I remembered the simplicity of Hmong tournaments back during my younger years growing up. I could visualize a time when these gathering were mere social reunions amongst friends and families sparing time to partake in a game or two of soccer, volleyball, or topspin.
Every year more than 140,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with life-threatening blood diseases, such as leukemia, among them are many children and young adults. Since only approximately 30 percent of patients find a match in their family, most are dependent on finding an unrelated donor. Adding more diverse donors will help increase [...]
Milwaukee, WI, May 9, 2009 You may know of good friends engaging in similar leisure pursuits, but I know of a core coterie of bowling enthusiasts intermingling amongst the tri-states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This coterie consists of mixtures of Southeast Asian ethnicities from Laotians, Khmers, Chinese, Hmongs, and Vietnamese players partaking in what [...]
The bar and club scene in Minnesota was nearly crippled in 2007 when Governor Tim Pawlenty signed the “Freedom to Breathe Act”, which disallowed smoking in public venues. At the time, Minnesota was the twentieth state to pass such a law. Now the the bar and club scene in downtown Minneapolis faces new opposition—twenty-one plus [...]
