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Officials say a 4-year-old child who was pulled from Lake Lookout Saturday has died at the hospital.
The Catawba County Sheriff confirmed to WBTV that the incident happened in Lake Lookout just off of Riverbend Road.
The sheriff said the child was under water for 10 minutes on Saturday evening.
A witness told WBTV she ran to help when she heard the child was missing. By the time she got there, she says the boy was found, floating on Lake Lookout.
She says emergency crews performed CPR on the child for quite some time.
Right now, there's no official word on where the boy's parents were at the time, but the witness told WBTV that they were in the area.
The witness, who was raised on Lake Lookout, encourages parents to always keep an eye on their children.
"I've been on this lake my whole life and I just don't understand why you're not watching your kids. They can drown in two to three feet of water," she said.
The child was taken to a hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he died Monday.
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By R. Scott Belzer
Staff Writer
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Kentucky State Police Trooper Duane Foley found himself executing a felony warrant early Friday evening after making a routine traffic stop.
At approximately 6 p.m. on Friday, Tpr. Foley witnessed Glen D. Turner, 32, driving in Keavy without a seat belt. While performing a basic interview and running Turner's information, the state trooper discovered Turner has been wanted for over five years.
In mid-December of 2008, it was reported that Pvt. Glen D. Turner, out of the 551st Signal Company in the United States Army, became absent without leave (AWOL) from his enlistment in Knoxville, Tenn. The following January, Captain Duane Williams, also out of the 551st Signal Company, issued a desertion warrant for Turner's arrest.
Turner was arrested for the execution of a bench warrant for desertion from the federal armed forces — a felony offense. He was quickly extradited on Monday morning after spending the weekend at the Laurel County Detention Center.
Many questions remain regarding Turner's fate following his extradition. The U.S. Army Deserter Information Point at Fort Knox — the department of the Army responsible for extradition — was not available for comment as of press time Tuesday.
Tuner was born in London and was living in Corbin at the time of his arrest.


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NEW ORLEANS - It's still early in the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, and the tropics are still quiet. But, the situation could change quickly.
Getting ready early is a must for anyone who lives near the coast, and those preparations should include a check of your insurance coverage.
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon was in the studio with advice on Tuesday.
To learn more about preparing for the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, contact the Louisiana Department of Insurance at 1-800-259-5300 or visit ldi.la.gov.


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Netgear's AC1900 router, the R7000 Nighthawk, has been well-received by the market. Since that launch, the 802.11ac market has seen a number of announcements from chipset vendors. While Qualcomm Atheros and Quantenna were busy launching 802.11ac Wave 2 silicon, Broadcom seemed to be lagging behind. In April, they launched 5G Wi-Fi XStream a six stream 802.11ac MIMO platform, which was essentially two discrete 3x3 802.11ac radios. SemiAccurate saw through the marketing talk and called it out for what it really was. Despite seeing Asus demonstrate a model at Computex, I assumed that devices based on the platform would appear in the market in late Q3 or Q4. Netgear is springing a nice surprise by launching the Nighthawk X6 (R8000) with Broadcom's 5G WiFi XStream platform...
Broadcom Announces BCM4354 802.11ac 2x2 MIMO Combo for Smartphones
Today Broadcom is announcing the newest member of their popular WiFi/BT/FM series of combo chips, the BCM4354, which adds 2x2 MIMO (two spatial stream) for smartphones and retains 802.11ac...7 by Brian Klug on 2/24/2014
Broadcom Teases Upcoming Cat 6 LTE Multimode Modem, M320 SoC with LTE
Last year at CES we took a look at Broadcom's LTE modem portfolio, where the company showed off a Cat 4 LTE baseband doing 10+10 MHz carrier aggregation, before...18 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2014
The Joys of 802.11ac WiFi
We've had quite a few major wireless networking standards over the years, and while some have certainly been better than others, I have remained a strong adherent of wired...135 by Jarred Walton on 7/8/2013
Broadcom Updates 802.11ac SoC Lineup with NAS-Friendly BCM5862x
The initial batch of 802.11ac routers shipped with the dated and inefficient BCM4706 (based on a 600 MHz MIPS32 CPU). Broadcom made some amends last year with the BCM4708x...8 by Ganesh T S on 6/3/2013
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Incompatible with Original TecTiles, TecTile 2 Announced
In our part 1 review of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 (SGS4) I noted that the device included a BCM2079x NFC controller. This is the same controller as we've...28 by Brian Klug on 4/26/2013
Ubiquiti Networks Brings 802.11ac to Enterprise Wi-Fi APs
The enterprise Wi-Fi market is a hotly contested one with expensive offerings from companies such as Aruba Networks and Ruckus Wireless being the preferred choice of many IT administrators...13 by Ganesh T S on 3/25/2013
Roku 3 Media Streamer Launches for $99
We have reviewed the Roku devices before, and the last major hardware refresh (if you discount the MHL-equipped streaming stick) was the Roku 2 XS which we evaluated in...33 by Ganesh T S on 3/6/2013
A Look at Broadcom's BCM21892 LTE Baseband at MWC
Yesterday we stopped by Broadcom to look at their newly announced BCM21892 LTE baseband, which we saw teased previously at CES doing a VoLTE call. If you're not famliar...8 by Brian Klug on 2/27/2013
Broadcom Announces BCM21892 - Their First 4G LTE-Advanced Baseband
It was teased at this year's CES demonstrating VoLTE calls, we saw it working in a reference design, and today, Broadcom is finally ready to make their first LTE-enabled...17 by Brian Klug on 2/12/2013
Hands On with Samsung Galaxy S 2 Plus - Contains BCM28155 SoC
Earlier in the week Samsung announced the Galaxy S 2 Plus, a rather strange late-cycle update to the SGS2. The device is pretty much what you'd expect, and contains...10 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Broadcom Teases its first LTE-enabled Baseband with VoLTE Demo
I dropped by Broadcom during CES, and while we've already covered most of what they had to show off, one of the things which immediately caught my eye was...2 by Brian Klug on 1/11/2013
Broadcom Unveils 4Kp60-capable BCM7445 SoC for Home Gateways (STBs)
The unveiling of the BCM7445 is undoubtedly the most exciting news to come out of the Broadcom camp for CES 2013. It is the fourth generation STB (set-top-box) SoC...14 by Ganesh T S on 1/8/2013
Netgear Selects Broadcom HPAV Solution for Powerline Products
HomePlug and G.hn are tussling it out to emerge as the de-facto powerline standard, but HomePlug has enjoyed a lot of success as the incumbent. In the North American...4 by Ganesh T S on 1/7/2013
Broadcom's pre-CES Sneak Peek: BCM 43341 NFC Combo Chip and More..
We were at Broadcom's press event in San Francisco on Tuesday, where they outlined their vision for the trends in the next few years. Covered aspects included location technologies...8 by Ganesh T S on 12/13/2012
Android 4.2 Hits AOSP, Broadcom Replaces NXP with NCI Stack for NFC
Yesterday source code for Android 4.2 was pushed to AOSP (Android Open Source Project), paving the way for other developers to begin building their own Android images and looking...13 by Brian Klug on 11/14/2012
Broadcom Announces 802.11ac Combo Chip, BCM4335
Back at the Netgear 802.11ac event where we got to see some of the first 802.11ac enabled R6300 and R6200 routers, Broadcom told me that the announcement of an...7 by Brian Klug on 7/24/2012
Broadcom Announces BCM4708x and BCM5301x SoCs for 802.11ac routers
We've been talking about 802.11ac a lot lately, and today Broadcom is announcing a new family of SoCs with greater integration and performance specifically tailored to 802.11ac SMB and...5 by Brian Klug on 6/5/2012
Netgear Announces 2-stream 802.11ac R6200 router and A6200 USB 2.0 adapter
We're at Broadcom and Netgear's joint press event today, where both are announcing the commercial availability of the R6300 three spatial stream 802.11ac router which was announced at CES...16 by Brian Klug & Ganesh T S on 5/15/2012
Broadcom Announces New Combo Chips - BCM4334, BCM43241, Shows 802.11ac Once More
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Liz Dennery Sanders
Luminary Circle founding member and former chair of the Los Angeles Board of Directors Liz Dennery Sanders offers Step Up members insight each month into key steps to success.
I was sitting in my therapist's office (brilliant gal, by the way) last week talking about another fear and perceived limitation that had me stuck in my tracks. When I finally finished rambling I heard her take a deep breath and she said, "You know Liz, just use your courage."
Use my courage. Hmmm. I have courage?
Her words stayed with me for days. Great educators call it a "teachable moment." I knew there was an important message for me here.
I'm not talking about the jump-out-of-an-airplane-kind-of-courage (although that's always good for a strong dose of adrenaline and pushing your outer-limits a bit farther). I'm talking about when you know deep down to your core that you are supposed to do something — when your intuition pulls you in a particular direction — but you let your chattering monkey mind, and all of the excuses and limiting beliefs it comes up with, get in your way.
How easy it is to give in to fear. To remain paralyzed, small, safe. But playing small doesn't really align with being awesome, now does it?
I'm a writer, and yet I have a fear of writing. Afraid of being vulnerable, exposed, criticized. So I'll come up with any excuse in the book to avoid sitting down at my keyboard. Especially if I'm writing something personal. Coffee date? Great. Laundry? I'll do five loads. You need my help? I'm there yesterday. Whatever it takes to avoid the possibility of putting myself on the line on paper. Naked.
Use my courage.
I have it. You have it. We ALL have it. You've just got to use it. Courage is a muscle that atrophies from lack of use. How often we kneel to our weaknesses, when we should be praying at the altar of our strengths (thank you, Marcus Buckingham.)
Sometimes we stare so long at the ghost of our fear that we use up all of our energy in a constant state of anxiety. What a waste. How many times have you gotten yourself all bent out of shape about something, but once you actually sat down to do it, you laughed at yourself for having made such a fuss in the first place?
C'mon, be honest. The anxiety about a particular situation is usually A LOT worse than whatever the situation might be. This happens to me all the time. I admit it: I'm a bit of a recovering fuss-pot.
Courage is that little bit of action juice that gets us over whatever perceived obstacle may be in our way. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."
If you're going to use your courage, just put one foot in front of the other. Daily.
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TICONDEROGA - Frances K. Brannock Newhall, 90, of Ticonderoga, passed away Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, at Glens Falls Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Born Sept. 6, 1923, in Hague, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Nellie (Maloney) May.
She was a lifelong Hague and Ticonderoga resident, and a graduate of Hague Central School and Plattsburgh State College.
Frances was an elementary school teacher, having taught in the Bolton Landing, Hague and Ticonderoga School Districts for many years.
Mrs. Newhall was kind and pleasant to everyone, and everyone she met would become her friend. She will always be remembered for her beautiful smile. She was an avid New York Mets fan and bowler. She spent many enjoyable years bowling in the Wednesday night league. She was a charter member of the Ticonderoga Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary. Frances' greatest joy was spending time with her family and friends.
Mrs. Newhall was predeceased by her husbands, Kenneth C. Brannock and Winthrop Newhall; three brothers, Harry May, Bill May, and George May; and three sisters, Bessie Smith, Lulu Corlew, and Laura May.
Survivors include her three children, Keith W. Brannock and his wife Nancy of Ticonderoga, Diane Marie Grunewald and her husband Fred of Jackson Heights, and Terry Brannock and his wife Shari of Ticonderoga; three grandchildren, Terry Brannock II, Seth Brannock and his wife Jamie, and Lori Mosher and her husband Randy. She is also survived by three stepsons, Mike Newhall, Tom Newhall, and Jamie Newhall; and a very special stepdaughter, Peggy Newhall Walraven.
Relatives and friends may call from 10 to 12 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at Wilcox & Regan Funeral Home, 11 Algonkin St., Ticonderoga. A private burial will follow.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Mrs. Newhall's memory to the Ticonderoga Fire Department.


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So now that Dion is officially done, it's only a matter of time before Fab does the same.
With that said we're losing 4 starters but still have a solid line-up:
G - Brandon Triche
G - Michael Carter-Williams
F - James Southerland
F - CJ Fair
C - Rakeem Christmas
First G off the bench will be Trevor Cooney
First F/C off the bench will be DeJaun Coleman
OR Coleman will start at F/C & Southerland will be first F off the bench.
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Lady Monarchs to host American in WNIT first-round game March 17
The Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs (18-13) will host the American University Eagles (22-9) at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 17, in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT). The game will be played at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
"To be a part of the field of postseason play is exciting," said ODU head coach Wendy Larry, "and getting a chance to play at home is certainly a credit to our fan base."
The Lady Monarchs, regular-season champs of the Colonial Athletic Association, are coming off their first-ever loss in their 18th appearance in the CAA championship game and are headed to a postseason tournament for the 19th time in the past 20 years. ODU earned the CAA's automatic bid into the WNIT after finishing as the regular-season champion with a 14-4 record in league play.
Junior All-CAA Second Team and All-Tournament Team selection Jasmine Parker (Norfolk) leads the way for ODU as the team leader in scoring (10.9), assists (3.5) and steals (2.5).
American earned a share of the Patriot League regular-season title this year, finishing with a program-best 13-1 mark in conference play. The Eagles were 22-9 overall, falling in the championship game to Lehigh, 58-42. American boasts the Patriot League Player of the Year, junior Michelle Kirk. The first American player to earn the honor, she averages 18.1 points per game.
Tickets are available at the ODU Box Office. All tickets will be general admission, and prices are $10 for adults; $7 for youth 17 and under, senior citizens and military personnel; and $5 for ODU students with a valid ID.
The game marks ODU's first appearance in the WNIT. The winner will face the winner of the Boston University/Providence first-round matchup.
This article was posted on: March 16, 2010
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|the broheim and his lady.
|i wuz there.
|present for my mama. she likes red.
|hungry beast.
|a face i grew up with most of my life.
|pretty sissy.
|an old cuban. did the job nicely.
|mistletoe is a necessity.
|christmas cards. LOVE getting them. (hint hint)
|you need Cowboy boot stockings in Texas.
|but you must also remember your roots. with a flamingo. unofficial FL state bird.
|welcome to our house!
|be proud of me. i hung wedding pictures.
|more bars...in more places.
|find the pickle...
|ella's stocking.
|it's a charlie brown-ish christmas in this house.
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PLAYBILL VAULT'S Today in Theatre History: AUGUST 13
By David Gewirtzman
1895 Bert Lahr (nee Irving Lahrheim), the future stage and screen clown, is born today in New York. Following an early career in Vaudeville, Lahr will enjoy a widely successful career on Broadway in such musicals as Du Barry was a Lady and Foxy. Lahr is best remembered by today's audiences for his performance as the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz."
1921 Lynn Fontanne has her first major hit in the starring role of Dulcy, the comedy by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly. Despite her success, she will rarely perform without future husband Alfred Lunt again.
1981 Ira Levin's thriller Deathtrap becomes Broadway's longest-running show of that genre tonight, as it plays its 1,445th performance. Currently featured in the cast of the production at the Music Box Theatre are Farley Granger, Elizabeth Parrish, Ernest Townsend, and Marian Seldes. Deathtrap opened at the Music Box on Feb. 26, 1978, with Seldes, John Wood, and Victor Garber in the cast. Tony nominations were awarded for the play, director Robert Moore, and actors Seldes and Garber.
1997 Mere Mortals and Others, the Off-Off-Broadway success which played at Primary Stages moves to Off-Broadway's John Houseman Theatre. The follow-up to playwright David Ives' comic compilation of one-acts All in the Timing, Mere Mortals combines six other one-acts as directed by John Rando. The six plays comprising the show are: Mere Mortals, Speed The Play, Foreplay, Or, The Art Of The Fugue, Degas, C'Est Moi, the newly written Dr. Fritz and Time Flies.
2001 "I love you, Butthead," Monica Lewinsky confessed she told then-President Bill Clinton in a phone conversation with her confidante, Linda Tripp. Snatches, a collection of such illuminating details from the infamous Lewinsky incident which almost led to Clinton's removal from office, are gathered into a play with the unfortunate title Snatches. The comedy, adapted verbatim from the women's taped talks by Laura Strausfield begins performances today at the 78th Street Theatre Lab Off-Broadway.
2011 The New York premiere of Yeast Nation (The Triumph of Life), a new musical by Urinetown's Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis, starring Harriet Harris, begins performances as part of the 15th annual New York International Fringe Festival. The production sells out its entire run at La Mama ETC before the first performance.
More of Today's Birthdays: Buddy Rogers 1904. Barbara Bennett 1906. Gene Raymond 1908. John Beal 1909. Claudia McNeil 1917. James Carpinello 1975. Euan Morton 1977.
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How to write an Executable Grammar
There has been quite some noise about executable grammars recently. Executable grammars are also known as parser combinators. In today's installment I will show you how to write your own executable grammar. You will see that it is as simple as using a parser generator like Yacc and Antlr. Actually, I'd say it is even simpler. Me myself, I never figured out how to use these parser generator beasts. They are just too arcane. Yet, I wrote my own executable grammar in less than 3 hours.
In a first step, we gonna write an executable grammar for the expression
raining & ( dogs | cats ) *
There we go.
The basic idea of an executable grammar is to build a parser's grammar as a tree of objects that know how to parse their grammar production. How? Just open the famous Design Pattern book on page 243, and the recipe is at your fingertips: the Interpreter pattern.
We will step through that pattern today, implementing a scanner-free parsing expression grammar. But there is more magic around the corner. In a follow up we will expose our parser combinators as a DSL, and eventually, use the black art of memoization to turn them into a full-fledged packrat parser running in linear time.
Today's language of choice is Ruby, so we start with:
class Expression def initialize(regexp) @regexp = regexp end def match(input) input.scan @regexp end end
The class Expression is the basic building block of our executable grammar. Each instance of Expression knows how to parse itself, and is thus a little parser of its own. So far, expressions are nothing more than glorified regular expressions. Later, we will add subclasses to match sequence, alternation and repetition patterns.
We must require 'strscan' as we are using StringScanner#scan to match regular expressions. StringScanner keeps a scan pointer. When scanning for a regular expression, the match must occur at the character after the scan pointer. If a regular expression matches, the scan pointer moves just beyond the last character of the match, ready to scan again from the next character onwards. In other words, StringScanner consumes the input.
require 'strscan'
Example 1: the following code will successfully match the first token of our sample input.
input = StringScanner.new "raining cats cats dogs cats" grammar = Expression.new /raining/ p grammar.match(input)
So far our expressions are quite useless for real parsing. A real parser must not only consume its input on success, but also backtrack on failure. Not to mention such fancy magic as whitespace skipping.
In order to backtrack on failure, we are going to rewrite Expression#match. This is done by saving the input's position before attempting to perform a match, and resetting it upon failure. Hence, we rewrite the match method as follows
save = input.pos match = input.scan @regexp input.pos = save if match.nil? return match
As we are later going to redefine
match in each subclass, it would be quite painstaking to repeat this boilerplate code all the time. Patterns to the rescue! There is a nice pattern to be applied here, the Template Method pattern (GOF p 325). We delegate the actual matching to a template method called
private_match, which subclasses may override to redefine the actual matching.
class Expression def match(input) save = input.pos input.skip_whitespace match = self.private_match(input) input.pos = save if match.nil? return match end def private_match(input) input.scan @regexp end end
Above, we are even getting the whitespace magic done! Before any attempt to perform private_match, leading whitespace if skipped with a call to StringScanner#skip_whitespace. As StringScanner does not offer such a method by default, we extend the class dynamically as follows:
class StringScanner def skip_whitespace self.skip /\s+/ end end
Next, we are going to subclasses Expression to match sequence, ordered-choice and repetition patterns. This might sound scarier than it actually is. We just follow the recipe of the Interpreter pattern (GOF p 243), adding a new subclass for each kind of pattern.
SequenceExpression matches each of its child-expressions in sequence. If any of the child-expressions fails, the whole expression fails and backtracks.
class SequenceExpression < Expression def initialize @children = [] end def & expr @children << expr; self end def private_match(input) @children.collect { |expr| match = expr.match input return if match.nil? match } end end
OrderedChoiceExpression will return the first successful match among its child-expressions. If none of the child-expressions succeeds, the whole expression fails.
NB: for those familiar with context free grammars, there is a gotcha here. The ordered-choice pattern of PEG grammars differs from a CFG's alternation pattern. Given a series of alternatives, PEG will take the first match, where as CFG will walk both paths and choose the fullest match. For a CFG,
E = (ab | a) and
F = (a | ab) are the same. For a PEG they differ: both branches of
E possibly match, whereas the second branch of
F will never match since the first branch is always taken.
class OrderedChoiceExpression < Expression def initialize @children = [] end def | expr @children << expr; self end def private_match(input) @children.each { |expr| match = expr.match input return match if not match.nil? } return nil end end
RepetitionExpression tries to match its child-expression as many times as possible. Even if the child-expression does not match at all, the whole expression succeeds.
class RepetitionExpression < Expression def initialize(expression) @child = expression end def private_match(input) matches = [] while match = @child.match(input) matches << match end return matches end end
Eventually, we apply the Factory Method pattern (GOF p 107) to add support for these patterns to the base class.
class Expression def & expr SequenceExpression.new & self & expr end def | expr OrderedChoiceExpression.new | self | expr end def star RepetitionExpression.new self end end
Example 2: the following code will successfully match the entire grammar that has initially been given as an example. First, we create expressions for the terminals "raining", "cats", and "dogs". Then, we combine them using our little factory methods, thus creating a full parser.
input = StringScanner.new("raining cats cats dogs cats") raining = Expression.new /raining/ cats = Expression.new /cats/ dogs = Expression.new /dogs/ grammar = raining & (dogs | cats).star p grammar.match(input)
And done!
Well, not completely done. In order to implement a full parsing expression grammar we must add four additional subclasses: OneOrMoreExpression, ZeroOrOneExpression, AndPredicate, and NotPredicate. Their implementation follows the same schema as RepetitionExpression. For details, please refer to the full source code of today's installment.


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Raj Parmar B.D.S., L.D.S.R.C.S.Eng. Tel: 01628 486278
Emma Baggaley B.Ch.D., M.G.D.P.(UK)
2013 has certainly been a busy year for us and we are constantly trying to improve and offer more to our patients.
We launched our first email newsletter in February and since then sent out a further three. We have had an overwhelmingly positive feedback from patients with most commenting on the useful and interesting information regarding looking after our mouths and also reminding them of our website which is full of preventive tips.
This year also saw many of our patients benefiting from two more of our services: Implants and Orthodontics.
Congratulations Kevin!
We are pleased to announce that Kevin has now completed the two-year Diploma in Implantology at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Implants are rapidly becoming accepted as an ideal solution for replacing missing teeth. Many of our patients are currently undergoing implant treatment with Kevin as an alternative to dentures and bridges.
If you are interested, please ask Jayne, our Practice Manager, to arrange a free, no obligation, consultation for an initial assessment.
You can reach Jayne on 01628 486278 or email her.
Several of us missed out on orthodontic treatment in our younger years. We now live in a health conscious society and we are all looking of ways to better ourselves. Whiter and straighter teeth give us the confidence to smile more and also create a feeling of well being.
There are now two very quick ways to straighten those slightly crooked teeth and very easily improve our smiles.
The Inman Aligner is an innovative way to straighten mild crowding in 4 to 16 weeks and Fastbraces can straighten more crowded teeth in less than a year.
Here is a case Raj has completed recently in only three months.
Before After
Raj qualified from the University of Birmingham Dental School in 1988, with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery and a Licenciate in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Having begun his dental career in Oxford, he has been practising in Marlow since 1991.
Raj regularly attends relevant postgraduate meetings and courses to ensure he is constantly abreast of the latest thinking and techniques and is a member of the British Dental Association (BDA) and the British Dental Health Foundation (BDHF).
Raj is also a member and former chairman of The Newbury Study Group, which organises monthly lectures and discussions on topics relevant to dentistry.
Kevin Gilmore studied at University of Liverpool Dental School, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery.
After graduating, Kevin worked in London, Northern Ireland and Australia. Before joining us in 2011, Kevin was practising in private practice in Thatcham, West Berkshire for the previous five years.
Kevin has extensive post-graduate experience in all aspects of routine and cosmetic dentistry and is currently completing the Diploma in Implantology at the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Jayne Sue Charlotte
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Welcome to the maelstrom that only the glorious sport of football could ever dream to produce. The horse gallops on the ferocious waves, and the vortex below is ever threatening. There is no plan B. Either the horse stays afloat or it falls victim to the turmoil. Victory is the only method of survival. And at this moment, that horse is looking as strong as ever.
With even a slight mishap having the potential to end one's stay in an organization, the four phases of the Broncos have been the epitome of the nature of the business. Shanahan had built a hope-bringing but underachieving team. The former juggernaut had waded into mediocrity, and the old ways would have needed time in order to be reborn. To some, like me, Shanahan represented Broncos football. He needed to inject leaders into his team, and with defensive improvement that 2008 team could have grown into something special. Shanahan, however, failed to make an impression, and feel into the whirlpool. The team needed a jump start, and an injection of new blood seemed appropriate. The incoming cyclone, however, made an unstable situation into a disastrous one.
Consider, however, how the swells in the organization left the team where it is today. As Shanahan left, the iconic legacy that the Broncos created, the pinnacle that any NFL team dreams of reaching, left as well. With McDaniels came youth and change, but the team attempted to become the Patriots West, and the dictator at the helm drove the system into the ground. McDaniels' tenure, however, gave multiple opportunities for the next regime. The Broncos were given a base of players that resulted in a poor season and showed fallacies that called for a complete overhaul. One product of the McDaniels era came at the perfect time to replace the horse upon the grueling tides, and that person was Tebow. McDaniels not only brought in EFX by nature of his departure, he also brought in the player EFX had the pleasure to enjoy for the first year of the three-year plan. Tebow was a critical part of the resurrection of the 2011 season, and the first playoff game was a magical one that will be recorded in Broncos' lore. The cardiac kid was too much for EFX to handle, however, and fell with McDaniels into the sea.
Shanahan lead to McDaniels, which lead to both Elway and Tebow, and they lead the team to where it is now. Having essentially no constancy ironically gave birth to a historic opportunity, and even in this new golden era constancy will be relinquished again in a few years. The transitions of the past four years exposed the Broncos as an organization with a clear identity crisis. The wily legend's message had gone stale, and a system which once worked became ineffective. Removing Shanahan from the picture was a bitter pronouncement that the old methods of gaining glory were now ineffective in the modern era. McDaniels plucked the horse of off the waves and replaced it with a beaming young man that was full of exuberance and wore white, blue, and red to the core. In hindsight, missteps were bound to happen, and the fallout was inevitable; the young man never walked on the waves before, and that was the eventual death sentence.
Elway returned a horse to its rightful place, but this was a different horse. This horse was not old and weak muscled and weak hearted; this horse was young, full of pride, but it retained a twinge of the old Mile High Magic. The man who was the Broncos before Shanahan had returned, and the foundation built in the first year is proving to be strong. This horse is where the team now stands, and it is slightly different than the past.
Peyton Manning is a Bronco, and that is something special. I felt that Tebow would have taken this franchise to great places, but this is also a great opportunity. A few survivors of the transition from McDaniels, Decker and D. Thomas, have a great chance to be special. The draft originally seemed very flawed, but after actually considering the players taken potential seems good. My eyes tell me that Wolfe is hard to block one on one but is poor against double-teams. With a combination of Von and Doom, however, there is a massive potential for constant pressure in the offensive backfield. Only one of these guys can be double teamed by the offensive line when it is blocking on its own, which means two of the Von, Doom, and Wolfe triad will have only one blocker to take on and the result will be havoc. Opposing teams may have to keep extra blockers, which hurts the opponent's passing game by providing less targets for the QB in the passing game. Wolfe is the perfect 3-technique for this defense. Osweiler is a very questionable pick, but the potential rewards may outweigh the risk. I would have liked Lavonte David at that pick, however, and I had thought we could have picked a QB next year. Hillman provides speed and a style of running that has not been seen here in a while, and hopefully he can bulk up a bit and become a great overall back. Bolden is a high reward and essentially no-risk player that can hopefully become great. This draft class looks good and should prove critical in Elway's plans.
The front office is a good match for this team. Xanders had his responsibility diffused into three people, and as such he had no real role left on the team. Fox seems like the type of coach that gets the best out of his players and staff, and generally he leaves the X's and O's to the coordinators, and these qualities, when combined, are very effective in running a team. Everything regarding coaching and administration is set, and that general stability should be good for the franchise.
The Broncos went from being one of the most stable franchises to one of the most unstable. In the recent process of gutting two rosters, the team acquired a living legend and hopes to reach the top. Personally, I do not expect the team to win it all this year, but I believe year three of the plan will include a parade in 2014. The team needs one more year for the youth to gain experience and for another round of free agency and the draft to solidify this team. I truly hope the Super Bowl is won this year, however. The horse is looking strong, and the mixture of the old and the new is perfect in the current situation. The state of the Broncos is very good; the team is talented enough to win now but young enough to win for years to come. Manning will attract other good players as well. This team will be championship caliber next year, and this year also holds potential. It's a great time to be a Broncos fan.


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TVR dead. Deader.
On July 11, English magazine Autocar published a brief interview with reclusive no-longer-boy billionaire TVR owner Nikolai Smolenski, and he confirmed that TVR is over for good. Smolenski told them that after building three test cars, "A Tuscan Mk2 convertible with a 400bhp Corvette LS3 engine; a Cerbera powered by a BMW twin-turbo V8 diesel; and a GT350 powered by a 100kW electric motor," he's done with building cars. "They all worked well, but the costs were high," he told Autocar. "We would have to sell them at between £100,000 and £200,000, which was too high to make sense."
Instead, he'll be applying the TVR name to some sort of wind turbine boondoggle, which…which we couldn't care less about. What we do care about is that he has no plans to sell the name (although he's indicated that huge piles of money would change his mind), and firmly intends to retire TVR from carmaking, forever.
Comments are telling me some people don't get TVR. Here's everything I loved about it, in nine minutes of 'I can't believe someone made this car' beauty.
At the Carlisle Import show
My May calendar is always marked with the dates of the Carlisle import show. It's one event I try never to miss, a gathering of interesting imports from around the eastern United States. This year, Mark McCourt and I packed up the mighty Hemmings Ford Flex and headed south for the Keystone State, knowing that we'd encounter great cars, a bunch of friends of Hemmings, a swap meet filled with stuff that might have to come home with us, and Stoltzfus Pennsylvania Dutch shoo-fly pie, which has become something of a tradition for us. (Please don't tell our HMO.)
One of the things that makes Carlisle so much fun, in addition to the wide array of foreign cars on display, is the social nature of the show. Carlisle is welcoming to clubs, a number of which hold regional or national meets in conjunction with the show (like the North American Spitfire Squadron's Spit-Together, shown above. The distinctive green Spitfire nearest the camera we recognize as Paul Geithner's, by the way.) That means that, instead of sitting by themselves behind their cars all day, car owners are likely to be congregating under their club's pop-up tent. Even if you're not a member of the club, you're likely to be welcomed in and offered a chair, and, likely as not, something cold to drink. It's pretty great.
New time, place for national TVR meet
The TVR Car Club North America, the largest U.S. club for fans of the hand-built sports cars from Blackpool, England, will hold its national event in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on September 26 and 27. The event, Out of the Woodwork 2008, is returning to its roots as a stand-alone show, after being held in conjunction with the import and kit car show in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for the past two years.
The meet takes place at Washington's Crossing Historic Park, on the banks of the scenic Delaware River, a spot that organizers say is large enough to accommodate bigger crowds in future years. Thursday is for early arrivals; on Friday, a Covered Bridges Driving Tour will leave the host hotel, the Sheraton Bucks County Hotel, around 11 a.m. On Saturday, the club will hold its people's choice car show in Washington's Crossing Historic Park, with awards presented in various TVR classes and additional classes for other marques. The club's auction takes place on Saturday night, after the banquet.
The show is open to TVRCCNA members and their guests, and is a must for anyone who's interested in these endearing and characterful sports cars. For the first time, the club is offering its members a one-price ticket to cover both the banquet and car registration. The club has also arranged a special rate for members at the Sheraton. For more information, visit www.tvrccna.org.
(This post originally appeared in the September 11, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Exit Peugeot
Last summer, I posted a bit one of my favorite mechanical poems, The Young Aviator. In Part II of our extended mechanical poetry series, we present Exit Peugeot, a very dark rumination on their closing of the historic Ryton-on-Dunsmore factory last spring (that's the former Sunbeam plant, for those in the know). Somewhere, TVR workers are raising a glass in sympathy.
Exit Peugeot
The shuddering, groan as yet another decaying life-force
slowly seeps into the history of this ravaged city
reverberates throughout the region.
This industry giant's cavernous, gaping mouth
that once incessantly fed on loyalty, sweat and toil
now spews out the dry bones of its workforce
picked clean of hope and possibilities.
Husks of workers united in a common cause
fundamental to their existence
drift across barren communities
stirred into clusters by the rancid hot air of politics and finance.
After grazing on fat pastures of foreign fields
this once insatiable beast now
seeks the more palatable taste of progress
liberally seasoned with profit instead of humanity.
Lumbering and empty it leaves industry's table
its parting gift another scar on the city's face
that only time will gradually fade.
by Jo Roberts
Please, no: The TVR McRiley
It just never, ever, EVER, ends. At the same time that Nikiboy Shellywinterski announced plans for a–get this–Bugatti Veyron competitor, word comes via PistonHeads from The Blackpool Gazette that William Riley, heir to the Riley name, wants what's left not only of TVR in Blackpool, but MG Sport as well.
While the Riley name has been kaput for decades, it looks like Mr. R owns the rights to it, as he acquired it from BMW/Rover in 1999. He's currently negotiating with PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the MG Sports trademark, and has already started plans for a new factory, to be staffed with laid-off TVR workers, no less, at Bispham.
Pie-in-the-sky? Almost certainly, although Wm. Riley is an experienced financier with very deep pockets. He told The Gazette that "I'm a cautious and serious British businessman who was born into the motor trade. I do not treat workers merely as hired labor–I treat them on a mutual basis of trust and respect."
His plans call for, naturally, US-bound models, in this case via a twin manufacturing facility in America (the stillborn AC plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut, anyone?), led by a relaunched X-Power SV, a new X-Power roadster, and some sort of new Riley.
Mr. Riley also mentioned he was in the bidding for TVR when Scopalaminsky re-acquired it last month. We say: If he really wants it, it's going to be available again within 18 months. Currently, TVR's many, many creditors are in the process of receiving 5p on every £1 of the £29,000,000 they are owed, and TVR employees are expecting a nice, fat redundancy check of £35, each.
Jeezum, as we say in Vermont, crow.
Surrender: Smolenski sells TVR
Now it's just getting ridiculous. One week ago today, Nikolai Smolenski bought TVR, in effect, from himself. Now, Autocar is reporting that as of today, he's unloaded the whole smoking ruin of a company to a pair of Florida-based businessmen, Adam Burdette and Jean Michel Santacreu.
Santacreu, an event planner, and Burdette, of Evolution Imports, had been hoping to bring TVRs to this country, and now seem to be taking their plans to a dark, new region.
Given the track record of similar endeavors, we're going to call this the final nail in the coffin of once-great sports car maker TVR.
BREAKING: Smolenski buys TVR from himself
OK, so over the winter, pocket oligarch Nikolai Smolenski (or Nikolay Smokenskiy, if you prefer) lost control of the intellectual property of TVR. Numerous bidders stepped up to the plate, with engine builder Al Melling in the lead.
As of last night, there's a buyer, and in a feat of logic worthy of Ford itself, it's…wait for it…Nikolai Smolenski.
Yep. Boy Nicki has sunk something on the order of £35 million into the Blackpool carmaker over the last three years, and thought he'd top it off with another £2 million, according to Autocar. This is one sign you just might have too much money.
If we were one of the hundreds of laid-off workers, we wouldn't get our hopes up, as this isn't likely to mean anything more than that Smolensky intends to go ahead with his plans to build TVRs in Italy.
Here's the release:
Blackpool Automotive Limited in Administration
PKF Partners and Joint Administrators of Blackpool Automotive Limited yesterday evening completed the sale of the main assets of the company for an undisclosed sum to a company controlled by Nikolai Smolensky.
The sale included the TVR trademarks, certain vehicle stock, work-in-progress, and the manufacturing plant and equipment.
In a statement, joint administrators Philip Long, Kerry Bailey and Matthew Gibson said:
"Having advertised the assets of the company to the open market, we are confident we have achieved the best possible price in the circumstances and we are now looking to return money to the creditors as quickly as possible.
"While we had a significant number of companies expressing an interest, four demonstrated they had the funds required to enter a bidding process.
Ultimately, Mr Smolensky's company came in with the highest offer."
Fire sale: TVR could be yours
Well, the TVR Typhoon may be on the way…but it's not going to be called a TVR.
When Nikolai Smolenski offered the assets of TVR for sale last month, they included something known as Blackpool Automotive. The creation of this entity by Smolenski was part of some corporate shuffling and restructuring last summer, and includes the Blackpool manufacturing facilities and other physical assets of the late sports car manufacturer.
But what Niki didn't seem to realize was that Blackpool Automotive, Limited included the intellectual property of TVR as well. What does that mean? The name TVR is up for sale.
An ad in the Financial Times spells it all out. There's no asking price, but The Independent says Smolenski paid £15 million for TVR when he bought it in 2004, and invested around £30 million since.
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Coal in their stockings: TVR all over
If somehow you're not up to speed on the slow, agonizing death of independent sports car maker TVR, read our comprehensive coverage and then join in.
The "TVR 260″ (that's the 260 semi-laid-off workers whose futures have been batted about like a catnip mouse for the last four months) got one last kick in the teeth before Christmas: They didn't get paid.
As late as lunchtime on Friday, December 22, they were expecting a final paycheck, but when the day ended, they were told that the money just wasn't there. According to Blackpool Today, Tony Hodson, union convener at TVR, said the news meant a "very bleak" festive season for workers at the historic Bispham factory: "The administrators will look through all the paperwork and investigate the financial position of the company. They will be looking at whether the business can be sold."
"At the moment, the staff are just in limbo facing a very uncertain New Year. We don't know what to expect this time, because every time we have built up a bit of hope, it's just been knocked right down again. It's despicable the way the staff have been treated. (To get the letter) was a huge body blow for the workers and to get the news right before Christmas was awful. It is very, very sad. It's just TVR all over."
TVR est mort: Remaining workers given the axe for the holidays
We thought we'd update you on the doings that have been transpiring at TVR. The remaining 260 employees have, since the announcement of the plant's closing in October, still been coming to work. Doing what, we have no idea, but at the very least carrying the flame.
Last Friday, the union, management company and other interested parties met again to try to hammer out a deal to buy the company from owner Nikolai Smolenski (and the latest rumors have moribund Jensen Motors interested in a takeover). But no good news came out of the meeting and this morning, when the TVR 260 arrived at Bristol Avenue, it became official: 10 days before Christmas, they were SOL.
According to Blackpool Today, Andy Robertson, regional organizer of the Transport and General Workers Union, alluded to the interest from a "third party," almost certainly Jensen, and suggested that talks might resume in January. However, even as Robertson said that those talks were ongoing, key players the North West Development Agency (NWDA) was quoted in Blackpool Today as saying that third party talks had "fallen through." The Blackpool Citizen does suggest that with the withdrawal of Jensen, yet another, as-yet unnamed party, may now be involved.
Smolenski himself was in Blackpool yesterday in talks with the Union, mostly to tell them that their negotiations were going nowhere.
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Kyle Korver scored eight straight points in a late 18-0 run for Atlanta and the Hawks, who trailed by 14 points early in the fourth quarter, beat the Indiana Pacers 89-86 on Wednesday night.
Indiana led 83-69 before Atlanta started the comeback. Korver hit back-to-back 3-pointers and added another jumper, cutting the lead to 83-82.
Korver then missed another jumper but Josh Smith grabbed the rebound and passed to Jeff Teague, who hit a 3-pointer with 1:04 remaining to give Atlanta an 85-83 lead. Teague added another basket to cap the 18-0 run.
David West and George Hill each had 20 for the Pacers.
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With the trade deadline approaching I was wondering why there hasnt been any mention of the possibility of bringing back A. Korolyuk to the organization. He is 36 years old so definitely not past his prime, he would cost the sharks a 7th rounder at best considering he is playing with Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik, and he was an KHL all star last season.
I understand that the sharks will not expect him to be a top 6 forward or even a top 9 forward but bringing him back to the sharks I think would only be a positive for the organization. A 7th rounder for korolyuk would be great and he could fill in on the 4th line as a winger. (I think this trade would be more cost effective than a 2nd rounder for D. Moore anyway)
The down side is minimal and the upside is extraordinary if he somehow manages to find the touch he had in 00-01 or even 03-04. I think he would be a hard worker and really compete after spending the last few years in the minors. Lastly, the team needs a shot in the arm after struggling on the road trip and what better way to get the team jump started for the stretch run than by bringing back a fan favorite for the first home game in almost a month. The fans would love it, the players would love it, korolyuk would be a very serviceable 4th line winger, and the cost would be minimal.
Maybe I am too bias toward korolyuk but I think he has spent his time in the KHL and at age 36 with this team needing something to get itself over the hump, why not bring him back. Doug Wilson even gave Claude Lemiuex a shot... why not Korolyuk.
Does anyone have insight as to whether this option has been discussed internally, and if it hasnt then why not, I would love to know.


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Augusta, GA (WFXG) - This is Cherry
Tree Crossing; a public housing community deputies say is swarming with drugs,
crime, and violence. Despite that, LaTonya Heggs and her five children call
this home.
"I can't
even sleep at night," said Heggs. "They're up here shooting and stuff, and my kids." The screeching of a car rings on her street. "Stuff like this, all these kids around
here and they're driving like a maniac. It ain't a good neighborhood for
Soon, Heggs
won't have to worry about her children living here. The Housing Authority and
city officials are discussing plans to tear down Cherry Tree Crossing, and
replace it with mixed-income housing.
resident will have a private conversation about what are your housing needs," said Rodger Muchirson, director of the Housing Authority. "Do
you have children? Do you have seniors? Are there disabled in your residency?
And what we'll do is help them with relocation. "
While some
people in Cherry Tree Crossing can't wait to be relocated, those who've been
living here for years say they don't want to leave their home.
really wants to move because everybody is used to it, and now that the crime
rate is going down out here, everybody is getting comfortable with being out
here again," said Montrell Landrey, a resident at Cherry Tree.
has lived in Cherry Tree Crossing for 21 years. If the plans are approved, he
and 350 other families will be relocated to other public housing developments
or Section 8 Housing. Landrey fears the move won't help the violence in their
"All the
problems here are just going to be taken to all the rest of the neighborhoods,
and that's just going to cause chaos," Landrey said.
Even though Landrey doesn't want to leave, city
leaders say the aging housing development is in dire need of renovations, and
assure those who call Cherry Tree Crossing home, the change is for the best.
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This post has been published by me on the occasion of the Teachers' Day as a part of the Blog-a-Ton 2; the second edition of the online marathon of Bloggers; where we decide and we write. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.
For me the horrors of school life are not limited to the algebra problems or the history of beings. The nightmares began with the chapter Mogli and the Bunder log with me renamed as the Mogli and my friends as the banderlog!!!
Nowadays schools teaching method have changed, nowadays it seems they explore the inner quality of the child… i actually cried the day, the school teacher reported my bhanji's ability to paint moustaches on the faces in history book was consider a hidden passion for contempory art, for in my school days painting a moustache for considered an opportunity to test the strength of your fingers as the teachers hits you with wooden rulers.
Oh well, you know whenever I try to think of my school days in the nineties… all I remember is the slaps, wooden rulers and wounds.
My sister asked me for a favor to visit the bhanji's parents teachers meeting as a guardian, immediately the old tickers started in my mind about the 'parent-teachers' meeting in our day.
There where only two ways the both evil empires met, when my teacher invited them to mention how good I am at bad things and send…the dreaded, the evil most and the horrible…Open day!!!
You usually do not like the people talking bad things about you in your front right? Siddhesh is this…siddhesh is that… I mean hello, I am standing there right in front of you!!!
Then the stare by my mom as if she has received the beacon of trashing me from the teachers and the evil grin on the face of the teacher… the flashback pulled me back to reality!!!!
'Welcome, you are her guardian? Please take a seat.' Oh yeah, the weapons are sharpened!!!
'You see, she scored very poor in her exams,' went on the teacher. Ossum…Khunas…badla…now my sis is gonna trash her.
'And we feel you are to blame for that!!!' Oye…I already have received my trashing in my childhood.
'She tells us that you both watch cartoon channel together? I will suggest sir that you better take her studies at home,' Hullo? where is she doesn't study at all thingy???
'We are also conducting a special workshop on attentiveness, being a guardian you can also visit, I think you need it more than her.' What the??? I mean is this my open day again???
Damm modern education system.
The other day my bhanji came crying to me that the teacher punished her for doing mischief in class (yeah she has my qualities, everyone says so) the teachers asked her to do lines…poo poo!!! Only lines? Again the old film reel… The punishment in my school days… You know I always wondered the geography teacher was earlier from Hogwarts, for she always said, 'Nahi toh murga bana dungi' (Do it or i will make you into a cock) transformation?
Well, then there was this geometry teacher who made girls slap boys if they did not do homework…yeah izzat ka kachra (slang for feeling ashamed)!!!!
Punishment varied from getting hit on the knuckles with wooden scales to running rounds of the ground four to five times!!!
My sister called me one afternoon and asked me to collect my bhanji from school, it seems her stomach was aching in the middle of Physical Training class. The school had called a in-house doctor and had asked the parents to pick her up, I remember out PT instructor, when I informed my stomach was aching, he twisted my stomach so hard that it actually started aching, then not stopping there he made me run around the ground more three times!!!
The school system has hanged drastically since the days I went to school. Now torturing the children is a criminal offense…damm…I wanted to get the beacon from my parents.
I hope you like this not so short write up!!!
The fellow Blog-a-Tonics who took part in this Blog-a-Ton are Vipul, Rajalakshmi, Dhiman, Ranee[1], [2], [3] , Avada, Indian Pundit, Sojo, Aneet, Pramathesh, Aativas, Sid, Pra, Ajinkya, Lakshmi, Govind, Shilpa, Bharathi, Shankar, Mytuppence, Azad, Pawan, Pankaja, Saimanohar, Guria, Shruti, Vishnu,Nasrajan and Richa. Click on their respective names to read their posts on Teachers : Aaj Kal. To be part of the next edition, visit and start following Blog-a-Ton.


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"Considerations for implementing social justice in PETE practices"
1) Needs assessment
When deciding upon whether social justice themes are applicable for physical education practices, an initial question to address is whether or not there is a pre-existing climate that welcomes this type of approach. To evaluate this, mission and goal statements of the institution, department or program can be utilized as a means by which to gauge further action. Rozycki (2004) and Meacham & Gaff (2006) cite that programs that fail to use mission and goal statements to assess need are in a perilous position to undermine present and future educational processes. If there is uncertainty in regards to the appropriateness of introducing these concepts, speaking with members of the institution or program such as the academic dean or department head could help in addressing this issue.
Once it has been determined that a climate exists for the introduction of social justice concepts, a needs assessment (Altschuld & Witkin, 2000) can be created which outlines a systematic exploration of current practices and a model of what the final result may resemble. A needs assessment coupled with an S.W.O.T. analysis (Conway, Mackay & York, 1994) is a viable and proven method by which to embark on further planning and bring concerns to the forefront. S.W.O.T. analyses should be detailed and reflect attention to the obvious and not so evident, taking into account the unique characteristics of the institution, department or program.
Some characteristics may fall into multiple categories. For instance the number of years an academic program has been in existence can be seen as strength from the standpoint of longevity, but a weakness if it is found that the curriculum offerings have not changed much during those years. If there are no changes that account for trends such as decreasing enrollment, a treat could be that the program could be in danger of extinction. Therefore, an opportunity could exist to change existing practices, in order to increase enrollment, using the history of the program and its added curricular offerings as a means of recruitment.
2) Design
After the needs assessment, the design process sets the tone for the introduction of social justice issues into physical education institutions, departments and programs. This process holds particular significance, as it validates the preliminary evaluation found in the needs assessment by a committing to a course of action. Design then, not only recognizes that there is a philosophical change that must take place, but is an active measure by which to bring about relevant change. Without a commitment to change, the design process is rendered ineffective (Olivia, 1997).
For physical educators and administrators, perhaps the greatest impact of the design process is on curriculum. Curriculum dictates what is taught, why it is taught, and ultimately what information will be disseminated to the learner (Klein, 1991). Simply stated, design is the "genesis" of curriculum, which systematically impacts policies, procedures and subsequent outcomes. Care however, must be taken to ensure that concern is placed on what is considered legitimate knowledge, not just the procedures by which curriculum is implemented (Beyer & Apple, 1998 p. 3).
3) Implementation
Concessions and negotiations may be necessary when designing curriculum as there are considerations which impact the program and those who teach within it. Poplin and Rivera (2007) emphasize that implementing social justice concepts does not give the means to lead to a complete overhaul of a program's curriculum, but merely provides a means to add to existing practices. With this in mind, McDonald (2005) submits that the following questions pertaining to curriculum are worth asking: (1) Will this curriculum change be represented in a series of courses, practicum experiences or infused throughout the program of study? (2) Is the program already participating in work conducive to this approach? (3) Do current resources exist which are available at the institution or in the community to assist in the development of this curriculum?
Additional questions specific to the teachers in these programs has merit. For instance, are teachers in PETE programs equipped with the knowledge and comfort level to address issues pertaining to social justice and are teachers in these programs willing to examine their lesson plans, syllabi and field experiences to see if they represent the perspectives of diverse learners? Another question for elaboration on in the next section is equally significant: Do educators demand of their students' critical thinking and engagement of these issues through written responses, reflections and discourse? Questions of this nature are key in helping prospective teachers become dynamic educators who respond to the needs of a rapidly changing society.
4) Discussion
As alluded to earlier, discussion infuses created or revised content completed during the design process with relevant experiences and allows for the interpretation of meaning from these experiences. Verbal discourse and critical reflection are two methods which are helpful in examining the prevalence of issues relating to social justice in physical education. The methods in which both of these means are used each have their own unique set of considerations.
Parameswaran (2007) has noted that verbal discourses allow avenues by which pre-service teachers can develop an appreciation for issues related to inequities in society and their impact on learning environments. Used often in teacher education classroom contexts, public discourse of social justice topics brings the experiences of individuals to the forefront in the hopes of creating an atmosphere for further conversation. Often, these discourses are used in response to predetermined topics brought up in class by the teacher or in the assessment of field experiences. While these conversations are invaluable in aiding development of an awareness of inequality among prospective teachers, the public nature of verbal discourses can be challenging. According to the view of Goodman (1995) and studies done by Tatum, (1997); Schmidt (1998); Miller and Harris (2005); students in teacher preparation programs may demonstrate resistance talking about social justice related topics, largely due to fear that they may be judged on their opinions.
Critical reflection provides a means by which those in teacher preparation programs can examine their assumptions through four lenses which are distinct but interconnected: (1) autobiographical reflection, (2) the lenses provided from the perspectives of students, (3) the lenses provided from the perspectives of friends, peers and mentors, and (4) the view of our practice through the lens of literature (Brookfield, 1995). Reflection of a critical nature requires a conscious commitment to change and honest self-evaluation along with an open-mind and positive attitude.
Critical reflective thinkers acknowledge that life has complexities which have problems which do not have simple solutions (Smith, 2007). In physical education teacher preparation programs, critical reflection can be promoted by the use of written journals, and the critique of case studies, observations, field experiences and lesson outcomes. These methods are alternatives to student discussions structured in a debate, think-pair-share or circle format, which could create tension and censorship for students who have difficulty expressing their viewpoints (Smith, p.49).
5) Evaluation
A final step involves evaluating the impact of the infusion of social justice issues on the existing physical education program, classes and other applicable experiences. Assessing issues such as these demands a systematic ongoing process (Apple, 1999), which is necessary for teacher education program improvement. While there are no established rules for evaluating methods used in infusing social justice into the practices of PETE programs, there are some considerations of note:
- Personal journals used as a means of gauging pre-service teachers' awareness and perceptions of social justice issues in classes should be reviewed periodically. Uline, Wilson & Cordry (2004) suggest that reviewing in this manner aids instructors in better assessing the impact of issues raised in class, observations or field experiences. In addition, both the instructor and student can compare responses from the outset of the course to its end.
- Observation assignments are more beneficial if structured and planned (Zeichner, 1996). While there are many ways to structure observations, practitioners in classes where social justice concepts are being focused on should first determine the purpose of and method of observation. Instructors of pre-service teachers must be aware of the cognitive level of their students in respect to recognizing issues pertaining to inequity and be proactive in guiding students on what to look for before embarking on observations.
- Readings assigned in class for which reflection is required need to hold relevance for the social justice construct being focused upon. For instance, Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities (1991) is an appropriate book to use in discussing disparities among school physical education programs specific to race and class, but not on issues related to gender, religion, and sexuality. Reinforcement of these concepts can be facilitated by creating critical thinking exercises for use in class or on tests as appropriate.
- Professionals at sites by which PETE field experiences occur should have an active role in helping to design, implement and give feedback on these processes. These individuals should demonstrate equitable practices and have familiarity of the goals and objectives of the field experience (Borko & Mayfield, 1995). Utilizing these professionals in this manner can be an invaluable in providing demographical information and substantial knowledge that can assist in the preparation of prospective teachers.
- Exit surveys in PETE programs should encourage feedback from students finishing the program. Some of the basic questions that should be asked of students are (1) To what extent they feel comfortable in recognizing and addressing issues related to inequality that may arise in their classes?, (2) Did they learn anything from social justice principles being presented in their coursework and if so, what?, and (3) Are there any suggestions for improvement of the program? Surveys of this nature help to assess the extent to which physical education programs are meeting predetermined goals and objectives related to social justice, the needs of pre-service teachers, and other individuals who these teachers will impact.
- Outside assistance should be enlisted when reviewing physical education programs to assess the extent to which social justice is presented. This assistance can come in the form of consultants outside the institution, faculty members within the institution or other capable individuals in the community (Chase, Mutter, & Randolph, 1999; Shields, 1992). Regardless of who is chosen, these persons need to demonstrate aptitude, a commitment to social justice and zeal in improving teacher education.
Excerpted from: "Teaching social justice through physical education: A perspective to consider for PETE preparation". Unpublished manuscript.
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Swork Owner Goes After Food Trucks, Happy Endings, and Eagle Rock's City Council
Tricia Neale Vuagniaux is the latest restaurant owner to tear into the truckin' scene.
Tricia Neale Vuagniaux is the latest restaurant owner to tear into the truckin' scene.
The Eagle Rock favorite is dropping a one-day menu to serve everything you thought they serve that they actually don't.
The rapper admits he has a weakness for junk food.
Kobe makes a fast-break for the border, while Rudy Martinez still has a sushi roll dedicated to his political rival.
A nasty crime on campus shifts the blame to taco trucks on Figueroa.
Researchers discover a possible health benefit for treating type two diabetes in your bottle of Cabernet.
After all, someone has to counter the damage done at Spring Street Smokehouse's upcoming rib-battle.
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Fatty's & Co. closes in Eagle Rock and more neighborhood happenings.
A wine bar doesn't work on LaBrea, so owners go back to the original barely-working concept, while Susan Feniger's Street team holds a demo and tasting in Santa Monica.
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