Investigation of the rotation effects on high--density matter in hybrid stars

The equation of state (EOS) of high-density matter is still not clear and several recent observations indicate restrictions to EOSs. Theoretical studies should thus elucidate EOSs at high density and/or high temperature. Many theoretical studies have attempted to account for the effect of rotation of rapidly rotating neutron stars (pulsars), which are commonly observed astronomical objects having high-density interiors. Furthermore, neutron stars generate a strong magnetic field. Several recent studies indicate that this magnetic field exerts some restrictions on the EOS. Theoretical studies should thus incorporate these effects. In this paper, we focus on the effect of rotation. We find that one of our EOSs is consistent with these observations, and another is inconsistent. We also find an important relation between radius and rotation.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figures, proceeding of PANIC201

[Review of] Ethnic Studies Oral History Project and United Okinawan Association of Hawaii, eds. Uchinanchu: A History of Okinawans in Hawaii

While the experiences of most ethnic groups are frequently overlooked, this is especially the fate of relatively small groups. Many small groups merit greater attention, for example the Okinawans who migrated to Hawaii from 1900-1924, worked on sugar and pineapple plantations, developed small businesses and community organizations, and achieved a measure of economic and social success. What makes their story of special interest is their ethnic status. At the time of their migration, the homeland of the Okinawans, the Ryukyu archipelago (which includes the island of Okinawa), was part of Japan as it is today. However, the Ryukyus have always been somewhat isolated from Japanese influences because of their location hundreds of miles southwest of the four primary Japanese islands. Okinawan immigrants were therefore Japanese but had many unique linguistic, social, and cultural characteristics. In Hawaii, the latter defined Okinawans, or Uchinanchu, as being different from other Japanese immigrants , or Naichi, and this difference contributed to friction between the two groups. Thus, Okinawans found themselves discriminated against by Naichi in addition to others. They also felt conflicting pressures to assimilate into Naichi society, to assimilate into white society, and to maintain their own characteristics. Over time, the Okinawans managed in varying degrees to do all three. The history of Okinawans in Hawaii therefore offers valuable insights regarding the shaping of ethnicity

[Review of] Richard Drinnon. Keeper of Concentration Camps: Dillon S. Meyer and American Racism

While American history is replete with outrageous and tragic examples of racism, two of the most prominent in recent memory are the government\u27s World War II removal and internment of Japanese Americans and its postwar attack on the tribal rights and consequently the services, reservations, and cultural integrity of Native Americans through a policy known as termination. Ironically, these two episodes intersect in the person of Dillon Meyer. Meyer ran the vast archipelago of Japanese American concentration camps as the Director of the War Relocation Authority (WRA) from 1942-46 and then administered a larger system of lndian reservations as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) from 1950-53. In this latter post, Meyer launched an aggressive effort to withdraw the government from its commitments and responsibilities for Native Americans that culminated in termination legislation after he left office

[Review of] Ruthanne Lum McCunn. Sole Survivor

In November, 1942, the British freighter Benlomond was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of South America with the loss of its entire crew except for a young Chinese steward named Poon Lim. Through his resourcefulness and determination, Lim survived on a wooden raft for 133 days before being picked up by a Brazilian fisherman. Sole Survivor is a fictionalized account of Lim\u27s experience, the longest such ordeal at sea, based largely on interviews with Lim, military and maritime documents, and magazine and newpaper [newspaper] stories

[Review of] Philip S. Foner and Daniel Rosenberg , eds. Racism, Dissent, and Asian Americans from 1850 to the Present: A Documentary History

Numerous historical studies discuss racism against Asian Americans as well as their resistance to racist policies, practices, and thought. While this scholarship correctly stresses the predominance of racism, it contains passing references to non-Asian individuals and organizations who supported better treatment and the rights of Asians. Foner and Rosenberg argue that these small numbers of supporters were dissenters from prevailing anti-Asian racism and that they deserve greater attention because they represent the existence of more than one perspective of Asian Americans

[Review of] Roger Daniels. Asian America: Chinese and Japanese in the United States Since 1850

Roger Daniels is one of the premier scholars of Asian American history and has previously done pathbreaking research on the anti-Japanese movement in California and the World War II internment of Japanese Americans. Now, in Asian America, Daniels presents an interpretive account of the Chinese and Japanese in the U.S. In doing so, he attempts to show that these groups are an integral part of the immigration and ethnic history of America, especially by stressing parallels in the experiences of Asian and European immigrants. Daniels further argues that, because of a number of factors, there are differences as well as similarities in the experiences of Chinese and Japanese Americans. Daniels begins by examining Chinese immigration, the anti-Chinese movement, and Chinese settlement up to World War II and then he covers the same areas for the Japanese. This is followed by a discussion of both groups during the war, a chapter on the Cold War era, and an epilogue on happenings from 1960 to the 1980s

Critique [of Gong Lum v. Rice: The Convergence of Law, Race and Ethnicity by Malik Simba]

Law in the United States may of course be viewed through a number of different perspectives. Over the past several decades, racial minorities have used litigation and legislation to reform institutional policies and practices, and this has given impetus to perspectives of law as a significant tool of constructive social change. While such frameworks have validity, Malik Simba\u27s paper is a relevant reminder of the ideological and coercive dimensions of law and of its long history as a means of oppressing racial minorities

[Review of] Antonio J.A. Pido. The Pilipinos in America: Macro/Micro Dimensions of Immigration and Integration

Pilipinos are currently the second largest American ethnic group of Asian descent and are projected to be the largest by 1990. Yet, despite their size and their seventy-five year history in the U.S., there is relatively little material on Pilipinos, and that which exists is fragmented in its coverage and often in sources which are not readily available