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BRADENTON, Fla.—From the floor-to-ceiling windows on the sixth floor of the Manatee County Courthouse, a sweeping view extends across the Manatee River as it spills into Tampa Bay. The skies darkened as heavy rains poured down here in Bradenton, Fla., on a September day. In courtroom 6-A, another storm brewed: Jeremy Bicha, 29, seated behind a wide defense table, heard testimony from two women he'd already admitted to sexually abusing when they were young girls.
The women gave shocking details about the abuse. When the district attorney asked the women to describe their relationship to the defendant, each gave equally shocking answers: "He is my brother."
The tragedy of sexual abuse in a family once involved in local churches and stationed on a foreign mission field only deepens: Adults also connected to their community knew about the abuse while the girls were minors but didn't report it to authorities. Those adults include a Christian schoolteacher, a longtime pastor—and the parents of Bicha and his sisters.
As adults, two of Bicha's sisters he abused reported the abuse to police in 2010. Bicha pleaded no contest to charges of sexual battery. When Circuit Court Judge Thomas Krug sentenced him on Sept. 27 for crimes committed as a youth, he also castigated the adults who failed to report those crimes: "Frankly, they deserve to be in prison."
Krug's statement carries legal weight. Florida state law mandates any adult who suspects or knows about a case of child sexual abuse to report it to authorities. Failure to report carries a maximum penalty of $5,000 or five years in prison.
Florida isn't alone: Eighteen states require adults who suspect child abuse or neglect to report it to authorities. Twenty-seven states specifically mandate pastors to report suspected abuse. In other states, schoolteachers, childcare workers, physicians, and other adults who interact with children are required to report child abuse.
In Bicha's case, the statute of limitations has expired to prosecute adults who failed to report the abuse when the children were minors. But the consequences of that failure persist.
Jennifer Bicha—one of the sisters who testified in September—spoke extensively with me about her experience and agreed to WORLD's reporting it. At 26, she hopes her story will help other abuse survivors. She also hopes it will motivate adults—especially those in churches—to understand the critical importance of reporting abuse when they suspect it.
High-profile sex-abuse scandals of the Catholic Church and at Penn State University disturbed many over the last decade, but a slate of churches and Christian organizations also face questions about confronting—or sweeping away—sexual abuse.
How those groups handle sexual-abuse cases has more than legal implications. For Jennifer, the failure of professing Christians to intervene inflicted spiritual damage common among other abuse survivors: It confounded her thoughts about God and damaged her trust in the church that should have protected her.
"When nobody dealt with it, it shattered my faith," she said. "When you have so many secrets, it shatters everything."
DEALING WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE isn't a new challenge, but it's a massive one: The U.S. Department of Justice estimates an average of one child molester per square mile in the United States.
Statistics vary widely, but some estimates say as many as one out of four girls and one out of six boys endure sexual abuse by age 18. With 75 million children in the United States, that means nearly 15 million children could face sexual abuse in the next 18 years.
For Jennifer Bicha, abuse began early. She grew up with her brother and two sisters in several different states. Their father was a Christian schoolteacher, and the family regularly attended church, but home life was severe: During the September hearing, several family members testified that the siblings' father was physically and emotionally abusive. Fear ruled the home.
By the time she was 9, Jennifer's brother Jeremy, then 12, began a pattern of regular sexual abuse that grew aggressive, then violent, and escalated into rape.
She feared telling her father, but when Jennifer was 11 he discovered the abuse: Jeremy and Jennifer both testified their father walked in on an incident of serious sexual abuse in Jennifer's bedroom. Instead of intervening, her father punished both children. Neither parent reported the abuse to authorities.
Jennifer says her abuse spanned at least three years, but she first told a Christian schoolteacher about it when she was 15. The teacher told the family's longtime pastor in Florida. The pastor spoke with Jennifer's father and trusted him to respond. No one reported the abuse to authorities.
Jeremy joined the Navy, and Jennifer enrolled at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. She sought counseling from a university staff member for her trauma, but didn't find it helpful. Her symptoms, common among abuse survivors, grew worse: She had nightmares, flashbacks, and depression. "I couldn't eat and I couldn't sleep," she said. "I was just crashing."
By her junior year, Jennifer learned her brother had married, and he talked about having children. The possibility of him harming another child terrified Jennifer: "I couldn't live with that."
For the first time, Jennifer spoke with her sisters about Jeremy's abuse. Her younger sister acknowledged similar abuse and agreed to file a police report in Florida in 2010.
Jennifer says most of her family shunned her for reporting, but the authorities in Florida took it seriously. She remembers a prosecutor telling her: "Every adult in your life has failed you."
But even as her faith began to crack, Jennifer held onto hope. "The Bible talks about God being a father to the fatherless," she says. "I clung to that passage, even though I didn't know how it applied to me."
ADULTS MAY NOT INTEND TO FAIL victims of sexual abuse, but experts say churches make a common mistake of trying to handle abuse allegations on their own.
Sometimes that's because church leaders don't realize many states mandate they report suspected or known child sexual abuse. Even in cases where the law might not mandate a report, Victor Vieth of the National Child Protection Training Center says every adult should ask: "Even if I'm not mandated to report, is someone else going to be in danger if I don't?"
The question is relevant to current cases in some evangelical churches. Nathaniel Morales faces a November trial in Maryland for charges of molesting four teenage boys while a member of Covenant Life Church (CLC) in Gaithersburg, Md., in the late 1980s.
CLC was part of Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) until it withdrew from the association of churches last year. In May, a Maryland judge dismissed a civil lawsuit against SGM that accused some church leaders of covering up rampant child sexual abuse. The case is on appeal.
The charges Morales faces this month in Maryland comprise a separate, criminal case. That case began in 2009 when a former member of CLC reported to police Morales sexually abused him as a teenager in the late 1980s.
The police report says the alleged victim first disclosed his abuse to his parents when he was 22 or 23 years old—about five years after he says the abuse ended.
The report says Grant Layman, a pastor at CLC, said he had "vague recollections" from 15 to 20 years ago of speaking with the alleged victim's father about the abuse. The report also states Layman and another CLC pastor, Ernest Boisvert, confronted Morales about the allegations, though it's unclear when those conversations took place.
If the conversations occurred after the victim was 18, it's likely church leaders weren't mandated by law to report the abuse. But apart from legal questions, it's unclear if the church attempted to advise other church members or other congregations about Morales' history.
When police arrested Morales in February on abuse charges that included 10 counts of molesting four boys, he was living in Nevada and working as a pastor. According to the police report, he had married a woman with five sons from a previous marriage.
A statement on the CLC website in February said the church didn't know about abuse allegations against Morales until "many years after the abuse when an adult who had been victimized as a child came forward." CLC spokesman Don Nalle said he couldn't comment on questions about Morales because of the civil lawsuit against the church.
The Affirming Pentecostal Church (APC), a small association of Pentecostal churches that affirms homosexuality among its members, listed Nate Morales as an associate bishop in 2011. The group's website included a blog post and photo of Morales during the same year.
Earlier this year Prestonwood Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist congregation of about 15,000 in Plano, Texas, faced questions about how it handled a past allegation of abuse. Its former youth worker, John Langworthy, pleaded guilty in Mississippi to five of eight counts of molestation involving five boys in the early 1980s. A judge gave Langworthy a 50-year suspended sentence.
Mike Buster, an executive pastor at Prestonwood, told a local news station in 2011 the church received an allegation in 1989 that Langworthy had "acted inappropriately with a teenage student." The pastor said the church dismissed Langworthy, and that "the elected officers dealt with the matter firmly and forthrightly." Buster didn't say whether church officers filed a police report. WORLD requested further comment, and Buster replied in an email, saying nothing had changed from the church's original statement.
Langworthy went on to work as a music minister at Morrison Heights Baptist Church and a high school choir director in Clinton Public Schools. He resigned both positions in 2011.
CHILD-SAFETY ADVOCATES say it's not uncommon for church leaders to try to handle abuse allegations themselves.
During a panel discussion at a recent conference on childhood sexual abuse at North Hills Community Church in Taylors, S.C., abuse experts said churches often worry about false allegations. But false accusations comprise a small percentage of reports on child sexual abuse.
The panel also addressed church leaders' concerns about Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18 to confront Christians about their sins first. North Hills pastor Peter Hubbard noted if a church member committed murder or robbery, pastors likely wouldn't feel angst about approaching the offender before reporting him to the police.
Hubbard also noted the command in Romans 13 to submit to civil authorities as those God appoints to inflict punishment on evildoers: "When we refuse to report abuse we are really hindering God's divine institution of carrying out His wrath against criminals."
According to Victor Vieth, executive director of the National Child Protection Training Center, when church leaders conduct their own investigations before reporting abuse to authorities, they also may give offenders the opportunity to destroy evidence or threaten a victim into silence.
Experts say churches should develop robust child-protection policies (see sidebar below), but they should also prepare plans for how to respond to allegations.
To that end, Ryan Ferguson, an associate pastor at North Hills, has begun visiting the Julie Valentine Center (JVC), a local organization combating sexual assault and child abuse. On a recent afternoon visit, JVC director Shauna Galloway-Williams gave a tour of the facilities, including counseling rooms filled with toys and poster board, and an exam room where two forensic pediatricians conduct more than 200 medical exams each year on children dealing with abuse.
Galloway-Williams says she's encouraged to see churches reaching out to the organization, and says it helps her group point clients with spiritual needs in the right direction.
Ferguson says learning more about JVC's resources has helped the church better prepare and respond to cases of abuse. He encourages other church leaders to connect with local authorities before a crisis hits.
"We don't put our faith in the organizations themselves but in a sovereign God who has established government for the good of His people," said Ferguson. "As soon as we feel like circling the wagons, we need to do the exact opposite."
BACK IN FLORIDA, Jennifer Bicha was trying to move past adults who had circled the wagons. After she reported her brother's abuse to police in 2010, naval investigators questioned Jeremy, who was stationed overseas. He admitted everything.
In a statement to naval lawyers, Jeremy detailed the abuse of his sisters and admitted to inappropriately touching his third sister and two other non-family members when he was a teenager. He told investigators, "I have mostly dealt with this by putting it behind me and forgetting."
Florida prosecutors weren't forgetting: The U.S. Navy discharged Jeremy, and when he reached U.S. soil, authorities arrested him. He eventually pleaded no contest to two counts of sexual battery on a child under 12 while he was under 18. His defense attorney asked for less than a year in the county jail. The prosecutor asked for 15 years in state prison.
By the morning of the sentencing hearing, Jennifer gathered in a local hotel with a small group of friends who traveled to Florida to support her. One was John O'Malley, the director of her father's former mission board. The board dismissed Jennifer's father from the ministry around the time of her police report, and O'Malley came to Florida to offer personal support.
Jennifer asked for prayer for family members, including her estranged mother, who supported her brother's hopes for a light sentence. She also asked for prayers for peace: "I need to walk away knowing I did the right thing."
O'Malley reminded her of the passage in Mark 7 when Jesus astonished a community by healing a man who was mute. "For years you've had no voice," O'Malley told her. "For years no one listened to you. I believe that will change today. I believe the community will hear."
By 1:30 p.m., a small community was listening. A handful of family members arrived to support Jeremy, including his wife, who brought their 1-month-old son—a sight that shook Jennifer.
Jennifer's younger sister testified via Skype from another state about the damage her brother's abuse caused. She used words like "sullied, impure, and worthless" to describe how she had felt: "You took away my innocence."
Jennifer gave similar testimony. She used words like "terror, dread, panic … So many words, yet none can scratch the surface of fear that suffocates my life."
The two sisters would prove the only witnesses on their behalf. Over the next six hours, an aunt, an uncle, Jeremy's wife, and his mother all testified on Jeremy's behalf for a lighter sentence. They didn't dispute his guilt, but they blamed a repressive upbringing and an abusive father.
When the sibling's mother took the stand, she admitted she knew about Jeremy's abuse: "I kept silent when I shouldn't have. I should have done more to protect my children."
She also said she didn't want Jeremy to suffer for a difficult upbringing, and said he had not expressed anger at his sisters for pressing charges: "I've never heard him blame them." She worried about his fate in prison and said, "He will never be free from this."
As he took the stand late in the day, Jeremy made a similar defense. He admitted what he had done, but cited his difficult home life. He asked to avoid time in state prison and having his name placed on the sex-offender registry: "I believe punishment should have an end, and the sex-offender registry has no end."
By the end of the day, Jennifer was absorbing her family testifying on her brother's behalf. "No matter what the sentence is, it's going to be hard," she said. "I wonder: Have I made any kind of difference?"
TWO DAYS LATER, Jeremy arrived at court in jeans and a T-shirt—prepared to leave the courtroom for a jail cell.
After closing arguments, the judge acknowledged the gravity of the case: "It was almost unbearable for this court to hear that a mother and father exist who would raise children in this manner."
The judge sentenced Jeremy to three years in state prison on each count of abuse, and ordered him to serve the sentences concurrently. He could be out on parole in two years. The judge also sentenced him to five years' probation and said Jeremy would be designated a sex predator.
The court remained tense and silent as bailiffs surrounded Jeremy and handcuffed him. He stood a few feet away from Jennifer as court officers fingerprinted him near an exit. Jennifer wiped away tears. A door opened, and her brother was gone.
A few minutes later, Jennifer sat in a small room processing the events. "Honestly I'm just trying to hold myself together right now. … But I know I fought as hard as I could to do what needed to be done." She hopes her experience will help other survivors and the adults who could protect them from sexual abuse.
One person who's already persuaded is Wayne Golson, the childhood pastor who didn't report Jennifer's abuse when he learned about it years earlier. Now an interim pastor at a church in North Carolina, Golson says he realizes he was wrong.
Jennifer encouraged Golson to attend the conference in Greenville and hopes the experience will help bring positive change. Golson says he didn't know the laws and the procedures about reporting abuse, and assumed Jennifer's father would take care of it: "I didn't do enough. … I look back and I just think, I should have helped her more."
The pastor says he spent a recent Sunday school hour outlining what he had learned at the conference about abuse and would recommend a policy manual to his church's advisory board for child-safety protections. If any other pastors wonder what they should do if they suspect abuse, Golson says his counsel would be clear: "Without a doubt, go to the authorities."
For now, Jennifer plans to continue a career she enjoys as a hospital nurse. She hopes in time to find a church where she feels safe and can ask the questions that continue to haunt her. But she says she's still convinced: "I know my God is good and that He can heal. If there's a way He can bring beauty out of my story, then it's worth telling."
The Christian organization GRACE—an acronym for Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment—offers several common-sense suggestions for developing child-protection policies at local churches:
• Consult child-abuse experts or local authorities when developing policies
• Make connections with local authorities and child-abuse organizations before a crisis strikes, and develop a strategy for how your congregation would respond to abuse allegations
• Consider background screening for adults regularly volunteering with youth or children
• Require at least two adults (from two different households) at functions for children or youth
• Offer safety education training in youth group settings
• Keep your antennas up: A reasonable eye for suspicious behavior isn't judgmental, it's protective
For more resources on child protection and mandatory reporting laws, consider:
• GRACE: netgrace.org
• National Child Protection Training Center: ncptc.org
• U.S Department of Health and Human Services for mandatory reporting laws at childwelfare.gov
I am wondering if some type of solution to this could have been worked out without labeling the brother as a sex offender for the rest of his life, ruining his chances of getting a decent job to support his wife and child, and dividing the daughter from her mother? What does the offended girl get from this? Some sense of justice possibly? Could the family through the church have worked out some type of compensation for the girls? At least they would get some benefit from their pain. As it stands, it will cost the taxpayers somewhere in the range of 50-75K to house this young man for his period of incarceration, and the girls get nothing. The American "business" of justice is expensive for all of us, and the offended really next to nothing for their pain.
practicing Church Law for 25 years, I have concluded the single most effective
step to reduce sexual abuse in churches and at church sponsored events is to
eliminate the unbiblical practice of age segregated activities that give sexual
predators private access to children. The biblical model to disciple children
is through parents and not to delegate this responsibility to youth pastors,
camp counselors and children's church volunteers. Intergenerational churches
-where families remain together for church activities-- also increase the
number of adults in a position to detect abuse within another family.
I thought we'd learned our lessons in the 90's, but here we are again fomenting a sexual abuse witch hunt with the same lies, which will again lead to Potemkin's justice. A better approach would be to encourage victims and the wild-eyed activists dominating this article to let God heal their wounds so they stop putting others at risk with their misdirected vengeance. But no, you misapply scripture to insist that you be the ones to carry out God's revenge. How faithless!
In our state, there is a tendency to discount a young child's account of molestation if it is reported during a time of divorce or custody issues. It is commonly believed that the "mother" put ideas into the child's head. Mothers who are too outspoken are often perceived as culprits, when they are merely trying to do what's best for their child. Talking to the authorities, whom were believed to be protectors, has sometimes had the opposite affect. Sometimes the system can be very twisted. Child Protection Services of ten neglect the most heinous cases which fall through the cracks, and turn on those who are outspoken about their faith.
Part of the problem with people reporting is that the local Juvenile courts and Departments of Human Services handle these complaints so badly sometimes. They actually blame and ridicule people's faith and put Christian kids through very secular and sometimes harmful therapy. It feels like a lose/lose situation sometimes.


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Cassiel wrote:That could be the single weakest argument for the iPad I've ever seen. I can get a device to do every single thing you just listed for less than half the cost of the cheapest iPad. This device would also be able to do the million things an iPad cannot do.
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HAVING TO BRING A SEPARATE KEYBOARD WITH ME DEFEATS THE PURPOSE. This is one of the MANY reasons the iPad is not a solution for me. Also I have no idea what the iPad costs - it appears that the 64G model says 3G would run me over $700 - but that is more than I want/need to spend to meet my needs.
I am not buying an iPad. There is another thread in TFatS for the iPad debate. I was after netbook brand suggestions, ie the superiority of the Eee over, say, an HP machine.
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Party Packages
The Original Party Package – $120.00
2 hour party for up to 12 children
Unlimited rides during your party
Each additional child is $9.00
An additional hour is $50.00
Requires a $25.00 deposit
With the Original Party Package, you are allowed to bring in all of your own outside food as long as it is already prepared. We do not allow heating, cooking, or bbqing in the park. You cannot bring in any outside drinks. All drinks must be purchased from us here at the park. The only exception to this is if you choose the Kiddie Cabana Package or V.I.P. Package below.
Kiddie Cabana Package – $300.00
3 hour party for up to 12 children
(party start time must be 10am or 3pm)
Unlimited rides during your party
Kiddie Park invitations
Special gift for the birthday child
Party will be held under one of our canopies
Allowed to bring in outside beverages (no alcohol)
Access to electricity
Each additional child is $12.00
Requires a $100.00 deposit, due at the time of booking
V.I.P. Package – $450.00
3 hour party for up to 30 children
(party start time must be 10am or 3pm)
Unlimited rides during your party
Kiddie Park invitations
Special gift for the birthday child
KP Cotton Candy or Popcorn party favors
Party held in gated, private party area
Access to private piñata area
Allowed to bring in outside beverages (no alcohol)
Access to electricity
Each additional child is $12.00
Requires a $100.00 deposit, due at the time of booking
Every party at Kiddie Park will be assigned a "Party Host" when you check in. The Party Host will help with any additional drink and food orders and can help you setup and clean up your tables when asked. Please take into consideration that each party host can have multiple parties at any given time and is not exclusive to your one party.
Private Party Package – $600.00 flat fee
Bring all your own food and drinks, including alcohol
Unlimited children and adults
During the Spring & Summer: Any 2 hours from 10am – 7pm on Monday or Tuesday
During the Off Season: Any 2 hours from 10am – 7pm on Monday thru Thursday
Private Parties cannot be held when the park is open for Special Holiday Hours. Call for exact details or view our calendar.
An additional hour is $200.00
Requires a $100.00 deposit, due at the time of booking
**All prices do not include tax**
Party Add-Ons
$15 for 15 Units
Cotton Candy
Ice Cream Cups
Capri Sun
Bottled Water
Bulk Add-Ons
2.5 Gallons of Lemonade… $10 per jug
2.5 Gallons of Iced Tea… $10 per jug
2 Liter Sodas… $5 per soda
KP Meal (mini corn dogs or nuggets + chips)… $2.50 per child
Kiddie Park Invitations… $10 for 20
Tableclothes… $2 each
KP Pizza Party Pricing
Large Pizzas
1-9 Pizzas (cheese or pepperoni) – $12.00 each
10 or more pizzas – $10.00 each
(special orders can be accommodated, but prices will vary)
Pizza Ordering Policy
Pizza Orders must be received a minimum of 2 days prior to your party. To order pizza for your party, you pay half your order total in advance and the other half the day of the party. If you cancel 48 hours in advance, you get a full refund. If you cancel within 48 hours, the pizza balance is nonrefundable and nontransferable.
KP Cake Pricing
KP Nothing Bundt Cake
10 in Cake – $39.50 each
Dozen Bundtinis – $21.00 each
Additional cake/sizing options available upon request
Flavor Options
Red Velvet | Chocolate Chip | Lemon | White Chocolate Raspberry | Marble | Carrot | White White Chocolate | Cinnamon Swirl | Pecan Praline
All cakes are topped with Nothing Bundt Cake's Signature Frosting, which is made with "velvety cream cheese and real butter."
Allergy note: Products may contain wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, tree nuts, and peanuts
Birthday Bricks
Give your child the gift that will last a lifetime! Add an Engraved Brick to your child's birthday package for just $40! If the Engraving Form is completed and returned at least 48 hours before your party date, Kiddie Park will even have a special certificate for your child, complete with a picture of the brick! Don't miss your chance to give your child a birthday gift full of memories! The actual brick will be laid in the pathway, which we are completing in phases.
If you're interested, click the link below to download the engraving form!
Helium Balloons
Balloons are the perfect addition to your child's birthday party!
Plus, you can always hand out the balloons as party favors for all your guests!
Pricing – Our Balloons
$1 per Balloon
$10 per Dozen
Pricing – Your Balloons
$1 for a regular size balloon
$1.50 for a large or mylar balloon
We strongly suggest giving us advance notice if you'd like balloons for your party.
If adding balloons on the day of your party, please allow 15-20 minutes for preparation.


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I'm not one to shy away from a discussion of China bashing, particularly not when it involves the U.S. government during an election year. Indeed, I've pretty much been writing three or four posts every week for the past few months complaining about either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, so this is certainly familiar territory.
Just days ago I wrote about the case of Ralls, the Chinese company that purchased several wind farms in the U.S. The deal was forcibly unwound when the U.S. government, ultimately the president himself, determined that there were national security issues. I found the whole thing odd, and while I didn't see any protectionism with the Ralls decision, there did seem to be some politicking/China bashing at play.
I say all this to establish some credibility on this subject before I give you this conclusory statement: I don't think that the House Intelligence Committee Report on Huawei and ZTE, which I discussed earlier today, was an instance of either protectionism or China bashing. (The members of the Committee are not huge fans of China, though.)
Since the report was issued last night (U.S. time), the usual suspects have been out in force, including local media, complaining about protectionism and China bashing, gnashing their teeth about the U.S. election, and calling for Beijing to reciprocate with a ban of Cisco products. Cisco is the big U.S. competitor in the telecom and network infrastructure sector.
Let's take a deep breath here folks. Allow me to address some of the criticism (I stopped after four items, but there are more out there).
1. The Report is Protectionist
OK, this is certainly possible. For what it's worth, I usually bring up protectionism when either a) there is specific evidence of protectionism, like a conflict of interest, campaign donations, etc., or b) when the underlying decision is so unjustified that there is no other explanation.
Which one do we have here? Is there any evidence of protectionism with respect to the actions of the Committee? Is one of these guys in the pocket of Cisco? If so, I haven't seen any evidence in the polemics that have come out today. If anyone has that information, I'd love to see it.
Is there no other credible explanation for the Committee's conclusions? Hardly. Even without getting to the substance of the report itself, we could chalk it up to election-year China bashing or xenophobia. In the absence of any other reason, that seems much more likely than protectionism, for which we have no evidence whatsoever.
2. The Report is China Bashing
A good argument, particularly with the U.S. election only a few weeks away. However, to make this argument stick, we need a couple of things. First, it would help if, again, there is no other credible explanation for the substance of the report. Second, the folks responsible for the report should be benefiting from the PR.
I took a look at Mike Rogers, the head of the Committee. I figured if anyone was playing this up and getting in some China bashing, it would be him. Maybe he's in the middle of a difficult race back home in Michigan and needs to demonstrate that he's tough on China. How about that?
Well, that argument's pretty weak. Rogers has been in the House since 2001. During this cycle, he won his primary in a landslide, has raised $1.5 million for his campaign compared to $50,000 for his opponent, and his seat is considered "safe" by political commentators. In other words, Rogers doesn't need this issue to win re-election. Moreover, aside from issues relating to cyberwarfare, hacking and industrial espionage (that's the job of his committee), Rogers isn't much of a China basher.
For what it's worth, the ranking member, Dutch Ruppersberger, has been in the House since 2003 and is also in a safe seat. As of the end of June, he was outspending his opponent more than 9 to 1, and in U.S. politics, if you have more money, you almost always win. If you're an incumbent with more money, it's pretty much a done deal. This guy does not need the Huawei/ZTE report to be re-elected.
Does any of this prove that there was no protectionism or China bashing involved? Not at all. I just don't think it's obvious. To the people out there who are screaming about how blatantly protectionist the report is, you've got me confused.
3. The "Public" Portion of the Report Contains No Evidence of Huawei or ZTE Wrongdoing
This is a persuasive argument, and the best one the critics have going for them. The report is saying that Huawei and ZTE represent a security risk, and yet nowhere do they have direct evidence that either of these companies has done anything wrong. Moreover, some of the allegations made in the report are based on statements made and documents obtained from ex-employees. I don't have a lot of faith in that sort of evidence.
And yet I'm not persuaded. I agree that the burden is on the government to obtain information showing why Huawei and/or ZTE should be barred from certain transactions. If, after an investigation, there is not enough evidence to point to wrongdoing or potential wrongdoing, then the government should step out of the way and let these guys conduct their business.
But that's not exactly what happened here. According to the Committee, that investigation was never concluded in a satisfactory manner because the two companies failed to disclose sufficient information. As the report stated on page six:
Neither company was forthcoming with detailed information about its formal relationships or regulatory interaction with Chinese authorities. Neither company provided specific details about the precise role of each company's Chinese Communist Party Committee. Furthermore, neither company provided detailed information about its operations in the United States. Huawei, in particular, failed to provide thorough information about its corporate structure, history, ownership, operations, financial arrangements, or management.
One could, I suppose, argue that these disclosures were sufficient (I stated in my earlier post that this was impossible), but if one admits that the Committee was not given everything it wanted, then it becomes very difficult for the report to give these companies a clean bill of health.
Therefore, a lack of direct evidence could either point to no wrongdoing or simply an incomplete investigation. The Committee argues that the latter is what happened.
By the way, this also addresses claims that Huawei and ZTE are no different from Western firms. That may be true, but the Committee was trying to validate those kinds of claims and was unable to do so because of a lack of transparency.
4. The Scope of the Investigation Was Improper
The issue here is whether it was reasonable in the first place for the House Committee to be investigating Huawei and ZTE and making a recommendation about whether or not these companies should be allowed to invest, participate in certain kinds of projects, etc. The Committee has the legal authority to conduct such an investigation and issue a report, but is it fair?
I'm a supporter of free trade and generally don't like it when the government does this sort of thing. Moreover, I have not been that happy about the way the U.S. government has reviewed inward investment deals on the basis of national security concerns. Several scuttled deals, including the now infamous CNOOC-Unocal acquisition and the more recent Ralls wind farm deal, had no obvious effect on the country's national security, which I believe was used an an excuse for protectionism and China bashing, respectively.
But with telecom infrastructure, I'm willing to make an exception. Does anyone really believe that such technology has no national security ramifications? I would find that hard to believe.
We should also keep in mind that it was Huawei that actually got the ball rolling on all this with a letter sent to Congress. Huawei said it would cooperate fully with the U.S. government to alleviate any of its concerns, and the Committee took it up on its offer.
So if the Committee's involvement was reasonable, what about the questions it asked? Look back at that quote about Huawei's transparency problems (see above), and you'll get a good idea about what the Committee was up to.
The common thread here is the PRC government and to what extent it influences/could influence Huawei or ZTE. Many of the questions were designed to answer this basic question. Was that inquiry appropriate?
I'm not at all happy about the knee-jerk suspicion of China that has permeated U.S. politics (and vice versa), but there's no doubt it's present. I also have no doubts that each country has war gamed the other, has figured out how to engage in cyberwarfare against the other, disrupt trade/shipping, and so on. That's reality. To investigate companies in a critical sector that have been accused of being under control of Beijing therefore seems reasonable. You may disagree.
All right, this post is getting too long. To summarize: this report is not the usual (i.e., obvious) protectionism or China bashing. There is a valid argument to be made as to why the investigation made sense and, more importantly, why the Committee felt it never received enough information to give these companies the green light.
Although the report certainly isn't perfect, and I disagree with some of the statements made by the Committee members, I fail to see a nefarious motive here. It seems that some critics are using "protectionism" and "China bashing" as shortcuts instead of taking the time to develop a well-reasoned argument against the content of the report itself.
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It is that time of year again. Outdoor temperatures are dropping and indoor heating systems are turning on. Whether you use a wood burning stove to heat your home or a centralized heating system, chances are you will encounter dry air this winter. Exposure to dry air indoors can contribute to a variety of minor inconveniences like static electricity, dry, itchy skin and nosebleeds to more serious health concerns including sinus irritation and infections as well as asthma attacks and other respiratory ailments such as bronchitis.
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The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $50,000 awards to four universities to develop major centers for regional history and culture. The Ohio University in Athens; the University of California, Davis; Northern Illinois University in DeKalb; and the University of Wisconsin, Madison join 16 other universities selected last December to receive planning grants in the first phase of NEH's Regional Humanities Centers initiative. The initiative is designed to create a nationwide network of 10 major regional centers devoted to research, cultural preservation, public programming and lifelong learning about the history, people, traditions and landscapes that characterize America's regions.
The 10 regions identified for the NEH initiative are Pacific, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, Central, Deep South, South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New England. The planning awards made to the 20 universities came from a fund raised primarily through private donations. Grants were awarded on the basis of each institution's existing resources, capacity for original research and documentation of regional heritage, plans for educational outreach to schools, communities, and cultural tourists, and commitment to creating regionwide partnerships.
"Regional centers are part of NEH's strategy for bringing the humanities to all Americans," said NEH Deputy Director John Roberts. "Not only will the centers be closer to us geographically. They will also appeal to our 'sense of place'-a sense that we all have, though we don't often think about it-just as we all have other senses like seeing, hearing and so forth. The places where we grew up, which we have chosen to call home, or to which we travel for rest and relaxation all mean something to us. The people, landscape, customs and stories have touched us one way or another and help to make us who we are."
Each regional center will serve as the hub of regional networks that include cultural, educational, civic and business organizations. The center and its collaborative network will be dedicated to enriching understanding of America's regional experience-its landscape, people, history and culture-through the tools of the humanities. "Place" will be the focal point for understanding America's diverse voices and reaffirming our common bonds as Americans. The centers will ensure that the public, both residents of the region and travelers to it, have opportunities to experience and comprehend each region's distinctive character.
The first phase of the Regional Humanities initiative provides planning support for two institutions in each of the 10 regions. In the second phase, planning-grant recipients will be eligible to apply for funding to implement their plans. One institution in each region is expected to be awarded an implementation grant, which it then must match 3 to 1, priming it to play a major role as steward and educator for the region's share of America's heritage.
Institutions that have been awarded planning grants are:
- Pacific (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands)
San Francisco State University, Calif.
University of California, Davis
- Southwest (Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas)
Arizona State University, Tempe
Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos
- Rocky Mountains (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
University of Montana, Missoula
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
- Plains (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota)
North Dakota State University, Fargo
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
- Upper Mississippi Valley (Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin)
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Central (Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia)
Michigan State University, East Lansing
Ohio University, Athens
- Deep South (Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee)
Tulane University, New Orleans, La.
University of Mississippi, Oxford
- South Atlantic (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
College of Charleston, S.C.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville/ Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
- Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia)
Temple / Rutgers-Camden Universities, Philadelphia, Pa.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont)
Brown University, Providence, R.I.
University of New Hampshire-Durham
"Only by developing new partnerships with the private sector is NEH able to develop this important initiative for the benefit of all Americans," Deputy Chairman Roberts said. "We are deeply grateful to our private-sector partners who are providing major funding for NEH's Regional Humanities Centers Initiative."
The planning grants have been underwritten by the generous contributions of The Ford Foundation; William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust; Appalachian Regional Commission; The Freedom Forum; Robert and Dee Leggett Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation; The Chisolm Foundation; Roger Malkin; John N. Palmer Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Hanes Charitable Lead Trust; The Gazette and Sandra and Chuck Lyons.


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Welcome to the Adele show. Just as she dominated radio this past year, Adele will likely walk away with a handful of shiny gramophones on Sunday night (8 p.m., WJZ/CBS). But this is show business - there are no guarantees (except that host LL Cool J will make us cringe at least 12 times). There will be performances, of course - Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Nicki Minaj and even Adele, taking a stage for the first time since vocal cord surgery. And then there are the awards. Check out our breakdown of the four major categories, including predictions on who should and will win.
Album of the Year
Adele, "21"
Foo Fighters, "Wasting Light"
Bruno Mars, "Doo-Wops & Holligans"
Rihanna, "Loud"
Will win: Adele, "21"
Should win: How did Kanye West get shut out from this category? "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and "Watch the Throne" deserve a spot over the Foos. Anyway, Adele should and will win because her serious break-up album is Grammy committee catnip.
Record of the Year
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Bon Iver, "Holocene"
Bruno Mars, "Grenade"
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
Katy Perry,"Firework"
Will win: Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Should win: Remember this award is for the producers/engineers/mixers, so it's about how the song sounds. It's hard to argue with "Deep" producer Paul Epworth - he made a ubiquitous song with a vintage feel, which might explain the track's gravitational pull to all age groups. "Firework" was great, as well, in creating a pop song that soars so high, it feels like sparklers are shooting from your chest. Wait a second…
Song of the Year
Kanye West, "All of the Lights"
Mumford & Sons, "The Cave"
Bruno Mars, "Grenade"
Bon Iver, "Holocene"
Adele, "Rolling in the Deep"
Will win: Hard to imagine Adele not taking this one, too. Dark-horse would be Bruno Mars, whose ear for hooks seems formulated to win Grammys.
Should win: Throw Kanye a bone! He deserves the prize for somehow making a Fergie guest-verse the most badass section of an already bigger-than-life song.
Best New Artist
The Band Perry
Bon Iver
Nicki Minaj
Will win: Nicki Minaj
Should win: Yup, the female Weezy deserves it and her Grammy promo work with LL makes it all the more likely. Bon Iver, rightfully nominated for other major categories, hurt his chances by essentially throwing the Grammys under the bus with a who-cares attitude. He even turned down performing on the show.
Other Grammys randomness:
Wild-card performance: Coldplay and Rihanna will take the stage together. Will Chris Martin steal the spotlight with his awkward gyrating? Let's hope not!
Biggest performance disguised as jingoism: If Bruce Springsteen does his new single, "We Take Care of Our Own." A Clarence Clemons tribute would balance it out nicely.
Biggest missed opportunity: Drake, the guy with the insane amount of hit records, is only a presenter. Huh?
Weirdest Grammys 2012 fact: We will now refer to him as the Grammy-nominated ex-emo-kid-turned-dubstep-posterboy Skrillex.


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Will We Live in Vacuum Bottles? (Feb, 1932)
I would love to live in a house with a giant handle on top. It would make life so much easier for God when the rapture comes!
Will We Live in Vacuum Bottles?
by John L. Raymond
What is a vacuum bottle house? It sounds fantastic, but science is developing a new type of house with vacuum walls, adapting the principles of the familiar thermos bottle, which will be so perfectly insulated that one ton of coal will do the work of nine. Some day you may live in one!
IN HIS fascinating book, "The Time Machine," H. G. Wells looks forward to the day when man, in an awkward attempt to survive a dying sun and a frigid and dreary earth, will take to the ground to live like ants—an idea which does not flatter the ingenuity of scientists who have been working to develop the perfect house, in which comfort is assured regardless of outside temperatures.
It is extremely unlikely that the next ice age, which scientists assure us will some day return to the earth, will occur soon enough to be of personal interest to any of us. But every winter the residents of northern latitudes must protect themselves against an ice age in miniature, when cold winds roar down from the top of the "world.
Why, then, have we never adopted the most perfect form of insulated house known to science—the vacuum bottle? Not that the house would necessarily look like a vacuum jug; it would simply make use of the insulation principles which keep liquids in such a container hot or cold for hours.
Vacuum Walls Can Now Be Built
Heat cannot leap through an empty space. It requires a tangible medium through which to pass if it wants to "go places." Until now it has been impracticable to build houses with vacuum walls, because of the tremendous strength necessary to resist atmospheric pressure.
Recently, however, metals have started to come into their own in small house construction. Steel framework, similar to that used in skyscraper skeletons, is beginning to compete with wood construction for homes. Copper houses have been introduced in Germany. Concrete has long been popular. Any of these materials are strong enough for the construction of vacuum house walls.
It is obvious that we must be careful in the design and construction of our vacuum bottle houses if they are to withstand an atmospheric pressure that will amount to over ten pounds per square inch (this is for a partial and not a complete vacuum). No merely double concrete wall will withstand this.
Consequently the wall must be made cellular; that is, honey-combed with tiny chambers inter-connected so that air will pass freely from one to the other. A good idea of this construction will be gained from the drawing. By the use of this sort of construction, great pressure may be safely withstood and there would be no danger of a house falling victim to the relentless atmosphere.
Nine Homes Heated at Cost of One
It would be utterly impossible to construct such a house so that it would not leak air. For this reason, it would be necessary to operate at all times a small, fractional horsepower motor operating a small vacuum pump. This would keep the tiny compartments emptied of most of the air and would add very little to the cost of heating a home.
Calculation shows that a ten-room vacuum house might be heated with about two tons of coal for an entire winter. To do this heating with a house of ordinary construction, about 18 tons of coal would be needed at a minimum.
Vacuum House Cool in Summer
In summer a vacuum bottle house would be as cool as it is warm in winter, since the vacuum blanket shuts out the blistering heat waves just as effectively as it turns away cold.
Such a type of house will unquestionably be developed within the next few years— long before the bleak ice age of Mr. Wells blankets the earth in snow. Yet even today we cannot ignore the ice age entirely, for science tells us that we are still living in such an age. The recent report of the German expedition to Greenland, led by Dr. Alfred Wegener, who lost his life there, furnishes striking evidence of this truth.
Practically all of interior Greenland is covered with a great ice-cap, a remnant of the days when glaciers crept down from our own north and gouged out the Great Lakes. The existence of the Greenland ice has long been known, but no accurate measurements of its depth had ever been made.
Greenland Ice Cap 8,800 Feet Thick
The Wegener expedition, however, brought back the astonishing information that the ice is 8,800 feet thick at the center of Greenland! More than a mile and three-fifths of solid ice—pile eighteen Washington monuments on top of each other, and they would just about equal the thickness of Greenland's ice blanket!
These tremendous depths were measured by a seismograph, the instrument which records earthquakes. This instrument measured vibrations set up in the earth, and in this case the vibrations were artificially produced by dynamite explosions. The method was simple but ingenious.
The length of time required for the waves of the explosion, traveling over the surface, of the ice, to the observer with the seismograph, is recorded. The velocity of the waves over the surface is known. A second set of waves pass through the ice to the ground beneath and are reflected back to the seismograph. By checking the difference in elapsed time, the angle of travel of the waves can be figured, and the depth of ice ascertained by simple mathematics.
Many Ways in Which Ice Age Could Return
If Greenland is the last remnant of the ice age which has left us Niagara Falls and countless other landmarks, what are the reasons which scientists put forth to support the belief that some day the ice age will return?
There are many ways, say scientists. Suppose there should occur throughout the world violent and continued eruption of a number of volcanoes. Voluminous clouds of smoke and ash would be poured from their vitals. This volcanic debris would rise in the atmosphere miles above the clouds and hang there. The sun would be obscured; its rays could not penetrate to the earth through the floating, heavy ash and dust.
Shut off from the warm rays of the sun the earth would grow cold on its surface. Rain and snow falling would turn into ice. Then more rain and snow would fall. Cold would beget cold; ice would beget ice and, before many years the earth would be well on its way to icing up again.
This is one of the theories, advanced by meteorologists, as to icing up in past ages. Another is that temperature conditions varied with the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It became thinned out, permitting the heat absorbed by the earth from the sun to be thrown off without check. As a result the earth's surface grew cold and ice began to accumulate. Once the accumulation started it would run its course. Enormous plant life may have been responsible for the thinning out of the carbon dioxide in the air.
Shifting Storm Tracks Could Freeze World
A third theory is that of shifting storm tracks over the surface of the earth—of the paths of high and low pressures. The shifting of these tracks, it is held, would affect climatic conditions enough to cause large precipitation in the form of snow. This, coupled with conditions which precluded melting of the snow in summer, would result in residual layers being formed over the northern and southern portions of the globe.
Changed Shape of Earth's Orbit
Another theory is that the orbit of the earth was at one time more elliptical than at present. The elongation carried the earth farther away from the sun and its polar regions became extended as a result.
A quite popular theory, now largely held, is that of a different ratio existing in the geological past between the land water on the earth's surface. It is quite well known that a great plateau exists under the sea from northern Europe via Greenland to the North American continent and that at one time the waters of the Gulf of Mexico extended far up the Mississippi Valley.
Arctic Landlocked in Past Ages
Then the Atlantic and Pacific mingled their waters across the Isthmus of Panama and the Caspian sea extended northward across the low land between Russia and Siberia. Europe and North America on the west clasped hands across what is now Bering strait. Thus the Arctic was landlocked from the warm waters of the tropic and her icebergs dwelt in unmelting seclusion. So much water, so little land and that very high, precipitation was the order of things. Temperatures sank lower and lower and the ice age set in.
Northern Lands Once Tropical
In support of this theory scientists point to the remains of magnolias and other semi-tropical plants found far north of their local habitat today on the North American continent; evidence of warmer climates in the north than now prevail; evidence that the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico or tropical seas once extended far up the Mississippi Valley tempering the cold of frigid north.


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Hispanics see their power in elevated inaugural roles
The high-profile roles of Latinos in President Obama's second swearing-in underscore the growing prominence of their demographic bloc in national politics, said many Latinos who attended the ceremonies Monday.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor , the first Hispanic member of the high court, administered the oath of office to Vice President Biden before Obama was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts.
FULL COVERAGE: Presidential inauguration
Richard Blanco, the son of Cuban exiles, was the first Latino inaugural poet. Rev. Luis León, a Cuban immigrant from Charlotte, N.C., delivered the inaugural benediction, ending his speech in Spanish, and actress Eva Longoria led a Sunday night Latino tribute to Obama that featured top Hispanic entertainers.
"It all shows the power of Latinos in the country and how they're finally being recognized as movers and shakers," said Mryna Orozco, 22, an inauguration attendee from Kansas City, Mo.
Their prominent inaugural roles, Hispanics say, emphasize the strength of their demographic and the likelihood that issues they care about will rank high on Obama's agenda. After Obama's announcement in June to block the deportation of about 800,000 undocumented youths, immigration rights activists said the time is ripe to achieve comprehensive immigration changes.
After Obama failed to deliver his promise of overhauling immigration in his first term, some activists criticized and questioned the president's commitment to the issue. Although he pressed for Congress to pass the DREAM Act in 2010, the bill never moved. The act would have made children of illegal immigrants — under age 35 — eligible for residency if they were enrolled in school and lacked criminal records.
In Monday's inaugural address, Obama cited immigration as an American ideal, saying, "Our journey is not complete until we find a better way to welcome the striving, hopeful immigrants who still see America as a land of opportunity."
"It was a confirmation that immigration is something we'll all be working on," said Maria Cabello, a project coordinator for United We Dream, the largest advocacy network for undocumented youths. "But I don't think it was any different from his past speeches where he mentions immigration."
Although Obama's immigration remarks were brief, many Latinos said they are optimistic they will gain leverage in Obama's second term after their historic turnout helped seal Obama's November victory.
In the 2012 election, Latinos were 10% of the electorate — an all-time high — and voted for Obama over Republican challenger Mitt Romney 71% to 27%, according to the Pew Research Center. The nation's 53 million Hispanics make up 17% of the U.S. population and are the fastest-growing ethnic group.
About 50,000 Latinos become eligible voters every month, said Scott Rosa, spokesman for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.
"If all those folks get engaged in the political progress, then you're certainly going to see an increase of Latinos in both the public and private spheres," he said. "The sheer numbers of the Latino population should speak for itself."
Other Latinos weren't as impressed by the inclusion of Sotomayor and Blanco.
"It was the show and glow of politics," said Jose Mireles, 36, an inauguration attendee from Holland, Mich. "Until we get true immigration reform that actually works, this is a facade for me. Sprinkle any people to the forefront, but in the long run, he's masking the issues."
Still, Hispanics remain hopeful that their interests will be recognized, whether it's because of their growing population or political clout.
"The influence of the community used to be centralized in a few states, but now they're everywhere," Rosa said. "It's become obvious that we're a force to be reckoned with."


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