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"I hear there's rumors on teh, uh....... Internets!"
"I think the problem here may be more of a question of getting rid of the bad Internets and keeping the good Internets. You know, 'cause I think we can all agree... there're just too many Internets"
"Hey, wait, isn't that spelled wrong?"
"In Soviet Russia, Internets browses YOU!!!"
"We can learn many things from the internet, but what can it learn from us?"
"Other than learning our date of birth, address, identity, habits, browsing history,fetishes... I don't think it can learn much from us to be quite frank"
Teh internets are a series of tubes used to carry information (or Transmitten LOLcats) around the world. PROTIP: If you refer to the internets as a big truck, Sen. Ted Stevens will rape you in your sleep.
Theory[edit | edit source]
The idea that the Internet that we have all grown to waste time in is only one part of the whole metaphysical reality led to the definition of Internets, the set of multiple possible instances of the Internet. Internets are extensively discussed in Particle Physics. George W Bush, one of the most renowned physishits ever, published a theory with regards to the Internets. His work, called the Cohesive and Unified Nukular Scion Endar Spire Internets Theory, is regarded by many as the definitive guide to the Internets. His other work the Mein Kampf, is regarded by many as the most definitive guide to life.
History[edit | edit source]
The monstrosity of cyberspace we know today was invented in 547 by Winston Churchill, who named his abomination "Citgo". The term "Internets" was then coined in December 1960, by Al Gore, then vice president of the Socialist Interserver Society, Tennessee Subnet, for a talk to the subnet on the many-nets interpretation of quantum politics which had been published in 1957. This was given in February 1961, and the word with its original definition, "an apparent Internet, a multiplicity of which, go to make up a collection of Internets" was then first used. This was because, at the time, the definition of the word 'Internet' was "All that really matters," and etymologically one cannot have "Alls that really matter." "<noun>" means one, and "<noun>s" means many, so this new meaning allowed for many Internets.
The word was then used both correctly and incorrectly at various times in scientific and science fiction circles for several years. Then in the late 1960s, science fiction author John Kerry interpreted the word in a novel. After reading this novel, George W. Bush used the term "Internets" in a scientific work as the totality of all possible Internet throughout time, including our observable Internet—the opposite of its previous definition. Other scientists, also not being cheap political hackers, then picked up and adopted the popular redefinition of the word.
One correct usage of the term is as follows: "We have the internets at our house". This is closely followed in correctness by "We have the internet at our house", and the oft-used "The internet has crashed".
Usage[edit | edit source]
Most of the Internets are hidden by the government. Only one Internet is available for the public. It is unknown exactly how many Internets there are, but it has been confirmed by George W. Bush that there are multiple Internets, and there are rumors on them of weapons of mass destruction.
Nowadays, the Internets are a group of communications technologies used for the purpose of spreading rumors. The Google reports that there are 8,168,684,336 rumors on the, uh...Internets. Some sources allege that there are also a number of dirty pictures.
An interesting development in recent years is the use of the Internets as a form of currency among its users. Due to the constant and spontaneous creation of new Internets through the steady-state theory, the currency is on a permanent inflation. This has led to some prominent scientists to worry when the Internets Bubble will burst, causing the bottom to fall out of the international rumor market. Currently, through a series of Nigerian financial scams and clever manipulation of temporal causation law, the overwhelming majority of the Internets there were, there are and there ever will be were, are and will be owned by Oscar Wilde.
99.999% of the internets are used for porn, while only 0.001% are used for Uncyclopedia. It is often theorized that, if all the porn was removed from the internets, there would only be one site left and it would be called "Bring Back the Porn."
You can also get these internets for just $9.95 a month from Mark Cuban.
Structure[edit | edit source]
The Internets are structured according to the principles of tinkle-down economics, a scientific breakthrough pioneered by Supply-side Jesus. A protocol known as TCP/WTF was developed to "facilitate the managed leveraging of unique IT solutions" by moving rumors from one place to another, managed through a series of tubes
Under the TCP/WTF protocol, Internets users who have a lot of rumors to post are given a lot more rumors to post, in the hope that they will post more rumors as a result, allowing users without any rumors to post to somehow develop their own rumors.
Physically, the rumors are carried across a complex network of computers linked together by a proprietary type of dental floss. Although the exact nature of this system is a closely-guarded trade secret, there are rumors on the Internets that it involves a vast force of "itty-bitty elves" who scribble everything down on post-it notes for $6.00 an hour.
Another theory which proclaims that the social (dis?)hierarchy is based on the internet(s) protocols is presented in "Vad gjorde internet för internets?" (What did internet do for internets) By omniHAL the great (of Sigtuna) (Protokollverket press).
More recently, Senator Ted Stevens of North Korea revealed one of the most longstanding secrets of the Internets in one of his most eloquent and well-written speaches addressed to a private audience consisting of Oprah and other celebrities bent on world domination. This video was secretly released to the press, where Stevens is seen explaining the fundamental concept of networked communications: The Internet is a series of Tubes. Armed with this knowledge, Google and Microsoft have teamed together to buy poker chips and blow-up dolls to clog those tubes. Moreover, they collectively have the only world supply of race horses, thus they will be the only ones able to clear those tubes and effectively hold the world ransom and demand every piece of gold pressed latinum for payment.
Evidence for the existence of the Internets[edit | edit source]
The set of multiple possible instances of the Internet.
Internet2 is *not* evidence for existence of another Internet; it is merely a reading aid for persons afflicted with dyslexia.
Future[edit | edit source]
With the advent of cell phones and mobile communications technologies, it is increasingly easy to post rumors on the Internets quickly and conveniently. For example, the infamous "rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft" were posted by Mobiyashi Kobaroshi, who is also famous for being the only homeless Asian man in the United States.
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The researchers and historians of the war crimes were given factual material from several independent sources, which they could check by names, locations and events. For the first time in the history of the Balkans, figures are replaced with names. This will prevent manipulation, minimization or exaggeration. Each story in the book corresponds to the life of the person it refers to.

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Engine Design and Cost Tradeoffs
This example shows how to use Simulink® Design Optimization™ to optimize a design for performance and cost. In this example, you tune an automotive engine speed controller while reducing controller costs by tuning sensor accuracy and actuator response time.
Opening the Model
Open the automotive engine model using the command below. The following subsystems model the engine response: Throttle & Manifold
, Induction to Power Stroke Delay
, Combustion
, Drag Torque
and Vehicle Dynamics
. The main signal of interest in the model is the engine speed in rpm. The control system consists of the lead-lag Controller
, rpm Sensor
, and Throttle actuator
blocks. The model is driven by a step change in speed reference.
Design Overview
The design has the following objectives:
Engine performance objective:
The engine must respond to step changes in the speed reference with the following characteristics:
Maximum overshoot of 2%
Rise time of 4 seconds to reach 90% of the reference speed
Settling time of 7.5 seconds to reach within 2% of the reference speed
This objective is included as a constraint in the Performance requirement
block. The input to this block is the engine speed, which is normalized by the speed reference value. This means that although the speed reference changes, the performance requirement remains the same.
Cost minimization objective:
The design cost of the controller is to be minimized. This objective uses sensor and actuator parameterization to compute a design cost. The design cost is computed so that it is always greater than 1 and the optimization attempts to drive the cost to 1.
We use a custom requirement to minimize this cost. The enginetradeoff_cost
function used by the custom requirement simply returns the cost value to be minimized.
type enginetradeoff_cost
function Cost = enginetradeoff_cost(u) %Compute controller cost based on sensor accuracy, actuator response, and %controller sampling time. % Copyright 2013 The MathWorks, Inc. %Cost constants min_cost = 1; %Minimum cost > 0 sensor_var_min = 1e-3; %Minimum sensor variance (most expensive) sampling_min = 1e-2; %Minimum controller sampling time (most expensive) throttle_max = 2*pi*10; %Maximum actuator response frequency (most expensive) %Get variable names varnames = {u.DesignVars.Name}; %Form cost Cost = min_cost; %Add sensor cost index = strcmp(varnames, 'sensor_std'); if any(index) Cost = Cost + sensor_var_min./max(u.DesignVars(index).Value,sensor_var_min); end %Add sampling cost index = strcmp(varnames, 'Ts'); if any(index) Cost = Cost+ sampling_min./max(u.DesignVars(index).Value,sampling_min); end %Add throttle cost index = strcmp(varnames, 'Tthrottle'); if any(index) Cost = Cost + u.DesignVars(index).Value/throttle_max; end
Model parameterization:
To achieve the performance and cost objectives, we parameterize the following in the model:
Final step value of the speed reference: This ensures that the design works over a range of operating points, from low speed to high speed values.
Gain, pole and zero values of the controller: This allows us to change the controller performance. We tune these values using optimization.
Response time of the throttle actuator: The response time is optimized to minimize controller cost. The actuator cost is inversely proportional to the response time, i.e., a faster response time implies a more expensive actuator.
Accuracy of the rpm sensor: The accuracy is specified by a standard deviation value and optimized to minimize controller cost. The sensor cost is inversely proportional to standard deviation, i.e., a smaller standard deviation implies a more accurate sensor, which is more expensive.
Running the Optimization
Optimizing the engine controller for performance and cost involves:
Optimizing the controller, sensor, and actuator parameters.
Optimizing the response over different operating conditions.
With problems of this type, it is a good practice to build the design iteratively rather than optimizing for all objectives together. Here, we use the divide and conquer strategy as shown in the table below. The idea is to use the optimized parameter values from one stage as the initial guess for the next stage.
You can launch the Response Optimizer using the Apps menu in the Simulink toolstrip, or the sdotool
command in MATLAB®. You can launch a pre-configured optimization task in the Response Optimizer by first opening the model and by double-clicking on the orange block at the bottom of the model. From the Response Optimizer, press the Plot Model Response button to simulate the model and show how well the initial design satisfies the design requirements.
The optimization project saved with the example corresponds to stage 2. In this stage, we optimize the controller parameters over the operating range. To do so, we specify K
and Z
as tuned parameters and the final step value, final_step
, of the reference signal as an uncertain parameter. At this stage, the custom controller cost objective is not included in the optimization problem.
We introduce the controller cost objective in stage 3 by configuring the model as follows:
Open the
Uncertain Variables
editor from the Response Optimizer and then unselect the check box forfinal_step
. This removes sweeping the model over different operating points from the optimization problem and thus reduces computational load.
Open the
Design Variables
editor from the Response Optimizer and then select the check box forsensor_std
to tune this parameter.
Click the Select button in the Response Optimizer to open the
Design Requirements
editor, and then select the check box for customCost
. This accounts for the cost minimization objective during optimization.
We start the optimization by pressing the Optimize button from the Response Optimizer. The plots are updated to indicate that the design requirements are now satisfied.
To configure the optimization for Stage 4:
Open the
Design Variables
editor from the Response Optimizer and then select the check box forTthrottle
to tune this parameter.
You can start the optimization by pressing the Optimize button from Response Optimizer.
To configure the optimization for stage 5:
Open the
Uncertain Variables
editor from the Response Optimizer and then select the check box forfinal_step
to sweep the model over the operating range.
You can start the optimization by pressing the Optimize button from the Response Optimizer.
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Pitney Bowes Goes Online With Postage A new Web-based mailing and shipping app offers powerful low-cost features, but other options are free.
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
Like most small-business tools these days, the venerable postage meter is going virtual.
Business document and mailing giant Pitney Bowes, facing growing competition from virtual mail solutions from Stamps.com, Endicia, eBay and even the U.S. Postal Service, has finally beefed up its own Internet-based shipping service.
The company, based in Stamford, Conn., has launched an online mailing tool called pbSmartPostage, with accounts starting at $15 per month. Postage and supplies are extra. The tool seeks to integrate postage, package routing, shipping management and reporting into a Web app that can be accessed from any PC with a printer.
Getting shipping costs under control is critical for small businesses. As a technology columnist, I'm always receiving products for testing, then shipping them back, running what amounts to a small retail store. So I arranged for a demo account with Pitney Bowes and have been giving pbSmartPostage a test run for the past several months.
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Pitney Bowes' expertise in shipping is evident with this product. The software is well-organized. Creating a shipping label is straightfoward: Connect the supplied scale to a PC, weigh your package and the software grabs the weight. Then measure your parcel, enter your shipping information and select your shipping options. Finally, the program prints a shipping label, complete with postage, using any desktop printer. Bulk discounts on postage are available.
Related: Three Tips to Avoid Costly Shipping Mistakes
Powerful features at a reasonable cost.
Pitney Bowes competes with shipping and postage products like those from Endicia that do not charge monthly service fees. So the company loaded this program with a number of business-friendly add-ons to justify the $15 montly cost. The reports section, for example, creates sophisticated print-outs of what you shipped and when. It also checks addresses nicely, confirms your destinations and guides you through the process of shipping.
Assuming your business is already paying for some sort of postage meter or mailing system, pbSmartPostage is a reasonable option.
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Simple, low-cost tools replicate much of what pbSmartPostage does.
Though by and large not as sophisticated as this Pitney Bowes product, many other shipping options are available for small firms. For example, the USPS Shipping Assistant is an excellent application that creates a high-quality mailing label. eBay also prints up adequate labels and postage. Stamps.com is also serviceable, and even peripheral makers like Dymo offer robust postage options from Endicia.
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Related: Shipping 101
Given that shipping is usually part of a larger logistics strategy for your firm, many rival, lower-cost solutions might actually work better for your particular business. For example, Stamps.com integrates well with Microsoft Word and Outlook, which may make it a good shipping solution for many shops. And, the lack of support for Apple's Safari and Google's Chrome browsers could be a dealbreaker for some users.
Just because Pitney Bowes has the reputation as the smart choice for traditional postage meters doesn't mean it's the best choice for a virtual one.
What To Do
If you need to mail business parcels and letters from a home, or have a remote office and don't want to mess with going to the post office, consider giving the service a try. But take the other options for a test spin as well. And don't be afraid to admit that they may work better for your particular business.


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The continuing bloodshed in Syria is terrible. I believe that greater, more aggressive action is needed on the part of the international community. I also believe that Europe must learn that this situation is another example of why they must spend more on defense.
Having said this, I
will break my reasoning into two considerations - the strategic utility of a non-US Military rooted intervention and how such an intervention could be implemented effectively.
a prospective military intervention, my primary concern is that direct US
Military intervention in Syria
would pose substantial risks. A major point here is in the fact that much of Syria is
protected by a comparatively advanced air defense system. This is a system that's
defeat would require a substantial air campaign on the part of the United States –
a campaign that would risk both Syrian civilians and American flight crews. Another
concern is the relative competence of the Syrian armed forces in
comparison to those of Gaddafi. Faced with direct US Military intervention,
these units might dramatically escalate their campaign against Syrian
civilians. These units would also be likely to pose a greater threat to US
interests in the region. I also worry that a military
intervention would require a substantial re-direction of resources away from
other critical US Military missions, while simultaneously risking Iranian escalation. In such a situation, the US would be left stretched and our regional priorities would be left highly vulnerable. Critically, Afghanistan
is a core US
national security priority and requires the continued focus of our national
argument instead is that the US
should adopt a strategy that combines increased diplomatic pressure on Assad , Iran
and Hizballah AND China and Russia, with physical US
support to Syrian rebel elements. The US should make clear to the Chinese
and Russian leadership that we regard their continued support for Assad with
major discontent. Consequently, the US
should be ready to take escalatory diplomatic reprisals if China and Russia fail to adapt their position.
To be blunt, the US must
ultimately be prepared to withdraw our ambassadors to Beijing and Moscow . If we truly value human
rights, we must be willing to stand up with purpose. Alongside diplomatic
action, I believe that the US
should provide logistical support (weapons money, tools, intelligence support etc) to
identified rebel elements. This support should be given in concert with
European and other regional partner states, so as to maximize support
efficiency and credibility, while also minimizing the risk of this 'support' entering the hands
of Islamist extremists (a risk that cannot be totally eliminated). The
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Ultimately, I believe that this balanced approach would dramatically increase pressure
on Assad while mitigating the negative risks of an open military
intervention. Such action would also serve to increase pressure on the Lebanese Hizballah, via highlighting the hypocrisy of Hizballah's continued
support for the Assad regime. It is in this way that the Assad-Iran-Hizballah alliance
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In this episode Samantha Burnstein of Sanaa Danse talks about Oriental Dancing (aka Belly Dancing) a review of Déversoir by Angela Laurier and Les Imprudanses. The theme song is sung by a unknown and anonymous Japanese band, the dance poem of the week is Belly Dancer by Diane Wakoski and the music played during the show is from VinylCello by Matt Haimovitz.
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The global club scene is mourning the death of Juan Arnau Ibarz of Florida135 who many regarded as the Godfather of Techno in Barcelona. Arnau, who was 85, died in a hospital in Fraga. Having been open in some form since 1942, the club under Arnau's direction promoted global house and techno talent such as Richie Hawtin, Sven Väth, Jeff Mills and Carl Cox. Despite getting on in years Arnau never lost his passion for clubbing and dance music, a tradition passed down to his family who currently run various other clubs in the city. Arnau's son released a statement about his father's passing on Facebook (see English translation below).
A spate of DJs including Ken Ishii, Cisco Ferreira, Adam Beyer and Misstress Barbara have expressed their condolences on Twitter. On Facebook Richie Hawtin wrote, "My condolences to the Arnau family for passing of Juan Arnau Senior. Juan Senior had always greeted me warmly at all my gigs at Florida 135 & El Row over the past 20 years. His presence will be missed."
Juan Arnau Ibarz deceased,
The "grandfather of techno" as you affectionately llamabáis, and has done so in Fraga, in the hospital, near his beloved room and opened Saturday with the club as he would have liked.
During his last days he was happy and entertained only speak of discos and clubs. Of you and how to make you happy and entertain every weekend. He got it from his thirteen years in his first set foot ballroom.
Now we turn to that honor, as he called it-always honor to serve you in each session or performance-knowledge and to continue his legacy, which for a few hours, know yourself away from these difficult times that we live at all.
Just stop giving them thanks for your generosity to him. I know You wanted him, and respetábais admirábais. She was a good person.
And now, as he also always said "out penalties, the show must go on."
Thanks and a hug from all of our family.


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Chinese Art
Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) is art, both ancient and modern, that originated in or is practiced in China or by Chinese artists or performers. The Chinese art in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and that of overseas Chinese can also be considered part of Chinese art where it is based in or draws on Chinese heritage and Chinese culture. Traditional Chinese art is influenced by Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism.
Chinese art (Chinese: 中國藝術/中国艺术) has taken various forms throughout its history, as political and social circumstances changed and new technologies developed. Artistic styles are usually classified according to the dynasty under which they were produced. Artists and artisans in ancient China relied heavily on the patronage of the imperial court and the aristocracy. Chinese art encompasses fine arts, folk arts and performance arts, and includes painting, poetry, calligraphy, architecture, pottery, sculpture, bronzes, jade carving, textiles and other decorative arts.
Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism
Confucianism, which became prominent during the first century B.C.E., established a rigid social and political hierarchy and a love for harmony, order and regulation. Social rank was distinguished by laws that dictated such things as the size and height of residences and the clothing and colors that could be worn by each class and status. Aristocratic families demonstrated their importance by wearing fine silks and commissioning portraits, works of art and costly porcelain pieces to decorate their homes. Respect for tradition gave rise to highly stylized forms of poetry, calligraphy and painting. Works of ancient masters were copied and re-copied. Rulers assigned groups of scholars the task of documenting the history of previous dynasties in order to demonstrate how the "Mandate of Heaven" had passed to the current dynasty.
The Confucian civil service examinations, formalized during the Sui dynasty (581 – 618) selected eligible candidates for government service by testing them on their knowledge of the Confucian classics and their ability to write. Candidates who passed the exams were elevated to a scholarly aristocracy in which gentlemen were admired for their abilities in music, calligraphy, painting and the composition of poetry. The brush, ink, paper and inkstone used in Chinese calligraphy and painting were commonly referred to as the Four Treasures of the Study (Traditional Chinese: 文房四寶 Simplified Chinese: 文房四宝 wén fáng sì bǎo), and many of the greatest Chinese painters were bureaucrats and members of the literati. Imperial courts also assembled schools of professional artists to produce portraits and other paintings for official purposes. The Confucian attitude of respect for education and reverence for the past ensured the continuance of an educated elite who preserved artistic traditions even through violent dynastic changes.
One of the greatest Confucian poets, Du Fu (712–770 C.E.), was admired for his humanity and sense of morality, and for his mastery of lǜshi (formal verse).
Daoism emphasized the individual's experience with nature and the concept that, "Heaven and earth and I live together."[1] Daoism especially influenced Chinese landscape painting, known as shan shui (mountain-water-picture). Artists attempted to convey the harmony of nature through a balance of the elements, such as water, trees, mountains, and clouds, in their landscapes. People were often portrayed as tiny figures in vast natural settings. Chinese paintings did not seek to capture the physical likeness of a subject, but its internal characteristics and qualities. This was achieved both through the spontaneity and ingenuity of the individual artist, and through the use of conventions of color and style that conveyed a message of their own. Artists often painted indoors from memory, rather than by looking at their subject. By contemplating a painting, a person was supposed to be able to understand the power of nature.
The highest ideal of the literati painter was that he should work only when inspired. The Chinese used the term "flight of the dragon" to describe the moment when an artist, truly inspired, transcended physical expression and came into contact with something greater than himself.
Daoism also encouraged enjoyment of nature and simple life. A number of Daoist poets, such as Tao Qian (365 - 427) and Li Bai (701-762) distanced themselves from the Confucian bureaucracy and lived a life of freedom in the countryside.
Buddhism, which arrived in China around the first century C.E., had some affinity with Daoist concepts of harmony with nature, transience of earthly life, and transcendence of suffering. Buddhist art had several functions: the creation of statuary and images to invoke the presence of the Buddha in temples and shrines; spiritual education through imagery, drama and poetry; and as a meditative discipline.
Buddhism is especially associated with statuary and architecture in China. The Northern Wei dynasty (386 – 534) sponsored the carving of some 50,000 stone sculptures in 50 grottos at the Yungang Cave Temples and the Longmen Cave Temples near Luoyang, located directly on the trade routes from central Asia. The earliest sculptures are in the Mogao Grottos (Mogao Caves) near Dunhuang in Gansu Province along the old Silk Road. During the middle of the sixth century, free-standing, three-dimensional sculptures of Buddha, bodhisattvas (pusa), and Maitreya (Milofo) began to be produced in a uniquely Chinese style.
Buddhist architecture and sculpture thrived in the Sui and Tang dynasties (581 – 960). The Tang Dynasty was particularly open to foreign influence, and Chinese Buddhist sculpture returned to a classical form, inspired by Indian art of the Gupta period. Buddhist sculpture continued to flourish for about 600 years until the Ming dynasty. After this time exquisite miniature sculptures were produced in jade, ivory, and glass. The architecture of Buddhist temples resembled that of Confucian and Daoist shrines and temples. Pagodas, based on Indian stupas, were constructed to house sacred scriptures and relics. Some pagodas had as many as 15 stories, each with a curved, overhanging roof. About 10,000 pagodas still exist in China today.
Li Qingzhao (1084 – c. 1151), one of the best-known Buddhist poets, is considered a master of wanyue pai ("the delicate restraint"). Her poems, describing the varying fortunes of her life, are an example of the Buddhist theme of transience.
Fine arts
In ancient China, calligraphy was considered the highest and purest form of painting. The implements were the brush pen, made of animal hair, and black inks, made from pine soot and animal glue. Writing was done on silk until the invention of paper in the first century. Though calligraphers followed stylized principles, their writing was judged by its spontaneity, force and vitality. Original writings by famous calligraphers have been greatly valued throughout China's history.
See Chinese painting
The earliest Chinese painting was decorative, consisting of the geometric patterns and animals painted on Stone Age pottery. Murals and early examples of painting on silk and lacquer ware have been found in tombs and burial sites from the Warring States Period (481 – 221 B.C.E.). Chinese painting was an outgrowth of calligraphy, using the same brushes and inks on silk or paper. Because watercolor ink did not permit the correction of errors, the painter needed to plan his work in his mind before touching the brush to paper, and execute it quickly. The flowing lines of Chinese calligraphy and painting influenced the decoration on statuary, bronze castings, porcelain and textiles, including embroideries.
The first Chinese paintings were figure paintings of immortals, emperors, court ladies, social scenes, and common people at their work. Many were illustrations of Confucian moral teachings. Figure painting reached its height during the Tang dynasty. Landscape painting (shan shui) also reached its first maturity during the Tang period. Bird and flower painting (huahua) became a distinct category during the tenth century C.E.
Oil painting was introduced to China during the 1800s, and a number of artists went abroad to study. Chinese painters of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have taken a number of directions, including the preservation of traditional water-color painting (guohua), the fusion of Chinese elements with Western techniques, and the use of Western styles to explore Chinese themes and social issues. Modern Chinese artists often combine painting with other media such as film, sound and sculpture.
Pottery and porcelain
Shards of Chinese pottery have been found dating back as far as 10,000 B.C.E.. Chinese porcelain began to be produced during the Eastern Han dynasty (25 -220 C.E.) and was highly developed by the sixth century C.E.. Porcelain making reached its height in the Song dynasty (960-1279 C.E.). During the reign of the Song Emperor Huizong (1100 – 1126), five famous kilns produced some of the finest and most treasured Chinese porcelain, some of it under his direct supervision. As new chemical processes for glazing were discovered, Chinese porcelain became more colorful. During the late Ming and Qing dynasties, bright colors including deep red, ruby, jade green, bright yellow and peacock blue came into use, and enamel glazes, glazes over carved coatings, and combinations of painting and carving were used. Chinese artisans have always borrowed openly from previous styles, but there has also been a historical tradition of reproductions and forgeries made to look like earlier pieces.
In English the word china has become synonymous with high-quality porcelain.
Bronze ware
Objects made from an alloy of copper and tin were produced in China during the Shang dynasty (1750 – 1040 B.C.E.) and included ceremonial vessels, weapons, and chariot fittings. During the Zhou dynasty (周, 1100 – 256 B.C.E.) designs became more complex and techniques were developed to inlay the bronzes with precious metals and gemstones. Objects were also created for everyday use. During the 5th to 4th centuries B.C.E. iron began to replace bronze, and the unification of China under the Qin dynasty (221 B.C.E. – 206 C.E.) marked the end of the bronze age in China.[2]The appreciation of bronze items as works of art began during the Song Dynasty (宋) and reached its zenith in the Qīng dynasty (清) in the reign of the Qiánlóng emperor (乾隆), whose massive collection is recorded in the catalogs known as the Xīqīng gǔjiàn.
Jade carving
Jade (nephrite) carvings have been used in virtually all periods of Chinese history and reflect the style of decorative art characteristic of each period. Jade, (Yu in Chinese) considered the "imperial gem," was used to create many utilitarian and ceremonial objects, ranging from indoor decorative items, engraved seals (chop), snuff boxes and jewelry, to jade burial suits. The earliest jades, of the Neolithic Period, are quite simple and unornamented; those of the Shang (eighteenth–twelfth century B.C.E.), Zhou (1111–255 B.C.E.), and Han (220 B.C.E.– 206 C.E.) dynasties are increasingly embellished with animal and other decorative motifs characteristic of those times; in later periods ancient jade shapes, shapes derived from bronze vessels, and motifs from paintings were used, demonstrating the craftsman's extraordinary technical facility.
See Chinese architecture
Traditional Chinese buildings are made of timber and have a post and lintel frame topped with a system of interlocked brackets which supports a massive, steeply sloping, tiled overhanging roof, sometimes with upswept eaves. This structure gives the buildings a strongly horizontal influence. Interior rooms and structures are symmetrically arranged according to Confucian principles of hierarchy, often with a central structure flanked by two wings, and outer walls that enclose courtyards and gardens. Bright lacquer paints protected and preserved the wood.
Performance Arts
Chinese music
See Music of China
There is evidence of a well-developed musical culture in China as early as the Zhou Dynasty (1122 B.C.E. - 256 B.C.E.). Early Chinese music was based on percussion instruments, which later gave away to string and reed instruments. One of the Five Classics, supposedly edited by Confucius, is the Shijing (Book of Songs), a collection of poems from folk songs or songs performed at banquets or at ritual sacrifices. In ancient China, music was regarded as central to the harmony and longevity of the state.
Chinese traditional music is played on solo instruments or in small ensembles of plucked and bowed stringed instruments, flutes, and various cymbals, gongs, and drums. The scale has five notes. Bamboo pipes and qin are among the oldest known musical instruments from China. Chinese orchestras traditionally consist of bowed strings, woodwinds, plucked strings and percussion. Chinese vocal music has traditionally been sung in a thin, non-resonant voice or in falsetto and is usually solo rather than choral. All traditional Chinese music is melodic rather than harmonic. Chinese vocal music probably developed from sung poems and verses accompanied by music.
With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was an increasing interest in Western music, and attempts to adapt both Western classical music and popular music. Chinese popular music originated with the shidaiqu genre founded by Li Jinhui (1891 – 1967) in mainland China, with Western jazz influences from Western musicians such as Buck Clayton. In 1949 the Kuomintang relocated to Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China was established on the mainland. The Communist party denounced Chinese popular music as "yellow music" (pornographic music), and promoted guoyue (revolutionary songs) instead. The Cultural Revolution and other Maoist initiatives, and the continuing censorship of the Chinese government, delayed the political climate changed under new policies by Deng Xiaoping. The introduction of Western pop and rock music in China began when 500 copies of John Denver songs were brought into China and distributed to state radio stations in 1986 by Deng Xiaoping returning from his visit to Washington, DC.
Chinese drama
Popular performances such acrobatics and variety shows have always been popular in China. Chinese opera originated in the Tang dynasty. Emperor Xuanzong (712–755) founded the "Pear Garden" (梨园), the first known opera troupe in China, to perform for his personal enjoyment. Kunqu, the oldest extant form of Chinese opera, developed during the Song Dynasty in Kunshan, near present-day Shanghai. In the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), forms like the zaju (杂剧, variety plays), in which dramas are based on rhyming schemes and incorporate specialized character roles like "Dan" (旦, female), "Sheng" (生, male) and "Chou" (丑, Clown), were introduced. Yuan dynasty opera exists today as Cantonese opera.
Beijing opera or Peking opera (Simplified Chinese: 京剧; Traditional Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù) is a form of Chinese opera which arose in the late eighteenth century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-nineteenth century.[3] Beijing opera features four main types of performers, as well as numerous secondary and tertiary performers with elaborate and colorful costumes. On a sparsely decorated stage, the actors use speech, song, dance, and combat skills in movements that are symbolic and suggestive, rather than realistic. Performers adhere to a variety of stylistic conventions that help audiences navigate the plot of the production.[4] Melodies include arias, fixed-tune melodies, and percussion patterns.[5]
Chinese Folk Art
Chinese folk arts have a long history, and many traditions are still practiced today. Some are specific to a particular ethnic group or region, and there are usually some variations among provinces.
Paper arts
Two forms of paper art originated with the invention of paper in the Han Dynasty. The invention of paper during the Han dynasty spawned two new Chinese arts. Chinese paper cutting originated as a pastime among the nobles in royal palaces[6]. The oldest surviving paper cut out is a symmetrical circle from the sixth century found in Xinjiang, China.
The art of Chinese paper folding also originated in the Han dynasty, later developing into origami after Buddhist monks introduced paper to Japan[7].
One of the oldest forms of folk art is puppetry. Puppeteers use various kinds of puppets, including marionettes, glove puppets, rod puppets, cloth puppets, and wire puppets in performances incorporating folk songs and dances over some dialogues. The subject matter is derived mainly from children's stories and fables.
Chinese Shadow theater is a form of puppetry that is performed by moving figures made of animal skins or cardboard held behind a screen lit by lamplight. The subject matter and singing style in shadow plays are closely related to Chinese opera.
Chinese decorative knotting
Chinese knotting (Chinese: 中國结; pinyin: Zhōngguó jié) that began as a form of folk art in the Tang and Song dynasties (960-1279 C.E.) and was later popularized in the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911 C.E.). The art is also referred to as [8]. The earliest evidence of knotting has been preserved on bronze vessels of the Warring States period (481-221 B.C.E.), Buddhist carvings of the Northern Dynasties period (317-581) and on silk paintings from the Western Han period (206 B.C.E.- 6 C.E.). References to knotting have also been found in literature, poetry and the private letters of some Chinese rulers. Knotting is mentioned extensively in the first Chinese epic novel, Dream of the Red Chamber[9]. Craftsmen were employed by the imperial courts to fabricate tassels and knotted cords for many purposes. The art of tying knots continued to evolve over thousands of years with the development of more sophisticated techniques and increasingly intricate woven patterns. During the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) knotting was accepted as an art form by Chinese society. From the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, when China began modernizing until the end of the Cultural Revolution in 1976, the art of Chinese knotting was almost lost[8]. In the late 1970s a resurgence of interest occurred in Taiwan, largely due to the efforts of Lydia Chen (Chen Hsia-Sheng) of the National Palace Museum who founded the Chinese Knotting Promotion Center.
Art type | Main art | Major category | Start era |
Chinese folk art | Papercutting | Chinese paper cutting | Eastern Han Dynasty |
Chinese paper folding | Eastern Han Dynasty | ||
Puppetry | Glove puppetry | - | |
Chinese shadow theatre | Han Dynasty | ||
Handicraft | Chinese knot | Tang Dynasty | |
Literature | Chinese literature | Chinese classic texts | Spring and Autumn Period |
Chinese poetry | Spring and Autumn Period | ||
Chinese historiography | Spring and Autumn Period | ||
Chinese dictionary | Zhou Dynasty | ||
Visual art | |||
Pottery | Chinese ceramics | Palaeolithic | |
Embroidery | Chinese embroidery | Neolithic | |
Chinese painting | Ming Dynasty painting | Ming Dynasty | |
Tang Dynasty painting | Tang Dynasty | ||
Ink and wash painting | Tang Dynasty | ||
Shan Shui painting | Song Dynasty | ||
East Asian calligraphy | Oracle bone script | Shang Dynasty | |
Cursive script | Han Dynasty | ||
Comics | Lianhuanhua | 1880s | |
Manhua | 1880s, termed in 1920s | ||
Film | Cinema of China | 1890s | |
Chinese animation | 1920s | ||
Chinese music | |||
Traditional | Instrumental | Zhou Dynasty | |
Yayue | Western Zhou Dynasty | ||
Modern | National music | 1910s | |
C-pop | 1920s | ||
Chinese rock | 1980s | ||
Performing arts | Variety art | Chinese variety art | Han Dynasty |
Chinese opera | Beijing opera | - | |
Kunqu | - | ||
Cantonese opera | - | ||
Theatre | Xiangsheng | Ming Dynasty | |
Shuochang narrative | Quyi | Dynastic times, termed in 1940s | |
Dances | Dragon Dance | - | |
Lion Dance | - | ||
Architecture | Landscape architecture | Chinese architecture | - |
Gardening | Chinese Garden | Scholar's Garden | Zhou Dynasty |
Bonsai | Penjing | - |
See also
- Culture of China
- Chinese literature
- Chinese painting
- History of Chinese art
- Music of China
- Shan shui
- ↑ Attitudes Towards Nature in Daoist ArtAskAsia.org. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ Dorothy Perkins. Encyclopedia of China: the essential reference to China, its history and culture. (New York: Facts on File, 1999. ISBN 0816026939), 44-45
- ↑ Joshua S. Goldstein. Drama Kings: Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera, 1870–1937. (University of California Press, 2007), 3
- ↑ Elizabeth Wichmann. Listening to Theatre: The Aural Dimension of Beijing Opera. (University of Hawaii Press, 2007), 360
- ↑ Nancy A. Guy, "The Appreciation of Chinese Opera: A Reply to Ching-Hsi Perng." (in Forum for Readers and Authors) Asian Theatre Journal 7 (2) (1990): 254–259.
- ↑ Robert James Lang. [1988] (1988). The Complete Book of Origami: Step-by Step Instructions in Over 1000 Diagrams/48 Original Models. (Courier Dover Publications. ISBN 0486258378)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Zonglin Chang, Xukui Li. 2006. Aspect of Chinese culture. 中国文化导读. 清华大学出版社 publishing
- ↑ Lydia Chen. (2003). Chinese Knotting: Creative Designs that are Easy and Fun. (Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0804833990)
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Thankyou very much 4 the hire of the 18 foot bouncy slide yesterday 5/4/18 The kids luved it so Did the Parents :-) Anybody looking to hire this I would highly Recommend Pete & Bounce Happy Doncaster. Nothing was a problem from the 1st visit to putting it up & taking it away thanks 4 making the kids enjoy my children's birthday party... ps They slept well last night. Steve & Nicola ,Edlington
Lynne Baines
Five stars do not seem to portray the amazing service we got from these guys. Very professional brilliant price and the hot tub was amazing.We would definitely recommend them.Thanks again guys ,Lynne and Barry
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Low ceiling hight bouncy castle 12ft x15ft x 7.9ft
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Please also note that all bookings require a form of ID for insurance purposes (Driving License / Passport).
Bounce Happy Doncaster requires a 50% deposit to secure your booking, deposit are non refundable unless due to bad weather conditions. Booking cancelled within 24hrs can be refunded minus £5 admin fee.
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My name is Brandy Jane Mabel. I am a wife to a man I have loved for 13 years, a mom to 3.. Sienna, Coen, and Houston, and a child of God, going wherever He leads. I love seeing life through the lens, putting time away in a bottle, tucked away to be cherished forever..
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bootmod3 for BMW B58 Engine Vehicles Now Available! BMW F and G series vehicles - 140i 240i 340i 440i 540i 640i 740i M140i M240i X3 M40i
By Srdjan Bajat
bootmod3 closed beta for the B58 engines has been a great success and we're excited to announce the wait is finally over!
Our team has worked tirelessly on BMW B58 engine support adding support for all of bootmod3 features while programming the DME without removal from engine bay. Initial flash time that includes unlocking the DME is around 3 minutes and switching maps takes just 19 seconds using the standard ENET-OBD cable.
Licenses can be purchased by clicking on the link provided below:
- Exhaust Burble adjustment
- Cold Start (cat heating) disable
- Exhaust Flap adjustment
- Speed Limiter (VMAX) Removal
- Catalytic Monitors (CEL) on/off
- End User Map configuration for all maps
- Tuning Editor fur custom tuning
- Datalogging hundreds of data channels available and many more to come
Stage 1 91 octane: up to 18% HP / 26% TQ
Stage 1 93 octane: up to 20% HP / 26% TQ
Stage 2 91 octane: up to 24% HP / 32% TQ
Stage 2 93 octane: up to 26% HP / 32% TQ
Stage 2 AGG (Aggressive burble) versions of maps available
E30 and Race gas maps are on the way!


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Every time you open the Mini Me, this quirky little chick looks at you. You'll actually enjoy spending money with this little purse. At our studio in Poland, they screen-print the picture onto the leather by hand. So every chick is unique.
The Mini Me is ideal when you're carrying a small handbag which isn't big enough for your normal purse. Or for when you don't want to take a purse with you, but you do need a few cards and some small change. This Gold leather cardholder can hold six or seven cards, so there's plenty of room for your public transport card, your ID and your payment cards.
Children's purse
This little purse is also perfect for your own mini me. It's a fun gift for children in which they can keep their first pocket money. We have them in a range of 15 different colours, which is bound to include their favourite colour.
We turn every order into a pretty gift, so you can send this cheerful Mini Me directly to someone. Want to include a message? Add the message in the comments or email us as soon as you've placed your order.


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Posting Links, Photos, and Videos in Google Buzz
Got a great photo of Aunt Ida skiing for the first time in her life? How about that video of your birthday on Waikiki Beach? Why not post those things to Buzz so your friends and family can see them?
Now you can, and that's what this lesson is all about. Here, you learn the ins and outs of posting links, photos, and videos to Buzz. In addition, you take a look at how to deal with those items in Gmail, Buzz's home base.
Let's get started posting the Buzz now.
Posting Links
Did you read a great article online and want to tell your friends? Telling your friends on Buzz makes a lot of sense—that's what it's there for—and you can post your link easily.
Just follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Gmail site and log in if necessary. The Gmail page appears, displaying the Gmail Inbox by default.
- Click the Buzz icon. The Buzz page appears.
- Click the top text box in the Buzz window (this text box has the caption "Share what you're thinking. Post a picture, video, or other link here.").
- Enter the text of your post.
- Under the post, click Link. Buzz displays a text box for your link, as shown in Figure 5.1.
Figure 5.1 Posting a link.
- Enter the URL of the link in the text box.
- Click the Add Link button to add the link to your post, as shown in Figure 5.2.
Figure 5.2 A new link in a post.
- Click the Post button to send your post to Buzz.
Posting a link is as easy as that. Buzz goes off, gets the link, and embeds the beginning content from the link in your post. Nice. How does your post appear? Take a look at Figure 5.3.
Figure 5.3 A post containing a new link.


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Places Groundbreaking Book
In Astronaut's Survival Kit
CAPE CANAVERAL—Officials at this NASA launch station recently declared "How To Train A Rock", a collection of Short Insights and Fiction Flights written by Paul Steven Stone, an essential ingredient in the Astronaut's Survival Kit. The kit, first developed by NASA in response to the fatiguing effects of ultra-boring space flights, is made up mostly of books and DVD's.
"We added The Rock Training Book because it offered our astronauts something they could use to survive the long endless night of flying in space," explained Jeffrey Sloane, NASA public management director. "The book offers its readers fifty journeys into the world of creative expression. Fifty short 'stories' that shine a light on the essential madness of life's enterprises. Light that illuminates laughter, insight and emotion in copious quantities."
Argenon Fortnip, the space shuttle's on-board chef, expressed a view that many at this major Florida tourist attraction share, "Hey kiss my a&%! It aint no none of your business nohow. If people on my flying f&*%ing 'space diner' want to read "How To Train A F&*%ing Rock" thats no none of your business neither."
Lance Armstrong, NASA's newest celebrity astronaut, was quoted as saying, "I don't know what they're talking about. Far as I can tell, this is just another sneaky way Paul Steven Stone is foisting his book "How To Train A Rock" onto a weary, unprotected population of habitual readers.
"I'll prove it," Armstrong went on to say. "Just watch. Somehow, before this news story ends, Paul Steven Stone will manage to mention that you can purchase "How To Train A Rock" on Amazon.com."
"He might even suggest you can check it out at HowToTrainARock.com."


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Always respect your privacy
Privacy Policy
ZTE Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, "ZTE", "us", "We" and "our") respect your privacy and take the security of your personal information very seriously. We may collect and use your personal information when you use our products and/or services based on your consent, contract relationship, legitimate interest or other applicable legal ground.
ZTE Privacy Policy (hereinafter referred to as "this Policy") describes how we collect, use, store, share and transfer your personal information, and the ways we provide for you to access, update, delete, and protect your personal information.
Please read and understand this Policy carefully before submitting your personal information to ZTE. In addition, you should access our website to get the latest update of this Policy.
This Policy applies to the processing of personal data in relation to ZTE's websites, products and services that display or link to this Policy.
This Policy will help you understand the following content:
1. How we collect and use your personal information.
2. How we use cookies and other similar technologies.
3. How we share, transfer and disclose your personal information.
4. How we access and manage your personal information.
5. How we protect and store your personal information.
6. How we protect children's personal information.
7. How your personal information is transferred across borders.
8. How to update this Policy.
9. How to contact us.
Because ZTE provides a variety of products and services, this Policy may not cover all possible scenarios for personal information processing. Any specific information relating to the processing of personal data in the context of ZTE's products or services may be described in the privacy policy of related products or services, or may be released in any notice that is given during the collection of data.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com to contact us.
1. Collection and Use of Personal Information
"Personal Information" refers to any information relating to an identified natural person or an identifiable natural person. An identifiable natural person means a natural person that may be identified directly or indirectly through, for example, his/her name, ID card number, location data, and network identifier as well as his/her economic, cultural and social identify.
Your personal information will be collected directly or indirectly by your use of our products, services or websites, or when you interact with us, such as calling our hotline, creating a website account, participating in our brand activities, through which your personal information is directly provided to us. Moreover, by using cookie and other technologies, our websites may indirectly record your personal information.
We may collect your personal information for the following purposes:
When using your personal information for other purposes not specified in this Policy, or for purposes are contrary to the purposes approved by you in advance, we will seek your prior consent for our products or services. For example, we will display an update by means of pop-ups or bold fonts, and you may choose to accept or deny the update. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time in accordance with the laws and regulations, but this maybe cause the function limitation of the product or service.
You fully know and understand that under any of the following circumstances in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, we may collect and use your personal information without your prior authorization or consent:
1. Any information processing relating to national security or national defense.
2. Any information processing relating to public security, public health, or major public interests.
3. Any information processing relating to criminal investigation, prosecution, trial, enforcement of judgment, or other legal process.
4. Any information processing that is critical for protecting vital interests of the subject of personal information or other individuals.
5. Any information processing necessary for lawful news reports.
6. Any information processing necessary for us to comply with the applicable laws and regulations.
The personal information collected by us is classified into the following categories:
1) Account information
When you register a service account of ZTE, you need to provide your mobile phone number or email address for authentication. You may also provide supplementary information such as your head portrait, nickname and date of birth. When you log in (you may refuse to access our products or services by this means) a ZTE service platform by using a third party account (such as the account for Facebook, Twitter or WeChat), we will, after obtaining your authorization, get your authentication information from the third party servers. ZTE server will keep your access tokens granted by the third party platform, and share such access tokens among various services used by you to prevent you from repeatedly logging to the third party servers.
2) Device information
If some services are designated for specific device models (such as specific mobile phone models) or applications, we will, before and after service provisioning, collect the information relating to your device, including the device model, system version, UUID, network status, active information and exception information of applications, and IP address to accurately match the services.
3) Location information
When you use the ZTE terminal software with location function (such as family member location and mobile phone finder), based on your consent, we might collect and process the information relating to the specific location of you/your terminal device. However, we will not continually collect your location information to track your whereabouts.
4) Purchase order information
If you go online shopping on our websites, we need to collect the information about your address, name, phone number, postcode, and the products/services purchased by you when our system generates a purchase order.
5) After-sales information
If you require us to provide the after-sales service or report to us any problem occurred when using our products or services, we may collect the information about your name, phone number, device, and fault description necessary for the after-sales service. You may provide us with your personal information according to the services you need. For instance, if you require the mailing service from our After-sales Dept., you need to provide us with information about your name and address.
6) Service access information
We may also record the information about your behaviors by information collection function when accessing related services of ZTE, including your access time, search and query entries, network ID, and IP address. In addition, to the extent permitted by law, we may obtain your personal data from lawful public and commercial sources of data.
7) Other information
For certain services of ZTE, such as the cloud backup and cloud drive provided by ZTE applications, information such as your contact list, messages and photos may be stored in ZTE servers. If you are unwilling to provide such information, you may reject the services, but may not be able to use the related services, or may only be able to use part of service functions. When you submit your job application to our websites, we may require you to provide your resume.
Usually, sensitive personal information refers to special personal information relating to the following aspects: race or origin of nationality, political views, religious belief, philosophical belief, membership of trade union, personal gene data, biometric data, health data, sexual life, and sexual orientation. Under certain circumstances, the sensitive personal information may include the criminal charges or judgment, accurate geographic location, financial status, bank account, social security number, driver license number, passport number, and other unique identifiers issued by governmental authorities.
If you purchase our products or services, we may collect or process the information about your bank card or other sensitive payment information. Under such circumstances, we will process your sensitive personal information in line with applicable law, or with your prior consent.
2. Cookies and Other Similar Technologies
Our websites use cookies and other similar technologies to distinguish your from other users. Therefore, when you browse our websites, we will provide you with good user experience, and keep improving our websites.
A cookie is a small file of letters and digits. If you agree, we will store the cookies in the memory or hard drive of your computer or mobile device, and then use such cookies as labels for identifying your computer or mobile device.
Cookies are often classified as "session cookies" or "persistent cookies". Session cookies help you effectively browse our websites and track your page-to-page progress, so that you do not need to repeat the information you provide for the current visit. For instance, when you switch the web pages, your shopping cart will not be set at empty. Session cookies are stored in the temporary memory and are deleted when the browser is closed. Persistent cookies can store the user preferences that are stored on your device and are still valid when you restart your browser. For instance, we use the persistent cookies to record your selected language, country/region, font size, or the settings. With the help of cookies, you do not need to reconfigure the settings when you access our websites next time.
You may clear all cookies stored on your computer, or directly delete all cookies stored on your device. However, if you do so, you need to change the settings every time you access our websites. Most browsers have the ability to block the cookies. If you hope to manage the cookies through the browsers, you may consult the instructions of browser developers, or search the internet. For more information about cookies, please check the website AboutCookies.org .
In addition to cookies, we will use web beacons, pixel tags, and other similar technologies in our websites. For instance, we will send an account activation link to your email box. By using the aforesaid technologies to track your clicks on our websites, we can know your preferences for our products and services, and improve the service for our customers. Usually, web beacons are transparent images that are embedded in the websites or emails. With the help of pixel tags in emails, we can know whether the emails are opened or not. If you hope that your behaviors would not be tracked by this means, you can, at any time, change the setting of your email box to reject the tracking, or log in our related service websites to unsubscribe our mail service.
If you set the "Do Not Track" in your browser, our service websites will respect your choice.
In that case, we will not use cookies for the aforesaid purposes.
3. Sharing, Transfer and Disclosure of Personal Information
In order to ensure the security of your personal information, we will follow the principle of minimization when sharing, transfer or disclosing your personal information:
a. As a multinational corporation, we may share your personal information with our subsidiaries if necessary, so that we can offer timely services to you.
b. We may share the minimal and necessary information with our business partners, so that we can provide you with services relating to after-sales maintenance and transportation of goods.
c. For the transfer of your personal information during merger, acquisition, bankruptcy liquidation, asset transfer, or other similar transactions, we will require the new company or organization possessing your personal information to be bound continuously by the requirements, commitments and safeguards described in this Policy. For instance, the new company or organization should not use your personal information beyond the said purposes. Otherwise, we will require the new company or organization to reapply for corresponding authorization from you.
d. We may also disclose your personal information to the law enforcement agencies/governmental authorities if we believe that such disclosure of your personal information complies with any applicable law or responds to related legal process.
We will sign stringent data processing agreements with all companies, organizations and individuals that share your personal information. In addition, we will require them to process your personal information in strict compliance with our security standards, requirements of this Policy, and related confidentiality and security regulations. If we share, transfer or disclose your personal information in a country where there are no applicable laws enforcing the protection of personal information at the level similar to that in the country where you are located (for instance, your personal information is transferred from European Economic Area to a country that has no applicable law for the protection of personal information), we will handle the related issues according to Article 7 of this Policy to guarantee the lawful transfer and security of your personal information.
4. Access and Management of Personal Information
If you submit your personal information to us, please ensure the accuracy of such information. If your personal information has changed (for instance, your address has been changed), you are obliged to update your personal information in a timely manner.
For requirements by applicable laws, you may: (1) have access to your personal information we have held; (2) update or correct any of your inaccurate personal information; (3) refuse to allow us to use your personal information; and (4) require us to limit or delete your personal information, and (5) require us to comply with your request for data portability
When you claim the said rights, we may require you to submit a written request and may verify your identify. Usually, we do not charge anything for such processes unless your request goes beyond the limit of conventional requirements. When accessing or managing your personal information, if you have any questions, please contact us as per the contact information set out in Article 9 of this Policy.
5. Protection and Storage of Personal Information
By strengthening the physical, administrative and technical safeguards (such as the access control system, monitoring system, encryption, anonymization, pseudonymization, and security training on employees) of personal information, we will endeavor to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, modification, damage, loss and any other forms of unlawful processing. With a specialized business continuity plan, we are able to guarantee continuous service for our customers. We will formulate our information security policy and procedure in strict compliance with international standards, and will review and update such policy and procedure from time to time. In addition, we will invite the third parties to inspect our security measures to meet our business demands as well as our requirements for technical change and supervision. The headquarters and some subsidiaries of ZTE have passed the ISO27001 information security authentication. Therefore, we are able to guarantee the security of your personal information.
To the extent permitted by law, we will store your personal information. After accomplishing the related businesses, we will, on the precondition of not breaching the applicable laws and regulations, delete your personal information in a timely manner. For instance, when you close your account on our online shopping mall, we will delete all of your registration information. Usually, your personal information is stored in the location where the business is operated. However, your personal information may be in a location outside your country, which depends on the location of our data center. We will take efficient measures to guarantee that the personal information collected by us would be processed in line with this Policy and the laws applicable to the data storage location. To the extent permitted or required by law, we will notify you of any loss, abuse or alteration in your personal information, so that you can take appropriate measures to safeguard your rights.
6. Protection of Children's Personal Information
Children's personal information needs special protection. ZTE will not intentionally collect the personal information from children without prior consent of their parents or guardians. For children's personal information collected with prior consent of their parents or guardians, we will only use or disclose such information in accordance with applicable local laws and the express consent of their parents or guardians. If ZTE finds any personal information of children that is collected without prior consent of their parents or guardians, we will delete such information as soon as possible.
7. Cross-border Transfer of Personal Information
ZTE is a multinational corporation. Generally, we will process your personal information in the country/region where you use our products or services. However, we may transfer your personal information to other country/region that may have different laws for the protection of personal information. For instance, in order to solve a failure of product, we may transfer the log file, which contains your personal information, to the research institutes of ZTE for further analysis. Wherever we transfer such personal information, we will inform you the destination, recipient and related information and take efficient measures to comply with this Policy and applicable local laws. For instance, to transfer your personal information, we will seek your prior consent or sign a necessary data transfer contract with you.
8. Update of this Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. If this Policy is revised, we will promptly release the latest revised version of this Policy on our official website. You agree to visit these web pages regularly to check any such revisions. If there is any major change to this Policy, we will notify you of such change by means of email, text message or pop-ups. Major change to this policy refers to the reduction of user rights or obligations that are committed in this Policy and are related to the processing of personal information, change to the purposes for the processing of personal information, change to the type of sensitive personal information, or change to the ownership structure (such as acquisition, merger or bankruptcy) of the company.
9. Contact Us
If you have any question about this Policy, or have any request or query for your personal information, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com to contact us. We will reply within 30 days.
Mailing Information:
Recipient: Data Protection Compliance Dept. of ZTE Corporation
Address: No. 55, Hi-tech Road South, Shenzhen, P.R.China
Postcode: 518057
If you are not satisfied with our reply or with the way that we process your personal information, you may file a complaint or report to any local regulatory.


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If you would like an simple introduction to this thought written for a popular audience, try my Come Meet Jesus: An Invitation from Pope Benedict XVI. by Amy Welborn
This book is centered on Christ as the center of Pope Benedict's thought and work as theologian and vocation as Pope. It seemed to me that he is "proposing Jesus Christ" both to the world and to the Church. He was about reweaving a tapestry that has been sorely frayed and tattered:
- Offering the Good News to a broken humanity and a suffering world that in Jesus Christ, all of our yearnings and hopes are fulfilled and all of our sins forgiven. We don't know who we are or why we are here. In Christ, we discover why. But it is more than an intellectual discovery. In Christ – in Christ – we are joined to him, and his love dwells within us, his presence lives and binds us.
- Re-presenting Jesus Christ even to those of us who are members of the Body already. This wise, experienced man has seen how Christians fall. How we forget what the point is. How we unconsciously adopt the call of the world to see our faith has nothing more than a worthy choice of an appealing story that gives us a vague hope because it is meaningful. He is calling us to re-examine our own faith and see how we have been seduced by a view of faith that puts it in the category of "lifestyle choice."
- Challenging the modern ethos that separates "faith" and "spirituality" from "religion" – an appeal that is made not only to non-believers, but to believers as well, believers who stay away from Church, who neglect or scorn religious devotions and practices, who reject the wisdom of the Church – one cannot have Christ without Church.