McSweeney's Quarterly Concern

McSweeney's Quarterly Concern has been printing issues since 1998, and sending them into the world with reckless faith. Now and then, the world writes back. In two decades and change, we've accumulate

Issue 16 presents new stories from McSweeney's regulars like Roddy Doyle and Denis Johnson, and exploits a never-before-seen tripartite format to bring you a hilarious Ann Beattie novella and a speci

McSweeney's three-time National Magazine Award-winning quarterly returns, in collaboration with Radiotopia (Ear Hustle, 99 Percent Invisible) to bring you our first ever audio issue. Made with further

The Mingjia (School of Names) is a notional grouping of philosophers first recorded as such in the Shiji. Their identifying feature was a concern with linguistic issues particularly inv

After centuries of neglect, the ethics of food are back with a vengeance. Justice for food workers and small farmers has joined the rising tide of concern over the impact of industrial agriculture on

A February 2013 Government Accounting Office (GAO) letter to Congress, titled “High-Containment Laboratories: Assessment of the Nation's Need Is Missing,” (GAO, 2013) reiterates the concern in the 200

"If you can think of times in your life that you’ve treated people with extraordinary decency and love, and pure uninterested concern, just because they were valuable as human beings. The ability to d

Concern about the future of a democratic society is not new. However, the commitment to equip young citizens with the knowledge and skills to enable them to be vigilant, to do something, and to speak

Unless someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not." Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lora

With an increasing concern of personal data privacy in Hong Kong and around the world, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD), Hong Kong publishes this third edition of Personal Data (Privacy) Law in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide on Compliance to provide practical guidance on the law of privacy, and the ways to protect personal data in everyday life.This third edition will guide readers through the recent developments of personal data privacy in the local, regional and global contexts with updates on recent Administrative Appeals Board and Court decisions, and investigation reports and materials from the PCPD. In addition, some most-concerned issues are discussed, such as ethical development and use of AI, the collection and use of personal data by employers during COVID-19, data protection under work-from-home arrangements, data security measures for ICT systems, guidelines on doxxing offences and data breach handling. This book will certainly provide readers a

護理學系的教學宗旨一向是傳授學生護理專業知識及技能，培育具備3C﹝照護（Care）、關懷（Concern）及熱忱（Compassion）﹞的特質、符合社會健康需求的護理專業人才，但對於數據的整理與分析略感不足，尤其對統計分析的實務並不擅長。本書以「最容易理解」為目標，是專為護理系學生或護理人員所撰寫的統計分析入門書。不涉獵艱深的數學或高深的理論，書中出現的數據，像是收縮壓、血糖值、膽固醇、體脂肪率等，列舉護理工作內容中最熟悉的測量值。使用此類熟悉的數值去學習護理所需的統計知識，想必能對統計學感到更加親切，而不再視為畏途了。

超現實、野獸派、抽象畫、普普風、蒙太奇，▎畫一遍，原來這就是現代藝術 ▎讓你輕鬆畫出大師魂簡單好學又好玩小人玩開心、畫創意；大人學方法、畫風格所有愛畫畫的人，都該學的40種技法史上最強18位現代藝術大師的獨門技法最頂尖的設計、時尚、電影、藝術的養分，都來自這！英國知名藝術雜誌《Art Quarterly》絕讚好評「一本非常具有原創性、啟發性且實用性的繪畫指南！」──《Art Quarterly》●超現實接龍、普普風貓咪版畫、蒙太奇怪胎照片，用玩的，現代藝術一點也不難●馬蒂斯、卡蘿、克利到安迪‧沃荷，現代設計、時尚、電影的養分，就從這裡出發●名廚Jamie Oliver最愛英國插畫家，0-99歲都上手，藝術啟蒙的必修課●藝術多一點，風格多很多的大師技法：畫線條、剪色紙、剪相片、做版畫……哪些現代藝術家的技巧，影響了設計、時尚、電影……，值得一學？哪些藝術家的創造奇想，放大了我們對創作的想像與驚嘆號？從超現實到普普藝術，從抽象畫到蒙太奇，跟著玩一遍，不只解放你自由自在的創作魂，而過去看不懂的現代藝術，現在也全都看懂了。線條該輕該重或緩或急？顏色要濃要淡或乾或濕？圖騰怎麼畫？怎麼排列旋轉？剪紙、拼貼、蓋印等各種藝術遊戲！超現實主義、達達主義、攝影蒙太奇、象徵主義、部落藝術、普普藝術都難不倒你，一出手就有大師魂！Marion是國際知名的英國插畫家，合作的客戶從傑米•奧利佛（Jamie Oliver）、Penguin Books、雜誌Wallpaper、Design Museum到英國《衛報》、《紐約雜誌》等，書中的藝術家，都是對她插畫生涯影響最深的技法和觀念。˙她發現要畫出西班牙藝術大師米羅的童趣，最好閉眼畫。˙跟著克利畫一遍，才明白線條也有情緒。˙超現實大師達利是造型混搭大王，教你玩搞怪身體接龍。˙跟著西班牙雕刻家奇伊達善用正負空間，就能玩出一張有模有樣的抽象畫。˙安迪‧沃荷愛貓，你可以用普普風版畫，為你的貓咪作畫。˙用達達女藝術家侯赫的照片蒙太奇，做一張你專屬的怪胎大頭像。˙海綿簡易版畫，你也可以做出葛飾北齋的日本浮世繪˙圖案纏繞畫，畫出熱愛黃金畫的克林姆風……【藝術練習，大師出招！】◎跟最懂童趣的米羅，學自由畫──閉上眼睛，隨意在紙上移動你的筆，畫出形狀再填入色彩。◎跟線條大師克利，學畫線── 塗滿不同顏色蠟筆後，蓋上一層黑色，再把黑色刮出你想要的圖案。◎跟抽象大師康

A Booklist Best Book of the Year•A Selection of the Washington Evergreen Graphic Novel Award Reading List★“Climate anxiety is a real concern for many kids, especially those who have experienced wildfires firsthand, and this thoughtful comic will surely ring powerfully true.”―Booklist, starred reviewIn the wake of a fire that’s destroyed her home, a middle-schooler is eager to turn her grief into action in this sensitive graphic-novel resource about what makes wildfires happen and how to inspire change.Julianna loved her life in rural Oregon.She loved taking care of her farm animals and being part of her local 4H club. But then the unthinkable happened...a wildfire destroyed her family’s home.In the aftermath, her family relocated to Portland, Oregon, where Julianna hopes to put everything behind her. Believing the fire to be the result of kids playing with fireworks, she certainly isn’t interested when her parents and younger sister start getting involved in the growing climate change

Presenting a global and interdisciplinary approach to plant ecology, this much-awaited new edition of the book Plants and Vegetation integrates classical themes with the latest ideas, models, and data. Keddy draws on extensive teaching experience to bring the field to life, guiding students through essential concepts with numerous real-world examples and full-colour illustrations throughout. The chapters begin by presenting the wider picture of the origin of plants and their impact on the Earth, before exploring the search for global patterns in plants and vegetation. Chapters on resources, stress, competition, herbivory, and mutualism explore causation, and a concluding chapter on conservation addresses the concern that one-third of all plant species are at risk of extinction. The scope of this edition is broadened further by a new chapter on population ecology, along with extensive examples including South African deserts, the Guyana Highlands of South America, Himalayan forests and

當祕室交易才是國家間外交的「惡靈」，世界會走向和平還是通往戰場？──理解國際政治與陰陽面向的一部歷史批判之書──│書評推薦│《政治學季刊》（Political Science Quarterly）──成功區分了外交手段的保密與外交政策的保密，並對後者提出了嚴厲譴責。 《美國歷史評論》（American Historical Review）──為戰後國際關係的民主化提供了歷史哲學的基礎。保羅．芮恩施（Paul S. Reinsch）的經典著作《祕密外交》（Secret Diplomacy: How Far Can It Be Eliminated?）於1922年出版，深入剖析祕密外交在國際關係上的必要性。全書回顧外交制度的歷史背景，從十八世紀一路追溯到二十世紀初，並對長期主導國際外交的祕密運作方式提出嚴厲批判。1919年，原為美國駐華公使的芮恩施，眼見美國為了換取日本加入「國際聯盟」（League of Nations），在山東問題上向日本妥協，犧牲中國利益，從那時起，他便卸下美國外交官的身分，不再與之為伍。或許正是一次世界大戰期間與戰後的震撼，芮恩施才真正看清祕密外交的危險。他知道歐洲列強在檯面下簽訂密約、交換利益，讓無數人民為此付出代價。即使戰後高喊「公開外交」與和平理想，各國仍舊難以擺脫舊式權力政治的陰影。芮恩施以親歷者的視角指出，祕密外交不只是歷史遺留下來的壞習慣，更是一把反覆引爆衝突的隱形導火線；若不加以約束，世界仍可能再次被拖入災難之中。在本書中，作者以歷史階段為線索展開論述：從十八世紀歐洲傳統的外交策略談起，逐步剖析在一次世界大戰前不同時期的演變與影響：‧拿破崙戰爭結束後的維也納會議十九世紀初拿破崙戰爭結束後，歐洲列強在維也納會議中重新劃分權力版圖，建立起以「勢力均衡」為核心的國際秩序。表面上，這套體系成功避免了大規模戰爭；實際上，歐洲和平卻是由少數君主與外交官在密室中協商維繫，讓祕密外交以「維持秩序」的名義下，逐步成為國際政治的常態。‧政治強人主導的外交策略十九世紀中葉，歐洲外交進入由政治強人主導的時代。拿破崙三世善於以隱密協議操縱國際局勢；迪斯雷利在英國帝國擴張中靈活運用私下談判；俾斯麥則以精密的祕密結盟與外交算計，完成德意志統一。芮恩施透過三位關鍵人物，展示祕密外交如何成為權力政治的利器，也揭示個人意志在缺乏公開監督下，對歐洲命運所造成的深遠影響。