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Lia Lee
''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures'' is a 1997 book by Anne Fadiman that chronicles the struggles of a Hmong refugee family from Houaysouy, Sainyabuli Province, Laos, Fadiman. "Foua and Nao Kao." ''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 1997103 " .. asked her to describe a typical day in Houaysouy, the village in the northwestern province of Sayaboury where the Lee family had lived." the Lees, and their interactions with the health care system in Merced, California. In 2005 Robert Entenmann, of St. Olaf College wrote that the book is "certainly the most widely read book on the Hmong experience in America."Entenmann, Robert.The Myth of Sonom, the Hmong King" () '' Hmong Studies Journal'', Volume 6, 2005. p. 1. Retrieved on July 11, 2014. On the most basic level, the book tells the story of the family's second youngest and favored daughter, Lia Lee, who was diagnosed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Fadiman
Anne Fadiman (born August 7, 1953) is an American essayist and reporter. Her interests include literary journalism, essays, memoir, and autobiography. She has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award. Early life and education She is the daughter of the renowned literary, radio, and television personality Clifton Fadiman and World War II correspondent and author Annalee Jacoby Fadiman. She attended Harvard University, graduating in 1975 from Radcliffe College with a bachelor of arts degree. At Harvard, she roomed with Wendy Lesser ( Benazir Bhutto and Kathleen Kennedy were also in the same dorm). Career Writing Fadiman's 1997 book ''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures'' won the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award as well as the ''Los Angeles Times'' Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Modesto Bee
''The Modesto Bee'' is a California newspaper, founded in 1884 as the ''Daily Evening News'' and published continuously as a daily under a variety of names. Before its purchase by Charles K. McClatchy and McClatchy Newspapers in 1924, it merged in the same year with the ''Modesto News-Herald'', adopting that name as part of a consolidation. In 1933 it changed its name to the ''Modesto Bee and News-Herald'', and in 1975 abbreviated the name on its masthead to ''The Modesto Bee''. Its current owner is the descendant firm, McClatchy Company, an American newspaper corporation. ''The Modesto Bee'' has about 70 employees and is delivered throughout central California, reaching places such as Modesto, Turlock, Oakdale, Ceres, Patterson and Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipaliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercy Medical Center Merced
Mercy Medical Center Merced (previously Merced Community Medical Center and Sutter Merced Medical Center) is a hospital in Merced, California. Dignity Health operates the facility. History In the 1980s, Lia Lee, the subject of the book ''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down'', was treated at this hospital.Fox, Margalit. "Lia Lee Dies; Life Went On Around Her, Redefining Care." ''The New York Times''. September 14, 20122 Retrieved on October 23, 2012. In 2001, the State of California informed hospitals in the state that acute health care facilities would have to comply with new regulations on earthquake protection when they go into effect in 2008. The hospital administration decided to build a new hospital facility, even though some hospitals received extensions on the deadline for the requirement due to needing to retrofit their older hospital buildings. The new hospital was scheduled to open in August 2010.Reiter, Carol.Mercy Medical Center Merced's new campus taking shape on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonom
Sonom (died circa June 13–14, 1776) was a chieftain of the rGyalrong people in China. He was the lord-lama of Greater Jinchuan.Theobald, Ulrich. ''War Finance and Logistics in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Second Jinchuan Campaign (1771–1776)'' (Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900). BRILL, July 11, 2013. , 9789004255678. p20 He was executed after his January 1776 defeat in the Jinchuan campaigns. Family Sonom was the fourth son of Langkya , who was the previous ruler of Greater Jinchuan. Sonom's mother was Atsang ,Theobald,The Second Jinchuan Campaign" p. 60 (PDF 70/458). "Senggesang was supported by two of his relatives in Greater Jinchuan, Sonom 索諾木 and Langyka, who both wrote official reports to the imperial court to defend their aggressions." and "Langkya in Greater Jinchuan died from a disease, allegedly likewise caused by an evil spell mantra cast by the king of Gebshidza. His heir was his fourth son Sonom, aged 19 ''sui'',132 and therefor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hmong Cultural And Resource Center
Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related tongues/dialects ** Hmong–Mien languages ** Pahawh Hmong, an indigenous semi-syllabic script ** Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, a modern alphabetic script * Hmong Americans, Americans of Hmong descent See also * Hmong folk religion * Hmong in Wisconsin ** Hmong American Peace Academy * '' Hmong Studies Journal'' * Hong (other) * Miao people The Miao are a group of linguistically-related peoples living in Southern China and Southeast Asia, who are recognized by the government of China as one of the 56 official ethnic groups. The Miao live primarily in southern China's mountains, in ... * Mong (other) {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Pfeifer
Mark Edward Pfeifer is the editor of the '' Hmong Studies Journal'', and the director of the Hmong Resource Center Library and the Museum at the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul, Minnesota. From 2000 to 2006, he directed the Hmong Resource Center Library at the Hmong Cultural Center (HCC) in St. Paul. From around 2006 to 2011 Pfeifer worked at the Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi as an academic librarian. During that period he assisted HCC with its website."Mark Pfeifer Returns to Saint Paul." Asian American Press. November 25, 2011. Since 2010, he has taught anthropology courses online for the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute in Utica, New York and for Empire State College in Saratoga Springs, New York since 2013. Works *''Annotated Bibliography of Hmong-related Works'', 2007-2019. Hmong Resources Publisher, 2020. . *''Hmong-related Works, 1996-2006: An Annotated Bibliography''. Scarecrow Press Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of A People
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events. Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers. History is not complete and still has debatable mysteries. History is also an academic discipline which uses narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect. Historians often debate which narrative best explains an event, as well as the significance of different causes and effects. Historians also debate the nature of history as an end in itself, as well as its usefulness to give perspective on the problems of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonic Clonic Seizure
Tonic may refer to: *Tonic water, a drink traditionally containing quinine *Soft drink, a carbonated beverage *Tonic (physiology), the response of a muscle fiber or nerve ending typified by slow, continuous action * Tonic syllable, the stressed syllable of a word * Herbal tonic, a herbal medicine with tonic effects *Tonic (music), a concept of music theory *Tonic (band), an American rock band * ''Tonic'' (Tonic album), 2010 *Tonic (music venue), a New York City music venue, 1998–2007 * ''Tonic'' (Medeski Martin & Wood album), 2000 * ''Tonic'' (radio program), Canadian radio program *Tonic suit, a garment made from a shiny mohair blend that was fashionable among the Mods of the mid 1960s *Windtech Tonic, a Spanish paraglider design * ''Tonic'' (film), a Bengali film See also *Patent medicine that claims to have tonic properties *Tonči * Tonic sol-fa, a method of teaching sight-singing *Tonic Sol-fa (a cappella group), American singing group with a largely pop-music-oriented rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foster Care
Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home ( residential child care community, treatment center, etc.), or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a "foster parent" or with a family member approved by the state. The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a social service agency. The institution, group home, or foster parent is compensated for expenses unless with a family member. In some states, relative or "Kinship" caregivers of children who are wards of the state are provided with a financial stipend. The state, via the family court and child protective services agency, stand '' in loco parentis'' to the minor, making all legal decisions while the foster parent is responsible for the day-to-day care of the minor. Scholars and activists are concerned about the efficacy of the foster care services provided by NGOs. Specifically, this pertains to poor retention rates of social workers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hmong Language
Hmong / Mong (; RPA: ''Hmoob,'' ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh: , ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. There are some 2.7 million speakers of varieties that are largely mutually intelligible, including over 280,000 Hmong Americans as of 2013. Over half of all Hmong speakers speak the various dialects in China, where the Dananshan (大南山) dialect forms the basis of the standard language. However, Hmong Daw and Mong Leng are widely known only in Laos and the United States; Dananshan is more widely known in the native region of Hmong. Varieties Mong Leng (Moob Leeg) and Hmong Daw (Hmoob Dawb) are part of a dialect cluster known in China as ''Chuanqiandian Miao'', that is, "Sichuan–Guizhou–Yunnan Miao", called the "Chuanqiandian cluster" in English (or "Miao cluster" in other languages) as West Hmongic is also called ''Chua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merced Community Medical Center
Mercy Medical Center Merced (previously Merced Community Medical Center and Sutter Merced Medical Center) is a hospital in Merced, California. Dignity Health operates the facility. History In the 1980s, Lia Lee, the subject of the book ''The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down'', was treated at this hospital.Fox, Margalit. "Lia Lee Dies; Life Went On Around Her, Redefining Care." ''The New York Times''. September 14, 20122 Retrieved on October 23, 2012. In 2001, the State of California informed hospitals in the state that acute health care facilities would have to comply with new regulations on earthquake protection when they go into effect in 2008. The hospital administration decided to build a new hospital facility, even though some hospitals received extensions on the deadline for the requirement due to needing to retrofit their older hospital buildings. The new hospital was scheduled to open in August 2010.Reiter, Carol.Mercy Medical Center Merced's new campus taking shape on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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