学者的诗人情怀——读王向峰诗集《梦在天涯》

《梦在天涯》是王向峰的诗集之一。全书共分九辑,收诗一百五十余首,大体上可分为亲情、乡吟、赠友、览胜、感物五大类。亲情诗主要抒发对家与国的思念,情真意切;乡吟诗面对故乡景象抚今追昔,感慨良多;赠友诗题材丰富,热情诚挚;览胜诗情理并茂,情景交融;感物诗格调明朗、乐观向上。诗集在形式上新旧体互见,每首诗的体式都以题材和诗情而定,体现出内容与形式的完美结合。     

Private Schools and Queue-jumping: A reply to White

John White defends the UK private school system from the accusation that it allows an unfair form of ‘queue jumping’ in university admissions. He offers two responses to this accusation, one based on considerations of harm, and one based on meritocratic distribution of university places. We will argue that neither response succeeds: the queue-jumping argument remains a powerful case against the private school system in the UK. We begin by briefly outlining the queue-jumping argument, before evaluating White's no-harm and meritocracy arguments.     

The Protestant Work Ethic,Disability, and the Rehabilitation Student

Fifty graduate students in rehabilitation counseling were surveyed regarding their attitudes toward the Protestant Work Ethic (PWE) using the original and a modified form of the Bowling Green University Survey of Work Values. Results indicated that the students were more likely to endorse those aspects of the PWE reflecting the intrinsic value of work than those dealing with earnings, social status, and advancement. In addition, the students were found to generally hold the same PWE orientation for themselves as they did for disabled persons.     

Engineers and Risk Issues: The Relevance of the UK Engineering Council's Code of Professional Practice and Guidelines in Europe

The Code of Professional Practice (COPP) and the guidelines were studied and reviewed by working group 2 (WG2) of the European Safety and Reliability Association's (ESRA) Technical Committee on Risk Management (ERMTC). The COPP and the guidelines are discussed in this article along with the observations of the ERMTC WG2. The conclusions of the working group are succinctly stated: “Throughout Europe the COPP and the GUIDELINES are clearly well regarded and no substantial changes are needed”. ESRA recommends their widespread distribution throughout Europe for training purposes. The COPP is also included in the guidelines as an appendix, which can be obtained directly from the Engineering Council, 10 Maltravers Street, London WC2R 3ER, UK.