Perpetual Winter in C.S. Lewis and Patricia McKillip

Sees a number of plot similarities and intriguing differences between Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and McKillip’s The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath. The most significant difference is the ambiguous world-view of the latter as regards good and evil and the motivations of the heroes

Joy and Memory: Wordsworth as Illuminated by C.S. Lewis

Relates Lewis’s concept of “Joy” to the poetry of Wordsworth, particularly the poet’s concept of “Imagination.” While Lewis connected Joy with Christianity, Wordsworth tried to locate it “in the natural phenomena that are only its vehicles.

Emotional Fitness for Kids

The author offers broad information in the area of children's emotional fitness. The author does not dispense medical advice nor prescribe the use of technique as treatment for emotional or mental problems without the recommendation of a recognised health professional

\u3ci\u3eReturn to The Gray Forest\u3c/i\u3e

Lady Ferlinda grew up in an untidy heap of a castle. From the tall windows encircling her tower room she could see the towers and walls piled like a giant infant\u27s building blocks, surrounded by a garden

Our higher education 'Prevent Cyber Bullying' education website

Due to the rapid online expansion of digital learnscapes, resulting in university students engaged in online learning communities, cyberbullying has the potential of being a serious issue for higher education institutions. The effectiveness of educating students and staff in higher education on the impact of cyber bullying has received limited attention in university policy documentation and in the literature on adult cyberbullying. It is this scarceness of policy direction and innovative literature that has driven this study, the development of an educational website to inform students and staff in higher education contexts about cyber safety and the very real consequences of cyber bullying for people's lives. The content on the site is educational, promoting an awareness of staying safe online, digital footprints, digital reputations, and the hazards of remaining exposed online. In describing the development of the site, this study highlights the need for such resources to support students and staff working in higher education places and spaces to understand what constitutes this complex social phenomena, implications of cyber bullying on persons present and future lives, users roles and responsibilities in curbing cyber bullying, help seeking avenues and digital wellness. Findings indicate numerous benefits for the sites' continuation including the range and depth of information for users in higher education spaces and places about socially responsible online behaviour and the potential impact of cyberbullying events on people’s lives. Suggested improvements specific to design and the customization of the content for the target audiences has been instrumental in the redesign and continued development of the site. Recommendations are made in relation to the dissemination of the site across the Australian and offshore Singapore campus

The Educated Worker: A Case Study of Educational Needs and Program of Developmental Reading

In today\u27s developed societies, there is a need for workers to possess educational skills commensurate with the positions which they hold. It appears that a significant group of workers do not have sufficient educational skills. Today\u27s business, industrial and governmental organizations need to become aware of the educational requirements for the various positions within their organization and to be aware of the educational level which their employees actually have attained. A problem arises if there is a gap between need and actual performance. Human resource development, HRD, is one method of remediating any discrepancies found between employee educational needs and employee educational skills. Human resource development is a three-pronged concept of training, education and development.1 As such, HRD addresses discrepancies between need and actuality for the worker in his present job, for the worker as he prepares for a different job within the existing organization and for the worker as he moves with the organization as it changes and develops. HRD can be a means, therefore, to create and maintain a flexible and viable workforce which might be desirable for today\u27s job environment. This research is a two-fold project combining an educational needs analysis and a suggested program of remediation using the concepts of human resource development for a specific situation. The aim of this study is to determine the level of educational skills that a particular employee population is required to have and, subsequently, to determine the level of educational skills which the employees actually possess

CARBON AND COKE REACTIVITY IN ZINC-LEAD BLAST FURNACE PRACTICE

Previous research on the oxidation of coke in air, O2 and CO2 has been reviewed, especially with regard to kinetic studies and Zn/Pb blast furnace practice. Coke "reactivity" has been discussed and correlated with surface area changes on carbon burn-off (in air and CO2 at various temperatures) for Nauitgarw and two other metallurgical cokes. Other carbons (charcoals and graphite) and a-brovnr. coal char~ have been examined by gas sorption, X ray diffraction and thermal analysis in an attempt to relate reactivity, as determined by rate of reaction in CO2 at 1000°C, with other solid state properties. Reactivity studies on coal chars have been reviewed also. The inhibition of the Boudouard reaction, by modification of the carbon surface, has been reviewed, especially by the action of'B203. Cokes and coal char have been subject to B2O3 solution treatment and the mode of action of the inhibitor investigated by isothermal and dynamic thermal analysis and estimation of surface area by gravimetric gas sorption. The action of B2O3 at both low and high degree of carbon burn o f f has been studied. The mineral matter of coke (which forms about 10% by weight of the material) and the coal char (which forms about 2%) has been examined by X ray diffraction , optical and electron microscopy and thermal and chemical analysis. Its affect upon the kinetics of oxidation has been investigated. Results have been discussed in relation to the industrial usage of coke in the Zn/Pb blast furnace.Department of Environmental Sciences; Imperial Smelting Processes Ltd., Avonmout