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Meizu Pro 7 and Pro 7 Plus render video shows off secondary rear display
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Meizu has finally launched its new budget smartphone in China, dubbed as Meizu E2. The Meizu E2 features a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels)...
Meizu M5s Goes Official with 5.2-inch HD Display, 3GB RAM &...
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As expected, Meizu has officially launched its new M5s smartphone in China today. The Meizu M5s features a 5.2-inch HD IPS Display with a...
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Meizu MX6 with 4GB RAM, Deca-Core Helio X20 SoC Launched
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Volvo flywheel KERS system boosts fuel economy by 25%
Volvo has been testing a flywheel-based hybrid propulsion system that it claims can improve the fuel economy of its cars by as much as twenty-five per cent. The system, inspired by Formula One-style Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) could provide a viable alternative to battery-based hybrid systems.
Volvo's setup, tested in an S60, uses a four-cylinder internal combustion engine to drive the front wheels of the car and a six kilogram, 20 centimetre carbon fibre flywheel that can drive the rear axle. During braking, the engine is switched off and the flywheel begins to gather kinetic energy as it spins at up to 60,000 revolutions per minute.
Once the driver is ready to pull away, the still spinning flywheel engages with the rear axle, helping the car to pull away from a standstill. The same forces can also be used to assist the car while it is cruising.
As well as providing a boost in economy, Volvo's flywheel technology can improve performance. Like the KERS systems in current Formula One cars, the unit provides an additional 80 horsepower and can help the prototype S60 complete the 0-62mph sprint in 5.5 seconds — that's over a second faster than an S60 running Volvo's 3-litre T6 six-cylinder engine.
Volvo's flywheel system should really come into its own during urban driving. Indeed, Volvo suggests the internal combustion engine could be shut down for about fifty per cent of the time on the New European Driving Cycle, providing a massive boost in fuel savings and a significant reduction in emissions.
Assuming the system is as effective in practise as it is in theory, it could make for a compelling alternative to hybrid cars that use batteries and electric motors.
Volvo flywheel KERS pictures and video


A great birthday cake begins with an idea.
You know that coming up with the "just right" birthday cake, after choosing the theme, is the hardest part of planning a birthday party. Your little girl or little boy have their heart set on "X" but you just don't know how you are going to pull it off.
Do they want a princess cake?
Do they want a Star Wars cake?
You want to make something really cool and special but you don't know where to begin.
Maybe an ice cream cake would be the right choice. It really doesn't matter how old your "kid" is that you are planning for. What matters is the end result.
Sure you can always go to the local bakery and pick out a boring sheet cake that some one will have decorated for you.
Flip through their books, look at the same 30 cakes that everyone else in town does. Or you could pick out a cake from the cooler that was made who knows when and settle for that with the generic "Happy Birthday" scrawled out on it.
Why not do something really special? Make a cake that no one has ever seen around you before. It is a really big world and there are billions of birthdays happening every year.
There's no reason the birthday cake you are planning to make should be any less spectacular!
Choose a cake from our picture library as a guide that someone half way around the world made and has never been seen by anyone you know.
Be the hit of the town.
As you browse through the site, note the tips and techniques that were used to make these cakes. You don't have to spend a fortune on super special equipment, professional this or that (unless you want to build a business out of the making of cakes), or a $10,000 oven.
But then again, who knows, maybe you'll find your calling is making custom birthday cake and want to turn it into a business.
Lot's of regular people just like you and me are making fabulous cakes every day with the regular kitchen equipment we all have. There are links to equipment and pans and such should you want to get a little more specialized and do something truly different. Just browse around.
This site keeps adding new stuff all the time. Come back often and be sure to signup for our eZine, a Byte of Cake.


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WEST ASIAN STUDIES AND NORTH AFRICAN STUDIES
DEPARTMENT.HOMEDepartmentWest Asian Studies and North African StudiesFaculty Prof. Mohd Azhar
Prof. Mohd Azhar
Energy,Finance and India-West Asia Economic Relations
C/o. Dr. A.A. Salim, Behind Jama Masjid, Baqar Ganj, Laheria Sarai, Darbhanga-846001, Bihar
azharmuh@gmail.com, m.azher.wa@amu.ac.in
Prior to joining A.M.U., Muhammad Azhar worked as Reader at the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Before that he was Research Associate at the Gulf Studies Programme, Centre of West Asian and African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi. Before that he also worked as Consultant at Indian Council of Research in International Economic Relations, New Delhi.
Muhammad Azhar obtained his M.A. (Economics), M.Phil and Ph.D from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi.
His area of research & teaching interest includes energy economics, finance, economic and trade cooperation and research and methodology. He has contributed research articles in various international and national journals like Arab Studies Quarterly (Washington), Middle Eastern Studies (Oxfordshire), Diaspora Studies (Oxfordshire), OPEC Energy Review (Oxford), OPEC Review (Oxford), OPEC Bulletin (Vienna), biis Journal (Dhaka), Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies(Villanova),Journal of Economics and International Relations (Hong Kong), International Studies (New Delhi), Journal of West Asian Studies (Aligarh) and Islam and Modern Age (New Delhi).
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Every family should have at least one eccentric aunt or uncle, I've decided. Mine did – in the form of Uncle Ivor: Dad's best friend. They'd grown up together since meeting, aged five, at Miss Polly's school in Purley, South London. We called him Uncle although he wasn't related – when we were children it was the polite way to address adult friends. Uncle Ivor spent most weekends with us, mucking in with gardening or the restoration of our once derelict old house.
At least, I think that was the idea. I have vivid memories of him and Dad spending hours roaring with laughter as they moved heavy pieces of furniture from one room to another, or they'd be up trees sawing branches down in the wilderness that was our garden. While Dad had to maintain a modicum of parental authority, Uncle Ivor was Peter Pan personified. His clothes were threadbare, he'd giggle at things until tears rolled down his face and he smoked like a chimney. A confirmed bachelor, he lived with straight-laced parents so I guess being with us allowed him to let off steam and be himself.
He'd arrive on a Saturday, around teatime.
This was a source of amusement: as a family we didn't recognise teatime so were never sure what time Ivor meant – Dad teased him about it which made Ivor all the more insistent that teatime would be when he would arrive. Generally, we discovered, this meant any time between three and five in the afternoon and he'd expect a cup of tea and slice of cake which Mum always provided. He'd usually stay the night, sometimes even stay for lunch on Sunday, but more often than not he would suddenly announce his departure and before we knew it, he was gone. He wasn't good at goodbyes.
Ivor was more than willing to join in my imaginary games. I was a tomboy and fanatical about Robin Hood, assuming the role at every opportunity. Ivor played Sheriff of Nottingham and was happy to be tied to a deckchair with a skipping rope while my sister, as Friar Tuck (she didn't know any better) and I rescued Maid Marion (Mum) from her kitchen. Dad was usually on the way back from a crusade, I think, which meant that in reality he was either finishing off a job or fetching a couple of beers from the fridge.
Firework night always included Ivor. Mum would be in charge of supper while Dad and he would be in charge of our firework display. My sister and I would watch from a safe distance behind the dining room window as Dad and Ivor behaved like out of control boy scouts detached from their patrol. One particularly wet November 5th when the bonfire lighting was not going well, Ivor added a splash of petrol to the mix and we had an inferno.
Sometimes after supper, we'd sit around the table playing games – monopoly or cards; Ivor's trump card would invariably be an ace or king. I think he cheated at monopoly. Whoever lost anything had to pay a forfeit and I remember Ivor running barefoot outside in mid winter, snow up to his ankles.
He even came on holidays with us. How long suffering my mother must have been. He never came for the whole time but would pitch up for a few days, usually without any luggage. More than once I remember us rushing to the nearest town for Ivor to stock up on underpants. When I was about eleven, we had our first holiday abroad. Dad drove us, via the Cherbourg ferry, to south Brittany. This was adventuring! We were like the Larkin family from H.E. Bates' The Darling Buds of May. Ivor followed on by train and we met him at the station. He arrived without a bag: situation normal.
One evening, we went to a self-service cafe. We had settled down with our food but Ivor was still at the counter. He picked up a bottle of fizzy drink and shouted over the heads of the mainly French clientele, to ask us if we'd like some Pschitt – although his pronunciation left something to be desired. He and Dad were off again, giggling like school boys. My sister and I only got the joke once I'd started attending secondary school and my education included profanities.
A couple of days ago, I googled the derivation of the insult, "Fishface." One of the answers claimed that the expression had originated in Leatherhead. Ivor would be so proud.
As we grow up, parents become a source of embarrassment: it's a fact of life, happens to us all. Somehow, eccentric aunts and uncles bypass this stage and remain as they've ever been – accepted for their foibles. I hope that one day someone somewhere will regard me as their eccentric aunt. I'm working on it.


I think the wooden part of the sculpture is pretty much as I want it now.
Over the last few days I've been working out how the pieces of glass I made with Ingrid Pears fit around the sculpture. After several different configurations I think I've got a plan!
It has meant being brave and breaking up some of the glass pieces so that they fit around the curve of the wood better.
This is surprisingly low-tech - dunk glass and fine-toothed saw blade in water, score glass with saw, put on thick gloves and snap the glass. If I've done it right then it breaks with a satisfying little pop! If I haven't scored it enough, or it's a really thick piece, when I try to snap it then it feels more like my wrists or shoulders will go pop ... then I resort to hitting it with a hammer over a hard edge.
Then I take the sharp edges off with wet and dry paper so I don't cut myself when I go back to arranging the glass over the wood.
Hi Sarah, it's looking fabulous!
thank you both! Wendy, I think varnishing it will bring out the colours as if it was wet. I'll post pictures once it's done.


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Andrews McMeel Almanac for July 15, 2020
by the Editors at Andrews McMeel Syndication
Andrews McMeel Almanac | July 15th, 2020
ANDREWS MCMEEL ALMANAC
Today is the 197th day of 2020 and the 26th day of summer.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1799, French Lieutenant Pierre-Francois Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone in Rosetta, Egypt.
In 1903, Ford Motor Co. took its first order, a Model A automobile for a dentist in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon announced his intent to visit China in search of a "normalization of relations."
In 2002, "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleaded guilty to having fought as a soldier with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
In 2006, the social media platform Twitter was launched.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669), painter; Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863), author/poet; St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917), founder of charitable religious order; Clive Cussler (1931-2020), author; Vivian Malone Jones (1942-2005), civil rights activist; Linda Ronstadt (1946- ), singer-songwriter; Arianna Huffington (1950- ), internet publisher; Jesse Ventura (1951- ), wrestler/former governor; Forest Whitaker (1961- ), actor; Adam Savage (1967- ), designer/TV personality; Damian Lillard (1990- ), basketball player.
TODAY'S FACT: The Nintendo Entertainment System debuted in Japan on this day in 1983.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2007, the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team became the first professional sports franchise to record its 10,000th loss.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "I went through two schools of acting, but I learned more about acting from meditating and from my martial arts teacher." -- Forest Whitaker
TODAY'S NUMBER: $850 -- price of the first automobile sold by Ford Motor Co.
TODAY'S MOON: Between last quarter moon (July 12) and new moon (July 20).
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1789, the French Revolution began with the storming of the Bastille in Paris.
In 1881, infamous outlaw Billy the Kid was shot to death by Sheriff Pat Garrett near Fort Sumner in New Mexico.
In 1965, NASA's Mariner 4 began its flyby of Mars, taking the first close-up photos of the planet.
In 2015, NASA's New Horizons probe became the first spacecraft to explore Pluto.
In 2016, a truck was driven into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, killing 86 people.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Gustav Klimt (1862-1918), painter; Woody Guthrie (1912-1967), singer-songwriter/musician; Gerald Ford (1913-2006), 38th U.S. president; Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007), screenwriter/director; Harry Dean Stanton (1926-2017), actor; Rosey Grier (1932- ), football player/actor; Jane Lynch (1960- ), actress; Matthew Fox (1966- ), actor; Brian Selznick (1966- ), writer/illustrator; Darrelle Revis (1985- ), football player; Conor McGregor (1988- ), mixed martial artist.
TODAY'S FACT: NASA's New Horizons probe is currently more than 4 billion miles from Earth, traveling at 32,000 mph through the Kuiper Belt.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1999, the Western Conference defeated the Eastern Conference 79-61 to win the first WNBA All-Star Game.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "If anyone would have told me that I would go from football to needlepoint, I would have laughed in their face. In fact, the whole thing started as a joke, but it's turned into one of the most enjoyable and satisfying things I've ever done." -- Rosey Grier, "Needlepoint for Men"
TODAY'S NUMBER: $192.7 million -- total price fetched for four paintings by Gustav Klimt at a Christie's auction in 2006.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1863, draft riots began in New York City. An estimated 1,000 people were killed or wounded.
In 1973, Alexander Butterfield, deputy assistant to President Richard Nixon, revealed the existence of the "Nixon Tapes" to a senatorial committee investigating the Watergate scandal.
In 1977, a 25-hour blackout hit the New York City area, leaving some 9 million people in darkness and resulting in looting and disorder.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: John Clare (1793-1864), poet; John Jacob Astor IV (1864-1912), businessman; Bob Crane (1928-1978), actor; Jack Kemp (1935-2009), football player/politician; Patrick Stewart (1940- ), actor; Robert Forster (1941-2019), actor; Harrison Ford (1942- ), actor; Cheech Marin (1946- ), actor/comedian; Cameron Crowe (1957- ), filmmaker; Tom Kenny (1962- ), actor/comedian; Ken Jeong (1969- ), actor/comedian.
TODAY'S FACT: Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison all proposed that Congress pass some form of mandatory military conscription or registration, but none of the proposals succeeded.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1930, France defeated Mexico 4-1 and the United States defeated Belgium 3-0 in the first World Cup soccer matches, held in Montevideo, Uruguay.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "You can have all the tools in the world, but if you don't believe in yourself, it's useless." -- Ken Jeong
TODAY'S NUMBER: 1.9 billion -- estimated global audience (in 150 countries) that watched the Live Aid concerts, broadcast on this day in 1985 to raise money for African famine relief.
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