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2017年8月6日星期日

queer (1922)

‘A broad-based group of queers committed to radical, non-violent direct action and civil disobedience’. These words were used to describe OutRage! – the most prominent gay rights direct action group in the UK until disbanding in 2011.

When Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005, the question of whether a member of the Royal Family could marry in a civil ceremony had to be constitutionally clarified. These posters are a good example of the topical slogans and imagery utilised by OutRage!, which was founded in 1990 following the murders of several gay men in London and an increase in targeted policing of gay people.

See these items up close as we tell the story of love, legislative change and the battles for equality experienced by gay men and women in the UK at Gay UK: Love, Law and Liberty, our free exhibition open until 19 September http://bit.ly/2tMAnpf

#BLGayUK

過去數十年間，社會對性取向的態度有大幅進展，現在正是紀錄並以批判性的眼光回顧LGBT歷史的時刻，而英國知名藝校倫敦大學金匠學院將於明年開設全球第一個酷兒史碩士學位！

聆聽被歷史忽略的聲音　英國倫敦大學首開酷兒史碩士學位--上報

英國知名藝校倫敦大學金匠學院（Goldsmiths,UniversityofLondon）將於2017年秋天開設全球第一個酷兒史（Que......

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“It just feels like a big Miller Lite tent. It’s co-opting queer identity as a way to make money."

Too straight, white and corporate: why some queer people are skipping SF Pride

Disaffected by the annual parade, members of San Francisco’s LGBT…

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queer

Pronunciation: /kwɪə/

ADJECTIVE

1Strange; odd:she had a queer feeling that they were being watched

More example sentences Synonyms

1.1[PREDICATIVE] British informal, dated Slightly ill:he was feeling rather queer

Synonyms

2informal, often offensive (Of a person) homosexual.

2.1Denoting or relating to a sexual or gender identity that does not correspond to established ideas of sexuality and gender, especially heterosexual norms: 1922 指同性戀queer geek culture has featured gay themes since the 1980snightclubs have traditionally been a space where queer people, trans women in particular, can explore gender with relative safety

NOUN

informal, offensive

A homosexual man.

VERB

[WITH OBJECT] informal

Spoil or ruin (an agreement, event, or situation):Reg didn’t want someone meddling and queering the deal at the last minute

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【WOW！黃裕邦《天裂》殺入Lambda Literary Awards最後名單！】

香港土生土長的英語詩人黃裕邦(Nicholas Wong)，其2015出版詩集《天裂》（Crevasse）剛入選美國第28屆Lambda Literary Awards (Gay Poetry)最後入圍名單。該奬項在美國被視為文壇艾美獎(Lammys)，亦是全世界對酷兒文學創作（Queer Literature)作出嘉許的最高殊榮。Nicholas 是首個入選該組別的香港人，而同時亦是能夠進入今屆最後名單的兩個亞洲詩人之一（另一位是現已移居紐約的新加坡詩人Jee Leong Koh)。是次獲得國際肯定証明本地文字創作正藴釀一股新力量，不能忽視。

頒獎禮將於6月6日在紐約大學Skirball Center for the Performing Arts 舉行，嘉賓包括曾在奧巴馬就職典禮上朗讀自己作品的拉丁美裔男同詩人Richard Blanco。所有得獎者將於該典禮揭曉。

奬項背景及所有組別大名單：
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/…/28th-annual-lambda-literar…/
頒獎典禮資料：
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/awards/
作品及出版社：
http://kaya.com/authors/nicholas-wong/

Nicholas YB Wong

2017年8月3日星期四

black-hat hackers, white-hat hackers

A Solution to Hackers? More Hackers

By KEVIN ROOSE

What if the problem we face is not too many black-hat hackers, but too few white-hat ones?

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A black hat hacker is an individual with extensive computer knowledge whose purpose is to breach or bypass internet security. Black hat hackers are also known as crackers or dark-side hackers. The general view is that, while hackers build things, crackers break things.

What's a Blackhat Hacker? | Security News - PC Tools

White hat (computer security) - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_hat_(computer_security)

The term "white hat" in Internet slang refers to an ethical computer hacker, or a computer security expert, who specializes in penetration testing and in other ...

Soap Opera

Wall Street, Climbing Sharply, Skips Washington's 'Soap Opera'

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ

The stock surge of recent months, ignited by policy prospects, is now driven by strong earnings and other factors that seem impervious to politics.

肥皂劇（英語：soap opera）是從英文傳至中文的外來辭彙，通常指一齣連續很長時間的、虛構的電視劇節目，每周安排為多集連續播出，因此又稱系列電視連續劇（但「連續劇」一詞可以泛指一切劇情連續的電視節目）。

來源[編輯]

肥皂劇於1920年代在美國的收音機廣播節目中興起，1940年代移師電視螢幕。大多數肥皂劇都是白天播岀。

A soap opera or soap, is a serial drama on television or radio that examines the lives of many characters, usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama.^[1] The term soap opera originated from such dramas in the past being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers.^[2]

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Origin of the genre[edit]

The first serial considered to be a "soap opera" was Painted Dreams, which debuted on October 20, 1930 on Chicago radio station WGN.^[3] Early radio series such as Painted Dreams were broadcast in weekday daytime slots, usually five days a week, when most of the listeners would be housewives; thus, the shows were aimed at and consumed by a predominantly female audience.^[2]

2017年8月2日星期三

Vending Machine

自動販賣機（中國稱：自動售貨機；香港稱：汽水機）是藉由驗鈔機與顧客交易的全自動機器，能協助顧客購買例如零食、飲料、酒類、香菸及彩票等產品（有別於有收銀員的商舖）。

An automatic stamp and postcard vending machine, early 20th century, Japan^[4]

The first modern coin-operated vending machines were introduced in London, England in the early 1880s, dispensing postcards. The machine was invented by Percival Everitt in 1883 and soon became a widespread feature at railway stations and post offices, dispensing envelopes, postcards, and notepaper. The Sweetmeat Automatic Delivery Company was founded in 1887 in England as the first company to deal primarily with the installation and maintenance of vending machines. In 1893, Stollwerck, a German chocolate manufacturer, was selling its chocolate in 15,000 vending machines. It set up separate companies in various territories to manufacture vending machines to sell not just chocolate, but cigarettes, matches, chewing gum and soap products.^[5]

The first vending machine in the U.S. was built in 1888 by the Thomas Adams Gum Company,^[6] selling gum on New York City train platforms. The idea of adding games to these machines as a further incentive to buy came in 1897 when the Pulver Manufacturing Company added small figures, which would move around whenever somebody bought some gum from their machines. This idea spawned a whole new type of mechanical device known as the "trade stimulators".

Your flight is boarding soon, but you forgot to pack warm clothes. What to do? Uniqlo is betting that you might consider a lightweight down jacket from a vending machine.

Uniqlo Will Sell Clothes From Vending Machines

Japanese retailer Uniqlo plans to roll out 10 vending machines this month and next in U.S. airports and malls, part of a scaled-down expansion plan after sales at the company’s American stores fell short of forecasts.

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