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An Administrative Perspective – PHE America

by Oscar

As we begin a new year, the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE America) continues to engage two national task forces to revise the national standards in health and physical education and I consider this work to be critical to the future of our profession. In regularly reviewing and revising our standards, we make certain that we include the latest research, hands-on teacher experiences, and best instructional practices from the field. Additionally, it allows us to continue to take a critical look at how our society and education have evolved around the essential work of student wellness in our

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False claims of food plant fires are evidence of planned food shortages

by Oscar

The claim: Damaged food plants under Biden are evidence of planned food shortages

A Feb. 2 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a screenshot of a tweet about supposed food shortages.

“At least 96 food plants in America have been damaged or destroyed under the Biden Regime,” reads the tweet. “They’re not predicting food shortages. They’re planning them.”

The Instagram post was liked more than 700 times in four days, while the original tweet has been retweeted more than 14,000 times.

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Easing inflation’s boosting real estate stocks

by Oscar

Soaring inflation in the US has rocked the stock market for the last 12 months. The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the largest stimulus response in history from the Federal Reserve and the government during 2020 and 2021, and it’s almost impossible to avoid inflation when so much money is being pumped into the economy in a short time.

In June 2022, the core Consumer Price Index (CPI) soared to 9.1% on an annualized basis, which marked a 40-year high. Rising prices have been felt everywhere, from the grocery store to the gas pump, prompting the Fed to raise interest rates. This

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News Publishers Are Wary of the Microsoft Bing Chatbot’s Media Diet

by Oscar

OpenAI’s ChatGPT tool, which the startup released in November, has been known to plagiarize or only lightly rework the writings of humans. Some large US public school systems, including that of New York City, have banned the use of ChatGPT. Bing uses a Microsoft AI system called Prometheus that the company says builds on OpenAI’s ChatGPT and is fine-tuned to give users safer and more timely search results.

When asked at Microsoft’s media event this week about the new Bing search for potentially plagiarizing the work of human writers, the company’s consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi said the company

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7 Surprising Reasons Your Muscles Matter

by Oscar

Is your body ready for an action-packed life?

Are you enjoying outdoor activities, adventures, having fun with your family and friends, and able to EASILY go through your daily activities…with energy to spare!?

Who wouldn’t want that! I know I do!

Having strong muscles makes each of those things easier and can even improve your overall confidence. And of course, your overall health.

7 Surprising Reasons Your Muscles Matter…

  1. Muscle helps your body manage your blood sugar. When you work out, your muscles use more glucose, which is the sugar in your bloodstream. And over time, this can

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A Practical Approach to Confidence – PHE America

by Oscar

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When I study confidence, I always come away with two distinct themes and one troubling thought. First, it is obvious that confidence is important, so important that even when we are tricked into making it, we perform better (Vealey & Chase, 2008). Second, it is almost always described as a feeling (Burton & Raedeke, 2008; Vealey & Chase, 2008; Zinsser, Bunker, & Williams, 2010). The part that always troubled me was why we would leave something so important up to how we feel about it. After all, the only time confidence matters is when it is tested

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Kaoru Ishikawa Fishbone Cause-Effect Diagram and Benefits for Healthcare – Healthcare Market Overview

by Oscar

To advance the quality level of a healthcare organization, all healthcare staff must “require” continuous quality improvement and be on an equal footing with industry-standard healthcare quality competencies. From a health management perspective, this starts with training (Knowles, 2019). The National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) has created a framework of 486 behavioral-based competencies across 29 core competencies and 8 dimensions, which outlines key workforce competencies for quality-driven healthcare within an organization. NAHQ recommends that healthcare organizations “link” this industry-standard healthcare quality competency framework into everyday healthcare quality practices, increase training and education to improve performance, and focus on workforce

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Do Hospital Mergers Generate Healthcare Value? – Health Care Market Overview

by Oscar

An article by Attebery et al. entitled “Better Together? An Examination of the Relationship Between Acute Care Hospital Incorporation and Patient Experience” published in Journal of Health Management (Attebery, Hearld, Carroll, Szychowski, & Weech-Maldonado, 2020) explores the effect of the current wave of hospital mergers on patient experience. The article argues that hospital mergers are closely related to the Hospital Consumer Rating of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) score, and suggests that their findings can be used as a guide for hospital administrators, health system board members, policy makers, and other stakeholders. other health. when making the decision to merge

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