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McClard's family questions justice
We were hoping people in court would take the recommendation of the director of the Department of Youth Dual Jurisdiction Program who testified in court on Jonathan's behalf. Instead, he got themaximum sentence possible. Jonathan had been reading his Bible and was coming back to God. He saw a way out and a way to put himself in a much better place. He took himself directly to God where he is now. There is great comfort in that for all of his family who know God because we know we will be reunited. There is great pain and suffering now. His life has been cut short and the potential of what he could have contributed with maturity is now gone. Carol McClard, Jonathan McClard's grandmother. .
A perfect of a different variety
Super Bowl 42 is an instant classic. As I mentioned in an earlier, this is why you can't underestimate the importance of just MAKING the playoffs. The Giants have now won 11 games in a row away from home and yet probably can't wait to get back. Two of the last three Super Bowls have been won by a 5 seed or lower. In a game filled with little to no highlights in the first three quarters, the fourth quarter raised the heart rate at an increasingly rapid pace. Three lead changes in the final few minutes, capped off by two touchdowns, including clutch drive by Eli Manning in the final minute. The perfect season is still to be had, and this game proved just how hard it is to pull off. As much momentum and respect as the Giants brought into this game, given the (literal) road they had to travel to get to Arizona, it was still almost impossible to see them winning this game.
AP Poll Method, Questions and Results
The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the 2008 presidential race was conducted Dec. 3-5 and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,009 adults. The sample included 469 people who identified themselves as Democrats or who lean toward the Democratic Party, and 376 people who identified themselves as Republican or who lean toward the Republican Party. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline numbers. Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish. As is done routinely in surveys, results were weighted, or adjusted, to ensure that responses accurately reflect the population's makeup by factors such as age, sex, region and race. No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 3.1 percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all people in the U.S.
Churches share the season's joy with musicals, nativity tableaus
Josh Spangler knows exactly where he'll be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight: In the woods next to Trinity Church, dressed as Joseph with a pregnant Mary in tow, pleading with an innkeeper for a room. His moment in the spotlight takes place every six minutes and is one scene from "The Christmas Journey." In it, tour guides take visitors on a woodsy walk past biblical scenes acted out by Trinity members. "It's a good way to share with people who wouldn't normally go and sit in church and listen to the Christmas message," said Spangler, 27, who lives in Laingsburg. .
The gluten-free phenomenon
Just when bread was starting to make a comeback after the low-carb craze, it has been hit with the gluten-free frenzy.
Hoards of people are giving up gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Yet the growing numbers of gluten avoiders are not only people with celiac disease--which was once dismissed as a rare condition but is now estimated to affect 1 out of every 100 Americans.
Gluten has become the dietary villain du jour, the new "carb," if you will.
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Indoor golf facility puts the swing back into winter
It's just a wedge shot across the Ohio River from Coraopolis, a narrow parcel littered with industrial plants, weathered warehouses and what is billed as the most spacious indoor golf dome in the country. Make no mistake, Neville Island has never been confused with a winter getaway destination. But if you're looking to hit golf balls and get your swing in shape while snow and ice blanket the region's golf courses, the golf dome at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center is the place to be. And you don't even have to wear gloves, turtlenecks or wind shirts in the climate-controlled dome. It's a balmy 70 degrees every day, making it a must-stop destination for Ronca and a host of other cooped-up golfers in Western Pennsylvania. "When I go down there, I always see a lot of other people," said Ronca, 52, a Baden resident who plays mainly at public courses and considers himself a low- to mid-80s player.
McClard's family questions justice
We were hoping people in court would take the recommendation of the director of the Department of Youth Dual Jurisdiction Program who testified in court on Jonathan's behalf. Instead, he got themaximum sentence possible. Jonathan had been reading his Bible and was coming back to God. He saw a way out and a way to put himself in a much better place. He took himself directly to God where he is now. There is great comfort in that for all of his family who know God because we know we will be reunited. There is great pain and suffering now. His life has been cut short and the potential of what he could have contributed with maturity is now gone. Carol McClard, Jonathan McClard's grandmother. .
A perfect of a different variety
Super Bowl 42 is an instant classic. As I mentioned in an earlier, this is why you can't underestimate the importance of just MAKING the playoffs. The Giants have now won 11 games in a row away from home and yet probably can't wait to get back. Two of the last three Super Bowls have been won by a 5 seed or lower. In a game filled with little to no highlights in the first three quarters, the fourth quarter raised the heart rate at an increasingly rapid pace. Three lead changes in the final few minutes, capped off by two touchdowns, including clutch drive by Eli Manning in the final minute. The perfect season is still to be had, and this game proved just how hard it is to pull off. As much momentum and respect as the Giants brought into this game, given the (literal) road they had to travel to get to Arizona, it was still almost impossible to see them winning this game.
AP Poll Method, Questions and Results
The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the 2008 presidential race was conducted Dec. 3-5 and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,009 adults. The sample included 469 people who identified themselves as Democrats or who lean toward the Democratic Party, and 376 people who identified themselves as Republican or who lean toward the Republican Party. Digits in the phone numbers dialed were generated randomly to reach households with unlisted and listed landline numbers. Interviews were conducted in both English and Spanish. As is done routinely in surveys, results were weighted, or adjusted, to ensure that responses accurately reflect the population's makeup by factors such as age, sex, region and race. No more than one time in 20 should chance variations in the sample cause the results to vary by more than plus or minus 3.1 percentage points from the answers that would be obtained if all people in the U.S.
Churches share the season's joy with musicals, nativity tableaus
Josh Spangler knows exactly where he'll be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. tonight: In the woods next to Trinity Church, dressed as Joseph with a pregnant Mary in tow, pleading with an innkeeper for a room. His moment in the spotlight takes place every six minutes and is one scene from "The Christmas Journey." In it, tour guides take visitors on a woodsy walk past biblical scenes acted out by Trinity members. "It's a good way to share with people who wouldn't normally go and sit in church and listen to the Christmas message," said Spangler, 27, who lives in Laingsburg. .
The gluten-free phenomenon
Just when bread was starting to make a comeback after the low-carb craze, it has been hit with the gluten-free frenzy.
Hoards of people are giving up gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Yet the growing numbers of gluten avoiders are not only people with celiac disease--which was once dismissed as a rare condition but is now estimated to affect 1 out of every 100 Americans.
Gluten has become the dietary villain du jour, the new "carb," if you will.
.
Indoor golf facility puts the swing back into winter
It's just a wedge shot across the Ohio River from Coraopolis, a narrow parcel littered with industrial plants, weathered warehouses and what is billed as the most spacious indoor golf dome in the country. Make no mistake, Neville Island has never been confused with a winter getaway destination. But if you're looking to hit golf balls and get your swing in shape while snow and ice blanket the region's golf courses, the golf dome at the Robert Morris University Island Sports Center is the place to be. And you don't even have to wear gloves, turtlenecks or wind shirts in the climate-controlled dome. It's a balmy 70 degrees every day, making it a must-stop destination for Ronca and a host of other cooped-up golfers in Western Pennsylvania. "When I go down there, I always see a lot of other people," said Ronca, 52, a Baden resident who plays mainly at public courses and considers himself a low- to mid-80s player.
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