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								<p>WASHINGTON — Volunteers and emergency responders from the D.C. area headed to the Lone-Star state on Sunday to help with relief efforts.</p>
<p>Fairfax County&#8217;s urban search and rescue team is sending one of its swift water rescue teams to Texas to help. And Montgomery County&#8217;s urban search and rescue team was preparing to leave for Texas Sunday evening.</p>
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<p>Hurricane Harvey has weakened to a tropical storm, but continued to drench the Gulf Coast and the worst still might not be over in Texas. The forecast calls for rain to continue over the next few days, raising fears of continued flooding.</p>
<p>According to the Red Cross, hundreds of volunteers from all over the United States are already on the ground in Texas, and thousands more will be deployed in the coming weeks.</p>
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<p>“I know that we have over 200 of these vehicles that are currently in route going to Texas, not all of them coming from the Washington area,&#8221; said Benjamin. &#8220;They&#8217;re coming from all over the United States.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Red Cross uses the vehicles to feed residents in the disaster area and to distribute supplies.</p>
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<p>&#8220;At this point we&#8217;re using up enormous sums of money in order to provide all of the assistance that we do provide.&#8221;</p>
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        var player_id = properties.player_instance_id;
        var video_id = 'tout-' + properties.tout_uid;
        var $tagdata = $('.tout-top-article');
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            if( $container.find('.tout-hook-header-title').length > 0 ){
                var video_title = $container.find('.tout-hook-header-title').text( );
            } else {
                var video_title = $tagdata.data('article-title');
            }
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            console.log( 'title: ' + video_title );
            console.log( 'thumb: ' + $container.find('#tout-video-' + player_id ).attr('poster'));
            console.log( 'timestamp: ' + $tagdata.data('pub-timestamp') );
            console.log( 'section: ' + $tagdata.data('site-section') );
            console.log( 'author: ' + $tagdata.data('article-author') );
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                        title: video_title ,
                        image_url: $container.find('#tout-video-' + player_id ).attr('poster'),
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                        pub_date_tmsp: $tagdata.data('pub-timestamp'),
                        tags: ['Tout', properties.product_name ],
                        authors: [ $tagdata.data('article-author') ]
                    }
                 );
     }
    }
//     console.log( event_name );
//     console.log(properties);
   },
   tout_paused: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When a Tout video content started to play
     if ( typeof PARSELY !== "undefined" ){
        PARSELY.video.trackPause( 'tout-' + properties.tout_uid );
     }
     console.log( event_name );
     console.log(properties);
   },
   ad_requested: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When Tout player made a request to the ads network
   },
   ad_loaded: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When the ads network responsed succesfully with anything, may be with/without any ads
   },
   ad_ready: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When the ads network resolved an ad that is ready to be served
   },
   ad_started: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When Tout player started to play the ad, because the ad is playable
   },
   ad_completed: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When an ad is finished playing
   },
   ad_error: function(event_name, properties) {
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     //When anything prevent an ad from playing, can be but not limited to any of these:
     //* failed to communicate to the ads network for any reason
     //* ads network responsed with an empty response, no ads
     //* ads network responsed with invalid/corrupted data
     //* the ad content responsed from the ads network is not playable
     //* the player crashed for any reason
   },
   product_initialized: function(event_name, properties) {
     //Your code goes here;
     //When the player initialization is completed and it's ready to go
     console.log( event_name );
     console.log(properties);
   }
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					  window.TOUT = window.TOUT || {};
					  window.TOUT.topArticleLoaded = function(attrs){
					    if(attrs.matchExists){
					      //$()Post-Featured-Photo
                                              if ( typeof document.getElementsByClassName('Entry-featured')[0] !== "undefined" ) {
                                                    document.getElementsByClassName('Entry-featured')[0].style.display = 'none';
                                              }				
					      console.log("There is a Tout top article match for this article.");
					    }
                                            //console.log( attrs );
					  };
					  var brandUid = '1d52bf';
					  TOUT.mapAsyncFetchApp.init(brandUid);
					  TOUT.init(brandUid);
					  TOUT.mapAsyncFetchApp.fetch();
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