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ExpressVPN vs. Surfshark: How CNET’s Top Two VPNs Compare

[ad_1] ExpressVPN and Surfshark are two of CNET’s best VPN picks, both earning Editors’ Choice designations. ExpressVPN is CNET’s Editors’ Choice for best overall VPN, and Surfshark is CNET’s Editors’ Choice for best value VPN. Both are excellent options for anyone who wants a VPN that offers first-rate privacy protections, but can also reliably handle …

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Do math drills help children learn? | KQED

[ad_1] Math anxiety is difficult to measure, and even children who enjoy timed drills may experience an elevated heart rate, an aspect of anxiety, as they race through a sheet of sums. Distinguishing productive adrenaline rush from detrimental anxiety isn’t easy. It’s also complicated to disentangle whether timed tests are making matters worse for children …

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Tales of a lecturer and director, part 2: power tools are power

[ad_1] This slightly fictitious story follows my previous posts, Tales of an Adjunct, and continues to explain what it’s like to ascend through the ranks of academia. On July 17, the morning sickness ended. That evening we watched the movie Rudy, feeling an obligation since it takes place at Holy Cross, right next to Saint Mary’s, …

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Cheney cheered, protested during commencement speech

[ad_1] Former U.S. representative Liz Cheney was cheered—and also protested—Sunday while giving the commencement speech at her alma mater, Colorado College. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported that about half of the graduates turned their chairs and sat with the backs of their heads to Cheney, in apparent protest of her conservative views. Her speech highlighted …

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Mental health in rural New York: Academic Minute

[ad_1] Today on the Academic Minute, part of University at Albany Week: Brett Harris, clinical associate professor in the department of health policy, management and behavior, explores how mental health struggles are affecting the residents of one region. Learn more about the Academic Minute here. And if you missed Monday’s episode on how the East …

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Minor provision on student loans is in the debt-limit bill

[ad_1] a small provision on student loans made it into the agreement to raise the federal debt limit. President Biden rejected proposals to eliminate his plan to excuse up to $20,000 of the debt for many student loan borrowers, with income-eligibility requirements and a pending ruling from the Supreme Court. But he agreed to an …

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