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Oh science. You amuse me sometimes. File this one away in "We kind of already knew that, but thanks for getting actual data to make sure."
Well, I already knew that, at least. But from all of the straight people who have told me bisexuals are just slutty or want attention, and all of the gay people who have told me bisexuals are just closet cases, maybe we did need a scientific study.
Aug 23 2011
Scientists confirm that bisexuals exist
Oh science. You amuse me sometimes. File this one away in "We kind of already knew that, but thanks for getting actual data to make sure."
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Brent Royal-Gordon
I always enjoyed "Science Confirms The Obvious!": http://www.popsci.com/obvious
yeah,and it will be ignored just like anything else science says that doesn't conform to peoples world views.i mean the earth has to be the center of the universe created just for us humans by a god that hates what we do yet still "loves" us :D
Thomas Everett Haynes
If you limit yourself to one gender, you just miss out on so much! Besides, how is a man supposed to emotionally understand what a girl goes through without doing the same. It takes a different kind of trust when you are letting someone inside your body, than the feelings and urges to stick a dick in whatever.
That bisexual *men* exist. That was a subject of some controversy, actually.
I've never understood the thinking behind "you can be attracted to opposite or same sex, but not both." There again, I'm assuming there's thinking involved, which is probably not the case.
At a glance, the first thing I notice is that this new paper shares an author with the 2005 Rieger paper. JM Bailey. I seem to recall among the many valid criticisms of the Rieger paper, there were also criticisms of Bailey for having controversial opinions in the past. I guess this is a case where it would have been better to stick to content rather than ad hominem.
And it is widely recognised that there are more than two genders, some countries have actually given official recognition to the transgender community, even Pakistan, a Muslim country, has done so, yet nearby Indonesia still wallows in ignorance. In backward countries transgender persons are labeled as homosexual, and refused the right to live out their lives in the sexual orientation that they feel most comfortable in.For a touching video (I defy you not to feel emotion.) on transgender rights watch Sass Rogando Sasot deliver a speech to the UN: http://youtu.be/JrOc6CIQjtcSass has just started on her Bachelors degree in international law at The Hague in Holland.
You know, there is something oddly comforting about waking up to a news article confirming your existence.
Andrew Hall
True story. I was in marriage therapy with my wife (been married and have been monogamous for 17 years) and I mentioned, as I had done previously, that I'm bi. The therapist (otherwise a good therapist) looked at me and said "You still consider yourself bi?"Grrrrrrrr…Yes, just because I'm not currently sucking d*ck doesn't mean I don't think about it.
Okay, that's good news I guess…I've been bisexual since I was, well, forever, and now I'm 53 years old. I don't need the attention but I am pretty slutty.
Sam Barnett-Cormack
It's unclear how much use this will be in convincing anyone sceptical about it. After all, they'd not only have to be prepared to have reason challenge their own views, but they'd have to trust scientific processes themselves.
Astrid H
Unfortunately, even among scientifically minded people there are those who don't seem to get that bisexuality is a real thing. There are just so many infuriating misconceptions out there.
Faerie Fey
I don't understand at all how it can be considered NOT to be a "real thing". Are all the people who enjoy having sex with both females and males lying? Do they not actually exist? What the hell?
Åndrew Bergström
Actually, I believe that we are all born with the potential to be bi by nature, since it is still a mystery as to why we are attracted to certain aspects of sexuality in another person. It has not been defined why some body parts over others cause desire in some more than others, nor has anyone proven why different positions or other labels like "Kink" are wired into our brains. There are not that many differences in the human body between male and female, as the fetus develops one path is developed (or even both.) Also, the dividing line between the pain and pleasure centers are close enough in the human brain so that some people derive arousal of one or the other (or a combination) to achieve an orgasm. There are still others that have never felt arousal at all, and have never had an attraction during their life, not to mention those that never find that one stimulus to achieve orgasm (even if they have been aroused, but rather fake it for their partner's benefit.)The big question that seems to be tackled is whether this is due to nature or nurture. I would lean toward nurture, since by nature we may be all closely related but are given various nurturing to teach us what is "Normal" or "Forbidden." In that case any Religion is the chief culprit in sexual deviation, with some that deliberately suppress their desires while others embrace them out of rebellion to their upbringing. It would be interesting if there was proof of either of these theories…
Ken Chambers
It shouldn't have been.
"You're either with us or with them," is an aberration of thought with a long, persistent history. It was old by the time someone claimed we couldn't serve two masters.
Huzzah! Grats on not havin' fer ta worry about not existing no mores. I imagines ma felt sumthin' similar 50 or 60 years ago when someone finallies told her what bein' left-handed were a real thing too.Me, though, I'd be oddly disturbed ta wake up ta a news article what confirms us orcs exist because, well, unlike bisexuals, we's fictional.
Vander Baulk
Well, strictly speaking, you kinda didn't know that already; all you had for the evidence of bisexual people was anecdotal evidence. (He said, with tongue about 90% in cheek.)
nathan lee
I'm of the opinion it's more or less determined by hormone balances in the womb (that was the best theory of the cause of homosexuality a few years ago). But you're right that we really don't know yet what causes sexual orientation. There are no known reasons why I think girls are awesome, but horses are sexually ugly. Why don't I mate with trees, as some insects do? I don't know. I don't think it's much of a nature/nurture problem though. In biology, everything I can think of is both nature AND nurture. You could argue down to the shape of your body being nurture in the womb, only losely supported by the nature of oocytes. There is no dividing line between the "original nature" and "caused by nurture" in biology.
"But from all of the straight people who have told me bisexuals are just slutty or want attention, …"And tell me, what the hell is wrong with slutty bisexuals who want attention?!?!
Bruce McGlory
Are these the same scientists that couldn't figure out what was going on with male duck dongs, until a female scientist said, "uh, guys, did you ever look at FEMALE DUCKS?"
Melissa E
Good to know I exist! Except apparently female bis were never as hotly contested as male ones for some reason. Probably because the same guys who are repulsed by gay guys find girl-on-girl hot. You know, it's interesting – I feel like I could have very easily turned out effectively straight, and I'm so bi precisely *because* of the Christian religion trying to brainwash me into feelings of gender inferiority (we were specifically told in theology class that women are inherently less able to resist being evil than men), which drove me to embracing my "masculine" side more… my family complains that when I was younger, I was so adorably feminine, and then I started acting too tomboyish…
It's high time we have actual hard data on this subject. As a victim of bi erasure I can tell you that it's crushing to hear the exact same biggoted arguments from fellow members of the LGBT community, that I hear from heterosexual homophobes. These anti bisexual arguments are found even among the pillars of the LGBT community, including people like Dan Savage.
I assume the reason behind denialism about bisexuality is that it presents a more acute threat to the binary essentialist gender model – the idea that there's a discrete set of "man" traits and "woman" traits that are inherent and immutable. Homosexuals challenge this but can be assimilated by treating them as mentally backwards (think of the "all lesbians are bull dykes" stereotype, or the frequency with which "gay" men in mainstream movies were portrayed as giggling, emotional drag queens – you can sorta cling to the binary essentialist idea if you pretend a gay man is just a "woman" brain in a man's body, and vice versa). "Bi" females are actually fairly comfortable under this model because it's sexist and man-centric and allows men to be titillated by sexual contact between women while maintaining that all women really need a man in charge of them to be emotionally and romantically satisfied. Male bisexual relationships, though, really can't be assimilated into that model.I have no idea why much of the gay community went along with this.
Unfortunately, there are too many people who really think like that for it to be funny. >.>
I acknowledge bisexuals exist. I have a best friend who was in a relationship with a man for many years, and then followed that up with a several-year relationship with a woman. Neither relationship was his first. But where I wonder is when people discuss attraction. I'm attracted to men and women, physically and sexually. Sometimes I get really turned on by same-sex thoughts, and one of my same-sex encounters went really, really well. However, I would not consider myself bisexual. Am I being too rigid with my definitions? Should bisexuality account for anyone who has a fleeting same-sex thought, or just people who are truly open to relationships with either gender?
Faerie Fey
My first reaction is to think you're being too rigid in your definition. If a same sex encounter went well and you really were turned on by it (or other such fantasies), then that means you, at least occasionally, enjoy sex with other males (assuming you're male based on your handle). Sure, maybe you overall prefer sex with females, with only the occasional foray into sex with males, but it remains a fact that you -enjoy- those occasional forays. It counts. It's not like there's a single binary switch, it's a range, like this:Hom—–Bi—–HetYou're not all the way to the right, you're maybe on the third dash from the right on this scale. So you're bi with a het preference or something like that. But definitely bi because you're not ALL HET! ALL THE TIME!! ;D I'm probably more like the first dash to the left of Bi, and I identify as bi. I like having sex with women, but I've been with my husband for 23 years and I enjoy sex with him, too. :)
Melissa E
Different people do define "bi" differently, which is probably part of why there are so many misconceptions about it. I've noticed over my brief life that almost everyone is a little bi by the more liberal definitions. One of the most stereotypically straight guys I know had a male lover when he was young and still calls himself straight. Me personally, I separate "physical attraction" from "romantic long-term attraction." I've never fallen in love with a girl. I'm bisexual but heteroromantic.
The threshold between bisexual and not bisexual is arbitrary. That's why I recommend using an identity that is most useful to you (and within reason).Lots of bisexuals are only really interested in serious relationships with one of the genders. It is not a general requirement of bisexuality. All the same, you may allow it to inform your identity.
Mike Knowler
Wonder what Dan Savage will make of this. He's made some profoundly uninsightful comments about male bisexuality in the past
Uh, he's already written two supportive posts about it. And seriously, I've heard this claim over and over again, but I've yet to see any proof showing me something stupid Dan has said about bisexuals. This just seems to be something parroted by bisexuals who don't know Dan's work. He's been nothing but supportive of bisexuals for the years I've been reading his column and listening to his show.
Indigo Violent
I think the missing component in a lot of discussions about orientation is identity, although that's starting to change. In general, I argue that people should be able to apply their own labels, based on what they're comfortable with, and have them, for the most part, respected. Doubly so in cases of sexual orientation, where only the person actually inside their own head can know with any certainty what their deal is. So if you don't identify as bisexual, that's cool – don't! If you consider your same-sex attraction to be less important or having less weight or however you want to put it, I don't see that as a problem.
An actual study is useful. I've had some pretty diverse incidents involving people saying that I'm not bi. My mom said so, but I think she was just uncomfortable with ambiguity. She had tried to somewhat prepare herself for having a gay son, but it made her anxious. The added anxiety of not knowing what my life might be like seemed to make it worse for her.I also remember this friend of mine. He'd been dumped by his boyfriend for a woman, and had decided somehow that this was a problem with bisexuals. (I think that that explanation made him feel better because it felt less personal and more avoidable in the future than just thinking "My ex is a douchebag.") When I told him I was bi, he had some kind of cognitive dissonance between how he thought of me and this bisexual stereotype in his brain, so I guess he thought of me as just a closet case for a while.I think that a lot of people convince themselves that they understand relationships, or have a handle on them, by building these stories about how men and women are, often out of half-truths and stereotypes. You can salvage a lot of those half-truths by allowing for "exceptions" to the various rules. But people who simply ignore those stereotypes, who neither follow nor deliberately break them, and don't see where they come from in the first place, those people can be a much stronger challenge, because they show how deep the flaws in the stereotypes go.However, those people also tend to be a lot less memorable. Confirmation bias causes people to remember things that reinforce their preconceptions. A direct and blatant contradiction to one's preconceptions is also notable. Something that doesn't go one way or the other… that's easy to forget. And one is likely to be motivated to forget it as well, because these preconceptions are a source of security and confidence. It's scary enough to acknowledge that one doesn't understand something. Acknowledging that one doesn't even know how to think about something, or what sorts of categories are even useful to apply, that's even scarier.
He's gotten much, much better over the years, and honestly I like his columns and his podcast and the vast majority of what he does.That said, I think it's pretty indisputable that he has said some stupid things about bisexuals, whether or not they accurately represent his actual beliefs, or whatever. On a hunch, I did a search and pulled up a couple of Greta Christina's columns, for example:http://gretachristina.typepad….http://gretachristina.typepad….
Thank you for actually giving me links, even though you weren't the commentor I was talking to. I'm just sick of people making claims without any evidence – I've asked dozens of people for any shred of evidence of Dan saying something bad, and you're the first person to actually respond. I'm pretty sure most people just have a bind hate on for him without actually knowing what they're talking about.And yeah, those things he said were not the greatest – but I've been listening for the last two years and he's gotten much, much better. I'm just annoyed that now if he even says the word bisexual, followed by nothing but positive things, his bisexual enemies will still find a way to twist what he said into something bad. People need to get over themselves when someone is trying to do a better job.
Now can we just have a study to show asexuality is a Real Orientation too please?
Chris Slaby
I think I've read all the comments so far, but if I've missed something and I'm repeating what someone else has said, apologies. Gar! to both you and the NY Times, since you've both used the category of "homosexuality" to describe your discussions of this recent paper. It's not that I all out object to this, but I always like to ask the question of whether something can be done in a better way, more accurately. And so it seems that using "homosexuality" as a category tag for a discussion of bisexuality reinforces some ideas that bisexuality is really just latent homosexuality. Of course, the real problem is probably that these three labels for sexual orientation (gay, straight, bi) are really just an approximation, that most people are in some sort of a grey area on a Kinsey continuum, and that sexual orientation is not a completely fixed identity or character trait (I'm not sure if that's me saying that most people are really just shades of bi, because I'm not sure of that, but I'm certainly willing to bet it's more complicated than a simple, clear cut gay-straight-bi system would suggest). Anyway, I guess my wish would be for you to also tag this as "bisexuality" and/or, perhaps the most accurate term for all this talk, simply "sexuality." I do realize that your discussion, and that of the NY Times, has to do with homosexuality as well, but they also talks about heterosexuality, so why not a label for that? Again, I don't think that's the best solution, to just keep adding tags. I say keep it simple and just label this as a discussion of "sexuality" (or, as you already have it, "sex", though if I were being really picky, which I often am, I would distinguish between the two), and/or "bisexuality."
I do try to get back to people's original words when talking about this sort of thing (although I'll admit that my Google-fu is weak at times). There's too much exaggerated he-said-she-said on the internet to toy with people's reputations. (Heck, this happens in papers and books too; atheists get a lot of crap about being too militant, don't we? And feminists, too, and so forth.)As for Dan Savage specifically, while I do endorse him, and I think that a lot of the criticism of him is overblown, he's been more cavalier about his statements than seems appropriate sometimes. On a personal level, I think that the "It's a waste of time for you to get mad at me" attitude is kind of annoying.But I think we eventually run into this problem with any public figure that has done something admirable. Eventually they show that they are human beings with human flaws and we get disappointed (e.g. how the whole left seems to feel about Obama nowadays). But there's a difference between treating someone as perfect, versus acknowledging that someone screws up at times, versus considering someone persona non grata the moment they step out of line with one's personal moral convictions. It's just hard to find that balance (see also: Elevatorgate).TL;DR: moar nuance plz.
Eric RoM
I believe Dan has recovered from that particular stupidity.
Eric RoM
"One of the most stereotypically straight guys I know had a male lover when he was young and still calls himself straight. "What part of "lying" don't you get here?
Eric RoM
I remember reading those posts. He's better, BUT at one time he subscribed to the Same Old Shit.Frankly, it cracks me up when gays just 'can't believe in' bis. WTF? Your kink has some kinda privilege?
Astrid H
Nothing in principle, just the fact that it's a stereotype and is meant to be dismiss bisexuals.
Ben Gilder
Has anyone else come out as bisexual to a heterosexual and been told off then later come out to a homosexual and also been told off(in almost the same words!)? Sigh, we're all bigots…… wonder what some of us bisexuals will be commonly perceived to be bigoted against in due course?
Eric RoM
We're NOT "all bigots": the bigots are bigots.
Yes. It's pretty infuriating, having both heterosexuals and homosexuals tell me that I'm confused and/or fooling myself.I've been with another man for the past twenty years. It's just easier to say "I'm gay" to people I'm not close to, and leave it at that. It isn't correct, but it gives people a label that makes them feel comfortable and matches my observed behavior.Maybe I should stop doing this. I'm contributing to bi erasure.
How do you justify that conclusion?
I think an "LGBT Issues" tag might be a better choice still.
I'd say it's pretty clear he improved over time. Here's a much worse example from 1999: http://www.thestranger.com/sea…12 years is, of course, plenty of time to forgive.
Melissa E
Wow, that is really offensive, actually.It's his right to ID as a straight guy who once had a positive homosexual experience as much as it's anyone's right to ID as gay or bi.
Vander Baulk
Yeah, I was kinda worried about whether I should post that or not, for fear that people would take it the wrong way. Really, though, it's meant to be more about science confirming things that 'everybody already knows' than about bisexuality.
Aaron Harmon
Yeah, so I consider myself Bi, but I have been faithfully married to my wife for 11 years. When people hear me say I am Bi, they seem to think I am confessing to infidelity.
I'd rather just leave the ducks in the ponds, personally. O.o
oh, you mean Erectile Dysfunction? (or they just assume the connection to their penis-twitch-sensor was faulty)
I was thinking exactly this. It took me forever to realize that that was an option.
Comrade Stokesi
Some great points here, but, er, Pakistan is nowhere near Indonesia geographically. Australia is right under it on the world map.
Hawaii is nowhere near America, but it's part of the United States of America! Pakistan and Indonesia are both on the Asian continent, or it's continental shelf, you'll find there are economic and cultural ties between the countries in that region. Indonesia is comprised of a number of islands, one of them (Sumatra) stretches round into the Andaman Sea.
Svlad Cjelli
On the other hand, the terminology is muddied by the form, which often indicates a discreet preference. If "bisexual" followed the same rule, it would be referring to engaging both sexes in preference to engaging either single sex.
Svlad Cjelli
Well, that's rather an imbecillic assumption. The ragingly horny have little in the way of special resistance against erectile dysfunction. Though they would suffer it harder.
Svlad Cjelli
"But from all of the straight people who have told me bisexuals are just slutty …"I must have misunderstood what is meant by "slutty". It apparently isn't very relevant to sexuality.
So glad science has finally confirmed my existence! Hooray, kisses all around!
Tea Cosy
He isn't 'lying' if he's describing his experiences and preferences accurately, you know.
I agree with you overall but this is pretty blatant goalpost moving coupled to a Humpty-Dumpty argument.
Svlad Cjelli
("But from all of the straight people who have told me bisexuals are just slutty …")Bah, humbug! That is not your desire to kiss all around! It is merely your desire to kiss all around! *huff*
Not all kisses are sexual and I reject the validity of the word "slutty." :)
Svlad Cjelli
True. Not my word, though.
Der Cat
I guess the same way you can not both enjoy Choclate and vanilla flavored pudding?
Der Cat
I'm pretty sure you know what and who can arouse you sexaully. I'm going to assume unless you state you don't that you do.
Well, Dilbert once proved his dog's existance, using only math:http://dilbert.com/dyn/str_str…
Nautica Binx
Wohh precisely what I was looking for, regards for putting up. "Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him." by Samuel Butler.
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Special to the Record-Eagle
BOYNE CITY — It was a history-making night for the Grayling Vikings of coach Tim Sanchez. The Vikings completed their first-ever undefeated regular season and won their first Lake Michigan Conference championship at the same time Friday with a suffocating defensive performance, defeating host Boyne City 21-0.
"It feels great," said Grayling senior defensive lineman Brandon Handrich, who helped to spearhead the aggressive Viking attack with three sacks and a team-leading nine tackles. "We have great coaches and they had us ready to play. We played a very disciplined game. We knew Boyne was good but we all had confidence we could do this tonight."
Middle linebacker Wes Dean, who had three tackles for loss among his eight stops, credited the defensive line with keeping pressure on Boyne quarterback Corey Redman. The Vikings sacked Redman eight times.
"It all starts with the guys up front," Dean said. "This couldn't be a better feeling. I'm so proud of my teammates and my coaches and so happy we could win all nine this year and win the league as seniors."
Both teams came into the contest unbeaten.
The Grayling defense was tested early when the Ramblers moved from their own 27 to a first-and-goal from the 3 on their initial drive. A procedure penalty pushed the Ramblers back to the 8 and they couldn't score in four plays from there. It appeared that Jamael Kelly might reach the end zone on a first-down sweep around the left side but he was stopped short by outside linebacker Michael Branch. Redman was sacked by Ty Jensen and blitzing linebacker Nick Swiercz on second down. A third-down pass to Bradley Fouchia brought the ball to the 5 but a fourth down pass fell incomplete.
After the Viking defense held, the offense moved 95 yards in six plays with Jensen scoring the first of his three touchdowns on a 1-yard plunge. The big play in the drive was a 51-yard hook-up from junior signal caller Jake Swander to Kevin Harris down the right sidelines. With 1:22 left in the opening quarter, the Vikings led 6-0 and, as it turned out, had all the points they needed.
Both coaches pointed to the early Viking defensive stand as a key point in the contest.
"For us to not score there in the first quarter really hurt," Boyne coach Dave Hills said. "We're a young team and it obviously affected us. We moved the ball really well to get down there and to get that close and not score was a blow. We never had another opportunity like that again."
"That was huge," Sanchez said. "It showed our guys that we could stop them and it really fed our confidence."
The Ramblers only had one first down the rest of the half and continued to struggle moving the ball in the second half. They only moved into Grayling territory twice after the opening drive.
The Vikings were able to keep explosive playmakers Kelly and freshman Malik Smith from getting around the edge or finding much open space anywhere. That put the Ramblers in frequent passing situations and nearly every time Redman went back to pass he was under pressure.
"Coach (Kevin) O'Connell drew up a great game plan," Sanchez said. "He watches the films and comes up with a different plan for every opponent, depending on what their strengths are. He had the guys ready to play tonight and the kids came out with a lot of passion and a lot of fire. You could tell they really wanted this one."
Jensen, a senior, also scored on a 6-yard run, capping a 13-play, 77-yard second-quarter drive and he was on the receiving end of an 8-yard scoring pass from Swander midway through the third quarter.
The Vikings' final touchdown was set up when Handrich tackled the Boyne punter inside the 10-yard line after the punter bobbled the snap.
The Vikings (9-0) and Ramblers (8-1) now put this one behind them and gear for the playoffs.
"We'll celebrate tonight and tomorrow and then get back to work," Sanchez said. "Hopefully we still have a lot of football to play."
"We're not done yet," Hills said. "We're still a good football team and our best football is ahead of us. I'm not at all disappointed with our effort tonight. We needed to execute better but the effort was there. Now we'll regroup and get ready for next week."
Jensen amassed 120 yards rushing in 20 carries and Branch had 38 yards in five tries. Swander hit on 12-of-33 for 216 yards. Harris and Scout Tobin each pulled in two for 64 yards while Scott Parkinson had two for 40 yards and Tyler McClanahan had three for 37 yards.
Swiercz made eight tackles with two sacks. Jensen, Lucas Walesky and David Somero also combined for two sacks. Parkinson had an interception and Ki-Hwan Kim recovered an onside kick.
Smith secured 60 yards in 15 carries for the Ramblers and Fuschia picked up 35 yards in three tries. Fuschia also grabbed three passes for 31 yards.
Senior Alan Manross recorded 11 tackles for Boyne and Brady Calo had eight. Conner Mills and Zach Wandrie each made seven stops. Linebacker Elliot Hausler deflected two passes.


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10. February 10, 1942 Minutes
Zionist Organization of America
Zionist Organization of America. Charleston District
Zionism -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History
Jews -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Charities -- History
Minutes from the regular meeting held on February 10, 1942.
Our regular meeting was held on Feb. 10, 1942 at the Hebrew Institute. THe following officers and members were present. Rabbi B.G. Axelman, Ch. Joseph Goldman treas. Louis Jacobs. Ellec Ellison. Louis Karesh. Macy Kronsberg. Nathan Goldberg. Joseph Fromberg. H.L. Garfinkel. Oscar Sokol. J. Sokol. visitor Mrs. Axelman. The Meeting opened up with brother Goldman reading his annual report and statement of the Chas. Dist, Z.O.A. from Oct, 1, 1940 to Sept. 30, 1941. Statement adn report of the J.N. Fund of same period was also read by brother Goldman. Election of Officers took place. Mr. Ellec Ellison nominated brother Joseph Fromberg for the presidencey of the Chas, Dist, Z.O.A. Seconded by brother Macy Kronsberg the election was unanimously passed and accepted. Rabbi Axelman than [sic] asked brother Louis Jacobs, and Macy Kronsberg to escort the newly elected Chairman to his Chair. Chairman Fromberg thanked the members for the confidence which they have placed in him and in his leadership, and promised to give his untiring effort for the cause of Palestine, asserting, Zionism is my dream, The land my heart always yearned for, since early childhood I have lived in the midst of Zion, In that spirit I hope to continue to labor for Eretz Israel. He further stressed, I hope that each and everyone in our community will embrace that spirit, join up with our movement, and endeavor, to make Palestine a home of security, not only to Israel but to all umankind who desire to live in that ancient land. He urged the members to bring in new members, so when the time comes to take part at the peace table our efforts will not be in vain. Brother J. Goldman nominated Rabbi Raisin for Vice President, seconded by Ellec Ellison the election was unanimously passed and accepted. Rabbi Axelman nominated Brother J. Goldman for Treas, seconded by L. Karesh the election was unanimously passed and accepted. Macy Kronsberg nominated M. Klein for record, secty, seconded by Ellec ELlison the election was unanimously passed and accepted. Brother J. Goldman was unanimously elected correspondence secty, Brother Louis Karsesh nominated Ellec Ellison for chairman of membership, seconded by the chair the same was unanimously passed and accepted. Brother Louis Karesh nominated Rabbi Axelman as Ch. of program and publicity committee seconded by brother Goldman same was unanimously passed and accepted. The following Board of directors were elected. Nathan Goldberg. M. Kronsberg. H. Karesh. D. Coleman. H.L. Garfinkel. H. Sholk. I. Lesser. and exofficio Ch. of two committees. Rabbi Axelman advised us that he received communications from headquarters that Rabbi Brickner will not visit our city as it was first thought that he would. Oscar Sokol offered his services to look after the J.N.F.B. The Chair called upon our honored visitor Mrs. Axelman to give us some information about the local Hadasah [sic] Chapter, Mrs, Axelman suggested that a joint meeting should be held wit hboth organizations so as to create a closer relationship with its work. The Chair appointed Mr. Nathan Goldberg to attend the Hadasah [sic] meeting in spirit of good will and closer relationship with both chapters. Mrs. Axelman also informed us that Mrs. Ellec Ellison is the Ch. of that committee. The Chair advided us taht the local Z.O.A. henceforth meet on the first sunday of each month. No further business the meeting was closed with the singing of the Hatikva, Respectfully submitted, M. Klein Recd, Secty.
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I had an Idea for a TARDIS to fly across the moon like E.T and Elliot xD
I framed it and I don't know if I'm to sure if I like it, What do you think I could do to improve this design?
I framed it and I don't know if I'm to sure if I like it, What do you think I could do to improve this design?
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I added some catchphrases, do you think it helps or hinders the design?
I think the boarder maybe to busy, does this look anybetter?
Chuffy102 weeks agoThis idea was already done by Perdita00 as Dr Moon over a year ago.
When you get an idea for a T-shirt, always check it hasn't been done by someone else. It's a hard lesson if you've spent a lot of time on it, but it's a lesson you won't forget. :(
Check with Google image search, check on RedBubble.com, check with Bing image search just to be sure. It saves you a lot of time in the long run.
Thanks for info :) its nice to see that this idea, is so sort after, by other artists or illustrators way before I even envisaged it.
I still think I might work on this though, I could possibly change it up slightly, everyone is entitled to there own take on an idea, just like how a good portion of artists will make an abbey road parody. Besides this idea is rather broad and none linear, the tardis silhouetted against the moon, its barely strict. To be perfectly honest I got the my inspiration for this from them wolf t-shirts that seem to be back in fashion.
As it is similar though, any suggestions on how I can improve, I was thinking of adding a mist, but I'm not sure. what do you think Mr.Chuffy sir?
Chuffy102 weeks agoIn all honestly, I'd drop it now and start on a different design. If you've watched the front page comments (Today's Tee) everyday, buyers (or at least commenters) can be extremely critical at the slightest grievance, whether real or ridiculous. If you rehash a design combo that's already been done all you'll generate is a torrent of abuse and ill will.
Even Jimiyo, the TeeFury art director and good T-shirt designer in his own right, took a lot of complaints for one of his designs that people felt was similar to a pre-existing design; despite the fact that the reference material was limited so similarities were unintended and unavoidable.
Don't rehash as design that's already been done, you'll just annoy people. If you want to be printed on TeeFury, move on from this idea and start something new & original.
dudley53102 weeks agoHeed the sage advice from the wise Chuffy. I'm sure there are other good designs running through your mind.
Thank you for you're advice on that one then
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You wake with a start, still in your bedroll, and realize a thin, black root grasps you by your legs and torso. It's pulling you toward a large chasm in the ground on one side of what appears to be a ransacked campsite under a looming hillside on all sides except the east. The warm light turns out to be a campfire in the dimness of dawn, crackling as it slowly dies. Other roots reach out through the camp.
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RALEIGH — Thanks to Clay Aiken, Raleigh has already given the world an American Idol first runner-up. Now thanks to former Carolina Hurricanes player Bates Battaglia and his brother Anthony, the city could boast that its the home of The Amazing Race season 22s winning team.
Or not.
Things will become clear Sunday night at 8, when the show airs its two-hour finale. The season premiered in February, with 11 two-person teams racing around the world, performing different tasks related to various cultures, and the Battaglias are among the four teams to survive.
The brothers know whether theyve won the million-dollar pot at the finish line, but by all accounts they have given no clues. Theyll be among those gathered Sunday at Bates Battaglias bar, Lucky Bs, which has been hosting viewing parties of the show.
Its been lots of fun for me to watch. Its such a blast, said Mike Lombardo, who co-owns Lucky Bs with Battaglia. I keep trying to get information from them.
Thats not going to happen. In fact, although the Battaglias share a place in Raleighs Glenwood South area, just chatting with them required sending an email to a CBS representative in Los Angeles, who then emailed questions to Bates, who then emailed answers back to Los Angeles, where a publicist sent the answers to a reporter sitting at a desk 10 minutes away from the Battaglias.
Even so, for the Battaglias and the bar, its been all upside. The brothers have competed in such exotic locales as Vietnam, Switzerland and New Zealand, often clad in Lucky Bs paraphernalia.
Well I only packed three shirts and one hat for the trip, and they just so happened to be Lucky Bs! Ha!, Battaglia wrote in his email. But seriously, we have been one of Glenwood Souths hot spots for almost eight years. And we have had lots of Amazing Race and Carolina Hurricanes fans come in and watch every episode at Lucky Bs.
There has definitely been an increase in business he continued. I like talking about our bar and promoting it, so being able to represent it on the show was only a perk.
Lombardo said the bar has drawn about 75 to 100 people for each Sunday night airing; the Battaglias have been present to take jibes earned when they do something dumb, and cheers for their successes, like their three first-place wins.
Because its a bar, the viewing parties draw the 21 and older crowd. On Sunday, Lombardo said the bar will open at 6 p.m. so younger fans can meet Bates and Anthony Battaglia and get autographs.
All that traveling with the Lucky Bs brand has Bates Battaglia thinking globally, at least in his trademark lighthearted way.
I think there should be a Lucky Bs in every country of course, he wrote. I mean, come on, with how much fun you have at Lucky Bs we could unite the world. Hmm, I dont think Im too far off in thinking world peace could be a possibility.
For his part, Lombardo is thinking a little smaller. With the Race coming to an end, he said hes considering other reality options for Bates.
I think he should do Survivor, weve talked about that, he said. I watch that show Splash too. Hes had fame with the Hurricanes, and this is another opening for him. I hope that he runs with it.
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"Baseball fans are junkies, and
their heroin is the statistic." - Robert S. Weider
Early in your career as a baseball fan,
you realize the importance of baseball statistics ("stats"). Most certainly, to defend your "favoriteplayer" among the kids in the neighborhood, you must at least quote his batting average. Thus, your addiction begins to pull you into
the depths of the statistical caverns created by experts like Bill James whose
Baseball abstract is the bible for many a baseball fanatic. Your addiction to stats grows because defending your "favorite player" requires even more research to keep his status high as the argument as to who is best ("your guy or my guy") requires a little more than just the batting average. Rbi', hits, and runs are important, too. Soon you are buying The Sporting News where game by game box scores are printed on a weekly basis.
The art of studying a baseball box score and running the flow of the game through the imaginary baseball diamond in your head consumes hours of time. Once you are caught in the statistical web it does not stop. Even the line score of thegame seems magical. The inning by inning run totals tell a story in themselves. Boring down deeply into the box score shows how the Red Sox scored four runs in the 3rd inning. Who relieved who on the mound?
As a twelve year old, I was fascinated with
the huge board behind the counter in the "pool hall" along Ft. Wayne Avenue in
Indianapolis. Scores were posted inning by inning. I was in this atmosphere because my mother's third husband would enter the hall with me in tow and buy these funny little tickets that somehow bet onthe games. I really never understood the betting. (Still don't today!) There was even a "punch
board" that was a way of winning or losing money on the game.
I don't think I was supposed to be in the "hall". The sign on the window said "Must be 18." Herb, my mother's husband, didn't pay attention to the sign. We did not stay long…just enough time to buy a few tickets and a couple of punches on the board and lose a few bucks. But to me that was where the action took
place. Imagine tracking the scores of all 16 major league teams in one place. Eight games at once in one place. Boy! Would I ever be the envy of the neighborhood kids with that information at my finger tips!
Today the stat junkies are "fantasy" baseball players. Their teams' individual stats determine how their teams do. You really have to know your DICE, GIDP… to say nothing about IP, RBI and HR.
The practice of keeping records of players'achievements was started in the 19th century by Henry Chadwick. Based on his experience with cricket, Chadwick
devised the predecessors to modern day statistics including batting average, runs scored, and runs allowed.
Chadwick's few categories have grown to 106 categories that can be used to measure a ball player's performance today. Henry Chadwick's goal was to provide numerical evidence to prove what players helped or hurt a team to win. Statistics applied to baseball work equally well with softball. While the base/softball fan is smitten with the importance of statistics in measuring player performance, it is no less important to the player. At the major league level it translates into money and big contracts. At any level at which the game is played stats determine a player's value.
The Half-Century Softball Club of St.Petersburg is just as much into the importance of the "stats" as any majorleague organization. The 80 year-old club
can trace player performance with great precision. The club's 75th anniversary publication is 88 pages of players' accomplishments reported statistically. The publication is available on the club's web site www.stpetehalfcentury.com. It will
take some time to download, but there you can explore a plethora of statistical
information about the league's players as well as a history of the league. Tom Glenn, long time member of the league, and Mike Robertson, the current statistical guru, put together this excellent publication.
Today the club's website carries complete, up-to-the-game statistics. The
league's top players' statistics are listed along with the season's game by
game scores. This year's 80th anniversary brochure conveys last season's statistical leaders as well as updated career records and stats recorded since the 75th anniversary publication five years ago.
While it appears that the club is awash in statistics, there is purpose to it all. Balanced team competition is a cornerstone of the league's existence. The sixty game season is a long one when compared with most adult softball leagues throughout the country. Vital to that balance is the work of the competition committee which uses this statistical information to form the teams
at the start of the season.
However, the work of the committee is not over after teams are formed. Injuries and personal situations often bring
a need to rebalance teams. If a key player goes down with an injury, it can destroy the competitive level of the team. This can happen more than once throughout the long season to more than one team . During the current year the committee has balanced teams on four occasions due to injury and other issues causing players to leave their respective team.
Leonard Koppett in A Thinking Man's Guide to Baseball (1967) probably summed it up best when he stated:"Statistics are the lifeblood of baseball. In no other sport are so manyavailable and studied so assiduously by participants and fans. Much of the game's appeal, as a conversation piece, lies in the opportunity the fan gets to back up opinions and arguments with convincing figures, and it is entirely possible that more American boys have mastered long division by dealing with batting averages than in any other way."
And so it is at North Shore Park on any M/W/F morning, late October through the first week of April the statistic is king. Hits, runs, rbi and home runs measure a club member's worth. Team captains set line ups place fielders and
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Corsicana — A list of meetings and events of interest from throughout Navarro County
Nov. 14
Navarro Regional Hospital is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 3201 W. Highway 22 in the classrooms. For more information or to schedule an appointment time, contact Connie Beal at (903) 654-6800.
The Young People Committee at Kinsloe House will present an interesting and informative program on the "Quilts of Valor." Clara Hickerson is the chairperson for the committee. Her committee members are Cindy Erwin, Barbara Watkins, Martha McCarter, Holly Gibson, Kay Hicks, and Jenna Hall. The Quilts of Valor will eventually be mailed to our Veterans Hospitals in America and Europe after a Quilt show honoring our Veterans on Feb. 9, 2013 in Ben Wheeler. There will be quilts on display at the program that have been made by the Piecemaker Quilt Guild in Corsicana as well as the Nacogdoches Quilt Guild. Nancy Kemp, resident at Cedar Creek Lake, will be telling about the quilts of valor. This program is truly inspirational during this election time. Please make your reservations and cancellations by Monday, Nov. 12 by calling Kinsloe House at (903) 874-5791.
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Navarro County AARP Chapter 4653 will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Northwest Apartments Community Room, 1360 N. 13th St., Corsicana. The meeting will be the annual holiday lunch for employees at Northwest. President Nora Thomas urges all members to attend and bring a covered dish. For more information call (903) 396-2765.
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Florida State quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston was cited after leaving a Publix grocery store without paying for about $32 worth of food, including crab legs, the Leon County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday.
The civil citation for shoplifting is not a criminal charge. Major Michael Wood said Winston told deputies he forgot to pay for the items on Tuesday.
Wood said Winston will not face charges after agreeing to be diverted into a non-criminal program. If he completes the program, no misdemeanor charges will be filed.
"I want to start by clearly stating that Jameis Winston has not been arrested for any crime. He was issued a civil citation," Wood said.
Wood said deputies caught up with Winston at his apartment, where he admitted to leaving the store without paying.
FSU announced Wednesday that Winston, also a pitcher, has been suspended from its baseball team.
"As a result of his citation last night, we are suspending Jameis Winston from the baseball team," said FSU baseball coach Mike Martin said in a statement Wednesday. "I am confident he will complete his community service obligation and the situation will be resolved soon."
Football coach Jimbo Fisher stood by Martin's decision.
"I fully support Coach Martin's decision and will also make sure that Jameis meets all obligations, which I know he will," Fisher said.
Winston led Florida State to the national championship last season as a freshman, starring in the undefeated Seminoles' 34-31 victory over Auburn in the championship game. He tossed the winning touchdown in the closing seconds.
On the season, Winston passed for 4,057 yards and 40 touchdowns with 10 interceptions.
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The constellation Orion, in my view, is a symbol of winter. Orion is seen rising in
the East in fall, is high in the south during winter, and sets in the west in
spring. Orion is fairly easy to find in the sky, this time of year it is found in the southwest after dark. It contains many bright stars and is the only constellation to have three bright stars in a row. It is also used as a signpost to find other constellations.
The three stars in a row form Orion's belt, and if the line from the belt stars is
extended down it can be used to find Sirius, the brightest star on our northern
sky (not pictured). If the belt stars are followed up, they will lead you to the star Aldebaran in the constellation . The belt stars are sometimes called 'The Three Marys' or 'The Three kings'.
The star Betelgeuse (labeled B) is one of the largest stars known. It is 640 light years distant, but if it were placed where our sun is now, this red giant star would
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Rigel, a blue-white giant star (labeled R) is 800 light years away. Notice the
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The Orion Nebula (cataloged as M42) is a huge gas cloud below the belt, in the sword of Orion. It is labeled 42 in the constellation picture. Gas clouds like M42 are where stars form. The gas cloud collapses from gravity until the forming stars
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The entire Orion constellation is sprinkled with nebulae of all shapes and sizes. If one looks carefully in the constellation picture many reddish patches appear. Nebulae often appear reddish as this is the color of hydrogen gas when radiated by nearby stars. The Rosette nebula is just one example and is labeled in the
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I write about business and women's leadership.
Last week, I published what I believed to be a story of one woman's triumph against incredible odds. Ping Fu, founder of tech company Geomagic, which is in the process of being acquired by publicly traded 3D Systems, penned the new memoir Bend, Not Break (Portfolio/Penguin), detailing her story as a child during China's Cultural Revolution who was separated from her parents, tortured and raped, assigned to work in factories rather than attend a formal school, and eventually deported to the US to make a new life for herself as an entrepreneur. Since the publication of my piece, first in English and then in Chinese on ForbesChina.com, along with coverage by other media outlets serious questions have been raised in the Chinese blogosphere and elsewhere about Fu's credibility.
Writers on my blog have been critical too. Commenter Fugang Sun wrote: "I experienced Culture Revolution and know a lot horrific stories happened in that era in person…. However, most of the stories listed in article are faked." In the same vein, another skeptical commenter wrote: "There are already many voices questioning the validity of Ms. Fu's story. From my view and experience it may very well be what it is: a story."
I followed up with Fu to get her response to the backlash. To accusations that she exaggerated or fabricated parts of her story, Fu says there were subtleties that were lost between the American and Chinese audiences. One point of contention was that a child would not have been sent to a "labor camp" (my word choice). Fu says in China this literally means a prison camp for forced labor and is inaccurate. However, she says she did live alone beginning at age 8 with her younger sister in a one-room dormitory at an evacuated university campus controlled by the government. She confirms that instead of going to school she was assigned to factory work at age 9. The press release for the memoir refers to her as a "child soldier" and a "factory worker." However, Chinese critics questioned how she came to be a child factory worker, saying it was a prized job during that period. Fu responds that she was not a "worker" in the traditional Chinese understanding because she was not paid for this work and did it in lieu of formal schooling.
It also raised eyebrows that she said she had been exiled or deported from China, when there is no official record of it. When I asked her to address it, Fu says "exile" is not the correct word, despite that it's used in the press release being sent to media members to promote her memoir. The release first states "Ping was deported," and later repeats "Ping was exiled."
"In the beginning of the book I said the Chinese government quietly deported me," she says. In fact, it is the first line. "We could say that was a literary interpretation. I was asked to leave. My father helped me to find a visa to the US. I was told not to talk about it or to file for political asylum. My interpretation was I involuntary left China….If someone wants to say this is not deportation, fine. That's my interpretation." Who asked her to leave? "The police," she says.
When I first interviewed her, Fu described being taken in by the police shortly before her college graduation, not being able to graduate and being asked to leave the country. She said, "I was told to leave, and I had two weeks." I looked back at the timeline she presented and noticed that there was a span of six to seven years between when she took her Suzhou University entrance exam (1977) and arrived in the US (January 1984). When I asked her to confirm it, she says she didn't start college until the fall of 1978, which she says would have put graduation in the fall of 1982, and that she got in trouble with the police in 1983. I asked: Isn't there a timing gap of a year? "That's true. That's a good question," Fu says. "Let me go back and verify that one."
Late last night, Fu's publicist emailed me that they "confirmed that Ping started school in 1978 and left school in the fall of 1982 after being held by the government. She arrived in the U.S. on January 14, 1984." So she was at home for over year before the police asked her to leave China? "The government asked Ping to leave a couple of weeks after her release," the publicist wrote me. "However, getting a passport was very difficult, if not impossible, at that time. Even though Ping was asked to leave China, she had to wait for an official passport to be issued."
When asked how she would respond generally to the criticism, Fu says: "Whatever the report, they should go with my book. Most people complaining have not read my book." As of now, however, the book has not been translated or distributed in China.
Did she mention she had an adviser for her thesis work? Who was that one? That is easy to solve.
Hi Jenna,
First, I want applaud your attempt to address the concerns raised following your initial report about Ms Fu and her book. So far, you are the only media person who came out publicly trying to get the fact straight, nobody from Reuters, NPR, or any other media entities responded.
As a lot of stories in the book are personal, hard to verify and easy to blame on interpretation, I want to focus on a few verifiable facts. The goal is to establish or debunk the fact from myth. Fortunately, in the days of internet explosion, there are a lot of records (video, audio, and write ups), which are easy to access with a few clicks.
Here are some questions that I think we can ask Ms. Fu or her publicist to confirm:
1. When did Ms Fu came to US:
On "inc" by John Brant (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20051201/ping-fu_pagen_3.html) and page 4: It is said: "Two weeks later, Ping boarded a United Airlines flight from Shanghai to San Francisco.", this put her entering US in 1982?
On "USCIS" (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=651214f929685310VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=34165c2af1f9e010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD) It is said: Ms. Fu arrived in the United States in 1983 as a 23-year-old student with virtually no money or English language skills.
In the interview (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4vRtvswO8s) published in youtube, (11th min+), Ms Fu was saying again: (I paraphrase) she said that, she was thrown in jail because of her research, "but that was only three days." And since Deng Xiaoping intervened , Ms. Fu was released after 3 days in jail; and "TWO WEEKS LATER, I WAS GIVEN A PASSPORT" and was asked to leave the country.
On your post: Her publicist stated: "confirmed that Ping started school in 1978 and left school in the fall of 1982 after being held by the government. She arrived in the U.S. on January 14, 1984″
So, my question is: when is Ms Fu really entered US, 1982, 1983, or 1984, and when and who mislead (or a massive typo for everybody and misspoken by Ms Fu)?
2. On a related note from #1 above:
Did Ms. Fu board the United flight from Shanghai to San Francisco?
Ms Fu made that point many times in many published reports/interview.
United did not start direct flight until 2000, and United did not have China route until 1986 (after they acquired Pam Am Asia Routes in 1985).
Again this is something easy to verify.
3. In Ms Fu's "Clarifying the Facts in Bend, Not Break" on HuffingtonPost (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ping-fu/clarifying-the-facts-in-bend-not-break_b_2603405.html):
It seems that she is back paddling on the story (on NPR 2010) of she "saw Red Guards execute one teacher by tying each limb to a separate horse and dismembering her by having each horse run simultaneously in a separate outward direction"
by restarting that: "To this day, in my mind, I think I saw it. That is my emotional memory of it. After reading Fang's post, I think in this particular case that his analysis is more rational and accurate than my memory. Those first weeks after having been separated from both my birth parents and my adoptive parents were so traumatic, and I was only eight years old. There is a famous phrase in China for this killing; I had many nightmares about it."
I wonder what other facts that Ms Fu might have "emotionally" remembered without actual foundation?
There are many other readers who listed many other inconsistencies in the book, in various interviews, with painstaking details, I will not repeat here. My intention is to start from some very easily verifiable facts. If Ms. Fu's story contains so much inconsistencies and non-facts, shouldn't we look more carefully to the other "facts", instead of accept those as is at face value.
Again, I appreciate your effort to look into this affair. After all, we do not want to perpetuate fabricate lies (or non-truth).
A simple minded number cruncher
What Fu says here doesn't make sense, for instance, in this paragraph–the 5th paragraph of the above article:
"In the beginning of the book I said the Chinese government quietly deported me," she says. In fact, it is the first line. "We could say that was a literary interpretation. I was asked to leave. My father helped me to find a visa to the US. I was told not to talk about it or to file for political asylum. My interpretation was I involuntary left China….If someone wants to say this is not deportation, fine. That's my interpretation." Who asked her to leave? "The police," she says.
A "literary interpretation?" Of what? Of her own words? That means she admits that what she says is fiction, instead of fact, something that needs to be interpreted.
Then, "My father helped me to find a visa to the US." So, her father knows important people in the US government to "find" her a US visa? The proper procedure is, you apply for a visa with all the required documents such as a passport, I-20 form from a US university if you apply for a student F-1 visa, filling up the application form, etc. and the American Embassy may grant you a visa to travel to the US if all is well. How could her father "find" her a visa? If she meant that her father helped her with the process, it still should have been her application, with her signature, right?
"I was told not to talk about it or to file for political asylum. My interpretation was I involuntary left China…"
Was told by who? Not to talk about it in China, or in the US? Filing for political asylum is something that happens in the US, not in China; was she saying the Chinese government told her not to apply political asylum in the US? Do they have that much control in what will happen in the US? It doesn't make sense.
"My interpretation was I involuntary left China….If someone wants to say this is not deportation, fine. That's my interpretation."
My interpretation of what? Of her own words? Why doesn't she just say what exactly happened, instead of interpreting her own writing? I hope she is not implying that her words are so ambiguous that they offer multiple interpretations, like literary work of art, of fiction or poetry? You are deported or you are not deported. If she "involuntary left China," who was behind the cohesion? And why? The Chinese government forced her to go to the US?
So, instead of making "interpretations of her own words, why didn't she just tell the truth of what really happened to the people who interviewed her?
"When I asked her to confirm it, she says she didn't start college until the fall of 1978, which she says would have put graduation in the fall of 1982, and that she got in trouble with the police in 1983. I asked: Isn't there a timing gap of a year? "That's true. That's a good question," Fu says. "Let me go back and verify that one."
Class of 78 (the second class of students after the Cultural Revolution) all graduated in the summer of 1982; it's a historical fact. And she was arrested a year later, on campus, after she had already graduated?
And, she doesn't know the basic timeline of her own life, after publishing a book account of her life? And needed to "go back and verify?" Hello?
There are just too many fishy parts in her story that make this suffering to success saga more like a fiction (or hollywood movie) than fact.
Fuping's book should be renamed "Lies, broken, not bend". I feel sorry for the many Amercians who really buy her badly coined up personal stories. A widely spread(available from google search) old photograph shows clearly she was one of the "Red Guards" whom she supposedly tried to denounce in her book. The whole book is filled wtih lies that do not fit into each other. Fuping, herself, is precisely the worst polar of immigrants who cheated all the way to "success" at the cost of her last thread of conscience and self-respect. And by now, the stakes are so high, she would not Bend, anyway. Apparently.
Thanks to Jenna's follow up, more information is available to the public.
Ms. Ping Fu posted some response on the following page:
A lot of questions still need an answer.
Someone please enlighten me, how can you support democracy and the freedom of speech by faking a book review on Amazon?
From a respected sociology professor:
I actually visited her school in Suzhou and spent a night there around 1979.
I know that I am too serious. I respect written words. If they are written and published, they should be truthful. When they are not, I do get upset. You should know that I also grew up, went to college, and came to America, about the same time.
I usually prefer to stay silent on such matters. If there is any doubt, I would not want to take a position. I have reviewed all the evidence, mostly by herself, and cannot escape from the conclusion that she is a liar. No room for any doubt.
In respond to Ping's blog on Huffington Post, Which she stated, "smear campaign that is taking place against me personally and my book, Bend, Not Break". I cannot speak for other people. I came to the United States 22 years ago, now a proud US citizen. I pay close attention to the news, current affairs, and politics around the world, but never wrote any comments in any new media until a couple of days ago. I do not have any personal hastate against Ping, nor was I paid or directed by the Chinese government. I cut my ties with them 22 years ago. I lived through the communist regime and was at Tiananmen Square in 1989. I came to the US to study on my free will, did not get "exiled "even I was active in Tiananmen Square. I was amazed by Ping's story and feel that I need to write something to clear the facts. First question I asked was, Fact or Fiction? Even if this was a fiction, it would not make a good one because that there are too many holes in the story, especially to the people who experienced the regime during the same time period in China. Now, back to Ping's another posing on Huffington Post, "Clarifying the Facts in Bend, Not Break ". There are several statements she made were particularly interesting. 1. About the Red Guards used four horses killed a teacher story, Now she said that, "To this day, in my mind, I think I saw it. That is my emotional memory of it.". "There is a famous phrase in China for this killing; I had many nightmares about it." This sounds like more a fantasy than fact to me. By the way, in the famous Chinese phrase, they used five horses, not four. 2. Regarding her research paper, now she wrote, "I did not publish my research and it was never published. I left school; my mother and I went to the school and declared I had a mental breakdown so I would not be sent to remote China." I wonder if she really had a mental breakdown back then. If so, this may explain her personally and why she has so many fantasies or hallucinations. If not, this might be the beginning of her lying history. In the 1980s, Chinese government assigned a job for each college graduate. She might be assigned a job in a location which is not desirable to her. So, she and her mom faked the mental illness to avoid the assignment. I read in a post regarding that she was assigned to northern Jiangsu province. I do not know Ping and have no proof of this. As I have mentioned before, I hope some firsthand witness, such as her classmates, her friends, could come out and speak. Ping's success story in America is potentially very inspiring. However, it is inspiring only if the story is based on the truth. We cannot teach our children that exaggeration, bending the fact to near broken level are OK to make a perfect success story.I do not consider a person lack of honesty and integrity successful no matter how much money he/she makes.
Around that time research for the infanticide was a very political subject. How could she step in the research without being known by the government for two years long? Her major was English as a second language, how did she get enough time for the research? Where did she get the money for the research, from her parents, the university in Suzhou or the government? The research is not likely carried out by a undergraduate student.
Goodness, what a huge amount of firepower to throw at one book. I have known Ping Fu for a very long time through her career in the United States. As a writer, I have run into her at several different times through her career. I read her book and enjoyed it. This kind of concentrated attack is frightening.


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