First I made the BG for a Naoi Nanase Illustration...but then I saw this one and thought it would look better with the BG than Naoi's hehe :) And this is the result...isn't too bag right?
Awesome effects with the twinkling stars and the glowing sprial surrounding the girl. The sky looks definitely lovely, and I can tell you put a lot of effort into making it complete here.
Yet again, you surprise me even more with your awesome artistic talent. Great job with the wallpaper - and keep up the good work. You rock, KittyCyn! lol - Way to go!
now, that is one beautiful wallpaper. the fence, sky, water, its so beautiful.
As above, the effects are lovely and the scene is so peaceful and pretty ^^ .
Lovely work as always from you ^__^ .
It looks so beautiful and calm.I like this nice looking Fence and the Leafs in it.
Also a cool looking Ray of Light.Nice Effects.
Great job on the background ! Amazing i love it *_* How did you do that !? Definitly favorite !
Sweet wallpaper! The cloud effects on the mountains are nice. Love the effect around the girl. Manifique!
very beautiful background and blending with scan very great . light effects make very great .
...guao!!!!!!!!!..this is amazing...i love it...no dejas de sorprenderme!!
Lovely wallpaper, actually the bg is really really blurry, but it's ok since the attention has to focus on the girl and not on the background :) . +fav!
So cool! The background is awesome! It looks so real and magical at the same time! Great job!
Cyn~~ XD New wallpaper again? o.o.. You make sho many wallies that I can't even catch up @o@..
Good job on the wallpaper XD I wonder when i'll update this ;p..


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Lexi Salazar, Producer
Myra Arthur, Anchor/Reporter
Brina Monterroza, Executive Producer
RJ Marquez, Digital Journalist/Reporter
Valerie Gomez, Video Editor
Robert Samarron, Photojournalist
Adam B. Higgins, Photojournalist
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Published: April 13, 2021, 7:51 PM
Updated: January 10, 2022, 7:58 PM
Tags: KSAT Explains, History, Texas Legislature, Beer, San Antonio, Texas, Breweries
Want to know more about San Antonio's history and future as a brew town? KSAT Explains
This episode dives into the major role beer has played shaping the Alamo City
Published: April 13, 2021, 7:51 PM Updated: January 10, 2022, 7:58 PM
SAN ANTONIO – Whether you prefer a pilsner, a porter or a pale ale, it seems these days there's a brewery in San Antonio for everyone. While you may think this local beer explosion is recent, our city has a history as a brew town that dates back more than 150 years.
But it's a history that's undoubtedly been filled with ups and downs.
In this episode of KSAT Explains, we take a look back at our city's stories beer history, and the changes in Texas laws that are helping the industry thrive. (Watch the full episode in the video player above.)
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'Germans are thirsty people': San Antonio's deep roots in the beer industry
San Antonio has some awesome beer. And we can thank the German, Austrian and Czech immigrants who settled in the San Antonio area in the mid-1800s.
"Germans are thirsty people," said San Antonio brewery historian Charlie Staats. "They like their beer."
Cost was an incentive for immigrants to brew their own beer, he said. Since other breweries were out of state, beer took a long time to arrive in San Antonio and was very expensive. With the San Antonio River in their backyards, German immigrants decided to start making their own.
When people think of San Antonio beer history, they often think of Pearl. But Pearl is just a piece of our city's brewing past. The Alamo City's beer history all started at a hotel still popular here in San Antonio -- The Menger.
Before he opened The Menger Hotel, German immigrant William Menger owned a brewery that distributed beer not only in San Antonio, but as far west as San Angelo, as far east as Galveston and down into the Rio Grande Valley.
Before he opened the Menger Hotel, William Menger opened a brewery (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
The brewery was so popular, customers often crashed there or at Menger's boarding house next door. So Menger expanded the boarding house and opened his hotel in 1859. His brewery moved underneath it.
The brewery maintained popularity well into the Civil War Era.
Menger's brewery was in business until 1878. That year it was considered one of the largest beer producers in Texas.
Around this time period, there were dozens of breweries in the San Antonio area. Many didn't survive because of competition from beer giants Budweiser and Anheuser-Busch.
A brief History of Pearl Brewery
The Pearl Brewery didn't get its start until 1883, and was originally known as The San Antonio Brewing Association.
But as years went by, the brewery would go through different names and different owners until, in 1952, it was finally given the name we know it by today.
The Pearl Brewery today (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
Pearl beer got its name after a brewmaster said the bubbles of the beer looked like sparkling pearls when poured into a glass.
By 1916, The Pearl would grow in popularity and become the largest brewery in Texas. But the business would soon face a series of challenges.
When the 18th Amendment was ratified on January 17, 1920, alcohol became illegal in the United States, and it nearly killed the brewing industry, closing Texas beer giant Lone Star, among others.
On top of that, the owner of the Pearl Brewery Otto Koehler died. His widow, Emma Koehler, was quick to adapt. Pearl started making orange sodas, ice cream and malts.
"They're using every piece of the equipment that was part of the brewing process and part of maintaining a manufacturing facility to kind of keep this thing going during Prohibition," said Travis Poling, co-author of San Antonio Beer: Alamo City History by the Pint. "They were the first brewery actually in the entire Southwest to reopen when Prohibition lifted."
Emma Koehler (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
After Prohibition, during the Great Depression, Emma Koehler had to rethink everything again.
She sold the soda bottling portion of the brewery and began making full-strength beer again, staying afloat by selling it to anyone who could afford it.
This not only helped The Pearl stay alive, but would cause it to be a top-selling beer after World War II.
But, once again, bigger beer brands gained popularity throughout the country, including Texas. And in 1968, Pearl brand beer was at the bottom of most people's lists.
Pabst took over the Pearl brewery in 1985, and it would close its doors for good in 2001.
Pearl beer is still owned by Pabst, and as of last summer, the beer is brewed in Austin.
Watch the video below to learn more about San Antonio's early breweries:
With all of its heavy hitters bought out, and moved to different areas of Texas, it looked like the San Antonio beer scene was coming to an end.
'People in Texas always liked beer': Local beer returns to San Antonio
When it comes to beer legislation, Texas has historically been behind the curve. But over the past 20 years, there have been several pieces of legislation that have helped the beer industry boom.
In 1993, Texas legalized brewpubs -- establishments that sell beer brewed on the premises and often include a restaurant. At the time, brewpubs were already legal in 41 states. Texans were quick to jump on the trend.
"People in Texas always liked beer," said Dustin Baker, owner of Roadmap Brewery. "They've always liked good beer."
San Antonio breweries (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
A familiar face in the local craft beer scene, Jason Davis got his start in the industry soon after brewpubs became legal. He worked at the first brewpub in Texas, Waterloo. He also worked at the oldest brewpub in San Antonio, Blue Star.
But in 2008, Davis helped launch the brewery where he still serves as director of brewing operations today -- Freetail. Over the past 13 years, the business has exploded. And the brewery's founder, Scott Metzger, was instrumental in working alongside the Texas Craft Brewer's Guild to help change even more laws to further the beer industry in the state.
2013 was a big year for change.
A series of bills passed in the Texas Legislature made the state more beer business-friendly. For the first time, brewpubs could sell their beer to grocery stores and restaurants. A new law also allowed microbreweries to actually sell beer in their tap rooms. Previously, they were limited to giving away free beer samples on tours.
2013 legislation allowed brewpubs like Freetail to sell their beer to grocery stores. (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
After another piece of legislation passed in 2019, Texans can now buy a six-pack of beer directly from a craft brewery.
All of these fairly new laws have helped many smaller breweries develop and become more popular throughout Texas and San Antonio.
Click through the slideshow below to learn more about some of San Antonio's most popular breweries:
(San Antonio brewery owners discuss Alamo City as brew town.)
'We're not an industrial economy anymore': New life for old breweries
Over the past several years, we've seen developers breathe new life into abandoned breweries. The most obvious example of this is what has happened to the old Pearl Brewery.
Pabst closed the brewery in 2001. That same year, the 23-arce property was bought by Silver Ventures. Today the sight is a popular hang-out spot -- home to shops, restaurants, apartments and a hotel.
Today Pearl is a shopping center and hang-out spot for both tourists and locals (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
Less than a mile south of the Pearl is the old Lone Star Brewery building, which is now the San Antonio Museum of Art. It opened in 1981, years after the brewery closed during Prohibition.
San Antonio Museum of Art (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
And then there's the other Lone Star Brewery -- the brand that's still popular today. Operations stopped at the South Side plant in 1996. But now there's a new plan for the spot.
Gray Street Partners, a local real estate investment group, has been looking to fund a new project that would rework the space -- building retail space, restaurants, apartment buildings, and a park, complete with a walking path.
Lone Star Brewery plans (Copyright 2021 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)
"Every city is kind of going through the same process of thinking about what do we do with this old industrial space because we're not an industrial economy anymore," said Christine Drennon, Ph.D., Director of Urban Studies at Trinity University.
Experts say that redeveloping these buildings has many environmental benefits, by using buildings that already exist instead of building new ones. But even though these mixed-use developments we see today create jobs, they don't replace the kinds of jobs that the factories they're being built in once offered.
Drennon said the old factories, like the Pearl and Lone Star breweries, are a relic of an industrial past that built the middle class.
"We have not been able to sustain the American middle class in the kind of economy that we've built and that we've replaced it with," Drennon said. "These places represent that. They are playgrounds for people with a lot of disposable income. Yet the people who work there are service industry employees, and you probably can't send your kid to college on that income."
San Antonio's mark on the beer world
It's not just the breweries that have made a mark on this city. It's gone the other way, too. Over the past few years, there's been an explosion of new flavors and ingredients being used in beer. The trend is just another sign that these establishments have become part of the fabric of the community.
Watch the video below to learn more about San Antonio-inspired beer:
Myra Arthur
Myra Arthur is passionate about San Antonio and sharing its stories. She graduated high school in the Alamo City and always wanted to anchor and report in her hometown. Myra anchors KSAT News at 6:00 p.m. and hosts and reports for the streaming show, KSAT Explains. She joined KSAT in 2012 after anchoring and reporting in Waco and Corpus Christi.
Brina Monterroza
Brina is the Executive Producer of the NightBeat and KSAT Explains. She has been with KSAT since 2015. She is a Houston native and proud to call San Antonio home.

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Private Travel | General interest | Non-exclusive 21 Days & 20 Nights
Discover outback life, Aboriginal culture and history, and view native wildlife on this introductory non-exclusive group tour to Australia. Watch the sun set and rise over Uluru (Ayers Rock) and take a catamaran cruise out to the Great Barrier Reef where you can snorkel amid the colourful corals. Tours and time at leisure in the cosmopolitan cities of Melbourne and Sydney are also included.
The Cox & Kings signature experiences
Learn about outback life at the School of Air and Royal Flying Doctors Service
Enjoy a glass of wine as the sun sets over Kata Tjuta rock formations
Snorkel over the Great Barrier Reef or see its colours from a semi-submersible
View native wildlife at the Cairns Wildlife Dome
Enjoy lunch while cruising in Sydney Harbour
Guaranteed departures and early booking discounts available
Stay in 4-star accommodation throughout
Small group size - maximum 46
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Private Tour in brief
Day 1: Melbourne
On arrival in Melbourne, you will be met and transferred to the Crowne Plaza for 3 nights. In the evening there will be a welcome dinner on board the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant. (D)
Morning walking tour taking in Melbourne's eclectic little alleyways, arcades and cafe society. Afternoon at leisure. (B)
Day at leisure in Melbourne. Optional excursions to Yarra Valley, Mornington peninsula, Phillip Island or the Great Ocean Road can be booked locally. (B)
Day 4: Fly to Alice Springs
Morning flight to the outback town of Alice Springs. On arrival, visit the School of the Air, which provides an educational facility for remote families of the outback. Continue to the Royal Flying Doctors Service and historic Telegraph Station. Stay overnight at the Chifley Alice Springs Resort. Barbecue dinner at the Earth Sanctuary Nature Centre. (B, D)
Day 5: Uluru
In the morning, travel to Uluru via the MacDonnell and James ranges. En route, view the majestic Attila, a distinctive mountain which, in pioneering times, was often mistaken for Uluru. On arrival, transfer to the Desert Gardens Hotel for 2 nights. Late afternoon excursion to view the striking colour changes of Uluru as the sun sets. (B)
Day 6: Uluru • Kata Tjuta
Early morning sunrise tour of Uluru, where you will learn about the significance and history of the site to local Aboriginal tribes. Afternoon visit to the rock formations known as Kata Tjuta for a walk along the creek bed between two of the tallest domes, before watching the sun set over them with a glass of sparkling wine. (B)
Day 7: Fly to Cairns
Join a local artist for an introduction to the indigenous art of the Western Desert. Afternoon flight to Cairns, then transfer to the Hilton Cairns for 3 nights. (B)
Day at leisure in Cairns. Optional excursions may be booked locally and include a hot air balloon ride over the Atherton Tablelands or a visit to the mountain retreat of Kuranda. (B)
Day 9: Cairns
Travel out to the world heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef on board a catamaran to a pontoon situated on the reef. During the day, there will be opportunities to go snorkelling and also view the reef from a semisubmersible. (B, L, D)
Day 10: Cairns • Fly to Sydney
Morning visit to the Cairns Wildlife Dome to view native wildlife. Afternoon flight to Sydney. On arrival, transfer to the InterContinental Sydney for 3 nights. (B)
Morning tour of Sydney, including visits to the Sydney Opera House, Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and Bondi Beach. Return to the city for a cruise with lunch in Sydney harbour. Remainder of the afternoon at leisure. (B, L)
Day at leisure in Sydney. Optional excursions may be booked locally and include visits to the Blue Mountains or Hunter Valley. In the evening there will be a farewell dinner. (B, D)
Day 13-14: Fly to Auckland
Transfer to Sydney airport and fly to Auckland. On arrival, you will be met and transferred to the Cordis Auckland for 2 nights. Dinner at Eight restaurant, featuring eight different kitchens. (B, D) Morning cruise the following day in Waitemata harbour, followed by a city tour. (B)
Day 15: Rotorua
Continue to Rotorua with a stop for a countrystyle lunch at a Waikato farm en route. Evening Maori hangi (food cooked using heated rocks) and concert. Stay 1 night at the Millennium Hotel Rotorua. (B, L, D)
Day 16: Fly to Christchurch
Explore the Rainbow Springs Nature Park, including Te Puia Thermal Reserve for a guided tour of the bubbling mud pools and thermal springs. Afternoon flight to Christchurch and stay overnight at Distinction Christchurch. (B)
Day 17: Franz Josef
Morning rail journey aboard the TranzAlpine through the Southern Alps to Arthur's Pass, followed by a factory visit at Hokitika, the home of native greenstone (jade). Continue by coach to Franz Josef glacier and stay overnight at the Te Waonui Forest Retreat. (B, D)
Day 18: Arrowtown • Queenstown
Travel to Queenstown, visiting Arrowtown en route, a historic gold-mining settlement. Stay 3 nights at the Millennium Hotel Queenstown. Dinner at The Boatshed. (B)
Day 19: Milford Sound cruise
Travel to Milford Sound for a nature cruise. Return to Queenstown. (B, L)
Day 20: Queenstown
Day at leisure to relax and this evening there will be a farewell dinner. (B, D)
Day 21:Onward travel
Transfer to Queenstown airport to fly home, or continue your holiday. (B)
Meal basis:
As per itinerary – B: Breakfast, L: Lunch, D: Dinner, N: No meals.
Group tour manager:
This tour is fully escorted throughout by a local tour manager from arrival in Melbourne.
Superior tour:
This tour is based in 4-star accommodation.
International and internal flights are not included with this itinerary. For flight options and prices, please call one of our Australia travel consultants.
This tour operates with a maximum group size of 46 passengers. Passengers may or may not be Cox & Kings clients.
Other AAT Kings itineraries:
AAT Kings also operates a number of touring itineraries in other parts of Australia, including South Australia, the Kimberley and Tasmania.
From £2,105pp.
Tailor-made itinerary
For a price quote based on alternative accommodation standards, to discuss flight options or to tailor this itinerary, please call to speak with a Cox & Kings consultant or enquire online.
private tour accommodation
The Cordis Hotel Auckland
The Cordis Hotel (formerly The Langham) is a luxurious hotel, situated in the heart of the city. Guestrooms are a blend of warm woods, handcrafted furniture and quality textiles. The ground floor restaurant offers eight interactive cooking stations, each preparing a different international cuisine. The hotels other restaurant is the Lobby lounge where in addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner, traditional afternoon tea is served. The property is within walking distance of Auckland's spectacular waterfront, fashion houses and tourist attractions. Features: 411 rooms & suites, 2 restaurants, rooftop heated swimming pool, Jacuzzi, spa, fitness studio. Room amenities: flat-screen television, tea & coffee facilities, minibar, Wi-Fi. Please note: The Langham Auckland, one of New Zealand's leading hotels will be rebranded as Cordis, Auckland from 1st November 2017. The hotel is undergoing refurbishment of its restaurants, rooms, lobby lounge and exclusive Club Lounge, all scheduled to be completed by February 2018. To ensure there ...
Te Waonui Forest Retreat
Te Waonui Forest Retreat is a five-star hotel located amongst the native West Coast rainforest at Franz Josef. Designed to be sensitive to the surrounding environment, guests at the property will find themselves encircled by rainforest and accommodated in natural and sustainable luxury. The retreat has 100 guest rooms, complimentary parking, a restaurant and a bar.
Millennium Hotel Rotorua
The Millennium Hotel Rotorua is located on Lake Rotorua, near to the thermal pools at Polynesian Spa. The 227 rooms all have modern decor and amenities. Facilities include a bar, a gym, swimming pool,sauna and two restaurants (one of these is not open during winter months),
Millennium Hotel Queenstown
The 4-star Millennium Hotel Queenstown is located in the heart of Queenstown close to the central shopping and entertainment area. The hotel has 220 rooms, each elegantly decorated with modern furnishings including a minibar, air conditioning, safe, and tea and coffee making facilities. Other hotel facilities include a restaurant, bar, gym, sauna and spa.
The InterContinental Sydney, once Australia's Treasury Building, has been fully restored using a fusion of colonial and contemporary architecture. Located adjacent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, the hotel is in the heart of Sydney city centre. The opera house, Circular Quay, Art Gallery of New South Wales and historic Rocks area are all within easy reach. Guestrooms are modern and elegant, well appointed and designed with comfort in mind. The restaurant and cosy bar are ideal places to unwind with a drink after a busy day. Features: 509 rooms, restaurant, lounge bar, coffee shop, indoor pool, fitness centre, sauna. Room amenities: Air conditioning, satellite television, tea & coffee making facilities, minibar, safe, hairdryer, Wi-Fi.
A superior hotel at Ayers Rock Resort, Desert Gardens Hotel is set among magnificent ghost gums and flowering native shrubs. Centrally located to all resort and touring facilities, it is only a short stroll to Desert Gardens' numerous lookouts, where you can view one of Australia's best sunsets, with the spectacular play of colours across the face of Uluru (Ayers Rock). Once the sun sets, savour Australian native delicacies at White Gums Restaurant. Guests at Ayers Rock Resort can also take advantage of free Indigenous activities. A schedule will be provided upon arrival at the hotel and activities may include guided garden walks, Indigenous art markets, interactive didgeridoo playing, boomerang throwing, bush yarns, cultural dances and indigenous art classes for children. Didgeridoo playing is, for cultural reasons, only undertaken by males and we request your understanding and respect for indigenous culture during this activity. Please note: Desert Gardens Hotel has advised of ...
private tour extensions
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Flexible Prices & Itineraries
For a quote based on alternative accommodation standards or flight options, or to tailor this itinerary, please call 020 7873 5000 or send an email enquiry
Prices above are per person in pounds sterling (£), based on two people sharing a twin-room. The prices which were valid at the time of publication, may be subject to change, particularly as a result of variable flight costs. You will be informed of any such changes prior to booking.
Prices above are per person in pounds sterling (£), based on two people sharing a twin-room. The prices which were valid at the time of publication, may be subject to change. You will be informed of any such changes prior to booking.
Prices above are per person in pounds sterling (£), based on one person in a twin-room. The prices which were valid at the time of publication, may be subject to change, particularly as a result of variable flight costs. You will be informed of any such changes prior to booking.
*Itinerary: Note that for the 06 Feb 2014* departure date only the itinerary is different to the regular 2014 tour, with a visit to the countryside in Mai Chai and an extra night in Hanoi, and one less night in Hoi An.
Discounts cannot be combined with any other current or subsequent Cox & Kings offer. Discounts apply to new bookings only and cannot be applied retrospectively. Offers are subject to availability.
S: Prices marked with an (S) symbol are designated as 'Super Offers'. These select tour departures have been highlighted to help you recognise the best value offers currently available on our website.
• 4-star accommodation
• Flexible - extensions available
• Experienced travel director & driver guide
• Arrival & departure transfers
• Air-conditioned vehicles
• Guided sightseeing & entrance fees
• Maximum of 46 passengers
Destinations on this tour
The state capital of Victoria, Melbourne is often regarded as the most European of Australian cities thanks partly to the number of galleries...
Named after the wife of Charles Todd, the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Alice...
Just a short drive from Ayers Rock Airport, are both Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and Yulara (Ayers Rock Resort), the setting for a cluster of hotels, shops and restaurants...
Located in Northern Queensland, Cairns is one of the main gateways to the Great Barrier...
Rotorua Located on North Island's volcanic plateau, the town of Rotorua is the...
The resort town of Queenstown is sophisticated and fantastically scenic. Its lake and mountain landscape is suited...
The South Island's largest city, Christchurch is an entertaining mixture of refined lifestyle and cultural excitement. The tranquil...
Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is poised between two large harbours...
The village is the gateway to the Franz Josef Glacier. This glacier was first documented by Abel Tasman in 1642...
Sydney is one of the world's most recognisable and beautiful cities. Build around the...
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Galileo Second-generation Satellites Ready to Navigate into the Future
Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second-generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus' proposed preliminary design and the customer's system requirements have been fully reviewed and agreed.
This paves the way for further verification, acceptance and qualification at equipment and module level. Verification at payload level is already in full swing, with the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the satellite structure also due shortly.
Rapidly Emerging and Changing User Needs
In parallel, the Airbus site in Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance, Germany, is preparing for an industrialized production line for currently six second-generation Galileo satellites. The satellite integration centre is being completely upgraded to meet current and future requirements for efficient, environmentally friendly, safe and secure production for the Galileo second-generation satellites. This is a key milestone in European satellite navigation services that European citizens and billions of users around the world will benefit from, powered by Airbus know-how brought to the project by over 200 highly skilled space engineers. The first Galileo second-generation satellites are planned to be launched in 2024.
The world of navigation is changing, driven by rapidly emerging and changing user needs (availability and reliability), a growing number of security threats (jamming and spoofing) and the evolution of other navigation systems. The new batch of Galileo spacecraft built by Airbus is the answer to this changing context. It will make the Galileo service more accurate, secure, dependable and adaptable over its lifetime spanning two decades.
Combining Heritage and In-orbit Experience
Weighing around 2.3 tons, each satellite is designed to operate for about 15 years. The state-of-the-art and all-electric medium-Earth orbit (MEO) platform from Airbus reuses flight-proven building blocks from the company's Telecoms and Earth Observation programmes, taking advantage of a combination of heritage and in-orbit experience. The flexible and modular navigation payload solution with future growth capability is also based on telecom elements for beam forming and signal generation.
Galileo is managed and funded by the European Union. The European Commission, ESA and EUSPA have signed an agreement by which ESA acts as design authority and system development prime on behalf of the Commission and EUSPA as the exploitation and operation manager of Galileo. The views expressed here can in no way be taken to reflect the opinion of the European Union and/or ESA.
The first Galileo second generation satellites are planned to be launched in 2024. (Courtesy: Airbus)


However, in our search results, we're getting several results joined together with a |, e.g.
This is picking up the meta description, the twitter:description and the og:description.
All of them make the search break. Can anyone help to let me know why it's not working right?
We're on FunnelBack Version 15.10.0.0.
I was adding the option to query_processor_options instead of indexer_options.
Another way we handle scenarios like this is to map only the metadata you need.
i.e. If you only want dc.description in the summary of your search results, you would unmap all the other fields. Or alternatively, map dc.description to some other metadata class and use that in your search summary instead.
This refers to how Funnelback only matches a metadata field found in the document to one metadata class.
Funnelback will use b,1,one.two and not match the other two configs.
Some of our pages don't have a meta description (I know, I know...) but do have Twitter/OpenGraph descriptions, so we'd want to be able to get at least one of them. Hopefully the indexer_options answer will work!
Just to follow up on this - it's worked an now only indexes one of meta description, OG description or Twitter description.


If you look at the World Cup medal podium you'll find ample proof that Fischer Skis manufactures and designs some of the fastest racing skis on the planet. They enjoy an unparalleled reputation in the racing world. Place helped leverage that aspect of the brand while making strong inroads towards more recreational markets like free riding and telemark. We developed a fresh and confident national advertising campaign of two page spreads focusing on the Fischer brand aspects of quality, innovation and success. An Olympic medal or a perfect day of skiing—it's all about "enjoying" the product and the sport.


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Lloyd Rudolph
Lloyd Irving Rudolph (November 1, 1927 – January 16, 2016) was an American author, political thinker, educationist and the Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Chicago, known for his scholarship and writings on the India social and political milieu.[1] The Government of India, in 2014, honored Lloyd Rudolph and his wife, Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, for their services to literature and education, by bestowing on them the third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.[2]
"In 1956, Susanne Rudolph and I drove to India from London in Land Rover and wrote our first book, The Modernity of Tradition.," wrote Lloyd Rudolph, "Have been teaching and writing about India ever since."[3]
Lloyd Rudolph was born on November 1, 1927 to Norman Charles Rudolph and Bertha Margolin.[4] He graduated with a BA in 1948 from Harvard University and continued at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government to secure his MPA in 1950. Six years later, in 1956, he obtained his PhD from Harvard University, itself, based on his thesis, .[5]
The Meaning of Party: From the Politics of Status to the Politics of Opinion in Eighteenth Century England and America
Rudolph joined the University of Chicago in 1964 where he served in various capacities for 34 years. He retired from the university and became Professor Emeritus in 2002.[1]
Rudolph married Susanne Hoeber, his longtime friend, co-author and colleague, on July 19, 1952.[4] The couple has three children, Jenny, Amelia and Matthew.[6] The couple, after their retirement from the University of Chicago, alternates their residence in their homes in the US and Jaipur, India, where they have found a home in Jaipur.[3][5][6] He died from prostate cancer on January 16, 2016.[7]
"We've had a terrific time over the last 57 years, coming to and studying the country. Even our children can speak Hindi," says Lloyd Rudolph, "We had never imagined we would be felicitated by the government when we started our academic careers, but we are very happy about it."[8]
Lloyd Rudolph started his career in 1948 when he was chosen as the group leader for a summer camp, Experiment in International Living, in France which he attended once again in 1951. On his return from France, he enrolled as the Research Assistant to Bertram Gross, the Executive Director of Council of Economic Advisers, Executive Office of the President and worked there till 1949. The next assignment was as Administrative Assistant to Emil J. Sady, Chief, Pacific Branch, Office of Territories, Department of the Interior.[4]
His teaching career began in 1951, as Teaching Fellow, Department of Government, Harvard University. Till 1954, Rudolph continued as both resident and non-resident tutor there and followed it with a stint in the military, from 1954 to 1956, as the First Lieutenant, U.S.A., Adjutant General's Corps. In 1956, he returned to teaching at Harvard as the Instructor in 1957 at the Department of Government, Harvard University and was promoted, 1960, as the Allston Burr senior tutor at the Dunster House of the University. In 1964, he became the Associate Professor of Political Science and the Social Sciences, Department of Political Science and the College at the University of Chicago, promoted as Professor in 1972 and retired from there in 2002. On his retirement, he was made the Professor Emeritus of Political Science.[1][4]
Lloyd and Susanne Rudolph's associations with the University of Chicago and India have assisted in the University's decision to open a major academic centre in New Delhi. The centre is envisaged to act as a platform for mutual support and collaboration between students and scholars from India and Chicago in the areas of academics and research.[1]
Lloyd Rudolph published eight books, all co-authored with his wife, Susanne Rudolph. The writings of the duo were compiled by Oxford University Press, in 2008, into a three-volume publication under the name, Explaining Indian Democracy: A Fifty-Year Perspective.[9][11]
Lloyd Rudolph wrote articles prolifically on India and political science, in general. These include:


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Home > Books > Ribbons of Scarlet
Authors: E. Knight, Heather Webb, Kate Quinn, Laura Kamoie, Sophie Perinot, Stephanie Dray
Series: An H-Team Novel
ASIN: B07M78JYGR
Six bestselling and award-winning authors bring to life a breathtaking epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers—six unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution.
Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution—and change the world.
In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise—upending a world order that has long oppressed them.
Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself–but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women's march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king's pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head.
But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution's ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France's blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive–unless unlikely heroine and courtesan's daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France's fate: the fearsome Robespierre.
"The French Revolution as you've never read it before–fast-paced, gut-wrenching, and told through the eyes of women who fought and lived it. RIBBONS OF SCARLET manages to do what few other novels set against this complicated backdrop have–make Revolutionary France both completely accessible and utterly compelling. This is historical fiction at its absolute best!"
– Michelle Moran
My heroine, Sophie de Grouchy
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Daniel grew up in the backwoods of Tennessee. As a kid, he loved exploring the woods and being one with nature. Because of all the time he's spent in the woods, it's no surprise that he's had his fair share of run-ins with the large, hairy cryptid this show focuses on. He's going to share several of those experiences with you, on tonight's show.
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My job is to add same namespaces here.
The changed xsl will look something like
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1. mark all the line starting with <xsl:template
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I am stuck with point 2. How can I apply some regex only on the marked line ?
Do you have any better approach to do ?
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My challenge is to replace all > with xmlns="http://example.org"> only on the marked line.

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Here we are trying to find this:
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Police searching the area where the body was found in October. The trial continues.
A man whose dismembered body was stuffed in a suitcase and dumped on the moors in Derbyshire was killed for his money, a court heard.
Wealthy Yang Liu, aged 36, is alleged to have been killed by heavy gambler Ming Jiang, 43, in a bid to solve his debt problems.
Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester heard claims that Jiang hoped police officers would be unable to identify the mutilated body of his friend.
He was in debt and being chased by creditors.
His friend, Mr Liu was 'comfortably off,' owning his apartment in Salford, he played the stock market and had money in the bank.
Jiang, who denies murder and lived in Beswick in inner-city Manchester, is alleged to have killed his friend, stuffed the body in a suitcase and and dumped it in a remote layby on the moors before setting it alight.
He is then alleged to have used his victim's bank card to withdraw £800 to gamble at a Manchester casino.
The body was found on October 10 last year by walkers just off the A628 road in Tintwistle.
Peter Wright QC, prosecuting, said: "In early October 2016, the defendant, he came up with a solution to his financial problems. He murdered Yang Lui.
"He was a heavy gambler and like many gamblers lost more than he won.
"He dismembered the body, in all likelihood in his own flat and then disposed of the body parts of his former friend.
"He then set about assuming the dead man's identity, gaining access to his bank accounts and his personal effects and his apartment.
"The body was badly burned.
"The body had been extensively dismembered.
"The head, both lower arms and both lower legs had been severed and removed.
"They have never been found.
"The limbs had been severed by, it would appear to be, someone who had been using some bladed form of weapon.
"From examination of the scene it appeared that the body must have been transported to the site and was in the suitcase when it was then set on fire."
Detectives trawled hundreds of hours of CCTV footage before identifying a silver Mercedes car approaching and leaving the layby area where the suitcase was dumped and found it was registered to Jiang.
Distinctive tyre tracks at the layby also matched the Mercedes and traces of blood in the boot matched DNA from the body.


I am, as you know, Lyndon LaRouche, and I'm speaking from Virginia in particular, addressing the events which are occurring in France at this time. My wife Helga has intervened to bring me into that role. We will have some other representatives, I'm sure, in France, to share this program.
The crucial issue, however, in Europe right now is the case of Germany: If the leading forces in Germany persuade Merkel, from the course she's carrying on so far, or if she agrees to accept that operation, there are forces in Germany which are now disposed to prevent any military conflict between Russia and Germany.
The particular significance of this action by Germany, is that Germany's economy has a very special value today. Despite all the problems that the German nation suffers in economic problems and so forth, Germany still has a leading validity in terms of economy in Europe. And therefore, if the German economy, the leaders of the German economy, contrary to what Merkel has been doing so far, were to exert their influence effectively, then Germany would actually take steps which would, in effect, prevent a military conflict between Europe, or specifically Germany, and Russia. That would be probably sufficient to thwart any attempt to spread a global thermonuclear war of the type that the British system, and its stooge, Obama, is pushing hard right now.
Therefore, those who are in France, or participating in the things that are going on in France now, should look carefully at this, because this is the interest of all us. Because if a general thermonuclear war were to be launched, and it would be launched under the auspices of Barack Obama, the President of the United States, then the effect would be probably permanent. Maybe some human beings would survive, but the system of society as we've known it heretofore, would be completely changed, and mostly obliterated.
So therefore, it's extremely important that we break the attempt to use Europe, or European nations, for their own role in their self-destruction. And the one nation which is best suited to do that, would be certain leading figures in Germany, acting simply on the basis of defending the German economy. That would be a sufficient motive to stop what Obama is doing, if the people in the United States would pick up on the same thing.
If we don't succeed in that direction, or something tantamount to that, there's no doubt, that most of the human race would disappear, and disappear very suddenly. It would not be a long war in its battle form; it would be quick, massively destructive, more destructive than anything conceived before. It would be sudden, and the planet would be finished, as far as human beings understand today. And I'm working on that issue from here. I'm working also on trying to encourage people in other parts of the world, to recognize that, so that some of them, who have considered me to be some kind of an authority on these kinds of matters, may respond to what I'm saying. And if they do, and take the actions I've suggested,— that we take steps to make sure that Obama is blocked from launching thermonuclear war, by the British Empire but under Obama, to launch a general war which is steaming up right now,—if we stop that, we can save civilization. Otherwise, we have very poor chances.
So, that's where I think I would like to encourage those participating in the proceedings in France at this time, to put their contribution from various nations that are participating, in taking this view, that we must find, hopefully with help from leading forces in Germany, to take a step to break the bloc which is trying to unite all of Western Europe and beyond, into a single attack on Russia.
Russia will respond to an attack, mercilessly, and with great efficiency. But it would be a Russia virtually sacrificing its own existence, in order to bring down those parts of the planet which were trying to destroy, in particular Russia, but also civilization generally.
This British/Obama connection is the greatest threat to mankind known in history so far, and there can be no doubt, by any competent analyst, to recognize that that is the case at hand now. That the coming weeks are, as of now, unless a change occurs, the signal for the extermination of most of humanity. And that's what I'm talking about, and I'm right, and it's important.


SUBANG JAYA, 1 February 2019 – Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd (Digi)'s commitment to create a safe and sustainable workplace for all of its employees is reaffirmed when it received the ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System certification recently, making it the first telecommunications service provider in Malaysia and within Telenor Group to obtain it.
ISO 45001:2018, which was introduced last year, is the world's first international standard for occupational health and safety management, developed to align the wide range of national health and safety management standards adopted by organisations. It provides a framework to increase safety, reduce workplace risks and enhance health and well-being at work for all organisations regardless of size.
The certification process which started in April 2018 includes acquiring the ISO 45001 competency for Digi's Corporate Infrastructure Management and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team members, establishing a new HSE Policy Statement, analysing non-operational risk for the organisation as well as re-writing of HSE manuals and other system procedures, amongst others. Besides that, the company's HSE requirements are integrated into key operations where the reporting system and safety operational controls digitalised for better access. Digi has also taken steps to ensure that all employees are well-informed of safety inspections, injury and illness statistics and other safety-related issues. They are also requested to report unsafe conditions or actions that can lead to accidents from occurring.
Digi now has a dedicated First Aid emergency line for all employees with trained first aid team, who are able to provide immediate assistance before medical personnel arrive. They are fully equipped with the latest medical equipment such as stretchers, wheelchairs, trauma quick response kits, AED and Oxygen Pacs. This allows employees to react as quickly as possible in the event of an emergency with specific tasks delegated to members within the first aid team.
"With the new ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System certification obtained, we are also looking at establishing a higher level of employees' wellbeing, starting with the inception of holistic Wellness Programmes. This covers all aspects from physical and mental health to a better diet with healthier food choices offered internally. To start off, dedicated relaxation areas such as a Music Corner and Gaming Area with foosball and billiard tables as well as PlayStation4 consoles have been introduced to allow the employees to relax and unwind when necessary," added Elisabeth.


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North-east mum: 'My dream would be that Henry could have his Christmas dinner with us at the table'
by Jodie Molyneux
21/10/2017, 3:00 pm Updated: 15/11/2017, 10:28 am
A North-east family has just one wish for the festive season – that their ill little boy can have his Christmas dinner with them.
Grant Dryburgh and Lauren Knight's 16-month-old son Henry can only be fed by tube and vomits uncontrollably at even the smell of food or the sight of a spoon.
But help could be at hand, and the family has launched a fundraising campaign that could change his life.
Grant Dryburgh and Lauren Knight are fundraising for online coaching to help their son Henry learn to eat in time to join them at the table for Christmas dinner
Ever since he was diagnosed with in-utero growth restriction and was born by caesarean section at 29 weeks, little Henry has faced serious health challenges.
Weighing just 1lb 9oz and unable to breathe on his own, he spent his first five months in the neonatal unit at Aberdeen Maternity Hospital.
Henry was ventilated from birth and struggled through several infections, brain bleeds, high blood pressure and chronic lung disease. But eventually the little fighter was weaned off the life support machine and went home with parents Lauren, 22, and Grant, 23, who live in Alford.
Sadly, after just seven weeks, Henry caught Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) – an infection of the lungs and breathing passages – and he was readmitted to hospital so doctors could tend to his dehydration and increasing oxygen requirements.
Henry was fitted with a nasal gastric (NG) tube to keep him hydrated until he had recovered from his bout of RSV – however, 10 months on Henry will no longer feed orally and is completely tube dependent.
Lauren said: "It's a lot of hard work, Grant and I both had training courses to put the NG tube in and he used to pull it out daily, so I had to wrap him in towels and hold him down while I put it back in.
"He projectile vomits and it's very upsetting, it's really terrible.
"It's got to the point now where even smelling food, or seeing a spoon, will cause him to vomit everywhere."
The family are now hoping that an online coaching course, Notube Netcoaching, could be the answer.
The £4,000 programme is specifically tailored to each child's condition, background and needs and has a 90.5% success rate of weaning children off NG tubes and on to food.
The course works to reduce mouth aversion and eliminate anxiety around food to make eating an enjoyable experience.
Lauren said: "We have had our consultation and Henry is an ideal candidate for this programme and they feel with the right intensive intervention that he can be eating enough orally to have his NG tube removed.
"I have spoken to other parents who have gone through the programme and there are so many success stories.
"It's so popular that in countries like Austria, the programme is available in their health service so all children with this problem go through it."
The family hope Henry will achieve success with the course and will be able to join in with Christmas dinner.
Lauren said: "It will be a dream come true, it'll get his weight up and oxygen up, he could live a normal life, we could go to mum and baby groups, go swimming and he can meet Santa.
"My dream would be that Henry could have his Christmas dinner with us at the table. He is genuinely such a happy and smiley baby, he deserves it all."
The Gofundme campaign has so far raised more than £3,850 of the £4,000 goal.
To donate visit http://bit.ly/2xQSQDe
Aberdeen Maternity Hospital
Grant Dryburgh
Lauren Knight


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In order to be listed on a stock exchange in America companies must submit business and financial information to the exchange and have their financial information audited by a CPA. For years Anheuser Busch stock was sold on the American stock exchange. The New York Stock exchange required that Busch reveal their secret formula for brewing beer. Busch refused and therefore their stock could not be sold on the New York stock exchange.


On Saturday, Tiger Woods is enjoying his best round at the Masters since the 2011 final round. However, as great as the round has been, Woods hasn't been flawless -- nor has he been at a loss to call a spade, a spade.
Woods hit a lousy tee shot on the par-5 13th, leading him to admonish himself, saying, "Oh my f-ing God."
CBS, which has the 13th tee heavily mic'd to pick up player reaction, picked up the sound. Shortly after Woods' shot, Ian Baker-Finch apologized on air.
However, Woods made a great comeback after the tee shot, making a momentum-continuing birdie to get to 7 under par for the championship.


The West Coast's abundant fisheries are at risk as the region's waters become more acidic, a group of scientists warn.
Researchers from the West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel released a report this month that projects dire changes to ocean chemistry and marine life, and recommends ways to avert it, including restoring kelp forests and eelgrass beds and combating marine pollution.
The panel convened in 2013 to study how global carbon emissions are lowering pH and reducing oxygen levels in the ocean off the West Coast.
"Although ocean acidification is a global phenomenon, emerging research indicates that the U.S.-Canadian West Coast will face some of the earliest, most severe changes in ocean carbon chemistry," the report says.
Because of the way the Pacific Ocean circulates, the West Coast is exposed to more acidic water than other areas of the globe. Oyster production in the Pacific Northwest has already declined, as changes in ocean chemistry tamper with shell formation, and scientists warn that popular game fish and other species are also at risk.
"For some organisms, and perhaps ultimately for some ecosystems, high carbon dioxide levels where they had not previously been expected could be a problem," said Andrew Dickson, a professor of marine chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the panel.
Disturbance of ocean chemistry is the lesser known twin to the atmospheric warming and weather changes wrought by climate change. About a third of the carbon released by humans is absorbed by the ocean, according to the report. That keeps some of the excess carbon out of the air but creates its own problems when carbon dioxide reacts with water. Together, they form a weak acid that sours the sea.
Overall, ocean water has dropped by about 0.1 pH unit, from about 8.2 to 8.1 pH, the report states. It seems like a small change, but because pH values are logarithmic, it represents a 30% increase in acidity.
Oyster production in the Pacific Northwest dropped 22% between 2005 and 2009, the report says, and major oyster hatcheries saw production crash.
The increased acidity damages small, floating snails called pteropods — or sea butterflies — that are a key food source for fish including herring, mackerel and salmon.
"Scientists on the West Coast, when they collected these sea butterflies in the wild, they could actually see that their shells are starting to corrode," said ecologist Francis Chan, the panel's co-chair and a professor of integrative biology at Oregon State University.
The increased acidity can also disrupt reproduction, neurology and behavior of other sea life.
As carbon dioxide levels in the ocean rise, dissolved oxygen decreases, researchers said, posing a separate but related problem for marine life.
"There are episodes where we're seeing low oxygen closer to shore than we think is normal," Chan said. "Quite simply, things can't breathe and they suffocate."
Starting in 2006, "dead zones" of low oxygen in shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest led to mass die-offs of Dungeness crabs and other animals.
Gretchen Hofmann, a panel member and biology professor at UC Santa Barbara, is studying whether combined effects of ocean acidification and low oxygen could disrupt egg production of popular sport fish such as rockfish and cabezon.
The impacts on fisheries could cripple the region's seafood supply. Market squid, sea urchin, chinook salmon, rockfish and Dungeness crab are all species threatened by changes to ocean chemistry.
The disturbance is particularly troublesome for California and other parts of the West Coast because of upwelling currents that heave deep, cold, biologically rich waters toward shore.
"This upwelling is both a blessing and a curse," Chan said. "The upwelling injects nutrients that make our ocean so productive. That's why Steinbeck wrote 'Cannery Row.' We live in a very special ocean. But the curse is that this upwelling creates low oxygen and low pH. So we're much closer to any tipping points that could push us past a threshold."
Although the causes and effects of ocean acidification and low oxygen are global, the panel found hopeful news about the potential to deal with it locally.
Seagrass beds and kelp forests are more productive than tropical forests, capturing more carbon than other systems on the planet. By restoring marine vegetation, scientists hope to raise pH and oxygen levels in key areas.
Curbing marine pollution can also improve ocean chemistry, scientists said. Runoff from farms and lawns, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, feed algal blooms that dump carbon and deplete oxygen from local waters. Cutting back on those pollutants can "put off a potential evil hour when carbon dioxide" levels are so high that they cause irreparable damage to marine life, Dickson said.
Efforts to battle ocean acidification and low oxygen on the West Coast will be test cases for dealing with the problem elsewhere, scientists said.
"The West Coast will be a harbinger for the types of ocean acidification impacts that will be widely felt across coastal North America in the coming decades," the report states.
Despite the gloomy news, Chan said he's hopeful that a solution is at hand, noting that bills pending in the California Legislature — AB 2139 and SB 1363 — would study ocean acidity and promote eelgrass restoration.
"I'm leaving with an optimistic note, which I tend not to as a scientist," he said, "but I think the people who make decisions get it and are ready to do something."
Sullivan Brennan writes for the San Diego Union-Tribune.


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The ski resorts of SuperDévoluy and La Joue du Loup are linked and have a total of 100 km of ski runs. There are modern ski lifts and the two resorts are characterized by their nice ambiance.
Where SuperDévoluy is characterized by its "Club spirit", La Joue du Loup prefers conviviality with beautiful wooden chalets. The resorts celebrated repectively their 50th and 40th anniversaries in 2016.
SuperDévoluy was built in 1966 and is situated in the middle of the mountains, with a relaxed ambiance, ideal for families. It recently opened a fantastic Sports Centre with exercise rooms, halls for team sports, a climbing wall and squash courts. La Joue du Loup, built nine years later in 1976, is one of the youngest ski resorts in France and probably one of the most beautiful with its many mountain chalets and small apparment buildings around the main Place des Boutiques.


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Q: How to create object (Object Repository) file in robot framework? I am new into robot framework scripting. and I had question coming into mind, how I can create object repository into suite, where I kept all the object and call them into main script or any other robot file or i can manipulate objects programatically.
Below i had done in my suit -This is first file
*** Settings ***

*** Variables ***
${FIRST_TAB}   xpath=//*[@id='ctl00_Header']
${Second_NEW}   xpath=//*[@id='ctl00_ContentOne']
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I don't think this is standard approach. How I can manipulate above object when index is change or id is change dynamically.
Did robot framework allow us to return locators as object into other file.
how I can prepare the object file and use it any where into the suite.

A: The most common solution is to create a resource file. Place all of your variables in that file, and then import that file into your test suite
The resource file might look like this:
# resources.robot
*** Variables ***
${FIRST_TAB}   xpath=//*[@id='ctl00_Header']
${Second_NEW}   xpath=//*[@id='ctl00_ContentOne']

You could then use it in a test suite like this:
*** Settings ***
| Resource | resources.robot

*** Test Cases ***
| Example
| | log | First tab is ${FIRST_TAB}

For more information see Resource and Variable Files in the robot framework user guide.


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Studies in Rural Participation Series
Author :Amitava Mukherjee
No of Pages: XIX, 456
Categories: Community Development, Developmental Studies, NGOs, Rural Development, Sociology
This book is the most comprehensive treatise available on the subject of application of methods and tools from the repertoire of Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) in micro-level planning for rural development. It contains authoritative discussions on conceptual issues, principles, databases, methodologies and case studies in PLA as applied to rural development planning. There are nine Chapters in the book. Chapter 1 is on the architecture and engineering of PLA and its sources. Chapter 2 deals with the similarities and potentials of micro-level planning and PLA, which in effect contains a clear analysis of the principles and philosophies of the two disciplines, as it were. Chapters 3 and 4, provide the soft system and the hard system approach to micro-level planning using PLA methods. The details of databases and kinds of data required for different levels of micro-level planning are in Chapter 5. Chapters 6 and 7 are case studies from Africa where PLA has been used for preparing micro-level plans. In Chapter 8, a case study exhibiting use of PLA techniques for a Block Plan in India has been included. Chapter 9 provides a tactical plan for village development from Indonesia. All these plans are real plans, involving the community in full measure. Though the primary focus of the book is on micro-level planning for rural areas, the principles and methodologies apply as much to urban planning as well. The book, like its earlier edition, will be an invaluable guide to practitioners, academicians, planners, development functionaries and government officials who are interested in participatory micro-level planning.
Amitava Mukherjee had a distinguished academic career, educated at Ranchi University, Houston, University of South Florida, Tampa. Department of Economics and the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, USA; the School of oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, London. Dr. Mukherjee held the chair in Economics and Planning, and co-ordinated the Faculty in the Centre for Micro Planning & Regional Studies at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie; was Advisor and Project Head of the planning Commission Project on decentralized planning. He has been a consultant to various international and UN agencies including FAO, Rome; UNDP UNESCAP. He is currently the Chief Technical Advisor, Pro-Poor Public Private Partnership, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the pacific, Bangkok. He is a life member of the Indian Econometric Society, the Regional Science Association of India the Indian Economic Association, and of the Royal Economic Society, England. Dr. Mukherjee has numerous papers and over thirty books to his credit. His contribution to decentralized planning and participatory development is internationally recognized.


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Maxime Deschamps (ur. 20 grudnia 1991 w Vaudreuil-Dorion) – kanadyjski łyżwiarz figurowy, startujący w parach sportowych z Deanną Stellato-Dudek. Brązowy medalista mistrzostw czterech kontynentów (2023), medalista zawodów z cyklu Challenger Series i Grand Prix, mistrz Kanady seniorów (2023) i juniorów (2014).

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Z Deanną Stellato-Dudek

Z Sydney Kolodziej

Z Vanessą Grenier

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Kanadyjscy łyżwiarze figurowi
Urodzeni w 1991

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Twenty young people and three staff from Brownedge St Mary's in Preston participated in the Hungry For Change Challenge held at Lee House near Chipping. They took on the role of an indigenous community living in Brazil. Their community was based on an ethos of deep respect for nature and all living things but cruelly they where kicked out of their ancestral home by land grabbers. They were forced to live on the margins of society trying to earn a basic living by trading what they had with greedy traders who wanted to buy their commodities at the lowest possible price to sell and make massive profits on the international market. Their way of life was destroyed by fellow human beings who were more interested in profit than people or nature.
We learnt that the way we treat each other and the way we treat the natural world are intimately connected.
Our community had been living a simple life in harmony with nature but we were forced into poverty … we joined the 800 million people across the world who go hungry everyday.
This project, run by the trustees of Volunteer in Brazil, was made possible through the support given by CAFOD's Development Awareness Fund. Next week, a group of primary school children from St Mary's Chipping will be taking up the Hungry for Change Challenge.
Fr David Chinnery, parish priest of St Wilfrid's in Longridge and Lee House, played his part in making this a special day of learning, fun and reflection.
What difference should a day make?


We regularly have members posting about deals went bad and sometimes the other sides would respond and presented their side of story. It is not the CCF staff's role to verify the veracity of either party's claims. CCF serves as a conduit for airing of grievances in these cases.
My I suggest you open a new topic and present your complaint as clearly and factually as you can. Please keep your tone as neutral as possible. Perhaps davidt3251 will recall the incident and respond with his side of story calmly.
In my concern, the case "davidt3251" is now over.
Sorry, if it is over, then why bring it up in the first place? All that drama, for what? Just curious.
Just note that I'm not responsible if Mr. davidt3251 lost his mind and began to threat and to tell anything instead of having a constructive discussion.
I suggest you read posts back around 2011-2013 when CCF promoted the 3.3oz silver God of Wealth in 69 as a $5600 medal. Then, if you wanted one, certain unnamed CCF members would require you FedEx the $5600 in small denomination notes. The veterans were largely around at that time.
Now it's a $900 medal.
I must say, poconopenn, you have kept meticulous record of everything.
I just checked. I was asked to become a moderator on October 23, 2012.
Exercise your seniority in constructive ways and help your friend learn how to behave appropriately in forums. He cannot swagger in and insult forum members, impugn their integrity and then slink away! BTW have you smited me today or is your button suffering from overuse?!!!!!!!!
I registered as a CCF member on 5/25/2011 and joined the moderator staff on 10/16/2012. I don't own any God of War and Wealth medal.
I recently joined, and man, I love my PF69 God War and Wealth medal. Thank you Clark.
And you are doing a great job. I think now folks will call people out, whether they are gurus or not. Which is a good thing, because NO ONE is above the law...no matter how righteous or smart they may be. I could give a rats arse how smart they are or how much they know about MCC's. If they are being hypocritical or deceiptive, they need to be called out. Thanks for the good work you do Birdman.
Let's not turn this forum into a site of "calling people out" and "name calling". Keep your personal grievance discreet, as Birdman suggests, by PM'ing to the moderators and let them handle it.
Thank you popo for the flashback on the god of wealth medals, I don't remember them being over $2k, but looking at old forum posts that was really insightful and sad at the same time.
I can't believe people were paying those crazy prices. I bought 60x of them at $120 from the original 1989 owner in late 2010, he had 60 more that I passed on. I sold my 60x for $240 to a dealer friend a few months later, who listed them on ebay for $400-$500 after grading and got the coin popular among true collectors at a reasonable price. Then along came this CCF seller, who must have gotten their hands on the other 60x coins and pushed prices up from $500 to $5500 in short order by identifying frosting varieties and controlling a major hoard. That is the major challenge with medals, many are owned as hoards by single investors. When that investor sells the price can drop like a rock or skyrocket depending on marketing strategy of the dealer that distributes it, I have seen it go both ways.
KDP, wow. That is amazing. I'm happy that I've pretty much collected most of the early year medals I've wanted. Glad to be out of that market. Now I'm in the more recent series. Thankfully, I'm early to that market. lol.
I think it would be foolish to root for $50,000/oz gold. That would imply the world's greatest economy and currency would have debased by a factor of 40x from current levels. A happy meal at Mcdonalds would be selling for $200, a gallon of gas $100, this would be very dark times for everyone, including those that own gold, because everyone around you will be fighting for survival. A nice steady rise in the price of the gold similar to 1999-2008 is the best back drop one could hope for. Also, great prosperity for the America, Europe and Asia are in the best interest of owners of numismatic coins, rooting for a country or continent to collapse in this highly connected world economy is bad for everyone.
As I think you are aware of, but I'll mention for a new reader, just because you are in a "more recent series" and you are early to it doesn't mean there aren't similar caveats to be aware of (majority of supply controlled by a few people, potential for manipulation of price through hyping and other methods, etc.). One needs to be cautious with new and old series alike and look for the common thread of red flags.
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Eporeodon is an extinct genus of oreodont belonging to the family Merycoidontidae. It lived from the Oligocene epoch 30.8—24.8 mya) existing for approximately .

Description
The species of the genus are among the largest members of the family Merycoidontidae. About the size of a cow, its fossils are also some of the largest found in the Badlands. It was much larger than Merycoidodon and Miniochoerus, its contemporaries in the Late Oligocene. On the other hand, Eporeodon was a rare oreodont, as its fossils only make up about one percent of all oreodont fossils found in the Badlands. Their skulls were much shorter and squatter than those of Merycoidodon, but were longer than those of Miniochoerus. Promesoreodon Schultz and Falkenbach, 1949 is a junior synonym of this genus.

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Open access is a property of individual works, not necessarily journals or publishers. Community standards, rather than copyright law, will continue to provide the mechanism for enforcement of proper attribution and responsible use of the published work, as they do now.
2. Publication Fee & Monetry Ploicy
All articles published in al-'Ulūm are open access and freely available online, immediately upon publication. Al-Karam International Institute, Bhera Sargodha, Pakistan bear all of expenses regarding peer review administration, professional production of articles in PDF, other formats, and dissemination of published papers in various venues, in addition to other publishing functions, from its own budget. The Institute has spared and specified a budget to run the biannual research journal al-'Ulūm. Therefore, al-'Ulūm does not charge any article submission fee, Article Processing Charge (APC), or Article Publication Fee (APF) from authors. Al-'Ulūm also does not charge any fee for the length of an article, figures, or supplementary data. All the items (Manuscripts, Editorials, Teaching Modules, Corrections, Addendums, Retractions, Comments, etc.) are published free of charge.
3. Plagiarism Policy / Originality
Al-'Ulūm believes in quality research and consequently, there is no space for plagiarism. Plagiarism is considered a breach of Journalistic ethics and is an intellectual crime. Al-'Ulūm will never tolerate plagiarism as It has a very clear policy regarding this.
Distortion of facts, copying or stealing of others' creative work, duplicating and reproducing an author's own already published work, are all considered undesirable and adverse practices. Therefore, the plagiarism of all received manuscripts is checked through the software before sending them for blind peer review.
Authors caught plagiarizing face disciplinary measures. Al-'Ulūm will take strict actions regarding this as following:
A 'Plagiarism Standing Committee' is to be handled for investigation. Clear terms of reference will be provided to the 'Plagiarism Standing Committee' for their investigation.
Under investigation, an opportunity to the author will be provided to justify the originality of their concepts and research work.
Plagiarism Standing Committee shall conduct the investigation and submit its report with clear-cut findings and recommendations to the editor journal within a specific period not exceeding 60 days.
The Editor al-'Ulūm will have the discretion to implement the recommendations after approval through the statutory process and take punitive actions against the offender as per penalties prescribed under the HEC policy or to forward the report to HEC for further actions.
It is the responsibility of the authors to prove the originality of their research by ensuring that ideas are not stolen, the citation is original and proper, no rephrasing is made from someone other's thought, and the results and conclusion drawn are obtained from the original research of the author. The work presented for publication must be related to the author's original research.
4. Review Policy
To ensure the excellence of the publication of the article in al-'Ulūm, a complete, thorough, comprehensive, and confidential review is adopted. The review is made by independent and competent scholars who give their recommendations on the article being presented for publication.
Selection of Reviewers
A careful selection of national and international reviewers is made keeping in view their area of research. To get an unbiased review, the names of reviewers are kept confidential, all works submitted for publication are reviewed objectively without regard to authors' race, gender, religious view, ethnicity, citizenship, political tendency, age end reputation.
Tasks of Editor
Decision for publication
To ensure Objectivity
To keep the process Confidential
Declaration of opinion by Editor / Reviewers
Reviewers of al-'Ulūm provide an explanatory short paragraph(s) reflecting their opinions proof of objectivity in the review process, al-'Ulūm expects free declaration of opinion from authors, editor, and reviewers. Hence reviewers are expected to avoid any arrangements that might potentially influence their recommendations or decisions of agreement or disagreement.
Responsibilities of Reviewers
Reviewing process is expected to be academic, honest, courteous, precise and constructive. The basic characteristics of & high quality review ere the followings:
The reviewers should outline weak and strong expects of the work with respect to its organization end methodology and also comment on each of these.
The reviewers should express their opinions on the work concerning whether it has unethical content or below the standard for acceptance,
The reviewers should give helpful suggestions for the improvement of the research work.
The reviewers should have constructive and professional critiques addressed to the authors.
The reviewers should provide a fair perspective to have a decision of acceptance (or revision).
The reviewers are expected to identify the works that do not include citations or have not cited usage of other works end specify which parts are reproduced by the author without citation.
The reviewers should also state the outstanding similarities between the works submitted to al-'Ulūm and any other study published in another journal.
The reviewers should not contact the author directly or indirectly. If a referee is not able to review the work or complete the review with some delay, he/she should inform the editor in time,
If the reviewers suspect a violation, they can inform the editor about this easily and they should not share the issue with others unless they receive a directive concerning this.
All manuscripts submitted are sent for a 'double blind' peer-review process in order to produce quality research. Referees do not know the name of the authors whose papers they review. Peer reviewers are asked to give their opinion about significant issues relating to the originality and quality of the article and to judge papers.
Al-'Ulūm follows a three-tier review process.
In the first tier, each paper is run on the anti-plagiarism software and reviewed for relevance by the coordinators of the editorial committee.
In the second stage, if the article is found to be relevant and plagiarism-free, the paper is sent to the reviewers: international and national. Suggestions by the reviewers are strictly implemented by sending the papers back to the authors.
In the third and the final stage, the editorial team analyzes whether the recommended changes (where applicable) have been incorporated or not, and a decision about acceptance of the paper is made. Only papers of the highest research quality are accepted for publication.
5. Ethical Policy
Approval of an article to be published in al-'Ulūm will be subjected to the following conditions:
The article must not contribute to hate literature, extremism, sectarianism, and anti-state views.
The author must be agreed on the content of the article on its submission to the journal.
The article, partially or completely, should not be published before in any language.
An article submitted to al-'Ulūm for publication must not be submitted to another journal during the review process.
If a draft submitted to al-'Ulūm includes figures, tables, or long text blocks that have been published before, the author is responsible for obtaining permission from the copyright owners. All copyrighted elements should be specified appropriately in the draft submitted to al-'Ulūm.
The information and opinions given by the reviewers during the review process are all kept confidential and are never used for the advantage of anyone. The submission of an article, as a special presentation, is kept confidential completely. Before the publication of an article, the reviewers and editor cannot utilize the data, ideas, or subjects without the permission of the author.
7. Publishing and Copyright Policy
In principle, articles are published after necessary reviews, revisions, and approval in respect to their submission order, however in some exceptional cases where the research is extraordinary and worthwhile; the order can be changed with the decision of the editorial board for which the authors are informed accordingly.
Al-'Ulūm is an official journal of Al-Karam International Institute, Bhera Sargodha. The article once published in al-'Ulūm, cannot be published elsewhere without the written permission of al-'Ulūm.
8. Accessibility Policy
"Al-'Ulūm" has a policy of open access. All published articles and reviews can be accessed from the address https://alulum.net/archive/
An electronic copy of the article will be sent to the corresponding author of the article. Moreover, a hard copy of the al-'Ulūm will also be sent to each of the authors free of cost.
Authors can be asked to show the sources which are used in the article during the review process hence he/she is bound to provide access to the sources. Moreover, it is also recommended for the authors to withhold the sources and data for a short period after the publication.
9. Letter of Acceptance
A letter of acceptance can be issued by the editor on request to the author after positive reviews from all the reviewers.