The document appears to be a JavaScript code snippet for a news bulletin widget, likely used on a website to dynamically display news updates and statuses. It contains functions for loading, displaying, and refreshing news items, along with handling author information and social media links. The code also addresses ensuring proper loading behavior across different web browsers.

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newsbulletin.nbFooter = ""
//append widget header
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer").append("");
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer").append(newsbulletin.nbContainer);
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer").append(newsbulletin.nbFooter);
newsbulletin.nbDiv = document.getElementById('nbItemContainer');
nbjsId = 0;
newsbulletin.load = function()
//alert(newsbulletin.baseloc+'/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=15290627&twOverride=&lpos='+newsbulle
tin.lpos+'&section=&'+nbjsId)
//to try to handle caching within webkit browsers
dynamicJS.load('newsBulletin'+nbjsId,
newsbulletin.baseloc+'/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=15290627&twOverride=&lpos='+newsbulletin.lpo
s2+'&section=&'+nbjsId);
//dynamicJS.load('newsBulletin','http://newspreview.corp.dig.com/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=1356450
5');
//display items
newsbulletin.displayItems = function(nbItemObj)
//check if status update
this.isStatusUpdate = (nbItemObj.label == 'Status Update')?true:false;
//item type class
this.itemTypeClass = (this.isStatusUpdate)?'orange':'blue';
//bg position
this.itemBgPos = '100% 55%';

2. if(nbItemObj.bgPos != null)
this.itemBgPos = nbItemObj.bgPos;
//author image
this.nbItemStyle = '';
this.nbH4Class = 'class=nbheader';
this.nbH4Style = '';
this.nbItemStyleAuthor = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorimage != null && nbItemObj.authorimage != '')
this.nbH4Style = ' style=width:210px;';
this.nbItemStyle = 'background:url('+nbItemObj.authorimage+') no-repeat bottom right'//+
this.itemBgPos;
this.nbItemStyleAuthor = ' nbItemContentsAuthor'
//title
this.title = '
'+nbItemObj.title+'
';
if(nbItemObj.link != null && nbItemObj.link != '')
this.title = ''
//text
this.text = '';
this.textCapped = '';
this.morelink = 'More'
if(nbItemObj.text != null)
this.text = nbItemObj.text;
//if item isn't expanded display capped text if applicable
if(nbItemObj.isExpanded != true)

3. if(nbItemObj.text.length > 63)
this.textCapped = nbItemObj.text.substring(0, 63);
this.text = this.textCapped + '...';
if(this.isStatusUpdate)
this.text = this.textCapped + '... ' + this.morelink;
//social
this.social = '';
this.socialStyle = '';
this.authorBlock = '';
this.divider = '';
this.fb = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorfb != null && nbItemObj.authorfb != '')
this.fb = ''
this.twitter = '';
if(nbItemObj.authortwitter != null && nbItemObj.authortwitter != '')
this.twitter = ''
this.bio = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorbio != null && nbItemObj.authorbio != '')
this.bio = ''+nbItemObj.author+''
this.authorBlock = '
'+this.bio+'
'
if(nbItemObj.author != null && nbItemObj.author != '') this.twitter != '')
this.socialCustomStyle = '';
this.social = this.fb + this.twitter;
this.socialStyle = ' style="height:21px; padding: 2px 0px;' + this.socialCustomStyle + '"';

4. else
this.social = '';
this.textStyle = '';
if(nbItemObj.authorimage != null && nbItemObj.authorimage != '')
this.textStyle = ' style=width:208px;';
else
this.categoryTag = '';
this.nbTextOverride = '';
this.rowTemp = ''+this.authorBlock+'
'+nbItemObj.date+'
'+this.title+'
'+this.text+'
'+this.social+'
';
if (nbItemObj.notes)
nbNotes = nbItemObj.notes;
nbNoteStr = '';
nbNoteDivider = '';
$.each(nbNotes, function(idx)
nbNote = nbNotes[idx];
this.noteAuthorBlock = '';
this.notefb = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.facebook != null && nbNote.noteAuthor.facebook != '')
this.notefb = ''
this.notetwitter = '';

5. if(nbNote.noteAuthor.twitter != null && nbNote.noteAuthor.twitter != '')
this.notetwitter = ''
this.notebio = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.bio != null && nbNote.noteAuthor.bio != '')
this.notebio = ''+nbNote.noteAuthor.name+''
this.noteAuthorBlock = '
'+this.notebio+'
'
this.notesocial = '';
this.noteSocialStyle = '';
if(nbNote.noteAuthor.name != null && nbNote.noteAuthor.name != '') this.notetwitter != '')
this.notesocial = this.notefb + this.notetwitter;
this.noteSocialStyle = ' style="height:21px; padding: 2px 0px;"';
else
this.notesocial = '';
if (idx == nbNotes.length-1)
nbNoteDivider = '';
this.nbNoteDiv = '
'+nbNote.noteHeadline+'
'+this.noteAuthorBlock+'
'+nbNote.noteOverview+'
'+this.notesocial+'
';
nbNoteStr += this.nbNoteDiv;
);
this.rowTemp += nbNoteStr;

6. return this.rowTemp;
function showMoreText(id)
//grab old item height
var oldItemHeight = $('#nbItem_'+id).height();
//retrieve the particular content from the array
$('#text_'+id).html(contentObject[id])
//store id a new list of opened objects
fullTextList.push(id.toString());
var newContainerHeight = $("#nbItemContainer").height() + ($('#nbItem_'+id).height()-
oldItemHeight);
$("#nbItemContainer").css('height', newContainerHeight);
//reinitialize scroll
window.api.reinitialise();
lastNBObjStr = '';
operate isNewData(data)
isNewTemp = false;
currNBObjStr = '';
$.each(data.updates, function(ind)
currNBObjStr = currNBObjStr + data.updates[ind].objId + data.updates[ind].date;
);
//console.log('x'+currNBObjStr);
//console.log('y'+lastNBObjStr);
if(currNBObjStr != lastNBObjStr)
isNewTemp = true;
else
//console.log('no refresh');

7. lastNBObjStr = currNBObjStr;
return isNewTemp;
isHeaderLinkLoaded = false; // flag to check when the header hyperlink will be loaded
isShareLinkLoaded = false; // flag to test if the talk about link can be loaded
isDoneLoading = false; // flag to test if the html is performed loading inside the jScrollPane
function newsBulletin(data)
if(data)
isNewDataFlag = isNewData(data);
if(isNewDataFlag)
//clear contents first
newsbulletin.nbDiv.innerHTML = '';
//console.log('refresh');
updates = data.updates;
headerLink = data.widgetLink;
shareLink = data.shareLink;
if (headerLink != '' && headerLink != null && !isHeaderLinkLoaded)
var twitterImg = " "
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .widget_head").append("");
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .widget_head > .twitterLink a > .twitterContent").append("" +
twitterImg + "");
isHeaderLinkLoaded = true;
//clear the writer cutouts array
newsbulletin.authorCutouts = [];
// examine to learn if there exists a height set pertaining to container, in which case distinct it
// prevents cacheing
var hasHeight = $('#nbItemContainer').attr('style');

8. if (typeof hasHeight != 'undefined')
$('#nbItemContainer').removeAttr('style');
$.each(updates, function(ind)
var itemDetails = new Object();
it = updates[ind];
//populate your itemDetails object
itemDetails.id = it.objId;
itemDetails.title = it.title;
itemDetails.objType = it.objType;
itemDetails.link = it.link;
itemDetails.date = it.date;
itemDetails.label = it.label;
itemDetails.author = it.author.name;
itemDetails.authorbio = it.author.bio;
itemDetails.authorfb = it.author.facebook;
itemDetails.authortwitter = it.author.twitter;
itemDetails.feed = it.feed;
itemDetails.category = it.category;
//set defaults if item is really a status update
if(itemDetails.label == 'Status Update')
if(it.author.image == '')
it.author.image = 'http://a.abcnews.com/assets/images/abc_news_logo_84x84.png'
if(it.author.name == '')
itemDetails.author = 'ABC News'
itemDetails.authorfb = 'http://www.facebook.com/abcnews'

9. itemDetails.authortwitter = 'http://twitter.com/abc'
//only pass the writer image if it will be not displayed in any 1 of the things yet
if($.inArray(it.author.image, newsbulletin.authorCutouts) == -1)
itemDetails.authorimage = it.author.image;
//add for you to ignore list
if(it.author.image != '' &&($.inArray(it.author.image, newsbulletin.authorCutouts) == -1))
newsbulletin.authorCutouts.push(it.author.image);
if(it.text != '')
itemDetails.text = it.text;
else
itemDetails.bgPos = 'bottom right';
if (it.notes)
itemDetails.notes = it.notes;
//build a name value pair list of id/text
contentObject[itemDetails.id] = itemDetails.text
itemDetails.isExpanded = ($.inArray(itemDetails.id, fullTextList) > -1) ? accurate : false;
//build markup
$("#nbItemContainer").append(newsbulletin.displayItems(itemDetails));
);
$("#nbItemContainer").append('');
//set the actual height involving container div
$("#nbItemContainer").css('height',$("#nbItemContainer").height());
if (shareLink != '' && shareLink != null && !isShareLinkLoaded)
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .nbFooter").css("height":"35px", "border-top":"1px strong
#d5d5d5", "border-bottom":"border-bottom:1px solid #eaeaea");
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .nbFooter").append("");

10. isShareLinkLoaded = true;
if($.browser.msie)
if ($.browser.version .midcontainer > .nbFooter").css("display":"none");
var timeoutId = setTimeout(function()
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .nbFooter").css("display":"block");
clearTimeout(timeoutId);
, 3000);
dynamicJS.unload('newsBulletin'+nbjsId,
newsbulletin.baseloc+'/xmldata/newsbulletin?id=15290627&'+nbjsId);
isDoneLoading = true;
if ($.browser.webkit)
if(nbjsId .midcontainer > .nbFooter").css("display":"none");
var timeoutId = setTimeout(function()
$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .nbFooter").css("display":"block");
clearTimeout(timeoutId);
, 3000);
7500)
setInterval(
function()
window.api.getContentPane().html(
newsbulletin.load()
);
,
60000
);
setInterval(function()

11. // we could call "pane.jScrollPane(settings)" once again nevertheless it is
// much more convenient in order to contact through the actual API as then the original
// adjustments we passed throughout are routinely remembered.
// Initialization in the container ought to become able to be done following every 1 associated with
the markup has been loaded
// since there is zero listener that will might be passed into reinitialise() for callback
if (isDoneLoading)
window.api.reinitialise();
isDoneLoading = false;
, 5000);
;
addOnload(newsbulletin.load());
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