CNN 互動英語 2022 年 9 月號 No.264 【有聲版】
CNN 互動英語 2022 年 9 月號 No.264 【有聲版】

Author: LiveABC編輯群

Publisher: 希伯崙股份有限公司

Published: 2022-08-31

Total Pages: 77

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人物 The Man with Big Dreams 重塑日本國際地位的首相──安倍晉三 Remembering Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe 日本前首相安倍晉三在7月8日遇刺身亡，世人震驚哀悼。安倍縱橫政壇30年，是日本史上在位時間最長的首相，本文回顧他的政治生涯及遺緒。 政治 A Tumultuous Reign 任期內風波不斷 英首相強生黯然辭職 Boris Johnson Steps Down as UK Prime Minister amid Scandals 英國首相鮑里斯．強生艱難完成脫歐任務，但也遭醜聞纏身，聲勢暴跌。他於7月初宣布辭去黨魁一職，結束近三年的首相任期。 科學 Shots of the Universe 韋伯望遠鏡傳回你從未見過的宇宙景象 The James Webb Space Telescope Beams Back Its First Full-Color Pictures 斥資一百億美元打造的詹姆斯．韋伯太空望遠鏡回傳第一批全彩的宇宙影像，以前所未有的細節揭露遙遠星系、星雲的奧秘，讓科學界讚嘆不已。 政治 The Flying Fortress 普丁的空中堡壘──末日飛機 Russia’s Plane Designed to Evacuate Officials in Case of a Nuclear Attack 據說設計用來在核戰中作為俄國高層空中堡壘及作戰司令部的「末日飛機」相隔多年，再度於俄國勝利日閱兵彩排中現蹤，引發國際關注。 環境 The Land Threatened 極端氣候下的國家公園生態危機 America’s National Parks Are Affected by Climate Change 位於美國本土的國家公園有超過百分之七十面臨氣候變遷的衝擊，包含洪水、極端氣溫、乾旱及野火，對這些珍貴的地景造成極大威脅。 美食 Flame-Grilled Greatness 正宗德州烤肉 讓你食指大動！ Sampling the Smoky Taste of Texan Barbecue 看似豪邁奔放的德州烤肉其實蘊含著廚師累積多年的經驗和細膩手藝，跟著理查．奎斯特一窺「燒烤大師」的獨門祕方！ 商業 To Return or Not to Return 在家上班？回公司上班？職場的新兩難 Employers and Employees Clash over Working from Home 過去兩年疫情期間的居家辦公經驗讓求職者更傾向選擇有彈性的辦公模式，另一方面，企業主則希望員工回歸辦公室，掀起一波雇主與員工間的角力。 社會 Classroom Defenders 防堵校園槍擊事件 教師受訓對抗槍手 Teachers in the US Are Undergoing Training to Face Active Shooters 近期美國一連串槍擊事件讓校園安全蒙上陰影，學校教職員報名警方開設的用槍訓練班，希望能在危險情況發生時把傷害降到最低。 文化 A Priceless Palace 珍藏中華瑰寶 香港故宮文化博物館開幕 China’s Cultural Treasures Find Another Home in Hong Kong 香港故宮文化博物館於7月盛大開幕，9座展廳中展出逾900件中華文化瑰寶，包含166件一級文物，可看性十足！ 旅遊 Lisbon Rejuvenated 全球旅遊大復甦 里斯本的魅力再現 Portugal’s Tourism Industry Is Bouncing Back in the Post-Pandemic Era 葡萄牙首都里斯本走過歐債危機、新冠疫情，要用充滿陽光的海岸線、美酒、甜點和豐富的人文寶藏重新迎接全世界的旅人。 焦點話題 CNN 全球瞭望 Monkeypox Cases on the Rise 猴痘病例大增 專家憂疫情爆發 Hidden Secret in van Gogh Painting 梵谷畫中發現隱藏的自畫像 The World’s Deepest Shipwreck Discovered 史上最深的沉船在太平洋現蹤 談天說地話英文 全方位理解CNN The Buzz about Bees 智慧科技蜂箱 拯救瀕危的蜜蜂 新聞片語通 單字聯想地圖 露營英語 CNN主編教你唸 料理方式

Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability
Oxford Handbook of Online Intermediary Liability

Author: Giancarlo Frosio

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2020-05-04

Total Pages: 801

ISBN-13: 0192573985

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To better understand the heterogeneity of the international online intermediary liability regime, The Oxford Handbook of Intermediary Liability Online is designed to provide a comprehensive, authoritative and 'state-of-the-art' discussion of by highlighting emerging trends. This book discusses fundamental legal issues in intermediary liability online, while also describing advancement in intermediary liability theory and identifying recent policy trends. Sections I and II provide a taxonomy of internet platforms, a general discussion of possible basis for liability and remedies, while putting into context intermediary liability regulation with fundamental rights and the ethical implications of the intermediaries' role. Section III presents a jurisdictional overview discussing intermediary liability safe harbour arrangements and highlighting issues with systemic fragmentation and miscellaneous inconsistent approaches. Mapping online intermediary liability worldwide entails the review of a wide-ranging topic, stretching into many different areas of law and domain-specific solutions. Section IV provides an overview of intermediate liability for copyright, trademark, and privacy infringement, together with Internet platforms' obligations and liabilities for defamation, hate and dangerous speech. Section V reviews intermediary liability enforcement strategies by focusing on emerging trends, including proactive monitoring obligations across the entire spectrum of intermediary liability subject matters, blocking orders against innocent third parties, and the emergence of administrative enforcement of intermediary liability online. In addition, Section VI discusses an additional core emerging trend in intermediary liability enforcement: voluntary measures and private ordering. Finally, international private law issues are addressed in Section VII with special emphasis on the international struggle over Internet jurisdiction and extra-territorial enforcement of intermediaries' obligations.

India-Taiwan Relations in Asia and Beyond
India-Taiwan Relations in Asia and Beyond

Author: Jagannath P. Panda

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788182749047

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Covers a wide spectrum of India-Taiwan relations in bilateral and regional contexts and beyond. The book promotes a possible strategic deliberation that the importance of India-Taiwan relation may not necessarily be confined to the bilateral context. It contextualises the vitality of Asia and beyond in India-Taiwan relations and analyses potential areas of strength where they can cooperate in the future.

Easter Island
Easter Island

Author: John Loret

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-08-31

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780306474941

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Easter Island, a World Heritage Site is still, after over 50 years since Thor Heyerdahl's work on the island, a fascinating area to explore and learn about a culture that has only remnants remaining, while documenting a marine ecology still mostly unknown. Easter Island: Scientific Exploration into the World's Environmental Problems in Microcosm presents the research results from three years of interdisciplinary expeditions to Easter Island. The primary objectives were to investigate the effects of human population growth on the ecology of the island and to discover whether any dramatic climatic changes such as a prolonged El Niño could have disrupted the island's fragile ecosystem. The interdisciplinary scientific team were mainly researching the paleontology, archaeology, climatology, and geophysics of the island. This book now brings together the results of the three expeditions, identifies new areas of research, and hopefully will continue to inspire aspiring scientists to revisit this amazing island to explore and demystify this timeless enigma of human history.

Urban Informatics
Urban Informatics

Author: Wenzhong Shi

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 941

ISBN-13: 9811589836

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This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. It introduces new models and tools being developed to understand and implement these technologies that enable cities to function more efficiently – to become ‘smart’ and ‘sustainable’. The smart city has quickly emerged as computers have become ever smaller to the point where they can be embedded into the very fabric of the city, as well as being central to new ways in which the population can communicate and act. When cities are wired in this way, they have the potential to become sentient and responsive, generating massive streams of ‘big’ data in real time as well as providing immense opportunities for extracting new forms of urban data through crowdsourcing. This book offers a comprehensive review of the methods that form the core of urban informatics from various kinds of urban remote sensing to new approaches to machine learning and statistical modelling. It provides a detailed technical introduction to the wide array of tools information scientists need to develop the key urban analytics that are fundamental to learning about the smart city, and it outlines ways in which these tools can be used to inform design and policy so that cities can become more efficient with a greater concern for environment and equity.

Asymmetry in Plants
Asymmetry in Plants

Author: Bir Bahadur

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-03-25

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0429960700

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Plants exhibit forms of asymmetry analogous to "handedness" in bilaterally symmetrical animals. This book explores the evolutionary significance and development of asymmetry. Examples of genetic control include the direction of tendril or stem coiling of many climbing plants; the so-called spiral phyllotaxy and floral taxy; and contorted petal arrangement is another kind of left- right symmetry in plants; the direction of contortion is fixed in some but not in other plants. The book will underscore tha all phenomena related to handedness start during embryogenesis itself, with the occurrence of embryo rotation. Key selling features: First consolidated book on Plant Handedness Relates handedness, asymmetry and chirality to the evolution of different organizational levels in plant biology Emphasizes handedness as a vital governing force in plant functional evolution Provides a new perspective, hitherto ignored, into plant developemtn and evolution Describes how an age-old phenomenon can give scope for investigation from a very modern interdisciplinary approach

Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution
Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution

Author: Bernie Sanders

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1250138914

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In the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution, Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation’s status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America—and the world—need to create a better tomorrow. Throughout the Presidential campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders promised voters a future to believe in through his progressive platform and a vision for America worth fighting for. This vision calls for an economic, environmental, health care, and social justice revolution beyond the stagnant agendas of Democrat and Republican politicians to build an equitable future for all Americans—especially the younger generation that will inherit the consequences of decisions made now. Inside this practical and inspiring guide to effecting change in today’s world, you’ll learn how to: · Understand and navigate the current system of policy and government · Work to change the system to reflect your values and to protect our society’s most vulnerable · Organize for the causes you care about most · Resources for further reading and organizations to get involved with With more than two decades of Washington D.C. insider knowledge and experience, Senator Sanders knows how to fight and change the system from within, a system desperately in need of reform in health care, immigration, taxes, higher education, climate change, and criminal justice. The political revolution is just beginning. What role will you play?

Campaign Finance Reform
Campaign Finance Reform

Author: Melissa M. Smith

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2010-06-02

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 0739145673

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For decades, campaign finance reform has been an on-going topic of discussion. In particular, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) was heralded as a major breakthrough in controlling the flow of money into campaigns. Almost immediately, political players found other ways to financially manipulate the new laws. Campaign Finance Reform: The Political Shell Game provides an in-depth look at the history of political campaign finance reform with special emphasis on legislative, FEC, and federal court actions from the 1970s to present. In particular, the authors examine the ways that campaigns and independent groups have sought to make end-runs around existing campaign finance rules. Oftentimes the loopholes they find make a significant impact on an election, sparking the next round of campaign finance reform. New rules are then enacted, and new loopholes are found. Like a big political shell game, the amount of money in politics never actually decreases, but instead gets moved around from one organization to another.