'+pages+''); $('.stream > div:odd').addClass('bgr_color'); updateHeight('#history'); }); window.activateTabArea = ensure(function(tab, areas){ var parsed = false; var parts = (areas || '').split('/'); window.fsonload = $.inArray('fs', parts) >= 0; if(fsonload){ parts.splice(parts.indexOf('fs'), 1); } var replayMode = false; if($.inArray('replay', parts)>=0){ replayMode = 'replay'; } var noSoundMode = false; if($.inArray('nosound', parts)>=0){ noSoundMode = 'nosound'; } if($.inArray('ns', parts)>=0){ noSoundMode = 'ns'; } var previewMode = null; if($.inArray('p', parts)>=0){ previewMode = 'p'; } if($.inArray('preview', parts)>=0){ previewMode = 'preview'; } if($.inArray('repeat', parts)>=0){ replayMode = 'repeat'; } if($.inArray('r', parts)>=0 || $.inArray('ro', parts)>=0){ replayMode = 'r'; } if(replayMode){ parts.splice(parts.indexOf(replayMode), 1); } if(noSoundMode){ parts.splice(parts.indexOf(noSoundMode), 1); } if(previewMode){ parts.splice(parts.indexOf(previewMode), 1); } if(previewMode){ if(!parts.length){ parts = ['1-14', '999:59']; } } var area = parts[0]; if(tab == 'history' && false){ var page = parseInt(area || '1') || 1; $.ajax({ url: 'https://login.wn.com/recent/json/?pp='+history_pp+'&skip='+history_pp*(page-1), dataType: 'jsonp', success: function(response){ $ensure(function(){ renderHistory(response, page); }); } }); return true; } if(tab == 'global_history' && false){ var page = parseInt(area || '1') || 1; globalHistory.fetchStream(page, '', function(){ updateHeight('#global_history'); }); return true; } if(tab == 'my_playlists' && false){ var page = parseInt(area || '1') || 1; myPlaylists.fetchStream(page, '', function(){ updateHeight('#my_playlists'); }); return true; } if(tab == 'my_videos' && false){ var page = parseInt(area || '1') || 1; myVideos.fetchStream(page, '', function(){ updateHeight('#my_videos'); }); return true; } if(tab == 'related_sites' && areas && matchPosition(areas)){ var seconds = parsePosition(areas); scrollRelated(seconds); return false; } if(matchPosition(area) || matchAction(area)){ parts.unshift('1'); area = parts[0]; } if(tab == 'expand' && area && area.match(/\d+/)) { var num = parseInt(area); if(num < 100){ //FIX ME. 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var par = el.closest('.playlist_scrollarea'); par.scrollTop(el.offset().top-par.height()/2); } var updateVolumeState = function(){ if(noSoundMode){ if(noSoundMode == 'turn-on'){ clog("Sound is on, vsid="+vp.vsid); vp.setVolumeUnMute(); noSoundMode = false; }else{ clog("Sound is off, vsid="+vp.vsid); vp.setVolumeMute(); noSoundMode = 'turn-on'; } } } var playQueueUpdate = function(){ var playPosition = playQueue[playQueuePosition]; vp.playFromPlaylist(playPosition.video); scrollToPlaylistPosition(vp); playShouldStart = playPosition.start; playShouldStop = playPosition.stop; }; var playQueueAdvancePosition = function(){ clog("Advancing play position..."); playQueuePosition ++; while(playQueuePosition < playQueue.length && !playQueue[playQueuePosition].video){ playQueuePosition ++; } if(playQueuePosition < playQueue.length){ playQueueUpdate(); }else if(vp.getReplayCurrent()){ playQueuePosition = 0; playQueueUpdate(); vp.seekTo(playShouldStart); vp.playVideo(); }else{ vp.pauseVideo(); playShouldStop = null; playShouldStart = null; } }; function loadMoreVideos(playerId, vp, start, finish, callback){ var playlistInfo = playlists[playerId-1]; if(playlistInfo.loading >= finish) return; playlistInfo.loading = finish; $.ajax({ url: '/api/upge/cheetah-photo-search/query_videos2', dataType: 'json', data: { query: playlistInfo.query, orderby: playlistInfo.orderby, start: start, count: finish-start }, success: function(response){ var pl = vp.getPlaylist().slice(0); pl.push.apply(pl, response); vp.setPlaylist(pl); callback(); } }); } if(parts.length == 1 && matchDash(parts[0])){ var pl = vp.getActualPlaylist(); var vids = parseDash(parts[0]); parts = []; for(var i = 0; i < vids.length; i++){ playQueue.push({ 'video': pl[vids[i]-1], 'start': 0, 'stop': null }) } if(vids.length){ if(vids[vids.length-1]-1>=pl.length){ loadMoreVideos(playerId, vp, pl.length, vids[vids.length-1], function(){ if(fsonload){ activateTabArea(tab, parts[0]+'/fs'); }else{ activateTabArea(tab, parts[0]); } var pls = vp.getPlaylist(); vp.playFromPlaylist(pls[pls.length-1]); vp.playVideo(); scrollToPlaylistPosition(vp); }); return true; } } if(playQueue){ playQueueUpdate(); vp.playVideo(); parsed = true; playShouldStart = 0; } } if(previewMode){ var vids = []; var dur = 0; var pl = vp.getActualPlaylist(); area = parts[0]; if(parts.length == 1 && matchPosition(parts[0])){ vids = parseDash('1-'+pl.length); dur = parsePosition(parts[0]); parts = []; }else if(parts.length == 1 && matchDash(parts[0])){ vids = parseDash(parts[0]); dur = parsePosition("999:59"); parts = []; } if(parts.length == 2 && matchDash(parts[0]) && matchPosition(parts[1])){ vids = parseDash(parts[0]); dur = parsePosition(parts[1]); parts = []; } for(var i = 0; i < vids.length; i++){ playQueue.push({ 'video': pl[vids[i]-1], 'start': 0, 'stop': dur }) } if(playQueue){ playQueueUpdate(); vp.playVideo(); parsed = true; } } if(parts.length>1){ for(var i = 0; i < parts.length; i++){ var sel = findMatchingVideo(vp, parts[i]); if(sel){ playQueue.push({ 'video': sel, 'start': 0, 'stop': null }) } } if(playQueue){ playQueueUpdate(); vp.playVideo(); parsed = true; } }else if(area){ var sel = findMatchingVideo(vp, area); if(sel){ vp.playFromPlaylist(sel); playShouldStart = 0; parsed = true; } } if(fsonload || replayMode){ playShouldStart = 0; } if(document.location.search.match('at=|queue=')){ var opts = document.location.search.replace(/^\?/,'').split(/&/g); for(var o in opts){ if(opts[o].match(/^at=(\d+:)?(\d+:)?\d+$/)){ playShouldStart = parsePosition(opts[o].substr(3)) } if(opts[o].match(/^queue=/)){ playQueue = parseList(opts[o].substr(6)); if(playQueue){ playQueuePosition = 0; playQueueUpdate(); } } } } if(matchPosition(parts[1])){ playShouldStart = parsePosition(parts[1]); parsed = true; } if(matchAction(parts[1])){ var action = parseAction(vp, area+'/'+parts[1]); playShouldStart = action.start; playShouldStop = action.stop; parsed = true; } if(playShouldStart !== null && !playQueue.length){ playQueue.push({ video: vp.getCurrentVideo(), start: playShouldStart, stop: playShouldStop }); } if(playShouldStart != null){ setInterval(function(){ if(playShouldStop && vp.currentPlayer && vp.currentPlayer.getCurrentTime() > playShouldStop){ playShouldStop = null; if(vp.getCurrentVideo() == playQueue[playQueuePosition].video){ playQueueAdvancePosition(); }else{ playShouldStart = null; } } }, 500); vp.playerContainer.bind('videoplayer.player.statechange', function(e, state){ if(state == 'ended'){ // advance to the next video playQueueAdvancePosition(); } }); vp.playerContainer.bind('videoplayer.player.readychange', function(e, state){ if(state){ updateVolumeState(); if(playShouldStart !== null){ vp.seekTo(playShouldStart); playShouldStart = null; }else{ playShouldStop = null; // someone started other video, stop playing from playQueue } } if(fsonload) { triggerFullscreen(playerId); fsonload = false; } }); } } else if(tab.match(/^wiki\d+$/)){ if(firstTimeActivate){ load_wiki($('#'+tab), function(){ if(area){ var areaNode = $('#'+area); if(areaNode.length>0){ $('html, body').scrollTop(areaNode.offset().top + 10); return true; } } }); } } return parsed; }) window.activateTab = ensure(function(tab, area){ window.activeArea = null; if(tab == 'import_videos'){ if(area){ import_videos(area); }else{ start_import(); } return true; } if(tab == 'chat'){ update_chat_position($('.chat').eq(0)); window.activeArea = 'chat'; jQuery('.tabtrigger').offscreentabs('activateTab', 'chat'); return true; } if(tab in rev_names){ tab = rev_names[tab]; } if(tab.match(':')){ return false; } var sup = $('ul li a[id=#'+tab+']'); if(sup && sup.length>0){ window.activeArea = area; sup.first().click(); if(!window.activateTabArea(tab, area)){ window.activeArea = null; } window.activeArea = null; return true; }else{ var have_tabs = $('#playlist_menu li').length; if(tab.match(/^playlists?\d+$/)){ var to_add = +tab.substring(8).replace(/^s/,'')-have_tabs; if(to_add>0 && have_tabs){ add_more_videos(to_add); return true; } } } return false; }); window.currentPath = ensure(function(){ return window.lastHistory.replace(basepath, '').split('?')[0]; }); window.main_tab = window.main_tab || 'videos'; window.addHistory = ensure(function(path){ if(window.console && console.log) console.log("Adding to history: "+path); if(window.history && history.replaceState && document.location.hostname.match(/^(youtube\.)?(\w{2,3}\.)?wn\.com$/)){ if(path == main_tab || path == main_tab+'/' || path == '' || path == '/') { path = basepath; } else if( path.match('^'+main_tab+'/') ){ path = basepath + '/' + path.replace(main_tab+'/', '').replace('--','/'); } else { path = basepath + '/' + path.replace('--','/'); } if(document.location.search){ path += document.location.search; } if(window.lastHistory) { history.pushState(null, null, path); } else if(window.lastHistory != path){ history.replaceState(null, null, path); window.lastHistory = path; } } else{ path = path.replace('--','/'); if(path == main_tab || path == main_tab+'/' || path == '' || path == '/') { path = ''; } if(window.lastHistory != '/'+path){ window.location.hash = path? '/'+path : ''; window.lastHistory = '/'+path; } } }); $('.tabtrigger li a').live('click', ensure(function() { var tab = $(this).attr('id'); if(tab.substring(0,1) == '#'){ var name = tab.substring(1); if(name in menu_names){ name = menu_names[name][0]; } realTab = rev_names[name]; $('#'+realTab).show(); if(window.console && console.log) console.log("Triggering tab: "+name+(window.activeArea?" activeArea="+window.activeArea:'')); var path = name; if(window.activeArea){ path = path + '/' + window.activeArea; } if(tab.match(/#playlist\d+/) || tab.match(/#details\d+/)){ $('.multiple-playlists').show(); $('.related_playlist').show(); $('.longest_videos_playlist').show(); }else { $('.multiple-playlists').hide(); $('.related_playlist').hide(); $('.longest_videos_playlist').hide(); } // start the related script only when the tab is on screen showing if (tab.match(/related_sites/)) { if (mc) { mc.startCredits(); } } window.activeTab = realTab; addHistory(path); setTimeout(ensure(function(){ if(tab.match(/language--/)){ $('.tabtrigger').offscreentabs('activateTab', 'language'); } if(tab.match(/weather/)) { $('.tabtrigger').offscreentabs('activateTab', 'weather'); loadContinent(); } updateMenus(tab); updateHeight(); }), 10); } return false; })); }); -->

' }else{ weather_info += '
'+tempC+' °C
' } weather_info += '
  • Pressure: '+weather_data.main.pressure+' hPa
    • ' if (weather_data.main.humidity) { weather_info += '
  • Humidity: '+weather_data.main.humidity+' %
    • '; } if (clouds) { weather_info += '
  • Clounds: '+clouds.all+'%
    • ' } if (weather) { weather_info += '
  • '+weather.description+'
    • ' } weather_info += '
' } } global_geo_obj.html(weather_info); var global_geo = jQuery('#forecast'); get_forecast_details(city, 4, global_geo, country); }) }); }); function forecast_status(msg) { jQuery('#forecast-header').html(msg); } function get_forecast_details(city, days_count, global_geo, country) { global_geo.html('Loading forecast ...'); jQuery.ajax({ data: { city: city, report: 'daily' }, dataType: 'jsonp', url: 'https://upge.wn.com/api/upge/cheetah-photo-search/weather_forecast_4days', success: function(data) { if(!data) { text = ('weater data temporarily not available'); } // loop through the list of weather info weather_info = ''; var weather_day_loop = 0; jQuery.each(data.list, function(idx, value) { if (idx < 1) { return; } if (weather_day_loop >= days_count) { return false; } weather = value.weather.shift() clouds = value.clouds d = new Date(value.dt*1000) t = d.getMonth()+1 + '-' + d.getDate() + '-' + d.getFullYear() moment.lang('en', { calendar : { lastDay : '[Yesterday]', sameDay : '[Today]', nextDay : '[Tomorrow]', lastWeek : '[last] dddd', nextWeek : 'dddd', sameElse : 'L' } }); mobj = moment(value.dt*1000) // skip today if (t == today) { return; } tempC = parseInt(parseFloat(value.temp.day)-273.15) tempF = parseInt(tempC*1.8+32) today = t; weather_day_loop += 1; weather_info += '
'+mobj.calendar()+'
'; weather_info += '
' weather_info += '
' if (country == 'United States'){ weather_info += '
'+tempF+' °F
' }else{ weather_info += '
'+tempC+' °C
' } weather_info += '
  • '+value.pressure+' hPa
    • ' if (value.humidity) { weather_info += '
  • Humidity: '+value.humidity+' %
    • '; } if (clouds) { weather_info += '
  • Clouds: '+clouds+'%
    • ' } if (weather) { weather_info += '
  • ' +weather.description+'
    • ' } weather_info += '
' }); global_geo.html(weather_info); } }); } //-->
'); } else { var query = elem.find('.keywords').html(); $.ajax({ context: elem, url: 'https://wn.com/api/upge/cheetah-search-adv/video', cache: true, data: { 'query': query }, dataType: 'jsonp', success: function(text) { if (text.length > 0) { video_id = text[0].id; elem.find('.player').html(''); } } }); } } var stopAllYouTubeVideos = function() { var iframes = document.querySelectorAll('iframe'); Array.prototype.forEach.call(iframes, function(iframe) { iframe.contentWindow.postMessage(JSON.stringify({ event: 'command', func: 'pauseVideo' }), '*'); }); } jQuery(function() { jQuery(".playVideo").live("click", function() { if(!$(this).hasClass("played")){ stopAllYouTubeVideos(); var elem = $(this); setTimeout(function(){ mouseOverMe(elem); }, 1000); } }); jQuery(".description_box .expandContent").live("click", function() { elem = $(this).parent().parent().parent().find('.descContent'); if(elem.height() > 51) { elem.css('height', '44px'); $(this).html('Show More '); }else{ elem.css('height', 'auto'); $(this).html('Hide '); } }); jQuery('.interview-play-off').click(function() { $(".interview-play-off").hide(); $(".interview-play").show(); $(".videoplayer-control-pause").click(); }); jQuery(".video-desc .show_author_videos").live("click", function() { query = $(this).attr('title'); container = $(this).parent().parent().parent().find('.video-author-thumbs'); $(this).parent().parent().parent().find('.video-author-thumbs').css('height', '220px'); jQuery.ajax({ url: '/api/upge/cheetah-photo-search/videoresults', data: {'query': query}, success: function(text) { if(!text) { text = i18n("No results"); } container.html(jQuery(text)); } }); }); }); // -->

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'We could have died': Horse owners urged to plan for bushfires

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 04 Jan 2025
Many lessons came from the 2003 Canberra firestorm, including how to better care for horses during a bushfire emergency. This summer, horse owners are being urged to have emergency safety plans in place for their animals ... .
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What sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer

Phys Dot Org 13 Jun 2024
In the observational record, most of Australia's bushfire disasters have been linked to intense summer cold fronts, including Ash Wednesday (1983), the Canberra bushfires (2003), Black Saturday (2009) and the Black Summer ... Ice and bushfire.
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Meta may not care about Australian news but it’s the soul of our communities

The Observer 11 Mar 2024
Hello Darwin! My last gig was presenting the ABC TV news in Canberra for 15 years ... In 2003, when devastating bushfires swept through the ACT, our Canberra ABC TV newsroom had been up and running for just 18 months.
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New Australian telescope to enable deep space communication

Xinhua 06 Dec 2023
... data for all of Australia, allowing authorities to better prepare for bushfires 20 years after the Mount Stromlo Observatory was destroyed in the 2003 Canberra bushfires before being rebuilt.
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New warning system can help predict extreme bushfires

Phys Dot Org 27 Oct 2023
A UNSW Canberra ... It combines his decades of operational experience with bushfires in the ACT with the ground-breaking science that has been conducted by UNSW Canberra since the 2003 bushfires.
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This family bought into the Australian dream - but they soon discovered some major problems

The Daily Mail 31 Jul 2023
... to more than 560,000 by 2050, having already surpassed Canberra in size ... In Canberra, the Molonglo Valley – a strip of land destroyed in the 2003 bushfires – was estimated to grow to 50,000 by 2050.
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Vast fires razed Canberra’s suburbs 20 years ago – and changed bushfire science for ever ...

The Guardian 18 Jan 2023
... but the tragic day in Canberra of 18 January 2003 marked a pivotal moment in Australian bushfire science.
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Australia's capital marks 20th anniversary of worst bushfires

China.dot.org 18 Jan 2023
Wednesday marked 20 years since the 2003 Australian Capital Territory (ACT) bushfires hit Canberra, causing widespread severe damage in the city and killing four people.
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20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra's suburbs—and bushfire science was never the same

Phys Dot Org 18 Jan 2023
There had been big bushfires before, and there were bigger bushfires to come, but the tragic day in Canberra of January 18, 2003 ... We have learnt a lot from the devastating Canberra bushfires of 2003.
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New report shows ACT unprepared for future bushfires

Australian Broadcasting Corporation 09 Jan 2023
On the cusp of the 20th anniversary of the devastating 2003 Canberra bushfires, experts are warning not all the lessons from the disaster have been heeded ... .
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