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Forbes
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
3 Wide Receivers To Buy In Dynasty Fantasy Football (May)
TUCSON, ARIZONA - OCTOBER 19: Tetairoa McMillan #4 of the University of Arizona lines up at wide ... More receiver against the University of Colorado at Arizona Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by) After looking into this same topic in April, we're back now that the NFL Draft is in the books. With that said, let's look at 3 Wide Receivers to Buy in Dynasty Fantasy Football. Wide receiver is one of the best positions to trade for players at because it's a wide open landscape and these players have long careers. While there's a ton of natural volatility in fantasy football, the running back position gets shaken up a lot more than wide receiver on a year to year basis. Without further ado, let's dive into the three wide receivers that you should buy in dynasty fantasy football based on Keep Trade Cut values. The first player on this list is a rookie who is significantly more expensive than the rest of these players. If you didn't read my Tetairoa McMillan rookie breakdown, you may not understand just how high I am on him. To give you the rundown, I'm much more confident that McMillan will be an elite dynasty asset for longer than Jeanty due to the longevity of wide receivers. As a prospect, McMillan showed off elite speed, ball skills and size at 6'4' and 212 lbs. For reference, McMillan was ranked higher than Ashton Jeanty for me. On KTC, Jeanty is 13th overall and McMillan is 38th, making him an easy buy candidate for me. Although McMillan is expensive, buy him before no one wants to sell. Continuing on the theme of rookies, Kyle Williams is a great value as well. Prior to the NFL Draft, I wrote that Williams is a hidden gem. Williams is explosive with the ball in his hand, his releases are fantastic and he dominated man coverage, earning an 89.8 PFF grade against it. Now Williams is stepping into a situation where he has a chance to contribute early as he was a day two pick (round three). The only other option in that offense is Stefon Diggs, who is coming off an ACL injury at 31 years old. Getting a chance to be the number one option for rising superstar Drake Maye is an opportunity that you aren't going to want to miss. If Maye, the third overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, can put things together next year, Williams will also benefit. CLEVELAND, OHIO - NOVEMBER 21: Cedric Tillman #19 of the Cleveland Browns runs onto the field prior ... More to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Huntington Bank Field on November 21, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by) The last player on this list is Cedric Tillman, who is only 25 years old. Tillman is entering year three and he could have had a massive year in 2024 had he not suffered a concussion in week eight. Tillman was a strong prospect from Tennessee, going in round three of the NFL Draft and earning praise from legend Steve Smith. In 2024, Tillman had a monster three game stretch where he had 18.1, 28.9 and 19.5 points in weeks seven through nine. With the Cleveland Browns not drafting Travis Hunter, Tillman is still set to be the WR2 behind Jerry Jeudy. If Tillman can put things together and the Browns can find a capable quarterback, expect Tillman to skyrocket in value. With May coming to a close, these are my 3 Wide Receivers to Buy in Dynasty Fantasy Football. If you've enjoyed the dynasty content, make sure to come back for more!
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
This Tohono O'odham linguist is fighting to keep indigenous languages alive in Arizona
A Tohono O'odham girl growing up in the 1950s spent her formative years helping her farmworker family pick cotton in the fields in central Arizona. With a thirst for learning but few books at home, Ofelia Zepeda would play make-believe school with her siblings using discarded textbooks during the summer breaks when she wasn't working the fields. Years later, Zepeda would become a renowned poet and linguist, and one of the world's foremost experts on the Tohono O'odham language. Now a member of the University of Arizona's faculty, she works to advocate for disappearing and endangered indigenous languages. At 71 years old, Zepeda is a regents professor in the linguistics department, the highest faculty rank at the University of Arizona. She wrote the world's first grammar book on the Tohono O'odham language and has published several poetry books in O'odham and English. She is also the director of the American Indian Language Development Institute and has been a member of the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages International Task Force. Zepeda grew up speaking only O'odham, which was originally a spoken language and was deeply connected to her indigenous culture. 'That's what language can do for you,' she told The Arizona Republic in April. But she didn't live on a reservation, a detail which she said surprises many people. 'My family's not from any community within the O'odham Nation. And that's why my background has to start with the town of Stanfield,' Zepeda said, sitting in her office at the University of Arizona among the well-manicured lawns and palm trees that swayed in the breeze on campus, miles away from the cotton fields where she grew up. Zepeda recalled the poverty she experienced growing up in the 1950s in Stanfield, a farming community in Pinal County near Casa Grande. Cotton was picked manually back then, a task she would often help with. "I didn't think that much of it, you know. Sometimes you sort of worked and helped, and then a lot of times you just played," she said. She was seven or eight years old when she began attending Stanfield Elementary School. Zepeda liked school and learning, and was supported by teachers who saw something special in her. "In the school system, there is always one teacher who for some reason they find something in you and make it their mission to nurture it, to support you," she said. When she was older, a high school counselor submitted her and her cousin's names to Upward Bound, a federally funded program that supports low-income, first-generation, high school students as they prepare for college. She was accepted, and after she completed the program, she attended community college before being accepted to the University of Arizona. Once at UA, she was studying sociology, but all she wanted to do was read O'odham books. She would scour the library for books written in her native tongue. 'I would check them out and try and figure out how to read them,' Zepeda said. But she couldn't figure them out. 'It's challenging to try and teach yourself. And it's better to have a teacher. So that was it. That's all I wanted to do. I wanted to read and write.' Looking for someone to teach her, Zepeda met world-renowned linguist Kenneth Hale. Hale was knowledgeable in the O'odham language and had helped create one of the O'odham writing systems with Tohono O'odham linguist Albert Alvarez. Zepeda began studying with Hale and helped him lead a small class teaching other O'odham students. After learning the basics of linguistics from Hale, she excelled and in 1984 she obtained her Ph.D. in linguistics and went on to win a MacArthur Fellowship in 1999 for her work as a poet, linguist, and cultural preservationist. MacArthur fellows are 'extraordinarily' creative and have a 'track record of excellence' in their fields. Despite Zepeda's success, she remains humble about all she has accomplished. 'When there's so few of us, you're bound to be one of the people that benefits from these (federal programs) for targeted populations,' she said. "Over the years, I've appreciated the benefits that I have been offered, and I've tried to use them the best way that I can." Amy Fountain, an associate professor of practice, met Zepeda in the early 1990s when she was in her first year of graduate studies in linguistics. Zepeda was a hero to her, and in the decades since she first assisted in Zepeda's class, Fountain has seen firsthand Zepeda's work around indigenous language revitalization, language teaching, and language policy. 'She's the only scholar I know of her level of accomplishment who is universally respected, admired, and beloved,' Fountain said. She added Zepeda's way of teaching is 'humble and warm and sweet, but incredibly wise.' Zepeda is also working to bring awareness of the state of indigenous languages to the forefront. Part of this effort came to fruition in 2022 with the creation of the Native American Language Resource Center. 'This is the first time the federal government has put forth funding just for Native American languages,' Zepeda said, recalling her initial reaction to the resource center. Zepeda highlighted how indigenous languages hold knowledge that has helped society, like plant knowledge, which has impacted science and modern medicine, as well as the way people view nature and the environment, she said. 'All languages are part of all of us that are part of humanity, and so they should be acknowledged and supported,' she said. 'The notion of supporting a language is very foreign, especially in the U.S., and that's a very, very hard mindset to change, but we keep working on it.' Reach the reporter at The Republic's coverage of southern Arizona is funded, in part, with a grant from Report for America. Support Arizona news coverage with a tax-deductible donation at This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Tohono O'odham linguist, poet fights to keep the language alive
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Men Are Twice as Likely to Die From This Stress-Related Heart Issue
Stress hits everyone. Whether it's the loss of a loved one, a job, or the end of a relationship, dealing with grief is never easy. But for men, the stakes may be even higher. Research shows that men are twice as likely to die from takotsubo cardiomyopathy—a stress-induced heart condition better known as 'broken heart syndrome'—compared to women. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association examined nearly 200,000 U.S. adults from 2016 to 2020. Researchers found that although the heart condition was more common among women, the death rate among them was half that of men at 5.5%, compared to 11.2% for men. 'Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a serious condition with a substantial risk of death and severe complications,' said study author M. Reza Movahed, M.D., Ph.D., an interventional cardiologist and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona's Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, ArizonaTakotsubo cardiomyopathy, aka broken heart syndrome, is a heart condition most often brought on by extreme emotions or stressful situations. While it generally occurs temporarily, people can continue to feel unwell for long periods of time. Symptoms include shortness of breath and chest pain. During the study period, major complications caused 35.9% of participants to die from congestive heart failure, 20.7% from atrial fibrillation, 6.6% from cardiogenic shock, 5.3% from stroke, and 3.4% from cardiac arrest. 'The health care team needs to carefully review coronary angiograms that show no significant coronary disease with classic appearance of left ventricular motion, suggesting any subtypes of stress-induced cardiomyopathy," Movahed said in a press release. "These patients should be monitored for serious complications and treated promptly." He also adds that some complications, such as embolic stroke, could be prevented with early detection and treatment. Movahed added that further research is needed to fully understand the mortality discrepancy between males and females and how to best manage patients with this condition.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
NASA picks Rocket Lab to launch shoebox-sized Aspera space telescope in 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NASA has selected Rocket Lab to launch its Aspera smallsat mission, which will study gases in the vast regions of space between galaxies. Rocket Lab's Electron will launch Aspera, a cubesat being developed by the University of Arizona and NASA. The shoebox-sized satellite will use an onboard telescope to study the ultraviolet light emitted from gases adrift between galaxies. The launch is targeted for the first quarter of 2026, from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. The selection of Rocket Lab is part of NASA's $300 million Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract, and adds to a growing list of science missions which with agency has entrusted the launch company, including PREFIRE, TROPICS and CAPSTONE. 'As a long-trusted launch partner for NASA's most pioneering small satellites, it's great to be able to continue that support for another innovative science mission like Aspera," Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck said in a statement. Aspera will measure the inflow and outflow of gases between galaxies, called the circumgalactic medium, which scientists believe may contribute to star formation and galaxy evolution. The mission is part of NASA's Pioneers Program, in the space agency's Astrophysics Division, which provides funding to lower-cost astrophysics missions. "We have a good understanding of how much gas there must be in galaxies to explain how many stars we see, but we've searched far and wide and still cannot find most of it," Aspera Principal Investigator Carlos Vargas said in a February update from the University of Arizona about the mission's manufacturing process. Related Stories: — Rocket Lab launches 2 NASA satellites to study tropical storms and hurricanes like never before — Rocket Lab launches 1st Electron booster from US soil in twilight liftoff — US military taps Rocket Lab's new Neutron launcher for 'point to point' cargo test flight in 2026 Rocket Lab has also been contracted to launch a mission with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) using Neutron, the partially reusable new rocket the company is developing. Neutron is slated for its first launch sometime later this year, with its AFRL mission set for 2026. The next liftoff of the 59-foot-tall (18 meters) Electron is scheduled for Saturday (May 17). That mission will loft a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite for the company iQPS called QPS-SAR-10 (nicknamed 'WADATSUMI-I' for the Japanese god of the sea). The spacecraft will join iQPS' growing constellation of high resolution Earth-imaging satellites.
Health Line
16-05-2025
- Health
- Health Line
Males Two Times as Likely to Die From ‘Broken Heart Syndrome,' Study Finds
'Broken heart syndrome' carries a significant risk of death and serious complications, according to new research. Although the condition appears to be much more common in females, males may be significantly more likely to die from it. 'Broken heart syndrome' is commonly associated with other major complications, including heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, and cardiogenic shock. Men may be more than twice as likely as women to die from takotsubo cardiomyopathy, colloquially known as 'broken heart syndrome,' a new study suggests. Although takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) seems to predominantly affect females, accounting for approximately 80% of cases in the study, males who develop the condition appear to have worse outcomes. The reasons for these sex-based differences in TC, which is a relatively uncommon diagnosis, remain unclear. Researchers also observed that over the five-year period of investigation, mortality rates associated with TC did not improve, despite advancements in care. 'We were surprised to find that the death rate from Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was relatively high without significant changes over the five-year study, and the rate of in-hospital complications also was elevated,' said study author Mohammad Reza Movahed, MD, PhD, an interventional cardiologist and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona's Sarver Heart Center in Tucson, Arizona, in a press release. 'The continued high death rate is alarming, suggesting that more research be done for better treatment and finding new therapeutic approaches to this condition,' Movahed continued. TC is a temporary heart condition that can be caused by a surge in stress hormones, often linked to intense emotional or physical experiences, such as the loss of a loved one or a car accident. This leads to the weakening and enlargement of part of the heart, which restricts its ability to pump blood effectively. Research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association on May 14 sheds new light on the prevalence of this cardiovascular condition, but many questions remain unanswered. 'It's definitely hypothesis generating,' said Abha Khandelwal, MD, a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at Stanford Medicine who was not affiliated with the study. However, she continued, 'We still have a lot to learn about which patients are really going to present with the malignant form of this condition.' A 'woman's disease' much more likely to kill men Researchers used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS), a public database of de-identified hospitalization data, to identify cases of TC between 2016 and 2020. The study identified nearly 200,000 cases during this period, with women comprising the vast majority (83%) of patients—a finding consistent with existing data about the condition. The average age of patients admitted with TC was 67. Demographic patterns emerged in the data, as 80% of cases were diagnosed in white patients, suggesting potential racial differences in prevalence or diagnosis rates. Although men made up a much smaller portion of those admitted for TC, they had more than double the likelihood of dying, 11.2% compared to 5.5% for women. The study could not determine the reasons for this mortality gap, as the retrospective observational design limits researchers to identifying associations rather than establishing causation. However, Khandelwal suggests that the stereotype of TC being a 'woman's disease' may play a role in the worse outcomes seen in men. 'When a disease presents the way we expect it to, people do fine, but it's really the outliers that tend to have worse outcomes. In the old days, coronary artery disease was considered a man's disease. So, when women came into the hospital with heart attacks, they had worse outcomes. So, this is like a reverse of that,' she said. Other cardiovascular comorbidities are common among patients presenting with TC, as observed in the study. The most frequently reported cardiovascular complications included: congestive heart failure (36% of cases) atrial fibrillation (21%) cardiogenic shock (7%) stroke (5%) The overall mortality rate among patients with TC was significantly higher (6.58%) than other patients (2.41%), making them nearly three times more likely to die. TC is generally transient, however. Most individuals recover within two months, with a low risk of it recurring. Still, the study's design and the presence of multiple serious comorbidities make it difficult to draw firm conclusions about the persistently elevated mortality rate in TC, according to Khandelwal. 'It doesn't tell you about the clinical characteristics of the people with the patients were critically ill, and there may be other comorbidities that were influencing their mortality. So, it's very hard to know what drove it,' she said. In fact, the authors themselves even acknowledge that the prevalence of TC observed during the study could be attributable to greater awareness of the condition among doctors who might have otherwise recorded it as some other form of acute coronary syndrome. What causes a 'broken heart'? Much remains unknown about TC, including its precise cause, but it has earned the nickname 'broken heart syndrome' for good reason. The condition can be triggered by sudden loss, emotional trauma, or even an acute scare. Khandelwal has seen the condition multiple times in her career, including a case in which a grandmother developed TC after being startled by her young grandchild. Each year, TC accounts for approximately 2–3% of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome, and that rate doubles to 5–6% among females. But the actual rates of TC are unclear, as it may be underdiagnosed. TC is generally indistinguishable from a heart attack at the time of presentation. Common symptoms include: To diagnose TC, physicians must first rule out coronary artery blockages — typically using an angiogram — and then use additional imaging, such as an echocardiogram, to detect abnormalities in the heart's left ventricle. While often triggered by emotional distress like grief following the loss of a loved one, takotsubo cardiomyopathy can also develop after physical traumas such as car accidents or major surgery — earning it the additional designation ' stress-induced cardiomyopathy.' Researchers have yet to fully understand its underlying mechanisms. Notably, TC sometimes occurs without any identifiable trigger, further complicating efforts to pinpoint its precise causes. The most prominent hypothesis today is that during an acute shock, the heart is flooded with catecholamines, a cluster of stress hormones including norepinephrine and epinephrine, that stun the left ventricle of the heart. The uncommon nature of the condition along with its unpredictability make it difficult to prevent. 'We still can't predict who is going to get it, and under what circumstances. Is there a stress threshold? We really don't know. And of those who get it, we also don't know which ones are going to get a more malignant form,' said Khandelwal.
