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“This is a vital book for specialists as well as a wider readership with an interest in greater China’s diverse and changing artworlds.”—Paul Gladston, The University of Nottingham ---------------------------------- This book investigates the varied forms of art practices in Hong Kong and greater China over the last decade. The author explores how and why the artists of the city engage in practices ranging from the most personal to the most socially oriented, with an interesting analysis of the works of about fifty local art practitioners and a representative range of art institutions.

As a sequel to An Encyclopedia of Translation: Chinese-English English-Chinese, which was published in 1995, this volume, An Encyclopedia of Practical Translation and Interpreting, focuses on practical translation and interpreting, the two emerging areas of increasing importance in recent decades. Some chapters in this volume are illustrated with examples in translation between Chinese and English. Scholars and experts from China, France, Hong Kong, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States share with us their experiences in translation or interpreting practice. This encyclopedia should be of great interest to both specialists and general readers.

China stands as a major “Red Swan” challenge to the social sciences. The resilience of the Communist party-state, in combination with a rapidly expanding and internationally competitive economy, challenges conventional models of economic development and political change. This book focuses on crucial governmental action programs and examines the manner in which they were developed, formulated, implemented, adjusted, and revised. It finds that Chinese policy making has been driven by a distinctive political methodology—an unusual combination of long-term national agendas with versatile local policy experimentation—that serves as an effective mechanism for policy innovation and correction, and thus provides strong adaptive capabilities in a perpetually shifting economic, technological and international context. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An original and persuasive book by one of the leading scholars of China’s policy-making process. The paradox of China’s successful market reforms is that they wer

本書是『工業4.0系列』的第三本書，書名：雲端平台(硬體建置基礎篇)，主要是在工業4.0環境之中，需要一個雲端平台的來針對所有裝置資料進行儲存、分享、運算、分析、展示、整合運用…等廣範用途，上述這些需求，我們需要一個簡易、方便與擴展性高雲端服務。 筆者針對上面需求為主軸，以QNAP 威聯通 TS-431P2-1G 4-Bay NAS主機為標的物，從硬體安裝、設定、到系統建置、網頁伺服器安裝與設定到資料庫管理與建置範例，一步一步以圖文並茂方式呈現出來，主要是給讀者熟悉使用Arduino或其他開發板，再開發物聯網、工業4.0等用途時，針對雲端的運用，可以自行建置一個商業級的雲端服務，其穩定性、安裝困難度、維護成本都遠低於自行組立的主機系統，省下來的時間可以讓讀者可以專注在開發物聯網、工業4.0等產品有更多的心力。 之各樣產品之原型(ProtoTyping)，進而介紹這些產品衍伸出來的技術、程式攥寫技巧，以漸進式的方法介紹、使用方式、電路連接範例等等。 所以本書要介紹台灣、中國、歐美等市面上最常見的雲端伺服器商業產品，並一步一步以圖文並茂方式呈現建置、安裝、設定..等過程，期望讀者可以輕鬆學會這些產品建置技巧，進而在更高端、專業的伺服器安裝與設定上，可以類推學到的建置暨能，往更高的技術層次前進。 未來筆者希望可以推出更多的入門書籍給更多想要進入『工業4.0』、『物聯網』這個未來大趨勢，所有才有這個工業4.0』系列的產生。

This book is a comprehensive guide to one’s fate in the year of Pig, including: 1. The Luck of the Newborn Pigs and Naming Tips; 2. Land Luck, Investment Strategy and Feng Shui Setting-out for the Year of the Pig; 3. Fortune of Each Zodiac Sign as well as guidelines on Enhancing the Luck of Wealth, Health and Relationship; Chinese Almanac for the Year with suggested Lucky Days for various events.

2019 Chinese Almanac is perfect for any people or families, with all useful information at your fingertips: 1. Basic information of an Almanac 2. General forecast based on zodiac sign 3.Flying Star Charts for every direction 4.Naming basics 5.Face and Palm reading 6. Practical Feng Shui 7. Chinese Almanac - suitable and unsuitable activities for each day of the year.

Geotechnical Hazard Mitigations with Experiment, Theory and Practice presents the keynote lectures and general papers presented at the Fifth International ISSMGE Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (5th GEDMAR, Taipei, Taiwan, September 13-14, 2017). The contributions discuss rainstorm and storm surge induced riverine and coastal flooding event, liquefaction, and landslide. The book is divided into the following sections: -Keynote lecture -Combined hazard in river basin -Liquefaction -Landslide -Other natural geo-hazards Geotechnical Hazard Mitigations with Experiment, Theory and Practice will be of interest to researchers, academics, industry practitioners and other professionals involved in earthquake geotechnical engineering and landslide hazards.

【原廠指定推薦用書/國際證照指定教材】 零負擔學習法！ 這樣開發App超簡單，有創意就可以！ 不用懂App開發語言，只需簡單的簡報思維， 立即啟動App創意因子，任何人都可以快速打造精采App！ Smart Apps Creator 3擁有類似Office的簡單編輯介面，具有繁體中文版，只需運用簡報排版概念，即可開發App，可廣泛應用於互動、測驗、相簿、導覽，以及動畫遊戲等面向。同時，其支援手機、平板電腦、PC與智慧電視相關裝置，一次編輯開發，即可跨iOS、Android、Windows與HTML5多平台發布。 再也不需因不會程式就埋沒創意！就說不會設計App！ 書中從認識工具切入，隨即進入App開發模式，實戰8大App，涵蓋「數位繪本、數位學習、景點導覽、音樂類型、猜謎遊戲、益智互動、科展教案、資料應用」等豐富主題。從專案發想與規劃到實作，先以流程圖了解設計環節，再以詳細圖解徹底解說開發細節。零負擔學習法，讓初學者運用超簡單的製作工具，快速進入App的活用殿堂，進而發揮創意，開發令人驚艷的App！ 新增特色： ‧免程式語法，操作更直覺，全圖形介面操作更簡單。 ‧將App生成HTML5互動式微網頁，跨平台瀏覽無障礙。 ‧支援公開資料JSON資料列表應用，邁入大數據時代。 ‧嵌入YouTube與Google地圖資源，應用功能更強大。 ‧內建推播功能，一鍵撥打電話號碼，創意運用多樣化。 8款App專題： 數位繪本App - [尋找幸福的種子] 數位學習App - [中文筆順練習] 景點導覽App - [蘭嶼微旅行] 音樂實用App - [鋼琴練習曲] 猜謎遊戲App - [一字千金] 益智互動App - [大家來找碴] 科展教案App - [霧社血斑天牛] 資料應用App - [來去農村住一晚] 書附超值DVD： 範例素材/範例完成檔/隨堂練習素材、解答與完成檔 Smart Apps Creator 3試用版(30天)與相關資源 【聯名推薦】 ‧優思睿智科技/周昱志 總經理 ‧西湖渡假村/吳國呈副 總經理 ‧健行科技大學/數位多媒體設計系/洪瑞文 主任 ‧中國科技大學/數位多媒體設計系/李瑞翔 副主任 ‧勤益科技大學/智慧新媒體中

This book included seven papers on modernization researches and the overviews of 15 annual reports of China modernization Report(CMR) from 2001 to 2016.CMRs with different topics year by year ,focus on the systematics studies of the principles of world modernization, as well as the features and roads of China's modernization with a model of scientific,innovative,strategic and constructive approach.It covered 131 countries and 97% of world population,with the time span of 400 years(from 1700 to 2100),invovled modernization theories, level-relative modernization(world,international,nation,regional and urban modernization),filed-related modernization(economic,social,cultural and ecological modernization) and sector-related modernization(agricultural,Industrial and service modernization),and so on.（中译文：本书包括新现代化研究的7篇文章和《中国现代化报告》的15篇综述。前者关注理论研究，重点讨论世界现代化和国家发达的原理和方法。后者关注实证研究，重点分析中国走向现代化国家的路径和战略选择，是15部《中国现代化报告》的内容摘要。本书可供关心新现代化研究和中国现代化的专家学者和相关人士参考。）

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音樂劇故事衍生自1937年上海四行倉庫保衛戰，女童軍送國旗給守軍戰士，激勵國人抗日士氣，從而產生浪漫、感動和引人入勝的情節，男女主角亦要在愛情與保衛國家之間作出選擇。 在烽火年代，甚麽是生存的意義？ 本書前半收錄完整的中英文台詞及精美劇照，後半為小說《戰火忘情》中英文本摘錄。 “1937 The Lost World’s Love”, is a grand musical, based on the history of the Battle of Shanghai in 1937. The story begins with a girl-guide, who brings a national flag to the regiment of 800 soldiers defending Sihang Warehouse. The scene is set for a tragic love story that emerges in the midst of a dramatic set of circumstances, where life and death are but a shadow apart. In the era of turbulence, what is the value of staying alive? First half of this book includes script of the whole musical while the second part is the same story presented in novel format, with all written in both Chinese and English. 本書特色 音樂劇影片《1937 戰火忘情》榮獲美國Accolade Global Film Competition 表彰獎 (2016年3月) 中英雙語閱讀

筆者對於Arduino開發板與相容的開發版出版過許多相關的書籍，對於MediaTek Labs MT 7697開發板的教學入門書，乃是第一本入門書，在此感謝Makerpro(https://makerpro.cc/)的歐敏銓（owen ou）(https://www.facebook.com/ou.owen)、李文豪（wenhao lee）(https://www.facebook.com/wenhao1101)支持，在Makerpro媒體上發表『如何使用Linkit 7697建立智慧溫度監控平台』一文，奠定下本書出版的心願，更謝謝美女主編：賴芳如小姐(https://www.facebook.com/sarah.lai.18)校搞與編排，讓本文可以得以刊出。 物聯網興起之後，聯發科技和聯發科技創意實驗室專注於物聯網中四個關鍵的技術領域：穿戴式裝置，智慧家居，智慧定位和 M2M，而且聯發科技透過不斷的創新各種系統級晶片（SoCs）提升在物聯網更複雜情境中之處理能力，尤其在智慧居家技術中，提供供安全, 省電，產品客製化及便利等的不同的開發精片篇來解決多面向的議題，更提供了安全的 Wi-Fi 通訊能力與建立安全機制來與網際網路和各種周邊連線的雲端平台。 鑒於許多開發者在建立物聯網裝置中，更需要體積小、速度快、功能強大的用戶端開發板，於是聯發科技創意實驗室(Media Tek Labs)為了推廣物聯網開發中，體積小、速度快、功能強大與易於使用的需求，又開發出『LINKIT 7697』這款開發板，讓開發者更快可以開發出符合需求的物聯網裝置。 所以本書要介紹台灣、中國、歐美等市面上最常見的智慧家庭產品，使用逆向工程的技巧，推敲出這些產品開發的可行性技巧，並以實作方式重作這些產品，讓讀者可以輕鬆學會這些產品開發的可行性技巧，進而提升各位Maker的實力，希望筆者可以推出更多的入門書籍給更多想要進入『自造者』、『物聯網』這個未來大趨勢，所有才有這個自造者系列的產生。

Advertising is something which we are exposed to from a young age and which can affect us in many different ways. Centered around the question “Does advertising improve society?” this volume explores the impact and issues of advertising and questions its social responsibility, with a focus on Hong Kong society. The collection of essays offers a broad view of the interaction between society and advertising, from an introduction to semiotic studies, exploring the use of gender stereotypes to the employment of brand placement as a new form of product promotion. Written by professors of advertising with experience from both within the industry and from international research, this is a senior level textbook designed to augment any studies in advertising, marketing, public relations or media studies.

The genre of poems that may be read both forward and backward, producing different creations was known as the “flight of wild geese.” These poems were often sent so that a distant lover, like the migrating birds, would return. Its greatest practitioner, and the focus of this critical anthology, is Su Hui, a woman who, in the 4th Century, embroidered a silk for her distant husband using a grid of 840 characters that created perhaps 12,000 ways to read this poem. With examples from the 3rd to the 19th centuries, Michele Metail describes reversible poems as “a singular adventure at the edge of meaning, of language, and of writing.”

Tracing China’s journey began from exploring rural revolution and reconstitutions of community in South China. Spanning decades of rural-urban divide, it finally uncovers China’s global reach and Hong Kong’s cross-border dynamics. Helen Siu traverses physical and cultural landscapes to examine political tumults transforming into everyday lives, and fathom the depths of human drama amid China’s frenetic momentum toward modernity. Highlighting complicity, Siu portrays how villagers, urbanites, cadres, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals—laden with historical baggage—venture forward. But have they victimized themselves in the process? This essay collection, informed by critical social theories and shaped by careful scrutiny of fieldwork and archival texts, is woven by key historical/anthropological themes—culture, history, power, place-making, and identity formation. Siu stresses process and contingency and argues that culture and society are constructed through human actions with nuanced

Before 2000, roughly 96% of China’s energy demands were met domestically. Since 2001, however, this position of near self-reliance has changed. With steadily increasing demands, China’s need for foreign energy has grown. Today, China is the world’s biggest energy consumer and emitter of greenhouse gases. Building upon the first volume, which examined China’s energy plans, this book will examine the strategies China has taken to meet its burgeoning energy demands, continue its fast-paced economic growth and also address the mounting concerns about environmental welfare and the true cost of China’s development. With new chapters addressing international agreements, the so-called “China energy threat” and the Belt and Road Initiative, this volume will continue to discuss and interpret both domestic policies and China’s international role.

This was the motto of Chang Kuo-sin, and the ideal which he inspired generations of students of communication to follow. He proved his own dedication to this when, in 1949, he found himself in Nanking, the former nationalist capital, under the rule of the newly victorious communists. For eight months he lived and attempted to work in the midst of these historical changes. He managed to smuggle his detailed notes out to share with the world at a time when almost no reports of the new regime were being published. To mark the centenary of his birth, Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication has republished this important work by one of its most distinguished professors.

不同於﹝境界之輪迴﹞及﹝高橋留美子劇場﹞， 高橋留美子另一個世界的漫畫決定版！ 收錄數篇﹝少年SUNDAY﹞&﹝BIG COMIC﹞短篇作品， 以及高橋留美子與安達充共同創作的 ﹝少年SUNDAY﹞創刊50周年紀念大作！ 連載彩稿原封不動完整呈現！ 絕對值得收藏！ 收錄作品：﹝鏡子來了﹞﹝復仇娃娃﹞﹝千面女星﹞﹝可愛的花﹞﹝with CAT﹞﹝MY SWEET SUNDAY（安達充╳高橋留美子）﹞

Kung Fu has evolved from a traditional means of defence to become a system of attacking and defending oneself, with or without weapons, exercising the body and maintaining good physical and mental health. As such, these practices have found an international following. Yet what has remained a largely unexplored area is the scientific principles behind these martial arts. This book not only covers the brief history of Chinese martial arts, but also brings together the wisdom of a Kung Fu grand master with a scientist and teacher to explain the scientific reasons why Kung Fu is the powerful practice that it is. Using the principles of physics, biomechanics and biology, with a number of drawings showing some basic postures of Kung Fu, the authors present a deep understanding of how the styles, the specific movements and methods of attack and defence operate.

Originally written over a period from about 1979 to the early 1980s, the first in the trilogy was inspired by the theatre of the absurd and focused on the nature of human relationships across the fabric of space-time. The second, written in the late 1980s and the following early 1990s, was focused on repercussions of events across space-time; and then the third, written in 2000 and after, more or less concludes the trilogy with elements of the preceding two interwoven and coming to grips with the vicissitudes of life.

Sam, working as a trainee waiter in a small Italian restaurant near the West End of London, was one day fooled by a bohemian sort of man with a bad sort of logic that led to his dismissal by the head waitress. Feeling lost and trotting along Regent Street he bumped into his girl friend Amy who had just been through a similar scenario, and that made them both laugh away their ‘misfortune’ to start afresh. Sam decided to take a critical thinking course run by a certain Professor Panggloss, a name that rang a bell for him, recalling Voltaire’s famous novel Candide, and the course turned out to be very useful, albeit puzzling at times, which therefore troubled Sam quite a lot, so much so that he had to share his critical thinking problems with Amy, even when she was already away from the UK, holidaying at her aunt’s invitation in Hong Kong. The lovers, separated by at least six thousand miles, carried on their intimate communication using state-of-the-art IT, frequently disturbing each o

Most people suppose that the whole world knows what it is to love; that romantic love is universal, quintessentially human. Such a supposition has to be able to meet three challenges. It has to justify its underlying assumption that all cultures mean the same thing by the word ‘love’ regardless of language. It has to engage with the scholarly debate on whether or not romantic love was invented in Europe and is uniquely Western. And it must be able to explain why early twentieth-century Chinese writers claimed that they had never known true love, or love by modern Western standards. By addressing these three challenges through a literary, historical, philosophical, biographical and above all comparative approach, this highly original work shows how love’s profile in China shifted with the rejection of arranged marriages and concubinage in favour of free individual choice, monogamy and a Western model of romantic love. 名人推薦 ‘This book, Lynn Pan’s best to date, adds a wonderful new an

數位家庭過去十年發展顛簸 早在2003年6月，Intel、Microsoft聯合其他15家廠商組成數位家庭工作聯盟（Digital Home Working Group，DHWG），正式進軍數位家庭。當時，Intel成立消費性電子產品事業群（Customer Electronics Group，CEG）負責推動數位家庭事業發展；而微軟則發表一系列以Microsoft軟體為開發平台的數位家庭產品。在2006年Intel推出ViiV平台發展跨產品內容分享與存取；而在2008年Intel則與多家廠商組成Home Grid發展家庭聯網標準。 相較於Wintel，日系家電大廠Hitachi與Panasonic在1999年即倡導利用電力線（Power line）作為家庭聯網技術，成立ECHONET聯盟；而Sony與Panasonic亦於2003年7月成立CELF聯盟，訴求採用Linux作業系統作為資訊家電軟體平台。雖然，各方有採用的技術、平台不同，共同目標皆是建立互通性標準規格，讓各設備可以相互操控、內容共享，以創造數位家庭商機。 除資通訊與家電大廠外，網路服務業者如Google也看好數位家庭未來發展，2009年推出家庭用電監控平台Power Meter；2010年與Intel合作推出Google TV；2011年在I／O年會提出Android@Home計畫。然而，受限於網路基礎環境尚未成熟、廠商各擁自有標準、產品互通性不足，以及消費者習慣不易改變等情況下，數位家庭計畫推動並不順利。Intel因而在2011年組織調整，關閉數位家庭部門，結束生產電視晶片。 智慧家庭仍吸引各方業者競逐 數位家庭計畫雖未能如大廠期待在短期內開花結果，或由任何一方主導產業發展，但隨著網路環境、主要壓縮格式與傳輸技術成熟，部分概念已逐漸落實，如影音內容跨產品分享。廠商們仍舊看好家庭領域未來成長潛力，不同的是以「智慧家庭」取代「數位家庭」，並呼應行動智慧裝置的普及，在產品概念上，更強調「感測」、「智慧控制」與「雲端服務」等特性。 在2014年美國消費性電子展（CES）中，韓廠Samsung與LG接力日系家電大廠，推出智慧家庭自有整合平台。Samsung推出Smart Home Service Platform採用開放式平台架構，提供遠端操控、監看與智慧化售後服務等功能，並開

※Adobe Photoshop CS6～CC(2015) & Lightroom 5～CC(2015)適用 ※找回對於影像的主控權！體驗點石成金，重現美麗景象的絕佳技巧！ ※專為攝影同好量身訂做、最淺顯易懂的風景攝影編修「圖解」教學書！ ※Windows／Mac 適用 ※清楚解釋針對「風景攝影」制定的快速修圖步驟，詳述拍攝當下的注意要點！ ※首創「AR擴增實境」，用手機／平板掃描書籍指定頁面，輕鬆觀看教學影片！ 數位時代，就要有數位新思維。對於風景攝影來說，更是如此。過去使用底片拍攝的時代，攝影師、相館師父可以透過增加或減少整體或是局部區域放相（曝光）時間的長短，來改變影像的明暗，更可以透過疊片（把數張底片重疊）顯影的方式，來為影像進行後製。這些技法，其實就跟今日的「影像後製」是完全一樣的事情，只是運用的媒材，改成電腦與軟體罷了。 《PHOTOSHOP & LIGHTROOM超完美數位暗房—風景攝影修圖秘技》特別邀請知名風景攝影師「蘇聯大」，以他積年累月所拍攝的風景大作，並以最專業實用的Photoshop & Lightroom影像編修技法，讓所有的讀者、影友，都可以一步一步按圖索驥，透過編修軟體的神奇魔力，讓自己辛苦拍攝的影像，搖身一變，成為令人讚嘆的優質影像。 在本書當中，讀者將可以學習到「影像曝光不足與過度的妙手回春」、「分區曝光及個別顏色調整」、「多重筆刷及漸層濾鏡的應用」、「光線佈局與移除色差」、「批次處理及製作縮時影片」、「輕鬆製作HDR影像及全景影像」、「以絕妙的色彩重現浪漫的星河夜空」、「數位黑卡疊圖法」、「高反差場景的處理技巧」、「星軌及創意星軌的製作」、「利用色版選取以提升影像細節」、「璀璨煙火倒影與疊圖後製」等各式影像後製絕技，讓原本美麗的影像作品變得更臻完美！ 「AR擴增實境」APP程式（COCOAR2）免費下載安裝說明 iOS（蘋果手機） 請於App Store直接搜尋【COCOAR2】，下載熊貓標誌的App程式 下載安裝後即可啟動相機進行辨識物掃描 Android（安卓手機） 請於Google Play直接搜尋【COCOAR2】，下載熊貓標誌的App程式 下載安裝後即可啟動相機進行辨識物掃描

Archival records are meant to serve as evidence of responsible governance, and in addition to their undeniable political value, they also serve as the basic component of a nation’s documentary heritage. Records today are history tomorrow. However, with the absence of an Archives Law in Hong Kong and the significance of keeping records being overlooked or actually not understood by people of Hong Kong, there are heightened concerns that government records would be destroyed for unjustifiable reasons and that public’s rights to access well-preserved government records would be deprived of. This book in 16 chapters is based on a series of direct face-to-face interviews with different practising archivists and special library managers in Hong Kong. Their conversations recorded in the book not only enable readers to understand the urgency of approving the Archives Law, but also reveal the details about their profession, as well as the richness of the local heritage that is uniquely Hong Ko

My Master of Laws Dissertation is about International Arbitration with focus on discussing the Autonomy of Arbitration by: (1) comparing Arbitration with Litigation and Mediation and discussing the involvement of the Court in these dispute resolution mechanisms; and (2) comparing the Arbitration Regimes of two Common Law Jurisdictions, namely, United Kingdom and Hong Kong, so as to have a glimpse of the future trend of the development of Arbitration.

In this region, medium streams sloppily freeze, except before an imminent severe snowstorm. — LIFE AND DEATH OF SNOW Originally written back in 1991, the first half, five short stories, remains special, being inspired by experiences of growing up, travel, and interactions with the animal world, even the eponymous centipede did exist! As for the poems (written circa 1978 – 86), some of these were motivated by the Sino-British talks and Hong Kong’s uncertain future, not to mention the astronomical interest associated with another group gripped by the enthusiasm aroused by planetary exploration. The others turn over themes of nature and life. Note: In the first story, the region depicted has been administratively incorporated into the new Uonuma city. Slow business has led to shorter ski season and the shutting of lesser-known ski grounds.

Transnational Representations focuses on a neglected period in Taiwan film scholarship: the golden age of the 1960s and 1970s, which saw innovations in plot, theme and genre as directors highlighted the complexities of Taiwan's position in the world. Combining a concise overview of Taiwan film history with analysis of representative Taiwan films, the book reveals the internal and external struggles Taiwan experienced in its search for global identity. This cross-disciplinary study adopts a transnational approach which presents Taiwan's film industry as one that is intertwined with that of mainland China, challenging previous accounts that present the two industries as parallel yet separate. The book also offers productive comparisons between Taiwan films and contemporary films elsewhere representing the politics of migration, and between the antecedents of new cinema movements and Taiwan New Cinema of the 1980s.

The role of media in any society is vital and is closely related to brands and consumption especially in a vibrant 21st century Asian city. Hong Kong with its free-market economy and urban bustle is a perfect place to observe this in action. But Hong Kong is also deeply conservative in many ways especially with regard to family values, and the presence of overtly sexualized images in advertising sits uncomfortably with the values of modesty and traditional sexual mores that exist there. Young girls are also discovering their identities like any other groups of girls in the world, and often this journey will not be easy. This book deals with media and the extent to which media representations influence girls in Hong Kong and how they are affected by this ubiquitous presence. Through the quantitative and qualitative studies, readers could examine and understand how tween girls and teen girls in Hong Kong interact with the media and how they interpret the messages from the media. The ob

There is a growing trend in virtual world commercial transactions. In order to protect people’s rights in the virtual world and keep pace with innovative trading demands, it is essential for us to understand the commercial implications of virtual world economies by evaluating the effectiveness of the existing laws, practices, and policies in business, technology, intellectual property and related fields. This book, in 11 sections, investigates the issues and opportunities associated with commercial transactions in the virtual world. In 29 detailed essays, this book analyses every facet of virtual world transactions, including the nature of virtual commercial transactions, virtual goods and services, transfer of virtual property, issues of negotiable instruments, remedies for buyers and sellers in the virtual world, consumer protection, dispute resolution and other related topics. Each of these sections both contributes to and advances the field of commercial law and related discipline

Self-Access Language Learning (SALL) has played a prominent part in language education in universities. Its role is to foster autonomous learning among students. With the wide-spread implementation of SALL and its increasing impacts on students, it is important to understand how SALL is managed in order to meet the learning needs of the users in the most resource-effective way. This book provides readers with an understanding of SALL management by setting the discussion against a wider backdrop and also examining details of current good practice. The authors examine issues of leadership and management in education before turning to look at the roles of a SALL manager, and suggest how these roles are changing and what the future may hold for managing SALL. Case studies are used to illustrate how SALL is managed in different universities as a way of contextualising the issues discussed in the book. The book is of relevance to institutional and departmental managers, classroom-based lan

The book provides guidelines and practical creative exercises which equip creative-major students in early semesters as well as creative practitioners with fundamental knowledge on creation methods. Combination of functionality, simplicity and aesthetics in modern design is considered a fundamental design principle in the Bauhaus School in Germany,and, inspired by the School, the creative handcrafting exercises and the concepts introduced in this book are primarily coherent with this principle. The book draws a direction between two and three dimensional material-based design and modern digital creation process. The first part of the book introduces various creative handcrafting exerciseson proportion, geometry and modularity, among other fundamental design principles. The creative exercises will sensitise students on aesthetical and structural issues, and thus serve as an essential building block for application of the design principles to computer-based creative processes, which ar

Animal Farm, published in 1945, is a satirical novel by British novelist and essayist George Orwell (1903-1950), pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair. Orwell is best known for Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). As a socialist, he was a keen critic of imperialism, fascism, Stalinism, and capitalism. His works are concerned with the sociopolitical conditions of his time. Animal Farm, with great critical and popular success, is a witty, satirical allegory about the failure of Soviet totalitarianism. Some events in the book are based on events from the Soviet Union during the Stalin era. This novel is ostensibly about a group of animals who oust the humans from the farm and run it themselves, only to have it corrupted into a brutal tyranny on its own. This idea of a revolution betraying its supposed aims is a chief issue of Animal Farm. 【故事簡介】 No animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other anim

在冰雪初融的溪裡 春之來 汩汩似我的脈息 在眼前、耳際和唇邊 春之來 若詩的不可避免 In the creeks with newly melting ice Spring is arriving Rhythmically like the beating of my pulse Through my eyes, ears and lips Spring is arriving As inevitable as poems’ spontaneous 本書特色： 當今詩壇、少數譯介及從事文化交流者之一 藍星

Agriculture builds upon the integration of crops and the environment, with which its yield depends strongly on a healthy soil foundation. With that in mind, the knowledge of the soil and fertilizer is crucial to maintaining an environment with optimal nutrients, water and oxygen for crop production. Soil is one of human's precious resources, the protection and nurturing of our soil is thus an integral part of sustainable development. Effective soil management is considered not only a technology, but also an art. In practice, to make use the full potential of the land, the management strategies need to take account of the differences and characteristics of the soil, plant and climate that are unique to each geographical location. Such an approach is increasingly more important nowadays because of the increasing loss of cultivable land and need of high quality agricultural products.