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We believe that diverse, inclusive teams drive performance and innovation, creating greater business value.
We know that diversity encompasses a wide range of things; cognitive perspectives, education, work experiences, personal life experiences in addition to individual background, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, etc.
Since we believe that, then:
- We consider and create diversity and inclusion in everything we do, building teams that reflect our approach
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Inside Local Grocery, one aisle looked like a war zone. A large cardboard display had fallen over and was torn in half. Cans were everywhere, like a bulldozer had driven through a display. There were a few potted plants from a nearby gardening display that were lying on their sides, with soil spilling out. A small army of teenagers with push brooms were working on the mess.
But, since I was in hurry, I grabbed my tomatoes and left.
I'd forgotten about it until today. My 10:30 is a sweet old lady with serious balance problems, who recently got a motorized scooter. So I asked her how she's been doing with learning to drive it.
"I've been doing fine. Or at least I thought I was. I keep forgetting how to stop it, and last night I was going down the aisle at Local Grocery, when I tried to slow down and swerve around this huge display of cans........"

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Jim Parker,
Charlotte, N.C.
"I get a lot of support from Armstrong. I can call up and ask a question, and if they can't give me an answer, they'll find someone to get me an answer quickly. The equipment I'm hauling around is in top shape. They have supplied me with new equipment and it's a fair contract. Every job has its good days and bad days, but I'm getting out, driving down the road and getting to see the country in all different seasons and getting paid to do it."
Jim Parker is a long-distance Driver who has been in the moving business since 1975 serving more than 4,000 customers in his tenure. Armstrong recognized Jim as the Van Operator of the Year in July 2014.
Cory Dotson,
Dallas, Texas
"Tonnage all year round is huge for us contractors. With Armstrong being such a big company with a giant wingspan, there's so much opportunity for drivers anywhere you go. When I travel from city to city, I like to reconnect with my previous customers over dinner. You really make personal connections spending three or four days with families throughout their move. I have made a lot of friends across the industry. I really enjoy all the people…dispatchers, move coordinators, helpers…it would be impossible for me to leave this company."
Cory started driving with Armstrong in 2006 and prior to that, worked as a helper for five years. Armstrong recognized Cory as a runner-up for Van Operator of the Year in July 2014.
Jerry Minor,
Memphis, Tenn.
"I spent almost 20 years driving for competitors in the industry, and having driven for Armstrong since 1993, I feel like I wasted those earlier years with the wrong company. Armstrong has great ownership and great operations personnel. The dispatchers don't let grass grow under my feet! They give me the ability to stay busy 12 months of the year, not just during the peak season."
Jerry Minor is a long-distance driver who has been in the moving business since 1974 serving thousands of customers in his tenure. United Van Lines recognized Jerry as the Driver of the Year in 2003, as have clients such as FedEx.


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I'm new here, so hello.
Anyway, I work as a Recreation Therapist for troubled teens at a Presbyterian Residential Facility. My job entails running activities with these children and using these activities to build social skills, resilience and self-esteem. Only one co-worker knows a hint of my non-religious nature (and that's because I tried to date her....HUGE MISTAKE, NEVER DATE A FUNDAMENTALIST, this was a very influential part of my life that should be saved for another thread).
Prayer is a huge part of my every day routine at work. Most of the time, I just bow my head and be respectful when they ask to pray. When they ask me to pray, I always pass. Some of the children ask why I never pray when I run activities or why I don't say prayers out loud. I usually brush off these questions as 'they are not my thing'.
The institution is a private facility, so I do not dare share my opinions, or object to any policy for fear of losing my job or being ostracized. My boss is a strict right wing conservative who thinks that Obama is a muslim foreigner (yeah, one of those). A pastor comes two days a week to run a Bible study group for the kids, and I wish so bad that I could run it and point out all the flaws, supernatural nonsense, contradictions, absurdities, sexism, murder, rape, I could go on.
The fact is that I put up with this every day, and for fear of losing my job, I keep my mouth shut. There are plenty more situations that bother me, but I will stop here.
Beyond the religious part of my job, I like it very much. Working with kids from diverse backgrounds and helping them learn to become stable adults is a fulfilling job. I was just wondering if anyone here has had the same experience as I have, or experiences these practices while at the workplace. Any ideas on how to cope with these people?
Anyways, thanks for reading. Your thoughts are appreciated, and its good to be able to talk with people who choose not to believe in fairy tales.
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No haven't had that experience. Just be grateful that you aren't a 50 year pastor with a large congregation that just figured out that religion is bunk.
Yes, fortunately I learned to reason and look past irrational fears and emotional crutches at a young age. Haha
I couldn't imagine being so deep into religion that I spread it or try to convert people, then making the 180 back the other direction. There would have to be some major epiphanies involved, as well as a catalyst for the initial doubt.
Not necessarily.
People who spend lots of time and energy prostheletizing* others, and seeking converts to their faith are trying to convince themselves that their own beliefs are TRUE via a variant of argumentum ad popularum (it's true because it's widely believed/other people believe it). I think it shows uncertainty that their beliefs are true.
Sometimes, this doesn't work to maintain their own faith, and the person who was converting others ceases to see the Truth in those teachings, and either changes to a different belief/set of teachings, or they back away from religion altogether. Then, they have a new belief system (or lack of one) to prostheletize* the same people with over again - with a new vigour.
* Definition: prostheletize - verb - To beat others over the head with the crutch of religion.
Hi-- I can understand everything you are saying about your job frustration. I'm sure you already know the answer, and it is what you are doing-- just avoid the relifious stuff as much as you can and eventually hope for a job where you can be yourself. I live in a community and extended family of fundamentalist Christians, and it is much the same, I would imagine. I just look the other way and don't participate in prayers and so on. I don't let them "catch" me disagreeing out loud with their beliefs, but I'm sure my silence is a strong hint. Yet there's nothing they can prove, in your situation or mine. The difference is that i COULD tell them what I really believe, but for you your job would be in jeopardy, and you don't want to do that until you have another direction. It would be great if you could find a secular organization that needed your services. And please forgive me for stating nothing but the obvious!
You say the organisation is a Presbyterian organisation, and you say it is a private organisation. There is a difference in how each can treat you under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, religious rules descriptions found here.
Generally a religious organisation may discriminate on employment based on religious sect, but may not harass or retaliate (thus you could be replaced if a Presbyterian were found to replace you, but not be fired over your non-belief).
The rules are tricky and subjective, though courts have found that clergy may not sue a religious organisation for religious discrimination. (A Catholic priest cannot sue because an Assembly of God church won't hire him on religious grounds.)
Generally, this is harassment (taken from the document, but I would argue read the whole doc)
Religious harassment in violation of Title VII occurs when employees are: (1) required or coerced to abandon, alter, or adopt a religious practice as a condition of employment (this type of "quid pro quo" harassment may also give rise to a disparate treatment or denial of accommodation claim in some circumstances); or (2) subjected to unwelcome statements or conduct that is based on religion and is so severe or pervasive that the individual being harassed reasonably finds the work environment to be hostile or abusive, and there is a basis for holding the employer liable.
It is necessary to evaluate all of the surrounding circumstances to determine whether or not particular conduct or remarks are unwelcome. For example, where an employee is upset by repeated mocking use of derogatory terms or comments about his religious beliefs or observance by a colleague, it may be evident that the conduct is unwelcome. In contrast, a consensual conversation about religious views, even if quite spirited, does not constitute harassment if it is not unwelcome.
Even unwelcome religiously motivated conduct is not unlawful unless the victim subjectively perceives the environment to be abusive and the conduct is severe or pervasive enough to create an environment that a reasonable person would find hostile or abusive. Religious expression that is repeatedly directed at an employee can become severe or pervasive, whether or not the content is intended to be insulting or abusive. Thus, for example, persistently reiterating atheist views to a religious employee who has asked that this conduct stop can create a hostile environment. [emphasis mine, and the reverse is true]
The extent to which the expression is directed at a particular employee is relevant to determining whether or when it could reasonably be perceived to be severe or pervasive by that employee. For example, although it is conceivable that an employee may allege that he is offended by a colleague's wearing of religious garb, expressing one's religion by wearing religious garb is not religious harassment. It merely expresses an individual's religious affiliation and does not demean other religious views. As such, it is not objectively hostile. Nor is it directed at any particular individual. Similarly, workplace displays of religious artifacts or posters that do not demean other religious views generally would not constitute religious harassment.
There, clear as mud. James K, former Wiccan who had to put up with Fundamentalist nonsense every day in the military and could not get away.
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SPARKS, NV - To look at him now, you would have no idea Mason Hook was a very sick kid at six months of age.
The two and a half year old is full of energy.--quite a difference from the first year of his life, where doctors initially diagnosed him with Crohn's Disease.
"Symptoms started getting worse. His bowel movements increased by three times and it eventually got so bad we were calling the doctor every other day. He called us one day and said, I talked to Dr. Hymen at UCSF. He is one of the leading Gastroenterologists there, he said he wants to see you down there today.," says Sara Hook
Mason was eventually diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, so rare he is one of only 10 people in the world with it.
"He's the second case ever at UCSF with this," Steven Hook.
The treatment: A bone marrow transplant.
With typical Mason might, the two year old not only survived, but has thrived after the procedure.
However, while the family has insurance to pay for things like prescriptions, $49,000 dollars is still not covered.
Enter Guy Dailey, among the hundreds of people who have followed Mason's journey on Facebook, he wanted to do something for a little boy whose story touched the burly biker.
"I talked to some of my brothers and I said hey I want to put this together. Spoke to my girlfriend and she was like, "you want to do what?" I said, I think we can so something for this kid. She said go for it," says Dailey the Mighty Mason Poker Run organizer.
Dailey says he's gotten dozens of donations, including prized Reno Aces infield reserve tickets, and a ceremonial first pitch. The Poker Run for Mighty Mason begins this Saturday at nine thirty in in the morning at Road Rider in Reno
Organizers say you can walk or even drive your car in the poker run.
But if you can't make it in the morning, you can come to the Black Tangerine where the run will end at about 4.
Three bands will play, the silent auction, and raffle will take place here, and it will be an opportunity to help Mason with his medical bills.


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Factbox: What happens in a U.S. government shutdown?By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker and Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell and Amanda Becker, Reuters
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"Gloria" was Chile's official submission for this year's foreign language Oscar — it didn't make the cut, no fault of the film — and if voters had the eyes to see it, the movie might have made a run at best actress, too. It's a character portrait of a kind of woman mainstream media barely notices: divorced, hovering around 60, kids grown, not especially interested in self-pity. Another country (ours, for instance) might have tried to make a feminist hero out of her or contrived a cozy romance. Director Sebastian Lelio is content to just watch her.
And why shouldn't he, given the sneakily delightful presence of Paulina Garcia in the title role? Gloria is comfortable in her little Santiago life: She holds down an office job, has a nice apartment, sees her daughter (Fabiola Zamora), single-dad son (Diego Fontecillo), and grandson often. She has a face that looks worn with disappointment but lights up easily; behind those big, red "Tootsie" glasses is a mind both resigned to and tickled by the world. An early scene of Gloria driving to work while singing along to a cheesy love song on the radio wins you over, then and there.
Of course she's lonely — aside from the crazy neighbor's hairless cat that keeps sneaking into her apartment, Gloria's most faithful companion is her housekeeper (Luz Jiminez). But she goes to singles mixers just for something to do, and one night comes home with Rodolfo (Sergio Hernandez), a courtly older divorcee. The sex — once Rodolfo removes his girdle — is lusty and satisfying, and it will probably horrify audiences under the age of 30.
If the movie's about anything, it's about the tension between what we owe our families and what we owe ourselves. Gloria's daughter is preparing to move to Sweden with her ski-bum boyfriend, yet the frayed tenderness she feels toward her mother and the estrangement she still feels toward her father (Alejandro Goic) tells us how much baggage she'll be bringing along. Gloria's new beau has only been divorced for a year and is still attached, emotionally and financially, to his wife and grown daughters. Lelio and his co-writer Gonzalo Maza know that no one's perfect and everyone's human, Gloria most gloriously.
The movie quietly celebrates the daily work it takes for a person, any person, to keep dignity and humor intact when the hour gets late and the men still act like babies. A retired naval officer — the movie touches on the bruise of Chile's political past with the right amount of pressure — Rodolfo has a macho pride that sends him off in a snit during a dinner with Gloria's family. "Grow a pair," she tells him, and Garcia gives the line a mixture of brusqueness and hope. The man's a pill, but he's all she has. Is that enough? Is it better to stand alone, even if one has the strength?
Thanks to Lelio's direction and Garcia's wearily lived-in performance, we see Gloria more clearly than she does, for better and for worse. What's ultimately most moving is the heroine's rumpled faith in the validity of her own experience. "Gloria" pulsates with music — that swooning radio pop, a gorgeous Antonio Carlos Jobim song — and it finally brings on the tune that's been playing in the back of your head all along, not Laura Branigan's disco version of "Gloria" but the Umberto Tozzi original. If there's no one to dance with, do you dance by yourself? The film answers with a double-edged affirmation that lingers long in the memory and the heart.
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DUBOIS – On behalf of Gov. Tom Corbett, PennDOT has announced that work to improve the Route 119/322 "Blinker Parkway" intersection in Sandy Township will begin Monday. When work completes late this year, area drivers will be able to travel through a wider intersection with improved visibility and enhanced safety.
Work will include construction of turning lanes, roadway widening, slight roadway re-alignment, drainage improvements, new curbing and sidewalk, curb ramps, and traffic signal upgrades.
Depending on the work involved, drivers may encounter roadway flaggers in the work zone and temporary traffic signals. Temporary lane closures can be expected and short travel delays are possible. PennDOT reminds drivers to remain alert and proceed through the work zone with caution.
All work is weather and schedule dependent. Work is scheduled to end by early December of this year. H.R.I. Inc. of State College is the contractor on this $1.3 million project.
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We hosted a school potluck at our house last night, but at 9pm, I was able to sneak into a bedroom and watch the Lance Armstrong interview.
Here are some thoughts:
- It was a weird interview. Contrary to some of the reactions on Twitter, I thought Armstrong seemed genuine when he finally admitted to doping. But the most important part of the interview for me was always going to be what he said about trashing (and suing and trying to destroy) his friends and teammates who did nothing more than tell the truth about him. It was that behavior, combined with the vehement, repeated, and indignant lies over the years, that ultimately made me lose respect for him. Armstrong did acknowledge that he had attacked his friends, but he didn't seem particularly sorry about it. And he didn't apologize for lying for so long to so many people.
- Above all, I came away with the impression that Lance Armstrong is indeed an amazing competitor ... and a selfish asshole. This was certainly the impression that I had developed in recent years—an impression that was quite different than I had in the years when Armstrong was one of my heroes (except for the "amazing competitor" part). What was interesting, though, was that Armstrong didn't seem to feel like being a selfish asshole is something that one should feel bad about or apologize for. He was quite matter-of-fact about it. (i.e., "Oh, no question, I was a huge jerk. I wanted to win at all costs, and I didn't care about how I treated people. Next question?") That's an unusual perspective.
- I can understand why Armstrong does not view doping as "cheating," and I'm glad that Oprah (who did a great job) didn't get all holier-than-thou on him about it. Armstrong said he viewed sticking needles in his arms the same way he viewed putting air in his tires and water in his bottles—it was just something you had to do if you wanted to be competitive. And I've always assumed Armstrong was right about that. Given the prevalence of doping in cycling in that era, it seems the only people who were hurt and disadvantaged by the doping were those who chose not to do it—who had to sacrifice their dreams and quit the sport. Those people, of course, matter. And they are why it will never be "okay" that Armstrong or anyone else doped. But it's hard to view Armstrong's doping as giving him a big leg up over the racers he was actually competing against when those other racers were all doing the same thing.
- Armstrong's discussion about the friends and teammates he trashed—the worst part of his behavior—was revealing and disappointing. Armstrong acknowledged hurting people like Betsy Andreu, the wife of one of his former teammates, whose livelihood and reputation he had destroyed. But he didn't seem sorry about it. And, bizarrely, he took pains to say that, while he had called Andreu "crazy" and "a bitch," he had never called her "fat." Although not being called "fat" might come as some comfort to Andreu (who, for what it's worth, isn't fat), the fact that Armstrong would try to clarify this is just bizarre. What I would have expected to hear, from someone who actually felt bad, was something along the lines of "I said terrible things about Betsy. Repeatedly. Things that weren't true. Things I said just to hurt and undermine her. And I ruined her husband's reputation so that he could never work in the industry again. Her husband, Frankie, was a teammate of mine. He helped me win races. And all he did was tell the truth. And I destroyed him. I feel absolutely awful about that." Armstrong also suggested, again, that Betsy Andreu might not have been telling the truth about him admitting using performance enhancing drugs to doctors in a hospital room back in the 1990s (she was in the room). This was also ungracious. If he felt like he had to challenge that story, he could have said something like "I honestly don't remember saying that, which is part of why I was so angry at Betsy, but it certainly would have been true."
Bottom line, it was a weird interview.
Armstrong took responsibility for a lot of what I hoped he would take responsibility for. But if part of the point of publicly coming clean is to ask people to forgive him and start to root for him again, it doesn't seem like he's mentally and emotionally where he needs to be.
It is just not okay to use your vast wealth and power to try to destroy friends and colleagues for doing nothing more than telling the truth about you.
It is just not okay to sue so many former colleagues (who are telling the truth) that you can't even remember whether you sued one person in particular. (Armstrong assumed he had sued Emma O'Reilly, a former team trainer, because "we" sued so many people, but he didn't remember that suit in particular).
It is just not okay to lie repeatedly, indignantly, and under oath and then not convey some regret or explanation for that.
So it sounds to me as though Lance Armstrong still has a ways to go before he really understands why so many people are so pissed at and disappointed with him. Given that he has already had many years to think about it, I wonder if he ever will.
SEE ALSO: Betsy Andreu Unloads On Lance Armstrong After His Bizarre Interview


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BALTIMORE, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Justin Tucker kicked a game-winning 27-yard field goal with no time on the clock Sunday for a 31-30 Baltimore Ravens win over New England.
Trailing 30-21 in the fourth quarter, Baltimore (2-1) rallied for the game's final 10 points to stun the Patriots.
Torrey Smith -- who played the game less than 24 hours after the death of his younger brother in a motorcycle accident -- caught his second touchdown pass with 4:08 remaining, cutting the Ravens' deficit to two points.
Joe Flacco (28-of-39, 382 yards, three touchdowns) then drove Baltimore 70 yards on seven plays with the clock winding down, capped by Tucker's game-winning boot.
Smith finished with six grabs for 127 yards, while Ray Rice amassed 101 rushing yards and a TD on 20 carries for the Ravens.
Tom Brady completed 28-of-41 passes for 335 yards and a score for New England (1-2), which fell under .500 for the first time since 2003.
Wes Welker and Brandon Lloyd combined for 17 catches and 250 yards for the Patriots.


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Acrodermatitis Enteropathica
Zinc Deficiency
Zinc deficiency may be seen in infants (hereditary or acquired) or adults (acquired). Some breastfed infants, especially if born prematurely, may develop acrodermatitis enteropathica due to zinc deficiency in mother's breast milk. These children improve when given standard formula with zinc, and may not require supplementation with zinc. Acquired zinc deficiency is seen in the postoperative period, in pregnancy, in patients with impaired zinc consumption, and in alcoholism. Zinc deficiency may result in typical dermatitis as well as nonhealing ulcers and recalcitrant infections. Secondary oral candidiasis (thrush) often complicates AE, and they may need to be treated simultaneously. Because zinc deficiency causes acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE), the therapeutic strategy is to replace zinc.
First Steps
- Prescribe oral zinc sulfate 220 mg two or three times a day with meals or fruit juice for children. In adults, 220 mg once or twice daily is usually adequate. (Children with hereditary AE have poor absorption and require higher oral doses than adults with acquired AE). Response begins to occur within days.
- Prescribe oral nystatin suspension or troches for Candida superinfections and to patients whose oral lesions are responding slowly to zinc supplementation alone.
Alternative Steps
Some cases of AE do not clear completely with oral zinc sulfate. Order a zinc level to confirm defective absorption. Parenteral supplementation at doses of 0.2 to 0.3 mg/kg zinc per day can be given.
Hyperzincemia, with zinc toxicity, can result from acute or prolonged overdosing with zinc. Dosages should be adjusted based upon regular (1-2 week) assessment of fasting plasma zinc levels (i.e., before the next oral dose).


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Last month the GeekMoms kicked off our Geeks Among Us series. We're excited to bring you stories of real people, doing real things, just because they've found their passion. Read on for this installment of Geeks Among Us!
This week marks the beginning of the GeekMom Book Club. (Join us on GoodReads and start reading The Hobbit now!) Coincidentally, I attended my first in-person book club a couple of weeks ago, and I was a bit lost on how to interact and talk about the book. I decided I should ask an expert on book clubs for tips and how-tos for my next meeting: the fabulous Sarah Pitre, who created Forever Young Adult.
Forever Young Adult is a haven for those of us who like to re-live our teenage years vicariously through young adult (YA) fiction. Or, as the site puts it, readers who are "a little less young and a bit more adult." Sarah is a YA geek who started the blog as an online book club in September 2009. She recalls, "I had been looking for a site for adults who love YA (like myself) and hadn't been able to find one that met my interests, so I decided to create one!"
The online book club has since expanded to over 60 clubs that meet in person across the U.S. and in other countries to discuss the month's YA pick.
Forever Young Adult also features reviews of YA-based TV shows and movies and an extensive list of book reviews. Not only can you find a new novel for yourself, if you're a YA fan, but you can also take the chance to check out what your teen is reading. The "book reports" are written in a distinctive style and vernacular; you may need to consult the grading scale guide a few times before getting the hang of it. Just like the subject matter, the reviews have a youthful tone that make you feel like you're having a conversation with your closest friend about your YA guilty pleasures.
Sarah gave me the rundown on Forever Young Adult, and some fantastic advice about starting and attending book clubs:
Besides reading and writing about YA, what other hobbies do you enjoy?
I love drinking fancy cocktails, as do all of the FYA gals, so of course we've made that a central theme of the site. My other hobbies include going out to eat, attending dance parties, and hosting the Girlie Night series at the Alamo Drafthouse.
Did you start with just one FYA book club? How quickly did the clubs expand?
We initially started an online book club so that everyone who read the site could participate. Then we realized that it's way more fun to discuss books in person, especially if cocktails are involved, so we launched the Austin FYABC in February of 2011. We quickly built up a fabulous community of ladies after only a few months, and consequently, we decided to expand the clubs so that FYA readers across the country could meet each other. After receiving interest from tons of different cities (and even a few countries!) we launched over forty clubs. We now have 61 clubs, and (in case you're a YA-loving adult interested in joining one) you can view the complete list here.
Do you have any advice for someone organizing a new book club?
I think it always helps to center your club around a specific theme or genre, like "Books & Cocktails" or "Hollywood Bios," etc. It makes your club stand out and attracts members with similar interests. It's also important to wrangle a few friends into attending so that you don't start out alone! I also recommend picking a location that offers food and beverages to help people warm up to each other.
Do you also have any tips for someone who is attending a book club for the first time?
Bring a friend! If you know someone at the club, you'll feel more comfortable engaging in the discussion. Speaking of discussion, figure out your opinions in advance so you can share them with the group. I love it when gals come to the Austin FYABC with completely different perspectives of and reactions to a book. Oh yeah, and the most important tip: read the book. ;)
Thanks to Sarah, I'm going to feel much more prepared when participating in the GeekMom Book Club and the next time I head to my in-person one. Who knows, maybe I will even work up the courage to attend the Seattle branch of the Forever Young Adult book club one day.


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Admiral Byrd sent this one in 1929.
Douglas Mawson
Mawson, Sir Douglas (1882–1958)
The biographical information below was extracted from this site:
"In November 1907 (Sir) Ernest Shackleton, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, visited Adelaide on his way south. Mawson approached him with a view to making the round trip to Antarctica on the Nimrod. His idea was to see an existing continental ice-cap and to become acquainted with glaciation and its geological consequences. This interested him because in his South Australian studies he was 'face-to-face with a great accumulation of glacial sediments of Precambrian age, the greatest thing of the kind recorded anywhere in the world'. After consulting with David, who had agreed to join the expedition, Shackleton telegraphed: 'You are appointed Physicist for the duration of the expedition'. Mawson accepted, and so began his long association with the Antarctic.
Although he recognized that Shackleton's prime aim of reaching the South Pole was considered essential to financing the expedition, he would have liked more opportunity offered to the scientists. Nevertheless, the scientists' achievements proved to be considerable and Mawson had good opportunities for glaciological and geological investigations; he published significant accounts of his observations on the aurora and geomagnetism.
In March 1908 Mawson was one of the first party, led by David, to climb Mount Erebus. Next summer David (leader), A. F. Mackay and Mawson were the first to reach the vicinity of the South Magnetic Pole, manhauling their sledges 1260 miles (2028 km); Mawson was responsible for the magnetic observations and the excellent cartographic work. The return was difficult because of exhaustion and shortage of food. David, aged 50, suffered badly and at his request Mawson assumed leadership. The journey almost ended in disaster: having reached their main depot two days late and hearing a rocket distress signal fired from the Nimrod, Mawson, while rushing towards the ship, fell into a crevasse. Help from the ship was required for his rescue.
Shackleton's confidence in Mawson may be gauged from his instructions: should his own expedition to the South Pole not return in time, Mawson was to lead a search party. David said in public tribute: 'Mawson was the real leader who was the soul of our expedition to the Magnetic Pole. We really have in him an Australian Nansen, of infinite resource, splendid physique, astonishing indifference to frost'.
Mawson returned to Adelaide and his university post in 1909 but was still making reports on the expedition when his plans for further Antarctic work began to mature. Captain R. F. Scott was planning his second (1910-13) expedition and Mawson asked him for transport on the Terra Nova for himself and three others, to form an additional party of the expedition to be landed on the coast west of Cape Adare. Mawson expounded the potential scientific value of the proposed work but Scott was not persuaded. Instead he invited Mawson to join his South Pole sledging party. This did not interest Mawson, who was dedicated to scientific exploration. Mawson then approached Shackleton for help; he took over Mawson's plan as his own but failed to get adequate financial backing. Mawson waited until Scott had raised all the funds he could in Australia and New Zealand, and had sailed for Antarctica in 1910, before launching his own appeal for support of what was to be the Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
With substantial private and government backing and a prodigious effort on Mawson's part in planning, organizing, recruiting personnel, and acquiring equipment and supplies the A.A.E., including Cecil Madigan, sailed in December 1911. Three bases were established: one at Macquarie Island which, apart from its scientific work, was to serve as a radio relay station; Main Base under Mawson at Commonwealth Bay (Scott having landed his second party at Cape Adare); and Western Base on the Shackleton Ice Shelf under Frank Wild. At each base, and in expeditions from them, major scientific investigation was pursued in geology, cartography, meteorology, aurora, geomagnetism and biology. Also, an extensive programme of marine science was carried out from the Aurora under Captain John King Davis.
At Commonwealth Bay building was largely completed by February 1912 and the scientific programme well established before winter set in. This included preparations for the several land expeditions of the following summer. Mawson took charge of the Far Eastern expedition, which included B. E. S. Ninnis and X. Mertz, but was to become the most extraordinary epic of lone survival. When 310 miles (499 km) out, Ninnis, with sledge and dog team, broke through the lid of a large crevasse and disappeared. With seriously depleted provisions Mawson and Mertz began their return, progressively using their dogs to supplement their food supply. It was not known then that the dogs' livers were very rich in Vitamin A and potentially toxic. After twenty-five days on the return journey, and the combined effects of hard physical exertion and starvation, this toxicity may have hastened Mertz's death. Mawson, himself seriously debilitated, discarded everything that was not essential for survival, except his geological specimens and records of the journey. Using a pocket saw, he cut his sledge in half and dragged it unaided the last 100 miles (161 km), taking another thirty days to reach Main Base. As he approached he saw the Aurora on the horizon; she had come and gone. A small party had waited to search for him; they remained for another year. The scientific work at Main Base and Macquarie Island continued through 1913.
While recuperating, Mawson began writing his account of the expedition. The Home of the Blizzard (London, 1915), profusely illustrated by the magnificent photographs of Frank Hurley, is a classic of polar literature and described the first major scientific exploring venture by Australians beyond their shores.
Mawson was helped by other eminent scientists to analyse and report on the data collected; but so great was the task that publication of the A.A.E. Scientific Reports, in twenty-two volumes edited by him, was not completed until 1947. A.A.E. land parties had explored some 4000 miles (6437 km) in Adelie Land, King George V Land and Queen Mary Land. They outlined the geology of the country traversed and described the nature of the land and the coast between longitudes 90 degrees E and 155 degrees E and at Macquarie Island. They identified the characteristic feature of the Antarctic continental shelf: the bottom at first deepens on passing out from the shore, then shoals again before plunging to deep water beyond the edge of the shelf. New biological species, on land and at sea, were described. They recorded meteorological data simultaneously at the three bases; they maintained continuous geomagnetic field records at Commonwealth Bay for eighteen months and made further field observations to define more precisely the location of the Magnetic Pole; they systematically observed the aurora australis. The first to use radio in the Antarctic, they transmitted meteorological data to the weather bureau in Melbourne every day for two years from Macquarie Island and, during part of that time, from Commonwealth Bay also. The use of radio facilitated the accurate determination of longitude at Commonwealth Bay. It also enabled the transmission to Australia of Mawson's account of his tragic Far Eastern journey
As a result of his initiatives, the support of the Australian National Research Council, and the backing of the Australian government which resulted from a decision of the Imperial Conference of 1926, Mawson was invited to organize and lead the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition of 1929-30 and 1930-31. This expedition used the ship Discoveryand did not establish land bases. They made extensive geological and biological investigations at Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, Heard Island and at many points along the 1550 miles (2494 km) of coastline of Antarctica between 43 degrees E and 179 degrees E longitude. They were greatly assisted by the use of a small aircraft. Much of the coast was mapped for the first time and it was shown to be continuous from the Ross Sea to Enderby Land and beyond. This work provided accurate geographic data that supported the Australian Antarctic Territory Acceptance Act of 1933. The Act came into force in 1936 and, by arrangement with the British government, established the Australian Antarctic Territory.
Mawson's interest in Antarctica continued after World War II when he promoted the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions; he was a member of the Australian Antarctic Executive Planning Committee until he died."
I will be back on Sunday July 1st. with part three. If you have any polar explorer bookplates in your collection please send scans so they can be included in the next installment


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