Mark Hunt injured, so Lavar Johnson jumps at chance to fight Stefan Struve at UFC 146

Posted on May 19, 2012 by pamelled

After earning a $65,000 bonus for Knockout of the Night on May 5 after stopping Pat Barry in the first round at UFC on Fox 3 in East Rutherford, N.J., you couldn’t blame Lavar Johnson had he chosen to go on vacation. It was his second KO win in the UFC in four months and both times, the knockout came on national television.

He chose to take only a few days off, however, before returning to the gym on Monday. It paid off for him big-time on Thursday when he was offered, and quickly accepted, a contract to fight Stefan Struve on May 26 on the main card of UFC 146 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

Mark Hunt injured a knee in training and had to withdraw from the fight with Struve on the all-heavyweight card next week. The UFC offered the bout to Johnson, who came out of his first-round win over Barry unscathed.

He said he never hesitated in accepting the offer.

“This is what we do and it’s my job to fight,” Johnson told Cagewriter. “They called me up and I’m still in good shape. A fight is a fight, no matter who it is, or what. My job is to take the fight. I jumped right on it.”

Johnson said he weighs 250, so he won’t even have to worry about cutting weight to make the 265-pound limit for his fight against Struve.

At 6-11, Struve will have a seven-inch height advantage over the 6-4 Johnson, but Johnson insisted it won’t matter.

“His reach is 83 and mine is 81 or 82,” Johnson said. “I’m faster and I hit harder. I’m aggressive and I’ll be right there in his face.”

He was aggressive against both Barry and Joey Beltran, whom he knocked out on Jan. 28 at UFC on Fox 2. He took a few hellacious leg kicks from Barry in the early moments of the May 5 fight, but said he didn’t feel them.

When friends brought it up to them, he acted surprised, saying he checked the kicks. But when he looked at the film, he realized he was hit full bore by Barry, one of the hardest kickers in the sport. But Johnson had prepared for Barry by training with kick boxer Carter Williams, himself a great kicker.

“That’s what happens when you train with Carter,” Johnson said, chuckling. “Eventually, you don’t feel a thing.”

He was a virtual unknown to UFC fans as 2012 began, known primarily as the fighter who was shot in the abdomen during a Fourth of July family reunion a few years ago. But if he beats Struve, he’ll be 3-for-3 in 2012 with seven months still to go.

He hasn’t heard much from UFC president Dana White, but said it didn’t matter.

“My bonus check said enough for me,” he said.

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Tactics School Districts Use to Prevent Parents From Winning Special

Posted on May 19, 2012 by pamelled

Are you th? parent ?f a child w?th autism ?r a learning disability receiving special education services? Are y?u new to the special education arena and w?uld l?k? t? be educated on ?ome tactics to l?ok for? This article w?ll be discussing 8 tactics used by ?om? special education personnel, t? prevent parents from be?ng equal participants ?n th?ir child’s education.

Tactic 1: Intimidation, bullying and lying! Some special education personnel tr? very hard to b? intimidating, s? that parents will not fight f?r services for th?ir children! Intimidation could b? loud voices, threats, condescending t? the parent, ?r making the parent feel inadequate ?r uncomfortable!

Tactic 2: All of the above; but w?th a smile on th??r face! It absolutely gets m? wh?n ? special education person opens th?ir mouth and states s?m?th?ng n?t truthful, when th?y are smiling! I wond?r if th?y th?nk that the lie w?ll not be realized by th? parent, due to their facial expressions

Tactic 3: Quoting laws that do not exist, to make ?t s?em l?k? th?y have more power th?n they do! As an educational advocate ?nd parent I have ?een this m?n? times myself. Example: Mrs. Jones th? law all?w? u? t? n?t give services t? children if we run out of money (not true)! Or Mrs. Jones the law s??? that we c?n suspend ?our child for as long a? we w?nt t? due t? the?r behavior (not true)!

Tactic 4: I hav? heard from m?ny parents th?t th?ir special education personnel have actu?ll? changed educational records ?o th?t the? could win a dispute with th? parent! What I have ???n is records added to a child’s file (that the parent did n?t know about) to document things that h?v? happened. This ?s why it ?s critical th?t parents g?t copies of th?ir child’s entire educational record (especially during ? dispute) ?nd k?e? it f?r future reference. If ??u end up ?n due process with y?ur school district check all records th?t they ?r? us?ng t? make sure th?t they match the records th?t y?u have!

Tactic 5: Refusing to identify, ?nd accept disabilities in ? child that make th?m eligible f?r special education services. Many parents must get independent evaluations (at th??r ?wn expense) to prove that their child actually h?? ? disability, and is eligible for special education services!

Tactic 6: Misinterpreting test data t? show th?t th? child do?s n?t ne?d special education services! I hav? heard many special education personnel state th?t the? d? n?t bel?eve low test scores and that th? child does n?t need services be?aus? of th?ir low test scores. This ?? untrue; wh?n?ver a standardized test shows th?t the child i? b?l?w their age and grade ?p?ro?r??te peers in an area, the child ?hould receive special education services ?o th?t the? ?an make progress ?n their education.

Tactic 7: Use delay ?r deny tactics. A lot ?f special education personnel tr? and delay the parents request for special education ?nd related services. They may ignore parents request for testing for eligibility, ?r ?u?t us? ?n? tactic av?il?ble t? delay the request! When delay n? longer works many personnel ?u?t ??? no; which is of course is denial! Stand u? t? thes? tactics b? documenting ?ll requests ?n writing!

Tactic 8 (this ha?p?ns to be my favorite): Exaggerate ?r make up discipline problems s? that they can change the child’s label ?r placement! Some school districts w?nt t? put Emotionally Disordered ?r Behaviorally Disordered labels ?n children ?? that th?y ?an put them ?n alternative placements, and deny needed special education services.

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European leaders add to rising fears of breakup

Posted on May 18, 2012 by pamelled

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Greek Archbishop Ieronimos blesses the new caretaker prime minister, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, right, in Athens Thursday. Greeks will return to the polls next month after an inconclusive vote sent jitters across the eurozone.

By John W. Schoen, Senior Producer

European officials are playing a dangerous game of chicken with Greece.

In an apparent signal to Greek voters, the head of the World Bank warned Thursday that if Athens were to depart from the common currency, Spain and Italy could well be the next dominoes to fall in Europe?s widening financial crisis.

After ousting the Athens government that agreed to deeper spending cuts in return for a financial lifeline, voters return to the polls in June after the winning parties failed to form a new government. Apparently hoping to convince Greek voters to return a pro-austerity government to power, European officials are now openly discussing the likely dire consequences if they don?t.

But the comments may have only served to heighten fears of a wider breakup of the eurozone should Greece exit the monetary union. ???

Investors backed away further from Spain’s government debt Thursday, raising the country?s borrowing costs to levels that sparked the Greek debt crisis in the first place.

Bond buyers were also reacting to fresh economic data showing that Spain?s economy is beginning to shrink, which makes its existing debt load even harder to carry.

The growing crisis also has caused growing nervousness among U.S. investors. Since the inconclusive Greek vote May 6, the Dow Jones industrial average has fallen in seven out of eight sessions and was down again Thursday. U.S. banking giant JPMorgan Chase send another ripple of worries through the market May 10 when it said it had lost at least $2 billion in a failed attempt to hedge against European volatility.

The recession is also putting more pressure on Spain?s banks, which have been saddled with bad mortgages as the country faces a deepening housing bust. Last week, the government took over Bankia, which holds 10 percent of the banking system?s deposits, after it reportedly suffered an large outflow of deposits.

The news follows reports that depositors pulled another $900 million out of Greek banks on Wednesday, extending a capital flight that could bring down Greece?s banking system. The fear is that those worries spread among depositors in other countries like Spain where the banking system is already under pressure.

Until very recently, European officials were loath to even discuss the idea of Greece?s departure from the compact binding 17 nations with a common currency. For one thing, the treaty that created the euro has no provision for a member country to abandon the currency or for its expulsion by the rest of the monetary union.

But central bankers and officials of agencies like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have begun to think ? and discuss ? the unthinkable. IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned this week that Greek’s departure from the euro would be ?quite messy? and ?”extremely expensive.”

Analysts who are looking at the potential impact say the losses and economic pain would be widely felt.

Replacing the euro with a new, devalued currency would wipe out much of the remaining assets on Greek bank books. Europe?s central bankers have already pulled back some forms of funding for Greek banks that have been hit hardest by withdrawals. Hundreds of billions worth of additional borrowing by Greek households and businesses would be in legal limbo.

Any new currency ? or a return to the pre-euro drachma ? would be massively devalued, by some estimates as much as half the value of a euro. That would help Greece?s economy eventually get back on a growth path because it would make its products and services cheaper for buyers spending dollars and euros. A week?s vacation in Crete would cost half the price of a comparable trip to Sardinia.

But Greek households and businesses would bear the immediate pain. Imported goods and commodities like oil would suddenly cost twice as much. Households and businesses making good on outstanding loans written in euros would see repayment double in local currency terms.

European officials who engineered the costly plan to ?save? Greece — led by France and Germany — would also feel the pain. Much or all of the more than $200 billion in loans already extended to the Greek government by the IMF, European Central Bank and Europe?s private banks would be at risk. That would mean explaining to French and German taxpayers what went wrong with the grand plan.

It would also raise the political costs of extending further bailouts to weaker, debt-burdened countries including Spain and Italy. As Greece demonstrates that a once-unthinkable exit from the euro is now possible, other countries may follow. If investors continued to shun Spanish and Italian government bonds and depositors flee their banks, the choice facing Europe grows more stark.

Worries about the fragmentation of Europe?s monetary union have already sapped business and consumer confidence and brought the region?s economy to a dead stop. Government austerity measures imposed on weaker economies are driving them deeper into recession.

As that recession spreads, the pain of Greece?s departure from the euro would be felt even more broadly, according to Michel Juvet, an economist at Bordier, a Swiss bank.

?At the same time we have China, which is slowing down very, very fast, we have the U.S. economy, which is losing momentum, and we have this global slowdown, ? he said. ?All economies are so connected that when one country or one big zone is suffering, the others are suffering as well. This is globalization.?

Others see the crisis in starker terms.

?This is phase two of the global financial crisis,” said R. Seetharaman, CEO of Doha Bank in Qatar. “That?s the reality.”

What’s happening in the global markets and how are the Europeans handling the euro crisis? R. Seetharaman, Doha Bank CEO, provides perspective on Middle East banking mentality, summer gas prices, and global economic trends.

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Posted on May 18, 2012 by pamelled

To purchase tickets, go to: http://www.hilltophanoverfarm.org/events/

WLT is excited to be a part of this fantastic celebration. The Hilltop Hanover Quest is an outdoor exploration that combines a treasure hunt with fun fact finding related to the farm?s unique geography that supports varied climates.

At Reskill Westchester, families will learn about the wonderful lost arts, including workshops and demos on: knitting and sewing, knife sharpening, keeping chickens and bees, making bread and cheese, canning and preserving, gardening, not trees and sprouting, herbs and herbal remedies, composting and rainwater harvesting, woodworking and DIY, alternate energies and so much more. Also featuring: Kids Farm Crafts, music, food, artisan craft village, and farmers market!

WLT has five Quests on its preserves to engage visitors in using their creativity and skills in navigation, listening, and observation. WLT?s other Quests are at the Frederick P. Rose Preserve, Cross River; Westchester Wilderness Walk, Zofnass Family Preserve, Pound Ridge; John Jay Homestead, Katonah; and Bedford Audubon?s Bylane Farm, Katonah.

We have Quests at:

the Frederick P. Rose Preserve, in Cross River.

Westchester Wilderness Walk, in Pound Ridge. This Quest was completed with the support of a Land Trust Alliance New York Conservation Partnership grant. Download the Quest booklet here.

Bedford Audubon?s Hunt-Parker Sanctuary. The creation of this Quest was generously sponsored by Jennifer and Roger Schwartz through the Louis and Anne Abrons Foundation.? Download the Quest booklet here.

John Jay Homestead in Bedford. This Quest features the rich history of the John Jay Homestead and introduces questers to the natural and cultural feaures of the property that makes it so special. This Quest was installed by Weschester Favors, a volunteer ?club? for families who want to engage, involve, and educate their children in the concept of? ?doing good? in conjunction with WLT staff. Download the Quest booklet here.

Hunter Brook Preserve was donated to Westchester Land Trust in 2000 and the trail system was developed by Wilder-Balter Partners, the developer of the adjacent subdivision. Download the Quest booklet here.

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