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UNC football, Drake Maye defeated Virginia Tech in the…

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

CHAPEL HILL — Conditions were dreary, but the mood at Kenan Stadium on Saturday was much brighter than last weekend.

North Carolina (4-1, 1-0) shook off the frustration of a loss to Notre Dame a week ago and opened its ACC schedule with a 41-10 win over Virginia Tech (2-3, 1-1). .

The game, played under gray skies and drizzle while the remnants of Hurricane Ian lingered, set a benchmark for the Tar Heels’ character after they suffered a 45-32 loss to the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame completely dominated the affair, amassing a total of 576 offensive yards against a UNC defense that seemed helpless to stop them.

But the Tar Heels rebounded with another big play from redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Maye and a defense that never allowed the Hokies to find a rhythm on offense.

Here are observations and takeaways from UNC’s win over Virginia Tech:

Scary moment:UNC Football’s Drake Maye rocked the leap onto the goal line against Virginia Tech

UPDATES, HIGHLIGHTS:Live updates between UNC and Virginia Tech

GO GREEN:UNC Soccer WR Antoine Green back from injury and criminal defense

Welcome back

One of the best teams in North Carolina history once again graced the field at Kenan Stadium on Saturday.

In attendance were members of the 1997 Tar Heel squad that finished 11-1, defeated Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl and finished 6th nationally. The only loss the 1997 roster suffered that season was against No. 3 Florida State, with a 20-3 score at Chapel Hill. It would also mark the final season during Coach Mack Brown’s first tenure at UNC, when he left before the Gator Bowl to take the job in Texas.

The 1997 Tar Heels were led by a prolific defense consisting of six players drafted into the 1998 NFL draft, including first-round defensive end Greg Ellis, linebacker Brian Simmons and defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday. Holliday wowed the Kenan crowd with his comments just before the current UNC roster took the field on Saturday.

Set the tone

Brown made it clear early on that he would pull out all the stops to secure a win. With his team trailing 3-0, Brown opted for the Tar Heel offense to play a fourth down play at Virginia Tech’s 3-yard line in their second series of the game.

The gamble paid off when freshman redshirt quarterback Drake Maye found Kamari Morales in the end zone with a pass to give UNC a lead they would never give up. Maye had time to complete the pass thanks to junior running back DJ Jones, who picked up a rushing Virginia Tech defender as he tried to get his hands on Maye.

turning point

The much-maligned – and rightly so – North Carolina defense made the game that turned the tide in the home side’s favour.

UNC had just scored in the second quarter for a 14:3 lead and had started the tech offensive deep in their own territory after an unsportsmanlike penalty. The Hokies got a first down, but on the first-and-10 at the 23-yard line, quarterback Grant Wells had to back out of the pocket due to the tar heel onslaught. He threw an off-balance pass that was way off target, which was intercepted by UNC linebacker Cedric Gray.

Gray, a junior, returned the pick 17 yards to the tech 16-yard line. From there, it only took Maye one play to throw a touchdown pass to Antoine Green and give the Heels a 21-3 lead.

It was part of North Carolina’s best defensive performance of the season. The unit, which started ranked 126th nationally in total defense (495.2 yards per game) and 123rd in scoring defense (39.5) as of Saturday, gave up just 273 yards and a lone touchdown to the Hokies. Most of Tech’s fourth-quarter production (59) came against UNC’s second-team defenders.

More a-maye-zing game

Redshirt freshman quarterback Drake Maye continues to produce video game statistics for UNC.

The freshman was responsible for five touchdowns and completed 26 of 36 passes for 363 yards and three touchdowns, with nine of his throws going 20 yards or more. Maye was just as effective as a runner, gaining 73 yards on 13 carries and scoring twice before being replaced by Jacolby Criswell with 7:41 left.

For the season, Maye has now completed 115 of 165 passes for 1,594 yards and 19 touchdowns. He also has 255 rushing yards on 42 attempts and three points.

However, Maye caused some concern late in the third quarter when he attempted to leapfrog a Virginia Tech defender as he approached the goal line on the run. He spun over the defender and went wide, where he lay for several seconds. When Maye finally got to her feet and started jogging to the sidelines of UNC, the home crowd erupted in cheers.

Games

Padres Pregame: “Still in a good position” for Game…

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

For the second time this month, the Padres are attempting to pull themselves out of a three-game slippage. Both started with back-to-back losses to the Dodgers, but this time the Padres have just five games left in the season and their wildcard cushion is down to two games.

The first pitch on Saturday at Petco Park is at 5:40 p.m

The Phillies lost the first game of a doubleheader on Saturday and tied with the Brewers for the sixth wildcard spot.

As close as things are, the Padres’ playoff ratings are still 97.2 percent, according to Baseball Prospectus.

You have two magic numbers: 3 to clinch against the Brewers and 4 to clinch against the Phillies.

“Every game we play, everything is on the table,” Padres manager Bob Melvin said late Friday night. “We are still in a good position at the moment. It’s all about (Saturday) and winning a game and feeling better and getting over (Friday’s loss).

The NL playoff picture from October 1, 2022

In addition, the Padres will hope to get something from a midfielder. While Trent Grisham was stuck in a 0-for-22 slump in which he was out 14 times (twice on Friday before Wil Myers took his place in ninth place), Jose Azocar is back in midfield and on the nine-hole against White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease.

Aside from that coming off earlier this month, Azocar is 0-13 in four games since his eight-game hitting streak (0.929 OPS) was broken.

The bottom third of the order of the standings was 1-for-12 in Friday’s loss, with shortstop Ha-Seong Kim scoring the only goal.

Kim is back in the seven holes and Austin Nola is behind plate for right handed Mike Clevinger.

The Padres are 3-for-25 with runners in goal position during a three-game sled in which they were outplayed by five runs overall.

Manny Machado during this stretch? He’s 3-for-12 with a double, a walk, five strikeouts, and a .641 OPS. He stranded eight runners in Thursday’s loss.

Juan Soto, meanwhile, is 2-for-12 with a double, a walk and a .481 OPS in his last three games.

Brandon Drury stayed in Friday’s game after being hit by a pitch on the bill of his helmet and is back in the lineup for Saturday’s first baseman and five-hole hitter.

Here’s how the White Sox will line up:

Pitching matchup on Saturday

White Sox RHP Dylan retires (14-7, 2.06 ERA)

His MLB-worst 74 walks is a blemish on AL Cy Young’s otherwise impressive resume. He has hit 222 batters in 179 innings. This is Cease’s first career appearance against the Padres.

Only two active Padres have a history with Cease:

1B Josh Bell (1-for-2, 2B)
INF/OF Brandon Dixon (1-for-6, 3B, BB, K)

Padres RHP Mike Clevinger (6-7, 4.49 ERA)

Thursday’s bullpen game added an extra rest day to Clevinger’s schedule. He has a 6.19 ERA in his last 10 starts, allowing for 12 homers in 48 innings at the stretch. Clevinger has a 2.22 ERA in 56 2/3 innings in his career against the White Sox and last faced him in 2019 (.86 ERA in 21 IP).

Here’s how Clevinger fared against current White Sox hitters:

The Padres' Mike Clevinger versus current White Sox thugs

Insurance

Major health insurers will expand Medicare Advantage to hundreds…

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

Health insurance companies that are big players in Medicare Advantage, including CVS Health’s Aetna … [+] Unit, Cigna, UnitedHealth Group and Humana are launching popular plans in several new states and hundreds of new counties for 2023. This file photo dated November 8, 2018 shows a page from the 2019 US Medicare Handbook in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Health insurance companies that are big players in Medicare Advantage, including Humana, Cigna, CVS Health’s Aetna unit, Elevance Health, and UnitedHealth Group, are introducing popular plans in several new states and hundreds of new counties for 2023.

Aetna, which is located in 1,875 counties and 46 states plus Washington, DC and has 3.2 million Medicare Advantage enrollments today, is expanding to 2,014 counties and 46 states plus Washington, DC

Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group’s UnitedHealthcare health insurance unit says its “total individual MA footprint will grow by 184 counties — from 2,629 counties in 2022 to 2,798 counties in 2023 — across 49 states and the District of Columbia.” Elevance Health, formerly Anthem, said its affiliated plans are available in 732 counties in 24 states and Puerto Rico. “The company has more than 1.6 million Medicare Advantage members and is expanding by 210 new counties for the next year,” said a spokesman for Elevance Health.

Cigna said it will increase its Medicare Advantage “geographic footprint” by 22% through 2023. Cigna, which has a presence in 477 counties in 26 states and Washington, DC with more than 500,000 Medicare Advantage enrollments, is expanding and will be offered in 581 counties in 28 states and Washington, DC next year.

And Humana will roll out plans in two states and 140 new counties for 2023. With the expansion, Humana said its wide range of Medicare Advantage plans, which include health maintenance organizations and preferred provider organizations, can be accessed in 91% of the U.S. by UnitedHealthcare, expanding “its territory of service to include 95% of Medicare consumers nationwide.” to reach”.

“More than 8.2 million people are currently enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage plans, and more than a third of all Medicare Advantage enrollment growth over the past five years, including 2022, has been attributed to UnitedHealthcare,” the health insurer said.

All of this market growth is in sharp contrast to a few years ago, when Medicare Advantage wasn’t available in much of the country.

But the program is one of the few areas of healthcare and US politics in general that enjoys bipartisan support in Congress.

Medicare Advantage plans to contract with the federal government to offer seniors additional benefits and services, such as: And in recent years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have allowed Medicare Advantage plans to cover more benefits, contributing to their popularity among seniors.

Across the country, health insurers have continued to expand into new areas, driving Medicare Advantage enrollments to record highs. Medicare Advantage plans added more than 2 million beneficiaries for this 2022 insurance year, growing the program to 45% of all Medicare enrollments, according to research by The Chartis Group earlier this year.

More established health insurers like Cigna, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Humana, and Elevance Health have recently faced competition from regional Medicare Advantage plans, and startups are offering Medicare Advantage.

In order to be more competitive, the larger plans are spending huge sums to strengthen their service offerings and provider networks. Humana, for example, launched a $1 billion “Project Growth” initiative earlier this year to bolster its Medicare Advantage plans for 2023.

With the expansions, Humana Medicare Advantage plans will be available in 49 US states plus Puerto Rico and 2,877 counties. This compares to 47 US states and Puerto Rico and a total of 2,737 counties.

Humana said its 2023 offerings — which will be listed along with other plans during open enrollment, which begins Oct. 15 and lasts through Dec. 7 — “$0 rewards, improvements in dental and Rx Benefits will include new allowances and a USAA co-branding plan, and simplified access to prescriptions will provide more options for beneficiaries.”

“When you summarize what Humana is offering this year, it’s as simple as this: Our members have spoken and we have listened,” said George Renaudin, Humana’s Medicare president. “We have conducted extensive research to ensure our changes meet consumer wants and needs. This research led to investments focused on consumer desires such as:

What this new TV series is – and isn’t…

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

Hilary Swank and Pablo Castelblanco, who play employees of a fictional Anchorage newspaper, on the newsroom set of Alaska Daily. (ABC/Darko Sikman)

A new drama series called Alaska Daily debuts on ABC and Hulu this coming week. The show focuses on a fictional newspaper in Anchorage that bears a resemblance to the newspaper and news site you are reading. It’s safe to say that Alaskans will have questions.

Alaska Daily is heavily promoted by ABC. There’s a good chance you’ve seen the commercials or trailers. If you’ve recently visited certain cities in the Lower 48, you may have seen billboards or ads on buses promoting the show. It debuts on October 6 with new episodes in the fall (it airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. Alaska time on ABC and airs the next day on Hulu).

In recent decades, Alaska has seen many shows set here. It was mostly in the realm of reality TV. (Some of these shows are mostly fiction, too, but that’s another story.) We’ve seen the occasional film set or filmed in Alaska. What we haven’t seen much of are scripted fictional television shows set in Alaska. Currently there’s the animated comedy The Great North and the Peabody Award-winning children’s show Molly of Denali. A long time ago there was “Northern Exposure”. But not much since then. That’s going to change.

Here’s some of the backstory on how the Alaska Daily came to be, our connection with what it is – and what it isn’t.

In 2018, following the murder of Ashley Johnson-Barr in Kotzebue and revelations by sexual assault survivors in Nome who said police had failed to investigate their cases, we issued a call to readers asking for help with the Reporting sexual violence in Alaska. Many Alaskans responded, many describing specific and repeated vulnerabilities within the criminal justice system.

That prompted us to work with ProPublica over the next two years on a series of articles called Lawless, which focused on sexual violence, systemic failure, and why the problems hadn’t gotten better.

Shortly after the first stories were published, the US Department of Justice in Alaska declared a state of emergency for law enforcement in the country. We continued reporting for the next two years. A companion series, Unheard, was released in 2020 and gives a voice to survivors of sexual violence in Alaska. “Lawless” won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, the third ADN.

When the first Lawless stories came out, we started hearing from TV and film producers who were interested in adapting the stories.

We met and got to know director Tom McCarthy. McCarthy co-wrote and directed Spotlight on the Boston Globe investigation into sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy. The film won Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards. The film felt like a labor of love, made by someone who understood the methodical, tedious process of doing everyday journalism for the common good.

As it turns out, McCarthy had been contemplating a television show that went deeper into a local newsroom.

“I felt like I couldn’t really explore the personal lives of journalists to find out who they are,” he said recently. “And especially, I would say, in the last 10 years, the kind of rhetoric and acrimony aimed specifically at journalists has really intensified. And I think incredibly unfair and very deliberate. You know why not reduce the power of the press? It makes many things easier, including corruption, on a small and large scale.

“So I was like, man, what could I do if I had the opportunity to do a TV show? And I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to really know who these journalists are who are specifically in local journalism. … Can I humanize journalists? Can I get an idea of who they are and what makes them tick and why they do their work?”

McCarthy envisioned a series featuring a New York reporter who finds herself in a local newsroom, and fused that idea with some of the issues and stories we’d covered in the Daily News.

Hilary Swank and other “Alaska Daily” cast members in a scene in the fictional Daily Alaskan newsroom. (Darko Sikman/ABC)

We were intrigued by the idea of a show that introduces local news reporters to a wide audience and the culture of a small local newsroom. We believe that if people could see reporters gathering and fact-checking, they could have more confidence in local news. They would see them for what they are: members of their communities working hard to understand the places they live and committed to holding a mirror up to their communities, holding local institutions accountable and others to give basic facts about making decisions in the community. The Anchorage Daily News agreed to work with McCarthy and ABC on the project.

The show stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank as the lead actress. Alaskans will recognize a couple of Alaskan actors in the first episode. ABC hired two talented Alaskan writers, playwright and journalist Vera Starbard (“Molly of Denali”) and writer/director Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (“On the Ice”). Other contributors include journalist Mike Rezendes (formerly part of the Boston Globe’s Spotlight team) and Gabriel Sherman, author of The Loudest Voice in the Room. ADN’s Kyle Hopkins, the lead reporter on the “Lawless” stories, spent a few months in the TV writers’ room. He is an executive producer on the series, along with Daily News President Ryan Binkley.

The show’s creators spoke to a number of ADN staff about our work. They built a newsroom that was eerily similar to our own, complete with a table of snacks and puzzles. (That was all before we redesigned our actual workspace this year.) They examined what we wear. We have tried to make our work and Alaska understandable to them as much as possible. We have great respect for what they do. At the end of the day, it’s their story to tell. We produce journalism at the Anchorage Daily News. They make TV about The Daily Alaskan.

The events in the TV series are not based on one person, story, or even place. A central plot, which includes an unsolved murder, for example, takes place in a fictional rural center and draws on elements of generations of system failures. The journalists portrayed in the show are also amalgamations or archetypes, rather than being based on Daily News staffers. The same goes for other Alaskans.

All of which means the show is fiction. The Alaska Daily newsroom is like the fictional fire station in Chicago Fire or the Seattle hospital in Grey’s Anatomy. It’s not documentation. But the idea is to help people better understand local news and the people who produce it through the lens of network drama. let us know what you think

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Tech

Welcome to Spooky Season in Startups • TechCrunch

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a fresh, people-first version of this week’s startup news and trends. To get this in your inbox, Subscribe here.

A multi-billion dollar acquisition, IPO forecasts and good old VC and billionaire drama?

It would be unfair to say that this week felt like the boom cycle of 2021 in tech and startups; especially when you look at the layoffs of Truepill, its fourth this year, and Meta announcing it will freeze hiring. At the same time, it feels like there’s a new feeling in the air. Heck, NFT marketplaces are still raising money.

The market isn’t boring, but it’s not noisy; and the mood among my sources is certainly more spooky than wild. Aside from the fact that I grew up writing poems about fall leaves before I decided to become a journalist, I say all this to confirm the nuances of this moment.

The ideas I look at throughout the year are as follows:

What happened to the Black Swan memos? As the economic downturn began, investors turned to portfolio companies to warn of an increasingly volatile environment. That conversation hasn’t gone away, but it’s certainly quieted down as many investors are now telling me that a major wave of funding is coming. So what is the new guidance being sent to portfolio companies?
What is the human side of the layoff story? My colleagues Maria Ann and Christine taught us all an important lesson this week, which is that downsizing stories shouldn’t be about the employer. The duo wrote about the human cost of Better.com’s layoffs — full story here — and I’m not going to steal that idea so subtly. I want to speak to people affected by the 2022 tech layoffs and learn what the next steps are. I’ve heard it’s a lot more complicated than “You should have known your company was overvalued to begin with”.
Finally, what are startups preparing to actually do differently? I’m guilty, but we often talk about startups and technology with generalizations lightly backed up by the explanation that it’s useful for directional purposes. I want to know what startups have learned this year and are tactically different. Spending with more discipline or focus on the product doesn’t count; Give me details, and better yet, tell me what you disagree with your investors about.

Let me know what yours are by tweeting below me or reply to this post. If you missed last week’s newsletter, read it here: “Tiger Global, fickle controls and the difficulty of acceleration.” We also recorded a companion podcast, here: “Public startup building has an end date.”

In today’s newsletter, we talk about the beauty of pivots, a creative way to prove your startup is hiring entrepreneurial people, and the latest from 500+ worldwide.

If you like this newsletter, would you do me a quick favor? Forward it to a friend, share it on Twitter and tag me so I can thank you for reading!

A reminder to get the work rolling

TC’s Rebecca Szkutak wrote about how a pivot helped HopSkipDrive win a tough pitch for parents: Trust your kids with our carpooling services.

Therefore it is important: As we discussed in our latest equity podcast, sometimes we’re all just a stone’s throw away from success. The “Uber for X” model has been MIA for a number of years, so the story behind HopSkipDrive and its trusted partner catches my eye. Who says schools aren’t experimental!

Big and small metal gears with copy space. Negotiations with corporate venture capital startups

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Another version of CVC I guess

It was announced this week that Cloudflare has raised $1.25 billion in funding for startups using its own platform. Roughly.

Therefore it is important: The safety, performance and reliability company has not established a corporate venture fund, as is typical of other companies looking to capture the attention of entrepreneurs. Instead, Cloudflare just got dozens of venture firms into it offer Invest up to $1.25 billion in companies in their existing funds. It’s a little softer than a traditional investment vehicle given the fact that we don’t know how formal these support offerings are and the fact that Cloudflare doesn’t provide funding or make funding decisions.

To me, engagement just tells us that Cloudflare wants to show startups that not only does it make sense to use their software, it makes pennies.

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The succession

I’m experimenting with a new section in Startups Weekly where we follow up on an old story or trend each week to see what’s changed since we first looked. This week we’re going to tie in with our conversation about accelerator and demo days and look at how 500 Global, formerly 500 Startups, thinks about it.

Here’s what’s new: It’s been a little over a year since Accelerator 500 Startups rebranded to 500 Global to reposition itself as a venture firm. In my latest TechCrunch+ issue, I spoke to Clayton Bryan, Partner and Accelerator program leader at 500 Global, about how they keep up with the competition. excerpt below!

The investor emphasized the effectiveness of ongoing approvals, which its two main accelerator competitors, Y Combinator and Techstars, do not. Three years ago, 500 Global said it would make investment decisions year-round instead of just twice a year. Demo days are still held every two years, but startups can choose which demo day they want to attend.

“This change really resonated with the founders,” Bryan said. He likened the previous version of 500 Global to a school with an annual schedule: There are times when you do homework, times when you sit back and recruit, and summer vacation. Now it’s year-round, and he admits it’s harder to manage, “but at the same time, it’s much more valued by founders.”

“I think it makes us more competitive,” he said. “We can talk to founders more often and they can launch our program at different times. You don’t have to wait for this application to open or for this deadline to expire. Whereas [with] For some other programs, they might say, “Hey, wait a few more months and we’ll start accepting applications again.” I think being open and flexible gives us a small advantage.”

Startup employees should keep an eye on tax regulations

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A few notes

We’re less than a month away from TechCrunch Disrupt and I’m already emotional. It’s going to be a great time, an encouraging speech, an insight and a week not to be missed. Here is the full agenda and here you can get your tickets.

First, use the code “STARTUPS” for a special reader discount for disrupt tickets. We’re less than a month away!
We also have a special for those affected by layoffs. If you’ve been fired, go here to get a free ticket to TechCrunch Disrupt’s Expo.

While I have you, let’s talk a little more. As you know, I co-host Equity, which comes out three times a week and is TC’s longest-running podcast. We also have some besties to listen to including our crypto focused show going from Chain Reaction and founder focused show going from Found. The TechCrunch podcast can’t be missed either, so keep an eye out for all the good shows they’re putting out.

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Games

Star Wars video games need more alien protagonists

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

part of war of starsThe appeal lies in how enormously diverse it can be. Countless planets and alien races populate the franchise between live-action content, animation, novels and games, giving it a great wealth of potential stories. still war of stars seems pleasantly routine about the characters to be portrayed. war of starsIts over-reliance on Jedi and Sith, for example, is evidence that it has few plans to deviate from traditional iconography.

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Even in The Mandalorian, there was an emphasis on characters like Grogu and Luke Skywalker, which arguably outweighs its bounty hunter protagonist. However, there is an even bigger problem with war of stars‘ iconography. Since war of starsIn the first feature film, the franchise unabashedly relied too heavily on human protagonists. The same applies to war of stars Games, and it’s a topic that should be addressed to create more diverse and interesting protagonists.

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Star Wars is saturated with human protagonists

Part of what has cemented humans as protagonists war of stars is the lackluster argument that humans are more relatable and expressive to relate to. But every alien race in there war of stars, be it Abednedo, Quarren, Gungan, Duros, Sullustan or Mon Calamari is able to express himself and have the same qualities of a human character. In addition, human protagonists are due to the status quo war of stars‘ Faith in the Skywalker family.

Andoralthough it’s a breath of fresh air for war of starsstill perpetuates that status quo with an overabundance of human characters. war of stars Games are disappointingly similar, although there are a few clever workarounds that players should be able to use to create their own rendering. Biowares Knights of the Old Republic for example, lets players choose what their character avatar should look like in its custom character creator. Unfortunately, only human characters can be selected.

This could be a result of the true identity of the protagonist in Knights of the Old Republicbut it still reveals an error that war of stars Games should correct. Two of war of stars‘ most popular contemporary games are The unleashed power and Jedi: Fallen Order, both of which have human protagonists. This is unlikely to change any time soon, but games should have the foresight to include more representation for war of stars‘ Breadth of different characters.

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The aliens and droids of Star Wars are an untapped well

war of stars games such as battlefront while allowing players to choose an alien character avatar, it’s still not representative of an alien character as a full-fledged protagonist. Instead, alien races usually remain sidekicks or supporting characters for the protagonist to interact with.

The status quo that has made human protagonists frequent war of stars also types alien characters into these additional roles, which is disappointing. war of stars‘Droids serve the same purpose, although they mainly behave as close companions – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order‘s BD-1 for example, or Star Wars – The Unleashed Forceis PROXY. These characters fit the standards of their roles well, but droids and aliens could also be protagonists if they were written for that role.

Perhaps one reason more alien protagonists or antagonists weren’t featured is the extensive effects work that would need to be considered. Nevertheless, with how lucrative and popular the war of stars franchise, that excuse seems to pale in comparison.

If an alien protagonist was introduced in the next original war of stars IP, it would stand out right away based on how many human characters there are in protagonist roles so far. Since human protagonists were so oversaturated, it would be great to see more episodes that featured an alien or droid war of stars Protagonist instead of comic relief.

The future of Star Wars in games needs originality and variety

Disney reportedly plans to re-release war of stars Play every six months, which raises quality concerns, but is also a pretty exciting concept for representation. As long as these semi-annual titles aren’t just designed around what’s already there war of stars According to lore, it’s possible that fans will soon see games that alternate between alien protagonists.

If this rumor isn’t true, it’s still a development formula to follow if war of stars wants to preserve originality and diversity. It was originally intended to have a black, female protagonist Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderit seems like hopefully the right considerations are being made for protagonist portrayals war of stars‘ Future.

While the status quo is not easily swayed, it seems inevitable war of stars will delve into its alien races for an interesting protagonist. That’s not to say that Ewoks or Jawas have to be protagonists, though war of stars will always have more potential as it delves into its deeper sci-fi features, depicting iconic and unique alien races.

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Insurance

health marketing; Enrique Zamora Advice on Reaching Hispanics

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

Effective health care marketing is crucial as the health care market in the United States faces constant challenges. The situation has only gotten worse since the pandemic, exposing the diseases of the system that hit the sector of the Hispanic population that does not have health insurance more severely. Portada asked healthcare expert Enrique Zamora, founder and director of Belén Medical Centers, about what to do.

With 2023 healthcare enrollment marketing in full swing, it’s time to rethink effective healthcare marketing strategies. Actionable strategies are needed for the Hispanic community, Zamora claims. “Hispanics, like other ethnic groups, can access health insurance in a variety of ways. It is imperative that Hispanics are fully educated on the availability and access to the various insurance plans in our country. Employment in companies that offer insurance as an additional service can significantly improve access to insurance coverage. As such, Hispanics should be educated about the various employment opportunities available to them and the types of coverage they offer. Therefore, we must encourage Hispanics to attend job fairs and corporate events and to participate in the business life of their communities,” explains Enrique Zamora, Founder and Director of Belén Medical Centers.

We must encourage Hispanics to attend job fairs and corporate events and to participate in the businesses of their communities.

In addition, Zamora recommends that Hispanics understand and participate in ACA (Obama Care) and take advantage of the subsidies that may be available to them. “As business leaders, we can help them by giving them access to accurate and timely information. The information is available; we must spread it in Spanish and in the media aimed at the Hispanic market,” he adds. Part of the responsibility rests with insurers and healthcare companies, who should market ACA registration while also focusing on the Hispanic market.

Businesses should tailor their healthcare marketing campaigns to the local communities they serve.

Health Marketing: Tailor campaigns to local communities

As with most marketing strategy and execution, considering local factors and subtleties is paramount to success. “Companies should tailor their healthcare marketing campaigns to the local communities they serve. Hispanics are a diverse group. They come from different nations with different cultures and customs. Marketing should be designed to inspire trust in the product and incorporate the values of each community,” said Zamora.

Use speakers that are recognizable to each community.

“One approach that can be used is to tailor the message with speakers that are recognizable to each community. Healthcare marketing in Arizona can be different than in South Florida. Building trust will certainly increase enrollment in the Court of Auditors.”

An immigrant and pioneer who founded several healthcare companies

Enrique Zamora is an immigrant who made his beginnings into a true American success story. He has founded several healthcare companies including Belén Medical Centers, which became part of publicly traded Cano Health in 2019. In the last year alone, Zamora has received multiple recognitions from the community, including an award for outstanding contributions to the Willy Chirino Foundation; a Miami-Dade County proclamation for your community service; and the official designation of July 11 as the City of Sweetwater’s Enrique Zamora Day.

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What time, TV station, is the Oklahoma State vs…

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

The undefeated 9th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys will hope to maintain their perfect record as they attempt to beat the 16th-ranked Baylor Bears in Texas today. This week 5 college football game begins on Saturday, October 1 at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET (2:30 p.m. CDT) with a live TV broadcast on FOX.

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What: The 9th-ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys take on the 16th-ranked Baylor Bears in Week 5 of the 2022 college football season.

When: Saturday, October 1 at 12:30 PM PT/3:30 PM ET (2:30 PM CDT)

Where: McLane Stadium | Waco, Texas

TV channel: FOX

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Kansas State 37, Texas Tech 28 FINAL

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

After an upset win over Oklahoma, Kansas State will look to build on the win over Texas Tech. Saturday’s game begins at 11 a.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Red Raiders also have momentum after an upset win over Texas. Follow us for live updates between K-State and Texas Tech.

The state of Kansas won the coin toss and chooses the coin toss.

FOURTH QUARTER:

15:00 KSU 20, TTU 20 – Early in the fourth quarter, Tech will have the ball in the K-state 24 facing a third and 19.

14:50 KSU 20, TTU 20-Tech drives down the field and attempts a FG. but tThe kick is not good. Texas Tech fails to get points on the board and hands the ball to the Wildcats at their own 24-yard line.

1:34 PM KSU 27, TTU 20 – Adrian Martinez explodes for a 69-yard TD score and K-State is back on top. Big game from AM.

11:43 KSU 27, TTU 20 – Tech rolls 4th and 5th and it doesn’t pay off as Ekow Boye-Doe interrupts a pass. K-State takes over in plus territory at the Tech 40 yard line.

9:07 KSU 30, TTU 20 – K-State capitalizes on turnover and concedes three points thanks to Chris Tennant FG.

8:27 KSU 30, TTU 20 – King Felix comes in with a sack and a fumble and sets up K-State in FG range inside the 30. This game is as good as over now.

5:54 KSU 37, TTU 20 – A quick 4-play drive for 27 yards results in a TD thanks to an Adrian Martinez run. K state crosses.

2:23 KSU 37, TTU 28- Tech marches down and hits on a 75-yard drive, but there’s little time. Tech regained the onside kick and will have a chance here. Still a game with two possessions.

2:01 KSU 37, TTU 28 – Julius Brents comes in with an INT and hands the ball to the Wildcats.

FINAL KSU 37, TTU 28. K-State moves to 4-1 on the season. Next in Iowa State.

THIRD QUARTER:

15:00 KSU 13, TTU 10- Tech starts third quarter with 25 of their own.

11:26 KSU 13, TTU 10 – K-State starts the second half strong as it forces a punt. After a touchback, K-State takes over its own 20.

9:56 KSU 13, TTU 10 – Three and out and K-State punts. After each of the first three drives, the offensive really struggles.

7:14 KSU 13, TTU 13- A FG from Tech ties this thing at 13. Time for the offense to wake up or this might be going south.

6:04 KSU 20, TTU 13 – On the first play of the drive, Deuce Vaughn explodes for a 69-yard run to set up K-State inside the red zone. Phillip Brooks capped it off with an acrobatic catch for the score, putting K-State back on top. That was a much needed shot on goal.

3:08 KSU 20, TTU 20 – Tech jumps right back and quickly scores on a 7-game scoring drive for 75 yards. We’re tied at 20. K-State had a few disappointments on defense on the drive.

1:41 KSU 20, TTU 20- K-State was able to move around midfield but had to punt. Tech takes over at his own 25-yard line.

0:00 KSU 20, TTU 20 – Early in the fourth quarter, Tech will have the ball in the K-state 24 facing a third and 19.

SECOND QUARTER:

15:00 KSU 13, TTU 0- Tech will open the second quarter with a second and five of his own 22.

13:13 KSU 13, TTU 0 – A shaky throw ends up as an interception for K-State. Austin Moore comes up with the pick and gives the ball to the Wildcats near midfield.

12:41 KSU 13, TTU 0 – Deuce Vaughn coughs and returns the ball straight to Tech. His first turnover of the season gets Tech the ball right at the 50-yard line. Also of note is that Vaughn is on the field being treated by the medical staff. He walked away on his own.

10:06 KSU 13, TTU 0 – Tech is fumbling with it after a big hit from Kobe Savage and Nate Matlack is on the road to recovery. The on-field call had been grounded by contact, but the replay shows clear fumbling, giving K-State the ball at their own 34-yard line. It is the third consecutive possession between the two teams that has led to a rally. Deuce is also back for offense.

8:57 KSU 13, TTU 0 – K-State goes three and out after the turnover and Tech will take over boot at his own 15 after a ty hundredweight. Collin Klein had some very conservative calls on third downs today, but the circumstances of the game might tell you it’s the right move given how Tech played.

8:19 KSU 13, TTU 0 – K-State’s defense stands as Tech three and goes out. K-State will take over near midfield.

6:02 KSU 13, TTU 0 – Another barge. Tech takes over at his own 14-yard line.

1:24 KSU 13, TTU 7-Tech’s offense finally wakes up as it marches down 86 yards on 9 plays for a TD. Cats up to 13-7.

HALF KSU 13, TTU 10- Tech can steal three points if the half runs out on a 51-yard FG. Very bad end of the half for K-State.

FIRST QUARTER:

14:20 KSU 7, TTU 0 – On the first pull from the scrimmage, Adrian Martinez easily blasted for 57 yards. On the next play, he hits from 18 yards for a TD. Absolutely perfect start for the Wildcats in just two games.

14:14 KSU 7, TTU 0 – The ensuing kickoff is returned near midfield for Texas Tech. Good field position for the Red Raiders.

11:16 KSU 7, TTU 0 – Tech does nothing on offense and stabs it away. K-State will take over at its own 17-yard line.

4:57 KSU 10, TTU 0 – K-State comes up with three points thanks to a Chris Tennant FG from 29 yards. The offensive marched down the field and scored first place and a goal from the seven, but stalled near the goal line. Points are still points.

3:25 KSU 10, TTU 0 – A questionable call from Tech doesn’t pay off as a fourth and a try from their own 33-yard line are unsuccessful. K-State takes over in the field goal area.

0:24 KSU 13, TTU 0 – K-State’s offensive continues but still gets away with a FG. A 13-0 lead isn’t too shabby, but it could easily be 21-0 if they cash in the red zone.

0:00 KSU 13, TTU o-Tech will open the second quarter with a second and five 22s of their own.

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App State Football excludes the Citadel

October 1, 2022
by Vaseline

Jonathan Aguallo

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10/01/2022 18:22:00

BOONE, NC— Dexter Lawson Jr. made a diving interception in the end zone to prevent The Citadel from scoring and Follow Brice threw an 80-yard touchdown pass Christian Horn at the next game.

It didn’t take App State much time to dish out its offensive damage on Saturday — that touchdown was the Mountaineers’ only snap in the third quarter — and the defense kept the Bulldogs’ offense in check during Saturday’s home game at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

That combination contributed to a 49-0 shutout for the Mountaineers, who picked up a lopsided win after an opening month in which all four games were decided by four points or fewer.

Defensive, KeSean Brown led the Mountaineers with 10 tackles, two tackles for loss, two forced fumbles and a sack in App State’s first shutout since beating Toledo 34-0 in the 2017 Dollar General Bowl. Nick Ross added nine stops and a forced fumble.

Entering the final drive of the first half, App State (3-2) held a 359-20 lead in total yards, with five of The Citadel’s first six possessions leading to three and out stops.

Brice completed 12 of his 18 pass attempts for 265 yards and four touchdowns, with Horn scoring twice on three receptions for 132 total yards, and Peoples of Cameroon had a 73-yard touchdown to mark a 102-yard outing with four carries.

Less than three minutes into the Family Weekend game, Brice scored wide open Dashaun Davis for a 44-yard touchdown. Brown’s third-down sack forced a quick punt from the Bulldogs, who made a fourth-down stop to end App State’s second series but to a 26-yard pass Kaedin Robinson and a 30-yard gain by Horn for 1 set up Brice’s 1-yard keeper for a touchdown late in the first quarter.

App State had to convert a fourth and second game from The Citadel 8 in the next series and that resulted in a Brice touchdown pass to the tight end Eli Wilson. The Mountaineers took over on their 27 after another three-and-out punt, and Peoples broke for his 73-yard touchdown to start the next possession.

With downfield blocks from Horn and Davis, Peoples hit the longest touchdown of his career — his only extended carry was a 76-yard zero-point run at the 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl.

Brown forced a fumble on The Citadel’s next drive and allowed it Stefan Passeggiata to make the first fiddly recovery of his career, and it took the Mountaineers just two games to reach the end zone on Brice’s 22-yard touchdown pass to Horn.

The Citadel (1-3) chewed up the first 11 minutes and 22 seconds of the third quarter with a 17-play drive that moved within App State’s 10-yard line, but Lawson Jr. made a diving interception in the end zone to keep the Bulldogs off the scoreboard.

The next game was App State’s only offensive play in the third quarter, and it was a productive one. Brice hit Horn with a pass to the App State 38, and after clearing a block from Davis, Horn sprinted untouched down the right touchline for an 80-yard touchdown. That was the longest pass of Brice’s career to date at Boone matched with a touchdown connection Christian Brunnen last season in the state of Georgia.

Brady McBride took over at quarterback early in the fourth quarter and Michael Hezels One-handed dive grab for 22 yards to launch a 4-yard touchdown run from a true novice KanyRoberts in his first career appearance.