| Carter ‘picks’ spots well
But Wisconsin free safety Shane Carter, who initially stopped short of Mathews, expecting a better pass, leaped backward and made a spectacular one-handed grab. It was a play that usually isn't known to be part of a defensive player's repertoire. More like a wide receiver, Carter was able to keep the ball alive with his hand-eye coordination and hold on for the early forced turnover. The pick set up the game's first touchdown and an early Wisconsin 7-0 lead, one the Badgers would never relinquish. "I don't know how he caught that," UW cornerback Jack Ikegwuonu said of Carter's pick following the Michigan game. "Shane's a ballhawk, he's always around the ball, and I'm not surprised that he made that catch. He's got great hands." Fitting, since that's the position the younger brother of former Minnesota Viking and future Hall of Fame receiver Chris Carter wanted to play.
Documentary-maker tapped to head interreligious group
Longtime public television producer Tom Spencer was named the new CEO of Austin Area Interreligious Ministries, Austin's largest interfaith organization, on Thursday night at the nonprofit group's annual meeting. Spencer, 51, a popular program host on Austin's public television station, KLRU, succeeds the Rev. Emilee Whitehurst, who left last year to become director of the Rothko Chapel in Houston. .
The things the little girl said
She talked about how he "played barbershop" and cut her hair, and said the sexual abuse happened once, at his house, with his fingers, knuckles and hands. "Actually," the little girl said, "it happened two times." "When was the other time?" the interviewer asked. "I think it was Tuesday." "Okay." "Well, no, last week was Wednesday. I think probably he touched me on that day." "Okay." "It was," the little girl finally said. "I asked my mom. She said it was Wednesday. So I believed her." This interview lasted 42 minutes. The interviewer wrote in her report that the child had given "clear disclosure of sex acts." The little girl, she wrote, should be kept away from her father.
Louis Walsh's opinion on X Factor-based drama Rock Rivals as it's ...
Does that description ring any bells? Louis Says: "Not very well acted. If he is modelled on Simon Cowell, there is a problem." The story is awful.. they should have come to us for help features@mirror.co.uk Louis was talking to Alun Palmer Scandal is a turn off for ITV By Mark Jefferies Rock Rivals is part of ITV's bid to claw back some cash in the wake of the phone-in scandals. The station lost £58million last year as a lack of revenue from premium-rate competitions contributed to a 35 per cent slide in pre-tax profits. It reported profits of £188m - £100m down on 2006. The company said revenues from premium-rate services (PRS), including the discontinued ITV Play channel, were down by £58m. The figures also illustrate a huge drop in calls to phone-vote shows such as I'm A Celebrity..., which are suffering as a result of the channel's tarnished reputation.
What to do about gold stocks?
Gold stocks may have further to fall; updates on current stock selections. Below is an extract from a commentary originally posted at www.speculative-investor.com on 16th December 2007. What to do? In the 26th November Weekly Update, with the HUI at around 430, we wrote the following: "Our expectation is that the upward trends in gold and gold stocks will resume following the completion of a fairly normal correction, but at the same time we are constantly on the lookout for developments that could turn a normal correction into a large one. Unfortunately, prices tend to move so quickly in the markets these days that selling after evidence emerges that things have changed for the worse will often result in selling near a short-term bottom. This means that precautionary steps need to be taken when prices are relatively high.
Pac-10 Notebook: Beavers face punishment
EXTRA CREDIT: While dumb and dumber best describes Oregon State's recent actions, no one is questioning the intelligence level of the Oregon basketball team, which has a current graduation rate way off the charts. Three senior starters, forwards Malik Hairston and Maarty Leunen and guard Bryce Taylor, received their diplomas last summer -- a full year ahead of schedule. Reserves Mitch Platt and Ray Schaefer joined them as fifth-year seniors graduating on time. Add to that junior forward Churchill Odia, who will complete his college requirements at the end of the current winter quarter. "No one else in the country has got that," coach Ernie Kent said, referring to the five college grads on the active roster. "We have great seniors. We have great parents. We told them when they came in this would help their NBA careers." Kent wasn't giving them an idle sales pitch about receiving a fast-track education while maintaining pro basketball possibilities.
EDS Awarded Contract to Manage IS Environment for ArvinMeritor
PLANO, Texas and TROY, Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EDS and ArvinMeritor recently signed a new, six-year agreement for EDS to manage the tier-one automotive supplier's U.S. and Canadian Information Systems (IS) infrastructure services. EDS will help enable enhanced capabilities, promote predictability in the system and speed ArvinMeritor's ability to change with the evolving business climate. "As we continue our transformation, we look to EDS as a partner that has extensive IS and industry experience," said Jay McLean, vice president of service delivery, Information Systems, for ArvinMeritor. "Together, we will enhance our IS infrastructure to one that is optimized for scale and reliability as we face the challenges of today's marketplace." With the agreement, EDS will assume responsibility for ArvinMeritor's IS infrastructure, which includes consolidating and hosting its midrange servers and mainframe computers in EDS data centers.
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