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			  "description": " The destruction that heavy rain and floods from Hurricane Harvey could inflict on Texas would add to the pile of debt owed by a federal flood insurance program that is due to expire in September, advocacy groups said.
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			  "articleBody": "Washington: The destruction that heavy rain and floods from Hurricane Harvey could inflict on Texas would add to the pile of debt owed by a federal flood insurance program that is due to expire in September, advocacy groups said. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) owes $24.6 billion to the Treasury. Most of it covered claims from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and floods in 2016, the program’s third most severe loss-year on record with losses exceeding $4 billion, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which manages it. The NFIP was extended 17 times between 2008 and 2012 and lapsed four times in that period. A 2012 law extended the program to September. The only source of flood insurance for most Americans, it will be in place for homeowners and businesses in Harvey`s path along the central Texas coast. But Harvey-related claims covered under the program could push it deeper into the red and possibly toward its borrowing limit of just over $30 billion, said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan budget watchdog in Washington, D.C. Federal law requires that homes in flood-risk areas have flood insurance before a mortgage can be completed. The program is the only flood insurance available to the vast majority of Americans, although a small market for private flood insurance is sprouting in flood-prone states such as Florida. Homebuilders, the real estate industry, and property owners in coastal communities have also long favored the program, which offers subsidized rates to many policyholders. Advocates for reforming the program, which is administered by FEMA, said that Harvey`s arrival so close to the program`s Sept. 30 expiration date could move lawmakers to action. \"It would be our hope that this storm lights a fire under Congress to make reforms to the program,\" said Laura Lightbody, project director for flood preparedness at the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-partisan public policy group. \"Right now, it`s not on a sustainable path and carries a lot of other problems with it,\" Lightbody said. For example, she said, the program encourages development in flood-prone areas by making it easier to get insurance. There are about 435,000 NFIP policyholders in shoreline communities of Texas, according to a Pew analysis of flood exposure data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NFIP would have to pay claims from premiums it receives, if it exhausts its current borrowing limit, Ellis said. That could slow down processing, unless Congress agreed to an increase. But it is unlikely that Harvey claims would wipe out NFIP`s borrowing authority, Ellis said. The FEMA spokeswoman declined to comment on the NFIP borrowing limit or what would happen if it was exceeded. POLITICAL FIX? U.S. lawmakers have been considering legislative actions to reform the NFIP, including updating U.S. government flood zone maps, making more coverage available through private insurers and limiting or excluding coverage through the program for certain high risk properties. The government has said it is impossible for the NFIP to repay its debt.  There is bipartisan support to modernize the program and Senate and House lawmakers have held at least six hearings this year about ways to do it. At the same time, many groups have been lobbying for special interests. The National Association of Homebuilders said in June that it had worked with lawmakers to eliminate a provision from one bill that would have ended NFIP coverage for new homes constructed in so-called \"100-year flood zones,\" areas estimated to have a one percent chance of flooding each year. Professional risk managers are among those pushing Congress to extend the program beyond September to buy time for reforms.  Many businesses and institutions have building loans and leases that require NFIP flood policies, which would not be in effect if the program lapses, said Elizabeth Guimaraes, risk management director at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  \"We’re talking all across the board, people not being in compliance with loans and leases. It`s a huge problem,\" said Guimaraes, who is also a spokeswoman for the Risk Management Society (RIMS). Harvey`s timing may hasten congressional response. \"These disasters do clarify the mind about the program,\" Ellis said. ",
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                    <h1 class="article-heading margin-bt10px">Hurricane Harvey to add to debt woes of US flood insurance program</h1>
											<p class="margin-bt10px"> The destruction that heavy rain and floods from Hurricane Harvey could inflict on Texas would add to the pile of debt owed by a federal flood insurance program that is due to expire in September, advocacy groups said.
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                      <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Washington: The destruction that heavy rain and floods from Hurricane Harvey could inflict on Texas would add to the pile of debt owed by a federal flood insurance program that is due to expire in September, advocacy groups said.</p>
<p>The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) owes $24.6 billion to the Treasury. Most of it covered claims from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and floods in 2016, the program’s third most severe loss-year on record with losses exceeding $4 billion, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which manages it.</p>
<p>The NFIP was extended 17 times between 2008 and 2012 and lapsed four times in that period. A 2012 law extended the program to September.</p>
<p>The only source of flood insurance for most Americans, it will be in place for homeowners and businesses in Harvey`s path along the central Texas coast.</p>
<p>But Harvey-related claims covered under the program could push it deeper into the red and possibly toward its borrowing limit of just over $30 billion, said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan budget watchdog in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>Federal law requires that homes in flood-risk areas have flood insurance before a mortgage can be completed. The program is the only flood insurance available to the vast majority of Americans, although a small market for private flood insurance is sprouting in flood-prone states such as Florida.</p>
<p>Homebuilders, the real estate industry, and property owners in coastal communities have also long favored the program, which offers subsidized rates to many policyholders.</p>
<p>Advocates for reforming the program, which is administered by FEMA, said that Harvey`s arrival so close to the program`s Sept. 30 expiration date could move lawmakers to action.</p>
<p>"It would be our hope that this storm lights a fire under Congress to make reforms to the program," said Laura Lightbody, project director for flood preparedness at the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-partisan public policy group.</p>
<p>"Right now, it`s not on a sustainable path and carries a lot of other problems with it," Lightbody said. For example, she said, the program encourages development in flood-prone areas by making it easier to get insurance.</p>
<p>There are about 435,000 NFIP policyholders in shoreline communities of Texas, according to a Pew analysis of flood exposure data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p>
<p>The NFIP would have to pay claims from premiums it receives, if it exhausts its current borrowing limit, Ellis said. That could slow down processing, unless Congress agreed to an increase. But it is unlikely that Harvey claims would wipe out NFIP`s borrowing authority, Ellis said.</p>
<p>The FEMA spokeswoman declined to comment on the NFIP borrowing limit or what would happen if it was exceeded.</p>
<p>POLITICAL FIX?</p>
<p>U.S. lawmakers have been considering legislative actions to reform the NFIP, including updating U.S. government flood zone maps, making more coverage available through private insurers and limiting or excluding coverage through the program for certain high risk properties.</p>
<p>The government has said it is impossible for the NFIP to repay its debt. </p>
<p>There is bipartisan support to modernize the program and Senate and House lawmakers have held at least six hearings this year about ways to do it. At the same time, many groups have been lobbying for special interests.</p>
<p>The National Association of Homebuilders said in June that it had worked with lawmakers to eliminate a provision from one bill that would have ended NFIP coverage for new homes constructed in so-called "100-year flood zones," areas estimated to have a one percent chance of flooding each year.</p>
<p>Professional risk managers are among those pushing Congress to extend the program beyond September to buy time for reforms. </p>
<p>Many businesses and institutions have building loans and leases that require NFIP flood policies, which would not be in effect if the program lapses, said Elizabeth Guimaraes, risk management director at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. </p>
<p>"We’re talking all across the board, people not being in compliance with loans and leases. It`s a huge problem," said Guimaraes, who is also a spokeswoman for the Risk Management Society (RIMS).<br />
Harvey`s timing may hasten congressional response. "These disasters do clarify the mind about the program," Ellis said.</p>
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						if(i==3){d.insertAfter(t);fillElementWithAd(d, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_Inarticle_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});
						}
						if(pl>8){
							if(i==(pl-2)){d.insertAfter(t);fillElementWithAd(d, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_Inarticle_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});
							}
						}		
						});
				}
				
                if($.autopager){
                            var use_ajax = false;
							/*var disqus_shortname = 'zeehindi';
							var disqus_identifier; //made of post id and guid
							var disqus_url; //post permalink
								
							function loadDisqus(source, identifier, url, nid) {
							
								if (window.DISQUS) {
									//alert("if");
									jQuery('<div id="disqus_thread"></div>').insertAfter(source);	
									jQuery('#disqus_thread').insertAfter(source); //append the HTML after the link
								   //if Disqus exists, call it's reset method with new parameters
								   DISQUS.reset({
									  reload: true,
									  config: function () {
									  this.page.identifier = identifier;
									  this.page.url = url;
									  }
								   });
								}else{
								   jQuery('<div id="disqus_thread"></div>').insertAfter(source);
								   disqus_identifier = identifier; //set the identifier argument
								   disqus_url = url; //set the permalink argument

								   //append the Disqus embed script to HTML
								   var dsq = document.createElement('script'); dsq.type = 'text/javascript'; dsq.async = true;
								   dsq.src = 'http://' + disqus_shortname + '.disqus.com/embed.js';
								   jQuery('head').append(dsq);
								}
							};*/
							/*$('.disqusOn').live( "click", notify );
								function notify() {
								  identifier = $(this).attr('id');
								  dUrl = $(this).attr('disqus-url');
								  source = $(this).parent();
								  loadDisqus(jQuery(this), identifier, dUrl);
							}*/	
							function loadshare(curl){	
								history.pushState('' ,'', curl);
								if(window.OBR){
									window.OBR.extern.researchWidget();
								}
								//console.log("loadshare Call->" + curl);
								//$('html head').find('title').text("main" + nxtTitle);
								if(_up == false){
									var cu_url = curl;	
									_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-2069755-1']);
									var r = _gaq.push(['_trackPageview',cu_url]);
									_gaq.push(['_setCookiePath', '/']);	

									if(window.COMSCORE){														
										window.COMSCORE.beacon({c1: "2", c2: "9254297"});
										var e = Date.now();
										$.ajax({
											url: "/marathi/news/zscorecard.json?" + e,
											success: function(e) {}
										})
									}	
									//console.log('ga:'+r);							   							   
									/*(function () {
										var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
										ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://' : 'http://') + 'stats.g.doubleclick.net/dc.js';
										var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
									})();*/					
									//console.log("loadshare Call");
								}
							}
                            if(use_ajax==false) {	
								//console.log('getting');
                                var view_selector    = 'div.center-section'; // + settings.view_name; + '.view-display-id-' + settings.display;
                                var content_selector = view_selector; // + settings.content_selector;
                                var items_selector   = content_selector + ' > div.rep-block'; // + settings.items_selector;
                                var pager_selector   = 'div.next-story-block > div.view-zn-article-mc-all-2017 > div.view-content > div.clearfix'; // + settings.pager_selector;
                                var next_selector    = 'div.next-story-block > div.view-zn-article-mc-all-2017 > div.view-content > div.clearfix > a:last'; // + settings.next_selector;
								var auto_selector    = 'div.tag-block';
                                var img_location     = view_selector + ' > div.rep-block:last';								
                                var img_path         = '<div class="loading-block text-center margin-bt50px"><div class="loading-text">Loading</div><div class="zee-l"><svg height="100%" version="1.1" viewBox="0 0 98 98" width="100%"><circle class="ytp-svg-autoplay-circle" cx="49" cy="49" fill="" fill-opacity="0.7" r="48"></circle><circle id="green-halo" cx="-49" cy="49" fill="none" r="46.5" stroke="#ff5050" stroke-dasharray="0,20000" stroke-dashoffset="0" stroke-width="1" transform="rotate(-90)"></circle><text id="myTimer" text-anchor="middle" x="100" y="110"></text></svg></div></div>';  //settings.img_path;
                                //var img              = '<div id="views_infinite_scroll-ajax-loader">' + img_path + '</div>';
								var img              = img_path;
                                //$(pager_selector).hide();
								//alert($(next_selector).attr('href'));
								var x = 0;
								var url = '';
								var prevLoc = window.location.pathname;
								var circle = ""; 
								var myTimer = "";
								var interval = 30;
								var angle = 0;
								var Inverval = "";
								var angle_increment = 6;
                                var handle = $.autopager({
                                    appendTo: content_selector,
                                    content: items_selector,
									runscroll: maindiv,
                                    link: next_selector,
									autoLoad: false,
                                    page: 0,
                                    start: function(){
                                        $(img_location).after(img);
										circle = $('.center-section').find('#green-halo');
										myTimer = $('.center-section').find('#myTimer');
										angle = 0;		
										Inverval = setInterval(function (){										
										$(circle).attr("stroke-dasharray", angle + ", 20000");
										//myTimer.innerHTML = parseInt(angle/360*100) + '%';
										if (angle >= 360) {
											angle = 1;
										}
										angle += angle_increment;
										}.bind(this),interval);
                                    },
                                    load: function(){
										$('div.loading-block').remove();
										clearInterval(Inverval);
										//$('.repeat-block > .row > div.main-rhs2036721').find('div.rhs2036721:first').clone().appendTo('.repeat-block >.row > div.main-rhs' + x);
										$('div.rep-block > div.main-rhs2036721 > div:first').clone().appendTo('div.rep-block > div.main-rhs' + x);
										$('.center-section >.row:last').before('<div class="hor-ad margin-bt50px text-center margin-auto"><a name="s'+x+'"></a><div id="ad-'+ x + '" class="dfp-ad"></div></div><div class="block text-center margin-bt50px margin-tp30px"><h2 class="next-s">Next Story</h2></div>');
										$(".main-rhs" + x).theiaStickySidebar();
										var fb_script=document.createElement('script');										
										fb_script.text= "(function(d, s, id) {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if (d.getElementById(id)) return;js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;js.src = '//connect.facebook.net/en_GB/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));";
										var fmain = $(".sr"+ x);
										//alert(x+ "-" + url);
										var fdiv = '<div class="fb-comments" id="fb'+ x +'" data-href="' + url + '" data-width="100%" data-numposts="10"></div>';
										//$(fb_script).appendTo(fmain);
										$(fdiv).appendTo(fmain);
										FB.XFBML.parse();
										var $dfpAd = $('.center-section').children().find("#ad-"+ x);
										//console.log($dfpAd);
										/*var pl = $("#star2036721 > div.field-name-body > div.field-items > div.field-item").children('p').length;
										if(pl>3){
											xp = "#star"+x;
											$(xp +" > div.field-name-body > div.field-items > div.field-item").children('p').each(function(i, n){
												ci=  parseInt(i) + 1; t=this;
												d = $("<div id='ad"+ ci + "-" + x +"'>ad Space</div>");		
												console.log("i: " + i + " ci:" + ci + " n:" + n);
												console.log(this);
												if(ci%3==0){d.insertAfter(t);fillElementWithAd(d, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_Inarticle_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});}						
											});
										}*/
										xp = "#star"+x;
										var pl = $(xp + " > div.field-name-body > div.field-items > div.field-item").children('p').length;
										if(pl>4){
											$(xp + " > div.field-name-body > div.field-items > div.field-item").children('p').each(function(i, n){
												ci=  parseInt(i) + 1; t=this;	
												d = $("<div id='ad"+ ci + "-" + x +"' class='block margin-bt30px adATF' style='height:auto; width:300px; margin:auto; padding-bottom: 20px;'></div>");	
												console.log("i: " + i + " ci:" + ci + " n:" + n);
												console.log(this);
												if(i==3){d.insertAfter(t);fillElementWithAd(d, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_Inarticle_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});
												}
												if(pl>8){
													if(i==(pl-2)){d.insertAfter(t);fillElementWithAd(d, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_Inarticle_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});
													}
												}	
												
											});
										}
										fillElementWithAd($dfpAd, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_970x90_BTF', [[728, 90], [970, 90]], {});
										var $dfpAdrhs = $('.main-rhs' + x).children().find('.adATF').empty().attr("id", "ad-300-" + x); //$('.content-area > .main-article > .row > .main-rhs'+x).find('#ad-300-' + x);
										var $dfpAdrhs2 = $('.main-rhs' + x).children().find('.adBTF').empty().attr("id", "ad-300-2-" + x);//$('.content-area > .main-article > .row > .main-rhs'+x).find('#ad-300-2-' + x);
										//var $dfpMiddleAd = $('.content-area > .main-article > .row').find('#ar'+x).find('#ad-middle-' + x).empty();
										fillElementWithAd($dfpAdrhs, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_300x250_ATF', [[300, 250], [300, 600]], {});
										fillElementWithAd($dfpAdrhs2, '/11440465/Zeenews_English_Article_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});
										//fillElementWithAd($dfpMiddleAd, '/11440465/Zeenews_Hindi_Article_Middle_300x250_BTF', [300, 250], {});
										var instagram_script=document.createElement('script');
										instagram_script.defer='defer';
										instagram_script.async='async';
										instagram_script.src='//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js';
										
										/*var outbrain_script=document.createElement('script');
										outbrain_script.type='text/javascript';
										outbrain_script.async='async';
										outbrain_script.src='http://widgets.outbrain.com/outbrain.js';
										var Omain = $("#outbrain-"+ x);
										//alert(Omain + "--" + $(Omain).length);
										
										$(Omain).after(outbrain_script);
										var rhs = $('.main-article > .row > div.article-right-part > div.rhs2036721:first').clone();
										$(rhs).find('.ad-one').attr("id", "ad-300-" + x).empty();
										$(rhs).find('.ad-two').attr("id", "ad-300-2-" + x).empty();
										//$('.main-article > .row > div.article-right-part > div.rhs2036721:first').clone().appendTo('.main-article > .row > div.main-rhs' + x);	
										$(rhs).appendTo('.main-article > .row > div.main-rhs' + x);	*/
										
										setTimeout(function(){	
											
											var twit = $("div.field-name-body").find('blockquote[class^="twitter"]').length;
											var insta = $("div.field-name-body").find('blockquote[class^="instagram"]').length;
											if(twit==0){twit = ($("div.field-name-body").find('twitterwidget[class^="twitter"]').length);}
											if(twit>0){	
												if (typeof (twttr) != 'undefined') {
													twttr.widgets.load();
													
												} else {
													$.getScript('http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js');
												}
												//$(twit).addClass('tfmargin');
											}
											if(insta>0){
												$('.content > .left-block:last').after(instagram_script);
												//$(insta).addClass('tfmargin');
												window.instgrm.Embeds.process();
											}										 
										}, 1500);
                                    }
                                });	
								/*$("#loadmore").click(function(){
									x=$(next_selector).attr('id');									
									var url = $(next_selector).attr('href');
									disqus_identifier = 'ZNH' + x;
									disqus_url  = url;
									handle.autopager('load');
									history.pushState('' ,'', url);
									setTimeout(function(){
									  //twttr.widgets.load();
									  //loadDisqus(jQuery(this), disqus_identifier, disqus_url);
									}, 6000);									
								});*/
								
								/*$("button[id^='mf']").live("click", disqusToggle);
								function disqusToggle() {
									console.log("Main id: " + $(this).attr('id'));
								}*/
								$(document).delegate("button[id^='mf']", "click", function(){
								  fbcontainer	= ''; 		
								  fbid = '#' + $(this).attr('id');	
								  var sr =  fbid.replace("#mf", ".sr");
								  
								  //console.log("Main id: " + $(this).attr('id') +  "Goodbye!jQuery 1.4.3+" + sr); 
								  $(fbid).parent().children(sr).toggle();
								  fbcontainer = $(fbid).parent().children(sr).children(".fb-comments").attr("id");
								  //console.log(fbcontainer);
								  //var commentsContainer = document.getElementById(fbcontainer);
								  //commentsContainer.innerHTML = '<fb:comments href=\"http://zeenews.india.com/' + url + '\"  data-width=\"100%\" data-numposts=\"10\"></fb:comments>';
								  							  								  
								});	
								function onPlayerStateChange(event){	
								var ing, fid;
								console.log(event + "---player");
									$('iframe[id*="video-"]').each(function(){
										_v = $(this).attr('id'); 
										console.log("_v: " + _v);
										if(_v != event){
											console.log("condition match");
											ing = new YT.get(_v);
											if(ing.getPlayerState()=='1'){
												ing.pauseVideo();	
											}
										}
									});
									$('div[id*="video-"]').each(function(){
										_v = $(this).attr('id');
										console.log("_v: " + _v + " event: " +  event);
										if(_v != event){
											jwplayer(_v).play(false);			
										}
									});
								}
								function onYouTubePlay(vid, code, playDiv,vx, pvid){
										if (typeof(YT) == 'undefined' || typeof(YT.Player) == 'undefined') {	
										  var tag = document.createElement('script');
										  tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
										  var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
										  firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
										  window.onYouTubePlayerAPIReady = function() {
											  onYouTubePlayer(vid, code, playDiv,vx, pvid);
										  };
										}else{onYouTubePlayer(vid, code, playDiv,vx, pvid);}
									}
									function onYouTubePlayer(vid, code, playDiv,vx, pvid){
										//console.log(playDiv + "Get Youtue  " + vid);										
										//$("#"+vid).find(".playvideo-"+ vx).hide();
										var player = new YT.Player(playDiv , {
										  height: '450',
										  width: '100%',
										  videoId:code,
										  playerVars: {
											'autoplay': 1,
											'showinfo': 1,
											'controls': 1
										  },										  
										  events: {
											'onStateChange': function(event){
												onPlayerStateChange(event.target.a.id);
											}
										  }
										});										
										$("#video-"+vid).show();
									}
									function onjwPlayerAPIReady(vid, code, playDiv,vx, pvid){
										//$("#"+vid).find(".playvideo-"+ vx).hide();
										//console.log("Get Jwplayer" + $("#"+vid));
										//console.log(jwplayer(vid).getState());
										//if(jwplayer(vid).getState()==null){
											jwplayer(playDiv).setup
											({
												file: code,
												mediaid:'Z'+vid,
												hlshtml: true,
												primary: 'html5',
												cookies: true,
												width: '100%',
												aspectratio:'16:9',
												autostart: true,
												fallback: false,
												ga: {},
												events:{
													onPlay: function(event) {
														onPlayerStateChange(this.id);
													}
												},
												advertising:{
													client: 'googima',
													schedule: {
														preroll: {
															offset: 'pre',
															tag: 'https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/11440465/ZeenewsEnglish_VOD_Preroll&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&url=http//demo.zeenews.com/&description_url=http//demo.zeenews.com/&correlator=[timestamp]'
														}			
													}
												}
											});
										//}
									}
								$(document).delegate("div[id^='play']", "click", function(){
									//console.log($(this).attr("id"));
									//console.log($(this).attr("video-source"));
									//console.log($(this).attr("video-code"));
									var isyoutube = $(this).attr("video-source");
									var vid = $(this).attr("id");
									$(this).hide();
									var pvid = $(this).attr("newsid");
									var vx = $(this).attr("id").replace('play-','');
									var vC = $(this).attr("video-code");
									var playDiv = "video-" + vid + "-" + pvid;
									if(isyoutube =='No'){
										onjwPlayerAPIReady(vid, vC, playDiv,vx, pvid);
									}else{
										onYouTubePlay(vid, vC, playDiv,vx, pvid);
									}
								});
								$(document).delegate("div[id^='ptop']", "click", function(){
									var vid = $(this).attr("id").replace('ptop','');
									$(this).hide();
									var pvid = $(this).attr("newsid");
									//console.log($(this).attr("id") + "--" + vid);
									//console.log($(this).parent().children().find('#play-'+vid).attr("video-source"));
									//console.log($(this).parent().children().find('#play-'+vid).attr("video-code"));
									var isyoutube = $(this).parent().children().find('#play-'+vid).attr("video-source");									
									var vC = $(this).parent().children().find('#play-'+vid).attr("video-code");
									var playDiv = "mvideo-play-" + vid + "-" + pvid;
									if(isyoutube =='No'){	
										//console.log(jwplayer($(this).attr("id")).getState());										
										onjwPlayerAPIReady($(this).attr("id"), vC, playDiv, vid, pvid);

									}else{
										onYouTubePlay($(this).attr("id"), vC, playDiv, vid, pvid);
									}
								});
								var title, imageUrl, description, author, shortName, identifier, timestamp, summary, newsID, nextnews;
								var previousScroll = 0;
								//console.log("prevLoc" + prevLoc);
								$(window).scroll(function(){
									var last = $(auto_selector).filter(':last');									
									var lastHeight = last.offset().top ;									
									//st = $(layout).scrollTop();
										//console.log("st:" + st);
										var currentScroll = $(this).scrollTop();
									    if (currentScroll > previousScroll){
										    _up = false;
									    } else {
										   _up  = true;
									    }
									    previousScroll = currentScroll;
										//console.log("_up" + _up);
																				
										var cutoff = $(window).scrollTop() + 64;
										//console.log(cutoff + "**");
										$('div[id^="row"]').each(function(){	
											//console.log("article" + $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr("id") + $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-url'));	
											if($(this).offset().top + $(this).height() > cutoff){
												//console.log("$$" + $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-url'));
												if(prevLoc != $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-url')){
													prevLoc = $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-url');
													$('html head').find('title').text($(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-title'));
													$('meta[name=description]').attr("content",$(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-summary'));
													$('meta[name=keywords]').attr("content",$(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-keyword'));
													$('meta[name=news_keywords]').attr("content",$(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-keyword'));
													
													
													_sf_async_config.sections= $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-section');
													_sf_async_config.authors= $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-author');
													pSUPERFLY.virtualPage(prevLoc,$(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-title'));
													//console.log("Summary: " + $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-summary'));
													//console.log("Keyword: " + $(this).children().find('.left-block').attr('data-keyword'));
													//history.pushState('' ,'', prevLoc);
													loadshare(prevLoc);
												}
												return false; // stops the iteration after the first one on screen
											}
										});
									if(lastHeight + last.height() < $(document).scrollTop() + $(window).height()){
										//console.log("**get");
										url = $(next_selector).attr('href');
										x=$(next_selector).attr('id');
										//console.log("x:" + x);
										handle.autopager('load');										
										
										/*setTimeout(function(){
										  //twttr.widgets.load();
										  //loadDisqus(jQuery(this), disqus_identifier, disqus_url);
										}, 6000);*/
									}
									//lastoff = last.offset();
									//console.log("**" + lastoff + "**");									
								});
								//$( ".content-area" ).click(function(event) {							  
								//	console.log(event.target.nodeName);								
								//});	
								
								
								/*$( ".comment-button" ).live("click", disqusToggle);
								function disqusToggle() {
									var id = $(this).attr("id");
									$("#disqus_thread1" + id).toggle();
								};*/
								$(".main-rhs2036721").theiaStickySidebar();
								var prev_content_height = $(content_selector).height();
								//$(function() {
									var layout = $(content_selector);									
									var st = 0;									
								///});
								
								
							}
                }
			});
			 
	/*}
   };*/
})(jQuery);
 
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