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Found on EBSCO with the search terms "gender and political education while searching the following databases: Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Gender Studies Database, International Political Science Abstracts, SocINDEX with Full Text, Sociological Collection, Women's Studies International

This is an article from International Conference on Supercomputing in the Proceedings of the 19th annual international conference on Supercomputing. The article provides an in depth analysis of a particular technique in monitoring performance in real-time of hardware performance counters that then further analysis of bottlenecks in the microarchitecture and the software that meets hardware at a high-level abstraction layer. This real-time analysis can improve the optimization of existing software systems and lead to more efficient platforms, even applications in parallel computing. I found this article interesting as it is a technique that can improve the level of hardware literacy not only within the hardware engineering community, but it is also a technique that can be used by software developers to study the performance of their code in real life circumstances.

Found on EBSCO with the search terms "gender and political education while searching the following databases: Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Gender Studies Database, International Political Science Abstracts, SocINDEX with Full Text, Sociological Collection, Women's Studies International

Found on EBSCO with the search terms "gender and political education while searching the following databases: Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, Gender Studies Database, International Political Science Abstracts, SocINDEX with Full Text, Sociological Collection, Women's Studies International

Presents an interview with Elisabeth Donati, executive director of Creative Wealth International. The interview is used to reveal the many deficiencies in financial knowledge that young people face upon entering the working world. This source uses real life examples from Elizabeth's own experience to illustrate the incredible need for some form a financial education.

The teaching of such a controversial social issue as evolution in the classroom presents difficulties to instructors, both on personal and professional levels. Griffith and Brem examined fifteen Arizona biology teachers, pulling their experiences from focus groups, interviews, and surveys. The study contains a great deal of anecdotal information dealing with both internal and external influences on instructors' teaching methods. This research investigates a whole new realm of the issue as it pertains to literacy by looking directly at those who control the flow of information and those who influence it. However, the researchers make little conclusive headway, suggesting simply that instructors should be made more comfortable with the topic by having access to better information and resources. Ultimately, the personal experiences are telling of the political climate and social stressors.

This is an article from ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 8 in the Proceedings of the Australasian conference on Computing education. The authors of the article discuss an initiative that took place at Monash University that was designed to inform secondary school students of the area of digital hardware and computing, including employment opportunity from this area of study. The students were given a project named "Smart House", aptly named because it was to be an automated home system based upon the development of custom hardware and software. I find this article interesting because it is a unique way to introduce an ambiguous area of study, such as "Digital Systems", to students who might not necessarily know what the area of study is. By offering a hands on project to students based in a field that they might have never heard of before, a greater understanding of the opportunities available in this area of study are gained.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the articles "The New Face of College Sports," "Controversy Surrounds NCAA's Certification of International Athletes."

A poll conducted by Zogby International on the issue of legalizing marijuana in the U.S. The comparison of percentage of Americans agreeing for legalization of marijuana from 1972 compared to the present day has changed. Many people have changed their idea and stance on legalization of marijuana. Today peoples stances have changed about marijuana legalization. In the past many felt that marijuana was a big deal but today many people's stances have changed. Many feel that marijuana should be legalized for medical use and sometimes all together.

Legalization of marijuana and in some cases other drugs can be a benefit to America economically and socially. There is a push to legalize marijuana to keep money out of criminals hands. Also legalization of marijuana/ drugs can help Americas defense against sovereign and international crime. Many illegal organizations around the world feed off American drugs policies earning billions of dollars for their criminal enterprises. Drug cartels and terrorist organizations use drugs to fund their operations. The article is a great reason for legalization of marijuana/ drugs. The terrorists we are fighting are feeding off the people we are trying to defend. The whole system is flawed and if America continues to fight a battle against this foreign enemy we will never win the war on terrorists.

A film on OhioLINK. Could be helpful for students researching bilingualism. This menu-powered DVD explores how America's rise as an economic power made it the driving force behind the spread of English in the 20th century. A world tour illustrates how English has mixed with other languages from "Franglais" in France to "Singlish" in Singapore and how the dollar's power, coupled with the lure of consumerism, has made English the international trade language. Bringing it full circle, host Melvyn Bragg returns to the British Isles to survey English as it is spoken there now, measuring the influence of American slang and vocabulary from other languages. Can be viewed using a DVD player or computer DVD-ROM drive. (50 minutes, color)\n\nPart of the "Adevnture of English" series.

Explains aliteracy and amoralism in literature and reading. Definition of aliterate and amoral; Discussion of several cartoons on aliteracy; View of the International Reading Association on aliteracy. (Description taken from EBSCO.)

A study found that women still lag far behind men in top political and decision-making roles, though their access to education and health care is nearly equal.

A film on OhioLINK. Could be helpful for students researching bilingualism. "Amok," "boomerang," "bungalow," "bangle," "dumdum," "plonk," "assassin"?these are some of the many words that have entered English by way of colonial expansion. This enhanced DVD explores how the British Empire in its heyday exported its language around the globe and how different forms of speech and vocabulary, as well as different attitudes to English, developed out of that colonial expansion. Rich variations of dialect, accent, and slang are heard in many samples from India, the Caribbean, and Australia. Can be viewed using a DVD player or computer DVD-ROM drive. (50 minutes, color) Part of the "Adventure of English" series.

Americans are not the only people facing a financial literacy crisis according to this article. The Canadian governments new budget calls for the creation of financial programs. During the recent economic crisis many Canadians have amassed debt and the government aims to quell this trend. The United States government is also trying to implement similar programs for its citizens.