The Latest on Week 17 in the NFL (all times EST):___7:40 p.m.The Tennessee Titans needed the game of Derrick Henry’s career and another big comeback to win their first AFC South title since 2008.They also needed a lucky bounce.Replacement kicker Sam Sloman banked a 37-yard field goal off the right upright as time expired Sunday to lift Tennessee past Houston 41-38. The Titans had to win with Indianapolis beating Jacksonville 28-14 or they would have have been a wild-card.The Titans had to rally after giving up 20 straight points to turn a blowout into a nail-biter. Houston tied it up at 38 with a field goal with 18 seconds left, setting up Tennessee’s latest rally for a win.Henry ran for a career-high 250 yards and became the eighth man to run for at least 2,000 yards in NFL history. He finished the season with 2,027 yards, the fifth-best rushing total in a season.The Titans now will host Baltimore, Indianapolis is going to Buffalo with Cleveland visiting Pittsburgh in the wild-card round for the AFC.Green Bay clinched home-field throughout in the NFC with a 35-16 win over Chicago. Arizona’s 18-7 loss to the Rams eliminated the Cardinals and allowed the Bears to clinch a wild-card spot in the NFC.The last berth still undecided is in the NFC. Washington can clinch the NFC East with a win over Philadelphia on Sunday night.___7:20 p.m.Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans now has the fifth-best rushing total in NFL history.Henry became the eighth man to run for at least 2,000 yards in league history midway through the fourth quarter, and he has a career-high 246 yards rushing against the Houston Texans. That gives him 2,023 yards for the season.That trails only Eric Dickerson (2,105 in 1984), Adrian Peterson (2,097 in 2012), Jamal Lewis (2,066 in 2003) and Barry Sanders (2,053 in 1997). O.J. Simpson ran for 2,003 yards in a 14-game season in 1973.Henry also has the franchise record, topping Chris Johnson who had 2,006 yards in 2009.___7:17 p.m.Las Vegas tight end Darren Waller caught pass No. 105 to break Tim Brown’s team record for receptions in a season.Waller etched his name in the record book with his 15-yard catch in the fourth quarter against Denver. Brown had the franchise record with 104 receptions in 1997.Earlier in the game, Waller became the first tight end in team history to turn in back-to-back seasons with 100 or more catches and 1,000 or more yards.___7:11 p.m.Jonathan Taylor has broken the Colts’ single-game rushing record.After scoring his second TD on a 45-yard run with 3:35 to go, giving the Colts a 28-14 lead over Jacksonville, Taylor now has 27 carries for 241 yards.His rushing total is 22 yards more than Edgerrin James had at Seattle in October 2004. James had the only other 200-yard game in franchise history, running 204 at Chicago in November 2004.Taylor also has broken Alan Ameche’s rokkie record, 194 yards, against Chicago on Sept. 25, 1955.Earlier in the game, Taylor become the first Indianapolis rookie to rush for 1,000 yards since Joseph Addai in 2006.___7:07 p.m.Derrick Henry has become the eighth man in NFL history to run for at least 2,000 yards in a single season.Henry came into Sunday’s regular season finale needing 223 yards rushing to become the second man in franchise history to reach 2,000. He came in as the NFL’s rushing leader for a second straight season with a career-best 1,777 yards rushing.The two-time Pro Bowl running back appeared ready to run for the 18 yards he needed for that mark late in the third quarter only to be stripped of the ball by Texans linebacker Zach Cunningham. Houston scored to pull within 31-28. The Texans scored 20 straight to go up 35-31.Henry ran for 6 yards on second-and-5 to give him 2,003 yards with 7:46 yards left, and he has time to add to that total.The Titans still need a win to grab their first AFC South title since 2008.___6:53 p.m.Justin Herbert has accounted for the most touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in NFL history.Herbert, the sixth overall pick by the Los Angeles Chargers in April’s draft, has four touchdowns against the Kansas City Chiefs (three passing, one rushing) as the Chargers have a 31-14 lead late in the third quarter.Herbert’s 48-yard TD throw to Mike Williams late in the third quarter was his 36th of the season. He has passed for 31 and had five rushing. Cam Newton had the previous mark with 35 for Carolina in 2011 (21 passing, 14 rushing).It is another in a series of rookie records for Herbert. Earlier in the game he surpassed Carson Wentz’s 379 completions with Philadelphia in 2016. He is also the youngest QB in NFL history to reach 30 passing TDs in a season at 22 years, 299 days.___6:50 p.m.Las Vegas running back Josh Jacobs has gone over the 1,000-yard mark with a third-quarter run against Denver.It was his second straight 1,000-yard rushing season. The only other Raiders running backs to accomplish that feat were Marcus Allen (1983-85) and Mark van Eeghen (1976-78).Jacobs rushed for 1,150 yards last season for the Raiders as a rookie out of Alabama.___6:46 p.m.Kyler Murray has returned at quarterback for Arizona early in the fourth quarter with the Cardinals trailing the Los Angeles Rams 18-7.Murray suffered an ankle injury during Arizona’s first possession. Chris Streveler directed the Cardinals to a touchdown on his first series, but the offence has been stuck in neutral since. Arizona went three-and-out on three of the next seven possessions.The Cardinals must win to get their first playoff berth since 2015.___6:30 p.m.The Panthers have benched starting quarterback Teddy Bridgewater midway through the third quarter with Carolina trailing 19-7 after he threw his second interception in the end zone.His replacement, P.J. Walker, threw an interception on his first possession leading to a Saints touchdown run by Tayson Hill to make it 26-7.Both of Bridgewater’s interceptions were thrown into double coverage resulting in easy interceptions for the Saints. Bridgewater entered the game 15 touchdown passes and nine interceptions and was 13 of 23 for 176 yards on Sunday with no touchdowns and two picks.___6:15 p.m.Derrick Henry came into the Tennessee Titans’ regular season finale already assured of becoming the NFL’s first back-to-back rushing champ since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006-07.Now Henry is 88 yards away from making some more history.Henry came in with 1,777 yards rushing this season, and he now is 88 yards away from becoming the eighth man in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards.He has a pair of TD runs against Houston, one for 52 yards and a second for 6 yards putting him at 135 yards for the game. Henry ran for 212 and 211 yards in his past two games against the Texans.___6:05 p.m.John Wolford has shaken off his rocky opening series to produce a solid first half for the Los Angeles Rams as they close in on a playoff spot.Wolford passed for 125 yards and rushed for 47 in his first half of NFL action with the Rams, who led Arizona 12-7 at halftime after cornerback Troy Hill’s 84-yard interception return for a touchdown.Wolford went 13 of 23 in the first half, although his offence scored only three points. Cam Akers fumbled at the goal line to short-circuit its best drive, giving the Rams at least one turnover in every game this season.Arizona quarterback Chris Streveler and his offence can’t move the ball at all against the Rams’ No. 1-ranked defence, managing just 55 yards in the first half. The offence also gave up two points on a safety when Justin Pugh held A’Shawn Robinson in the end zone.The Rams will reach the playoffs for the third time in four years if they win or if Green Bay beats Chicago. The Cardinals must win to get their first playoff berth since 2015.___5:55 p.m.The Green Bay Packers are a half away from clinching the NFC’s No. 1 seed and a bye week for the playoffs.The Packers lead Chicago 21-13 at halftime, a loss that would eliminate the Bears from the playoffs.The Titans lead Houston 17-9 at halftime with NFL rushing leader Derrick Henry running for 113 yards and a touchdown in the first half. Henry is 110 yards shy of becoming the eighth man in NFL history to run for 2,000 yards. A win by the Titans clinches the AFC South for the first time since 2008.The Colts lead Jacksonville 20-7 at halftime needing a loss by Tennessee to win the division.The Los Angeles Rams lead Arizona 12-7 at halftime. The Rams need a win or a Chicago loss to clinch an NFC wild-card berth. Arizona needs a win or a Chicago loss to grab a playoff berth.___5:50 p.m.The Saints don’t have Alvin Kamara and Latavius Murray due to the running back tandem being placed on the COVID-19 reserve list earlier this week. The Saints still lead the Panthers 16-7 at halftime.Drew Brees has completed 13 of 16 passes for 114 yards, including touchdown tosses of 18 yards to Jared Cook and 8 yards to Emmanuel Sanders. For Cook, it marked the fourth straight game he has scored against Carolina.The Saints have an outside shot to win the NFC’s top seed if they beat the Panthers, the Packers lose and the Seahawks win.___5:50 p.m.Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler has been knocked from the game against the Kansas City Chiefs in the final minute of the first half by a brutal helmet-to-helmet hit from safety Juan Thornhill.Ekeler was bobbling a pass over the middle when the crown of Thornhill’s helmet colliding with his face mask.Ekeler lay on the turf for several minutes, surrounded by teammates and trainers, before he walked off the field on his own. Thornhill was given a personal foul penalty for the helmet-to-helmet hit.___5:45 p.m.The Seattle Seahawks have a 6-3 halftime lead over the San Francisco 49ers after Jason Myers connected on field goals from 36 and 30 yards.The Seahawks are in the running for the No. 1 overall seed and a first-round bye in the NFC playoffs, but they must beat the 49ers and hope the Packers lose and the Saints lose or tie.Seattle had two promising drives bog down in the red zone during the first half. Russell Wilson has completed 11 of 19 passes for 101 yards.San Francisco’s third-string quarterback C.J. Beathard is making his second straight start. He’s 8 for 13 for 67 yards, one week after helping the 49ers beat the Cardinals 20-12.The 49ers are playing their third straight “home” game in Arizona because of coronavirus restrictions in their home county. San Francisco lost the first two games.___5:09 p.m.The Green Bay Packers have set an NFL season record for second-quarter points.Aaron Rodgers threw a 3-yard touchdown to Robert Tonyan on the first play of the period against the Chicago Bears, giving the Packers 205 second-quarter points this season. The New England Patriots had the NFL record for second-quarter points in a season with 199 in 2007, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.Rodgers also matched a career-high with his 45th touchdown pass.___5:09 p.m.DK Metcalf has set the Seattle Seahawks single-season record for yards receiving, a mark that had stood for 35 years.Metcalf surpassed Hall of Famer Steve Largent’s franchise record on his second reception on Sunday against San Francisco.Largent set the record of 1,287 yards in 1985. Metcalf entered the day six yards shy of Largent’s mark and set the new record with consecutive catches of 5 and 4 yards in the second quarter.Tyler Lockett also went over 1,000 yards for the season on a 26-yard catch to start the second quarter. It’s the second time in franchise history the Seahawks have two 1,000-yard receivers in the same season. Joey Galloway and Brian Blades accomplished the feat in 1995.Lockett just caught his 95th pass of the season, which is also a franchise record. Bobby Engram and Doug Baldwin had the previous mark with 94.___4:55 p.m.Kyler Murray has hurt his ankle, and Chris Streveler led the Arizona Cardinals to a touchdown on his first drive against the Los Angeles Rams.Murray was in for the first series and had 14 yards of offence (7 rushing, 7 passing) before the Cardinals were forced to punt near midfield. Arizona quickly got it back when Jordan Hicks intercepted John Wolford’s pass at the Rams 20 and returned it 6 yards.Streveler, who had never thrown a pass in an NFL game, was 2 for 2 for 14 yards giving the Cardinals a 7-0 lead.Murray is questionable to return. Arizona needs to win or have Chicago lose to Green Bay to clinch a playoff berth.___4:53 p.m.It’s a second straight 100-catch season for Las Vegas tight end Darren Waller with his two grabs in the first quarter against Denver.Waller becomes the first tight end in team history to turn in back-to-back seasons with 100 or more catches and 1,000 or more yards.He moved five catches away from breaking Tim Brown’s franchise record for most catches in a single season. Brown caught 104 passes in 1997.___4:45 p.m.The Kansas City Chiefs rested many of their starters to guard against injuries with the AFC’s top seed already secured, only to lose second-round draft pick Willie Gay when the linebacker hurt his ankle on their third defensive play.The injury left the Chiefs with only two healthy linebackers in Damien Wilson and Darrius Harris. Anthony Hitchens is on the COVID-19 list and Ben Niemann is inactive with a hamstring injury.Patrick Mahomes, Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins are among the other players inactive for Kansas City.___4:41 p.m.Indianapolis quarterback Philip Rivers has thrown his 421st touchdown pass to break a tie with Hall of Famer Dan Marino for No. 5 on the NFL’s all-time list.It came on a 6-yard scoring play to T.Y. Hilton with 10:16 left in the first quarter to give Indy a 7-0 lead over Jacksonville.Marino retired as the career record-holder for TD passes following the 1999 season.For Hilton, it was career TD catch No. 50 and tied him with the late Jimmy Orr for fourth on the Colts’ career list. Orr died in October. The only players ahead of Hilton on the franchise list are Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison (128), Reggie Wayne (82) and Hall of Famer Raymond Berry (68).Rivers needs 10 more passing attempts to pass Eli Manning (8,119) for No. 6 in NFL history.Hilton and the 39-year-old Rivers both have expiring contracts after this season.___4:40 p.m.The Chicago Bears averted a disaster against the Green Bay Packers on the opening kickoff.Barely.Green Bay kicker Mason Crosby sent the kick toward the sideline, and Chicago returner Cordarrelle Patterson appeared to down the ball at the 1 as he slipped. But the officials ruled he was out of bounds when he touched it, giving the Bears the ball at their 40.The Packers challenged the ruling, but the play was upheld.Green Bay is looking to clinch the top seed for the NFC playoffs with its sixth consecutive victory. Chicago secures a playoff spot with a win.___4:20 p.m.The Baltimore Ravens are in the playoffs again, and the Cleveland Browns ended lengthy drought between berths by earning their first post-season trip since 2002.The Ravens earned a possible trip to Tennessee in the wild-card round by routing Cincinnati 38-3. Cleveland had to hold off Pittburgh 24-22 to grab its wild-card spot.The Titans clinched a playoff berth with Buffalo routing Miami 56-26, which left the Dolphins needing an Indianapolis loss to Jacksonville to salvage their playoff hopes. The Bills earned the No. 2 seed in the AFC.Tennessee has its third playoff spot in four seasons. A Tennessee win in Houston would give Tennessee its first AFC South title since 2008 and the AFC’s No. 4 seed.Dallas had a chance to keep its hopes alive until Sunday night if the Cowboys could beat the Giants while needing a loss by Washington in the final game of the season. But the Giants intercepted Andy Dalton in the end zone with 1:15 left and pulled out a 23-19 victory.Now it’s the Giants waiting to see if Philadelphia loses to Washington to make New York the first six-win team to make the playoffs in a 16-game regular season as the NFC East champs.The NFC still has three berths up for grabs along with Green Bay needing a win over Chicago or a loss by Seattle to San Francisco to clinch the No. 1 seed and first-round bye.___3:22 p.m.Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard has matched a single-season franchise record with his 10th interception.Howard picked off Buffalo Bills backup Matt Barkley in the third quarter.With the interception, Howard matched the record set by Dick Westmoreland in 1967. He also became the NFL’s first player to have 10 interceptions in one season since Antonio Cromartie had that many with the Chargers in 2007.Buffalo leads Miami 35-13 late in the third quarter.___2:45 p.m.Daniel Jones and the New York Giants are rolling toward the brink of playoff history.The 5-10 Giants lead Dallas 20-9 at halftime of a game that could decide the NFC East — the winner will claim the division if Washington loses against Philadelphia later Sunday. The Cowboys would also make the playoffs with a win and a Washington tie.New York would be the first six-win team to make the playoffs in a 16-game regular season — and after a 1-7 start no less.The Giants’ 31st-ranked offence outgained Dallas 239-113 in the first half. Jones threw for 150 yards and two TDs, including a 33-yarder to Dante Pettis with 45 seconds left.A week after gaining 513 yards in a 37-17 win over Philadelphia, the Cowboys were a mess offensively early. Andy Dalton misfired on a number of passes, perhaps struggling with his grip on a chilly day in New Jersey, and New York sacked him three times.Dallas got the ball moving late, with 79 coming on its final two drives, leading to two Greg Zuerlein field goals, including a 57-yarder as the half expired.___2:30 p.m.The Buffalo Bills are doing their best to clinch the No. 2 seed and end Miami’s playoff hopes at the same time.The Bills lead Miami 28-6 at halftime with Josh Allen throwing three touchdowns. Buffalo is so in control of this game that wide receiver Stefon Diggs was caught flossing on the sideline, practicing dental hygiene rather than the dance.A Miami loss leaves the Dolphins rooting for Jacksonville to snap a 14-game skid by beating Indianapolis to get into the post-season.Baltimore has a 17-3 lead over Cincinnati early in the third quarter needing a win to grab one of the AFC’s four playoff berths still available when the final day began. Cleveland is up 10-6 on Pittsburgh needing a victory for the Browns’ first playoff berth since 2002.The NFC had three playoff berths available on the final day.The Giants lead Dallas 20-9 at halftime, and a New York win eliminates the Cowboys. The Giants then will be waiting and watching to see if Philadelphia can beat Washington to grab the NFC East title.___2:35 p.m.The Detroit Lions have given up a franchise-record 6,496 yards of offence through the first half while trailing Minnesota 21-16.Fittingly, they broke the record set by their 2008 winless team when two defenders missed a tackle while safety Duron Harmon stood and watched Chad Beebe score on a go-ahead, 40-yard touchdown catch.___2:20 p.m.Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie has scored three touchdowns, including one on an 84-yard punt return, to put Buffalo up 21-3 over the Miami Dolphins with 5:22 remaining in the second quarter.McKenzie also scored on 7 and 14-yard touchdown catches in a game the that means far more for the Dolphins, who need a win to secure their third playoff berth in 18 years.McKenzie became Buffalo’s sixth player to score an offensive touchdown and on a return in the same game. The punt-return TD was the Bills’ first since Marcus Thigpen scored against Green Bay on Dec. 14, 2014.McKenzie’s 3-score game comes after teammate Stefon Diggs scored three times in a 38-9 win at New England on Monday night.— John Wawrow reporting from Orchard Park, New York.___2:20 p.m.Matt Prater now has the NFL record for most field goals made of 50 yards or longer.Prater made a 54-yard field goal midway through the second quarter to give Detroit a 16-14 lead over Minnesota. It was his 59th field goal from 50-plus yards, breaking a tie with Sebastian Janikowski who made 58 from that range between 2000 and 2018.___1:53 p.m.Josh Allen has set the Buffalo Bills’ single-season record for yards passing.Allen upped his total to 4,363 with a 6-yard completion to Devin Singletary on the opening play of the second quarter in Buffalo’s game against Miami. The third-year starter topped the mark of 4,359 yards set by Drew Bledsoe in 2002. No other Bills player has topped 4,000.Allen finished the drive with 7-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah McKenzie to put Buffalo up 7-3. That increased his season total to 4,396 yards passing. The touchdown was his 35th passing of the season, extending the single-season record he set last weekend.Allen has gone 9 of 13 for 76 yards with a touchdown and interception in three series.Buffalo can grab the No. 2 seed in the AFC with a victory or a Steelers loss, and the Bills can fall no further than No. 3.— John Wawrow reporting from Orchard Park, New York.___1:35 p.m.Tampa Bay’s Mike Evans limped off the field late in the first quarter of the Buccaneers’ regular season finale against the Atlanta Falcons.Evans appeared to hurt his left knee trying to catch a throw to the end zone from Tom Brady, slipping on the turf. The injury occurred one play after Evans made a 20-yard reception that made him the first player in NFL history to begin a career with seven consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.The receiver was eventually helped to feet and limped toward the tunnel to the locker with assistance from a trainer.___1:30 p.m.The Baltimore Ravens scored on their first two drives against the Cincinnati Bengals to take a 10-0 first-quarter lead.A Justin Tucker field-goal capped the first Baltimore drive, and then Lamar Jackson threw a 43-yard touchdown pass to Miles Boykin to extend the lead.The Ravens can clinch a wild-card playoff spot with a win over the Bengals.Bengals rookie receiver Tee Higgins injured his left hamstring on a pass play that was negated because of an offensive pass interference penalty on Cincinnati’s first drive. His return is questionable.___1:15 p.m.Cam Newton could be playing his final game in New England, but he has earned a place in the franchise’s record book.Newton’s 49-yard run on the Patriots’ opening drive Sunday against the Jets was the longest by a quarterback in franchise history. Steven Grogan held the previous record, twice posting 41-yard runs.With the run Newton also passed Grogan for the single-season team record for rushing yards by a quarterback. Newton entered the game 26 yards behind Grogan, who had 539 rushing yards in 1978.The Patriots’ drive ended with a 7-yard TD pass from Newton to James White to put the Patriots in front 7-0.— Kyle Hightower, reporting from Foxborough, Massachusetts.___1:15 p.m.Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb went over 1,000 yards with style.The Pro Bowler broke free on a 47-yard touchdown run in the first quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers to eclipse 1,000 yards for the second straight season. The Browns will make the playoffs for the first time since 2002 with a win.Chubb, who rushed for 1,494 yards last season, missed four games earlier this season with a sprained right knee.As a rookie, Chubb went over 1,000 yards before he was thrown for a loss late in the season finale and finished with 996.___12:10 p.m.The Tennessee Titans will be trying to win their first AFC South title in 12 years without a defensive lineman.Tennessee placed rookie Teair Tart on the Reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday hours before playing in Houston needing a victory over the Texans (4-11) to clinch the division. Tart has played seven games this season and got his first start last week in a loss at Green Bay.The Titans also will be without four-time Pro Bowl kicker Stephen Gostkowski who was placed on the COVID-19 list Monday. But three-time punter Brett Kern was activated off that list Saturday and will be available Sunday.___More AP NFL: https://apnews.com/NFL and https://twitter.com/AP_NFLThe Associated Press
Skinstitut Holiday Gift Kits take the stress out of gifting
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LONDON (AP) — Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die?
It’s wise to draft a will spelling out who inherits your physical assets after you’re gone, but don’t forget to take care of your digital estate too. Friends and family might treasure files and posts you’ve left behind, but they could get lost in digital purgatory after you pass away unless you take some simple steps.
Here’s how you can prepare your digital life for your survivors:
Apple
The iPhone maker lets you nominate a “ legacy contact ” who can access your Apple account’s data after you die. The company says it’s a secure way to give trusted people access to photos, files and messages. To set it up you’ll need an Apple device with a fairly recent operating system — iPhones and iPads need iOS or iPadOS 15.2 and MacBooks needs macOS Monterey 12.1.
For iPhones, go to settings, tap Sign-in & Security and then Legacy Contact. You can name one or more people, and they don’t need an Apple ID or device.
You’ll have to share an access key with your contact. It can be a digital version sent electronically, or you can print a copy or save it as a screenshot or PDF.
Take note that there are some types of files you won’t be able to pass on — including digital rights-protected music, movies and passwords stored in Apple’s password manager. Legacy contacts can only access a deceased user’s account for three years before Apple deletes the account.
Google
Google takes a different approach with its Inactive Account Manager, which allows you to share your data with someone if it notices that you’ve stopped using your account.
When setting it up, you need to decide how long Google should wait — from three to 18 months — before considering your account inactive. Once that time is up, Google can notify up to 10 people.
You can write a message informing them you’ve stopped using the account, and, optionally, include a link to download your data. You can choose what types of data they can access — including emails, photos, calendar entries and YouTube videos.
There’s also an option to automatically delete your account after three months of inactivity, so your contacts will have to download any data before that deadline.
Facebook and Instagram
Some social media platforms can preserve accounts for people who have died so that friends and family can honor their memories.
When users of Facebook or Instagram die, parent company Meta says it can memorialize the account if it gets a “valid request” from a friend or family member. Requests can be submitted through an online form.
The social media company strongly recommends Facebook users add a legacy contact to look after their memorial accounts. Legacy contacts can do things like respond to new friend requests and update pinned posts, but they can’t read private messages or remove or alter previous posts. You can only choose one person, who also has to have a Facebook account.
You can also ask Facebook or Instagram to delete a deceased user’s account if you’re a close family member or an executor. You’ll need to send in documents like a death certificate.
TikTok
The video-sharing platform says that if a user has died, people can submit a request to memorialize the account through the settings menu. Go to the Report a Problem section, then Account and profile, then Manage account, where you can report a deceased user.
Once an account has been memorialized, it will be labeled “Remembering.” No one will be able to log into the account, which prevents anyone from editing the profile or using the account to post new content or send messages.
X
It’s not possible to nominate a legacy contact on Elon Musk’s social media site. But family members or an authorized person can submit a request to deactivate a deceased user’s account.
Passwords
Besides the major online services, you’ll probably have dozens if not hundreds of other digital accounts that your survivors might need to access. You could just write all your login credentials down in a notebook and put it somewhere safe. But making a physical copy presents its own vulnerabilities. What if you lose track of it? What if someone finds it?
Instead, consider a password manager that has an emergency access feature. Password managers are digital vaults that you can use to store all your credentials. Some, like Keeper,Bitwarden and NordPass, allow users to nominate one or more trusted contacts who can access their keys in case of an emergency such as a death.
But there are a few catches: Those contacts also need to use the same password manager and you might have to pay for the service.
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The Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should regularly screen children for reading difficulties and dyslexia, calling low literacy a “serious public health concern” that can increase the risk of other problems including anxiety, low self-esteem and behavioural issues, with lifelong consequences.
New guidance issued Wednesday says family doctors, nurses, pediatricians and other medical professionals who care for school-aged kids are in a unique position to help struggling readers access educational and specialty supports, noting that identifying problems early couldhelp kids sooner — when it’s more effective — as well as reveal other possible learning or developmental issues.
The 10 recommendations include regular screening for kids aged four to seven, especially if they belong to groups at higher risk of low literacy, including newcomers to Canada, racialized Canadians and Indigenous Peoples. The society says this can be done in a two-to-three-minute office-based assessment.
Other tips encourage doctors to look for conditions often seen among poor readers such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder; to advocate for early literacy training for pediatric and family medicine residents; to liaise with schools on behalf of families seeking help; and to push provincial and territorial education ministries to integrate evidence-based phonics instruction into curriculums, starting in kindergarten.
Dr. Scott McLeod, one of the authors and chair of the society’s mental health and developmental disabilities committee, said a key goal is to catch kids who may be falling through the cracks and to better connect families to resources, including quicker targeted help from schools.
“Collaboration in this area is so key because we need to move away from the silos of: everything educational must exist within the educational portfolio,” McLeod said in an interview from Calgary, where he is a developmental pediatrician at Alberta Children’s Hospital.
“Reading, yes, it’s education, but it’s also health because we know that literacy impacts health. So I think that a statement like this opens the window to say: Yes, parents can come to their health-care provider to get advice, get recommendations, hopefully start a collaboration with school teachers.”
McLeod noted that pediatricians already look for signs of low literacy in young children by way of a commonly used tool known as the Rourke Baby Record, which offers a checklist of key topics, such as nutrition and developmental benchmarks, to cover in a well-child appointment.
But he said questions about reading could be “a standing item” in checkups and he hoped the society’s statement to medical professionals who care for children “enhances their confidence in being a strong advocate for the child” while spurring partnerships with others involved in a child’s life such as teachers and psychologists.
The guidance said pediatricians also play a key role in detecting and monitoring conditions that often coexist with difficulty reading such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, but McLeod noted that getting such specific diagnoses typically involves a referral to a specialist, during which time a child continues to struggle.
He also acknowledged that some schools can be slow to act without a specific diagnosis from a specialist, and even then a child may end up on a wait list for school interventions.
“Evidence-based reading instruction shouldn’t have to wait for some of that access to specialized assessments to occur,” he said.
“My hope is that (by) having an existing statement or document written by the Canadian Paediatric Society … we’re able to skip a few steps or have some of the early interventions present,” he said.
McLeod added that obtaining specific assessments from medical specialists is “definitely beneficial and advantageous” to know where a child is at, “but having that sort of clear, thorough assessment shouldn’t be a barrier to intervention starting.”
McLeod said the society was partly spurred to act by 2022’s “Right to Read Inquiry Report” from the Ontario Human Rights Commission, which made 157 recommendations to address inequities related to reading instruction in that province.
He called the new guidelines “a big reminder” to pediatric providers, family doctors, school teachers and psychologists of the importance of literacy.
“Early identification of reading difficulty can truly change the trajectory of a child’s life.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 23, 2024.
