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var FieldVal = require('../fieldval');
var BasicVal = FieldVal.BasicVal;
var DateVal = FieldVal.DateVal;
var assert = require("assert")

describe('DateVal', function() {
    describe('date()', function() {
        it('should return a date string when a string of valid syntax is present', function() {
            var my_validator = new FieldVal({
                "my_date_1": "04/07/2014",
                "my_date_2": "1/2/34",
                "my_date_3": "1-2-34",
                "my_date_4": "29:2",
                "my_date_5": "2014 05 27",
                "my_date_6": "07/30/14",
                "my_date_7": "30/07/14",
                "my_date_8": "29/02/2004",
                "my_date_9": "29/05/2014 15:45:12",
            })

            assert.equal("04/07/2014", my_validator.get("my_date_1", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yyyy")));
            assert.equal("1/2/34", my_validator.get("my_date_2", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("d/M/yy")));
            assert.equal("1-2-34", my_validator.get("my_date_3", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("d-M-yy")));
            assert.equal("29:2", my_validator.get("my_date_4", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("d:M")));
            assert.equal("2014 05 27", my_validator.get("my_date_5", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("yyyy MM dd")));
            assert.equal("07/30/14", my_validator.get("my_date_6", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("MM/dd/yy")));
            assert.equal("30/07/14", my_validator.get("my_date_7", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yy")));
            assert.equal("29/02/2004", my_validator.get("my_date_8", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yyyy")));
            assert.equal("29/05/2014 15:45:12", my_validator.get("my_date_9", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss")));
            assert.equal(null, my_validator.end());
        })

        it('should return errors when strings of invalid syntax are present', function() {
            var my_validator = new FieldVal({
                "my_date_1": "04/",
                "my_date_2": "1/2/",
                "my_date_3": "1-",
                "my_date_4": "29::",
                "my_date_5": "2014  ",
                "my_date_6": "07",
                "my_date_7": "a",
                "my_date_8": "()",
                "my_date_9": "-:/ ",
                "my_date_10": "2012-12-2"
            })

            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_1", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yyyy")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_2", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("d/M/yy")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_3", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("d-M-yy")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_4", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("d:M")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_5", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("yyyy MM dd")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_6", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("MM/dd/yy")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_7", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yy")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_8", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yyyy")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_9", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss")));
            assert.equal(undefined, my_validator.get("my_date_10", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date("yyyy-MM-dd")));
            assert.deepEqual({
                "invalid": {
                    "my_date_1": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_2": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_3": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_4": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_5": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_6": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_7": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_8": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_9": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    },
                    "my_date_10": {
                        "error": 111,
                        "error_message": "Invalid date format."
                    }
                },
                "error_message": "One or more errors.",
                "error": 5
            }, my_validator.end());
        })
    })

    describe('date_format()', function() {
        it('should return a date format array when a valid string is provided', function() {
            var my_validator = new FieldVal({
                "my_format": "yyyy-MM-dd"
            })
            assert.deepEqual(["yyyy","-","MM","-","dd"], my_validator.get("my_format", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date_format()));
            assert.equal(null, my_validator.end());
        })
    })

    describe('date_with_format_array()', function() {
        it('should return a string of the provided date formatted with the provided format array', function() {

            var my_validator = new FieldVal({
                "my_format": "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"
            })

            var format_array = my_validator.get("my_format", BasicVal.string(true), BasicVal.date_format());

            var test_date = new Date(Date.UTC(2014, 08, 10, 16, 05, 38));//'Wed Sep 10 2014 16:05:38 GMT+0100 (BST)');

            var as_string = DateVal.date_with_format_array(test_date, format_array);

            assert.equal("2014-09-10 16:05:38", as_string);

            assert.equal(null, my_validator.end());
        })
    })

    describe('pad_to_valid()', function() {
        it('should add padding to a valid natural number', function() {
            assert.equal("0031", DateVal.pad_to_valid("31", [4]));
        })

        it('should not add padding to a negative number', function() {
            assert.equal("-31", DateVal.pad_to_valid("-31", [4]));
        })

        it('should not add padding to a number with a decimal fraction', function() {
            assert.equal("0.3", DateVal.pad_to_valid("0.3", [4]));
        })

        it('should not add padding to a number in scientific notation', function() {
            assert.equal("1e2", DateVal.pad_to_valid("1e2", [4]));
        })
    })
})


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'Francis Effect' seen through the eyes of a cardinal
Cardinal Justin Rigali, who concelebrated Mass with Holy Father, shares insight into historic U.S. papal visit
By Bill Brewer
If Cardinal Justin Rigali had only three words to describe Pope Francis' first visit to the United States, they would be "magnificent," "challenge," and "encounter."
The pope encountered large crowds of faithful on each leg of his U.S. trip, where he engaged them with genuine interest, compassion, love, and humility, creating waves of positive reaction across the country from Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
"It was a magnificent encounter with the people of the United States. It also was a magnificent encounter with people of other faiths," Cardinal Rigali said. "I would say it was a great encounter and a profound proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
The cardinal, who resides in the Diocese of Knoxville, used the word "challenge" to describe what the Holy Father did at every stop along his way.
"His key message was challenge. Nobody escaped being challenged by the pope, whether Congress, the United Nations, the Catholic community, the larger Christian community, and the community at large," he said of the historic visit.
The Holy Father reached out to many communities during his six-day visit to the United States, including Congress in a joint session, the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. cardinals and bishops, a Catholic school in Harlem, a prison in Philadelphia, and the World Meeting of Families, which attracted people from around the globe to Philadelphia.
There were also many stops along the way to engage with people lining the streets to see him.
Whether encouraging Congress to resolve its infighting and continue working to help the world, urging the United Nations to keep the dignity and sacredness of every human life and the value of all creatures at the center of its concern, or telling World Meeting of Families attendees that it's "worth being a family," Pope Francis stayed true to his message of protecting the world's sustainability that he outlined in his encyclical Laudato Si.
Just like the Church and its 1.25 billion members worldwide, Pope Francis' message was universal, even if delivered in many ways to many groups, Cardinal Rigali said.
"Each group is different and has its own need for a relevant message," the cardinal said. "The pope is pastor of the universal Church and proclaims the Gospel of Jesus Christ in all its aspects. There was great concentration on the dignity of the human person and the need to follow the commandments to love and serve one another. He extended his message to the whole universe, discussing the environment and climate."
Despite efforts by political and interest groups to capture the pontiff's words for their own ends, Cardinal Rigali said the papal message does not apply to any one political party or interest group. It applies to everyone.
"He [Pope Francis] was constantly saying we need to work together," said Cardinal Rigali, who as a member of the College of Cardinals was in the conclave that elected Pope Francis in March 2013.
Cardinal Rigali's vantage point during the Holy Father's historic trip was up close and personal. He was at the White House on Sept. 23, where President Barack Obama held a welcoming ceremony for the pope. He also was at a prayer service that day, where the pontiff greeted U.S. cardinals and bishops, and then he concelebrated the canonization Mass for Junipero Serra with Francis at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. Cardinal Rigali then traveled to Philadelphia, where he again concelebrated
Mass with the pope Sept. 26 at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul.
According to Cardinal Rigali, the pope's message is not new. It's the Gospel of Jesus Christ being proclaimed by the newest successor of Peter.
The pope's popularity was apparent everywhere he went, which prompted recollections — not comparisons — of past popes by Cardinal Rigali.
In more than 50 years of priestly service, Cardinal Rigali has directly served Popes Paul VI, John Paul I, and St. John Paul II, traveling with Paul VI and John Paul II on many of their papal trips. He was with John Paul II when the pope went to the United Nations and Washington, D.C., in October 1979. He was with John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI on the lawn of the White House.
Cardinal Rigali vividly recalls the popularity the popes enjoyed on their visits to the United States.
He sees the same effect with Pope Francis, although he is quick to acknowledge the "Francis Effect," the immense popularity of the Holy Father in all communities and the Holy Father's "charismatic gifts."
"Coming as pope gives him charism. Great attention has been accorded each pope who has visited the United States. Pope Francis benefits at this particular moment," Cardinal Rigali said.
"A great deal of the popularity is because he is pope. He tries to exercise the papacy in a very effective way. He embraces children, people who are sick and in need. It's a beautiful thing," he added.
Calling St. John Paul II's U.S. visit in 1979 an "extraordinary thing," the cardinal said there always is a great attraction to see and hear what the bishop of Rome has to say, which always is a message of salvation.
"There is only one message the Church has. It's the Gospel proclamation. Jesus Christ died for us. God so loved the world he gave his only begotten Son. There are so many important aspects of the application of this message: peace, love, the needs of human beings. These vary, but the message doesn't vary," he said.
Like his predecessor John Paul II, Francis demonstrates a special rapport with children. His U.S. visit was highlighted by images of the pontiff encountering youth, whether kissing babies along the papal route, interacting with schoolchildren, or waving to Diocese of Knoxville high school students standing along the road in Philadelphia hoping to get a glimpse of the Holy Father.
Another element of the "Francis Effect" was the pope's efforts to communicate in English while in the United States, something that is foreign to the Holy Father but resonated with Catholic and non-Catholics of all ages. His native language is Spanish, but he also speaks Italian, some Portuguese and German. The fact he is the first pope elected outside of Europe adds to his popularity in the Americas.
Cardinal Rigali pointed out that Pope Francis' U.S. visit was similar in content and proclamation of the Gospel, noting that there was absolute continuity in Catholic doctrine. The Gospel proclamation reflects similarities and differences in pontiffs.
"Differences in personalities are important, but the popes are all teaching the same as Peter taught," the cardinal noted.
Cardinal Rigali was impressed by the World Meeting of Families, saying it was a "beautiful experience."
He especially was moved by the Sept. 26 evening event where several people gave their personal testimony.
"There was great joy," Cardinal Rigali noted. "Pope Francis has been teaching the joy of the Gospel — his Evangelii Gaudium — reminiscent of Pope Paul VI in 1975 with the proclamation of the Gospel, the announcement of the Gospel, the joy of the Gospel. Both emphasized the joy of the Gospel. It's beautiful to see continuity and a freshness of approach."
And the cardinal said he was privileged to concelebrate two Masses with the Holy Father in Philadelphia, seeing firsthand the power of the pontiff's individuality in proclaiming the message that comes from Christ.
What was seen at the altar by Cardinal Rigali was witnessed by tens of thousands of people attending the weeklong World Meeting of Families and the weekend Masses as well as those seeing the pope in New York and Washington and in television coverage across the country.
The pope's appeal is infectious.
"There certainly is a Francis Effect, absolutely," Cardinal Rigali said. "The charism of this pope is admired by so many people and has attracted so many people. The acceptance of his particular gifts in proclaiming the Gospel has made him and his personal gifts so alluring. It's an attraction people have to this pope —and it's real."
Cardinal Rigali reminds the faithful that Popes John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I and John Paul II also carried that public appeal.
Another factor in Pope Francis' widespread popularity is social media, according to Cardinal Rigali.
The pontiff has benefited from advancements in communications similar to how past popes have benefited from newspapers, radio, film and television.
In public, and in private audiences, the Holy Father is constantly facing smartphone cameras capturing images of him that are instantaneously posted to social media. The pope appears receptive to the citizen paparazzi.
Cardinal Rigali, who took part in Vatican II as a young priest, noted that the second document adopted by the Second Vatican Council was on communications.
"It's an extremely important issue. It was primitive in regard to what is happening now. Vatican II realized the importance," the cardinal said.
"Pope Francis is singularly blessed to have social media that no other pope in the history of the world has had.
"It's a magnificent blessing God has given to the modern world. The instruments of communications have an effect, and they make it possible for the Francis Effect."

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They Do Exist! Meet the Characters of "Smallfoot"
by Fanboy SEO · August 23, 2018
Warner Bros. Pictures has unveiled the character posters of its upcoming comedy adventure, "Smallfoot."
Check out the character descriptions and corresponding posters below and watch "Smallfoot" in Philippine cinemas September 27.
MIGO (Channing Tatum).
Channing Tatum as Migo
An honest and true young yeti with a heart as big as his giant blue feet, Migo has always trusted the village teachings, such as: do what you're told and don't ask questions. But when he accidentally discovers something he was told doesn't exist – a Smallfoot – he wants everyone to know about it! Even if it turns their lives upside down.
MEECHEE (Zendaya).
Zendaya as Meechee
The Stonekeeper's beautiful daughter, Meechee, is expected to follow the rules, but she can't help thinking there's more to the big world than what the yetis can see. Fearless and independent, Meechee is curious and loves to ask questions, and lives by her philosophy that "a life that's full of wonder is a wonderful life." Meechee believes Smallfoots could exist and hopes one day to see one for herself.
PERCY / SMALLFOOT (James Corden).
James Corden as Percy
A human, or Smallfoot, Percy is at first terrified when he comes face to face (or, face to knee) with Migo, because he believed, like everyone else, that yetis don't exist. But this down-on-his-luck animal show host knows an opportunity when he sees it, and he starts recording. Now all he wants is to (A) stay alive, and (B) launch a viral video that will return him to his former glory.
STONEKEEPER (Common).
Common as Stonekeeper
The Stonekeeper watches over the ancient stones on which the history and rules of the village are written. It's a heavy burden—literally—because he wears the stones like a massive clanking robe. With his big curved horns, long white beard and imposing presence, the Stonekeeper is the most powerful yeti in the village and no one dares to question him, or the stones…except for Migo.
GWANGI (LeBron James).
LeBron James as Gwangi
Gwangi believes in Smallfoots. He believes in a lot of things. An old-school conspiracy theorist, this supersized yeti is convinced there are secrets everywhere, mysterious forces controlling their lives, and definitely something funny going on right under their noses in the village. Whatever it is, he's determined to find out. Just don't call him crazy.
DORGLE (Danny DeVito).
Danny DeVito as Dorgle
Migo's simple and loving father, Dorgle, is the village gong-ringer. Every morning, he catapults himself headfirst into a giant gong to awaken the great glowing snail that crawls across the sky to bring light to the yeti village. Sure, it makes his ears ring and he's a lot shorter than he used to be, with a flatter head and no hair on top, but it's an important job and Dorgle takes great pride in doing it.
KOLKA (Gina Rodriguez).
Gina Rodriguez as Kolka
A bit of a science nerd, Kolka's all-time favorite subject is the elusive, majestic creature the yetis call Smallfoot. She studies the few tiny artifacts secretly collected over the years—a jacket, a ski pole, a boot, and a roll of toilet paper—and hopes to eventually figure out what these strange primitive objects were used for.
"Smallfoot" is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
About "Smallfoot"
An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, "Smallfoot" turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds something he thought didn't exist—a human.
News of this "smallfoot" brings him fame and a chance with the girl of his dreams. It also throws the simple Yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in a rollicking story about friendship, courage and the joy of discovery.
"Smallfoot" stars Channing Tatum ("The LEGO® Batman Movie," the "Jump Street" films) as the Yeti, Migo, and James Corden ("Trolls" ) as the Smallfoot, Percy. Also starring are Zendaya ("Spider-Man: Homecoming"), Common ("Selma"), LeBron James (upcoming "Space Jam 2"), Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin"), Danny DeVito ("The Lorax"), Yara Shahidi (TV's "Black-ish"), Ely Henry (TV's "Justice League Action"), and Jimmy Tatro ("22 Jump Street").
"Smallfoot" is directed by Karey Kirkpatrick, Annie Award-winning director of "Over the Hedge" and Annie nominee for the screenplays for "Chicken Run" and "James and the Giant Peach."
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i-индекс — это индекс публикационной активности научной организации, рассчитываемый на основе библиометрических показателей. Предложен в 2006 году независимо  М. Космульским и  Г. Пратхапом.

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Индекс рассчитывается на основе распределения индекса Хирша учёных из данной научной организации:

Научная организация имеет индекс i, если не менее i учёных из этой организации имеют h-индекс не менее i.

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I know you all must be wondering what happened to this girl,well lot of things happened in these past months ,a major relocation and that means relocating to new place,a new country,house searching then settling etc.......lil one hasn't started going to school yet ,we are still looking for good schools near our vicinity.
that was a little update on my personal front friends.
Recently blogger celebrated it's 10 th year,you can read more Here .
and it has come a long way since then,from a text based tool,now to podcasting,photoblogs,video blogs and mobile blogging etc.....Bloggers as we know is founded by Evans Williams and Meg Hourihans working together for Pyra Labs.Google has bought all the major share in 2003 and all our notes are safely guarded in google's servers now.
In India ,a blog became active in the year 2001 most probably , and in 2004 Delhi's (twilight fairy) came up with her group blog delhibloggersbloc.com for the first time.In her own words "they have to spell it out to others then " , leave alone the techinical details.
Now this is the most "in thing" in India!!!
Add in chopped onions ,fry them well.
Now mix in kitchen king masala and rest of red pepper,black peper powder and turmeric powder with a little bit of water in a small bowl or katori.
Add this masala mixture to the above fried masala.
Fry them well and now add in the marinated mushroom and green peas.Cover the saucepan and let it simmer slowly at low .Do not hurry and turn the flame to high .Be patient and it will turn out nice red colour curry.
Enjoy it with rice or chappati what ever you feel like having it.
For a lighter version you may use regular yogurt.
I have added chopped potato pieces also,you may add if you like it.
Ah, just a couple of days ago, I was checking your blog for clues! So now you're in London? Have fun, and best of luck with the move.
Moved to London, huh? Hope you guys are all settled in by now. Best wishes, J!
I love eating mushrooms but hardly make them since the hubby shuns them. This curry looks very good!
Wish you a great stay in the new country :). The London Bridge (if am not wrong) looks great in the pic.
thanks for your lovely wishes,trust me I need them most now!!
Isn't our (ladies) Life cycle rotates around the ones we love ..what they like to eating etc...but may be we are born with this!!
will keep that in mind ..and I really appreciate your honest opinion about it..
First time here, Mushroom Matar has looks delicious..
I love mushroom matar curry with soft roties. Its a delicious meal.
The clarity in your post is simply great and i can assume you're an expert on this subject.


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I found my inspiration for these envelopes from the every-so-beautiful Kate Spade, black and white, collection. The bold black and white stripes in contrast to the gold and usually pink accents, is such a modern, girly, design. I wanted to recreate that in some way for this particular envelope. I combined a few different designs from the design store with similar striped paper and a pop of color. While, these envelopes are rather small, about 2.5″ x 3.5″, they can be enlarged, or you can find inspiration to create adorable mini cards to fit within them.
3. Place the original envelope insert design behind the flower pattern (right click, send to back), select both designs, and press Crop in the Modify settings. This will leave your pattern in the shape of the envelope insert.
4. Drag the copy of the insert on top of the pattern, and using the Align settings to make sure they alight perfectly. I then Grouped these two objects together.
3. Fold the bow loops back and bring the flaps out, then wrap the small piece around the loops in the center. Glue to secure.
Have fun with this by adding different bows, maybe a flower instead, using different patterns and papers! These would be great for bridal shower cards, or anything hand delivered.


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Audi Activesphere Concept is luxury crossover that turns into a pickup
Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV revealed at the Brussels Motor Show
Ram Unveils 1500 Revolution BEV Concept In Las Vegas
Final Update: May 2015 Plug-in Sales
All major automakers are posting May sales numbers for plug-in electric vehicles.
Nissan's LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt had their best sales month of 2015, with the LEAF selling 2,014 units and Volt delivering 1,618 units in May.
NOTE: As always, this article is updated throughout the day as soon as more data is available.
Last update: Thursday, June-04, 2015 @ 09:00 am.
Sales of the all-electric Nissan LEAF totaled 2,014 – a year high, but still down 32.5% compared to May of 2014 when Nissan sold 3,117 LEAF EV's. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Nissan LEAF now stand at 7,742, which is down by 25.5% compared with 2014 when 10,389 were sold.
Chevrolet Volt sold 1,618 units last month, up 44% compared to April. Overall for the year, 4,397 Chevrolet Volt plug-ins have been sold, a 35.7% decrease from 2014 when 6,838 were sold.
Toyota Prius Plug-in
Prius Plug-in Hybrid sold 727 units during the month – a year high. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid now stand at 2,426. Production of the current generation of Prius PHV ends next month. The next generation Prius PHV will come in the second half of 2016 as a 2017 model car.
Ford C-Max Energi
Ford C-MAX Energi sold 715 units in April. Previously in April, Ford sold 553 plug-ins. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Ford C-Max Energi now stand at 2,876.
Ford Fusion Energi
Ford Fusion Energi finished last month with 986 deliveries, after selling 711 units in April. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Ford Fusion Energi now stand at 3,563.
GM sold 116 Cadillac ELRs last month. Previously in April, Cadillac sold 104 ELRs. In terms of year-to-date results in, sales of the Cadillac ELR now stand at 531. The 2014 Cadillac ELR has a starting price of $75,995, including a $995 destination charge but excluding tax, title, license and dealer fees.
Porsche Panamera S-E Hybrid
Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrids finished last month with 21 deliveries. Previously in April, Panamera S E-Hybrid sold 30 units. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Panamera S E-Hybrid now stand at 196.
Porsche Cayenne S e-Hybrid
Porsche sold 105 Cayenne S E-Hybrid SUVs last month, after selling 88 units in April. The Cayenne S Hybrid has a lithium-ion traction battery with an energy capacity of 10.8 kWh, which enables an all-electric driving range of 11 to 22 miles, combined fuel consumption is 39 mpg US with 79 g/km of CO2. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Cayenne S E-Hybrid now stand at 402.
Tesla Model S – Does not report exactly monthly sales
Tesla Motors delivered 10,030 Model S vehicles, according to Q1 results.
Deliveries of the Ford Focus Electric were 165 in May. In April and March, Ford sold 124 and 140 Focus Electrics respectively. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Ford Focus Electric now stand at 659.
BMW i3 sold 818 units last month, after selling just 406 units in April. BMW is now offering a new low cost DC fast charger for $6,548 at authorized BMW partners. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the BMW i3 now stand at 3,905.
BMW i8 sold 117 plug-in hybrid sports cars last month. BMW sold 138 units in April and 143 units in March. Overall for the year, 596 BMW i8 sports cars have been sold. BMW delivered the first plug-in hybrid BMW i8 sport cars at Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and auctioned One-of-a-kind BMW i8 Concours d'Elegance Edition for $825,000. The BMW i8 has an MSRP of $135,700
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive finished last month with 278 deliveries, after selling 158 units in April. The B-Class Electric Drive starts from $41,450 and has an all-electric range of 87 miles. For an extra $600, one can purchase the extended range package which allows the driver go 104 miles. Overall for the year, 930 B-Class Electric Drive have been sold.
Volkswagen e-Gold sold record 410 units last month, after selling 309 units in April. Overall for the year, 1,225 VW e-Golf EVs have been sold. The all-electric 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf is on sale at participating dealerships in select states. The e-Golf was rated by the EPA at126 city, 105 highway, and 116 combined MPGe and given a range of up to 83 miles.
Kia Soul EV sold 108 units last month, after selling 73 units in April. Kia is expanding availability of the Soul EV into five new states: Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. Offered in two trims, Base and + (Plus), the 2015 Kia Soul EV MSRP is $33,700 (not including federal tax rebate of $7,500) for the Base trim. Overall for the year, 361 Soul EVs have been sold.
Last month, smart fortwo ED sold 102 units last month, after selling 124 units in April. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the smart fortwo ED now stand at 552.
For April, Fiat 500e sold 420 units. Overall for the year, 3,021 Fiat 500e EVs have been sold. The Fiat 500e is priced at $32,500, which includes a $700 destination charge. However, eligible California residents may be able to purchase the 2013 Fiat 500e for as low as $20,500, after federal credits.
Chevrolet Spark EV
Spark EV sold 283 units, after selling a record 920 units in April. Overall for the year, 1,559 Chevrolet Spark EVs have been sold.
Honda Accord Plug-in
The Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid logged just 5 units last month. In terms of year-to-date results in 2015, sales of the Accord Plug-in Hybrid now stand at 55, a 63.8% decrease from 2014 when 152 were sold
Mitsubishi i
Mitsubishi sold 18 i-MiEV electric cars in May, after selling just 16 units in April. The 2016 Mitsubishi i-MiEV will arrive at Mitsubishi dealers across the United States in late March 2015. With a starting MSRP of only $22,995, the 2016 i-MiEV is the most affordably-priced electric vehicle available in America today, and after factoring in the Federal tax credit of $7,500, the net starting MSRP is reduced to $15,495.
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Bewitching.
Central Track Contributor March 12, 2012
Andy's Closes Out the Weekend in Style.
During the Main Stage sets, you couldn't get a feel either way if Sunday's venue shows would be like the rest of the weekend or not.
The crowd was huge and having a great time. Would they stay after the headliner and finish out the weekend or had everyone had enough? Arriving at Andy's for the first set, Video, you wouldn't think anything had changed. The place was packed and a line did form out front, turning into a one-in/one-out situation.
The Denton band sure put on a frenzied performance to the packed house. Frontman Daniel Fried flailed about stage while the rest of the band jammed through the sometimes psychedelic, sometimes brutal and often heavy songs. The set was totally punk rock in that it lasted about 30 of the 45 minutes they were allowed. The band filled the rest of the set with Fried rambling about music culture, 35 Denton, corporate America, rock 'n' roll and so on. The monologue was accompanied by the band doing an improvised psychedelic jam session that eventually wound its way back into their last song to close out the set. It was kind of a mess.
Good thing those are always fun to watch.
Pyschedelic Horseshit followed, and ended up being an odd fit on the bill. I can see an argument for their inclusion, but it just didn't work. Coming on after the high energy Video and doing a pretty drastically different style of music caused most of the dense crowd to head elsewhere. They did a decent set, but it just wasn't meant to be. By the end of their performance, Andy's was a blank canvas.
XRay Eyeballs came on next and, as they set up, the crowd started to come back and fill the place up. Their set was pretty killer and they even managed to generate a mosh pit, which is more than can be said of most of the shows this weekend. They played in the midst of a dense fog, with Christmas lights and some incandescents on the floor as the main light sources. It was kind of spooky in an awesome way. They do this sort of punk rock, synthesizer garage thing and it totally works live. It makes you move.
They'll be down at SXSW, and if you have the energy to head down there after this past weekend. you should catch them.
After the set, it was time to head out to another venue — since you could finally do that for the first time over the weekend.
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Queering SFF
Far Apart, Close By: Homesick by Nino Cipri
Lee Mandelo
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Nino Cipri's debut book of fabulist queer stories, Homesick, won the Dzanc Short Fiction Collection Prize in 2018—and now the collection has been released, just in time to be an ideal (and mildly haunting) October read. The pieces included are innovative and introspective at turns, often open-ended but evocative in their exploration of liminal spaces in homes, families, and the world at large.
Eight of the nine stories in Homesick are reprints from various publications, including magazines like Tor.com and Nightmare, while the final novella, "Before We Disperse Like Star Stuff," is original to the book. Cipri's fiction takes on questions of nationality, neurodivergence, and gender in the context of connection and estrangement, and in doing so, approaches the emotions surrounding complicated and complicating problems in contemporary life.
"A Silly Love Story" is, as the title implies, a silly love story featuring a poltergeist, a bigender romantic interest, and words—whether we can trust them, and when, and how art trades in emotive communication. I appreciated the frankness with which Merion communicates about gender ("male some days, female on others, sometimes neither") and also the frankness with which Cipri confirms the poltergeist at the close of the piece. Though it hovers, "ignored but insistent," as Merion and Jeremy fall together after Jeremy paints the apricots, it does not directly act on them. Pinning down the meaning of the poltergeist isn't the point, for me as a reader; it's more about the sense of hovering, of the thing out of reach but constantly present. In a piece about romance and gender, many other things are hovering out of reach but constantly present as well.
As for a piece with stylistic variance, there's "Which Super Little Dead Girl™ Are You?" The story takes the form of a Buzzfeed-style personality quiz about a faux YA property involving the stories of dead girls (and a werewolf)—how they died, what motivates them, what links them in death and how the surviving world treats them. The piece drags us through the experience of trauma and existence after trauma as a creature altered fundamentally: it might mean you found your sisters and a community, it might mean you're in a rage all the time, it might mean you want to die for good. It's non-narrative, but it has a powerful emotional effect.
"Dead Air" is also stylistically different from the rest, as it's told entirely through "recorded" dialogue. It's also haunting (and haunted) as hell: the presence of other voices on the tape, the implications and images about Maddie's family and their hometown as some sort of Silent Hill-esque trap of a place, all of the unanswered but horrifying questions raised by Maddie's traumatic past. The ending is unresolved except that Nita is still recording, still seeking, and is perhaps now also marked by the town and whatever happened with Maddie on the final drive. The story provokes a deep and pervasive unease in the reader that lingers after finishing.
"Let Down, Set Free" gets a brief ping from me as it's set in Kentucky and is told in a short epistolary format, which is fun, dealing with women aging and freedom via the vehicle of alien (possible animal?) floating trees/seed-pods, one of which our protagonist saddles up to ride to freedom post-divorce. I had previously discussed "The Shape of my Name" in a review of the first Transcendent anthology, and I still enjoyed it as it looks at transition, time, and identity for a transgender time traveler.
"Presque Vu" was another stunner in terms of its handling of human trauma, queer communities, and survival. The ride-share work during the soft apocalypse, the dissolution of social orders into people tormenting the ghastly shades wandering the landscape, and the possibility of physical/emotional intimacy despite it all were balanced perfectly. Cipri rendered the intense awkward realness of the post-hookup situation where it turns out a friend has been trying to introduce you to someone you already slept with and ghosted, thinking you to be strangers, but maybe you liked the person anyway… it's a homely bit of queer drama melded with a terrifying, isolating, collapsing world. We still have to make ends meet, even as the gears grind down, and we still have to meet each other somewhere in the middle to find belonging until it ends.
The original novella, "Before We Disperse Like Star Stuff," delighted me. It's got academia, it's got queer and trans friends/lovers who have their issues with each other but can also work them out (the wine-drunk pillow fight scene was perfection). And, importantly, it also delves into questions of archeology, preservation, respect for the land and for remains, and cultural appropriation versus education versus access. Cipri digs through these hard questions through three quite different points of view: Damian, the trans guy who took initially shared research and ran to press with a pop sensation book without his fellow friends; Min, who is also trans and completing her dissertation revisions on the linguistic aspects of their archeological find at the opening of the story (and who's known Damian since a teen trans acceptance camp); Ray, an indigenous scholar and activist who is furious with both of his friends for their refusal to consider reinterring the bones they found out of appropriate respect instead of displaying them in museums to be gawked at (and who's also Damian's contentious ex).
Their arguments and appreciations and love for each other is not forgiving, and it's a model of ways to work through complicated issues of ethics, power, and viewpoints on topics that all have valid contributions but cannot agree—and also, how to accept (in Damian's case) that you've been a total asshole. Plus, there's something about the deep-dive into academic politics, weird funding for public science, and the Smithsonian's "space weasels" angle (because they do need the money and for the documentary to be made, so ultimately, fuck it?) that I absolutely adored. Cipri writes deeply human people with deeply human flaws, foibles, and pleasures. That's especially true in this slice-of-life novella featuring debates around the bones of sentient, self-aware ancestors to weasels.
As for the pieces I was less impressed by, "Not an Ocean But the Sea" and "She Hides Sometimes" both had moments of lyrical prose or imagery that appealed to me, and both did accomplish a certain form of affective labor, but were a bit opaque in their uncertainty. These two stories felt a bit unfinished or lean in spots that would have borne a touch more elaboration; neither was totally satisfying.
Between all nine of these stories, to varying extents, themes of haunting and belonging appear: threaded through disappearing houses, floating trees, ghastly phenomena, and time traveling families, there is a constant question of who belongs and when and where? And perhaps more troubling, what do they leave behind and how do we interpret those artefacts? Cipri does not offer pat or solid answers, for the most part, instead approaching the affective/emotional dimension of the problem—what it feels like, what it smells and sounds like, what it provokes in us to experience as a reader within a protagonist.
While this approach to narrative, fabulist and often resistant to the expectation of "closure," offers and asks certain work of the reader… it's remarkably good at setting a tone for a collection, a shared liminality and uncertainty that borders (in the spookier stories) on the uncanny in a way I appreciated. While not every story stands powerfully on its own, the ones that do are stunning, and the others serve more to weave a sensation or expectation of the overarching vibe. All the pieces serve a purpose, despite or because of their individual wonders and flaws. This sort of strange, calm, meditative work is something I like to sip from and I like to see exist in the field, filling out the shadowed edges of how we talk about belonging and being together in our stories (and who gets to belong: in this case, queer folks across the board).
Homesick is available from Dzanc Books.
Lee Mandelo is a writer, critic, and editor whose primary fields of interest are speculative fiction and queer literature, especially when the two coincide. They have two books out, Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction and We Wuz Pushed: On Joanna Russ and Radical Truth-telling, and in the past have edited for publications like Strange Horizons Magazine. Other work has been featured in magazines such as Stone Telling, Clarkesworld, Apex, and Ideomancer.
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