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' }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+'
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' } } 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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