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                <h3>A MAJOR dam just outside Houston has begun overspilling as the floods brought on by Storm Harvey continue to devastate Texas.</h3>
        
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                        totalTime: 0,
                        fired: false,
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                        shouldStick: false,
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                                        ExpressApp.CommentKpiTracking.sendResults('click');
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                                ExpressApp.CommentKpiTracking.SetIsInView(true);
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                                if (that.isInView === true) {
                                    ExpressApp.CommentKpiTracking.StopTimer();
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                        StartTimer: function(){
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                        StopTimer: function(){
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                        RoundResults: function (seconds) {
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                        sendResults: function (clickorunload) {
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                        TrackNumberOfComments: function (number) {
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                                ga('send', 'event', 'Comments', 'On', 'Yes');
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                //ExpressApp.GoogleAnalytics.TrackFacebook(); // Google Analytics Facebook Like Button Click Tracker
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<script src="https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/theme/Responsive/js/vendor/jquery.scrolldepth.min.js"></script>
<script>
jQuery(function() {
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<script>

function getSelected() {
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function is_touch_device() {
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                    enableCount: false,
                    iconOnly: true,
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<script>

$.extend(ExpressApp, {
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        modal: null,
        video: null,
        videocontent: null,
        stop: false,

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        InitModal: function() {
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        ReplaceModalBody: function(modalBody) {
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        GetModalContent: function(content, isButtonPaused) {
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                success: function(data){
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});

$(function () {
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});

BrightcovePluginFunctions = {};
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.win = null;
BrightcovePluginFunctions.possibleiframe = null;
BrightcovePluginFunctions.isVisible = true;
BrightcovePluginFunctions.hasBrightcove = false;
BrightcovePluginFunctions.browserPrefixes = ['moz', 'ms', 'o', 'webkit'];
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.getVisibilityEvent = function(prefix){
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.getBrowserPrefix = function(){
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.browserPrefix = BrightcovePluginFunctions.getBrowserPrefix();
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.visibilityEventName = BrightcovePluginFunctions.getVisibilityEvent(BrightcovePluginFunctions.browserPrefix);

BrightcovePluginFunctions.onVisible = function() {
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.onHidden = function() {
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BrightcovePluginFunctions.handleVisibilityChange = function(forcedFlag) {
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$(window).on('load', function(){
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            inskinTop : 0,
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            deltaTime : 0,
            deltaDiff : 0,
            adslotChanges : 0,
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            Resize : function (){
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            SetTheBackground : function(){
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            StartTheClock : function(){
                    console.log('StartTheClock');
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                    console.log('timeSinceWindowLoad is 0');
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                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.advertDelayCounter = setInterval(function(){
                            ExpressApp.InskinControl.UpdateSeconds();
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                }
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            RefreshTheClock : function(){
                console.log('RefreshTheClock');
                this.timeSinceWindowLoad = 1;
            },
            UpdateSeconds : function(){
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                }
                if ($(window).scrollTop() > ExpressApp.InskinControl.inskinTop) {
                    deltaTime = Date.now() - ExpressApp.InskinControl.startTime;
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaDiff = deltaTime - ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaTime;
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaTime = deltaTime;
                	this.timeSinceWindowLoad += ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
                	this.actualTimeSinceWindowLoad += ExpressApp.InskinControl.deltaDiff;
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                if (this.timeSinceWindowLoad > ExpressApp.InskinControl.inskin_delay && ExpressApp.InskinControl.hasInskinJoinedUs == true) {
                    ExpressApp.InskinControl.PutAdvertBack();
                }
            },
            PutAdvertBack : function (){
                window.clearInterval(ExpressApp.InskinControl.CssFunction);
                window.clearTimeout(ExpressApp.InskinControl.backgroundJob);
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                    window.clearInterval(ExpressApp.InskinControl.SecondayCssFunction);
                }
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                               $('#' + thediv).css({zIndex: 500, position: 'static', padding: '10px 0', background: 'transparent', width: 'auto !important', minWidth: '1px'});
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            }
        });
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    __iasPET.pubId = '10079'; // your account manager will provide this ID

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    // before requesting ads without PET data. we recommend starting at 2 seconds
    // when testing and adjusting downwards as appropriate.
    // remember to replace 'requestAds' below with the function you use to request
    // ads from DFP.
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    var __iasPETTimeoutRequestAds = setTimeout(requestAds, IASPET_TIMEOUT);

    // this function will be called when a PET response is received. it will
    // set the targeting data for DFP and request ads
    // remember to replace requestAds() with the function you use for requesting
    // ads from DFP
    var iasDataHandler = function (adSlotData) {
        ExpressApp.Log('iasDataHandler executed');
        clearTimeout(__iasPETTimeoutRequestAds);
        __iasPET.setTargetingForGPT();
        requestAds();
    };

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                size: sizes,
                adUnitPath: gptSlots[i].getAdUnitPath()
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