usatoday--2020-11-22--Harry S. Truman's grandson: The messy, impolite history of presidential transitions

My grandfather , Harry S. Truman , initiated the protocols for the peaceful transfer of presidential power as we know them today .
He invited President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower to send over his Cabinet and staff so they could kick the tires , as it were — be briefed by their predecessors , attend meetings , try out the office chairs .
`` New cabinet members often have trouble taking over , '' Grandpa wrote .
`` But being briefed as they were , and being allowed to sit with the members of my Cabinet and seeing what their functions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have any trouble .
It was the first time in the history of the country that these things had ever been done , and it was the most orderly turnover in the history of the White House . ''
Grandpa wanted Ike to be able to hit the ground running , without suffering a fate similar to his own .
Because Franklin Roosevelt compartmentalized , when he died on April 12 , 1945 , Grandpa ascended to the presidency knowing virtually nothing about how the White House had been running things .
Presidential @ @ @ @ @ @ @ polite .
John and Abigail Adams sneaked out of the White House in the dead of night , Grandpa wrote , `` so he would n't have to make a turnover to Thomas Jefferson , because he did n't like Jefferson and was jealous of him , as well . ''
Adams ' son , John Quincy Adams , waged such a vicious campaign against Grandpa 's favorite president , Andrew Jackson , in 1828 that Rachel Jackson , a sensitive woman who hated politics , died as a result .
Adams ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ McKinley , that when Jackson won , thousands of his supporters stormed Washington to `` make sure the Adamses kept their hair on straight . ''
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He is the great-grand-nephew of William McKinley and great-grandson of Grover Cleveland .
He added that Jackson 's supporters ultimately paid less attention to Adams and more to the president-elect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such numbers that Jackson feared for his life and ducked out the back .
James Buchanan aided and abetted the Confederacy before losing the presidency to Abraham Lincoln .
Herbert Hoover considered his successor , FDR , to be ill-prepared and ill-equipped for the presidency and initially refused to be photographed with him .
More recently , Clinton administration staff members left George W. Bush 's incoming team with broken furniture and trash in the halls , including pizza boxes .
There was also the rumor that some jokers removed all of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keyboards .
Despite the smooth Truman-Eisenhower transition , Grandpa 's relationship with the president-elect was not good .
It started well .
In fact , when Gen. Eisenhower returned from World War II , Grandpa liked him so much he offered him the presidency .
Twice .
Eisenhower politely declined and went on to serve as chief of staff of the Army , supreme allied commander in Europe and president of Columbia University , during which time he and Grandpa got along just fine .
But when Ike decided to run for president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turn .
My wife , Polly , and I are friends with two of President Eisenhower 's granddaughters , Susan and Mary Jean , so I 'm careful about how I one-sidedly describe the rift that developed between our forebears .
Suffice to say that by the 1953 inauguration , they had exchanged barbs and insults , although politely by today 's standards , and were no more than civil when forced to appear together in public .
On the ride from the White House to the Capitol , they barely spoke .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ behavior suggest destructive mental processes that put America at risk Yet the transition was , as Grandpa said , a most orderly turnover , thereby ensuring continuity and solidarity of purpose .
In the telegram to Eisenhower inviting him and his Cabinet to the White House , Grandpa wrote : '' I invite you , therefore , '' he said , `` to meet with me in the White House at your earliest convenience to discuss the problem of this transition , so that it may be clear to all the world that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for freedom and peace . ''
Clifton Truman Daniel is honorary chairman of the Truman Library Institute and secretary of the Truman Scholarship Foundation .
He currently portrays his grandfather onstage in the one-man show , `` Give 'Em Hell , Harry ! ''
This column originally appeared in the Columbus Dispatch .

Clifton Truman Daniel, Opinion contributor

Harry S. Truman's grandson: The messy, impolite history of presidential transitions My grandfather knew a peaceful, polite transition unites the country "in its struggle for freedom and peace."
My grandfather, Harry S. Truman, initiated the protocols for the peaceful transfer of presidential power as we know them today. He invited President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower to send over his Cabinet and staff so they could kick the tires, as it were — be briefed by their predecessors, attend meetings, try out the office chairs.
"New cabinet members often have trouble taking over," Grandpa wrote. "But being briefed as they were, and being allowed to sit with the members of my Cabinet and seeing what their functions were, Eisenhower's people didn't have any trouble. It was the first time in the history of the country that these things had ever been done, and it was the most orderly turnover in the history of the White House."
Grandpa wanted Ike to be able to hit the ground running, without suffering a fate similar to his own. Because Franklin Roosevelt compartmentalized, when he died on April 12, 1945, Grandpa ascended to the presidency knowing virtually nothing about how the White House had been running things.
Petty, vindictive, impolite transitions
Presidential transitions have not always been smooth or polite. John and Abigail Adams sneaked out of the White House in the dead of night, Grandpa wrote, "so he wouldn't have to make a turnover to Thomas Jefferson, because he didn't like Jefferson and was jealous of him, as well."
Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, waged such a vicious campaign against Grandpa's favorite president, Andrew Jackson, in 1828 that Rachel Jackson, a sensitive woman who hated politics, died as a result. Adams' campaign was so ugly, said Massee McKinley, that when Jackson won, thousands of his supporters stormed Washington to "make sure the Adamses kept their hair on straight."
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Massee McKinley, founding partner of Peerage Communications in Atlanta, is a presidential descendant double-whammy. He is the great-grand-nephew of William McKinley and great-grandson of Grover Cleveland. He added that Jackson's supporters ultimately paid less attention to Adams and more to the president-elect himself, packing the White House in such numbers that Jackson feared for his life and ducked out the back.
James Buchanan aided and abetted the Confederacy before losing the presidency to Abraham Lincoln. Herbert Hoover considered his successor, FDR, to be ill-prepared and ill-equipped for the presidency and initially refused to be photographed with him.
More recently, Clinton administration staff members left George W. Bush's incoming team with broken furniture and trash in the halls, including pizza boxes. There was also the rumor that some jokers removed all of the "W" keys from the computer keyboards.
Putting politics aside
Despite the smooth Truman-Eisenhower transition, Grandpa's relationship with the president-elect was not good. It started well. In fact, when Gen. Eisenhower returned from World War II, Grandpa liked him so much he offered him the presidency. Twice.
Eisenhower politely declined and went on to serve as chief of staff of the Army, supreme allied commander in Europe and president of Columbia University, during which time he and Grandpa got along just fine. But when Ike decided to run for president in 1952, things took a downward turn.
My wife, Polly, and I are friends with two of President Eisenhower's granddaughters, Susan and Mary Jean, so I'm careful about how I one-sidedly describe the rift that developed between our forebears. Suffice to say that by the 1953 inauguration, they had exchanged barbs and insults, although politely by today's standards, and were no more than civil when forced to appear together in public. On the ride from the White House to the Capitol, they barely spoke.
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Yet the transition was, as Grandpa said, a most orderly turnover, thereby ensuring continuity and solidarity of purpose. In the telegram to Eisenhower inviting him and his Cabinet to the White House, Grandpa wrote:
"I know you will agree with me that there ought to be an orderly transfer of the business of the executive branch of the government to the new administration, particularly in view of the international dangers and problems that confront the country and the whole free world."
"I invite you, therefore," he said, "to meet with me in the White House at your earliest convenience to discuss the problem of this transition, so that it may be clear to all the world that this nation is united in its struggle for freedom and peace."
Clifton Truman Daniel is honorary chairman of the Truman Library Institute and secretary of the Truman Scholarship Foundation. He currently portrays his grandfather onstage in the one-man show, "Give 'Em Hell, Harry!" This column originally appeared in the Columbus Dispatch.


usatoday--2020-11-23--Attorney heading up Trump campaign's Wisconsin recount effort is seeking to throw out his own vote

The attorney leading President Donald Trump ’ s recount effort in Wisconsin voted illegally according to his own legal argument that in-person absentee ballots should be thrown out .
So did his wife .
Jim Troupis , a former Dane County judge and Cross Plains attorney who is representing the Trump campaign , would not answer questions about why he and his wife voted that way .
Troupis and his wife voted early using the state 's in-person absentee option — one of a group of voters whose ballots the Trump campaign has asked election officials to deem illegal .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Dane County Board of Canvassers on Sunday , during the county 's third day of retallying ballots .
The exhibits include lists of voters who voted in a manner the campaign alleges is illegal , an argument the Board of Canvassers has rejected .
The information was provided by Dane County to both campaigns .
`` I 'm sure I 'm on that list , '' he said , while referring other questions to the recount effort 's communications team , which includes Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Andrew Hitt .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden defeated him by about 20,000 votes in Wisconsin .
The recount began Friday , with the retallying of ballots beginning in earnest on Saturday .
In Milwaukee , election officials said Sunday that counting would continue until after Thanksgiving .
Troupis introduced the exhibits of absentee voter lists on Sunday as a way to establish evidence for an expected legal challenge .
Diane Welsh , a Madison-based attorney for Biden 's campaign , objected to the Trump campaign doing so in the midst of the recount .
`` This is not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a recount , ” Welsh said during a brief hearing at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison where the recount is taking place .
When the recount began Friday , the Trump campaign quickly raised objections aimed at tossing tens of thousands of ballots — objections that were rejected .
In Milwaukee , its initial objections were more procedural .
Keeping track : Here are the GOP lawmakers who have called on Trump to acknowledge Biden 's victory Christ Troupis , another representative for Trump ’ s campaign and the brother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ County Board of Canvassers on Friday that it should eliminate all in-person early votes ; all mailed-in absentee ballots if written applications for them could not be tracked down ; all votes submitted by those who say they are indefinitely confined ; and all absentee ballots where clerks wrote in the addresses of witnesses .
In Milwaukee County , Trump campaign attorney Stewart Karge asked to review or receive copies of absentee ballot applications and to reject ballots that could not be reconciled .
“ I ’ m not authorized to grant that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election guide , ” Board of Canvassing Chair Tim Posnanski said .
He added that even if it weren ’ t laid out in the election guide , he felt the Election Commission did not have the ability to comply with records requests .
The Trump campaign has filed an open records request with the City of Milwaukee to view copies of the absentee ballot requests .
Karge said he did not think that request would be fulfilled in a timely manner .
The city ’ s counting had been delayed because there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said , adding that the city lost two days of counting .
The most recent issue to arise was observers taking pictures of ballots , which potentially raises problems because it could be possible to identify individual voters in communities that use central count facilities to tally their absentee ballots , Christenson said .
“ We have agreed already to provide all of the images of the ballots cast throughout this recount to the Trump campaign and the Biden campaign , but we will redact any voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said .
Christenson estimated a “ handful ” of people had been removed from the recount over the last three days , largely for “ unruly behavior ” or a violation of the mask requirement .
Contact Molly Beck at molly.beck @ jrn.com .
Follow her on Twitter at @ MollyBeck .

Attorney heading up Trump campaign's Wisconsin recount effort is seeking to throw out his own vote
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The attorney leading President Donald Trump’s recount effort in Wisconsin voted illegally according to his own legal argument that in-person absentee ballots should be thrown out. So did his wife.
Jim Troupis, a former Dane County judge and Cross Plains attorney who is representing the Trump campaign, would not answer questions about why he and his wife voted that way.
Troupis and his wife voted early using the state's in-person absentee option – one of a group of voters whose ballots the Trump campaign has asked election officials to deem illegal.
Their names appeared on exhibits Troupis submitted to the Dane County Board of Canvassers on Sunday, during the county's third day of retallying ballots. The exhibits include lists of voters who voted in a manner the campaign alleges is illegal, an argument the Board of Canvassers has rejected. The information was provided by Dane County to both campaigns.
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"I'm sure I'm on that list," he said, while referring other questions to the recount effort's communications team, which includes Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Andrew Hitt.
Trump asked for the recount after President-elect Joe Biden defeated him by about 20,000 votes in Wisconsin. The recount began Friday, with the retallying of ballots beginning in earnest on Saturday. In Milwaukee, election officials said Sunday that counting would continue until after Thanksgiving.
Troupis introduced the exhibits of absentee voter lists on Sunday as a way to establish evidence for an expected legal challenge.
Diane Welsh, a Madison-based attorney for Biden's campaign, objected to the Trump campaign doing so in the midst of the recount.
"This is not a litigation prep session, this is a recount,” Welsh said during a brief hearing at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison where the recount is taking place.
When the recount began Friday, the Trump campaign quickly raised objections aimed at tossing tens of thousands of ballots – objections that were rejected. In Milwaukee, its initial objections were more procedural.
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Christ Troupis, another representative for Trump’s campaign and the brother of Jim Troupis, told the Dane County Board of Canvassers on Friday that it should eliminate all in-person early votes; all mailed-in absentee ballots if written applications for them could not be tracked down; all votes submitted by those who say they are indefinitely confined; and all absentee ballots where clerks wrote in the addresses of witnesses.
In Milwaukee County, Trump campaign attorney Stewart Karge asked to review or receive copies of absentee ballot applications and to reject ballots that could not be reconciled.
“I’m not authorized to grant that request for the reasons stated in the election guide,” Board of Canvassing Chair Tim Posnanski said. He added that even if it weren’t laid out in the election guide, he felt the Election Commission did not have the ability to comply with records requests.
The Trump campaign has filed an open records request with the City of Milwaukee to view copies of the absentee ballot requests. Karge said he did not think that request would be fulfilled in a timely manner.
The city’s counting had been delayed because there were so many objections to ballot envelopes, Milwaukee County Clerk George Christenson said, adding that the city lost two days of counting.
The most recent issue to arise was observers taking pictures of ballots, which potentially raises problems because it could be possible to identify individual voters in communities that use central count facilities to tally their absentee ballots, Christenson said.
“We have agreed already to provide all of the images of the ballots cast throughout this recount to the Trump campaign and the Biden campaign, but we will redact any voter numbers that are listed for central count,” he said.
Christenson estimated a “handful” of people had been removed from the recount over the past three days, largely for “unruly behavior” or a violation of the mask requirement.
Contributing: Jordyn Noenning and Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Contact Molly Beck at molly.beck@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MollyBeck.


usatoday--2020-11-22--Navajo women are 'sacred' keepers of the cultural flame. They're also particularly vulnerable to COV

This story was reported by Searchlight New Mexico , a non-partisan , nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative reporting in New Mexico , and shared with USA TODAY .
SHIPROCK , N.M. — Sitting in the passenger seat of her husband ’ s pickup truck just before dusk , Eugenia Charles-Newton watched a young Navajo girl , her niece , during a traditional kinaaldá ceremony in Shiprock .
The coming-of-age ceremony was unlike any other kinaaldá she ’ d ever seen .
Scores of family members were missing and there was only a small cake , just enough to feed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the girl ’ s female relatives hadn ’ t gathered to sing and tell stories as they mixed the cake batter .
When the girl ran toward the east before the sun rose , she didn ’ t have throngs of relatives running behind her to fill the dawn air with happy screams and shouts , celebrating her transition into womanhood .
Only the young woman ’ s brothers ran after her .
It ’ s hard “ for a girl to have a ceremony like that and not have all the family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tried to comfort her niece , a relation by clan .
“ Your mom could have just said , ‘ No , we ’ re not going to have it , ’ ” she pointed out .
“ But instead , she made it happen.
” Women have long been front and center when it comes to making things happen on the Navajo Nation .
But never has that role been so apparent — or so perilous — as during the pandemic .
Ever since the coronavirus arrived on the 27,000-square-mile reservation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ putting themselves at risk , taking on ever more responsibilities , culturally and in everyday life .
“ The sacred side of women has changed with COVID , ” said Charles-Newton , 43 , one of three female delegates on the Navajo Nation Council .
Girls used to learn traditions through celebrations , face-to-face talks with elders and communal gatherings .
But the pandemic has squelched those opportunities .
“ It ’ s taking away a part of the culture.
” By every measure — from economics and education to health — COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by virtue of their sex , ” the United Nations has concluded .
Women are more exposed to the virus because they ’ re more likely to be frontline workers , such as nurses and health care staff .
They hold more than 77 percent of jobs in U.S. hospitals , health care facilities and nursing homes , U.S. labor statistics show .
They hold essential jobs , albeit low-paying ones , in groceries and retail stores .
On the Navajo Nation , women are even more vulnerable to the virus , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poverty , trauma and high rates of illnesses like diabetes .
Navajo women not only hold high-exposure jobs but also are keepers of the cultural flame — and caretakers of the many people around them who ’ ve tested positive for the virus .
When they become sick or die , the whole culture suffers .
“ Women are the home — they ’ re matriarchs , they ’ re mothers , ” said Navajo archaeologist Rena Martin , 67 .
“ When people say , ‘ I ’ m going home , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is .
If you lose a matriarch , you have no home to go to.
” The founder of Dinétahdóó Cultural Resources Management , a Navajo company dedicated to preserving tribal history , culture and lands , Martin has seen families living in some of the most remote landscapes in the Southwest .
She particularly worries about the women elders — crucial to the culture — who are highly vulnerable to COVID-19 .
The virus is typically more lethal for Navajo men — but that changes in the golden years , statistics show @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rate for Navajo women begins to accelerate .
By age 80 , Diné women suffer a substantially higher death rate than men .
Martin knows firsthand what the loss of an elder can do .
Her maternal grandmother , matriarch to the core , boiled herbs , made medicinal drinks and carried them to families stricken with whooping cough , delivering them near and far on horseback .
She succumbed to the disease when Martin ’ s mother was 4 .
The loss left the next two generations without knowledge of their family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It was the need to reclaim those losses that prompted her to become an archaeologist .
“ There was a loss of centeredness in the family .
There was a loss of oral history.
” The pandemic , she said , could leave generations of women feeling similarly at sea .
Some might feel like they ’ re drowning .
Diné women today are juggling employment while also cooking , cleaning , babysitting , shopping , parenting , teaching , caring for relatives and tending to the elderly .
Since March , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s worst hot spots , women have commonly been seen making supply runs at local stores , buying not just for the immediate family but for extended family members , to meet kinship obligations .
They are carrying caskets at burial sites , typically a man ’ s job .
They are revising the “ baby ’ s first laugh ” celebrations , dropping off salt and goodies to family and friends instead of hosting a gathering at home .
Grandmothers are helping children attend virtual classes , though most have no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up makeshift desks in crowded houses without electricity , running water or indoor plumbing — a problem for roughly a third of households .
Others sit with their grandchildren outside of schools and chapter houses so the kids will have internet access and can complete their homework .
The Navajo are a matrilineal society : When they introduce themselves , they do so by clan , leading with their mother ’ s clan , which children take as their own .
Naabeehó sáanii ( Navajo women ) are the center of the family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of ancestral teachings .
Navajo emergence stories tell of how women learned to be matriarchs from Changing Woman , a single mother of twin sons who became Diné heroes .
By tradition , the teachings are passed down in person , in the Navajo language .
Zoom meetings are hardly a suitable replacement .
In the four-day kinaaldá , for example , the mother , grandmother and other female relatives have hands-on roles in the ceremony , held when a girl reaches puberty .
The women help the girl wash and they tie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her limbs to symbolically “ mold ” her into a strong woman .
They make the alkaan ( Navajo cake ) and bury it in the ground to cook .
It is a level of communion that ’ s nearly impossible during recurring waves of contagion and the accompanying public health restrictions .
The Navajo Nation , a vast landscape ( pop .
172,875 ) that spans New Mexico , Arizona and Utah , has one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in America .
As of Nov. 10 , at least 12,641 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people have died .
The tribal government has tried to curb transmission by issuing strict curfews , stay-at-home orders , business and travel restrictions , and limits on gatherings .
Officials have also canceled events like the Miss Navajo Nation pageant , in which contestants must butcher a sheep and cook over an open fire .
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Parrish , 26 , was living alone in Window Rock , Arizona , the Navajo Nation ’ s capital , when the virus struck .
She wanted to rush home to the Kayenta area to be with her family , but the reservation was on lockdown .
So she used her time to spread health safety messages on her social media platform .
When travel was allowed , she drove hundreds of miles to dispense food , water and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nation President Jonathan Nez .
Dressed in full traditional attire — velvet shirt and skirt , moccasins , jewelry , a sash , crown , plus a mask and gloves — she continues to give out care packages in remote Navajo communities , from Oljato , Utah , and Chinle , Arizona , to chapters in northwest New Mexico .
Charles-Newton , the council delegate , is among the countless other women engaged in relief work .
In addition to her elected duties , she volunteers with the Northern Diné COVID-19 Relief Effort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to local families .
The work can get intense .
In late July , before driving two hours to an emergency council meeting in Window Rock , Charles-Newton threw on her safety-approved clothing ( long-sleeved T-shirt , baseball cap , pants ) , put on her mask , jumped in her truck and picked up cases of water to deliver to a mother and daughter in Shiprock who had no running water or electricity .
Both women are diabetic and — with no refrigerator — had to buy bags of ice every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coolers .
On other days , Charles-Newton dispenses advice .
One man contacted her because he feared he ’ d broken tradition : His mother and sisters had tested positive and were too sick to enter the sweat lodge alone .
In violation of protocols that require women and men to sweat separately , he entered the women ’ s sweat to look after them .
“ He was very emotional , ” Charles-Newton recalled .
“ He said , ‘ This is my mother ; these are my sisters .
These are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my family.
’ ” Was it wrong to help them ?
“ I told him , ‘ Shiyáázh [ my son ] , what you did for your mom and your sisters is not wrong — it ’ s an act of love.
’ ” Acts of love , of course , can be dangerous .
In late April , the Navajo Nation mourned the loss of young mother Valentina Blackhorse , 28 , a former Miss Western Navajo .
Her boyfriend had contracted the virus , and she ’ d insisted on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Times reported .
The death of someone so young became national news .
Blackhorse was described as selfless , someone who risked her life to help another .
She would not be the last .
Social media and headlines announced a growing list of health care workers who ’ d lost their lives to COVID-19 .
Other women who passed away were unsung heroes — caretakers on a land of vast needs .
They ’ d raised sheep and goats , weaved wool , grown food and survived on lands passed down for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
On a recent evening , just as the sun eased to meet the horizon , Natalie Tome-Beyale tended to the crops on Farm Road in Shiprock .
With her cell phone in a back pocket and a water bottle nearby , she plucked weeds growing around her family farm .
She placed the water bottle five plants ahead of her to make sure she stayed hydrated ; every time she reached the bottle , she took a sip .
In previous years , Tome-Beyale and her husband planted the farmland together , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the work alone .
About six months ago , she nearly lost her husband , Herbert Beyale Jr. , to the virus .
Farming has become an act of healing , she said .
With every weed she pulled , the memories sprouted .
Tome-Beyale , 63 , lost her father when she was a teenager .
The eldest of her siblings , she looked after her three younger brothers and at 19 became their legal guardian .
She married Herb at a young age , had five children and worked as an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus and has joyful reunion with family “ Being a Navajo woman , the big thing was that you need to care for the people around you — they come first.
” Today , she said , this presents women with an entirely new quandary : Children are defying public health orders .
“ It ’ s really sad , because the mom — the women — will not close the door on them .
And because of that , it [ the virus ] comes into the home , ” she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for their children is sometimes their downfall.
” In May , the coronavirus found Tome-Beyale ’ s family .
She had recently become a grandmother and was staying with her daughter in Rio Rancho to help with the baby .
Just as she was preparing to return home to Shiprock , Herb tested positive for the virus .
He ’ d been exposed at work .
Tome-Beyale immediately switched gears from looking after her daughter and granddaughter to caring for her husband from a distance .
When Herb developed trouble breathing , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then flown to a hospital in Santa Fe .
She raced there to see him , but all she could do was watch him get wheeled in from afar .
For three tormented weeks , Herb remained hospitalized and she wasn ’ t allowed to visit .
She rented a hotel room nearby just to be close to him .
History has often changed the role of Navajo women , who ’ ve had a role in shaping history , as well .
After the Long Walk began in 1864 — and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their homelands — women were instrumental in pushing for a return home , which was secured under an 1868 treaty .
After the return , women ’ s roles shifted , this time because of an influx of Christian missionaries who stressed that men — not women — needed to run the home , rule the people and control the government .
It wasn ’ t until 1951 , when legendary public health crusader Annie Dodge Wauneka was elected to the Navajo Tribal Council , that a woman became a prominent government leader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tuberculosis and other scourges .
To this day , women seldom win elected office .
And while Navajo women are considered sacred , they are disproportionately victimized by violence .
More than four in five Native women in the United States have experienced violence in their lifetime , studies show .
On some tribal lands , women are murdered at a rate up to 10 times the national average .
Navajo Nation Council delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty has spent years calling attention to the problem of missing and murdered women , pressing for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate .
Fellow Council delegate Charlaine Tso summed up the tragedy in a report to the U.S. Department of Justice .
“ The Navajo Nation views women as sacred .
Yet Navajo women can not safely go for a short jog in their own communities , ” she said .
The sun had just set behind the famed Shiprock pinnacle when Gloria Hosteen , 63 , took a minute for herself , sitting alone on the front porch of her double-wide trailer , facing ha ’ a ’ aah , the east — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She looked to the sky , where the Holy People are said to live , and turned to prayer .
A memory suddenly came to her .
She recalled sitting next to her paternal great-grandmother in her hogan years ago .
Her great-grandmother and mother had taught her all she knew about ceremonies , herding sheep , weaving , preparing traditional foods and picking herbs .
“ These things will come in handy someday , ” her great-grandmother told her .
That day had come , Hosteen realized .
Her elder had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to preserve the culture and protect her family .
For nearly 15 years , Hosteen had been the full-time caretaker for her four grandchildren , ages 10 to 15 .
She ’ d felt unsure of herself , uncertain about the future of her children , her grandchildren and the Diné .
Now she knew what to do .
She began teaching her granddaughters the old ways .
She taught them how to tie their moccasins , tie their sash belts and wrap their traditional hair buns .
She taught them about sweat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preparing for the kinaaldá for a young granddaughter , who she expects will have her coming-of-age ceremony before a COVID-19 vaccine arrives .
She felt as if she ’ d become a matriarch in the truest sense , tested by the pandemic the way matriarchs in the past were tested by ravages and despair .
“ I have to be strong to challenge these barriers , so I take it one day at a time , ” she said .
“ I ’ m sure a lot of Navajo women are saying the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the porch , she offered a prayer to the sky .
“ I looked up and said , ‘ Thank you , Nalí .
Thank you , Mom : I will do what you advised me to do.
’ All these memories came back , and I just had tears in my eyes .
I just prayed with that , and carried on.
” Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi is a contributing writer at Searchlight and a member of the Navajo Nation .
Her work appears in the Navajo Times , The New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is also a doctoral student and writing instructor at the University of New Mexico .

Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Searchlight New Mexico

Navajo women are 'sacred' keepers of the cultural flame. They're also particularly vulnerable to COVID-19. On the Navajo Nation, the coronavirus leaves children motherless, families lost and traditions in peril – but Diné women fight on
This story was reported by Searchlight New Mexico, a non-partisan, nonprofit news organization dedicated to investigative reporting in New Mexico, and shared with USA TODAY.
SHIPROCK, N.M. — Sitting in the passenger seat of her husband’s pickup truck just before dusk, Eugenia Charles-Newton watched a young Navajo girl, her niece, during a traditional kinaaldá ceremony in Shiprock.
The coming-of-age ceremony was unlike any other kinaaldá she’d ever seen. Scores of family members were missing and there was only a small cake, just enough to feed the immediate family. That morning, the girl’s female relatives hadn’t gathered to sing and tell stories as they mixed the cake batter. When the girl ran toward the east before the sun rose, she didn’t have throngs of relatives running behind her to fill the dawn air with happy screams and shouts, celebrating her transition into womanhood. Only the young woman’s brothers ran after her.
It’s hard “for a girl to have a ceremony like that and not have all the family there,” Charles-Newton said. She tried to comfort her niece, a relation by clan. “Your mom could have just said, ‘No, we’re not going to have it,’” she pointed out. “But instead, she made it happen.”
Women have long been front and center when it comes to making things happen on the Navajo Nation. But never has that role been so apparent — or so perilous — as during the pandemic. Ever since the coronavirus arrived on the 27,000-square-mile reservation, women in this matriarchal society have been putting themselves at risk, taking on ever more responsibilities, culturally and in everyday life.
“The sacred side of women has changed with COVID,” said Charles-Newton, 43, one of three female delegates on the Navajo Nation Council. Girls used to learn traditions through celebrations, face-to-face talks with elders and communal gatherings. But the pandemic has squelched those opportunities. “It’s taking away a part of the culture.”
By every measure — from economics and education to health — COVID-19 disproportionately harms women and girls “simply by virtue of their sex,” the United Nations has concluded. Women are more exposed to the virus because they’re more likely to be frontline workers, such as nurses and health care staff. They hold more than 77 percent of jobs in U.S. hospitals, health care facilities and nursing homes, U.S. labor statistics show. They hold essential jobs, albeit low-paying ones, in groceries and retail stores.
On the Navajo Nation, women are even more vulnerable to the virus, as a result of poor health care, poverty, trauma and high rates of illnesses like diabetes.
Navajo women not only hold high-exposure jobs but also are keepers of the cultural flame — and caretakers of the many people around them who’ve tested positive for the virus. When they become sick or die, the whole culture suffers.
“Women are the home — they’re matriarchs, they’re mothers,” said Navajo archaeologist Rena Martin, 67. “When people say, ‘I’m going home,’ it’s to where Mom is. If you lose a matriarch, you have no home to go to.”
The founder of Dinétahdóó Cultural Resources Management, a Navajo company dedicated to preserving tribal history, culture and lands, Martin has seen families living in some of the most remote landscapes in the Southwest. She particularly worries about the women elders — crucial to the culture — who are highly vulnerable to COVID-19.
The virus is typically more lethal for Navajo men — but that changes in the golden years, statistics show. After 70, the coronavirus death rate for Navajo women begins to accelerate. By age 80, Diné women suffer a substantially higher death rate than men.
Martin knows firsthand what the loss of an elder can do. Her maternal grandmother, matriarch to the core, boiled herbs, made medicinal drinks and carried them to families stricken with whooping cough, delivering them near and far on horseback. She succumbed to the disease when Martin’s mother was 4.
The loss left the next two generations without knowledge of their family history and teachings, Martin said. It was the need to reclaim those losses that prompted her to become an archaeologist.
“There was a loss of centeredness in the family. There was a loss of oral history.” The pandemic, she said, could leave generations of women feeling similarly at sea.
Some might feel like they’re drowning. Diné women today are juggling employment while also cooking, cleaning, babysitting, shopping, parenting, teaching, caring for relatives and tending to the elderly.
Since March, when the reservation became one of the country’s worst hot spots, women have commonly been seen making supply runs at local stores, buying not just for the immediate family but for extended family members, to meet kinship obligations.
They are carrying caskets at burial sites, typically a man’s job. They are revising the “baby’s first laugh” celebrations, dropping off salt and goodies to family and friends instead of hosting a gathering at home.
Grandmothers are helping children attend virtual classes, though most have no experience with computers. Some have set up makeshift desks in crowded houses without electricity, running water or indoor plumbing — a problem for roughly a third of households. Others sit with their grandchildren outside of schools and chapter houses so the kids will have internet access and can complete their homework.
Zoom won’t suffice
The Navajo are a matrilineal society: When they introduce themselves, they do so by clan, leading with their mother’s clan, which children take as their own. Naabeehó sáanii (Navajo women) are the center of the family, the keepers of wisdom and conservators of ancestral teachings. Navajo emergence stories tell of how women learned to be matriarchs from Changing Woman, a single mother of twin sons who became Diné heroes.
By tradition, the teachings are passed down in person, in the Navajo language. Zoom meetings are hardly a suitable replacement.
In the four-day kinaaldá, for example, the mother, grandmother and other female relatives have hands-on roles in the ceremony, held when a girl reaches puberty. The women help the girl wash and they tie and wrap her hair. They knead her limbs to symbolically “mold” her into a strong woman. They make the alkaan (Navajo cake) and bury it in the ground to cook.
It is a level of communion that’s nearly impossible during recurring waves of contagion and the accompanying public health restrictions. The Navajo Nation, a vast landscape (pop. 172,875) that spans New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, has one of the highest COVID-19 infection rates in America. As of Nov. 10, at least 12,641 cases have been confirmed there; 594 people have died.
The tribal government has tried to curb transmission by issuing strict curfews, stay-at-home orders, business and travel restrictions, and limits on gatherings. Officials have also canceled events like the Miss Navajo Nation pageant, in which contestants must butcher a sheep and cook over an open fire.
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Shaandiin Parrish, the current Miss Navajo Nation, is one of the scores of women who’ve seen their roles morph in ways they never imagined. Parrish, 26, was living alone in Window Rock, Arizona, the Navajo Nation’s capital, when the virus struck. She wanted to rush home to the Kayenta area to be with her family, but the reservation was on lockdown.
So she used her time to spread health safety messages on her social media platform. When travel was allowed, she drove hundreds of miles to dispense food, water and supplies to families, along with Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez.
Dressed in full traditional attire — velvet shirt and skirt, moccasins, jewelry, a sash, crown, plus a mask and gloves — she continues to give out care packages in remote Navajo communities, from Oljato, Utah, and Chinle, Arizona, to chapters in northwest New Mexico.
Acts of love
Charles-Newton, the council delegate, is among the countless other women engaged in relief work. In addition to her elected duties, she volunteers with the Northern Diné COVID-19 Relief Effort, a grassroots organization that distributes essentials to local families.
The work can get intense. In late July, before driving two hours to an emergency council meeting in Window Rock, Charles-Newton threw on her safety-approved clothing (long-sleeved T-shirt, baseball cap, pants), put on her mask, jumped in her truck and picked up cases of water to deliver to a mother and daughter in Shiprock who had no running water or electricity.
Both women are diabetic and — with no refrigerator — had to buy bags of ice every day to keep their insulin cold in plastic coolers.
On other days, Charles-Newton dispenses advice. One man contacted her because he feared he’d broken tradition: His mother and sisters had tested positive and were too sick to enter the sweat lodge alone. In violation of protocols that require women and men to sweat separately, he entered the women’s sweat to look after them.
“He was very emotional,” Charles-Newton recalled. “He said, ‘This is my mother; these are my sisters. These are the matriarchs, the strong ones in my family.’” Was it wrong to help them?
“I told him, ‘Shiyáázh [my son], what you did for your mom and your sisters is not wrong — it’s an act of love.’”
Caring at a cost
Acts of love, of course, can be dangerous. In late April, the Navajo Nation mourned the loss of young mother Valentina Blackhorse, 28, a former Miss Western Navajo. Her boyfriend had contracted the virus, and she’d insisted on taking care of him, the Navajo Times reported. The death of someone so young became national news. Blackhorse was described as selfless, someone who risked her life to help another.
She would not be the last. Social media and headlines announced a growing list of health care workers who’d lost their lives to COVID-19. Other women who passed away were unsung heroes — caretakers on a land of vast needs.
They’d raised sheep and goats, weaved wool, grown food and survived on lands passed down for generations, by matriarchs who came before.
On a recent evening, just as the sun eased to meet the horizon, Natalie Tome-Beyale tended to the crops on Farm Road in Shiprock. With her cell phone in a back pocket and a water bottle nearby, she plucked weeds growing around her family farm. She placed the water bottle five plants ahead of her to make sure she stayed hydrated; every time she reached the bottle, she took a sip.
In previous years, Tome-Beyale and her husband planted the farmland together, but this year she had to do the work alone. About six months ago, she nearly lost her husband, Herbert Beyale Jr., to the virus.
Farming has become an act of healing, she said. With every weed she pulled, the memories sprouted.
Tome-Beyale, 63, lost her father when she was a teenager. The eldest of her siblings, she looked after her three younger brothers and at 19 became their legal guardian. She married Herb at a young age, had five children and worked as an educational assistant.
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“Being a Navajo woman, the big thing was that you need to care for the people around you — they come first.”
Today, she said, this presents women with an entirely new quandary: Children are defying public health orders.
“It’s really sad, because the mom — the women — will not close the door on them. And because of that, it [the virus] comes into the home,” she said. “The love that women have for their children is sometimes their downfall.”
In May, the coronavirus found Tome-Beyale’s family. She had recently become a grandmother and was staying with her daughter in Rio Rancho to help with the baby.
Just as she was preparing to return home to Shiprock, Herb tested positive for the virus. He’d been exposed at work.
Tome-Beyale immediately switched gears from looking after her daughter and granddaughter to caring for her husband from a distance.
When Herb developed trouble breathing, he was admitted to a local ICU and then flown to a hospital in Santa Fe. She raced there to see him, but all she could do was watch him get wheeled in from afar.
For three tormented weeks, Herb remained hospitalized and she wasn’t allowed to visit. She rented a hotel room nearby just to be close to him.
The weave of history
History has often changed the role of Navajo women, who’ve had a role in shaping history, as well. After the Long Walk began in 1864 — and the U.S. Army brutally removed the Diné from their homelands — women were instrumental in pushing for a return home, which was secured under an 1868 treaty.
After the return, women’s roles shifted, this time because of an influx of Christian missionaries who stressed that men — not women — needed to run the home, rule the people and control the government.
It wasn’t until 1951, when legendary public health crusader Annie Dodge Wauneka was elected to the Navajo Tribal Council, that a woman became a prominent government leader, a position Wauneka used to battle tuberculosis and other scourges. To this day, women seldom win elected office.
And while Navajo women are considered sacred, they are disproportionately victimized by violence. More than four in five Native women in the United States have experienced violence in their lifetime, studies show. On some tribal lands, women are murdered at a rate up to 10 times the national average. Navajo Nation Council delegate Amber Kanazbah Crotty has spent years calling attention to the problem of missing and murdered women, pressing for solutions at home and before the U.S. Senate. Fellow Council delegate Charlaine Tso summed up the tragedy in a report to the U.S. Department of Justice.
“The Navajo Nation views women as sacred. Yet Navajo women cannot safely go for a short jog in their own communities,” she said.
Answers found
The sun had just set behind the famed Shiprock pinnacle when Gloria Hosteen, 63, took a minute for herself, sitting alone on the front porch of her double-wide trailer, facing ha’a’aah, the east — the direction that signifies birth and strength. She looked to the sky, where the Holy People are said to live, and turned to prayer.
A memory suddenly came to her. She recalled sitting next to her paternal great-grandmother in her hogan years ago. Her great-grandmother and mother had taught her all she knew about ceremonies, herding sheep, weaving, preparing traditional foods and picking herbs.
“These things will come in handy someday,” her great-grandmother told her.
That day had come, Hosteen realized. Her elder had been teaching her survival tools — tools to preserve the culture and protect her family.
For nearly 15 years, Hosteen had been the full-time caretaker for her four grandchildren, ages 10 to 15. She’d felt unsure of herself, uncertain about the future of her children, her grandchildren and the Diné. Now she knew what to do.
She began teaching her granddaughters the old ways. She taught them how to tie their moccasins, tie their sash belts and wrap their traditional hair buns. She taught them about sweat lodges and ceremonies. She also began preparing for the kinaaldá for a young granddaughter, who she expects will have her coming-of-age ceremony before a COVID-19 vaccine arrives.
She felt as if she’d become a matriarch in the truest sense, tested by the pandemic the way matriarchs in the past were tested by ravages and despair. “I have to be strong to challenge these barriers, so I take it one day at a time,” she said. “I’m sure a lot of Navajo women are saying the same thing.”
And on that day on the porch, she offered a prayer to the sky. “I looked up and said, ‘Thank you, Nalí. Thank you, Mom: I will do what you advised me to do.’ All these memories came back, and I just had tears in my eyes. I just prayed with that, and carried on.”
Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi is a contributing writer at Searchlight and a member of the Navajo Nation. Her work appears in the Navajo Times, The New York Times and many other publications. She is also a doctoral student and writing instructor at the University of New Mexico.


usatoday--2020-11-22--Ice bucket challenge co-founder Pat Quinn dies at 37 after seven-year battle with ALS

Pat Quinn , a motivational speaker and co-founder of the ice bucket challenge , died Sunday at the age of 37 following a seven-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .
Quinn is one of the co-creators of the ice bucket video challenge , which first took social media by storm in summer 2014 .
While it was a viral sensation then , Quinn remained committed to the fight against ALS , starting the Quinn for the Win foundation and giving talks at schools and events locally in Westchester , New York , but also across the country .
Since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has raised over $ 250 million worldwide .
An avid sports fan , Quinn 's foundation donned the colors of one of his favorite teams , the North Carolina Tar Heels .
He also loved the New York Yankees .
Quinn was first diagnosed with ALS in 2013 .
ALS , often called Lou Gehrig 's disease , is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord , causing loss of muscle control .
There is no cure for the fatal disease .
Quinn grew up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He graduated in 2006 from Iona College , where he played rugby .
The school dedicated the southwest corner of Mazzella Field as `` Pat Quinn Corner . ''
It also awarded him with the first Pat Quinn Courage Award in 2019 .

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Ice bucket challenge co-founder Pat Quinn dies at 37 after seven-year battle with ALS
Pat Quinn, a motivational speaker and co-founder of the ice bucket challenge, died Sunday at the age of 37 after a seven-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
The ice bucket video challenge became a viral sensation on social media in summer 2014.
Quinn remained committed to the fight against ALS, starting the Quinn for the Win foundation and giving talks at schools and events in Westchester, New York, and across the country.
Since the ice bucket challenge's inception, it has raised more than $250 million worldwide.
Quinn's foundation donned the colors of one of his favorite sports teams, the North Carolina Tar Heels. He also loved the New York Yankees.
Quinn was diagnosed with ALS in 2013.
ALS, often called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, causing loss of muscle control. There is no cure for the fatal disease.
Quinn grew up in Yonkers and attended Iona Prep. He graduated in 2006 from Iona College, where he played rugby. The school dedicated the southwest corner of Mazzella Field as "Pat Quinn Corner." It awarded him the first Pat Quinn Courage Award in 2019.
Follow Eugene Rapay on Twitter at @erapay5.


usatoday--2020-11-22--Dwayne Johnson refuses to 'concede' Sexiest Man Alive title to Michael B. Jordan

Just when you thought People 's Sexiest Man Alive title was a triumphant , and clear , victory for `` Black Panther '' star Michael B. Jordan .
In steps Dwayne `` The Rock '' Johnson , People 's Sexiest Man Alive for 2016 , with a page torn from President Donald Trump 's prolonged contesting of the 2020 presidential election results .
`` I CONCEDE NOTHING , '' Johnson wrote on his Instagram page Friday about the Sexiest Man Alive crown , adding a winking emoji to make it clear he was just kidding .
We hope .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Jordan , writing , `` congrats to my brother @ michaelbjordan on the new sexy crown . ''
The Rock was featured in the latest sexiest man issue as well , where he talked about living his life to the fullest .
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In the piece , Johnson discussed waking up before the sun – and his two daughters – rise to get in his workouts , spending family time during the day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' evenings with wife Lauren and a glass of his Teremana tequila .
`` I 'll say no more before I get in trouble , '' Johnson said .
Johnson has made clear in the past that he will fight for his lifetime honor .
As he told USA TODAY in 2019 , he had some choice words for his `` Fast & Furious Presents : Hobbs & Shaw '' co-star when Idris Elba took the crown in 2018 .
`` ( Elba ) came on set full of bravado , '' Johnson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'Yes , you are People magazine ’ s Sexiest Man Alive of 2019 .
I however , am the Sexiest Man Alive in what is called 'perpetuity . '
That means for life . '
'' Jordan claimed to be a shocked by the Sexiest Man honor , telling Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday , `` It was a moment like oh ( expletive ) , really ?
Me ?
… It was a cool moment . ''

Dwayne Johnson refuses to 'concede' Sexiest Man Alive title to Michael B. Jordan
Show Caption Hide Caption The sexiest man alive? For The Rock, it's The Rock Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, star of "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw," has his opinion on who the sexiest man alive is. USA TODAY
Just when you thought People's Sexiest Man Alive title was a triumphant, and clear, victory for "Black Panther" star Michael B. Jordan.
In steps Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, People's Sexiest Man Alive for 2016, with a page torn from President Donald Trump's prolonged contesting of the 2020 presidential election results.
"I CONCEDE NOTHING," Johnson wrote on his Instagram page Friday about the Sexiest Man Alive crown, adding a winking emoji to make it clear he was just kidding. We hope.
But seriously, Johnson had nothing for love for Jordan, writing, "congrats to my brother @michaelbjordan on the new sexy crown."
The Rock was featured in the latest Sexiest Man issue as well - in a manner befitting to his icon status, In the interview he talked about living his life to the fullest.
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Johnson discussed waking up before the sunrise – and his two daughters – to get in his workouts. All before work and spending family time during the day, and then having "Netflix and chill" evenings with wife Lauren and a glass of his Teremana tequila.
"I'll say no more before I get in trouble," Johnson said.
The Rock has made clear in the past that he will fight for his lifetime Sexiest Man honor. As he told USA TODAY in 2019, he had some alpha words for his "Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw" co-star when Idris Elba took the crown in 2018.
Michael B. Jordan is named 2020's Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine People has named Michael B. Jordan the Sexiest Man Alive of 2020. Zoomin TV, Zoomin TV
"(Elba) came on set full of bravado," Johnson recalled. "I reminded him, 'Yes, you are People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive of 2019. I however, am the Sexiest Man Alive in what is called 'perpetuity.' That means for life.'"
Jordan claimed to be a shocked by the Sexiest Man honor, telling Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, "It was a moment like oh (expletive), really? Me? … It was a cool moment."


usatoday--2020-11-22--Prince William, Duchess Kate mourn death of dog Lupo, who was 'at the heart of our family'

Prince William and Duchess Kate are mourning the loss of their `` dear dog '' Lupo , who died last weekend .
`` He has been at the heart of our family for the past nine years and we will miss him so much , '' read a statement signed `` W & C '' and posted Sunday on the official Kensington Royal social media accounts .
Lupo , a black English cocker spaniel , was a member of the royal family before any of the couple 's children : They adopted him in 2012 , more than a year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 7 .
Will and Kate also share Princess Charlotte , 5 , and Prince Louis , 2 .
Kate 's brother , James Middleton , also mourned Lupo , whose mother , Ella , is his family 's pet .
`` There isn ’ t much of a rule book on how to grieve for a dog , but I ’ ve said a prayer , lit a candle and taken Ella ( Mum ) for a long walk to spend time remembering Lupo , '' he wrote on Instagram .
`` You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeared in the first official portraits released of baby George back in 2013 , taken by Kate 's father , Michael Middleton , in the garden of the Middletons ' home .
A sleeping George is shown being held by his mother next to his father , flanked by Lupo and the Middleton family dog , Tilly .
After months of speculation about a new royal pet , Duchess Kate let slip in early 2012 that they had adopted a puppy named Lupo while visiting a primary school in Oxford .
The pup @ @ @ @ @ @ @ series of British children 's books unaffiliated with the royal family .
`` Lupo : The Adventures of a Royal Dog '' featured a heroic Lupo facing off against Queen Elizabeth II 's villainous corgis .
The first book , `` Lupo and the Secret of Windsor Castle , '' was published in the U.K. in September 2014 .
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Prince William, Duchess Kate mourn death of dog Lupo, who was 'at the heart of our family'
Prince William and Duchess Kate are mourning the loss of their "dear dog" Lupo, who died last weekend.
"He has been at the heart of our family for the past nine years and we will miss him so much," read a statement signed "W&C" and posted Sunday on the official Kensington Royal social media accounts.
Lupo, a black English cocker spaniel, was a member of the royal family before any of the couple's children: They adopted him in 2012, more than a year before welcoming first-born Prince George, now 7. Will and Kate also share Princess Charlotte, 5, and Prince Louis, 2.
Kate's brother, James Middleton, also mourned Lupo, whose mother, Ella, is his family's pet.
"There isn’t much of a rule book on how to grieve for a dog, but I’ve said a prayer, lit a candle and taken Ella (Mum) for a long walk to spend time remembering Lupo," he wrote on Instagram. "You will always be remembered."
Lupo appeared in the first official portraits released of baby George back in 2013, taken by Kate's father, Michael Middleton, in the garden of the Middletons' home. A sleeping George is shown being held by his mother next to his father, flanked by Lupo and the Middleton family dog, Tilly.
After months of speculation about a new royal pet, Duchess Kate let slip in early 2012 that they had adopted a puppy named Lupo while visiting a primary school in Oxford.
The pup would go on to star in a series of British children's books unaffiliated with the royal family. "Lupo: The Adventures of a Royal Dog" featured a heroic Lupo facing off against Queen Elizabeth II's villainous corgis. The first book, "Lupo and the Secret of Windsor Castle," was published in the U.K. in September 2014.
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usatoday--2020-11-22--Bengals QB Joe Burrow says 'see ya next year' after leaving on cart with knee injury

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was carted off from Sunday 's game against the Washington Football Team with a knee injury that he later indicated he believes will rule him out for the remainder of the season .
On a third-and-2 play in the third quarter , Burrow was hit low by Jonathan Allen and high by Montez Sweat after throwing an incompletion intended for wide receiver Tyler Boyd .
Burrow clutched his left knee before being leaving on a cart .
Players from both teams surrounded Burrow to show support as the quarterback was being loaded onto the cart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out for the remainder of the game shortly after the injury .
Burrow did not reveal the exact nature of his injury but said `` see ya next year '' in a tweet later on Sunday .
After his team 's 20-9 loss , Bengals coach Zac Taylor did not reveal a recovery timeline for Burrow .
“ The players have responded to him , the coaches have responded to him , the city has responded to him and all that is equally as important , ” Taylor said .
“ He energizes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a tremendous player , everything we ’ d hoped he ’ d be , and we ’ ll get him back at some point .
We don ’ t know when that is.
” Burrow threw for 203 yards and one touchdown on 22-of-34 passing before exiting .
Second-year quarterback Ryan Finley , who started three games last season after veteran Andy Dalton was benched , took over for Cincinnati .
Finley completed three of 10 passes for 30 yards with one interception in the Bengals ' 20-9 loss .
Burrow was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NFL draft after a record-setting , Heisman Trophy-winning senior campaign at LSU .
“ He showed that he was mentally ready to go right from the get-go , ” Taylor said .
“ He ’ s given us a chance in most of all these games .
He ’ s done what he could do in the fourth quarter there to drive us down , and sometimes we just haven ’ t gotten the win .
Got a lot of belief in Joe and whenever he ’ s back , we ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
”

Bengals QB Joe Burrow says 'see ya next year' after leaving on cart with knee injury
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow was carted off from Sunday's game against the Washington Football Team with a knee injury that he later indicated he believes will rule him out for the remainder of the season.
On a third-and-2 play in the third quarter, Burrow was hit low by Jonathan Allen and high by Montez Sweat after throwing an incompletion intended for wide receiver Tyler Boyd. Burrow clutched his left knee before being leaving on a cart.
Players from both teams surrounded Burrow to show support as the quarterback was being loaded onto the cart and taken away.
Cincinnati ruled Burrow out for the remainder of the game shortly after the injury.
Burrow did not reveal the exact nature of his injury but said "see ya next year" in a tweet later on Sunday.
Thanks for all the love. Can’t get rid of me that easy. See ya next year✊ — Joey Burrow (@JoeyB) November 22, 2020
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported that Burrow's initial diagnosis is a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
After his team's 20-9 loss, Bengals coach Zac Taylor did not reveal a recovery timeline for Burrow.
“The players have responded to him, the coaches have responded to him, the city has responded to him and all that is equally as important,” Taylor said. “He energizes this team. He’s been a tremendous player, everything we’d hoped he’d be, and we’ll get him back at some point. We don’t know when that is.”
Burrow threw for 203 yards and one touchdown on 22-of-34 passing before exiting.
Second-year quarterback Ryan Finley, who started three games last season after veteran Andy Dalton was benched, took over for Cincinnati. Finley completed three of 10 passes for 30 yards with one interception in the Bengals' 20-9 loss.
Burrow was the No. 1 pick in April's NFL draft after a record-setting, Heisman Trophy-winning senior campaign at LSU.
“He showed that he was mentally ready to go right from the get-go,” Taylor said. “He’s given us a chance in most of all these games. He’s done what he could do in the fourth quarter there to drive us down, and sometimes we just haven’t gotten the win. Got a lot of belief in Joe and whenever he’s back, we’ll be ready for him to come back.”


usatoday--2020-11-23--In Dr. Fauci's words: Why Americans shouldn't fear a COVID-19 vaccine authorized by the FDA

Americans are beginning to see light at the end of this year-long pandemic tunnel with Friday 's announcement Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are submitting its candidate vaccine , BNT162b2 , to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization .
The companies revealed earlier this week the vaccine was 95 % effective .
If it is authorized as swiftly as is expected , frontline health care workers could receive the first doses of the vaccine before the end of December .
While some people have shown enthusiasm at the prospect of a quick turnaround , others are more skeptical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that under normal circumstances would take years to approve could be ready to roll out in a couple of weeks and still be safe ?
Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases , stressed to the USA TODAY Editorial Board last week public confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine approval process is key to beating the pandemic .
Before a vaccine is submitted for FDA authorization , an independent Data Monitoring Committee ( DMC ) reviews clinical trial data to confirm it is safe .
The committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have experience serving in a DMC , have relevant expertise and experience in clinical trials , according to FDA guidance .
Throughout the trials , the committee members monitor effectiveness , safety and study conduct , and even consider interim changes depending on new data that may emerge from other studies .
About half the trial participants must be two months past their second shot as severe adverse effects are more likely to happen within six weeks .
The DMC for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine study `` has not reported any serious safety concerns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies said in a statement .
Fauci said he looked at the study data Sunday afternoon .
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee ( VRBPAC ) will advise the FDA whether it should issue an emergency use authorization for the vaccine .
VRBPAC is a group of outside experts who advise FDA on whether or not to approve drugs , therapeutics and vaccines after they have gone through FDA 's rigorous approval process .
The group plans to meet Dec. 10 to evaluate the Pfizer vaccine candidate .
The public ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the evidence really is will come in early December at a public meeting of the FDA 's scientific advisers .
A few days before the meeting , the FDA will release its own internal analysis , which will set the stage for the advisers ' daylong debate about any signs of safety concerns and how the new vaccine technology works before rendering a verdict .
They ’ ll recommend not just whether FDA should allow broader use of the vaccine generally but if so , for whom .
It ’ s important to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ authorized and is distributed by the millions , it 's still considered `` investigational . ''
The 44,000-person study will keep going until it becomes unethical to keep giving trial participants placebo shots , in which case , scientists will have concluded that the vaccine is safe and effective .
Until then , anyone offered the authorized vaccine must get a “ fact sheet ” describing potential benefits and risks before going through with it , Dr. Marion Gruber , chief of FDA ’ s vaccine office , told the National Academy of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ importance of instilling vaccine confidence in the American public when it 's available to the general population starting April through July .
If most of the country gets vaccinated within that time frame , he estimates the U.S. can return to pre-pandemic normalcy by fall 2021 .
No matter how well the vaccine works in preventing the coronavirus , it won ’ t end the pandemic if not enough people take it .
Vaccine efficacy is how well the vaccine works in a vaccinated group compared to a placebo group in a controlled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the vaccine on the community and the dynamics of the disease , Fauci said .
If 30 % to 50 % of the population do n't get vaccinated , Fauci says the efficacious vaccine has no chance of becoming effective in the community .
Health and patient safety coverage at USA TODAY is made possible in part by a grant from the Masimo Foundation for Ethics , Innovation and Competition in Healthcare .
The Masimo Foundation does not provide editorial input .

Americans are beginning to see light at the end of this year-long pandemic tunnel with Friday's announcement Pfizer and its partner BioNTech are submitting its candidate vaccine, BNT162b2, to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization.
The companies revealed earlier this week the vaccine was 95% effective. If it is authorized as swiftly as is expected, frontline health care workers could receive the first doses of the vaccine before the end of December.
While some people have shown enthusiasm at the prospect of a quick turnaround, others are more skeptical. How is it possible a vaccine that under normal circumstances would take years to approve could be ready to roll out in a couple of weeks and still be safe?
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, stressed to the USA TODAY Editorial Board last week public confidence in the COVID-19 vaccine approval process is key to beating the pandemic.
Before a vaccine is submitted for FDA authorization, an independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) reviews clinical trial data to confirm it is safe. The committee is made up of career scientists who have experience serving in a DMC, have relevant expertise and experience in clinical trials, according to FDA guidance.
Throughout the trials, the committee members monitor effectiveness, safety and study conduct, and even consider interim changes depending on new data that may emerge from other studies.
About half the trial participants must be two months past their second shot as severe adverse effects are more likely to happen within six weeks. The DMC for the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine study "has not reported any serious safety concerns related to the vaccine," the companies said in a statement. Fauci said he looked at the study data Sunday afternoon.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) will advise the FDA whether it should issue an emergency use authorization for the vaccine. VRBPAC is a group of outside experts who advise FDA on whether or not to approve drugs, therapeutics and vaccines after they have gone through FDA's rigorous approval process. The group plans to meet Dec. 10 to evaluate the Pfizer vaccine candidate.
A few days before the meeting, the FDA will release its own internal analysis, which will set the stage for the advisers' daylong debate about any signs of safety concerns and how the new vaccine technology works before rendering a verdict.
It’s important to note even if the candidate vaccine gets authorized and is distributed by the millions, it's still considered "investigational" until it goes through the full approval process and is issued a license. FDA has said all vaccines authorized under EUA will continue through to licensing.the 44,000-person study will continue to assess long term safety and effectiveness.
Anyone offered the authorized vaccine must get a “fact sheet” describing potential benefits and risks before going through with it, Dr. Marion Gruber, chief of FDA’s vaccine office, told the National Academy of Medicine this week.
Fauci stressed the importance of instilling vaccine confidence in the American public when it's available to the general population starting April through July. If most of the country gets vaccinated within that time frame, he estimates the U.S. can return to pre-pandemic normalcy by fall 2021.
No matter how well the vaccine works in preventing the coronavirus, it won’t end the pandemic if not enough people take it.
Vaccine efficacy is how well the vaccine works in a vaccinated group compared to a placebo group in a controlled trial. Vaccine effectiveness is the impact of the vaccine on the community and the dynamics of the disease, Fauci said.
If 30% to 50% of the population don't get vaccinated, Fauci says the efficacious vaccine has no chance of becoming effective in the community.
Follow Adrianna Rodriguez on Twitter: @AdriannaUSAT.
Health and patient safety coverage at USA TODAY is made possible in part by a grant from the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare. The Masimo Foundation does not provide editorial input.


usatoday--2020-11-23--CDC raises warning against cruise travel to highest level, strengthens international flight guidelin

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a Level 4 travel notice on Saturday advising that `` all people '' should avoid travel on cruise ships worldwide because `` the risk of COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high . ''
`` Cruise passengers are at increased risk of person-to-person spread of infectious diseases , including COVID-19 , and outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported on cruise ships , '' the organization said on its website .
The CDC added that for passengers who may be considered at increased risk , the warning is `` especially '' applicable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a cruise should get tested 3-5 days after your trip AND stay home for 7 days after travel , '' the CDC said .
`` Even if you test negative , stay home for the full 7 days . ''
For passengers who do n't get tested , the CDC recommended staying home for 14 days .
A similar update was issued Saturday for international air travel , recommending that Americans who are choosing to fly out of the country get tested before and after traveling : `` 1-3 days before your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after travel . ''
Even those who test negative upon return should stay home for seven days ; 14 for those who do not get tested .
`` Air travel requires spending time in security lines and airport terminals , which can bring you in close contact with other people and frequently touched surfaces , '' the CDC said .
`` Social distancing is difficult in busy airports and on crowded flights , and sitting within 6 feet of others , sometimes for hours , may increase your risk of getting COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ airport , such as with public transportation and ridesharing , can also increase your chances of being exposed to the virus . ''
'CDC is putting American lives at risk ' : Members of Congress call for CDC to reinstate cruise 'no-sail ' order The travel notice that originally warned against cruising was posted on March 17 .
On Oct. 8 , the CDC instituted a Level 3 warning that recommended people `` defer travel '' on cruise ships worldwide .
On Oct. 30 , the CDC issued a `` conditional sailing order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ order and allowed a phased-in restart of cruising in U.S. waters .
That order did n't specify when passenger cruising could restart on vessels able to carry 250 or more people and required ships to meet certain standards and complete activities such as test cruises .
`` This 'Framework of Conditional Sailing ' lays out a pathway – a phased , deliberate and intentional pathway – toward resuming passenger services but only when it is safe , when ( the cruise industry ) can assure health and when they are responsible with respects @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communities , '' Dr. Martin Cetron , director of the CDC 's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine , told USA TODAY .
This month , the cruise industry extended its voluntary operational pause through the end of the year .
`` We share a common goal with the CDC , which is to protect the public health of our passengers , crew and destinations , '' Bari Golin-Blaugrund , vice president of strategic communications for Cruise Lines International Association , the industry 's leading trade organization , told USA TODAY Sunday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the CDC to establish a pathway to resumption in the U.S. '' In order to meet the CDC 's `` conditional sailing order , '' several cruise lines , including Carnival Cruise Line , Princess Cruises and Holland America Line , have already opted to further extend their own sailing suspensions .
Carnival has canceled all sailings in U.S. waters until February 2021 , and Princess and Holland America have canceled sailings across the globe until April 2021 .
At the time the order was announced , Cetron was n't prepared to guess @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I ’ m smart enough after 10 months of this pandemic not to speculate like that , '' he said .
`` It ’ s basically the virus ’ numbers against human ingenuity . ''
While it appears that cruising 's return is n't imminent in U.S. waters , per the `` conditional sailing order , '' members of Congress have called for the CDC to reinstate its `` no-sail '' order .

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a Level 4 travel notice on Saturday advising that "all people" should avoid travel on cruise ships worldwide because "the risk of COVID-19 on cruise ships is very high."
"Cruise passengers are at increased risk of person-to-person spread of infectious diseases, including COVID-19, and outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported on cruise ships," the organization said on its website.
The CDC added that for passengers who may be considered at increased risk, the warning is "especially" applicable.
"Passengers who decide to go on a cruise should get tested 3-5 days after your trip AND stay home for 7 days after travel," the CDC said. "Even if you test negative, stay home for the full 7 days."
For passengers who don't get tested, the CDC recommended staying home for 14 days.
A similar update was issued Saturday for international air travel, recommending that Americans who are choosing to fly out of the country get tested before and after traveling: "1-3 days before your flight" and again "3-5 days after travel." Even those who test negative upon return should stay home for seven days; 14 for those who do not get tested.
"Air travel requires spending time in security lines and airport terminals, which can bring you in close contact with other people and frequently touched surfaces," the CDC said. "Social distancing is difficult in busy airports and on crowded flights, and sitting within 6 feet of others, sometimes for hours, may increase your risk of getting COVID-19. How you get to and from the airport, such as with public transportation and ridesharing, can also increase your chances of being exposed to the virus."
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'CDC is putting American lives at risk': Members of Congress call for CDC to reinstate cruise 'no-sail' order
The travel notice that originally warned against cruising was posted on March 17. On Oct. 8, the CDC instituted a Level 3 warning that recommended people "defer travel" on cruise ships worldwide.
On Oct. 30, the CDC issued a "conditional sailing order" that replaced its "no-sail" order and allowed a phased-in restart of cruising in U.S. waters. That order didn't specify when passenger cruising could restart on vessels able to carry 250 or more people and required ships to meet certain standards and complete activities such as test cruises.
"This 'Framework of Conditional Sailing' lays out a pathway – a phased, deliberate and intentional pathway – toward resuming passenger services but only when it is safe, when (the cruise industry) can assure health and when they are responsible with respects of needs of crew passengers and port communities," Dr. Martin Cetron, director of the CDC's Division of Global Migration and Quarantine, told USA TODAY.
This month, the cruise industry extended its voluntary operational pause through the end of the year.
"We share a common goal with the CDC, which is to protect the public health of our passengers, crew and destinations," Bari Golin-Blaugrund, vice president of strategic communications for Cruise Lines International Association, the industry's leading trade organization, told USA TODAY Sunday. "We will continue to work with the CDC to establish a pathway to resumption in the U.S."
In order to meet the CDC's "conditional sailing order," several cruise lines, including Carnival Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Holland America Line, have already opted to further extend their own sailing suspensions. Carnival has canceled all sailings in U.S. waters until February 2021, and Princess and Holland America have canceled sailings across the globe until April 2021.
At the time the order was announced, Cetron wasn't prepared to guess when passenger cruising will actually begin.
"I’m smart enough after 10 months of this pandemic not to speculate like that," he said. "It’s basically the virus’ numbers against human ingenuity."
While it appears that cruising's return isn't imminent in U.S. waters, per the "conditional sailing order," members of Congress have called for the CDC to reinstate its "no-sail" order.
Contributing: Hannah Yasharoff


usatoday--2020-11-22--Northwestern credits ESPN analyst Joey Galloway's comments for helping fuel victory against Wisconsi

No .
13-ranked Northwestern upended Big Ten foe Wisconsin on Saturday thanks to a little extra motivation from ESPN analyst Joey Galloway .
On Tuesday 's broadcast of `` College Football Playoff Top 25 , '' Galloway offered these thoughts about the unbeaten Wildcats : `` Honestly , they 've got a bunch of Rece Davises running around out there , '' he said , jokingly referring to the limited athletic abilities of the show 's host .
`` Yeah , very athletic , Rece , '' Galloway replied sarcastically .
`` That 's why I said that . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17-7 and coach Pat Fitzgerald made a point to mention Galloway in his postgame interview on ESPN .
MISERY INDEX : Nebraska gets trolled by Illinois after another loss Several of the players could be heard in the background of the interview calling themselves the `` Fighting Rece Davises '' as they ran off the field .
Fitzgerald said he hoped Galloway would continue to disparage them going forward .
`` I mean , that really ticked guys off , I 'm not gon na lie to you , '' he said to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was , I thought , incredibly disrespectful .
I just talked to the guys about putting fuel in their engine , man .
Just use that as fuel in the engine and just go out and play the way we 're capable . ''
After going 3-9 last season , Northwestern is currently 5-0 and in first place in the Big Ten West .

Northwestern credits ESPN analyst Joey Galloway's comments for helping fuel victory against Wisconsin
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No. 13-ranked Northwestern upended Big Ten foe Wisconsin on Saturday thanks to a little extra motivation from ESPN analyst Joey Galloway.
On Tuesday's broadcast of "College Football Playoff Top 25," Galloway offered these thoughts about the unbeaten Wildcats: "Honestly, they've got a bunch of Rece Davises running around out there," he said, jokingly referring to the limited athletic abilities of the show's host.
"High-level athletes, huh?" laughed Davis.
"Yeah, very athletic, Rece," Galloway replied sarcastically. "That's why I said that."
Sure enough, Northwestern knocked off Wisconsin 17-7 and coach Pat Fitzgerald made a point to mention Galloway in his postgame interview on ESPN.
Pat Fitzgerald refers to his team as the "Fighting Rece Davises" after the win over Wisconsin, in response to ESPN's Joey Galloway saying earlier in the week that Northwestern "has a bunch of Rece Davises running around." pic.twitter.com/P7CLfYHkdd — Matt Clapp (@Matt2Clapp) November 22, 2020
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Several of the players could be heard in the background of the interview calling themselves the "Fighting Rece Davises" as they ran off the field.
Fitzgerald said he hoped Galloway would continue to disparage them going forward.
"I mean, that really ticked guys off, I'm not gonna lie to you," he said to ESPN after the game. "It was, I thought, incredibly disrespectful. I just talked to the guys about putting fuel in their engine, man. Just use that as fuel in the engine and just go out and play the way we're capable."
After going 3-9 last season, Northwestern is currently 5-0 and in first place in the Big Ten West.


usatoday--2020-11-23--Dwayne Johnson refuses to 'concede' Sexiest Man Alive title to Michael B. Jordan

Just when you thought People 's Sexiest Man Alive title was a triumphant , and clear , victory for `` Black Panther '' star Michael B. Jordan .
In steps Dwayne `` The Rock '' Johnson , People 's Sexiest Man Alive for 2016 , with a page torn from President Donald Trump 's prolonged contesting of the 2020 presidential election results .
`` I CONCEDE NOTHING , '' Johnson wrote on his Instagram page Friday about the Sexiest Man Alive crown , adding a winking emoji to make it clear he was just kidding .
We hope .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Jordan , writing , `` congrats to my brother @ michaelbjordan on the new sexy crown . ''
The Rock was featured in the latest Sexiest Man issue as well - in a manner befitting to his icon status , In the interview he talked about living his life to the fullest .
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Johnson discussed waking up before the sunrise – and his two daughters – to get in his workouts .
All @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the day , and then having `` Netflix and chill '' evenings with wife Lauren and a glass of his Teremana tequila .
`` I 'll say no more before I get in trouble , '' Johnson said .
The Rock has made clear in the past that he will fight for his lifetime Sexiest Man honor .
As he told USA TODAY in 2019 , he had some alpha words for his `` Fast & Furious Presents : Hobbs & Shaw '' co-star when Idris Elba took the crown in 2018 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ full of bravado , '' Johnson recalled .
`` I reminded him , 'Yes , you are People magazine ’ s Sexiest Man Alive of 2019 .
I however , am the Sexiest Man Alive in what is called 'perpetuity . '
That means for life . '
'' Jordan claimed to be a shocked by the Sexiest Man honor , telling Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday , `` It was a moment like oh ( expletive ) , really ?
Me ?
… It was a cool moment . ''


usatoday--2020-11-23--Why was Tua Tagovailoa benched by the Dolphins, and will QB start next week against Jets?

DENVER — Tua Tagovailoa was benched by coach Brian Flores early in the fourth quarter of Miami 's 20-13 loss at Denver on Sunday .
Tagovailoa had been sacked six times .
The rookie quarterback had practiced all week with a foot injury .
Was Tagovailoa knocked out of his fourth start in favor of Ryan Fitzpatrick due to injury ?
`` Tua was n't injured , '' Flores said after the game .
`` We just felt it was the best move at that point in the game .
We felt ( Fitzpatrick ) gave us the best chance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was 11-for-20 for 83 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions .
But Miami punted six times and scored only 10 points on his eight drives .
Will Flores start Fitzpatrick against the Jets next Sunday in New Jersey ?
`` No changes , '' Flores said .
Fitzpatrick , asked to provide a `` spark , '' led a comeback .
When he entered the game , Miami trailed 20-10 .
He led a field goal drive .
And then he led Miami from its 1-yard line into scoring position with less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ things we learned from Week 11 of the 2020 NFL season WEEK 11 WINNERS , LOSERS : Chiefs get their revenge , Cowboys rise again But a potential game-tying touchdown intended for DeVante Parker was intercepted in the end zone by Broncos safety Justin Simmons .
`` I needed to hold the safety , '' Fitzpatrick said .
`` If he was a step slower , maybe that ball gets in there and we 're having a happy press conference . ''
Fitzpatrick was 12-for-18 for 117 yards , operating an up-tempo offense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said he is the backup to Tagovailoa .
`` It 's very clear this is Tua 's team , '' Fitzpatrick said .
`` Tua is going to continue to get better and grow . ''
Later , Fitzpatrick added : `` There is no controversy .
It 's his team and he 's going to continue to lead the team .
We just have to all pull in the right direction . ''
Tagovailoa had begun his career 3-0 , but fell flat under intense pressure dialed up by Broncos coach and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an interception overturned by a defensive penalty .
In the previous game , he had gotten away with two near-interceptions .
How did Tagovailoa feel about being pulled ?
`` Whatever is best for the team , '' he said .
`` When we were in , we could n't really get things going .
Coach felt it was the best decision to put Fitz in and give us a spark .
It 's what 's best for the team .
If we were to win with Fitz in there , the locker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone would be a lot happier .
It just sucks to lose . ''
Tagovailoa said he held the ball too long .
He said he needs to understand that a player may appear to be covered when he really is n't .
`` I could n't get the ball in the hands of our playmakers or get in a rhythm , '' Tagovailoa said .
Tagovailoa was not effective on downfield passes .
That 's something he 'll need to continue to work on .
He was also responsible for at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be deemed `` coverage '' sacks .
Flores is not worried about the game dragging Tagovailoa down .
`` They pressured us , '' Flores said .
`` We struggled getting it going .
When that 's going on , you have to try to do something to create some momentum .
That 's why we made the switch .
But he 's healthy .
He 's a confident kid .
He 's fine . ''
So Tagovailoa is slated to lead the Dolphins ( 6-4 ) next Sunday in a game @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really is a must-win from a playoff-hunt perspective .
Fitzpatrick has assured Tagovailoa that he must simply continue to learn , and that the rookie road is rarely paved smoothly .
Fitzpatrick has also pledged to help Tagovailoa build a catalog of game-playing memory that he can lean on in the future .
`` What happened in this game ? ''
Fitzpatrick said .
`` They were getting pressure up front , so what are some things I can do as a quarterback to combat that ?
As we go forward , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I learned those things in 16 years but I want to help him accelerate the learning and make sure he learns it faster than I did . ''

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DENVER — Tua Tagovailoa was benched by coach Brian Flores early in the fourth quarter of Miami's 20-13 loss at Denver on Sunday.
Tagovailoa had been sacked six times. The rookie quarterback had practiced all week with a foot injury. Was Tagovailoa knocked out of his fourth start in favor of Ryan Fitzpatrick due to injury?
"Tua wasn't injured," Flores said after the game. "We just felt it was the best move at that point in the game. We felt (Fitzpatrick) gave us the best chance to win the game."
Tagovailoa was 11-for-20 for 83 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions. But Miami punted six times and scored only 10 points on his eight drives.
Will Flores start Fitzpatrick against the Jets next Sunday in New Jersey?
"No changes," Flores said.
Fitzpatrick, asked to provide a "spark," led a comeback. When he entered the game, Miami trailed 20-10. He led a field goal drive. And then he led Miami from its 1-yard line into scoring position with less than two minutes to play.
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But a potential game-tying touchdown intended for DeVante Parker was intercepted in the end zone by Broncos safety Justin Simmons.
"I needed to hold the safety," Fitzpatrick said. "If he was a step slower, maybe that ball gets in there and we're having a happy press conference."
Fitzpatrick was 12-for-18 for 117 yards, operating an up-tempo offense.
After the game, Fitzpatrick repeatedly said he is the backup to Tagovailoa.
"It's very clear this is Tua's team," Fitzpatrick said. "Tua is going to continue to get better and grow."
Later, Fitzpatrick added: "There is no controversy. It's his team and he's going to continue to lead the team. We just have to all pull in the right direction."
Tagovailoa had begun his career 3-0, but fell flat under intense pressure dialed up by Broncos coach and defensive play-caller Vic Fangio.
Tagovailoa had an interception overturned by a defensive penalty. In the previous game, he had gotten away with two near-interceptions.
How did Tagovailoa feel about being pulled?
"Whatever is best for the team," he said. "When we were in, we couldn't really get things going. Coach felt it was the best decision to put Fitz in and give us a spark. It's what's best for the team. If we were to win with Fitz in there, the locker room would be a lot different and everyone would be a lot happier. It just sucks to lose."
Tagovailoa said he held the ball too long. He said he needs to understand that a player may appear to be covered when he really isn't.
"I couldn't get the ball in the hands of our playmakers or get in a rhythm," Tagovailoa said.
Tagovailoa was not effective on downfield passes. That's something he'll need to continue to work on. He was also responsible for at least a few of the sacks, which can be deemed "coverage" sacks.
Flores is not worried about the game dragging Tagovailoa down.
"They pressured us," Flores said. "We struggled getting it going. When that's going on, you have to try to do something to create some momentum. That's why we made the switch. But he's healthy. He's a confident kid. He's fine."
So Tagovailoa is slated to lead the Dolphins (6-4) next Sunday in a game at the Jets (0-10) that really is a must-win from a playoff-hunt perspective.
Fitzpatrick has assured Tagovailoa that he must simply continue to learn, and that the rookie road is rarely paved smoothly. Fitzpatrick has also pledged to help Tagovailoa build a catalog of game-playing memory that he can lean on in the future.
"What happened in this game?" Fitzpatrick said. "They were getting pressure up front, so what are some things I can do as a quarterback to combat that? As we go forward, he'll be able to lean on that. I learned those things in 16 years but I want to help him accelerate the learning and make sure he learns it faster than I did."