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		<title>The butterfly</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The butterfly Author Unknown One day, a man was walking and found a butterfly still inside of its cocoon. He looked closer and saw that the butterfly was working very hard to fit its body through a tiny, tiny hole in the cocoon so it could get out and fly around. The man decided to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1142&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My new year&#8217;s resolutions: Less meat and more self-care</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Year]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/?p=1285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe it, 2012 is here!  We have less than 12 months to live until the end of the world.  Haha!  No, the world is not going to end on December 21, 2012. Life is just barely beginning! I have never done new year&#8217;s resolutions.  When I was younger, I used to think they were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1285&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Sides to Every Story</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/two-sides-to-every-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two sides to every story]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A woman told me years ago that she understands the dynamics of domestic violence. She understands that there are many different types of abuse: verbal, mental, physical, etc.  But she also understands that sometimes women provoke a man to abuse them.  (???)  I quote her when I write this, &#8220;If she brings out the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1204&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to show your appreciation during the holidays</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/how-to-show-your-appreciation-during-the-holidays/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[amusement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[how-to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarcasm]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, wherever I go online, I see people showing thanks to their family and friends on online networking site and the blogosphere.  I don&#8217;t like to publicly show appreciation and gratitude&#8212;especially online.  It&#8217;s not because I&#8217;m not thankful because I really do appreciate everything everyone has done for me.  It&#8217;s simply because there will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1236&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of Death</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/fear-of-death/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 01:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sendie-Lou wrote a blog after reading an article about a 3-year-old girl who survived on leftover food for 2 days after her mom died.  Sendie thought about what would happen if she and her spouse suddenly died .  What would happen to her children? She lives far away from family, so who would notice if they&#8217;re gone? Sendie [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1148&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving; The neglected holiday</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/thanksgiving-the-neglected-holiday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holiday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[celebration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmong New Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmoob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[xyoo tshiab]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/?p=1116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving.  Oh, yes&#8212;the holiday that marks the start of European colonists invading and exterminating thousands of indigenous people in America.  Children are taught in schools that Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and appreciation&#8212;like how the Pilgrims thanked the Native Americans for helping them survive their first harsh winter by inviting them to a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1116&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survivor</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/survivor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child survivor of DV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence awareness month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DV survivor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmoob]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[horror]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[october]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[survivor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/?p=1026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why am I passionate about empowering individuals and families affected by domestic violence?  Why am I dedicated to work towards societal change, even if I probably will not see it in my lifetime?  Am I a survivor?  Since it&#8217;s Halloween&#8212;my favorite holiday of the year&#8212;I will tell you my personal horror story. I am a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1026&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hmong: Slow to change</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/10/26/the-hmong-slow-to-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[18 Clan Council Wisconsin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clan system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence awareness month]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hmong community is slowly turning around&#8212;and I do stress the word &#8220;slowly.&#8221;  It has taken the patriarchal Hmong society 30 years in the US to finally realize that we have a problem with domestic violence (DV). In July of this year, a conference called “Breaking the Silence Collaboratively: Creating Healthy Families for the Present &#38; Future” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1086&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hmong murder-suicides</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/hmong-murder-suicides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hmong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence awareness month]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Vang Pao]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[intimate partner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[october]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/?p=1073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In November 1998, Young Sayaxang Lee (37) fatally shot his wife, Maichao Vang (28), and also shot and killed himself.  The oldest daughter (11) discovered her mother&#8217;s body in the bedroom of their home and called 911.  Police discovered Young&#8217;s body in the basement. In 2006, Joanne Khang (25) was stabbed to death by her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=1073&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The biggest challenges for Hmong domestic violence victims</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/challenges-hmong-women-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hmong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barriers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence awareness month]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hmoob]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[power and control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who do not understand the dynamics of domestic violence (DV) believe that a victim can just leave her abuser whenever she wants to.  &#8221;If it&#8217;s that bad, why don&#8217;t you just leave?  It must not be that bad, because you keep going back to him.  You have been married to him for 20 years; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=865&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hmong views on domestic violence</title>
		<link>http://ahmongwoman.wordpress.com/2011/10/13/hmong-views-on-domestic-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaiBao</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hmong]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hmong are very resistant to change.  It’s because of our refusal to change our culture that we were in war with the Chinese for such a long time.  In Asia, the Hmong mainly live in remote regions, so they practice their culture with no interference.  They are slower to assimilate.  In America, we live [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=863&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Traditional Hmong weddings and marriages</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Hmong consists of 18 last (sur) names, making up 18 official clans.  It is taboo to marry someone from the same clan.  For instance, someone with the Yang last name cannot marry another Yang.  In some families, it is also taboo to marry someone with the same clan name as your mother&#8217;s maiden name. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ahmongwoman.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10276556&amp;post=861&amp;subd=ahmongwoman&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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