economics, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York
Vicente Navarro, Professor of Health and Public Policy at the Johns Hopkins University
Alejandro Álvarez, Senior Professor, Economic Faculty- UNAM (Mexico)
Julio Huato, Associate Economics Professor, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, New York
Robley E. George, Director, Center for the Study of Democratic Societies
Mayo Toruño, Professor and Chair, Economics Department, California State University, San Bernardino
David Barkin, Profesor de Economía, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco (Mexico)
Roberto Veneziani, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Gerald Epstein, Professor of Economics and Co-Director, PERI, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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June 26, 2006
Mrs. Bush's Remarks at the 2006 American Library Association Conference
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
MRS. BUSH: Thank you, Caitlyn, for your really wonderful words about librarians. I don't know if school librarians get thanked enough. And so thank you for letting them know how important they are to your library, to your life, and also how important they are to all your success. So congratulations to you.
I also want to acknowledge Leslie Berger, the ALA President-elect. Thank you very much, Leslie, for all the work you're going to do and have already done. I think Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu and Cheryl, his wife, are here. Thank you all very much for joining us today. Seletha Nagin, wife of Mayor Ray Nagin has joined us. Seletha, thank you for coming. And Dick Robinson, the President and CEO of Scholastic. Scholastic has been such a huge partner in school libraries around our country -- also with the Texas Book Festival and the National Book Festival, and I want to thank you very much for that, Dick. Anne Radice, the Director of the IMLS is here, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency. Anne, thank you for joining us. And also out in this crowd are members of the Laura Bush Foundation Library Board -- the library experts, the librarians who are the ones that read the grants and choose the schools that get a Laura Bush grant.
Also, I hope in this crowd, but I haven't seen them yet, are a group of Middle Eastern and North African librarians. (Applause.) Thank you all very much for coming. They're here in the United States. Some of you may have hosted them in your home cities over the last week. They're here with the State Department's Middle East Partnership Initiative, and they've visited libraries all over our country to see what American libraries are like. So welcome, and welcome to the United States. (Applause.)
I'm delighted to be here with all of you for this year's conference of the American Library Association. I've seen the great work that ALA members are doing in the many libraries I've visited around our country. In public libraries, in school libraries, through ESL instruction and literacy programs, librarians are encouraging lifelong lovers of reading. And their encouragement is taking increasingly innovative forms.
Earlier this month, I was in Guadalupe, Arizona, to see "Tom s and the Library Lady," a play based on Pat Mora's book about Tom s Rivera and how his early love of learning was nourished by an Iowa librarian. The play is staged throughout the Maricopa County Library District, through a partnership between Childsplay, a local Arizona theater company, and the library district, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts and local donors. Thanks to the dedication of the Maricopa County Youth Services Coordinator, Tim Wadham, almost 72,000 Arizona students have seen the play, and there are plans for "Tom s and the Library Lady" to begin playing in libraries around the country next year.
"Tom s the Library Lady" is an example of how librarians are collaborating with community groups, government institutions, corporations and local philanthropies to extend the resources and reach of libraries, and to get the message out to the public, and especially to children, about the importance of libraries and reading.
Thanks to each and every one of you for your service in your communities. And thanks to the ALA leadership for your commitment to the New Orleans community. ALA is the first organization to hold a major convention in this city since last summer's hurricanes, and this gathering is an important step in New Orleans' rebirth as a convention destination, which is vital to this area's long-term economic recovery.
Today I'm happy to join you as you discuss another important part of Gulf Coast recovery -- perhaps the most important part -- and that is the rebuilding of schools. Schools are at the heart of Gulf Coast recovery. Until there are schools for children, families won't return home. And for many children who stayed on the Gulf Coast after losing their homes and all their possessions, their school is their only comfort left.
The task of rebuilding these schools is unprecedented in its difficulty and scope. Never have state school officials and school superintendents had to restore entire school districts as fast as they can without a tax base to finance the reconstruction. The work of rebuilding schools may be daunting, but it's absolutely essential. And as all of us know, each of these new schools must have a new school library.
In the wake of the hurricanes, school officials and librarians have shown extraordinary determination. I've seen this determination at nearby Chalmette High School in St. Bernard Parish. Before Katrina, Chalmette's library had an impressive collection of almost 29,000 volumes. The school was especially proud of its collection of Life magazines, which dated back to the very first issues in the late '30s, and which students used as primary sources to study the history of the 20th century. But when Katrina struck, every book and every magazine was lost to eight feet of water. Chalmette High School had been a designated evacuation center, and amid the surging floodwaters of Katrina, people swam or took boats to the second floor of the school. Chalmette's first floor was completely flooded, and the second floor was used as a shelter for almost a week.
But the storm couldn't touch Chalmette's community spirit. The superintendent of St. Bernard Parish schools, Doris Voitier, went right to work so Chalmette students could return to their school. Doris had the second floor of Chalmette High School rebuilt and ready for students by November. And not just high school students, Chalmette reopened as a K-12 school, taking in all the students from St. Bernard Parish that had returned. Some of Chalmette's students returned to St. Bernard Parish even before their parents did, because they were so eager to be back in their school, and to graduate with their class.
Last month, I saw the results of Doris's hard work when I stood in Chalmette's beautiful new library, which was filled with excited students and lined with brand new shelves awaiting new library books. Doris Voitier is here with us today. Is Doris out there? Oh, here she is, right here on the very front row. (Applause.) Let me tell you, too, that Doris didn't wait till she heard from FEMA. She just billed FEMA after she rebuilt her school. (Laughter and applause.)
Making sure librarians can restock these new shelves is the goal of the Laura Bush Foundation's Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative. In 2001, the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries was established to help school libraries expand their collections. Over the last five years, the Foundation has awarded 634 grants, totaling more than $3 million to schools in 49 states.
Shortly after last summer's hurricanes, the leadership council of the Foundation gathered for what was to be the last meeting. The council had reached the fundraising goal for its endowment and was ready to disband. But at that meeting, the council decided to continue raising money for a special fund to help schools in the Gulf Coast region.
So the Gulf Coast School Library Recovery Initiative was established, which will help schools damaged by the hurricanes rebuild their libraries' book and materials collections.
And the task is huge. You saw some of it in the video. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 1,121 private and public schools in the Gulf Coast region were damaged or destroyed. And as many of you know, the basic cost of building a book collection for an elementary school library is about $50,000. And the cost for a good basic secondary school library is usually over $100,000.
As schools rebuild, they are eager to have these resources so they can restock their libraries. In fact, within a month of announcing the initiative, 24 schools had applied for grants. And last month, the Laura Bush Foundation awarded its first round of grants, totaling $500,000 to ten schools in Louisiana and Mississippi.
I know ALA shares this commitment to rebuilding Gulf Coast libraries. ALA members have raised more than $300,000 to help libraries affected by the storms restore their materials collections. And during this conference, many ALA members are giving their time and energy to local libraries left understaffed by the hurricanes.
Joining these efforts are major corporations, private foundations and individuals from around the country. During this conference, you've heard of the generosity of Scholastic, of Dollar General, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.
Earlier, I told you about Chalmette's lost collection of Life magazines. What I didn't mention was that last month when I visited Chalmette to announce the school libraries grant, the CEO of Time Warner, Ann Moore, joined me. Ann presented Chalmette with the complete collection of Life magazines, along with digital copies and historic Life photos. (Applause.)
Corporations are helping, and I've found that they're very happy to help. So I urge you to reach out to corporations in your communities and ask them for help with your own libraries.
Federal institutions, too, are doing their part. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is dedicating $1 million in grants for library projects on the Gulf Coast, and is reserving $500,000 to help staff temporary library facilities in Gulf Coast communities.
Restoring libraries on the Gulf Coast will be a long-term endeavor, requiring well-trained librarians for years to come. And the work of recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians here on the Gulf Coast and throughout our country must start now.
So today, I'm happy to announce that the IMLS Librarians for the 21st Century program is awarding more than $20 million to support almost 3,900 library science students at 35 universities. (Applause.) With these grants, IMLS is ensuring that librarians will have the training they need to keep libraries and education at the center of community life.
When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita roared through the Gulf Coast, they brought images of destruction that we're unaccustomed to seeing in the United States. But they also brought images we've come to expect in America. In the faces of the victims, we saw resilience and courage. In the rescue workers and volunteers, we saw generosity and self-sacrifice. And we see endurance and hope in every act of rebuilding, especially of schools -- schools like Second Street Elementary School in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.
Before Katrina hit Second Street Elementary School, the librarian, Marianne Higginbotham, had always taught her 4th and 5th graders how to take good care of their library books. So as the hurricanes bore down on their homes, many of these children took Marianne's lessons to heart. During the evacuation, most of their possessions were left behind, and ultimately lost. But as they fled, these kids made sure to save their library books. (Laughter and applause.) Most of the children's homes were destroyed, and for months, some of them moved from evacuation shelters to relatives' homes to FEMA trailers -- all the while safeguarding their library books. When they returned to school in November, Marianne said some of the children were afraid they would have a big fine. (Laughter.) But the students treasured those books, and they were happy they'd saved them. And when the rescued volumes were presented to Marianne, the children told her proudly, "I brought your book back."
These books are the beginning of Marianne's new collection, and now with the help of a grant, she'll add many more new books to her reconstructed library.
With the help of private foundations -- companies like Scholastic and Time Warner, federal institutions, and organizations like the ALA -- more books will be brought back to school libraries throughout this region, and good schools will help bring families back to the Gulf Coast.
Thank you for your commitment to Gulf Coast libraries, and thank you for serving your communities and our country every day. Thank you all very much. (Applause.)


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The first-ever biography of Arthur Seldon, the first editorial director
of the Institute of Economic Affairs and an intellectual architect of the Thatcher revolution, is being published by Profile Books on 2nd July 2009.
Arthur Seldon:
A Life for Liberty
By Colin Robinson
Foreword by Patrick Minford
Publication date: 2 July 2009
ISBN: 978 1 84668 249 0 £20.00 hardback
This biography traces the roots of his work from his childhood in the Jewish East End of London, where self-help and voluntary aid for the disadvantaged were the norm; through his studies at the London School of Economics, where he was influenced by some of the leading economists of the 1930s; to his decades at the IEA, where he worked in partnership with Ralph Harris and changed, with Harris, the perception and influence of classical liberal economics to an almost unimaginable degree.
Written by Colin Robinson, a recent editorial director of the IEA, and drawing extensively on the recollections of his colleagues, family and inner circle, this important book conveys both the power of Seldon's intellect and the force of his character. It establishes him firmly as a major architect of Thatcher's economic revolution, and as a shaping hand behind today's political landscape.
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Shane Greer from the 18 Doughty Street website interviews Professor Colin Robinson from the IEA.
They talk about the subject of the newly released, condensed version of Arthur's book, Capitalism.
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6/21/11 Work Session Minutes
The Gordon County Board of Commissioners held a Work Session Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Administration Building.
Chairman Bailey called the meeting to order.
The Board discussed each item on the agenda and made no changes or additions.
Commissioner Hood made a motion to adjourn the Work Session. Commissioner Steward seconded the motion and all voted aye.
There being no further business the meeting adjourned at 5:42 p.m.


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Ebichu the hamster seems like the perfect house pet: she cleans, shops, cooks, does laundry, and anything to please her master, known only as \"Office Lady\" (OL). Unfortunately, OL and her unfaithful boyfriend, combined with Ebichu\'s uncontrollable exuberance and love for ice cream, often earn her severe and bloody punishment. However, Ebichu doesn\'t seem to mind the abuse if she achieves her goal of making her beloved master a little bit happier.


text: Apple calls the iPod Touch the "funnest iPod ever," but now the popular device has a new moniker: the iPod of war. The U.S. military is doling out the iPod Touch to soldiers in war zones in the Middle East, according to a Newsweek report.At their fingertips, soldiers can stay electronically linked to other troops, tap applications for language translation and cultural information, and access data such as maps, photos, videos and voice recordings. A variety of protective covers fit the iPod Touch casing\u2014does it come in camo? Glare and scratch resistant coatings stick onto the touch-sensitive screen. All of which makes the iPod Touch rugged enough for a soldier in the field.Some interesting apps are in the works, ranging from aerial video to teleconferencing. Indeed, the military wants a common platform to develop mobile applications. "Given the ubiquity of the iPod, the platform is perfect for military applications assuming that Apple and the [Department of Defense] can harden the system as needed," says Enterprise Strategy Group security analyst Jon Oltsik.Newsweek reports other interesting applications: "Snipers in Iraq and Afghanistan now use a 'ballistics calculator' called BulletFlight, made by Knight's Armament for the iPod Touch and iPhone. Army researchers are developing applications to turn an iPod into a remote control for a bomb-disposal robot (tilting the iPod steers the robot)."Best of all, the iPod Touch is easy to use and costs about $300 depending on memory capacity. "From the military's perspective, the iPod Touch is a relatively low cost programmable device that has integrated Wi-Fi connectivity," says Gartner analyst Van Baker. "If it suits their needs, then it makes sense to adopt it rather than design a ruggedized low volume device that costs thousands of dollars apiece. Why waste the money?"Given the iPod Touch's new war spin, Baker expects some negative coverage to come out of the blogosphere. But this won't put a permanent smudge on iPod Touch's funnest image, he says. Nevertheless, such military usage is bound to bring a heightened level of seriousness\u2014or is it security?\u2014to the consumer-friendly device.Got a different take? Send me an email at Tom Kaneshige. Or follow me on Twitter @kaneshige.Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline.


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By Rob Gillies
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected Americans at great personal risk during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis said Monday it was good to hear Ben Affleck finally thank Canada after Affleck's film "Argo" won the Oscar for best picture.
"Argo" came under criticism from some Canadians, including former ambassador Ken Taylor, who said he felt slighted by the movie because it makes Canada look like a meek observer to CIA heroics. Taylor says it minimizes Canada's role in the Americans' rescue.
Taylor criticized Affleck on Friday and said he hoped Affleck would acknowledge Canada's role. Affleck briefly thanked Canada in his acceptance speech Sunday.
"Finally, he mentioned Canada," Taylor said. "Under the circumstances, I think that was fine. It certainly acknowledged Canada. I think certainly the movie was about CIA agent Tony Mendez. I think that President Carter's remarks put everything in proportion."
Carter appeared on television last week and said, "90 percent of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian," but the film "gives almost full credit to the American CIA."
Taylor kept the Americans hidden at his residence and at the home of his deputy, John Sheardown, in Tehran and facilitated their escape by arranging plane tickets and persuading the Ottawa government to issue fake passports. He also agreed to go along with the CIA's film production cover story to get the Americans out of Iran.
Taylor became a hero in Canada and the United States.
Taylor said the movie makes it seem like the Canadians were just along for the ride. Taylor and Carter said that Mendez, played by Affleck in the film, was only in Iran for a day and a half.
"The movie is done. President Carter expressed his views, and that's where we sit. I think, being realistic, there's not much at this point that can be realized," Taylor said.
"Argo" also makes no mention of Sheardown, the First Secretary at the embassy. Taylor said it was Sheardown who took the first call from the American diplomats who had evaded capture when Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in November 1979 and agreed right away to take the Americans in. Sheardown died on Dec. 30, and his wife, Zena, called the movie disappointing.
"Argo" screenwriter Chris Terrio, who won best adapted screenplay prize Sunday night, mentioned Taylor and Sheardown in his speech after saluting Mendez.
"Thirty-three years ago Tony, using nothing but his creativity and his intelligence, got six people out of a very bad situation," said Terrio, who based his script on Mendez's book "The Master of Disguise" and a Wired magazine article by Joshuah Bearman.
"And so I want to dedicate this to him and the Taylors and the Sheardowns and people all over the world in the U.S., in Canada, in Iran, who use creativity and intelligence to solve problems non-violently."
Taylor appreciated that Terrio mentioned Sheardown, Sheardown's wife and Taylor's wife.
"He dedicated it to Tony Mendez. That was what his script was about, it so that's understandable. I think that recognition of both Pat and myself and John and Zena was in a sense welcomed," he said.
During a recent talk in Toronto, Taylor took issue with a myriad of creative liberties in "Argo" and said Terrio "had no idea" what he was talking about.
Friends of Taylor were outraged last September when "Argo" debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The original postscript of the movie said that Taylor received 112 citations and awards for his work in freeing the hostages and suggested Taylor didn't deserve them because the movie ends with the CIA deciding to let Canada have the credit for helping the Americans escape.
Taylor called the postscript lines "disgraceful and insulting" and said it would have caused outrage in Canada if the lines were not changed. Affleck flew Taylor to Los Angeles after the Toronto debut and allowed him to insert a postscript that gave Canada some credit.
In a statement released on Friday, Affleck said he admired Taylor very much but said he was surprised Taylor still had an issue with the film. Affleck also said he agreed to narrate a documentary that Taylor is involved with, about Canada's role in the Iran hostage crisis.
Taylor said it was news to him that Affleck had agreed to narrate the documentary and said he looked forward to working on it with him.


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We use much thicker, stronger, heavier rated chain than you will find just about anywhere else. The chain is rated nearly twice as strong as the standard double loop chain. We also include a very heavy duty set of metal swing-mate springs for a more superior strength and smoother swinging weight distribution. Assembly hardware included totals nearly a $50 value. Heavy duty springs and chain are both rated to hold over 800 pounds.
Our rope is made to look like manilla rope, but because it is poly rope it will not mildew or rot. It is 3/4 inch thick, and is rated stronger than our heavy duty chain. We will provide you with plenty of rope so that you can tie it and hang it from a 10 foot height. Please let us know if you are planning on hanging it from a point higher than 10 feet above the ground. The additional cost of adding rope to your order is $35.
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These cushions are designed to stand up to harsh weather conditions without fading, staining or developing mildew. The covers are removable and washable, while the thick 2" foam insert provides luxurious, comfortable support. Each cushion has long ties to assist in attaching it to your porch swing, glider or bench.
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I'm a cartoon, which feels kinda weird. Brits... collect 'em all: Budd, Hicks, Malarkey and me.
I'm a cartoon, which feels kinda weird. Brits... collect 'em all: Budd, Hicks, Malarkey and me.
I'm in a lovely little cottage in the town of Ironbridge, the self-styled birthplace of industry. This is the setting for the current Britpack geekend, and the turnout is pretty darn big.
We've been doing some touristy stuff; strolling through the quaint village in lovely weather, eating pub lunches, going to the Enginuity part of the museum of iron, and this evening we went to a fireworks display at a Victorian town.
Of course, the real reason for travelling all this way is to feed our latest dirty habit: playing Werewolf with fellow geeks. That's what we did tonight, ensconced in our cosy cottage. Now, with the air thick with paranoia and recriminations, I think I'll call it a night.
Before leaving tomorrow, I must remember to actually walk across the eponymous iron bridge and take some more pictures.


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- No masking or duct tape on any surfaces. The only tape allowed is painter's tape which will be provided by facility management in reasonable quantities.
- Fountains and/or buckets, tubs or pools of water are not approved for use.
- Objects hung from or put on or in the ceiling must be pre-approved by the Building Manager.
- Glitter or confetti, in any form, is absolutely prohibited. Its use will result in additional charges and loss of future use of facilities.
- Decorating must be done within the scheduled use time and all decorations must be removed from the building by the sponsor (host) immediately following the event. If not, labor charges will be assessed for removal and destruction.
- All groups will be liable for damage caused by installation and use of decorations.
- Decorations cannot impede traffic flow nor obstruct entrances and exits.
- Decorations must meet fire code.
- Use of florist putty or other types of putty is prohibited.
- Only air or helium is allowed in balloons. Mixtures with sealer and/or glues are prohibited.
- Straw, hay or other products such as those are not permitted in the facilities without a waiver granted by the Building Manager.
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The following requirements are in accordance with Section 1109.8 of the State of Oregon Uniform Fire Code, and must be observed at all times at all events. Violations will result in fines of up to $250 per occurrence.
- The Device or holder shall be designed so that it will return to the upright position after being tilted to an angle of 45 degrees from vertical.
- Openings on the top and the distance to the top shall be such that a piece of tissue paper placed on the top will not ignite in 10 seconds.
- Chimneys shall be made of non-combustible materials. Such chimneys shall be securely attached to the open-flame device.


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Chapter 23
Solomon is made king—The Levites are numbered and assigned their various religious duties.
1 So when David was old and full of days, he made aSolomon his son king over Israel.
2 ¶ And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of athirty years and upward: and their bnumber by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and ajudges:
5 Moreover four thousand were aporters; and four thousand praised the Lord with the binstruments which I made, said David, to cpraise therewith.
6 And David divided them into acourses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 ¶ Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house.
12 ¶ The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of aAmram; Aaron and Moses: and bAaron was cseparated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn dincense before the Lord, to minister unto him, and to ebless in his name for ever.
14 Now concerning aMoses the man of God, his bsons were named of the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were, aGershom, and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
21 ¶ The sons of aMerari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 ¶ These were the sons of aLevi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by bnumber of names by their cpolls, that did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upward.
25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel hath given arest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
28 Because their aoffice was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
30 And to stand every morning to athank and praise the Lord, and likewise at even;
31 And to offer all burnt asacrifices unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set bfeasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the Lord:
32 And that they should keep the charge of the atabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of bAaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.


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This pin cushion did not start out as a "lily pad" but the flower reminded me of a water lily and my frog stuffer looked so at home next to it. This tutorial uses two of the the previous tutorials.
Lily Pad Pin Cushion
material for 2 ruffled flowers.
Follow the instructions for last weeks tutorial on the ruffled flower. I sewed the two toegether with my gathering stitch. For this flower I used one out of regular fabric and one out of felt. I did not fold the felt in half. I also cut the felt out using the new sizzix die for gathered flowers. Attach a small piece of felt to the bottom to finish off the gathered edge.
Turn and stuff/fill as desired. There is a tutorial on this posted about a month ago.
Once stuffed sew up opening.
Attach flower to the top. I hot glued it but you can stitch it on if you want.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Lily pad pin cushion tutorial
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2 comments:
love this, I am a pincushion junkie. One more to add to my list
kerry jane
- March 29, 2011 at 2:59 PM
- donna said...
What a cute pincushion.
- March 29, 2011 at 8:10 PM
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With returning economic growth in recent years, companies in the Czech Republic have been facing a shortage of skilled labour. Labour supply does not match demand on the labour market and the practical skills of graduates entering the labour market are often insufficient.
These are the reasons for the growing desire for closer connection between the corporate world and VET. Employers and VET school representatives are seeking greater cooperation, as in the agreement concluded between the key representatives of the employers (Chamber of Commerce, Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, Czech Agrarian Chamber and Confederation of Employers' and Entrepreneurs' Associations of the Czech Republic) on allocating responsibility for individual areas of initial vocational education. These organisations have shared responsibility for particular fields of education. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MŠMT) is also active, having prepared reform in the Amendment of the School Act, by which the schools are obliged to improve cooperation with employers.
In line with the Act, employers, at present, are involved in several lines of action: negotiations on the National programme for the development of education; the draft of the Long-term plan for education and the development of education system of the Czech Republic; the field structure in primary, secondary and tertiary VET and the health requirements for persons applying for education; and negotiations related to national VET curricula ([1]).
Employer involvement in VET is embedded in the School Act in several areas: the option to implement practical training at their premises; inclusion in the development of uniform assignment of final examinations for vocational certificate fields; mandatory participation of an expert from practice in the examination board for the programmes concluded by a vocational certificate (three-year study programmes, EQF 3); and optional participation of an expert from practice at the profile part of Maturita examination (four-year study programmes, EQF 4) and at absolutorium (tertiary professional education, EQF 6).
The amendment to the Act relates to §57, which, up to now, has set objectives for secondary education without explicitly mentioning cooperation with employers. The amendment obliges schools to develop, in their field of study, cooperation with employers towards joint fulfilment of secondary education objectives. Schools will now have to involve employers in the education by:
- consulting employers on drafts of school curricula;
- engaging employers in shaping conceptual plans for school development;
- ensuring part of practical training is implemented at the premises of employers authorised to perform activities related to the relevant field of education;
- allowing participation of experts from practice in theoretical training at school;
- allowing participation of experts from practice in the profile part of maturita examination;
- securing, in cooperation with the employers, continuing education and internships for teaching staff of theoretical and practical training at employers ([2]).
These activities are already being implemented by many schools and employers. The amendment should be viewed as a step towards systematisation and an effort to extend these activities also to schools that have not been exploiting them to their full potential. The proposal also puts emphasis on greater involvement of individual employers at regional and local levels.
([1]) Based on the national curricula designed by the State, the schools create their own curricula for each field of study offered. In line with the development plan for the particular school, the curriculum shall reflect the educational conditions in the school as well as educational needs and specific features of the regional labour market.
([2]) See the Amendment 841/3 to the Chamber of Deputies publication No 841, which includes the reform of regional education funding https://www.psp.cz/sqw/historie.sqw?o=7&t=841. The Amendment is expected to be approved in the course of 2017.


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Retrospective: 76 Patrons
In Traveller, you see, there's the concept of a "patron," which is little more than the game's equivalent of the mysterious stranger who meets your characters in an inn and offers them money in exchange for exploring a conveniently-located dungeon. What differentiates the patron from the hackneyed mysterious stranger is that the characters seek out patrons, not the other way around. Indeed, the finding of patrons is one of the key activities of old school Traveller adventurers, which is why there are rules for doing so -- rules, I should add, that include the possibility of the patron's finding the PCs unsuitable to his needs and failing to hire them. It's the sort of the reverse of OD&D; instead of the characters looking for hirelings to assist them, they are the hirelings.
Because of this, a Traveller referee needs to be flexible and create many different potential patrons for the characters to meet and enter negotiations with, some of which might never be used in play. That can be a significant burden on any referee, even a very improvisational one, which is why a supplement like 76 Patrons came in handy. As its name suggests, the book provides 76 different job opportunities (16 of which are actually mercenary tickets requiring the PCs to command military units of varying sizes). These jobs briefly describe the potential patron offering them -- "a newly married couple ... [who] have reason to believe that their respective parents are not pleased with their union" or "a nervous looking gentleman" -- as well as the nature of his offer and the remuneration for succeeding. Each entry also notes any required skills or equipment.
But what really made 76 Patrons useful was that each patron includes up to six different variations on the patron's offer. The referee rolls a die to determine whether, for example, the newly married couple are correct in their suspicions and what action, if any, their parents are taking. This random element not only made it impossible for players who also owned the book to determine in advance the nature of the job, but enabled certain patron listings to be reused again with a little bit of tweaking, thus extending the utility of the supplement. Furthermore, each patron entry served as a model to referees in creating their own patrons on the fly -- a skill all good Traveller referees had to master if they were to keep the campaign from grinding to a halt.
76 Patrons has its flaws, most notably a certain repetitiveness in the nature of many of the jobs offered. Many boil down to some variation on "illegally break into some place to get something," but, then, that's true of a great many scenarios for most RPGs (and literature, come to think of it). I'm willing to overlook such defects, though, because supplements like this were a treasure house of ideas and inspiration. As an inexperienced Traveller referee, they gave me the raw materials I needed to construct adventures for the PCs, as they traveled from place to place without any warning in search of employment. I've lately thought that a similar supplement for fantasy sandbox campaigns might be useful, though, lacking the patron structure of Traveller, it's harder to imagine how this might be achieved. Even so, I continue to regard 76 Patrons quite highly and see it as the kind of useful, no-frills products that we don't see as much these days as we did in days gone by.
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While reading this, it struck me, too that something like this would be useful for a fantasy campaign, particularly a low-level or beginning game. I'm not sure I see the problem with a lack of a "patron structure." A lot of fantasy games, including WFRP, used the idea of, for example, a "jobs tree," a place in the village square where people seeking help would put up fliers -- "My property has been stolen! Will pay well for it's recovery! See Hans at the Three Maidens for details."ReplyDelete
In fact, I think this would be a nice follow up to Petty Gods.
I love the idea of 76 Patrons. I find it less useful in practice, though, which I think can be chalked up to the lack—somewhat—of variety that you touched on. I get a little more use out of BITS' 101 Patrons. I would definitely be interested in seeing more products in this vein.ReplyDelete
I also think that this would not be hard to graft into a fantasy campaign. At the very least, it could be a source of ideas for a game master as you indicate, but a page of rules on how parties find patrons, and what it means to work for someone else and not for yourself, and bang good to go.ReplyDelete
Each entry could be a page of data for the patron type, including a d6 roll for exact specifications for the quest/job/task, and stat block for relivent NPCS.
Working title "77 patrons" or "Petty Patrons"? ;)
Traveller originally was so open-ended and generic that 76 Patrons offered almost the first insight into what GDW (or Loren Wiseman, anyway) thought characters would actually be doing in the game. It startled me that so many of the patrons were obvious crooks hiring the PCs to commit major felonies or murder.ReplyDelete
Apparently Mongoose has dropped a new iteration of this book called "760 Patrons". I can't personally say anything for its quality (though user reviews seem pretty enthusiastic) but I have to respect their enthusiasm to outright multiply the number by ten.ReplyDelete
Dragons Warriors did a recent fantasy version of this for their Legend gameworld entitled Friends or Foes.ReplyDelete
"What differentiates the patron from the hackneyed mysterious stranger is that the characters seek out patrons, not the other way around."ReplyDelete
Not being a Trav guy, I never knew this. It seems like a really great idea, structurally. Once again, you read an old RPG book so I didn't have to, and it helps.
@Anthony: historically people would often nail up such job notices and other announcements on the local church doors.ReplyDelete
In an open sandbox world, where multiple players/parties are adventuring in the same world, it's a very useful thing to have noticeboards in the marketplaces with such jobs/quests posted. If nothing else it makes it a convenient method to get low-level characters involved in the campaign. [Or to leave messages for other players/groups.] At the larger cities one could pay a scribe to write you a notice and a herald to read it to you, if you had difficulty in that regard.
@Jason Withrow: 760 patrons is a reasonable update, although it has a lot less colour (in that it is a "generic" SF set of contacts, mentors, and patrons, rather than being specific to the Imperium). One nice touch is they've divided the patrons into antagonists and protagonists.
@Allen Varney: So true. It often seemed that the idea behind Traveller was a group of hard-scrabble retirees with inadequate pensions struggling to keep it all together and hungry enough to jump at any offer that comes it's way. Which is why I could never use 76 Patrons in any of my "Traveller" games, and so it ended up being the least used of the supplements.
Is it sad that I read the line about the "nervous man" and know exactly which patron it refers to (he's looking to inconvenience a business rival)?ReplyDelete
Trail of Cthulhu's sandbox campaign "The Armitage Files" takes a similiar, though slightly different slant. It provides a bunch of NPCs that provides each with a "Sinister", "innocuous" and "Stalwart" variation, as well as Alternate Descriptions, Defining Quirks and a short stat block. It then goes on to describe a series of locations each with "Neutral" and "Sinister" descriptions.ReplyDelete
As such it's a great tool that provides substantial support to the GM that's winging it in some prolonged improvisation.
Coupled with amazing production values of t"The Armitage Files" themselves, it's one of the GREAT Role Playing products of recent time.
Pere Ubu: "Is it sad that I read the line about the 'nervous man' and know exactly which patron it refers to (he's looking to inconvenience a business rival)?"ReplyDelete
Whether it is sad or not, I recognized it as well. ^_^
- AnonymousMarch 10, 2011 at 8:55 PM
Aren't there a few Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser stories that involve, essentially, a patron?ReplyDelete
Another way to use the patrons, esp. in fantasy: The patron scenarios could be rumors the PCs catch wind of. Instead of hiring the PCs the patron would hire some other people. The PCs would then hear that some patron has hired some toughs to steal something. The PCs could then use that information to either intercept the hired toughs, race to beat them to the target, or sell the information to other interested parties, etc.


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The worldwide smartphone market grew 42.5% year-over-year during the first quarter, as Samsung Electronics overtook Apple for the smartphone leadership position, according to IDC's estimates.
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Samsung sold 42.2 million smartphones, which is a new record, while Apple sold 35.1 million during the first quarter. That means about every second smartphone sold across the world came from either Samsung or Apple.
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Symbian phone shipments declined precipitously as demand dropped in important emerging markets, including China. The company's current woes make a speedy transition to products powered by the Windows Phone operating system critical, IDC said.
Research In Motion (RIM) saw its unit sales drop by 29.7% reaching levels not seen since 2009, according to IDC. But 9.7 million units was still enough to make it the fourth largest vendor.
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