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National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, is the official journal of the National Geographic Society.

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			  #!/usr/bin/env  python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
__license__   = 'GPL v3'
__copyright__ = '2011, gagsays <gagsays at gmail dot com>'
'''
nationalgeographic.com
'''
from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
class NatGeo(BasicNewsRecipe):
    title          = u'National Geographic'
    description = 'Daily news articles from The National Geographic'
    language = 'en'
    oldest_article = 20
    max_articles_per_feed = 25
    encoding              = 'utf8'
    publisher              = 'nationalgeographic.com'
    category               = 'science, nat geo'
    __author__           = 'gagsays'
    masthead_url        = 'http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/sites/themes/global/i/presentation/ng_logo_small.png'
    description           = 'Inspiring people to care about the planet since 1888'
    timefmt = ' [%a, %d %b, %Y]'
    no_stylesheets        = True
    use_embedded_content  = False

    extra_css = '''
                body {color: #000000;font-size: medium;}
                h1 {color: #222222; font-size: large; font-weight:lighter; text-decoration:none; text-align: center;font-family:Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;}
          h2 {color: #454545; font-size: small; font-weight:lighter; text-decoration:none; text-align: justify; font-style:italic;font-family :Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;}
                h3 {color: #555555; font-size: small; font-style:italic; margin-top: 10px;}
                img{margin-bottom: 0.25em;display:block;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;}
                a:link,a,.a,href {text-decoration: none;color: #000000;}
                .caption{color: #000000;font-size: xx-small;text-align: justify;font-weight:normal;}
                .credit{color: #555555;font-size: xx-small;text-align: left;font-weight:lighter;}
                p.author,p.publication{color: #000000;font-size: xx-small;text-align: left;display:inline;}
                p.publication_time{color: #000000;font-size: xx-small;text-align: right;text-decoration: underline;}
                p {margin-bottom: 0;}
                p + p {text-indent: 1.5em;margin-top: 0;}
                .hidden{display:none;}
                #page_head{text-transform:uppercase;}
               '''

    def parse_feeds (self):
      feeds = BasicNewsRecipe.parse_feeds(self)
      for feed in feeds:
        for article in feed.articles[:]:
          if 'Presented' in article.title or 'Pictures' in article.title:
            feed.articles.remove(article)
      return feeds

    def preprocess_html(self, soup):
        for alink in soup.findAll('a'):
            if alink.string is not None:
               tstr = alink.string
               alink.replaceWith(tstr)
        return soup

    remove_tags_before = dict(id='page_head')
    keep_only_tags = [
         dict(name='div',attrs={'id':['page_head','content_mainA']})
    ]
    remove_tags_after = [
         dict(name='div',attrs={'class':['article_text','promo_collection']})
    ]
    remove_tags    = [
                               dict(name='div', attrs={'class':['aside','primary full_width']})
                               ,dict(name='div', attrs={'id':['header_search','navigation_mainB_wrap']})
                                ]
    feeds = [
                    (u'Daily News', u'http://feeds.nationalgeographic.com/ng/News/News_Main')
                    ]