Birthday Celebration Research Articles

An Interview with Renate Rose

An Interview with Renate Rose Kelsi Morrison-Atkins (bio) Describing Renate Rose in one sentence, or even a series of sentences, is no small undertaking. She is a United Church of Christ (UCC) minister and a Harvard alumna. She has lived in six countries and speaks many languages. She is a feminist interfaith peace activist and an outspoken opponent of nuclear weapons. Born in Berlin, she witnessed firsthand the horrors of Nazi Germany and has devoted her life to the project of peace and reconciliation. Yet, all of these identifiers do not begin to describe the dynamic woman who welcomed me into her home and taught me much about the important role of feminist scholars and practitioners of all religions in envisioning and enacting a world free of the “genocidal mentality” that sustains the production of nuclear weapons and other death-dealing machinery. In preparation for our interview, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza sent me Dr. Rose’s biographical essay entitled “A Faith Journey in the Shadow of Auschwitz,” which she prepared for her eightieth birthday celebration.1 In this essay, Dr. Rose gives an account of the destruction of her home in an Allied bombing, her pathbreaking journey to a doctorate in economics and political science, her work in the European Communities and at the Council of Europe, and her pastoral work in Hawaii and the Philippines. This narrative forms the basis of many of my questions and demonstrates the haunting influence of Renate’s war experiences as a child. As such, I will summarize it briefly here. Growing up next to the concentration camp of Sachsenhausen, north of Berlin, the atrocities of Auschwitz have framed Dr. Rose’s faith journey from the beginning of her life to this day. Influenced by her father, an outspoken critic of Hitler, Renate was shocked by the overwhelming silence of the church in response to the inconceivable inhumanity of genocide. She repeatedly proclaims “the personal is political!” and brings this motto to bear on her studies of [End Page 143] political science and economics as well as her work in international peace organizations. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School, her focus on peace and justice work were carried into her ordination and service for the United Church of Christ in Hawaii, her teaching of New Testament and Worship at Silliman University Divinity School and Union Theological Seminary in the Philippines, and her interfaith work in “retirement.” After her first career in postwar Europe (Brussels and Strasbourg), Re-nate moved in 1973 to the United States after her marriage to David Rose, a professor of physics and nuclear engineering at MIT and a strong voice against nuclear weapons. In 1981, the Roses moved to Hawaii because of David’s illness, where he unfortunately died shortly thereafter. In 1983, Renate was ordained and began to pastor Central Union Church in Honolulu. Time as a pastor and association minister of the UCC in the diversity of the Hawaiian culture, experiences in the Philippines teaching New Testament and feminist theology, and many interfaith retreats at Auschwitz (while translating a book from German into English about the commander of the camp) have all fostered her passion for peace and her vision of reconciliation. Auschwitz and its aftermath has remained the central impetus for her work on nuclear disarmament and peacemaking. It is this peace activism that forms the basis of Dr. Rose’s vision of a nonkyriarchal, demilitarized, and peace-filled world. Influenced by the work of Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Mary Daly, Renate asks us to consider the ways in which our images of and language about God contribute to kyriarchal oppression and the murderous technologies of militarism. Thus, on many occasions, including the 1999 Parliament of World’s Religions meeting, Renate has argued for an “economics of care,” highlighting the resources that would be available for the poor if nuclearism (the production of nuclear weapons, their maintenance, and the willingness to use them in war) were no longer supported, and has argued fervently that feminists must join in this cause and provide a model for a radically egalitarian society. Until these and other feminist insights are made known and acted upon, she concludes, “I will...

Resolution of Respect: Elsie Quarterman, 1910–2014

Resolution of Respect: Elsie Quarterman, 1910–2014

Andrew Benson honored on birthday № 97

We present a brief account of the 97th birthday celebration of Andrew A. Benson, a scientific legend who is known, among other contributions, for his pioneering work on the path of carbon in photosynthesis (the Calvin-Benson cycle).

The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea: The Story of Annaliese Easterling & Throckmorton, Her Simply Remarkable Sock Monkey by Eileen Beha (review)

Reviewed by: The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea: The Story of Annaliese Easterling & Throckmorton, Her Simply Remarkable Sock Monkey by Eileen Beha Jeannette Hulick Beha, Eileen The Secrets of Eastcliff-by-the-Sea: The Story of Annaliese Easterling & Throckmorton, Her Simply Remarkable Sock Monkey; illus. by Sarah Jane Wright. Beach Lane/Simon, 2014 280p Trade ed. ISBN 978-1-4424-9840-2 $16.99 E-book ed. ISBN 978-1-4424-9842-6 $10.99 Ad Gr. 4-6 Throckmorton S. Monkey, a stuffed sock monkey, belongs to nine-year-old Annaliese Easterling and her family. When Annaliese’s great-grandmother hosts a ninetieth birthday ball for all the sock monkeys she has made, Throckmorton is beside himself with glee. Great-Grandmama has more in store than just a birthday celebration, however: she helps Annaliese make a sock monkey (complete with a diamond-stuffed red felt heart inserted into its innards) for Annaliese’s mother, Olivia, who left the family when Annaliese was a baby, while simultaneously inviting Olivia to attend the party as the singer for a hired band. Meanwhile, a sock monkey thief (who apparently believes all the sock monkeys have diamonds hidden in them) is menacing the toy population. Throckmorton is an engaging narrator, and budding mystery lovers may enjoy piecing together the story of Olivia’s return and also figuring out the identity of the thief. Unfortunately, though, the pacing lags, the sock monkey angle is sometimes gimmicky, and the characters are underdeveloped. Still, youthful fans of cozy manor house mysteries and those who believe their stuffed animals can come to life when unattended may be an appreciative audience. Understated and fluid monochromatic illustrations add atmosphere. Copyright © 2014 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

Eudora Welty House and Garden

Eudora Welty House and Garden Bridget Edwards, Director Docents and staff welcomed over 6,000 visitors during the 2017 calendar year, an increase of 7% over the previous year. I attribute the rise to very strong school group attendance and to other major events that take place during the spring including the Bettye Jolly Lecture, Welty’s birthday celebration, the Scholastic Awards Ceremony, and the annual plant sale. Our December Candlelight open house, which featured a clerihew contest this year at the suggestion of Welty archivist Betty Uzman, was also well-attended. Over 1,300 of those who visited were students or other youth who came to us in 96 group contexts. This was a 37% increase over 2016. Most were traditional students from schools, but some were Girl Scouts, summer camp attendees, homeschooling groups, day cares, and so forth. Of particular note was an enthusiastic and playful visit on Welty’s birthday by over ninety second and third graders from her grammar school alma mater, still located kitty-corner from Welty’s birthplace home on Congress Street. It was known as Jefferson Davis Grammar School during Welty’s tenure, later becoming Davis Magnet International Baccalaureate (IB) Elementary. The city school board voted to change the name to Barack Obama Magnet IB Elementary School late last year. The students delighted in seeing the house and grounds of one of their school’s most accomplished alums. They enjoyed birthday cake and seeing the cards they had made for Welty’s birthday festively strung along the arches of the side porch at Welty’s home; the students made them during staff visits to the school in the two weeks prior to April 13th. [End Page 163] Just fewer than 2,000 visitors attended 20 on-site events/programs during the 2017 calendar year. In addition to those listed above, we continue our quarterly book-signings in partnership with Lemuria Books; author Gin Phillips came to us in July for Fierce Kingdom and Pulitzer-Prize and National Books Critics Circle Award-winning author Jennifer Egan signed Manhattan Beach for us in October. This was her only stop in Mississippi. The Education and Visitors Center was filled, and, to our surprise, a graduate creative writing class had driven up from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. Eagan graciously held an impromptu workshop with them after the book signing and reception. Charles Frazier (Cold Mountain) joined us on April 26 to discuss his latest novel, Varina. We produced the second “Jane Austen in the Welty Garden Mini Film Series” during the months of September and October, screening Sense and Sensibility, Becoming Jane, and Love and Friendship. Carolyn Brown continues as our content expert, and we expect to take the series into its third and final season next fall with Persuasion, Belle, and Austenland. The series is funded by the Mississippi Humanities Council and done in partnership with the Mississippi Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) and Crossroads Film Society. During this second season, we moved the screenings from the Welty side yard (also called the Camellia Room) to the large front lawn in front of the house to better accommodate our audience. Crossroads also purchased a larger movie screen for the series. In January we partnered with the Eudora Welty Foundation on a very special book signing to celebrate the University Press of Mississippi’s publication of the long-awaited biography on Mississippi’s first conservationist, Fannye Cook. Readers of the Eudora Welty Review may know that Cook, and at times members of her family, boarded in the Welty home between the late 1930s and 1955. Cook founded what would become the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks in addition to the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. Another full house was treated to a captivating night with the book’s editors, a first-rate impersonation of Miss Cook by Cathy Shropshire, and a reading by Suzanne Marrs of letters Welty wrote to friends about Cook’s antics and accomplishments. Capping the evening was a generous reception and a tour of the rooms in the Welty house that had been occupied by Cook. (In this issue of EWR, see Cathy...

Drinking games and contextual factors of 21st birthday drinking

Background: 21st birthday celebrations are among the highest risks for alcohol use throughout emerging adulthood and celebrants often experience a range of alcohol-related consequences. Objectives: The present research considered what happens when drinking games are paired with an already high-risk event (i.e., 21st birthday celebrations) and how drinking games compare with other contextual factors on 21st birthdays. Methods: Approximately four days after turning 21, 1124 college students (55% women) completed an online survey assessing alcohol use and related consequences experienced during their birthday celebrations. Participants were also asked whether drinking games and other contextual factors were associated with their celebrations. Results: Overall, 18% of participants reported playing drinking games during their 21st birthday celebrations. These individuals reported consuming more alcohol, had higher estimated BACs, and experienced more negative consequences than those who did not play drinking games. The association between playing drinking games and alcohol use and negative consequences was stronger for men. The effect of drinking games on negative consequences was mediated through elevated BAC levels. Receiving bar specials, having drinks purchased, playing drinking games, and loud music were uniquely and significantly associated with all alcohol outcomes. Conclusion: Together, these results suggest that drinking games are part of a larger context of risk contributing to extreme drinking on 21st birthdays. Furthermore, these results will help to facilitate interventions that are more individually tailored to target specific contextual risks, behaviors, and events.

Stability, separation and close body interactions. Introduction.

Stability, separation and close body interactions. Introduction.

Hazardous birthday drinking among young people: population-based impacts on emergency department and in-patient hospital admissions.

There is growing concern about the possible adverse health impacts of binge drinking during birthday celebrations among adolescents and young adults. We estimate the impacts of birthday alcohol use on adolescent and young adult in-patient/emergency department (ED) hospital admissions. We employed Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) intervention analysis to assess whether the rate of ICD-10 alcohol-use-disorder (AUD) events per 1000 in-patient/ED admissions increased significantly during birthday weeks. All in-patient/ED admissions in Ontario, Canada from 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2007. Individuals aged 12-30 years. AUD events per 1000 in-patient/ED admissions by age in weeks. Multiple increases were found. The largest occurred during the birthday week of 19 years of age, the beginning of the minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in Ontario: AUD admission rates increased (spiked) by 38.30 per 1000 total admissions [95% confidence interval (CI) = 34.66-41.94] among males (a 114.3% increase over baseline), and by 28.13 (95% CI = 25.56-30.70) among females (a 164.0% increase). Among both genders, the second largest birthday-week spikes occurred during ages 20-22 years, followed by somewhat lower but still pronounced birthday-week spikes during ages 23-26 years and 30 years (all these spikes: P < 0.05). Birthday-week spikes occurred as early as age 16 years for males and 14 years for females (both spikes: P < 0.05). There appears to be an increase in alcohol-related adverse events from drinking around the time of one's birthday among young adults in Canada.

Sultan Abdülmecid’in 1846 Rumeli Seyahati ve Sultana Yazılan Bulgarca Kasideler

This article analyzes various aspects of the complex staging of Abdülmecid’s 1846 tour of Rumelia, evaluates the immediate response it elicits from local Orthodox Christian Bulgars, and traces its momentous long-term impact on the shaping of the Bulgar community’s self-conception. The article places Abdülmecid’s tour within the larger context of his predecessor’s groundbreaking series of imperial tours of the 1830s, and the still larger context of Mahmud II’s far-reaching shift towards ruler visibility after his destruction of the Janissaries in 1826. This overarching process, which relied crucially on the annual royal birthday (veladet) and accession-day (cülus) celebrations in the Ottoman capital, the provinces, and abroad (first held in 1836), began, in the author’s view, as yet another type of centralization – of subject (especially, nonMuslim) loyalties. It created an unprecedented avenue for direct regularized symbolic interaction between the ruler and the ruled, core and periphery of Ottoman society on the basis of innovative conceptions and practices of (inclusive) faith and (universal) kingship. Among non-Muslims, the broadening range of local celebrations of the center forged vertical ties of loyalty to the monarch, which were quite successful for at least two or three decades in the mid-nineteenth century. At the same time, it provided a vital venue for the expression of communal interests and the crystallization of communal agendas. In the final analysis, this article lays out in broad strokes a new framework for the study of the advent and nature of modernity and the ethnonational mindset at the popular level in the mid-nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire.

P.4.010 Intellectual changes and structural network development in adolescence

In the United States, turning 21 often involves heavy drinking and high rates of alcohol-related consequences. Friends are an important source of social influence on young adult drinking, including during 21st birthdays. However, research is needed to investigate the specific pathways through which this interpersonal influence occurs. Data were drawn from a larger intervention study focused on reducing 21st birthday drinking. Using data from 166 celebrant and friend dyads (N = 332 individuals), we prospectively examined relations among each person’s beliefs about 21st birthday celebrations, drinking intentions for the celebrant, and celebrants’ estimated blood alcohol concentration (eBAC) on their 21st birthdays. Path analyses evaluated the impact of celebrant and friend beliefs on their own report of celebrant intentions, each other’s report of celebrant intentions, and celebrant eBAC, as well as the mediating role of each individual’s report of celebrant intentions. Results revealed significant indirect effects of each individual’s beliefs on celebrant eBAC via their own report of celebrant 21st birthday drinking intentions. Friend beliefs also predicted celebrant eBAC via celebrant drinking intentions, beyond the effect of celebrant beliefs. Importantly, celebrant eBAC was as strongly predicted by friend 21st birthday celebration beliefs as they were by their own beliefs. Results highlight multiple pathways through which friends influence 21st birthday drinking and reveal that friend influence is not constrained to the celebration, but begins in advance of the event by shaping celebrants’ drinking intentions. Findings highlight key directions for future work leveraging friends as intervention agents to reduce drinking related to this high-risk event.

Culturally Relevant Books: Culturally Responsive Teaching in Bilingual Classrooms

This article discusses the results of a study conducted to identify Latino/a children’s perceptions about and responses to culturally relevant books. The findings show that culturally relevant books facilitate culturally responsive teaching in bilingual classrooms. Participants responded positively to children’s literature that was representative of their culture. Children identified themselves with cultural traditions portrayed in the books and with the characters’ identities and personalities. Latino/a children also made connections with the language used in the stories. Some of the themes that were relevant for Latino/a children of Mexican descent included birthday celebrations and interactions with grandparents. Children expressed interest in reading more books that were representative of their realities. Examples of culturally relevant children’s literature for Latino/a children in bilingual classrooms are included.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Ulmanis! Reflections on the Construction of an Authoritarian Regime in Latvia

The authors of the article analyse the ideology of the authoritarian regime which lasted in Latvia from the coup d'état on 15 May 1934 until the beginning of the Soviet occupation on 17 June 1940. A variety of sources (newspapers and books of the analysed period) are used for the article. The birthday celebrations of authoritarian leader Kārlis Ulmanis are used as a case study to show the performative elements of the regime. The authors argue that during the short period of authoritarian rule in Latvia, the new political culture known as authoritarianism was widely supported and popular due to the dominance of the performative and festive practices used by the political elite to establish an ideal model of popular support for the regime. The regime can be defined during these six years as a ‘perpetually festive regime’. The authors show how the Latvian regime was influenced by similar trends of political culture in mass entertainment as the rest of interwar Europe. The glorification of Ulmanis was a central theme in the public activities of the regime and had a quasi-religious character – mutual love of nation and its Leader was proclaimed as the ultimate goal of the public sphere. The regime used the nationalist mythology of the pre-Christian age of mighty and glorious Latvian warriors to reinforce the historical legitimacy of the regime.

The Future of Health Care’s Past

On April 14, 2012, the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing held a symposium on the Future of Healthcare's Past both as a festschrift to honor Joan E. Lynaugh and as a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Bates Center that she, with Ellen Baer and Karen Buhler-Wilkerson, created in 1985. I am delighted to have the opportunity to publish some papers from this festschrift and birthday celebration in this volume of the Nursing History Revieiv. These papers speak to the very personal effects Joan has had on so many careers; and to the very profound effect she has had on transforming what Sioban Nelson has called the professional agenda of nursing history-internalist narratives that spoke to the concerns of the discipline-to one that used the history of nursing as a lens to see how the experiences of nurses answered broader questions about women's (and some men) roles, opportunities, labor, and place in health care practices.1But this festschrift and symposium allowed me to think more deeply about Joan's role as the founding editor of the Nursing History Revieiv. Joan, in consultation with colleagues such as Vernon Bullough and Barbara Brodie, brought together an interdisciplinary editorial board that consisted of such scholars as Nettie Birnbach, Olga Church, Donna Diers, Marilyn Flood, Diane Hamilton, Darlene Clark Hine, Beatrice Kalish, Susan Reverby, and Nancy Tomes. Together the Board and Joan made the critical decisions that immediately set the standards that made the Review the preeminent journal in our field.These standards still guide the Review some 21 years later. First, the Review patterns itself after other historical journals: rather than clinical journals that expect authors to make their case in less than 16 pages, the Review allows authors some 30 or so manuscript pages to make nuanced arguments about topics that uses nurses and nursing to engage with important historiographical debates. Second, Joan remained committed to an absolute insistence on the highest quality of scholarship-even if that meant publishing few articles in each volume. She insisted on an interdisciplinarity and global focus long before these were popular. Joan also created the template for an active editorship: she never waited for papers to come to her but rather actively sought out those within and outside our discipline mining the insights that the history of nursing might create. And she gave so generously of her time to young scholars and to those working without the support of formal centers. The result: the Revieiv, published annually, has a small and specialized audience of historians and nurses, but its global prestige and impact as the leading journal in its field belie its size. In 2003, the Review was selected as one of the first of only 27 nursing journals chosen to calculate impact factors by the ISI Web of Knowledge; and in 2004, our quantitative colleagues recognized its place as an influential journal with a strong international presence.2I have certainly stood on the shoulders of a giant-a giant who not only mentored me in this role when I first assumed editorship in 2002 but who also knew when to step back and let me chart a new direction for the Review as it made its way into the 21st century. And looking out on these shoulders, I am very excited about the future of health care's past. The field of the his- tory of nursing, to paraphrase Ellen Lageman is once again in ferment and its scholars, to paraphrase Celia Davis, see themselves working on the cutting edge of history, policy, and practice. Recently, a new generation of scholars with different backgrounds and experiences are turning to the history of nurs- ing with new paradigms and methodological tools. …

Corrective Approach in a Rare Case of Isolated Lipomyelomemingocele before First birthday celebration.

Corrective Approach in a Rare Case of Isolated Lipomyelomemingocele before First birthday celebration.

IN MEMORIAM: George Dearborn Spindler 1920-2014

IN MEMORIAM GeorgeDearbornSpindler 1920-2014 George Spmdler athis 85th birthday celebration, 2005. (Photo courtesy of Spindler family archives.) GeorgeDearborn Spindler was an anthropologist for67 ofhis94 years,mostin close cooperation withhis wife,Louise. Theyweremarried for56 yearsand anthropologists together for50 years, untilshepassedawayin 1997.Theirfirst decade in anthropology was sharedwiththeMenomini (now Menominee) people of Wisconsin and focused on the use of psychologicaltests in ethnographic fieldwork. They workedwiththe Menominiforseven summers (1948-1954) and returned forbrief annualvisitsfordecades.They wouldhavelikedanygroupofpeople- thatis thewaytheywere- buttheMenomini touched their souls. In 1951,Georgestarted fieldwork in middle-class American schools, butthey disrupted hissoul.He disliked howthedominant American culture was forcing the Menominiintoassimilation, but he was in awe of the ingenuity andpersonal integrity withwhichthepeopleresisted. Traditional Menomini education, he saidin 1963,was "successfully refractive ... tothe educational experience contrived by theagentsof thedominant society." Among traditional Menomini,educational"encountersare nearly all favorable to thechild,and,as a consequence, [s]/he developsverylittle by wayofrecalcitrant or ambivalent feelings towards adultsor whatever they wouldhavehimlearn."In American schools, wracked byfierce competition andtheopposingdemandto appearegalitarian, bothchildren andteachers werepsychologically divided andinconstant badfaith with eachother. Spindler wastrained intheassumptions andmethods oftheculture and personality schoolthat headlined American anthropology from 1930to 1955 withstudiesof dreams,fears,wishes,and neuroses.He and Louise used projective techniques - often modified to fittheparticulars oftheculture under analysis - inall their fieldwork. Theirearlyworkwith theMenomini soughtto characterize thecorepersonality typesof individuals. After the collapseof personality studiesin thelate 1950s,Spin (as he was known) stayedthecourse,butworried moreabouttheenvironments shapingand maintaining whathebeganin 1968tocall the"cognitive orientation" ofthe people theystudied.Personality studiestendedto isolateand stereotype individuals as theproduction centerof societiesand theirproblems, but Spin'slaterwork - by1959forAmerican education, by1963for Menomini education - emphasized individualsengagedin struggles organizedby 4 Journal of American Indian Education -Volume 53,Issue2,2014 others. Ifprojective techniques showeddeeplydividedsouls,Spinwanted to showhowemerging circumstances madethedifference. Because their analyticvocabularychanged over the years, the Spindlers' workwith theMenomini canbestbe readbackwards. Theywould preferit. When theypublishedDreamerswithout Power in 1971, the "without"was meantto emphasizethe poundingput upon Menomini individuals bymainstream Americans. Whentheir Menomini friends raised an alternative perspective, theSpindlers changedthetitletoDreamerswith Power.Itfitbetter themorecritical viewthey hadbeendeveloping. Culture andpersonality theory brought them insights, butshielded them from others. Washawaythepersonality focus, andthere is muchtoappreciate. Spinwrote lovelyaccountsofgreetings, silences,andquestion-answer linkagesamong theMenomini, buttreated themas products of thecharacter structure of individuals. He appreciated whenothers longlater described thesameevents as interactional accomplishments. In hislastpaper,in 2008,Spinsuggested thatprojectivetechniqueswere disappointing scientific tools, but great contexts for meaningful conversations. He likedrenewal. Spinwitnessed anddocumented cultural changesofall kinds.During hislongteaching careerhe lovedtomentor students. At Stanford, he was a keyfaculty person for first generations ofNativeAmerican andother minority students entering university life.His struggle across 60 yearsof writing anthropology was to capturethehumanity of people getting through life together. Kind,gentle, andappreciative alwayscamefirst, although he hada goodeyefor thecontradictions inhabiting every life. He hada large institutional career, butwanted onlytoputittogooduse.He taught 40,000students, but had no desirefora following. He becameknownas thefounder of the anthropology of education, butrejected thetitleand resisted anyidolatry. With no head for business,he ran a small empirefor introductory anthropology texts,including 200 case studies, morethan20 focusing on NativeAmerican cultures. For countless students acrossthecountry, these case studies offered their first understanding ofNativeAmerican cultures as richandrewarding worlds, alternatives totheir own. GeorgeSpindler lovedto do work.He lovedtopublishhisworkand other people'swork.On a great day,he wouldblurthelinesbetween work, relaxation, family andfriends whilewaiting fora publication toarrive inthe mail.He was kindto all whocamehisway,andifanyonewas notkindto him, hewouldonlysay,"I don'tunderstand why." - RayMcDermott, Professor ofEducation andAnthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Janice E. Stockard, Editor, Case Studies inCultural Anthropology and Lecturer, St.Mary'sCollege,Moraga,CA August 4,2014 Journal of American Indian Education -53,Issue2,2014 5 GeorgeSpindler andI werebothbornin North Central Wisconsin, andhe was rearedthere. I came to realizeovertheyearsnotonlyhow muchhe respected people- thedetailsoftheir dailylivesandtheingenuity oftheir dailyresourcefulness - butalsohowdeepwashisawareness andrespect for place. He had come to care verymuch forthe people who lived in Menominee County andhealso lovedthelanditself - itswaters, itsforests. He hunted and fishedin thosewoods and lakes,and did so withrespect, returning toMenominee County everysummer thathe couldandstaying as longas possibleintothefall,givena taxingacademicscheduleandcareer. Laterinlifehecametohavea similar appreciation oftheimportance ofplace as helivedandconducted research ina smallvillageinGermany. Ina sense, his critiqueof modernAmericansocietywas thatit was without place, without rootedness. Yet he didnotjustromanticize a primal utopiaas some anthropologists havedone- hewasrealistic about change, itsnecessity, andits concomitants. In all this, acrossa longlifespan,heheldtrue tothevaluesof modesty andkindliness, learned ina Midwestern childhood. - Frederick Erickson, Inaugural Kneller ChairofAnthropology and Education, Emeritus, UCLA Garrett...

The Luther Anniversary and the Year 1933 in the Mirror of U.S. Church Press Reports

My assignment for this conference on Luther celebrations was to observe and describe the response of U.S.-American churches to Martin Luther’s 450th birthday as celebrated in Germany in November 1933.1 Read narrowly, that project would result in relatively little material. I quickly concluded, however, that the assignment was less about one particular birthday of Martin Luther than about one particular and momentous year. Luther’s 450th birthday happened to occur in 1933, just that year when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power. Every observer at that time, whether in Germany or abroad, knew that the rise of Hitler was an important news story. Hitler took over in the face of dramatic crises and with intent to impose dramatic new policies. His appointment as chancellor, therefore, caught widespread attention. Furthermore, hindsight now shows us that the rise of Hitler turned the next twelve years into one of the most tragic episodes in modern world history. During 1933, people in Germany and the United States paid attention to Hitler because he brought dramatic change. Today we are interested in Hitler because his changes turned out so very badly: a World War, at least 50 million dead, six million dead Jews, and a subsequent worldwide condemnation of those Nazi ideas and policies that brought all of this to pass. Because of the importance of this entire year, I have focused my research on every sort of response to Germany in the American church press from January through December. The modest American response to Martin Luther’s birthday in November 1933 simply fits into this broader picture. My second question involved the choice of which church publications to study. Lutherans in the United States had the most obvious reason to pay attention to Luther’s birthday celebration. Therefore, I have focused on five Lutheran journals, all of which were published weekly. I read them from beginning to end through the entire year, looking for any references to Germany. As a counterpoint, I also made the same search of a very prominent non-denominational weekly, the Christian Century. I will indicate below the results of my study. However, I will first add some information about the nature of Lutheranism in the United States in 1933: it was divided among a large number of ›synods‹, independent organizations with very specific ties to individual European nations. (It is still divided, by the way, though less so than in 1933, since a tendency toward merger has continued.)

SEDA at 20: some staff and educational development birthday challenges and celebrations

Invited to write a piece to mark SEDA’s 20th birthday as SEDA co-chair, I have been excited and humbled by the task. In preparation I have read past editions of this journal and of the SEDA magazine, once called The New Academic and now called Educational Developments. I have reflected on my SEDA experiences and I have talked to people associated with the organisation, gathering views and stories. Looking back over 20 years, I consider what kind of organisation SEDA might be. I go on to suggest that SEDA has a lot to celebrate at 20 but that it also faces some challenges if we are to have an even deeper impact on the quality of teaching in the UK higher education and the professional lives of educational developers.

Carlos Castillo-Chavez: A century ahead

When the opportunity to contribute a short essay about Dr. Carlos Castillo-Chavez presented itself in the context of this wonderful birthday celebration my immediate reaction was por supuesto que sí! Sixteen years ago, I travelled to Cornell University with my colleague at the National Security Agency (NSA) Barbara Deuink to meet Carlos and hear about his vision to expand the talent pool of mathematicians in our country. Our motivation was very simple. First of all, the Agency relies heavily on mathematicians to carry out its mission. If the U.S. mathematics community is not healthy, NSA is not healthy. Keeping our country safe requires a team of the sharpest minds in the nation to tackle amazing intellectual challenges on a daily basis. Second, the Agency cares deeply about diversity. Within the mathematical sciences, students with advanced degrees from the Chicano, Latino, Native American, and African-American communities are underrepresented. It was clear that addressing this issue would require visionary leadership and a long-term commitment. Carlos had the vision for a program that would provide promising undergraduates from minority communities with an opportunity to gain confidence and expertise through meaningful research experiences while sharing in the excitement of mathematical and scientific discovery. His commitment to the venture was unquestionable and that commitment has not waivered since the inception of the Mathematics and Theoretical Biology Institute (MTBI) in 1996.

The Pine Mountain Settlement School Centennial Photography Exhibit

The Pine Mountain Settlement School Centennial Photography Exhibit Nicole Reynolds (bio) This issue features photographs from the Pine Mountain Settlement School Centennial Photography Exhibit, which was developed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school and to educate the public about the school’s history and influence. Pine Mountain Settlement School, located on the north side of Pine Mountain in Harlan County, Kentucky, has been dedicated to educating the residents of the Appalachian region since its inception in 1913. The school began as a boarding school for Appalachian youth and has since transformed into a center of environmental and cultural education for people of all ages. The idea for the exhibit originally came from Jennifer McDaniels and support for the project came from the Pine Mountain Settlement School Centennial Committee. The exhibit was juried and mounted on foam core with the assistance of Larry LaFollette, Alexia Ault, Teresa Osborne, and Judith Victoria Hensley. Deb Callahan and Judy Lewis, who work for the school, helped pull photos from the school’s archives and juried and documented photos. The photography exhibit was first previewed at the Black Mountain Wildflower Weekend in May at Pine Mountain Settlement School. The exhibit had its first public viewing at Harlan County’s Poke Sallet Festival the following month. In July, it was displayed at the Mountain Artisan National Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College and remains there for now. The exhibit will be available to travel after the 100 Year Birthday Celebration of Pine Mountain Settlement School on August 31, 2013. Anyone who is interested in hosting the exhibit may contact Deb Callahan by phone (606)558-3571 or by e-mail at office@pinemountainsettlementschool.com. [End Page 113] Nicole Reynolds Nicole Reynolds is a student at Berea College from London, Kentucky, who works for Appalachian Heritage. Copyright © 2013 Berea College

The Arnold Berliner Award 2013

The Arnold Berliner Award is presented for the first time this year, as part of the 100-year birthday celebration of Naturwissenschaften (Fig. 1, Thatje 2013). It is my great pleasure to announce the first recipient of the award, Dr Mark Young (University of Edinburgh), in this editorial. Mark Young (Fig. 2) was nominated for his work on the iconic Diplodocus, which, as a sauropod dinosaur, belonged to the largest terrestrial herbivores to ever have roamed Earth. Their pure size may have pushed them to the evolutionary limits of vertebrate biomechanics. In his paper published in Naturwissenschaften (Young et al. 2012), Mark and his colleagues presented a compelling multidisciplinary approach demonstrating that the gigantic Diplodocus was unlikely to have employed its bizarre dentition for a previously suggested bark-stripping hypothesis feeding strategy, and that the rather unusual (aberrant) dentition of Diplodocus may have, instead, demonstrated an adaptation for food procurement rather than an adaptation to high mechanical bite force. This would suggest that Diplodocus had a skull which was seemingly over-engineered for muscle-driven biting alone; the reason for which may have been related to other behavioral or ecological traits. This paradigmchanging discovery was only possible by making use of modern technology, the computed tomographic scanning of a fossil specimen of a Diplodocus longus skull from museum collection, and subsequent modeling of its biomechanics of feeding. The Arnold Berliner Award was established in recognition of the founding editor of the journal. The award is sponsored by Springer Science+Business Media and is given annually for the best research article published in NAWI during the previous calendar year (Thatje 2012). Criteria are excellence in science, originality, and in particular interdisciplinarity,