Long Journey to a Huge Country

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etsuko Takushi Crissey
Keyword(s):  
English Proficiency ◽  
Living Standards ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
The Family ◽  
Hollywood Movies ◽  
The U.S

Arriving in the U.S., women interviewed recalled worrying about leaving their parents and lacking English proficiency. They were impressed with the continent’s size compared to Okinawa Island and with America’s affluence. Yet some were disappointed that their husbands’ living standards fell short of what they’d seen in Hollywood movies. During the late 1940s and early 1950s women struggling to survive and support their children in Okinawa went into black marketing of commodities from Army post exchanges. One interviewee married the soldier who had been supplying her. When asked what had initially attracted them to their husbands, one woman recalled that, while she had hated Americans after the war, the soldiers she met impressed her with the courteous, gentle, and caring attitude they displayed toward women. Another remembered Americans as neatly groomed, smelling of soap, and well dressed in crisply starched uniforms. Some parents vehemently opposed their daughters’ marriages, even threatening to beat or disown them. But they later relented with the birth of their grandchildren, offering material and moral support to the family. As of 2010 there were at least thirty-eight Okinawa prefectural associations in the U.S., most founded by the wives of American soldiers they had met in Okinawa.

Innovative promotional strategies and diversification of flavoured mass merchandise cigar products: a case study of Swedish match

2021 ◽  
pp. tobaccocontrol-2020-056145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ollie Ganz ◽  
Mary Hrywna ◽  
Kevin R J Schroth ◽  
Cristine D Delnevo
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Authority ◽  
Business Practice ◽  
Smoking Prevention ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
The Family ◽  
Promotional Efforts ◽  
Promotional Strategies ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The U.S

In 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco products, although initially this only included cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco. In 2016, the deeming rule extended regulatory authority to include all tobacco products, including cigars. The deeming rule prohibited the introduction of new tobacco products into the marketplace without proper marketing authorisation and laid out pathways for tobacco companies to follow. The deeming rule should have frozen the cigar marketplace in 2016. In this paper, we describe how the cigarillo marketplace, nevertheless, continues to diversify with new brands, flavors, styles and packaging sizes entering the market regularly. As an example, we highlight recent promotional efforts by Swedish Match North America (Swedish Match) for their popular cigarillo brands, including White Owl, Night Owl and Garcia y Vega’s Game brand. We argue that ambiguities in the TCA make it unclear whether Swedish Match’s seemingly new cigarillos fit the definition of new tobacco products and, if so, whether they are on the market legally. Swedish Match and other cigarillo companies may be taking advantage of these ambiguities to promote a variety of cigarillo flavors and styles in innovative ways. Given that cigars are combustible tobacco products that pose many of the same risks as cigarettes, this business practice raises significant concerns regarding the protection of public health, particularly among young people.

scholarly journals Celebrity Couples as Business Families: A Social Network Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 089448652110503
Author(s):  
Yasaman Gorji ◽  
Michael Carney ◽  
Rajshree Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Family Business ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
The Family ◽  
Hollywood Movies ◽  
Career Performance ◽  
Business Family ◽  
Production Industry

We depict Hollywood celebrity couples as business families who participate in the project-based movie production industry, which is a temporary and disaggregated form of organization where skilled individuals are linked to one another through contractual and social relationships. Appearing in Hollywood movies generates celebrity capital, which can be converted into economic capital through involvement in endorsements and other rent-generating activities. Finding projects is facilitated by membership in high-quality social networks, and we consider celebrity marriage as a means of merging two individuals’ social networks, which can be mutually beneficial for both parties. We develop and test three hypotheses about the quality of social networks prior to and after marriage and analyze their impact upon celebrities’ postmarriage career performance. We contribute to the family business literature by exploring hybridized and adaptive forms of business family in contemporary project industries, which has the potential to enlarge family business scholars’ research horizons.

The Sheriff Must Be Obsessed with Racism!

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy Patiño
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Police Officer ◽  
San Diego ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Border Patrol ◽  
The Family ◽  
The U.S ◽  
City Police

Chapter 6 explores how Herman Baca and San Diego Chicano/Mexicano created the Committee on Chicano Rights (CCR) in 1976. These activists fought the San Diego Sherriff’s Department issued order for taxi cab drivers, under penalty of citation and fines, to report any of their clientele who they “feel” might be undocumented to their offices for apprehension in 1972. The San Diego Police Department, under the administration of San Diego Mayor (and future California governor) Pete Wilson, followed suit in 1973 by assuming the responsibility of determining resident’s legal status and apprehending the undocumented to assist the U.S. Border Patrol. This culminated in the founding of the CCR through the struggle on behalf of the family of a Puerto Rican barrio youth, Luis “Tato” Rivera, killed by a National City police officer.

Potential Hosts for Lambertella corni-maris and Phacidium lacerum within the Family Rosaceae

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Wiseman ◽  
F. M. Dugan ◽  
C. L. Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Pome Fruit ◽  
The Family ◽  
The U.S

Two fungi were recently described as pathogens of pome fruit in the U.S. Pacific Northwest: Lambertella corni-maris on apple, and Phacidium lacerum Fr. (syn. Ceuthospora pinastri (Fr.) Höhn.) on apple and d'Anjou pear. Here we document pathogenicity of L. corni-maris to d'Anjou pear, Malus ‘Profusion’ crabapple, and sweetbriar rose, and pathogenicity of P. lacerum to ‘Profusion’ crabapple and sweetbriar rose. Accepted for publication 22 May 2016. Published 7 June 2016.

An Intergenerational Divide

2021 ◽  
pp. 256-276
Author(s):  
Lisa Lau
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Culture ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Chinese Americans ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Communist Revolution ◽  
The U.S

This chapter explores factors that influence the current divisiveness in sociopolitical discourse and rhetoric in the Chinese American community and, in particular, the family unit. The findings contribute to understanding the origins of ideological differences that reflect the polarization facing the U.S. at large. The author integrates her experience and knowledge of the community and draws on a range of literature on Chinese culture, sociolinguistics, and psychological theories to identify three themes that influence the world views and modes of communication of many first-generation Chinese Americans: an authoritarian orientation, a polarized psychology, and a national origin orientation. Utilizing an autobiographical research approach that combines phenomenology and autoethnography, the author captures the trauma of her parents growing up during the Chinese Communist Revolution to bring awareness to disruptive events that shape cognitive processes that underlie the three themes and contribute to the current discordance in intergenerational discourse.

scholarly journals The power of language-concordant care: a call to action for medical schools

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rose L. Molina ◽  
Jennifer Kasper
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Health Equity ◽  
Limited English Proficiency ◽  
English Proficiency ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Language Concordance ◽  
The World ◽  
The U.S

Abstract We live in a world of incredible linguistic diversity; nearly 7000 languages are spoken globally and at least 350 are spoken in the United States. Language-concordant care enhances trust between patients and physicians, optimizes health outcomes, and advances health equity for diverse populations. However, historical and contemporary trauma have impaired trust between communities of color, including immigrants with limited English proficiency, and physicians in the U.S. Threats to informed consent among patients with limited English proficiency persist today. Language concordance has been shown to improve care and serves as a window to broader social determinants of health that disproportionately yield worse health outcomes among patients with limited English proficiency. Language concordance is also relevant for medical students engaged in health care around the world. Global health experiences among medical and dental students have quadrupled in the last 30 years. Yet, language proficiency and skills to address cultural aspects of clinical care, research and education are lacking in pre-departure trainings. We call on medical schools to increase opportunities for medical language courses and integrate them into the curriculum with evidence-based teaching strategies, content about health equity, and standardized language assessments. The languages offered should reflect the needs of the patient population both where the medical school is located and where the school is engaged globally. Key content areas should include how to conduct a history and physical exam; relevant health inequities that commonly affect patients who speak different languages; cultural sensitivity and humility, particularly around beliefs and practices that affect health and wellbeing; and how to work in language-discordant encounters with interpreters and other modalities. Rigorous language assessment is necessary to ensure equity in communication before allowing students or physicians to use their language skills in clinical encounters. Lastly, global health activities in medical schools should assess for language needs and competency prior to departure. By professionalizing language competency in medical schools, we can improve patients’ trust in individual physicians and the profession as a whole; improve patient safety and health outcomes; and advance health equity for those we care for and collaborate with in the U.S. and around the world.

A new genus of Stigmaeidae (Acari: Prostigmata) from Okinawa Island

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1160 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
SHÔZÔ EHARA ◽  
E. A. UECKERMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
The Family

A new genus and species, Gymnostigmaeus akaminei Ehara & Ueckermann, is described and illustrated from specimens collected on the lawngrass Zoysia tenuifolia (Poaceae) on Okinawa Island, Japan. This genus is distinct from any other known genera of the family Stigmaeidae in lacking shields and platelets on the idiosomal dorsum and venter. It is also characterized by an empodium that arises from the tip of a swollen arolium anterior to the claw bases.

scholarly journals Sediminibacter furfurosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Gilvibacter sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae

2007 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shams Tabrez Khan ◽  
Yasuyoshi Nakagawa ◽  
Shigeaki Harayama
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Type Strain ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Okinawa Island ◽  
Phenotypic Differences ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
The Family ◽  
The City ◽  
Type Strains

Two Gram-negative, chemoheterotrophic, non-motile strains, Mok-1-36T and MAOS-86T, were isolated from marine-sediment samples collected from the coasts of Okinawa island and the city of Odawara in Japan, respectively. Phylogenetic studies based on 16S rRNA gene sequences indicated that Mok-1-36T and MAOS-86T were members of the family Flavobacteriaceae, clustering with members of the genera Ulvibacter and Vitellibacter, respectively. Strains Mok-1-36T and MAOS-86T shared pairwise 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities of 93.5 and 89.1 % with the type strains of Ulvibacter litoralis and Vitellibacter vladivostokensis, respectively. Phylogenetic distinctiveness and phenotypic differences from their phylogenetic neighbours indicated that these strains represent two novel species and genera within the family Flavobacteriaceae, for which the names Sediminibacter furfurosus gen. nov., sp. nov. (MAOS-86T) and Gilvibacter sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Mok-1-36T) are proposed. The type strain of Sediminibacter furfurosus is MAOS-86T (=NBRC 101622T=CIP 109285T) and the type strain of Gilvibacter sediminis is Mok-1-36T (=NBRC 101626T=CIP 109286T).

Specification and Speculation Concerning the Politics of Workplace Family Policies

1990 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOAN ALDOUS
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Corporate America ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Family Policies ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Benefits ◽  
The U.S

The article begins with a discussion of the family changes related to shifts in the composition of the labor force that have led to a concern about family benefits in the workplace. It then covers the reasons for their general absence in the U.S. An analysis follows of the unrecognized consequences of the attention given to the comparatively few instances of family benefits in corporate America. The final section of the article concerns the varying judgments of the authors of the articles in this special issue on the efficacy of existing workplace family policies for businesses and their employees and their families.

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