“ A series of online professional development courses that focus on specific content and target student learning needs can have positive effects on teacher knowledge and instructional practices ,” said Boston College Associate Professor of Education Laura O ’ Dwyer.

Smith's recanting also confirmed what Dwyer had said about himself at his final press conference, that he was an honest man, hence the film's title.

O ' Dwyer said he thought Dickie's 1937 affidavit had " little value.

O ' Dwyer said that in the 1970s he searched through old Bridgeport city directories and concluded that the newspaper likely misspelled the man's name, which he said was Andrew Suelli, who was a Swiss or German immigrant also known as Zulli, and was Whitehead's next door neighbor before moving to the Pittsburgh area in 1902.

O ' Dwyer said: " Howell was always a very serious writer.

O ' Dwyer said that during an earlier 1969 conversation with Paul E. Garber, a Smithsonian expert on early aircraft, Garber denied that a contract existed and said he " could never agree to such a thing.

Gunther said he had been having " cordial " conversations with the Smithsonian about giving credit to Whitehead, " but after O ' Dwyer blasted them in his book, well, that totally turned them off.

O ' Dwyer said it was " hard to understand " why the Smithsonian never contacted Whitehead or his family to learn more about the flight claims.

O ' Dwyer said Octave Chanute " encouraged " the Wrights to look into engines built by Whitehead.

According to his memoirs, then-AW head writer Harding Lemay said that Dwyer was fired because she relied too heavily on cue cards and didn't bother memorizing lines, Courtney was fired because her acting was deemed too " soap operatic ," and Reinholt was fired due to the fact that he had openly clashed with both Rauch and Lemay over the direction of the series and had become difficult to deal with.

Kildare players invented the hand pass: a polished team tactic since 1903 ; Mick " Micko " O ' Dwyer from Kerry is said to have invented it.

Dual international Michael O ’ Connor, who played with Ella at inside centre, outside centre and wing for Australia, considers Ella the best player he ever played with – in rugby league or rugby union ( Dwyer, 2004, p. 67 ), and of Ella said, ‘ Mark Ella was a genius.

Cope and Dwyer ( and later their manager-turned-keyboard player David Balfe, who served both as Cope ’ s creative foil and his personal antagonist ) were the only band constants, although seven other members passed in and out of the lineup during the band ’ s fractious four-year existence.

Before the end of June he added a win in the Dwyer Stakes at odds of 1 / 10, although the lack of effective opposition ( Whichone missed the race through injury ) made the victory a " hollow " one.

The New York franchise was granted to Colonel J. S. Hammond and T. J. Duggan, although the ownership was held secretly by " Big Bill " Dwyer, an infamous bootlegger from New York City, to play in New York's Madison Square Garden.

Mrs. Dwyer's husband, M. Joseph Dwyer, was taking a 10-year-old boy from Union County on the tour of the Capitol during the final weeks of the last session.

A divide and conquer algorithm for triangulations in two dimensions is due to Lee and Schachter which was improved by Guibas and Stolfi and later by Dwyer.

William O ' Dwyer ( July 11, 1890November 24, 1964 ) was the 100th Mayor of New York City, holding that office from 1946 to 1950.

O ' Dwyer was born in County Mayo, Ireland and studied in St. Nathys College, Ballaghaderren.

Shortly after his re-election to the mayoralty in 1949, O ' Dwyer was confronted with a police corruption scandal uncovered by the Kings County District Attorney, Miles McDonald.

O ' Dwyer's brother Paul O ' Dwyer was also a New York City politician, and served as the then-city-wide elected position of City Council President from 1974 through 1977.

On August 31, 1950, O ' Dwyer, pursued by both federal and state investigators, was suddenly appointed by President Harry S. Truman as ambassador to Mexico, where he would be beyond the reach of officials who wanted his public testimony in several matters on which he preferred not to speak.

* Leslie Dwyer actor, was born in Catford.

In November 1889, a post office was established with Richard M. Dwyer as the first postmaster.

The revue was written principally by Laurie and Fry, and the cast also included Thompson, Tony Slattery, Paul Shearer and Penny Dwyer.

In 1926, Combine boss Bill Dwyer was convicted of bribing a United States Coast Guard official and sentenced to two years in jail.

After Dwyer was imprisoned, Costello took over the Combine's operations with Owney Madden.

After the three were indicted, O ' Dwyer learned from Special Prosecutor John Harlan Amen that Rudolph was reportedly offered a $ 5, 000 bribe by another prisoner, on behalf of the syndicate, to " put Reles and Goldstein on the street ".

In 1976, Moynihan was elected to the U. S. Senate from the State of New York, defeating U. S. Representative Bella Abzug, Ramsey Clark, Paul O ' Dwyer and Abraham Hirschfeld in the Democratic primary, and Conservative Party incumbent James L. Buckley in the general election.

* GSN aired a dodgeball game show called Extreme Dodgeball it was hosted by Bill Dwyer and Zach Selwyn and ran for 3 seasons.

Finally, on July 12, 1930, a Brooklyn-based syndicate headed by Bill Dwyer bought the Triangles ; the franchise moved to Brooklyn and was renamed the Brooklyn Dodgers.

* Cynthia Dwyer, an American reporter, was eventually charged with espionage and expelled 2 / 10 / 1981.

Robert Budd Dwyer ( November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987 ) was an American politician in the state of Pennsylvania.

In 1986, Dwyer was convicted of receiving a bribe from a California firm trying to gain the contract.

Dwyer graduated from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the Beta Chi chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity.

After his tenure as a state senator, Dwyer was elected state treasurer, a position he held from 1981 until his death in January 1987.

Dwyer was charged with agreeing to receive kickbacks worth $ 300, 000 in return for using his office to steer the contract toward CTA.

Among the many stories about the late Speaker Rayburn is one from Rep. Dwyer, R-6th Dist..

* Echo & the Bunnymen-guitarist Will Sergeant who grew up in nearby Melling attended Maghull's Deyes High School, as did Les Pattinson bassist in Echo & the Bunnymen and Teardrop Explodes drummer Gary Dwyer and keyboard player Paul Simpson who was later singer in the Wild Swans, as well as the original drummer in the Farm, Andy McVan.

An online biography based on the O ' Dwyer and Randolph books asserts that the engine Whitehead purportedly used in Pittsburgh attracted the attention of Australian aeronautical pioneer, Lawrence Hargrave, who in 1889 invented a rotary engine: " This steam machine was so ingenious that several years later Lawrence Hargrave told of using miniature designs of " Weisskopf-style " steam machines, as well as the " Weisskopf System " for his model trials in Australia.

Sarah Clarke ( born February 16, 1972 ) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on 24, and also for her roles as Renée Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother, in the 2008 film Twilight as well as Erin McGuire on the short-lived TV show, Trust Me.