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Margaret SharonDecember 22, 2022
For many, Christmas is a time of gift exchanges, log cakes and turkey dinners.
But this is not the case everywhere.
In an annual series, CNBC Travel highlights various Christmas celebrations around the world.
Christmas comes with a spooky twist in Austria, Germany and other Alpine countries that celebrate St. Nicholas Day in the first week of December.
"Krumpslaf" Which translates to "Kramps Run" in German, is an annual parade usually held on December 5 or 6 where participants dress up as half-goat, half-devil Krampus to frighten onlookers.
According to Helen Batsano, a representative of Austria's National Tourist Office, Krampus costumes often include a mask, horns, a coat made of sheep or goat wool, as well as chains, bells and a stick.
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As the legend goes, Krampus accompanies St. Nick on his journey to give presents to well-behaved children, according to Helen Bittschnau, a representative of the Austrian National Tourist Office.
However, children who have been spoiled face the wrath of Krampus. "Krampus' job is to punish everything bad with a stick or a horse's tail," Bitschnau said.
Bitschnau said a mixture of hope, excitement and some trepidation fills the air at Krampslaf.
"If you've been good all year – there's really nothing to worry about," he said.
Bitschnau added that she has "always been afraid of Krampus."
"Now I want to go to the Krampuslauf in my hometown, because I know all the people behind the Krampus costumes. [which] It makes it a little less scary for me."
Every year on December 23, participants gather in Oaxaca's main square to add delicately carved radishes to the "Night of the Radishes" competition.
These aren't bite-sized radishes – they can be as big as a baby's leg.
"Artists spend all day carving radishes for the competition, constantly soaking them so they don't dry out," said Ileana Jimenez, who was born and raised in Oaxaca.
Resident Eliana Jimenez said winners of the radish carving contest are awarded small cash prizes.
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"There are queues of people waiting patiently for their turn and appreciating this wonderful work [of] Oaxacan craftsman," he said.
Jimenez said the atmosphere in the Zocalo, Oaxaca's town square, is lively with live music, fireworks and crowds of locals and tourists.
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"It's a party that keeps people's spirits high."
Gavel, Sweden
Standing 42 feet tall and weighing more than 7,000 pounds, the giant handmade straw goat is an annual Christmas spectacle in Gavle, Sweden.
This year's goat took more than 1,000 hours to make, said Anna Karen Neiman, spokeswoman for the Special Committee to Protect the Goat.
According to Visit Gavel, the city's visitor guide, Gavel Goat is moving to a new location this year for the first time in 56 years.
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Although it is a crime to burn or destroy it, the Gawle Goat has been the target of numerous arson attacks since it was first built in 1966.
The arsonist who broke the last goat's four-year survival streak was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay 109,000 Swedish kroner ($10,450) in damages, according to a Swedish news outlet.
Niemann said Sweden's treasured goat figure is made with straw, because it's a tradition.
"He means a lot to us at Gavle, and he's a big part of the Christmas spirit," she said.
Mark Wolters, creator of the popular travel YouTube channel Wolter's World, said miniature versions of the goats make fun souvenirs or Christmas ornaments for travelers.
Those interested in what this year's goat looks like can watch it live via webcam.
Ukraine via Krakow, Poland
In a show of resilience among Christmas celebrators, 40 Ukrainian refugees in Krakow, Poland, sold handmade items such as candles, tree ornaments and gingerbread cookies at a Christmas craft fair organized in cooperation with the United Nations refugee agency. .
A stall at a Ukrainian Christmas market in Krakow, Poland.
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Sales from the Christmas market provided the refugees, most of whom were women, with income to cover their expenses, said Tariq Argus, a representative of the UN refugee agency.
He said that the market was attended by local people, tourists and the Ukrainian community.
It was an opportunity to "showcase the great talent within the refugee community," Argus said, adding that the idea for the event came about when UN staff members met with residents at a community center. An "intricately painted" rock was given by one. which is an accommodation in which a large number of refugees live.
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During the festive season, homes in the Philippines are decorated with star-shaped lanterns called "parol". said the travel blogger Catch Umandap, Who was born and raised in the Philippines.
Parole was originally used to light the way for the Sambang Gabi tradition, a nine-day period of pre-dawn gatherings from December 16 to 24 – as well as a midnight mass on Christmas Eve. , called Mesa de Gallo, Omandap said.
Teachers, students and parents hold Christmas lanterns made from recycled materials during a campaign for sustainable Christmas celebrations at an elementary school in Quezon City, Philippines.
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"Now, the lanterns are used as decorations," Umandap said. "Parole symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness and hope."
According to the Harvard Divinity School about 90% of people living in the Philippines identify as Christians – mostly Catholics. The Philippines is the only Asian country where Christianity is the national religion.
He said many Filipinos use materials such as shells, glass and LED lights to make the parole brighter and more colorful.
Umandap, who now lives in Europe, said the lanterns remind her of home.
"When I see them, they [give] I hope that whatever difficulties I face, they can be overcome."
Bruna Venturinelli, author of the Brazilian blog I Heart Brazil, said Brazilians love their parties. That's why their Christmas parade is "contagiously fun" with "lots of laughter and joy".
Chatting with children in the crowd, he said costumed characters danced with Santa and his elves.
Brazilian Christmas parades usually feature characters from Korvatntori, a mountain region in Lapland where Santa Claus is believed to live.
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"There are several Christmas parades across the districts, organized by the city council or a private organization to promote the start of their festive season, such as the shopping mall parade pictured," he said.
"If I'm in Brazil during Christmas, I take my nephew and niece to the Christmas parade, and we have a blast! … They even take the opportunity to say that they wrote a letter to Santa. Wrote and behaved well throughout the year, although the last part is not 100% true."
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He said that many people in Brazil will celebrate Christmas Eve by sharing Chester Chicken with their family.
On Christmas Day, people gather again to eat leftovers for lunch while listening to Brazilian music, he said.
'North Pole'
According to Smithsonian Magazine, the modern tradition of writing letters to Santa may have been started by American Fanny Longfellow, wife of poet Henry Wadsworth.
But in the beginning, it was Santa who wrote to the children, rather than the other way around.
According to the magazine, Longfellow wrote letters to her three children about their behavior over the past year.
In a letter from Longfellow, dated 1853, "Santa" said:[Y]You have picked up some naughty words which I hope you throw away like you throw away sour or bitter fruit," according to the article.
A child posts a letter to Santa Claus in Fort Worth, Texas.
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It said that as the practice took off, parents began leaving Santa's letters in the fireplace or storage, where their children would write the responses with a pen.
Today, the tradition of writing to Santa has spread beyond the home.
In the United States, the US Postal Service runs an annual program called Operation Santa where children and families in need can write an anonymous letter to Santa about what they would like for Christmas. According to the USPS, the letters have been "adopted" by people across the country, who buy the requested gifts and send them to the families.
The United Kingdom's postal service, Royal Mail, provides personalized responses to children who write to "Father Christmas."
But some parents are using other ways to contact Santa, including apps and balloons.
In 2021, a pair of four-year-old twins in Kansas, United States, released balloons with Santa's name on them. A couple living in Louisiana found one, and with the help of donations, fulfilled the twins' Christmas wish lists, which included getting them a puppy.
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Death of Sir Tennant Edward (Tay) Wilson KNZM, OBE, IOC Honorary Member in New Zealand
It is with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has learned of the death of Sir Tennant Edward (Tay) Wilson KNZM, OBE, aged 89.
Sir Tay joined the IOC in 1988 and served on the New Sources of Financing Commission (1989-1993) and Finance Commission (1994-2006). He became an IOC honorary member in 2006.
"Sir Tay was a man full of passion for sport. He believed strongly in the integrity of sport, and spent most of his life working to protect it," said IOC President Thomas Bach. "The entire Olympic Movement will miss him. We express our deepest sympathies to the family of Tay Wilson and the Olympic community in New Zealand."
During his long career in the Olympic Movement, he held numerous positions: Chef de Mission at the Games of the XXII Olympiad in Moscow in 1980, Deputy Chef de Mission at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in Los Angeles in 1984, Secretary General of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association, member of the Association of National Olympic Committees Executive Commission (1989-1993; 1996-2000), Chairman of the Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) Finance Commission (1985-1993), and ONOC Secretary General (1989-1993). He was also President of the New Zealand Pierre de Coubertin Committee, President of the Pierre de Coubertin Institute, and Life Member of the Special Olympics of New Zealand Foundation.
His work with the Olympic Movement was the crowning achievement of a life-long passion for sport. A rowing champion in his early years, he became New Zealand double sculls junior champion in 1959. Besides rowing, he was also fond of many other sports, such as swimming, hockey, golf and badminton.
The IOC expresses its deepest sympathies to Sir Tay's family.

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Man Fakes Inability to Walk for a Decade to Collect Disability Pension
By Spooky onApril 12th, 2019 Category: News
An Italian man who went to great lengths to convince everyone that he had lost the ability to walk after being involved in a staged car accident 12 years ago was recently exposed as a fraud.
The incredible story of Roberto Guglielmi, an Italian con artist who managed to fool everyone, including doctors, neighbors and even the Pope, that he couldn't walk began over a decade ago. In 2007, he came up with a plan to pass himself off as a disabled person and collect the pension offered by the government, but he needed an accomplice to pull it off. At the time, he had someone living in his home who was behind on rent, so he proposed to forget about the payment he was owed if his housemate would pretend to hit him with the car while he was crossing the street. The man agreed and everything went smoothly. With the help of a false medical document, Guglielmi was able to become a paraplegic, even though he could walk like a normal person.
What's most remarkable about this tale of deception is the extreme lengths that the Florentine went to in order to deceive doctors during mandatory visits to confirm his disability. According to prosecutors, he would inject lidocaine into his legs to numb his muscles, undergo traumatic therapies and use a wheelchair whenever he left his home. For over a decade, no one suspected that he was actually a healthy person with full use of his legs.
Thai Man Sets Up Fake Jewelry Store to Rob Jeweler of $300,000 Diamond
By Spooky onDecember 17th, 2018 Category: News
A Thai conman was recently arrested and charged with robbery after successfully pulling out a sophisticated plan that involved setting up a fake jewlery store and luring an Indian businessman there so he could steal a valuable diamond.
59-year-old Pipatpongpat Suksawatpipat, the man arrested for the ingenious robbery, was once a prosperous jewlery trader himself, but fell on hard time when he became addicted to gambling a few years back. He went from being one of the richest people in Chanthaburi to having just 40,000 baht ($1,200) to his name, but he recently put that small amount of money to good use and pulled off a scam that would make any self-respecting conman jealous. In just a week's time, he managed to rent a commercial space and turn it into a fake jewelery store, lure an Indian jeweler there with a 10 million baht diamond, and eventually steal that diamond before riding out into the sunset. Alas, his success was short-lived.
Man Fakes His Death on Facebook to Con Family and Friends Out of Funeral Costs
By Spooky onJuly 26th, 2018 Category: News
A Thai man recently incurred the wrath of his friends and relatives after faking his own death on Facebook and having his wife ask them for financial contributions for his burial.
Tachawit J.'s Facebook friends thought him to be in good health, so they were left in shock on Sunday, when his wife posted a series of photos of his dead body – complete with cotton balls in his nostrils – on his account, with the caption "Last photo before deactivating his Facebook, love you!". Tachawit's most concerned friends and colleagues left comments asking what had happened to him, to which his wife replied that he had died of cancer and asthma – a truly killer combo – after suffering for a long time.
American Conman Poses as Saudi Prince for Two Years, Swindles Millions from Gullible Businessmen
A Florida-based conman who somehow managed to steal millions from wealthy investors all around the world by posing as a Saudi Arabian prince and diplomat was finally exposed after he made the mistake of eating bacon and other pork products at business meetings.
Anthony Gignac, a Columbian-born man who was adopted by a Michigan family as a child, started his grandiose swindling operation in 2015, by setting up a fraudulent investment company, Marden Williams International, to purportedly invest in business opportunities worldwide. Using various aliases, the con artist spent the next two years posing as a wealthy Saudi prince and stealing over $8 million from 26 victims all around the world. Gignac bought fake diplomatic license plates on eBay and put pompous words like "sultan" in the door nameplates of penthouses and mansions where he met with his victims. This was apparently enough to fool people into thinking that he was a real prince.
Infamous Conman Asks to Spend 20 Years in Solitary Because He Can't Stop Conning People
By Ruth Kenny onNovember 17th, 2017 Category: Pics
Jimmy Sabatino, one of Florida's most notorious and prolific conmen, was recently convicted to 20 years of solitary confinement, after pleading guilty to running a $10.4 million (USD) fraud. He was already in prison at the time, but managed to run a successful racketeering operation with the help of associates on the outside. During his trial, Sabatino told the judge that he cannot stop himself from committing crimes, and requested that he be sentenced to solitary confinement at Supermax, one of the toughest prisons in the US. He claims that the lack of human contact is the only thing that can stop him from conning people.
Sabatino, who has spent most of his life since age 19 behind bars, was serving a sentence at the Federal Detention Center in Miami for violating the terms of his supervised release, in 2014, when he came up with an idea of another con, from inside the prison. He somehow convinced two correction officers at the detention center to smuggle 5 mobile phones for him, which he used to call victims and associates on the outside. Both officers lost their jobs, but neither of them faced criminal prosecution.
Italian Man Lives Life of Luxury, Brushes Shoulders with Celebrities for Years by Posing as "Prince of Montenegro"
By Spooky onJune 19th, 2017 Category: News
A 57-year-old Italian conman was recently arrested and charged with fraud and document forgery, after its was revealed that he had been posing as a member of the Montenegro Royal Family for years. His con was so elaborate that he had even managed to fool many real royals and celebrities.
The man, whose real identity has not yet been revealed, called himself "His Imperial and Royal Highness Stefan Cernetic, Hereditary Prince of Montenegro, Serbia and Albania", and claimed to be a descendant of the Roman emperor Constantine, and the head of the Montenegrin royal family. He travelled all around Europe in a black Mercedes sporting Montenegrin flags and fake royal insignia, and stayed in luxury hotels, free of charge. To make his claims even more believable, Cernetic set up a website and several social media accounts, where he regularly posted photos of him alongside known royals, like Prince Albert of Monaco, and members of famous aristocratic families, like Savoy, Hapsburg and Hohenzollern.
"Baby" Conman Wore Diapers and Suckled on Lollipops to Trick Women He Was a Lost Overgrown Child
By Sumitra onFebruary 12th, 2015 Category: News
Alberto Julian Meza, a strange South American con man, was arrested recently in Paraguay for tricking people into believing that he was a lost, overgrown child. The 25-year-old mainly targeted older women – he dressed up in nappies and sucked on lollipops, pretending that he was lost and searching for his mummy. Believe it or not, it worked.
According to locals in the town of Villa Elisa, a suburb of Asuncion, Meza was regularly seen walking around in his adult diapers.. At first they had assumed that he was mentally ill, but in reality, he would fool women into letting him into their homes, and later steal whatever he could when they were fixing him a snack or bringing him a drink.
"I am surprised that the police have only just now arrested him," said local resident Lara Orta Ornelas. "He has been doing this for years and I know the police have had complaints before, but it's incredible they never realized the baby is actually a fully grown man.


In attorney Judy Mohr's mind, what she's doing now is what she's been doing her entire professional life, although it's just a lot less messy.
Judy is a partner at the international law firm, McDermott Will & Emory, working on all aspects of U.S. and foreign patent procurement as well as IP due diligence on both the investor and company side (where her focus is primarily in the areas of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology). Given the firm's Menlo Park office on Middlefield, her commute is short, giving her time to continue her time-honored tradition of running early in the morning.
In the near future, she'll need to be "bilingual," a result of the change in patent law in the U.S. "For more than 200 years — since the founding of the patent system in 1790 — we've always been a 'first to invent' country. That means that the first inventor with the idea is entitled to the patent.
Judy explained that it's usually two to six years from filing to when a patent is granted, depending on the tech sector, with biotechnology being longer than others.
But, at least, she's no longer getting her hands dirty.


We can all agree that making persuasive arguments is both exceedingly critical to collaboration and exceedingly difficult. Thus, I've been delighted to work through a book on persuasion–The 7 Triggers to Yes. It's a new favorite of mine, and in this post, I'll share the seven triggers, discuss one in more detail, and describe some of the other great content in the book.
The author of the book begins with one persuasive argument–that to make your own arguments, it's better to appeal to someone's emotions, intuition, and gut instincts, rather than to the the logical, data-driven parts of the brain. He then introduces seven tactics for appealing to your partners' biases.
The author argues it is better to appeal to someone's gut instincts (the amygdala) than their rational brain. Image credit : The 7 triggers to yes.
Allow me to go into a little more depth on the friendship trigger. The author suggests that this trigger forms the groundwork of the others. Without first establishing a basic human connection to our partner, we aren't going to get anywhere.
Similarity is important–by dressing similarly, discussing shared interests like children, and finding a common background, we establish a base connection with others.
Thus, my tip for you: When engaging with a new person, work first to get to know the other person a bit. Getting straight down to business will lead to only moderate success at best.
Of course, the book also goes into much more detail on all of the triggers by introducing them, giving examples from real life, and sharing ideas for how to make use of each trigger. It concludes by providing a framework with which to form your persuasive argument–start with this trigger, weave in this other one as appropriate, etc.
I highly recommend this text to anyone who needs to collaborate, which is pretty much everyone on the planet. I found the tips concrete, useful, and immediately applicable to every aspect of real life.
Many thanks to Darrell Crawford of The Vantage Group for recommending this book and discussing it with me and my colleagues!
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In 1972 the holiday known as Washington's Birthday suddenly became Presidents' Day, thanks to a bit of congressional social engineering designed to reduce absences from work.
Since that time, the idea behind the third Monday in February has been "to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present."
But do we? Really?
There's a reason George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are on all the Presidents' Day sale ads. We the people can agree, those are two past POTUSes worth celebrating.
Beyond Washington and Lincoln, though, our taste in presidents has changed dramatically over time.
That's actually a great insight into history itself. History is not the past — it's the way we look at the past through our present-day eyes.
In other words, who we remember this Presidents' Day is a reflection of what we value as a country.
For proof, I give you Ulysses S. Grant.
The general who won the Civil War is having a moment, thanks to Ron Chernow's acclaimed new biography of our 18th president.
Grant's reputation has been growing over the years, much as the myths surrounding his opponent, Robert E. Lee, have been melting away.
We've always known Grant to be a great military leader. His Memoirs were long regarded as a masterpiece.
Grant's insights into why we actually fought the Civil War have gotten play lately, thanks to some bad history spouted by another former general serving in the current White House.
Now, however, Americans are reassessing their view of Grant as president.
Every few years C-SPAN asks a number of historians to rank the chief executives. Since 2000 Grant has been steadily moving up in their collective esteem. Last year, for the very first time, Grant was ranked in the top half of presidents.
This is remarkable. For a century and a quarter Grant's eight years in the White House (1869-1877) were regarded as a highlight-free presidency beset by scandal, Indian troubles, and the Panic of 1873. What changed?
It couldn't have been Chernow's book, which came out after the last C-SPAN poll. Did historians uncover new facts about Grant's time in office?
Reconstruction and Grant
Nope. What's happening, I think, is that the most significant event of Grant's presidency is finally getting the attention it has long deserved.
Reconstruction.
In our endless fascination with the Civil War, many of us willfully overlooked an uncomfortable fact — that the hard-fought gains of America's greatest conflict were almost completely undone afterward.
Reconstruction, that great social experiment of assimilating four million newly liberated slaves into the American way of life, was conducted under two presidents, Johnson and Grant, and ended under a third, Hayes.
That traditional assessment, however, misses the real story.
In a country where peacetime power resided almost entirely with the states and localities, the angry white men of the South took back their Confederacy. And the federal government pretty much let them do it.
Andrew Johnson, a Tennessean more aligned with the views of Jackson than Lincoln, stood by as the Ku Klux Klan rose in unholy terror against blacks in the South.
Grant tried to get Reconstruction back on track. But as historian Joan Waugh has noted, he faced a daunting set of challenges:
"As President, Grant was determined to follow Lincoln's policy of reconciliation with the South rather than one of retribution or appeasement. He also wanted to make sure that the federal government preserved the sacrifices of the war by sustaining a strong Union while at the same time protecting the newly freed slaves and preventing former unreconstructed Confederates from regaining power in the South. Those goals proved difficult, if not impossible to reconcile." Joan Waugh, professor of history, UCLA
In the first place, the Southern pushback was much stronger than the North had anticipated. Conflicts between white power and blacks seeking political equality broke out all over the South.
Secondly, Grant was a man of his time. He simply couldn't conceive of using federal power the way JFK or Eisenhower would do in the civil rights era. Grant sent troops to South Carolina to enforce rights for African-Americans, but in many other cases he didn't.
Perhaps the biggest impediment to Reconstruction, however, was the public mood. "A majority of Americans—Northerners and Southerners—rejected civil and political rights for blacks," wrote Waugh. As time wore on, the people "lost interest in Reconstruction."
Then bad history took over.
Several generations of white historians argued that Reconstruction had gone too far, despite ample evidence that it hadn't gone far enough. Pioneering black historians Carter G. Woodson and W.E.B. DuBois were ignored for decades.
So as we re-evaluate this dark chapter in our past, we must re-evaluate the man under whose watch most of it happened.
Historians now consider Grant one of our stronger presidents in his commitment to "equal justice for all."
Translation: Like other presidents, U.S. Grant was dealt a bad hand by his predecessor, faced enormous domestic pressures — and did the best he could.
That's a quality worth observing, if not celebrating, this Presidents' Day.
Ike leapfrogs Harry
As someone living on the Missouri-Kansas border, I couldn't help noticing that historians now prefer Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Sunflower State's only president, to Harry Truman, the man from Independence, Missouri.
In the last presidential historians' poll, Ike jumped from eighth to fifth, moving ahead of Harry by the slimmest of margins.
Barack Obama's addition to the survey definitely hurt his fellow Democrat. Obama was rated third among presidents in the "equal justice" category, bumping Truman — who integrated the armed forces and stood up to the Dixiecrats in 1948, damn near costing him the election — to fourth.
But it's also true that Eisenhower, like his fellow retired general Grant, has been slowly moving up the charts. Of course, Ike presided over an era of prosperity, not depression, and unlike Grant he kept his White House clean.
Yet what quality do historians value most in Eisenhower? Not his abilities as an administrator, economic planner, or international diplomat, though he gets high marks in all those areas.
Historians most highly value Ike's moral authority.
And I think most people reading this would agree, for one simple reason —his warnings against the "military-industrial complex" now resonate more powerfully than ever.
Here's everyone's favorite presidential explainer, Michael Beschloss, in a short YouTube:
A footnote about my fellow Missourian: Harry Truman also warned about the military-industrial complex. And as a wartime senator he doggedly investigated that complex.
That got the attention of President Roosevelt, who put Truman on the ticket in 1944. And that got Harry into the Oval Office in 1945.
As great as Chernow's book is, we're probably not going to be reading it 125 years from now. But Grant's Memoirs is timeless. Composed in the waning months of his life, it is rightly called "the only work of literary genius by any American military man." Memoirs is out in a new annotated edition. It makes a great listen as well (and there are multiple editions and formats, so check your library.)


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COVID-19 Crisis Has Exacerbated Lack of Access to Health Care and Housing Insecurity for Vulnerable Families and Children in Georgia
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Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey results show how families in Georgia are coping during the coronavirus pandemic—data reveal food, income, and housing insecurity; mental health concerns; and a lack of access to health care
Georgia has the highest percentage in the nation of families with children concerned about losing their housing in the next month due to income loss from the pandemic, according to Kids, Families, and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond, a report developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The report, released today, provides data on how families in all 50 states are faring during the COVID-19 crisis.
More than half of adults with children in Georgia—58%—reported that they're concerned about eviction or foreclosure due to pandemic-related income loss, with half of Georgia's adults with children reporting that they have lost income since the beginning of the pandemic. The report also reveals that Georgia has the second-highest rate of adults who have children in their households who lack health insurance, at 19%—compared to the national average of 12%. Access to health care is always critical, but especially so during the current health crisis.
The report is generated from data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, a weekly survey of Americans seeking to understand how families have been managing in the midst of the pandemic for the past nine months. The data show that families across Georgia and the nation are struggling on multiple fronts, with Georgians reporting high economic insecurity, which includes housing and food. For example, 16% of adults with children in Georgia reported that they sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat in the past week, exceeding the national average of 14%.
"The number of families going hungry in Georgia right now is unprecedented—higher than we have ever seen," said Georgia Food Bank Association Executive Director Danah Craft. "Georgia's food banks are responding to a 50% increase in demand that surged in March and continues today. Kids who are food insecure are more likely to have poor health overall, getting sicker more often and needing more care. Adults who don't have the food they need are more likely to miss work and have a difficult time holding down a job, compounding the crisis. We're the final backstop to keep families from falling into complete crisis, and additional support for children and families in Georgia is vital."
The pandemic is disproportionately hurting families of color. Black or African American and Hispanic or Latino adults with children reported food insecurity at twice the rate of white Georgians, and were significantly more likely to be concerned that they would not be able to afford usual household expenses.
"Every child in the United States should have the basics, and families should have support to survive the considerable stress and pain of these times," said Lisa Hamilton, president and CEO of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. "Our leaders can respond to the COVID-19 crisis by putting equity first, prioritizing children's physical and mental health, helping families achieve financial stability, and strengthening schools so kids can thrive in spite of the extraordinary times."
The data also show the mental health toll caused by the pandemic, with more than 30% of adults with children in Georgia reporting they've experienced anxiety in the past week, and more than 20% reporting feeling down, depressed, or hopeless in the past week.
"The pandemic has increased the rates of many determinants of mental health conditions, such as isolation, poverty, and lacking sense of security," said Kim Jones, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Georgia chapter. "Due to this, the data show that mental health issues will be our next pandemic. In 2020, Georgia ranked 51st in access to mental health. We must do better as a state and make mental health a priority when addressing the health of Georgia's children."
One positive trend in Georgia is that, compared with several months ago, access to devices for digital learning for children has improved across race and ethnicity. In July, 76% of Black or African American students had access to devices for digital learning, but by September, that rate had risen to 95%. On average, Georgia's device access increased from 80% in July to 94% in September, exceeding the national average of 93%.
Still, Georgia is either in line with national averages or worse than the national average for the majority of data points, indicating the urgent need for support for this state's children and families. The data paint a clear picture that Georgia's families need help across income, housing, health care, food, and several other key areas.
Overall, the data underline the desperate need for state and federal help to ensure that Georgians can make it through the pandemic, not only with their health, but without falling into poverty, starvation, and homelessness.
Given the level of need and struggle the data reveal in the report, here are recommendations for decisionmakers to consider on behalf of children and families as we move into 2021:
Use data disaggregated by race and ethnicity to inform decision-making. Understanding which communities have been hit hardest by the pandemic—along with sprawling side effects—will help determine where support is needed most.
Work with communities to craft local solutions to their urgent needs, and include their input about their own struggles and needs as decisions are made about how best to support Georgians during this critical time.
Prioritize both physical and mental health. Widely distributing a vaccine to all Georgians is critical, just as is supporting those struggling with anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. In a school setting, ensuring an adequate counselor-to-student ratio could help alleviate mental health struggles in children.
The economic toll of the pandemic on children and families is severe. Georgia families need help with employment, housing, food security, physical and mental health care access, and other issues. Decisionmakers across sectors must provide strategies for economic relief that will keep people in their homes, keep food on the table, and allow people to get the care they need.
Schools have been asked to shoulder an enormous lift during the pandemic. Ensuring that schools have the funding and resources they need to support their communities amid ongoing uncertainty is paramount. Furthermore, schools located in communities that have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic will need additional supports.
"We knew the pandemic would have dangerous and far-reaching effects on children and families," said Gaye Smith, executive director of Georgia Family Connection Partnership, Georgia's KIDS COUNT grantee. "Having these data help us better understand those effects so we can develop a response that will help our most vulnerable Georgians weather this storm in the moment, then position themselves to succeed in the new environment we'll all find ourselves in on the other side of this crisis."
Download the Kids, Families, and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond report.
Journalists interested in creating maps, graphs, and rankings in stories about the report can use the KIDS COUNT® Data Center at datacenter.kidscount.org.
Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) is a public-private partnership created by the State of Georgia and investors from the private sector to assist communities in addressing the serious challenges facing children and families. GaFCP also serves as a resource to state agencies across Georgia that work to improve the conditions of children and families. Georgia KIDS COUNT provides policymakers and citizens with current data they need to make informed decisions regarding priorities, services, and resources that impact Georgia's children, youth, families, and communities. Georgia KIDS COUNT is funded, in part, through a grant from The Annie E. Casey Foundation, a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation creates a brighter future for the nation's children by developing solutions to strengthen families, build paths to economic opportunity, and transform struggling communities into safer and healthier places to live, work, and grow. KIDS COUNT® is a registered trademark of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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Town Hall safety chief leaves £100k job after less than a year
Keith Scott 'played an important role' in wake of Chalcots estate crisis, according to council leader
11 October, 2018 — By William McLennan
Keith Scott arrived at the council last November
A LEADING safety expert appointed by the Town Hall in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the Chalcots estate crisis has left his post after less than a year.
Keith Scott began his £100,000-a-year role in November last year in what was heralded as a "new era of resident safety" as Camden Council took a fresh approach to risk management after the evacuation of the tower blocks in Adelaide Road.
The director of resident safety post was billed as groundbreaking, but his departure has led to questions over the council's long-term commitment to change.
Mandy Ryan, who lives at the top of one of Chalcots' 23-storey towers, said: "It makes you wonder if they really are serious about it. We felt confident we had someone overseeing everything and now he's gone."
The New Journal understands that Mr Scott has left for a new role at private firm Serco. He is an industry leader, having worked as head of safety at Royal Mail and the Ministry of Justice. He served four years as chairman of the Institute of Risk and Safety Management.
On his appointment, Mr Scott, a former Labour councillor in Greenwich, said: "If you want to put it in plain speak: my job is to try and help people not have to suffer bad things."
His appointment had been welcomed by residents of the Chalcots estate, where 3,000 people were forced to leave their homes at a moment's notice after a series of fire safety failures were identified in the days after 72 lives were lost at Grenfell Tower in west London.
Bob O'Toole, chair of Burnham tenants' and residents' association, said: "It's shame on Camden. They should have given him a longer contract. He's got things started, he got the ball rolling, he was always on top of things, but we don't know who's coming in now. I hope they're as good as he was."
Belsize Lib Dem councillor Luisa Porritt said: "Officers, including Keith himself, have sought to assure us that an appropriate structure will be left in place following his departure, though his degree of experience and authoritative presence will surely be missed."
Anthony Royle, chair of Bray Tenants' and Residents' Association, said there was an "information vacuum", with no clarity over whether Mr Scott would be replaced.
He said: "As far as I see Keith has fulfilled all the things we expected. It was a surprise, I was quite shocked to hear he was going as he only just got his feet under the table. It's a disappointment that he is not continuing."
Labour council leader Georgia Gould said Mr Scott had "played an important role in helping us deliver a new standard of resident safety in Camden".
She said that a "strong in-house team" had been recruited in the past year, adding: "We are absolutely committed to continuing our focus on the highest standard of resident safety and will begin the recruitment process for Keith's replacement immediately."
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July 1st brings in a new era for the ACC as Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame officially join the conference. It also is the dawning of a new conference, the American Athletic Conference. I hope Commissioner Aresco pardons Louisville fans for not greeting this day with applause and cheers. What we will relish is one final year with two old rivals in Cincinnati and Memphis.
Last week I took a look into the Louisville Cardinals future, their 2014 football recruiting class. Over the course of last week it has changed as the Cards received seven commitments in five days, it was truly a busy week. The week started with the news that Detrick Dukes switched his commitment to his home state Georgia Bulldogs but this bad news was short lived as the new commitments began to trickle in.
It started with a pair of commitments from Danial Gresham and Zykiesis Cannon. Gresham is the top fullback in the 2014 class and a top 40 runningback. Before originally committing to Texas, he had offers from Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi, Tennessee and others. The 5-11 225 lbs back was born and raised in Louisville before moving to Texas at age 12. As a junior he ran for 979 yards for an 11.38 yards per carry with 18 TDs while also picking up 18 tackles and 3 sacks on defense. Louisville won the ACC battle for Cannon, a 3 star WR/S.
Next it was 6-3 220 lbs DL Rashawn Shaw, Rivals #18 DE. Shaw also had offers from LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee and others. This could lead to a commitment from 4 star LB Sharieff Rhaheed who is a teammate of Shaw but who is currently committed to LSU.
6-6 321 lbs OL Danny Burns quickly came next. Burns is ranked as the #32 OT by Rivals. He also had offers from Michigan St, Maryland, Nebraska, West Virginia and others. It is good to see the Cards adding quality size to their offensive line.
A pair of 3 star prospects finished off the round of 2014 commitments for the week, bringing the Cards total number of commits to 20. In contrast, the Cards only had 6 commits at the same time last year. LJ Scott is a top 50 RB who had offers from Wisconsin, Indiana and others while Cam Polk is an athlete who is ranked as a top 60 WR.
This set up Louisville for their biggest surprise of the week, their final commit of the week. 4 star MLB 6-4 230 lbs James Hearns was making plans for junior college when he learned Wednesday that he had achieved the necessary grade on his ACT to make him eligible for the 2013 class. He visited Louisville on Friday and signed on Saturday. Hearns bolsters the Cards 2013 class, giving them four 4 star recruits and a total of 17 signees. He will enroll July 10. Originally he had offers from Alabama, Florida, Florida St, Georgia, LSU, Miami, Notre Dame, Ohio State, South Carolina and others. His grades made him a risky prospect and lead him from parting ways with Florida in January. On signing day he "almost" signed with Kentucky but their coaches didn't want to take a chance on his grades. Hearnes is a teammate of Louisville's 2014 commit Jeff Williams.
The Cards commitments didn't end with football as the basketball team also picked up a commitment from a 5 star prospect. JaQuan Lyle is ranked 18th overall in the class of 2014. Lyle, a 6-4 180 lbs combo guard, is a versatile guard that can play and defend three different positions. He joins the Cards pair of 4 star commits, #29 Quentin Snider PG and #36 Shaqquan Aaron SF. This bumps the Cards class up to #2 in the rankings, trailing only North Carolina. The Cards likely will now turn their attention to picking up two big men. The Cards have offers out to Tray Lyles, Myles Turner, Goodluck Okonoboh, Elbert Robinson and others.
In other basketball news the Cards saw Gorgui Dieng selected at #21 in the NBA draft by Utah, but will end up in Minnesota, and Peyton Siva selected at #56 by Detroit. It was announced that the Louisville market was #1 for the NBA draft. Senior Luke Hancock made team USA in the 12 man World University Games and sophomore Montrezl Harrell made the USA under 19 World Championship team.
It was a busy week for the Cards. Not only did they help solidify their 2014 football class, with 7 players in the top 40 at their position, but they also strengthened their 2013 class with a rare June pickup. It would've been considered a great week with just the football news but the basketball pickup and the NBA draft selections made it an extraordinary week. The only way it could have been better is if they picked up more 4 star football commits so on this report Card I will have to give the Cards an A for the week. Even though this has the makings of the Cards best football class ever, they are still only in the top 5 of the ACC.
Louisville 2014 Football Recruiting Update (atlanticcoastconfidential.com)
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2 thoughts on "Report CARD: Recruiting"
acaffrey on July 1, 2013 at 11:40 pm said:
Awesome!!!
lenvillecards on July 2, 2013 at 8:32 pm said:
More good news for the Cards as Rhaheed has decommitted from LSU. He is considering Alabama, Arkansas and others but says that Louisville holds a slight advantage at this time.


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Team Sahlen, Presented by honeybeeBase.com, Secures Overall Victory in 3 Different Series for the 2nd Straight Year
Dec 4, 2017 | Arts & Entertainment
North Canton, OH, December 04, 2017 –(PR.com)– During the 2017 season, Team Sahlen, presented by honeybeeBase.com, competed in 3 different endurance sports car series: American Endurance Racing, World Racing League and ChampCar Endurance Series. Each series offered a unique set of car specs and competition rules that the team had to adjust for.
At the end of the year, the team was successful in securing Overall Victories in each of the 3 series. These results were achieved when not always classified in the Top Class of the series. This achievement was even more noteworthy by the factor of reaching this mark for the second straight year.
Wayne Nonnamaker shared his thoughts, "Each of these 3 series are very strong. Being competitive in all three is very tough. We ask a lot of our crew to accomplish this targeted goal each year. Being able to win in all three, two years in a row is remarkable, and we are proud to have accomplished this goal!"
Over this 2 year span, Team Sahlen has used a variety of race cars to accomplish this mark. Team Sahlen campaigns 4 Porsche Caymans and 3 Mazda RX7s. In total, 5 of the 7 race cars have contributed to the 10 overall race victory tally.
"To win at these long endurance events requires both speed and reliability. Having five different race cars come through to secure Overall Victories is mark I find the most satisfying. The crew does such a fantastic job preparing our Team Sahlen race cars so they can run the full distance. And then to be able to extract the speed from not just one but five race cars is not always easy, but is most certainly a gratifying achievement," shared car chief Tony Artino.
Beyond the Overall race victories, Team Sahlen has been able to achieve being 1st in Class a total of 18 times as well as 47 class podiums in the 2 year time period. Joe Nonnamaker shared his thoughts on this mark – "There are many races where we have been competing in 2 different classes in the same race. Everyone on the team has to keep on their toes as we often have multiple race strategies playing out to try and win in 2 different classes with 2 different speeds of race cars. This means gauging different fuel strategies, pit stop sequences and yellow flag conditions all at the same time for over 7 to 9 hours."
Of the 12 Overall Victories, none of them were carbon copy results. Many of the wins had very interesting dialogues to complement the storyline. Joe Sahlen shared his thoughts – "There are so many of the Overall victories that stand out. Winning overall in the World Racing League with our Mazda RX7s built to the more restrictive ChampCar Endurance Series rules was satisfying. Winning with our Porsche Cayman versus an ELAN Prototype was a true underdog storyline. But achieving the 1st Worldwide Overall Endurance Victory with a Porsche PDK Automatic Transmission is one I will remember for years to come."
Team Sahlen's history in Endurance Sports Car Racing in North America dates back beyond the past two years. In fact, the team's history spans all the way back to origins of production based endurance sports car racing to 1984. Team Sahlen has been able to race in and secure victories in long wide array of past championships that includes: SCCA Escort Endurance Series, Firestone Firehawk Series, IMSA Sports Car Endurance Championship, Motorola Cup, Grand American Continental Tires Series, and Grand American ROLEX Sports Car Series.
"We have been very fortunate to race in a wide variety of series. And even more fortunate to have secured victories in each of those series. What has been constant throughout our team's history in sports car racing is that we have always enjoyed the long endurance race format. And the three series we currently compete in, American Endurance Racing, World Racing League and ChampCar Endurance Series, embrace this philosophy at their core. Our team can hardly wait for the 2018 season to start up again. We will be working hard in the off season to hopefully equal or surpass our achievements from these past two seasons. But no matter what, you can guarantee that everyone at Team Sahlen will be having the time of our lives racing these long enduros," shared Will Nonnamaker.
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