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Gov. Wolf celebrates education investments over past 8 years

Gov. Tom Wolf joined educators, elected officials and students at Aliquippa High School to tout the $3.7 billion investments in public education over his eight years in office.“The future of Pennsylvania, the future of our country, it runs through places like this,” Wolf said Thursday. “It runs through Aliquippa High.” Wolf said this investment started with $1.9 billion over the past seven years. “That wasn’t enough to give our students and our communities, our schools, the resources they needed to make sure that we have the future that we all needed,” Wolf said.This year’s budget alone almost matched that with …

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North High School to open Career and Technical Education Cent

In addition to a new CTE center, North High will also receive a major remodel.

MINNEAPOLIS — Construction officially began Friday on a new Career and Technical Education Center at Minneapolis North High School, with a ceremonial groundbreaking attended by Mayor Jacob Frey and other city and school leaders.

The new CTE center, along with a major remodeling of the existing North High building, will take about a year to build. It is expected to open for the 2023-24 school year and will serve all of the Minneapolis Public Schools.

“We’re betting on the fact that their futures are going

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Two Hospitals Fined for Violation of Medicare’s Price Transparency Law

September 15, 2022 · 7:00 AM

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Not the offending hospital

I’ve long been an advocate for price transparency in healthcare. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (aka CMS) has recently taken action that requires hospitals to post their prices online, which should boost competition and help you shop around to save money. If memory serves, the price posting only applies to a limited number of services. I presume the rare hospitals that don’t accept Medicare and Medicaid payments are exempt.

From MedPage Today:

This week [June 2022], CMS handed down their first penalties to two hospitals in Georgia for

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Two Dietitians Wonder What’s the Healthiest Way of Eating

September 10, 2022 · 7:00 AM

A couple of dietitians did and massive literature review looking for evidence that diet has an effect on major health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Sounds interesting, and similar to my own obsessive review done between 1995 and 2005. It bothers me that “hypertension” is misspelled in the abstract. For the researchers’ conclusions, you have to pay $27.95 USD.

Abstract from the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics:

Appropriate diet can prevent, manage, or reverse noncommunicable health conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Consequently, the public’s

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Healthy, No-Oil, Baked Fries – JennifersKitchen

Did you know that the average American eats far too much fat? While the fat in nuts, olives, avocados, and similar foods are beneficial for health, oil – the source of most of our fat consumption – increases the risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancer, obesity, heart disease, and digestive issues.

One of the best ways to cut down on fat consumption is to replace fried foods with healthier options – like these No-Oil Baked French Fries!

These Healthy, No-Oil Baked French Fries are one of my family’s all-time favorites.

Are Baked Fries Really Healthy?

Healthy, No-Oil, Baked Fries

It’s unfortunate that potatoes

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2 areas teachers in top 10 for Teacher of the Year | Schools

Two area high school teachers are top-10 finalists for 2023 Indiana Teacher of the Year.

Jason Beer, an English teacher at Homestead High School, and Tara Cocanower, who teaches social studies at Bluffton High School, advanced to the top 10 after being named to the Top 25.

The Indiana Department of Education will announce the teacher of the year this fall. The 10 finalists will be interviewed by a panel of former teachers of the year and department of education staff.

Beer and Cocanower were both named teachers of the year in their respective school districts – Beer in Southwest

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Preps: Ava Lane wins Basalt XC invite, other area prep sports are also off and running

Basalt High School senior Ava Lane competes in the cross country team’s home race on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at Crown Mountain Park in El Jebel. Lane went on to win the race.
Courtesy of Diana Lane

The Basalt High School cross country team got its season underway on Saturday with its home meet, the Longhorn Invitational at Crown Mountain Park. The highlight came in the girls race, won by BHS senior standout Ava Lane in 19 minutes, 16.4 seconds. Not competing was her senior teammate, Katelyn Maley, the two-time defending Class 3A state champion.

Fruita Monument junior Ella Unrein

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Make well being and security your high precedence in 2020 – RoSPA Office Security Weblog

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