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https://www.educationadminwebadvisor.com/ As the new academic year gets underway, you need to ensure that your college or university adheres to the current, far-reaching requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). This year, you will confront a growing wave of cybersecurity attacks, third-party data partnerships, and parental requests for academic and health details. You …

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Do this before your renew your Amazon Prime Look, we love Amazon Prime but the $14.99/mo price (a whopping $179/year) is getting harder and harder to justify. Free 2-day shipping is great and, like everyone else, we enjoyed not knowing how much it actually cost. Well, guess what? It isn’t free to move items from …

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The peacock has lived at the estate for four years, since it was a chick By Julia Bryson BBC News A rare white peacock described as a “local celebrity” at its country park home is recovering after it was hit by a car. Snowy suffered injuries to its head and neck when it was struck …

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/opinion/mosquitoes-lawns-pesticides.html We’ve lost a few trees here over the decades, and our neighborhood has lost uncountably more. But there are still many trees in this yard. Every year we plant new saplings, and together the trees, old and young, make a sanctuary for us all, humans and lightning bugs alike. We leave the leaves where they …

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/opinion/dei-trainings-effective.html In the case of D.E.I., Dr. Dobbin and Dr. Kalev warn that diversity trainings that are mandatory, or that threaten dominant groups’ sense of belonging or make them feel blamed, may elicit negative backlash or exacerbate pre-existing biases. Many popular contemporary D.E.I. approaches meet these criteria. They often seem geared more toward sparking a …

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Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, in the United States, holiday (third Monday in January) honoring the achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr. The holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. King was a Baptist minister who advocated the use of nonviolent means to end racial segregation, he first came to …

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/opinion/gas-induction-stove-environment.html The natural gas-powered appliances in your home may be slowly killing you and everyone you love. That’s the bad news. The worse news is this: It’s not clear exactly what you should do about it — if anything at all. The dangers are well documented. Gas-fired water heaters — even the more efficient, tankless …

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