Abstract: A computer-implemented method, including processing, with a processor, a request by a person or entity to access, obtain, change, alter, or modify, an individual's or student's education record or file which contains education information or education related information personal to the individual or student or educator or administrator, generating a message containing information regarding the person or entity and/or identification information regarding the person or entity, and containing an actual change, alteration, or modification, sought to be made or made to the individual's or student's education record or file, and transmitting the message to a communication device of the individual or student or educator or administrator during, concurrently with, at a same time as, or prior to a completion of, an accessing, obtaining, changing, altering, or modifying, of the individual's or student's education record or file or a processing of the request.

Abstract: A counter-balance apparatus and method, including configurable weights, suspensions, and supports, upon which an external force can be exerted, and as a result, will react as a counter-balance to said external force as a means to provide force resistance and stability; wherein the construct may be encapsulated, varied in materials, size, and substance, enabling said counter-balance with a predictable and known effect to be produced at scale, readily installed, moved, or manipulated, to address a plethora of stabilization applications, and which further comprises fastener(s) and/or band(s) to secure it to immobile, mobile, or in-motion objects, and computational and communications capabilities to dynamically adjust to external factors.