The Lazarus Trust - Revision history

JasonK at 02:07, 14 June 2006

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	[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins. These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many never again see the light of day. The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.		[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins. These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many never again see the light of day. The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.

	The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de ~~Jenaro~~ and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Queensland, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.		The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Queensland, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.

	[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).		[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).

67.171.37.61 at 08:14, 9 May 2006

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	[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins. These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many never again see the light of day. The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.		[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins. These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many never again see the light of day. The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.

	The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in ~~Sydney~~, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.		The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Queensland, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.

	[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).		[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).

JasonK at 23:32, 9 April 2006

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	The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.		The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.

	[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).		[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).

	The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.		The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.

JasonK at 23:32, 9 April 2006

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	The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.		The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.

	[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed ~~Ali~~ Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).		[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).

	The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.		The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.

JasonK at 11:34, 26 March 2006

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	The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.		The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.

	The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss ~~the~~ business ~~of the Lazarus Trust~~. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).		[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss Trust business. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).

	The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.		The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.

	~~[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]~~According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I the war]. [[Rabbit]], however, is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821. There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.		According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I the war]. [[Rabbit]], however, is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821. There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.

	After expeditions and publishing, the Trust's third function is social, playing the role of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club_%28traditional%29 gentleman's club] for its members and providing the comforts of home to a largely British fellowship. Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledge - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Members can go to any nearby office to lounge in the parlor or smoking room, take dinner in the dining room or play a spot of billiards in the drawing room. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.		[[Image:Flatiron.jpg\|frame\|The Fuller Building, New York City's first "skyscraper," and the Trust's main office in the Americas.]]After expeditions and publishing, the Trust's third function is social, playing the role of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club_%28traditional%29 gentleman's club] for its members and providing the comforts of home to a largely British fellowship. Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledge - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Members can go to any nearby office to lounge in the parlor or smoking room, take dinner in the dining room or play a spot of billiards in the drawing room. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.

	Members of the Trust each pay a different rate, and neither wealth nor social standing decides the price - rich men have paid pennies, while poorer men have mortgaged their homes to stay on the rolls. Whatever the case, membership fees and the revenues gained from sale of artifacts to museums and of the ''Journals'' to libraries couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the Trust has to dole out to its employees. If anyone knows what the trust source of the Lazarus Trust's vast funding is, they haven't said.		Members of the Trust each pay a different rate, and neither wealth nor social standing decides the price - rich men have paid pennies, while poorer men have mortgaged their homes to stay on the rolls. Whatever the case, membership fees and the revenues gained from sale of artifacts to museums and of the ''Journals'' to libraries couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the Trust has to dole out to its employees. If anyone knows what the trust source of the Lazarus Trust's vast funding is, they haven't said.

JasonK at 11:21, 26 March 2006

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	The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.		The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.

	According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I the war]. [[Rabbit]], however, is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821. There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.		[[Image:Cairo.jpg\|frame\|left\|The Mohammed Ali Mosque, located inside the Saladin Citadel, is home to the Lazarus Trust's main office in Cairo.]]According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I the war]. [[Rabbit]], however, is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821. There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.

	After expeditions and publishing, the Trust's third function is social, playing the role of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club_%28traditional%29 gentleman's club] for its members and providing the comforts of home to a largely British fellowship. Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledge - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Members can go to any nearby office to lounge in the parlor or smoking room, take dinner in the dining room or play a spot of billiards in the drawing room. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.		After expeditions and publishing, the Trust's third function is social, playing the role of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club_%28traditional%29 gentleman's club] for its members and providing the comforts of home to a largely British fellowship. Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledge - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Members can go to any nearby office to lounge in the parlor or smoking room, take dinner in the dining room or play a spot of billiards in the drawing room. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.

JasonK at 11:01, 26 March 2006

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	* Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins.~~[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]~~		[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins. These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many never again see the light of day. The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.
	** These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many ~~are not.~~
	** No one knows what the ~~true source~~ of ~~the Lazarus Trust's funding is~~. The ~~revenue from membership fees, sale of artifacts to museums and sale the ''Journals'', couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the~~ Trust ~~has to dole out~~ to its employees.
	** Members each pay a different rate, ~~and neither wealth nor social standing decides~~ the ~~price - rich men have paid pennies~~, ~~while poorer men have mortgaged their homes to stay on~~ the ~~rolls.~~
	** Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a ~~vast collection~~ of ~~knowledg -~~ and ~~to the offices' facilities~~, ~~much like any gentleman's club. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger~~, ~~more elaborate, expeditions~~.

	* The Trust's main offices ~~are~~ in New York, Paris and Cairo, ~~though they have smaller,~~ branch offices in cities ~~throughout~~ the ~~world; Chicago~~, Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai ~~are just some examples~~.		The Trust has three main offices, in New York, Paris and Cairo, and a large number of branch offices in cities around the globe, including Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai. The branch offices act as newsgatherers for their region, employing a vast network of contacts and informers to tell them of strange or interesting happenings in the area. When a story seems to have enough substance and strangeness behind it to warrant a closer look, the head of the branch office wires to a main office to report; the New York office deals with the Americas, the Paris office with Europe and Africa and the Cairo office with the Middle East and Asia. If the head of the main office agrees that a story seems interesting, he'll send an exploration team to conduct an investigation and come back with the story. A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to, and each main office has several different teams it can call on; it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.
	** Each local office has agents who collect interesting ~~news stories from~~ the area ~~around them~~. When a ~~series of similar stories seem~~ to have ~~some~~ substance behind ~~them~~, the office wires to the ~~nearest~~ main office to ~~have~~ an ~~investigative team~~ come ~~check it out~~.
	** A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to.
	** Each main office has several different teams it can call on ~~and~~ it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.
	** The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.

	* The ~~Lazarus Trust's archives' earliest membership records date from 1831, but~~ the ~~records make no distinction between new~~ and ~~existing members - the Trust may have been founded in that~~ year ~~or it may be older.~~		The heads of the three main offices consult with each other by wire and telephone and, four times a year, meet in person to discuss the business of the Lazarus Trust. While it's widely accepted that there's someone higher-up in the Trust's heirarchy than these three men, but even they don't claim to know him personally, or to even know his identity. They call him "[[The Quiet Man]]," and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work).
	** Similarly, ~~no member or employee can say when~~ the Trust ~~was organized or who, in fact, did the organizing~~. It's ~~1924, after all, and none of them are quite~~ that ~~old.~~
	** Even the highest ranking members of the Trust, ~~the heads of its main chapter houses,~~ don't claim to know ~~the Trust's leader~~ personally, or even to know his identity ~~- they~~ call him "The Quiet Man" and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work.").

	* The Trust ~~publishes~~ a seasonal almanac, called ''The Lazarus ~~Journals~~'', ~~containing~~ stories of events, findings ~~and~~ expeditions around the globe. ~~Stories~~ are ~~expected to be~~ complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence where possible.		The Trust main home activity is publishing a seasonal almanac, called ''The Journals of the Lazarus Trust'', that contains stories of events and findings from agents' expeditions around the globe. These are generally complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence, where possible. The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want copies usually become members of the Trust.
	** The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want ~~to own~~ copies usually become members of the Trust.
	** According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during the war. ~~However~~, ~~Rabbit~~ is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821.		According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I the war]. [[Rabbit]], however, is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821. There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.
	** There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.
			After expeditions and publishing, the Trust's third function is social, playing the role of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen%27s_club_%28traditional%29 gentleman's club] for its members and providing the comforts of home to a largely British fellowship. Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledge - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Members can go to any nearby office to lounge in the parlor or smoking room, take dinner in the dining room or play a spot of billiards in the drawing room. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.

			Members of the Trust each pay a different rate, and neither wealth nor social standing decides the price - rich men have paid pennies, while poorer men have mortgaged their homes to stay on the rolls. Whatever the case, membership fees and the revenues gained from sale of artifacts to museums and of the ''Journals'' to libraries couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the Trust has to dole out to its employees. If anyone knows what the trust source of the Lazarus Trust's vast funding is, they haven't said.

			The Lazarus Trust's archives' earliest membership records date from 1831, but the records make no distinction between new and existing members - the Trust may have been founded in that year or it may be older. Similarly, no member or employee can say when the Trust was organized or who, in fact, did the organizing. It's 1924, after all, and none of them are quite that old.


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	** Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledg - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.		** Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledg - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.

	* The Trust's main offices are in New York, Paris and Cairo, though they have smaller, branch offices in cities throughout the world; Chicago, ~~Los Angeles~~, London, ~~Shanghai, Hong Kong, Delhi and Johannesburg~~, Rio de Jenaro are just some examples.		* The Trust's main offices are in New York, Paris and Cairo, though they have smaller, branch offices in cities throughout the world; Chicago, Delhi, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Rio de Jenaro and Shanghai are just some examples.
	** Each local office has agents who collect interesting news stories from the area around them. When a series of similar stories seem to have some substance behind them, the office wires to the nearest main office to have an investigative team come check it out.		** Each local office has agents who collect interesting news stories from the area around them. When a series of similar stories seem to have some substance behind them, the office wires to the nearest main office to have an investigative team come check it out.
	** A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to.		** A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to.

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JasonK at 08:53, 23 January 2006

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* Like the Aeon Society or the Ponatowski Foundation (or, more mundanely, the National Geographic Society), the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club and funds expeditions into the world, charging them to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins.
** These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many are not.
** No one's entirely sure what the source of the Lazarus Trust's funding is. The three known sources are membership fees, sale of artifacts to museums and sale the Journals, but these couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the Trust has to dole out to its employees.
** Trust members are each charged a different rate for their membership and neither wealth nor social standing seems to decide what that rate is - rich men have been charged pennies, while poorer men have had to mortgage their homes to stay on the rolls.
** Membership in the trust gives the member rights to the Trust's libraries - which are store to a considerably vaster collection of knowledge than just the Journals - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, less dangerous field expeditions.

* The Trust's main offices are in New York, Paris and Cairo, though they have smaller, branch offices in cities throughout the world; Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Delhi and Johannesburg, Rio de Jenaro are just some examples.
** Each local office has agents who collect interesting news stories from the area around them. When a series of similar stories seem to have some substance behind them, the office wires to the nearest main office to have an investigative team come check it out.
** A few of the larger, more distant local offices have their own investigative teams. The one in Sydney, for example. This doesn't keep them from calling in a more seasoned team if they need to.
** Each main office has several different teams it can call on and it's rare for more than one team to be "at home" at any given time.
** The Lazarus Trust is more than happy to fund expeditions its employees wish to take for personal reasons, provided that the Trust sees a return on its investment, in the form of a full accounting of a discovery for the Journals and, often, an artifact.

* The Lazarus Trust's archives' earliest membership records date from 1831, but the records make no distinction between new and existing members - the Trust may have been founded in that year or it may be older.
** Similarly, no member or employee can say when the Trust was organized or who, in fact, did the organizing. It's 1924, after all, and none of them are quite that old.
** Even the highest ranking members of the Trust, the heads of its main chapter houses, don't claim to know the Trust's leader personally, or even to know his identity - they call him "The Quiet Man" and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work.").

* The Trust publishes a seasonal almanac, called /The Lazarus Journals/, containing stories of events, findings and expeditions around the globe. Stories are expected to be complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence where possible.
** The Journals are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want to own copies usually become members of the Trust.
** According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the Journals were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during the war. However, Rabbit is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821.
** There are only two known complete collections of the Journals: one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the Journals are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.

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	* Like the Aeon Society or the Ponatowski Foundation (or~~, more mundanely,~~ the National Geographic Society), the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club ~~and funds expeditions into the world~~, charging ~~them~~ to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins.		* Like the Aeon Society, the Ponatowski Foundation or the National Geographic Society, the Lazarus Trust is an explorer's club, charging the expeditions it funds to bring back stories and knowledge to spread to society at large. This includes tales of life with desert tribes and cross-Alaskan sled rides, the finding of strange jungle plants and excavations of archaeological ruins.[[Image:LazarusHQ.gif\|frame\|The [[Palais du Trocadéro]], the Lazarus Trust's Parisian home and foremost chapterhouse.]]
	** These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many are not.		** These expeditions are also often charged with bringing back artifacts from their explorations, which the Trust's employees examine. Many items are later seen in the hands of places like the British Museum or the Smithsonian Museum, but just as many are not.
	** No one~~'s entirely sure~~ what the source of the Lazarus Trust's funding is. The ~~three known sources are~~ membership fees, sale of artifacts to museums and sale the Journals, ~~but these~~ couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the Trust has to dole out to its employees.		** No one knows what the true source of the Lazarus Trust's funding is. The revenue from membership fees, sale of artifacts to museums and sale the ''Journals'', couldn't possibly add up to provide the resources the Trust has to dole out to its employees.
	** ~~Trust members are~~ each ~~charged~~ a different rate ~~for their membership~~ and neither wealth nor social standing ~~seems to decide what that rate is~~ - rich men have ~~been charged~~ pennies, while poorer men have ~~had to mortgage~~ their homes to stay on the rolls.		** Members each pay a different rate, and neither wealth nor social standing decides the price - rich men have paid pennies, while poorer men have mortgaged their homes to stay on the rolls.
	** Membership ~~in the trust~~ gives ~~the member rights~~ to the Trust's libraries - which ~~are~~ store to a ~~considerably vaster~~ collection of ~~knowledge than just the Journals~~ - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, ~~less dangerous field~~ expeditions.		** Membership gives access to the Trust's libraries - which store a vast collection of knowledg - and to the offices' facilities, much like any gentleman's club. Membership also gives the member the right to participate in the larger, more elaborate, expeditions.

	* The Trust's main offices are in New York, Paris and Cairo, though they have smaller, branch offices in cities throughout the world; Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Delhi and Johannesburg, Rio de Jenaro are just some examples.		* The Trust's main offices are in New York, Paris and Cairo, though they have smaller, branch offices in cities throughout the world; Chicago, Los Angeles, London, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Delhi and Johannesburg, Rio de Jenaro are just some examples.
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	** Even the highest ranking members of the Trust, the heads of its main chapter houses, don't claim to know the Trust's leader personally, or even to know his identity - they call him "The Quiet Man" and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work.").		** Even the highest ranking members of the Trust, the heads of its main chapter houses, don't claim to know the Trust's leader personally, or even to know his identity - they call him "The Quiet Man" and speak of him only in hearsay (i.e. "I heard that The Quiet Man is happy with your work.").

	* The Trust publishes a seasonal almanac, called /The Lazarus Journals/, containing stories of events, findings and expeditions around the globe. Stories are expected to be complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence where possible.		* The Trust publishes a seasonal almanac, called ''The Lazarus Journals'', containing stories of events, findings and expeditions around the globe. Stories are expected to be complete and detailed accounts, including photographs and technical drawings and footnotes referencing archived film or artifactual evidence where possible.
	** The Journals are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want to own copies usually become members of the Trust.		** The ''Journals'' are sent to all members of the Trust in good standing and to each of the Trust's local offices. They are available for all others to purchase. Typically larger public and university libraries buy them; individuals who want to own copies usually become members of the Trust.
	** According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the Journals were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during the war. However, Rabbit is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821.		** According to the Lazarus Trust's archives, the ''Journals'' were first published in the Winter of 1831 and have never missed an installment since, not even during the war. However, Rabbit is sure that he saw a book of the same title in Cairo in 1821.
	** There are only two known complete collections of the Journals: one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the Journals are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.		** There are only two known complete collections of the ''Journals'': one in the Paris office and one in the New York office. Local office, private and library collections have all proved incomplete and, as the ''Journals'' are never reprinted, the only way to finish an incomplete collection is to find a lost copy of a volume or to take one from someone else.


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