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Summers Faces Tough Road if Chosen Fed Nominee
The White House is seriously considering nominating Lawrence Summers to be the next Federal Reserve chairman, but the outspoken economist would face a liberal gauntlet in the Senate Banking Committee, an unavoidable checkpoint to any confirmation vote. Nell Henderson reports on the News Hub.
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... the the ... the White House seriously considering nominating Larry Summers to be the next Federal Reserve chairman but ... his confirmation is far from assured Wall Street Journal News enter nail Anderson ... she has the story joins us right now from our DC bureau thanks for being here and now honestly ... no decision has been made yet but this cannot permit process this this could be a very sticky situation for Summers ... where I come up we spoke with people close to ... trend Obama who believe that he wants to nominate Summers his former top economic aid ... by ... that of course one factor in choosing a nominee is what you think they're confirmation chances are if you get the Senate to vote to confirm them ... and what it looks to us as though Mr. Summers ... chances for confirmation are rocky are less clear ... than on ... Fed vice chairwoman Janet Yellen another top contender for the job ... and um if ... I would just we know that ... the Senate Banking Committee is the ... first stop for any nominee that the committee that would hold hearings on the nomination ... although both of my descending nomination to the full Senate for about ... and we have at least that two Democratic senators ... who would probably vote again Summers that would be Jeff Merkley of Oregon ... and aam shared brand of Ohio ... and that significant because the Democrats only have a two vote majority on the committee ... so if to say that Democrats to the fact ... they have to get some Republican votes to Republicans don't like Larry Summers because they see him as a ... big liberal Democrat who was in favor of stimulus and Dodd Frank financial regulation ... so that can be sticky another question mark on that committee is ... Democrat Elizabeth Warren ... of Massachusetts who of course where ... Larry Summers twenty oh but the Harvard University he was president and she was a law professor ... and then work together in the Obama administration's first term ... and on some people who watched her say the it Summers ... checking account on her vote not exactly clear whether she would support him ... and now I'm probably a fair and maybe leaving a will that an honest and say that Midsummer is a bit of controversy oh figure to begin with I mean if he just didn't look up as Wikipedia entry using words like inflexible am curious why when the of the administration gravitate perhaps foreign ... toward summer is over over over Yellen Killarney has more support than might ... have ... more easy time one to the confirmation process well ... as you know we can go on for hours about this an eerie Summers is famously a very polarizing figure in his hands ... say he's a brilliant economist on his ban say the word that they love working with and ... Aunt Carolyn what is being France's President Obama ... don't forget that Obama aam ... consulted Larry Summers during that two thousand ate at Cannes came as the financial crisis was at its peak ... he also had L A Summers by his side in the Box fold during those early days the financial crisis ... and has really come to trust his judgment and still consults with them ... so that the olive that the favorable side ... on the side and you know they're in a trap Summers history he has a habit of that bag getting people manage and yet the World Bank he got into it some controversies ... when he was a Harvard president he had to resign after a faculty uproar ... and Dom very people put down and difficult to work with the different phases of his career ... and are a little bit more unsure whether to become into the Fed and ... achieve the kind of consensus and legality you need to ... get to deliver decisions that the markets will believe have the full Fed's backing ... E-mail was that I mean all this ... well the White House's said they will get no decision until after ... the Congress comes back from recess so that would be starting next week at the earliest ... of course now in the midst of the Syrian debate and a aam Bernadette tugboats on that day and ... at the end of October that Congress has to re new funding for the federal government or else we'll have shutdowns ... and in mid October were to have a debt ceiling fight so ... the agenda is filling up fast and another ... factor to consider in terms of the confirmation process tree any nominee is ... aam and you really wanna have an easy confirmation process for difficult process would have so many other things to go to the voting on and try to ram that at your party on that very good point now just a few things to deal with in Washington right now I write write write and then see where the dice on you guys are busy will read more here analysis about Summers aunt the beest dot com leaders night in the paper tomorrow thanks now ...


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Baseball Prospectus 2012
Got it first Sunday at a chain bookstore here and have not dived fully in, but the predictions based on Statistical Reduction and a dozen other complicated formulae cascade out upon you from every page and it's worth mentioning a few even before anybody's done a thorough vetting of what they've got.
The most poignant of them, perhaps, are the minimalist predictions for the Yankees' only offensive addition ("his dense hasn't been good in a decade, and his bat is barely good enough to fill a DH role") compared to the man the franchise downgraded, degraded, and then forced into retirement:
Player PA 2B 3B HR RBI AVG/OBP/SLG WARP
Raul Ibanez 552 28 3 17 65 .251/.311./.416 1.5
Jorge Posada 376 18 0 13 45 .260/.350/.440 2.1
The predictions were done, obviously, before Ibanez signed with the Yankees and do not account for their intention to sit him against lefthanders. If that brings Ibanez's predicted Plate Appearances down the 32 percent or so to where the Posada predicted Plate Appearances are, the BP forecast for Ibanez translates to 19 doubles, 2 triples, and 44 RBI.
In short, the stats – and remember this is the predictive formula that got Evan Longoria's rookie season virtually exactly correct, even though it had nothing but college and minor league data to work with – suggest Jorge Posada would've had a better year than Raul Ibanez will have. This underscores a point that has become clearer and clearer to me since the Montero-Pineda trade: Brian Cashman and the Yankees are approaching 2012 in exactly the opposite way they should be. They are not flush with hitting and weak with starting. Their offense is, in fact, getting dangerously old, and the only immediate productivity from their farm system was likely to be more starting pitching (the traded Hector Noesi, plus Manuel Banuelos and Dellin Betances). They did not have a hitter to trade, least of all one that Cashman compared to Miguel Cabrera.
I'll go into the Yankees' age problem in another post but the Alex Rodriguez prediction is appropriate here:
Player PA 2B 3B HR RBI AVG/OBP/SLG WARP
Alex Rodriguez 437 18 0 24 66 .279/.377/.525 4.3
BP has long been known as a deflator of the balloons of hope. It sees Mike Trout getting just 250 ups this year, with a 4-24-.254/.317/.369 line. Bryce Harper gets the same number of plate appearances, and just 7-26-.239/.304/.383. The rookies it likes best include an unusually large lot of catchers: Jesus Montero (2.7 WARP), Robinson Chirinos (2.5), Ryan Lavarnway (2.3; I agree; Boston hopes this year may rest on whether or not anybody on the "New Sox" has the vision to see it); James Darnell (2.1) and Devin Mesoraco (2.1). The likelies to crash (in terms of WARP falloff) are Jose Bautista, Jacoby Ellsbury, Alex Gordon, Matt Kemp, Alex Avila, and Jeff Francoeur – but even with that it still sees Bautista at 9th in that category in the AL and Kemp tied for 7th in the NL.
What it says about the big Pujols move, and the other transactions, I leave to the hard-working editors and publishers. I've stolen enough of their thunder.
As to an evaluation of the book itself, there is a format change. In past years, players were grouped by the teams they were with in the preceding year. In this edition, all those who have moved before the publishing deadline have been put in the sections of their new teams – which sounds great, except when you go looking for Pujols and Fielder you'll find the former with the Angels and the latter with the Brewers instead of the Tigers. It's a nice try but ultimately not helpful.
And in what is either a booming typo or a bizarre redefinition, the very last leader board in the book – Rookie Pitchers' WARP – seems to list last year's rookie pitchers. Unless I'm missing something, Pineda, Hellickson, Ogando, Kimbrel, Sale, et al, don't get a second bite at the kiddo apple.
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Are PECOTA projections done by former Royals utility man Bill Pecota?
Brother Keith:
Thank you for this. Thanks for your show. I'd love to watch a ballgame with you sometime. I've been on a personal boycott until McCourt is gone. Once he's gone, I can go back to Chavez Ravine.
Your pal,
Dave Perez
Keith, thanks, it is good to know, before I buy it myself, that instead of the BP downgrading the entire Royals roster they've narrowed it down to two individuals. Huzzah!…and thanks for the occasional reminder that baseball and liberal have more in common than just Francoeur and his strike zone. Cheers.
It's a preseason ritual– Keith forecasting gloomy things for the Yankees. Where were they supposed to finish last year? Third or fourth? Instead they won the division. But I'm not a numbers-cruncher. What the Cards did last year was magical and I doubt could have been predicted.
Typo correction: ("his SENSE hasn't been good in a decade, and his bat is barely good enough to fill a DH role") ..play.saw Lavarnway for AA Portland Sea Dogs; he can outhit and out "de-sense" Salty Dog…
Hey Keith – looks like the Yanks got ripped off by signing Ibanez. If the numbers you cite accurately predict his performance this year, his departure from the Phils could be a good thing. Pap has good numbers from last year with the Red Sox and I hope that he performs well for the Phils this year. Our pitching looks solid (i.e. Halladay, Lee) and Howard seems to be ready for action soon. I want a Phillies/Yankees World Series because payback is a b***h.
The only Ibanez I knew before this was my guitar! I wish I could go to spring training! It is getting close. Wheeeee! ;D
The editor who puts together BP does an amazing job over what the rest of publishing calls "the Xmas break," then practically minute by minute for the next two months to make this book happen. But nothing engages him more, I think, than choosing the players to go on the cover and writing the taglines. I'm his colleague and a baseball nut too, so he bounces his drafts of both the lineup and the taglines off me, and that's my favorite part of spring (until I get my BP, of course) (then my fantasy draft) (then Opening Day).
I wish everyone had this joy and enthusiasm about something in life! War would end! Yipeeeee!
I used to buy this book every year until I got tired of the ghastly amount of grammatical and spelling errors littered throughout…
That would drive me nuts too after a lifetime of teaching English! I have a student who wrote a book that is so filled with them that I cannot even read it. That is so distractive and maddening…for people who care about the language.
Rookie Pitchers' WARP – that's just a chart listing the WARP of rookies who were pitchers last year?
This is excellent news indeed, however, I wished you would have gotten the BP 2012 at a local independent bookstore instead. Sorry, but I felt compelled to comment on the 'chain bookstore' part of the article.
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Things are feeling decisively Octoberish, which is just fine with me.
September felt like a rush of happy events. All good things, but I'm certainly ready for some Octoberish rest.
We started September with one last trip to the sea. A birthday celebration of a dear friend, and a chance to getaway with two other couples. We stayed in a condo right on the beach. Lovely, is all I can say. It was the first time we had left our now BIG-kids at home and they did great. Oh! how far we have come from those early days on this blog. {Wow, just went back to archives, 9 years ago… that truly was Confessions of a Grade School Mom. I can tell you, that was the last time I've had a hard-lemonade (yuck!)… I can tell you my m&m habits have not changed. But those sweet babies… whew! I'm quickly approaching that target-shopping mama… but that's for another day.}
When we got home from the beach it was time to start teaching art, which I really enjoy. I will admit, teaching two full days a week has been an adjustment. I've had to re-learn how to manage the home, school, and extra curricular activities while "working." But when my little artists are sitting at my table, it feels like a privilege.
Special Olympics Equestrian Tournament is also a September event. This year The Girl was old enough to be a youth volunteer. I hope to sit down in a few days to post my thoughts on this year's events, but I can tell you this: spending a weekend with the riders, families, and volunteers working diligently for one goal is an amazing experience. It is long and hard work, but getting to share in the joy of others is a valuable gift, and far exceeds the effort. More on that to come…
Before we could wash the horse dust from our chaps it was time to dive into birthday celebrations for my seventeen year-old. Seventeen sounds so old, and honestly, I've struggled. It is hard for me to sit in the moment today, without thinking about the tomorrows. But I'm learning to keep my mind steadfast
on the gifts given right now. So we celebrated The Boy (who is quickly becoming a man)
with cake, and friends, and lots of love. It was a great birthday!
This month also brought a change in the air, and on the trees. Everything is getting ready to show their color before a long winters rest. I love to watch the change from day to day.
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Sumatraso͝omä´trə [key], island (1990 pop. 36,471,731), c.183,000 sq mi (473,970 sq km), Indonesia, in the Indian Ocean along the equator, S and W of the Malay Peninsula (from which it is separated by the Strait of Malacca) and NW of Java (across the narrow Sunda Strait). The westernmost and second largest island of Indonesia, Sumatra is c.1,110 mi (1,790 km) long and c.270 mi (435 km) wide and is fringed with smaller islands off its western and eastern coasts. The Bukit Barisan, a volcanic mountain range with more than 30 active volcanoes, traverses its length, reaching 12,467 ft (3,800 m) at Mt. Kerinci. Rising in the Barisan range are several large rivers, including the Hari, Indragiri, and Musi; some rivers are being developed for hydroelectric power. In the north is the great salt lake Toba. Because of the hot, moist climate and heavy rainfall, the vegetation is luxuriant, and much of the eastern half of the island is swampland. The interior is covered largely by impenetrable rain forests. Among the native animals are elephants, clouded leopards, tapirs, tigers, Malayan bears, and snakes.
Sections in this article:
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Christian Jaeger (pflanze) and James Long (jlongster) have met on the #scheme IRC channel on freenode.net, and got some advice (and a provisional gambit wrapper for Riaxpander), and have discussed why hygienic macro systems rename symbols and that when using namespaces in the symbols, this might be enough as "rename" means, thus providing nice integration with preexisting namespace-using Gambit code.
After that they continued discussion privately and exchanged thoughts on precompiling code and what this has to do with first-class modules ("first-class modules" being a wrapper around namespaces+contents, basically), and more. Decision to start writing wiki pages, accept one student, and announce this to the Gambit mailing list.
Days 2-7 (March 13-18)
CJ mainly studied GSoC documentation and google group discussions, added license declaration to the project page, discovered #gambit IRC channel (together with JL), carrying out various discussions (with JL, Marc, Guillaume Cartier), checked pkg-config hint by G.Cartier, started reading paper by M.Flatt, created Module_System/Virtual_Library page, (talk with D. Peschel about Namespaces wiki page), observed #gsoc channel during the time when GSoC program manager LH explained how selection has happened. Two Mails to the Gambit-ml. "Nothing much", but all in all some learning experiences.


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WestJet links up to Global Explorer round-the-world fare04 December 2012
WestJet, Canada's "most preferred airline", is now participating in the Global Explorer round-the-world fare offered by all member airlines of the oneworld® alliance and selected other carriers.
WestJet's network of more than 80 destinations in North America, Central America and the Caribbean is now featured as part of Global Explorer, which is one of the most popular round-the-world fares available globally.
WestJet's addition to Global Explorer brings on board almost 25 additional airports in Canada to the map served by Global Explorer (for details, see below). With seven destinations across Canada already covered by Global Explorer, it means the round-the-world fare now features 30 Canadian gateways.
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Global Explorer includes too a number of airlines that have no links with oneworld - Aer Lingus, Air Pacific, Alaska Airlines and its Horizon Airlines sister, Gulf Air and Meridianafly. Flights carrying the Qantas code but operated by Air Tahiti Nui, Jetstar, South African Airways and Vietnam Airlines are included too, expanding the reach covered by the fare further still.
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Reason for rehoming: After moving into a new flat where pets are not allowed, I'm in need of rehoming my 2 male rats Pippin and Merry. They are reasonably elderly (about 20 months) but are not showing signs of old age just yet. They are not and never have been aggressive or have ever bitten anyone and are used to being handled and played with.
Temperament: friendly, curious, not aggressive / have never bitten
Medical problems: Pippin has a small cataract on one eye but it doesn't seem to either bother him or impair his movement / overall vision (i.e. He responds to normal stimuli, doesn't walk into things etc).
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Also, if anyone knows of any good rehoming / rescue places in the area please let me know although considering their age, I'd love for my boys to go straight to a new home where they can settle in and enjoy some attention.
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A Lifetime in Art
Texas born artist Teresa Bernard began painting in her pre-teens under the instruction of her father Royce G. Phillips. Her dad, a professional artist himself, introduced Teresa to the world of fine art and oil painting. Royce was an oil painter who also taught art classes in their nearby hometown and the surrounding communities of Ballinger, Bronte, Edith, Robert Lee and Winters, Texas. He taught Teresa the love of art by teaching her how to paint. In addition, he taught her the fundamentals of art, composition and how to work in a variety of mediums, specifically oil paint, pencil sketches and charcoal drawings. There aren't many artists who come from a succession of artists in their family, and Teresa is one among those with this particular distinction. Sadly her father passed away in 1976 during her senior year of high school. So that she could continue her studies in the fine arts, Teresa left home after graduation to attend college.
Formal Art Education
After graduating high school, Teresa attended college in Pasadena, California, where she continued her studies in the fine arts. There she studied art history and the "Old Masters," color theory, acrylic and oil painting, drawing in a number of mediums, 2-D and 3-D design, perspective and art composition. While attending college there, Teresa also studied commercial art, graphic design, production art, typography, photography and other design related subjects, in addition to her fine art classes. This is when Teresa decided to pursue a career in graphic art creating artwork for the print media.
Years later Teresa acquired web design skills when she took some online college courses in HTML, JavaScript, and DHTML. Since then, on-going independent studies has allowed her to acquire skills in working with ASP, cascading style sheets, shopping carts, WordPress, internet and social media marketing, and search engine optimization.
Web & Graphic Design Education
- Tyler Junior College School of Continuing Studies, Tyler TX
- Pasadena Community College, Pasadena CA
- Platt College, Eagle Rock CA
- Oregon Polytechnic Institute, Portland OR
- University of Illinois, Online
Fine Art Instruction
- Royce Glen Phillips, Private Instructor, Bronte and Robert Lee TX
- Pasadena Community College, Pasadena CA
- Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News VA
- Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton VA
Professional Design Positions
Teresa's commercial artist career spans over two decades. During that time she has held positions as:
- Desktop publisher and advertising designer for a trade publication and five community newspapers
- Graphic designer for several print shops
- Graphic designer in the marketing department of a prestigious hospital
- Art director of an international magazine
- Website designer/developer and search engine optimization (SEO) specialist for several Internet development companies
- Webmaster for an online retail store and eBay store
- Advertising design assistant for a major retail grocery chain
- Graphic artist for a specialty printing company
Oil Painting, Her True Passion
Although her professional career has kept Teresa very busy through the years, she still loves oil painting in her spare time. She exhibits her paintings online, at art shows and fairs, and sells them wherever she can. Teresa has made a name for herself as a fine artist and, thanks to the Internet, she has sold her paintings around the world. It is her dream to eventually retire from commercial art and make her true passion, oil painting, her career.
UPDATE: Teresa is now retired from the world of commercial art and is concentrating on her oil paintings. Look for more to come.
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AARP is reminding voters that it's not endorsing any candidates after President Barack Obama cited the group in the first presidential debate.
Obama mentioned the lobbying organization for seniors twice Wednesday in discussing Medicare and Social Security. He noted that AARP supports his health care law and opposes the voucher-like program Republican Mitt Romney has proposed for Medicare in the future.
AARP's senior vice president, John Hishta, says AARP is nonpartisan and has never consented to the use of its name by any campaign or political group and doesn't take sides in political races.
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Cuz they show love when I did it myself
[Verse 1:]
Yeah, park the car open the door slide my feet out
Sneak another pull in before I put the weed out
You know what I be bout Nike head but I own a couple pairs of Reeboks
Throwback, it's the Pump fury, now if it would please the jury
May I present the evidence that Spitter is hotter than whoever?
I call em common critters , I do not consider them competitors
I put em on ice like I'm dressing my bezel up
My bitch told me "Baby I think they scared of you"
I use they necks to build a ladder I step up
Sucka ass niggas thought they had me I crept up, and thats where they messed up
Don't e-mail or send a text message, if you wasn't around when a nigga was stressing
Talk your ass off but you can't lock my blessing
Every hurdle that I crossed I was learning a lesson
Putting on for my city like Jeezy and Kanye
My future so bright I limo tinted my shades
Helicopter shades fucking up my girls hairdo
Helipad on a Superdome roof yeah
New Orleans everyday all right
Cuz they show love when I did it myself
[Verse 2:]
Uh, the hottest nigga in the street
You ain't gotta ask boss, 17 chevys
With my label advance cooler Hot Wheels off with my frosty hands them haters getting sick of you man
Bitches wanna save the last dance, I'm cool
My home boy Mel gave me these shoes, you crazy? won't fuck up these spikes for you baby
Plus these the red black and green ones, the mean ones I was watching MTV when I first seen them
Niggas ain't similar to the Hot Spitter or the way I sling these syllables
Fuck around with him and your condition will be critical
Jive ass niggas who talk that shit about the crew
Til I come around then they hit me with "What's happening fool?"
Get lost off a short cliff take a walk
Number crunch ball park figures
I do it for my city cuz my city made me realer
Curren$y da Hot Spitta if you know somebody sicka you better call the bioteam to quarantine that nigga


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The future for consumer electronics looks bright and high oil prices will help the industry, according to Hans-Joachim Kamp, who spoke at IFA in Berlin on Wednesday.
"Because of high oil and gas prices, we will again see a cocooning effect," said Kamp, CEO of Philips in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and vice president at German industry organization ZVEI.
Instead of spending money on expensive vacations abroad, consumers will spend their money at home, buying, for example, flat-screen TVs, he said. Price erosion has made it possible for almost everyone to upgrade, and there is still a large untapped market.
"There are still 170 million old CRT TVs in Europe," said Kamp.
But some of the numbers don't look that good; the overall market in Western Europe is expected to shrink by 2.4 percent during 2008. The reason for that is mainly a weak market in the U.K. The U.K. consumer electronics market value shrank by 11 percent during the first half of 2008, according to figures from GFU, which organizes IFA, and research company GfK.
"Currencies are part of the problem, but the major reason is that England didn't qualify for the European football championships," said Kamp.
That theory is backed up by the fact that the host nations, Austria and Switzerland, both grew by 13 percent during the same time period.
A drop in sales was expected in July, after Euro 2008 concluded, but that never materialized, which is also good news, said Kamp.
But the consumer electronics market isn't just flat-screen TVs. Another area that is receiving a lot of attention at this year's IFA is Blu-ray. The end of the format war, and players that cost €350 (US$515), spell good news for the format in Europe, said Kamp.
"Seeing is believing," he said.


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WhenTheSunGoesDown wrote:DumBumm wrote:WhenTheSunGoesDown wrote:OH" how i love Felix more then any1 else in the book!!!
i think he is very funny
I actully had a random dream about him last night yeah lol his doesn't hav a power right????
Can i ask what the dream was??
Nah, he doesn't have a power.
lol don't ask..............
thts what i thought....
ok 1 time in class me and my bff sat next 2 each other (the teacher moved us after this..) and she knows im obsessed with felix... and out of no where I'm just FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELIX.........and i turn 2 her and im like LAUREN!!!! IT'S REALLY FUN 2 SAY FFFFFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!
and so both of us r goin g FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELIX! and then the whole class started.............. and yeh it was really funny...
tht wasn't my dream.. tht really happened in class XD
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Man razing home briefly trapped when wrecker falls into basement
Worker returns to the job hours after scary fall
A man razing a home in the 9300 block of East 69th Street was briefly trapped when the wrecker he was in partially fell through the basement.
Kansas City firefighters were called to the scene about 10:30 a.m. to help pull the man out.
The man told KMBC's Peggy Breit that he was working inside the cab of the wrecker when he felt the machine begin to slide.
Crews at the scene said there was a partial basement under a section of the home that the salvage workers didn't know about.
Mike Attwood said he was watching the machine fall, and it almost seemed to move in slow motion. He said he was immediately concerned for the man inside.
"(I) ran over to see if he was OK, and about the third time I shouted out to him he says, 'Yeah, I'm OK,' and the neighbor here called 911," Attwood said. "I guess he was OK. He crawled out of it."
By mid-afternoon, the worker was back on the machine and working to complete the demolition. He didn't want to appear on camera, but he said he was doing fine.
Residents said the house has been an eyesore in the neighborhood since a fire last year. It's been abandoned ever since and the city recently cleared the way for it to be demolished.


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Pittsburgh 75, Fresno State 54
Fresno State came out hot and jumped out to an early lead after flying across the country. Then, the Bulldogs got zoned out.
Talib Zanna returned after sitting out the season opener and had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Pittsburgh pulled away after switching to a zone defense in a 75-54 win over Fresno State on Tuesday night.
"Obviously, our zone was good for us," Pitt coach Jamie Dixon said. "We will be using it, we have been using it, we practice it all the time, we used it last year and will use it more and more this year. I think we've got the personnel for it."
Cameron Wright added a career high-tying 13 points and added six rebounds for the Panthers, who dominated the paint and the glass. Pitt (2-0) had a 48-25 edge in rebounds and a noticeable advantage in scoring from the post.
After being suspended for a violation of team rules for the Panthers' win three days earlier, the 6-foot-9 Zanna made eight of 10 field goals and grabbed more rebounds on his defensive end of the floor (nine) than the entire Bulldogs team did (five).
Freshman Paul Watson had 18 points to lead Fresno State (1-1), which traveled east of the Mountain time zone for the first of two trips this season. Cezar Guerrero added 10 points and a team-high seven assists for the Bulldogs.
"This was a great opportunity for us to come across the country and play a very well-coached team and a team and a program that really has hung their hats over the years on defense and on rebounding," Fresno State coach Rodney Terry said.
"They did something we weren't expecting to see a lot of, playing zone defense tonight. They did a great job with us; they took us out of our rhythm."
Pitt began a season-opening Friday rout of Savannah State on a 19-2 run. Against the Bulldogs, the Panthers weren't as dominant right from the tip -- the game was tied 15-15 almost 10 minutes in -- but switching from their trademark man-to-man to a 2-3 allowed Pitt pull away before halftime.
The zone perplexed a Bulldogs team that had scored 98 points in its season opener Friday. Pitt closed out the first half by scoring the final 13 points. The Panthers took a 35-18 lead at the half, and the margin wouldn't drop below 15 the remainder of the game.
"In the beginning of the game, (Fresno) came out very strong; they were hitting a lot of shots and we weren't getting shots," Wright said. "But we have a great coaching staff, and they made adjustments and went to the 2-3 zone, and that worked for us in our favor and we stuck with it."
Fresno State won 98-97 in overtime at UC Irvine Friday on an Allen Huddleston half-court shot at the overtime buzzer. The Bulldogs wouldn't be close enough at the end to pull that off Tuesday. Huddleston, a reserve guard, finished with seven points against Pitt.
After making 33 field goals and shooting 52 percent from the floor at UC Irvine, Fresno State was held to almost half as many points, a 38 percent shooting effort and 19 field goals against the Panthers.
Starting the season without 6-9 Braeden Anderson (injuries associated with a car accident) and 6-11 sophomore Tanner Giddings (wrist injury), Fresno State's undersized lineup was at a disadvantage throughout against a Pitt team that was one of the best in the country in rebounding margin last season.
Pitt, which had more defensive rebounds (30) than Fresno State had total rebounds, held a 52-12 edge in points in the paint. The Panthers had just 10 turnovers. Although they shot 45 percent from the field, they missed all 11 of their 3-point attempts, setting a school record for futility from beyond the arc.
"We didn't shoot it great, obviously," Dixon said, "but when you do a lot of other things well, you come out with big wins against pretty good teams."
In winning the first meeting between them and Fresno State, the Panthers improved to 103-3 against nonconference opponents at the 12-year-old Petersen Events Center.
Zanna's game was the seventh of the senior's career in which he had at least 10 points and 10 rebounds. He fell one point short of his career high of 20 points.
"There were times where I just needed to get the ball and score, and my teammates decided to just get the ball inside, 'Just let the bigs get some touches,'" Zanna said.


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How did they do that? With the September launch of iPhone 5, its first major revision since the iPhone's introduction, Apple managed to add more than 30 percent more screen real estate, a quad-core processor, 4G compatibility and two HD cameras, yet still be thinner and lighter than the previous generation while keeping prices level. The iPhone 5 contains the A6, Apple's latest custom ARM Cortex A9-based quad-core SoC with PowerVR GPUs that according to the company delivers double the application and graphics performance of the A5X that powers iPhone 4S. The sixth-generation iPhone takes on a sleeker look thanks to its 28nm processor (compared with 45nm of iPhone 4), and supplements its svelte stature with a two-layer display instead of three.


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From helping newly transported Polish immigrants in the early 1980s during the Solidarity Movement to chairing the community board's 2005 Rezoning Committee and now fighting for a better situation for Greenpoint's – as well as the city's – homeless population, the father of two is committed to improving the diverse Brooklyn neighborhood.
But he doesn't stop there. Olechowski is also the executive director of PSC Community Services, a non-profit home care agency for Medicaid-eligible clients, also located in Greenpoint.
Born in England, Olechowski settled in Greenpoint in 1990 and since then has watched the neighborhood transform.
"The community's dynamics are changing," he said. "We have the gentrification of newcomers coming in, it's a new breed with a different economic status."
The mixing of the old with the new, he said, is causing some resistance from longtime community residents, who value the ethnic makeup of Greenpoint and who feel as if they are being pushed aside.
"We know that [change] is happening and it's going to happen, but it's painful for some people – the noise at night, the bar scene, the applications for liquor licenses are mushrooming month-to-month," he said. "We get tons of them and everybody is applying for liquor licenses."
One other big concern in the neighborhood is the noise from waterfront concerts during the summer. Olechowski and the community board has fielded many complaints from residents about noise, rowdiness and other quality-of-life complaints.
Another ongoing issue also revolves around a homeless shelter proposed for Greenpoint at 400 McGuinness Boulevard. Olechowski, along with other community members and local elected officials, has been battling against placing another shelter in the neighborhood if it won't help the current homeless population there.
"It's going back to community versus city infringement," he said, adding that the city's process of helping the homeless only reshuffles the problem instead of really solving it.
Though Greenpoint has its fair share of burdens, he noted that the changes are helping the neighborhood.
"Even though you have the problems and the challenge of the new groups coming in, there is also positives coming out of that," he said. "You have people that are really building a foundation, a new foundation for this community."
Calling it an "interesting polarity" of the old and new, the juxtaposition he says, is adding something more to the mix.
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Dorie Greenspan's Go-To Beef Daube
When Dorie Greenspan, author of Around My French Table says this version of Beef Daube is her go-to recipe for the French classic, there's really no doubt in my mind that it's going to be incredible. Luckily, the cool temperatures over the weekend made this beef stew a perfect way to dive into fall and winter braises.
Greenspan chose chuck for her daube, a cut that's tender enough to break down in just a few hours with just enough fat to be intensely beefy and flavorful. The recipe begins by rendering bacon and then browning the chunks of chuck in the bacon fat in batches. After the beef is browned and removed from the pot, onions and shallots are softened in the beef juices, followed by carrots and parsnips (left in big chunks) and a full head of halved garlic. The pan is deglazed with cognac, a step that was entirely new to me but added the most wonderfully rich flavor. The beef, bacon, and wine join the rest of the ingredients and are left to simmer in the oven for two and a half hours, just enough time for the meat to tenderize and your kitchen to fill to the brim with the aromas of the cooking daube.
I've always found that stew recipes need far more time than the recipe calls for but Greenspan's daube was falling-apart tender precisely at the two-and-a-half-hour mark. The beef cooked perfectly, the carrots and parsnips were at that lovely place in between fork-soft and mushy, and the sauce had thickened to the point of velvetiness.
Oftentimes adding an entire bottle of wine to a stew runs the risk of unwanted acidity (depending, of course, on the bottle that you use) but the cognac countered it with a flavor that was rich, almost reminiscent of vanilla. One last element that set this daube apart from others that I've tried is the fact that is was fantastic the day it was made, no need for a day or two in the fridge for the flavors to develop.
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- 4 slices thick-cut bacon, cut crosswise into 1-inch-wide pieces
- One 3 1/2-pound beef chuck roast, fat and any sinews removed, cut into 2- to 3-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons mild oil (such as grapeseed or canola)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 yellow onions or 1 Spanish onion, quartered and thinly sliced
- 6 shallots, thinly sliced
- 1 garlic head, halved, horizonally, only loose papery peel removed
- 1 1/2 pounds carrots, trimmed, peeled, halved crosswise, and halved or quartered lengthwise, depending on thickness
- 1/2 pound parsnips, trimmed, peeled, halved crosswise, and quartered lengthwise (optional)
- 1/4 cup Cognac or other brandy
- 1 bottle fruity red wine (I know this sound sacrilegious, but a Central Coast Syrah is great here)
- A bouquet garni—2 thyme sprigs, 2 parsley sprigs, 1 rosemary sprig, and the leaves from 1 celery stalk, tied together in a piece of cheesecloth
Center a rack in the oven and preheat the oven to 350°F.
Put a Dutch oven over medium heat and toss in the bacon. Cook, stirring, just until the bacon browns, then transfer to a bowl.
Dry the beef between sheets of paper towels. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to the bacon fat in the pot and warm it over medium-high heat, then brown the beef, in batches, on all sides. Don't crowd the pot—if you try to cook too many pieces at once, you'll steam the meat rather than brown it—and make sure that each piece gets good color. Transfer the browned meat to the bowl with the bacon and season lightly with salt and pepper.
Pour off the oil in the pot (don't remove any browned bits stuck to the bottom), add the remaining tablespoon of oil, and warm it over medium heat. Add the onions and shallots, season lightly with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring, until the onions soften, about 8 minutes. Toss in the garlic, carrots, and parsnips, if you're using them, and give everything a few good turns to cover all the ingredients with a little oil. Pour in the brandy, turn up the heat, and stir well so that the brandy loosens whatever may be clinging to the bottom of the pot. Let the brandy boil for a minute, then return the beef and bacon to the pot, pour in the wine, and toss in the bouquet garni. Once again, give everything a good stir.
When the wine comes to a boil, cover the pot tightly with a piece of aluminum foil and the lid. Slide the daube into the oven and allow it to braise undisturbed for 1 hour.
Pull the pot out of the oven, remove the lid and foil, and stir everything up once. If it looks as if the liquid is reducing by a great deal (unlikely), add just enough water to cover the ingredients. Recover the pot with the foil and lid, slip it back into the oven, and cook for another 1 1/2 hours (total time is 2 1/2 hours). At this point the meat should be fork-tender—if it's not, give it another 30 minutes or so in the oven.
Taste the sauce. If you'd like it a little more concentrated (usually I think it's just fine as is), pour the sauce into a saucepan, put it over high heat, and boil it down until it's just the way you like it. When the sauce meets your approval, taste it for salt and pepper. (If you're going to reduce the sauce, make certain not to salt it until it's reduced.) Fish out the bouquet garni and using a large serving spoon, skim off the surface fat.
Serve the beef and carrots moistened with sauce.
Storing: Like all stews, this can be kept in the refrigerator for about 3 days or frozen for up to 2 months. If you are preparing the daube ahead, don't reduce the sauce, just cool the daube and chill it. Then, at serving time, lift off the fat (an easy job when the daube's been chilled), reduce the sauce, and season it one last time.
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The prison sentence given Army Pfc. Bradley Manning for the largest leak of classified information in US history – 35 years – is more than his defense team had recommended (25 years) but far less than the 60 years prosecutors had asked for or the 90 years he might have received given the seriousness of his crimes.
It reflects the complexity of the case, regarding on the one hand the extent to which Manning, who provided some 750,000 classified items to the controversial whistleblower organization WikiLeaks, actually harmed US national security and diplomatic interests, and on the other, the US military's failure to deal with the young soldier's mental and emotional problems, which several uniformed supervisors recognized but failed to address.
Still, the punishment announced Wednesday morning by military judge Col. Denise Lind for the 25-year-old intelligence analyst is serious.
He will be dishonorably discharged, reduced in rank to private, and be made to forfeit all military pay and benefits. With credit for some three-and-a-half years already in custody (including 112 days of what Col. Lind found to be mistreatment in the military brig at Quantico. Va.) Manning could be eligible for release in about 10 years.
Manning was convicted of 20 of the 22 charges against him, including six violations of the Espionage Act, computer fraud, and five counts of theft. Prosecutors had sought conviction on aiding the enemy, but Lind ruled that there had not been enough evidence that Manning intended to do that in releasing battlefield reports known as war logs, diplomatic cables, and a video showing civilian men (including two Reuters news agency journalists) being killed in a US helicopter attack in Iraq.
But in her "special findings" related to Manning's conviction, Lind also wrote: "At the time of the charged offense, Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula were enemies of the United States. Pfc. Manning knew that Al Qaeda was an enemy of the United States."
Apparently mitigating what could have been a harsher sentence was testimony during the trial from officers and senior enlisted personnel who had worked with Manning, witnessing his sometimes strange and violent behavior that in retrospect should have prevented his access to classified information. Army psychiatrists told of Manning's "sexual identity disorder," observed at a time when official US policy was "don't ask, don't tell."
Fifteen individuals, including commissioned and noncommissioned officers, have been disciplined for failures related to Manning's actions. The Army major who commanded the intelligence wing of Manning's brigade combat team was formally reprimanded, the company commander was replaced, and Manning's immediate supervisor was reduced in rank – likely career-ending punishments.
Civil libertarians, freedom of information advocates, and opponents of US military policy were quick to respond.
"When a soldier who shared information with the press and public is punished far more harshly than others who tortured prisoners and killed civilians, something is seriously wrong with our justice system," Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy & Technology Project, said in a statement. "This is a sad day for Bradley Manning, but it's also a sad day for all Americans who depend on brave whistleblowers and a free press for a fully informed public debate."
The whistleblower organization Government Accountability Project termed Manning's sentence "excessive and unjust."
Manning's supporters, who see him as a hero, have begun an online petition to have him pardoned.y
Amnesty International immediately called on President Obama to commute Manning's sentence.
"Bradley Manning acted on the belief that he could spark a meaningful public debate on the costs of war, and specifically on the conduct of the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan," Widney Brown, senior director of international law and policy at Amnesty International, said in a statement. "The US government should turn its attention to investigating and delivering justice for the serious human rights abuses committed by its officials in the name of countering terror."
Pardon or commutation are highly unlikely – especially from an administration that has controversially made a point of cracking down on leakers.
"The military is serious about sending a deterrent message to those under their command tempted to leaking documents to journalists," Michael Rustad, a professor at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, told Monitor staff writer Mark Clayton. "There is a message of general deterrence to others in the military who are tempted to leak data to journalists for whatever reason."
"The future of 'principled leaking' of military documents is much in doubt," Professor Rustad said.
Under military law, Manning's verdict and sentence must be reviewed – and may be reduced – by the commander of the Military District of Washington, currently Maj. Gen. Jeffery S. Buchanan. Besides the court-martial record, Manning's defense team can submit other pieces of information in a bid for leniency.
If Buchanan approves a sentence that includes a bad-conduct discharge, a dishonorable discharge or confinement for a year or more, the case will be automatically reviewed by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.
Further appeals can be made to the military's highest court, the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the US Supreme Court.
During the sentencing phase of his military trial at Ft. Meade, Md., Manning apologized for his actions, one of the rare times he spoke at his court martial.
"I'm sorry that my actions hurt people," he told the court. "I'm sorry that it hurt the United States."
"I should have worked more aggressively within the system," Manning said. "Unfortunately, I can't go back and change things. I understand I must pay a price for my decisions."
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What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work."~ Jimmy Webb, hit songwriter
"A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time." ~Paul Simon
"Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece" ~ Nadia Boulanger, composer and teacher to music legends such as Quincy Jones, Philip Glass, Aaron Copland, etc.
"Cher hated 'If I Could Turn Back Time.' I had to beg her, literally, on my knees, just to try it. Happens all the time." ~ Diane Warren, Multi Hit Songwriter, talking about pitching her song to Cher
"If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time." ~ Billy Joel, Songwriter
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones" ~John Cage, Composer
"Beyond a certain point, the music isn't mine anymore. It's yours." ~ Phil Collins, Songwriter
"I think people appreciate a songwriter who shows different sides. The whole angst thing is cool, but if that's all you've got, it's just boring. Everything I write, whether it's happy or sad, has a sense of humor to it" ~ Katy Perry, singer-songwriter of #1 Hit "I Kissed I A Girl"
"There's a saying, 'It's easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.' I'm going through that right now." ~ Bryan Adams
"Write fearlessly" ~ Pat Pattison
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MONDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Recycled sewage water can safely be used for crop irrigation, according to new research.
In what's thought to be the first study conducted under realistic field conditions, researchers found that crops irrigated with the water discharged from sewage treatment plants contains only low levels of prescription drugs and ingredients commonly found in antibacterial soaps, make-up, shampoos and other personal care products.
"The levels of pharmaceuticals and personal care products that we found in food crops growing under real-world conditions were quite low and most likely do not pose any health concern," study leader Jay Gan, from the University of California-Riverside, said in a news release from the American Chemical Society.
"I think this is good news. These substances do not tend to accumulate in vegetables, including tomatoes and lettuce that people often eat raw. We can use that information to promote the use of this treated wastewater for irrigation," Gan said.
Water flushed down toilets or drained in sinks enters sewage treatment plants and is processed to remove contaminants and disease-causing microbes. Although this treated water is considered safe enough to drink, it's typically released into rivers and streams as it may still contain traces of the ingredients found in medications and personal care products.
In the southwestern United States and other parts of the world that face droughts or water shortages, however, recycled sewage water is the only way to irrigate food crops.
To address concerns about the health and environmental effects of using treated sewage water for crop irrigation, the researchers examined 20 different pharmaceuticals and personal care products under realistic field conditions to determine if they could accumulate to potentially dangerous levels in a number of foods, including carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, celery and cabbage. The researchers specifically chose foods that are often eaten raw, because cooking can destroy certain contaminants.
Although all the crops absorbed the ingredients from medications and personal care products -- such as an epilepsy medication, the antibacterial agent triclosan, a tranquilizer and caffeine -- the levels of these contaminants were "reassuringly low," the investigators found.
The study revealed, however, that leafy vegetables absorbed the highest levels of contaminants. The researchers also noted that young children, older people and those with chronic diseases may be more susceptible to even low levels of these trace ingredients from drugs and personal care products.
Although the United States only recycles about 2 percent to 3 percent of its wastewater, predicted water shortages could substantially increase the use of recycled sewage water around the world, the researchers say.
The study was scheduled to be presented Monday at the American Chemical Society meeting in Indianapolis. The data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Olympic response team: Security firm ready in wings
- Boston-based firm has worked with U.S. ski and snowboard teams since 2006 Turin Olympics
- Security concerns intensified after two suicide bombings 500 miles from Sochi
- U.S. Olympic Committee has not sought additional private security assistance%2C spokesman says
A private crisis-response firm assisting the U.S. ski and snowboard teams for the Winter Olympic Games in Russia has up to five aircraft on standby in the event that medical or security emergencies require an evacuation from Sochi.
The extraordinary preparations a month before the games begin are in response to what Global Rescue CEO Dan Richards describes as the "unique challenge'' represented in part by Olympic venues located in the shadow of a terrorist battleground.
"This environment is unique,'' said Richards, whose Boston-based firm has worked for the teams since the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy. "You just don't have competitions in places like Sochi with any frequency. … In the last 10 years, there has been nothing like it.''
Richards said one of the company's available aircraft has the capacity to ferry about 200 passengers out of the region, if needed. The security executive declined to discuss details about the company's activities, yet the evacuation contingencies underscore growing concerns about Olympic security in the wake of two suicide bombings last week on transportation targets nearly 500 miles from Sochi.
Although Russian authorities are primarily responsible for security during the Games (about 40,000 police and military personnel have been dispatched to the region), the U.S. government also provides security for the U.S. Olympic delegation.
U.S. Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Jones declined to elaborate on the security arrangement for Sochi, except to say the committee had not sought additional private security assistance similar to that arranged by the ski and snowboard teams.
With the exception of the professional roster being fielded by the U.S. hockey team, the ski and snowboard teams had featured some of the highest profile athletes of the Games with past Olympic champions Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White. Vonn announced her withdrawal Tuesday from the Sochi Games due to injury, but Global Rescue spokeswoman Ann Shannon said the move does not change the company's overall plan for the teams.
USA Hockey spokesman Dave Fischer declined to discuss the team's security plan and the involvement of private security, though he maintained that the safety of the team is "the first priority.''
"We have utilized various tactics over the course of history,'' Fischer said. "Private security absolutely is a tactic.''
Not since the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games and the 2004 Summer Games in Athens — closely following the 9/11 attacks — has Olympic security captured the attention seen so far in the run-up to Sochi.
Last week, more than 30 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the city of Volgograd, a key Russian transportation hub and a place of great symbolic value to Russia. Formerly called Stalingrad, the city held out against a German onslaught during World War II that produced more than a million casualties and left the city a smoking ruin.
The recent attacks prompted Russian President Vladimir Putin to reassert his commitment to the safety of the Olympics and to step up security efforts throughout the nation.
The $2 billion Sochi security operation, dubbed the "ring of steel'' for its heavily fortified perimeter stretching from the Black Sea coast to the Caucasus Mountains to the east, was officially set in motion Tuesday, nearly a month before opening ceremonies.
"The Russians are doing everything that can reasonably be done,'' Richards said, adding that the company was there to help identify "safe havens, rally points and methods of egress.''
"It's got the possibility for there to be some kind of event, though we don't expect there to be. We're really there to help and act as enablers,'' Richards said, adding that the company will be assisting about 375 athletes, staff and guests.
Among other related services the company is providing is a "set of guidelines for athletes and guests to minimize the possibility that they become targets or have a problem.''
"Our advance preparations are dramatically enhanced for Sochi, particularly considering planning for potential mass evacuation involving dozens or hundreds of people,'' he said. "Our medical evacuation, in contrast, is typically (for) just one or a few people.''
Richards declined to discuss the value of the contract. U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association spokesman Tom Kelly also said the group would not discuss "contractual information,'' describing Global Rescue as a "fantastic company.''


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UPSHUR COUNTY, TX (KLTV) - An East Texas law enforcement officer has resigned his position amidst an investigation into allegations of indecency with a child.
Eric Jason Campbell, 41, an Upshur County resident and Mount Pleasant Police officer resigned his position with the Mount Pleasant Police Department before formal charges were brought against him.
Campbell was arrested Tuesday in Upshur County, says Billy Byrd, the Upshur County District Attorney.
Originally, Campbell was taken in to custody on indecency with a child charges, but now, Campbell is facing aggravated sexual assault of a child.
A deputy with the Upshur County Sheriff's Office says the child was under the age of 13.
He's held in the Upshur County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
The case is still under investigation.
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