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444            if (contentaltcat !== '') {
445                chballcats = contentcat + ',' + contentaltcat; 
446            } else {
447                chballcats = contentcat;
448            }
449            
450            var customname = ""; 
451            var columnName = ""; 
452            if( columnName != '' ){
453                if( chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("lifestyle,viewpoints"))
454                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/lifestyle,viewpoints/gi, "Lifestyle,Viewpoints," + columnName);
455                else if (chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("opinion,columnists"))
456                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/opinion,columnists/gi, "Opinion,Columnists," + columnName);
457                else if (chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("sport,say what"))
458                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/sport,say what/gi, "Sport,Say What," + columnName);
459                else if (chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("business,insight"))
460                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/business,insight/gi, "Business,Insight," + columnName);
461                else if (chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("food,food for thought"))    
462                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/food,food for thought/gi, "Food,Food For Thought," + columnName);
463                else if (chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("metro,views"))    
464                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/metro,views/gi, "Metro,Views," + columnName);
465                else if (chballcats.toLowerCase().includes("tech,tech thoughts"))    
466                    chballcats = chballcats.replace(/tech,tech thoughts/gi, "Tech,Tech Thoughts," + columnName);
467            }
468        }
469    } else if (chbpage_type.toLowerCase() == "subcategory") {
470        var pageCat = jQuery('meta[name=page_category]').attr("content");
471		var customname = ""; 
472
473                    chballcats = pageCat.split('/').join(',').replace("And", "&").replace("#", "");
474                    chbcontentauthor = '';
475			
476    } else if (chbpage_type.toLowerCase() == "tag") {
477        var pageCat = jQuery('meta[name=page_tag]').attr("content");
478        chballcats = pageCat;
479        chbcontentauthor = '';
480    } else {
481        chbcontentauthor = '';
482        chballcats = '';
483    }
484} else {
485    chbcontentauthor = '';
486    chballcats = '';
487}
488	 
489	if (chbcontentauthor != '')
490    {
491        chbcontentauthor = chbcontentauthor.replace(/\b and \b/i, ",");
492        chbcontentauthor = chbcontentauthor.replace(/[^@\s]*@[^@\s]*\.[^@\s]*/, "");
493        chbcontentauthor = chbcontentauthor.replace(/([^\v]+) \bBy\b | *\bBy\b/i, "");
494		chbcontentauthor = chbcontentauthor.replace(/\s*,\s*/g, ",");
495        chbcontentauthor = chbcontentauthor.trim();
496    }
497
498    chballcats = cleanContentCategories(chballcats);
499	
500     
501        if (isLogin==true) {
502            chbuser_status = 'lgdin';
503        }else{
504            chbuser_status = 'anon';
505        } 
506    
507    function cleanContentCategories(content){
508        //all page_types
509        content = content.replace(/starpicks/gi, 'StarPicks');
510        content = content.replace(/starplus/gi, 'StarPlus');
511        content = content.replace(/aseanplus/gi, 'AseanPlus');
512        content = content.replace(/&#039;/gi, "'");
513        //article page_types
514        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/entertainment/gi, 'Lifestyle,Entertainment & Style,Entertainment');
515        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/style/gi,         'Lifestyle,Entertainment & Style,Style');
516        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/people/gi,        'Lifestyle,People & Living,People');
517        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/living/gi,        'Lifestyle,People & Living,Living');
518        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/travel/gi,        'Lifestyle,Travel & Culture,Travel');
519        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/culture/gi,       'Lifestyle,Travel & Culture,Culture');
520        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/health/gi,        'Lifestyle,Health & Family,Health');
521        content = content.replace(/lifestyle\/family/gi,        'Lifestyle,Health & Family,Family');
522        content = content.replace(/sport\/others/gi, 'Sport/Other Sports');
523        //subcategory page_types
524        if(!content.includes('Other Sports')){
525            content = content.replace(/Other Sport/gi, 'Other Sports');
526        }
527
528        var result = content;
529        result = removeLastChar(result, ',');
530        return result;
531    }
532
533    function removeLastChar(str,charStr){
534        var lastChar = str[str.length -1];
535        if(lastChar == charStr){
536            str = str.slice(0, -1);
537        }
538        return str;
539    }
540	 
541	 (function() {
542                /** CONFIGURATION START **/
543                var _sf_async_config = window._sf_async_config = (window._sf_async_config || {});
544                _sf_async_config.uid = 66903;
545                _sf_async_config.domain = 'thestar.com.my';
546                _sf_async_config.flickerControl = false;
547                /*_sf_async_config.useCanonical = true;
548                _sf_async_config.useCanonicalDomain = true;*/
549				_sf_async_config.path = chburl;
550                _sf_async_config.sections = chballcats;
551                _sf_async_config.authors = chbcontentauthor;
552				_sf_async_config.articleBlockSelector = 'div.in-sec-story,div.focus-story,div.list-listing';
553
554                var _cbq = window._cbq = (window._cbq || []);
555                _cbq.push(['_acct', chbuser_status]);
556
557                /** CONFIGURATION END **/
558                function loadChartbeat() {
559                    var e = document.createElement('script');
560                    var n = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
561                    e.type = 'text/javascript';
562                    e.async = true;
563                    e.src = '//static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js';
564                    n.parentNode.insertBefore(e, n);
565                }
566                loadChartbeat();
567        })();
568</script>
568
569<!-- End Chartbeat -->        <!-- resources common css_includes.blade.php -->        
570    <!-- theme includes css_includes.blade.php -->            <!-- Widget CSS links -->
571        <!-- Page Header scripts -->
572<!--
572<script async src="https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js"></script>
572
573<script async src='//cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/js/prebid.js'></script>
573-->
574<script>
575if (!rmad) {
576  document.write('<scr');
577  document.write('ipt src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/js/gpt/News.js?v=20260327">');
578  document.write("</scr");
579  document.write("ipt>");
580}
581</script>
581
582
583
584    
584<script>
585        window.Laravel = {"csrfToken":"1Oic1TVXacADPjjRwp0gXnK2jXG4XeOvyuISdSEW"}
586        var IMAGE_URL = 'https://apicms.thestar.com.my/';
587    </script>
587 
588
589
590
591
592</head>
593
594    <body>
595        <div class='sassize'></div>
596    <!-- Main THEME Content -->
597    <!-- page content -->
598        <div class="widgettop" id="widgettop" style="display:none;">        
599    <div class="flex-container ">
600        <div class="firinfo"></div>
601        <div class="close">   
602            <img id="closeButton" src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/close.png">
603        </div>
604    </div>
605</div>    <!-- HEADER OF THEME -->
606<div id="award-container" class="container" style="display: none;"></div>
607<script>
608    // hide award container if on /awards page
609    if (window.location.pathname === '/awards' || window.location.pathname === '/awards/') {
610        document.getElementById('award-container').style.display = 'none';
611    } else {
612        fetch('https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Components/AwardHighlight/award-highlight.txt' + "?v=" + Date.now())
613        .then(response => response.text())
614        .then(html => {
615            const awardContainer = document.getElementById('award-container');
616            awardContainer.innerHTML = html;
617            const scripts = awardContainer.getElementsByTagName('script');
618            for (let script of scripts) {
619            eval(script.innerHTML);
620            }
621            // Wait for async script to set image src, then wait for image to load
622            const checkImage = () => {
623                const img = awardContainer.querySelector('.award-icon');
624                if (img && img.src && img.src !== window.location.href) {
625                    if (img.complete) {
626                        awardContainer.style.display = '';
627                    } else {
628                        img.onload = () => awardContainer.style.display = '';
629                        img.onerror = () => awardContainer.style.display = 'none';
630                    }
631                } else {
632                    setTimeout(checkImage, 50);
633                }
634            };
635            checkImage();
636        })
637        .catch(error => console.error('Error loading award:', error));
638    }
639</script>
639
640
641<!-- header_menu -->
642<header id="page-header">
643    <div class="branding">
644        <div class="container">
645            <a class="navbar-brand brand-prime" href="/"
646               data-list-type="Header"
647               data-content-type="Navigation"
648               data-content-title="The Star Online"
649               data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my">
650               <svg class="icon" width="150" height="50" role="img" aria-label="the star online">
651                    <image xlink:href="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/logo-tsol-fullv3.svg" src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/logo-tsol-logov3.png" width="150" height="50" border="0"></image>
652               </svg>
653            </a>
654			<div id="iconDesktop" style="display: none"></div>
655            <ul class="nav social-branding right">
656<!--                <li>
657                    <a href="https://newsstand.thestar.com.my/epaper/" target="_blank" class="epaper"
658                       data-list-type="Header"
659                       data-content-type="App Download"
660                       data-content-title="ePaper"
661                       data-content-id="https://newsstand.thestar.com.my/epaper/ ">
662                        <i class="icon sprite-icon"></i> The Star ePaper
663                    </a>
664                </li>-->
665                                <li class="dropdown dropdown--subscribe top-bar">
666                    <a  class="btn--subscribe"
667                        data-list-type="Header"
668                        data-content-type="Navigation"
669                        data-content-title="Subscription"
670                        data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/subscription" href="/subscription">Subscriptions</a>
671                </li>
672                                                 <li id="btn_login">
673                     <a href="https://sso.thestar.com.my/?lng=en&amp;channel=1&amp;ru=HNQ8Auw31qgZZU47ZjHUhHKJStkK3H51/pPcFdJ1gQ9cFgPiSalasDvF6DeumuZwQztgcCanCwS/RrZSdWjyfQ=="
674                        data-list-type="Header"
675                        data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
676                        data-content-title="Log In"
677                        data-content-id="https://sso.thestar.com.my/?lng=en&amp;channel=1&amp;ru=HNQ8Auw31qgZZU47ZjHUhHKJStkK3H51/pPcFdJ1gQ9cFgPiSalasDvF6DeumuZwQztgcCanCwS/RrZSdWjyfQ==">
678                        <div class="btn--basic btn--icon">
679                            <span class="material-symbols-rounded">person</span>
680                        </div>
681                    </a>
682                 </li>
683                                 <li id="login_menu" class="dropdown top-bar" style="display:none;">
684                        <a id="hllogin" class="log-in-light"><i class="material-icons-round person">person</i></a>
685                        <ul class="dropdown-menu log-in 123">
686                                                    <li>
687                                <a href="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/profile.aspx" target="_blank"
688                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
689                                   data-content-type="Profile"
690                                   data-content-title="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/profile.aspx">Profile
691                                </a>
692                            </li>
693                            <li>
694                                <a href="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/changepassword.aspx" target="_blank"
695                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
696                                   data-content-type="Change Password"
697                                   data-content-title="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/changepassword.aspx">Change Password
698                                </a>
699                            </li>
700                            <li>
701                                <a href="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/sessions.aspx" target="_blank"
702                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
703                                   data-content-type="Manage Logins"
704                                   data-content-title="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/sessions.aspx">Manage Logins
705                                </a>
706                            </li>
707                            <li style="border-top:1px solid #d6d6d6">
708                                <a href="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/subscriptioninfo.aspx" target="_blank"
709                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
710                                   data-content-type="Subscription Info"
711                                   data-content-title="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/subscriptioninfo.aspx">Subscription Info
712                                </a>
713                            </li>
714                            <li>
715                                <a href="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/transhistory.aspx" target="_blank"
716                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
717                                   data-content-type="Transactions"
718                                   data-content-title="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/transhistory.aspx">Transactions
719                                </a>
720                            </li>
721                            <li>
722                                <a href="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/billing.aspx" target="_blank"
723                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
724                                   data-content-type="Billing Info"
725                                   data-content-title="https://login.thestar.com.my/accountinfo/billing.aspx">Billing Info
726                                </a>
727                            </li>
728                                                                                    <li style="border-top:1px solid #d6d6d6">
729                                <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/foryou/edit"
730                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
731                                   data-content-type="Manage For You"
732                                   data-content-title="https://www.thestar.com.my/foryou/edit">Manage For You
733                                </a>
734                            </li>
735                            <li style="border-bottom:1px solid #d6d6d6">
736                                <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/saved-articles"
737                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
738                                   data-content-type="Bookmarks"
739                                   data-content-title="https://www.thestar.com.my/saved-articles">
739Bookmarks
740                                </a>
741                            </li>
742                                                                                    <li>
743                                <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/subscribe"
744                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
745                                   data-content-type="Package & Pricing"
746                                   data-content-title="https://www.thestar.com.my/subscribe">Package & Pricing
747                                </a>
748                            </li>
749                                                        <li>
750                                <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/faqs/"
751                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
752                                   data-content-type="FAQs"
753                                   data-content-title="https://www.thestar.com.my/faqs/">FAQs
754                                </a>
755                            </li>
756                            <li class="log-out">
757                                <a href="#" onclick="logout();"
758                                   data-list-type="Profile Management"
759                                   data-content-type="Log Out"
760                                   data-content-title="https://www.thestar.com.my">Log Out
761                                </a>
762                            </li>
763                        </ul>
764                    </li>
765                     <li class="hidden-xs hidden-sm">
766                            <label for="queryly_toggle" style="cursor: pointer;">
767							<div class="top-search">
768                               <i class="fa fa-search"></i>
769							  </div>
770                            </label>
771                    </li>
772            </ul>
773        </div>
774    </div>
775    <nav id="navbar-main" class="navbar navbar-custom" data-spy="affix" data-offset-top="197">
776        <div class="container">
777            <div class="navbar-header">
778                <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle left" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#tsolmobar" id="btnmobmega">
779                <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
780                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
781                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
782                <span class="icon-bar"></span>
783                <i class="icon-x fa fa-times"></i>
784                </button>
785                <a class="navbar-brand brand-mobile left" href="/"
786                   data-list-type="Header"
787                   data-content-type="Navigation"
788                   data-content-title="The Star Online"
789                   data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my">
790                    <svg class="icon" role="img" aria-label="the star online" height="28" width="84">
791                        <image width="84" height="28" border="0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/logo-tsol-fullv3.svg" src="https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/logo-tsol-logov3.png"></image>
792                    </svg>
793                </a>
794				 <div id="iconMobile" style="display: none"></div>
795            </div>
796            <div id="tsolnavbar">
797                <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-left">
798                    <li class="show-sd">
799                        <button type="button" class="mega-nav-toggle navbar-toggle collapsed hidden-xs" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1" aria-expanded="false">
800                            <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span>
801                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
802                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
803                            <span class="icon-bar"></span>
804                            <i class="icon-x fa fa-times"></i>
805                        </button>
806                    </li>
807                                                            <li >
808                                        <a id="navi-home" class="home-light" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Home/' ); " href="/"
809                       data-list-type="Header"
810                       data-content-type="Navigation"
811                       data-content-title="Home"
812                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my">
813                    <i class="icon sprite-icon"></i>
814                    </a>
815                                        </li>
816                                                            <li class=dropdown>
817                                        <a id="navi-starplus" class="starplus" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/StarPlus/' ); " href="/starplus"
818                       data-list-type="Header"
819                       data-content-type="Navigation"
820                       data-content-title="StarPlus"
821                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/starplus">
822                    StarPlus
823                    </a>
824                                        </li>
825                                                            <li class=dropdown>
826                                        <a id="navi-news" class="news" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/News/' ); " href="/news"
827                       data-list-type="Header"
828                       data-content-type="Navigation"
829                       data-content-title="News"
830                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/news">
831                    News
832                    </a>
833                                        </li>
834                                                            <li class=dropdown>
835                                        <a id="navi-asean+" class="asean+" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/AseanPlus/' ); " href="/aseanplus"
836                       data-list-type="Header"
837                       data-content-type="Navigation"
838                       data-content-title="Asean+"
839                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus">
840                    Asean+
841                    </a>
842                                        </li>
843                                                            <li class=dropdown>
844                                        <a id="navi-esg" class="esg" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/ESG/' ); " href="/esg"
845                       data-list-type="Header"
846                       data-content-type="Navigation"
847                       data-content-title="ESG"
848                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/esg">
849                    ESG
850                    </a>
851                                        </li>
852                                                            <li class=dropdown>
853                                        <a id="navi-business" class="business" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Business/' ); " href="/business"
854                       data-list-type="Header"
855                       data-content-type="Navigation"
856                       data-content-title="Business"
857                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/business">
858                    Business
859                    </a>
860                                        </li>
861                                                            <li class=dropdown>
862                                        <a id="navi-sport" class="sport" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Sport/' ); " href="/sport"
863                       data-list-type="Header"
864                       data-content-type="Navigation"
865                       data-content-title="Sport"
866                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/sport">
867                    Sport
868                    </a>
869                                        </li>
870                                                            <li class=dropdown>
871                                        <a id="navi-metro" class="metro" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Metro/' ); " href="/metro"
872                       data-list-type="Header"
873                       data-content-type="Navigation"
874                       data-content-title="Metro"
875                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/metro">
876                    Metro
877                    </a>
878                                        </li>
879                                                            <li class=dropdown>
880                                        <a id="navi-lifestyle" class="lifestyle" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Lifestyle/' ); " href="/lifestyle"
881                       data-list-type="Header"
882                       data-content-type="Navigation"
883                       data-content-title="Lifestyle"
884                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle">
885                    Lifestyle
886                    </a>
887                                        </li>
888                                                            <li class=dropdown>
889                                        <a id="navi-food" class="food" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Food/' ); " href="/food"
890                       data-list-type="Header"
891                       data-content-type="Navigation"
892                       data-content-title="Food"
893                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/food">
894                    Food
895                    </a>
896                                        </li>
897                                                            <li class=dropdown>
898                                        <a id="navi-tech" class="tech" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Tech/' ); " href="/tech"
899                       data-list-type="Header"
900                       data-content-type="Navigation"
901                       data-content-title="Tech"
902                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/tech">
903                    Tech
904                    </a>
905                                        </li>
906                                                            <li class=dropdown>
907                                        <a id="navi-education" class="education" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Education/' ); " href="/education"
908                       data-list-type="Header"
909                       data-content-type="Navigation"
910                       data-content-title="Education"
911                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/education">
912                    Education
913                    </a>
914                                        </li>
915                                                            <li class=dropdown>
916                                        <a id="navi-opinion" class="opinion" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Opinion/' ); " href="/opinion"
917                       data-list-type="Header"
918                       data-content-type="Navigation"
919                       data-content-title="Opinion"
920                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion">
921                    Opinion
922                    </a>
923                                        </li>
924                                                            <li class=dropdown>
925                                        <a id="navi-videos" class="videos" target="_blank" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , 'https://www.thestartv.com/c/news' ); " href="https://www.thestartv.com/c/news" style=""
926                       data-list-type="Header"
927                       data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
928                       data-content-title="Videos"
929                       data-content-id="https://www.thestartv.com/c/news">
930                    Videos
931                    </a>
932                                        </li>
933                                                            <li class=dropdown>
934                                        <a id="navi-photos" class="photos" target="" onclick="ga('send', 'event' , 'TSOL NAVI' , 'Standard' , '/Photos/' ); " href="/photos"
935                       data-list-type="Header"
936                       data-content-type="Navigation"
937                       data-content-title="Photos"
938                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/photos">
939                    Photos
940                    </a>
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1459                                                                        <a href="/lifestyle/health-and-family" target=""
1460                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1461                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1462                                       data-content-title="Health &amp;amp; Family"
1463                                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/health-and-family">Health &amp; Family
1464                                    </a>
1465                                                                    </li>
1466                                                                <li>
1467                                                                        <a href="/lifestyle/travel-and-culture" target=""
1468                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1469                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1470                                       data-content-title="Travel &amp;amp; Culture"
1471                                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/travel-and-culture">Travel &amp; Culture
1472                                    </a>
1473                                                                    </li>
1474                                                                <li>
1475                                                                        <a href="/lifestyle/viewpoints" target=""
1476                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1477                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1478                                       data-content-title="Viewpoints"
1479                                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/viewpoints">Viewpoints
1480                                    </a>
1481                                                                    </li>
1482                                                            </ul>
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1484                                        
1485
1486                 
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1487                            <a class="nav__title" target=""  href="/food"
1488                               data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1489                               data-content-type="Navigation"
1490                               data-content-title="Food"
1491                               data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/food">
1492                                Food
1493                            </a>
1494                                                                                                                <ul class="nav__lists">
1495                                                                <li>
1496                                                                        <a href="/food/food-news" target=""
1497                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1498                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1499                                       data-content-title="Food News"
1500                                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/food/food-news">Food News
1501                                    </a>
1502                                                                    </li>
1503                                                                <li>
1504                                                                        <a href="/food/eating-out" target=""
1505                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1506                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1507                                       data-content-title="Eating Out"
1508                                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/food/eating-out">Eating Out
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1510                                                                    </li>
1511                                                                <li>
1512                                                                        <a href="/food/food-for-thought" target=""
1513                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1514                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1515                                       data-content-title="Food for Thought"
1516                                       data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/food/food-for-thought">Food for Thought
1517                                    </a>
1518                                                                    </li>
1519                                                                <li>
1520                                                                        <a href="https://www.kuali.com/" target="_blank"
1521                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1522                                       data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
1523                                       data-content-title="Kuali"
1524                                       data-content-id="https://www.kuali.com/">Kuali
1525                                    </a>
1526                                                                    </li>
1527                                                            </ul>
1528                                                        </li>
1529                                        
1530
1531                                                                                    <li>
1532                            <a class="nav__title" target=""  href="/tech"
1533                               data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1534                               data-content-type="Navigation"
1535                               data-content-title="Tech"
1536                               data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/tech">
1537                                Tech
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1540                                                                <li>
1541                                                                        <a href="/tech/tech-thoughts" target=""
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1543                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1544                                       data-content-title="Tech Thoughts"
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1554                               data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1555                               data-content-type="Navigation"
1556                               data-content-title="Education"
1557                               data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/education">
1558                                Education
1559                            </a>
1560                                                                                                                <ul class="nav__lists">
1561                                                                <li>
1562                                                                        <a href="/education/ne
1562ws" target=""
1563                                       data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1564                                       data-content-type="Navigation"
1565                                       data-content-title="News"
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1574                            <a class="nav__title" target=""  href="/opinion"
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1576                               data-content-type="Navigation"
1577                               data-content-title="Opinion"
1578                               data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion">
1579                                Opinion
1580                            </a>
1581                                                                                                                <ul class="nav__lists">
1582                                                                <li>
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1586                                       data-content-title="Columnists"
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1594                                       data-content-title="Letters"
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1600                                        
1601
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1603                            <a class="nav__title" target="_blank"
1604                               href="https://www.thestartv.com/c/news"
1605                               data-list-type="Header Mega Menu"
1606                               data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
1607                               data-content-title="Videos"
1608                               data-content-id="https://www.thestartv.com/c/news">
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1629                               data-content-title="StarPicks"
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1634                                        
1635
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1639                               data-content-type="Navigation"
1640                               data-content-title="More"
1641                               data-content-id="https://www.thestar.com.my">
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1648                                       data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
1649                                       data-content-title="Classifieds"
1650                                       data-content-id="https://starsearch.thestar.com.my/">Classifieds
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1656                                       data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
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1662                                                                        <a href="https://www.starcherish.com/" target="_blank"
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1664                                       data-content-type="Outbound Referral"
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1748    var NEXUS_HREF = "https:\/\/nexus.thestar.com.my\/";
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1750	/** Mobile app webview signals itself via ?s=app — suppress Nexus modal onboarding. */
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1752      try {
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1771      return document.getElementById('openModalNexusTSOL');
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1773
1774    function openNexusModal() {
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1779        guestModal.classList.add('is-open');
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1782
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1803          stripLegacyModalHash();
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1837
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1845
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1861      document.body.classList.remove(NEXUS_ONBOARDING_SCROLL_LOCK);
1862    }
1863
1864    function runNexusOnboarding() {
1865	  if (isAppView()) return;
1866	
1867      var hasDriver = window.driver && typeof window.driver.js !== 'undefined' && typeof window.driver.js.driver === 'function';
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1908      window.setTimeout(function () {
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1912        } catch (e) {
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1922      var barLink = document.getElementById('tsol-nexus-bar-link');
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1924
1925      var guestModal = getGuestNexusModal();
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1928          if (ev.target === guestModal) closeNexusModal();
1929        });
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1931        if (closeBtn) closeBtn.addEventListener('click', closeNexusModal);
1932      }
1933
1934      var cb = document.getElementById('tsol-nexus-modal-dont-show');
1935      if (cb) cb.addEventListener('change', onDontShowChange);
1936
1937      runNexusOnboarding();
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2845      if (value.isexclusive.toLowerCase() == 'true') {
2846        exclusive = '<div class="exclusive-label">Exclusive</div>';
2847      }
2848    }
2849	
2850    
2851      // if (!path.includes("tsol-default-image2017.png", 0) && !path.includes("tsol-default-image2017.jpg", 0) && path.length > 4) {
2852      //   var indexP = path.length - 1;
2853      //   path.splice(indexP, 0, "thumbs/350x350");
2854      //   var imgPath = path.join('/').replace("png", "jpg").replace("jpeg", "jpg").toLowerCase();
2855      //   //new thumb image
2856      //   media = '<img data-thumb-img=' + imgPath + ' src=' + imgPath + ' onerror=\'this.src="'+value.image_url+'"\'>';
2857      // }
2858
2859      html_to_append += '<div class="col-sm-3 in-sec-story"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-5 right col-sm-12"><div class="img-sticker">
2859<a onclick="return setTrackingURL(\''+value.link+'\')"  href=' + value.oriLink + ' target="_self" '+ga360CustomAttributes+'>'+media+'</a></div></div><div class="col-xs-7 left col-sm-12">'+kickerTag+'<span class="timestamp">'+ publishdate + '</span>' + kickerSpan + exclusive +'<h2><a onclick="return setTrackingURL(\''+value.link+'\')"  href=' + value.oriLink + ' target="" '+ga360CustomAttributes+'>' + value.headline + '</a></h2></div></div> </div>';
2860  });
2861  // Subsequent Articles Listing
2862  $.each(articles, function(index, value) {
2863
2864    //can remove urlTSOL=="Aseanplus" when it is live
2865    if (value.kicker=== "ASEAN+" && urlTSOL=="Aseanplus") {
2866        value.kicker = "AseanPlus News";
2867        value.kicker_url = "/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/";
2868    }
2869
2870    if (value.publishdate.match(/12:00:00 AM/))
2871    {
2872      publishdate = publishTimeDateV2(value.publishdate);
2873    }
2874    else
2875    {
2876      if (typeof (value.timeupload) != 'undefined')
2877        publishdate = value.timeupload;
2878      else
2879        publishdate = publishTimeDateV2(value.publishdate);
2880    }
2881	
2882	var timespan = '';
2883      if(publishdate!= '' )
2884        timespan = '<span class="timestamp">' + publishdate + '</span>';
2885	
2886    // Span Icon
2887    var kickerSpan = "";
2888    if (value.access_type == "complimentary" || value.kicker.toLowerCase() == "branded" || value.kicker.toLowerCase() == "starpicks") 
2889    {kickerSpan = "";} 
2890    else if (value.access_type == "premium" || value.access_type == "metered") 
2891    {kickerSpan = paywalllockSpan;}
2892    else {  kickerSpan = ""; }
2893  
2894    // For GA360 Tracking
2895    ga360CustomAttributes = '';
2896    ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-list-type="More Stories" ';
2897    if (value.contentcategory != undefined && value.contentcategory != null) {
2898      if (value.contentcategory != '')
2899          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-list-variant="'+value.contentcategory+'" ';
2900      else
2901           ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-list-variant="NA" ';
2902    }
2903    else {
2904        ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-list-variant="'+urlTSOL.replace('Sports', 'Sport')+'" ';
2905    }
2906    
2907    ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-list-position="'+ (index-minusCounter).toString() +'" ';
2908    if (value.contenttype != undefined && value.contenttype != null) {
2909        if (value.contenttype != '')
2910          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-type="'+value.contenttype+'" ';
2911        else
2912          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-type="NA" ';
2913    }
2914    else {
2915      if (value.contain_video == "true")
2916       ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-type="Article with Video Embed" ';
2917      else
2918       ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-type="Article" ';
2919    }
2920    
2921    ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-title="'+ value.headline.replace('"', '&quot;') +'" ';
2922    ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-id="'+ value.guid +'" ';
2923    if (value.contentcategorysubcategory != undefined && value.contentcategorysubcategory != null) {
2924        if (value.contentcategorysubcategory != '')
2925          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-category="'+ value.contentcategorysubcategory +'" ';
2926        else
2927          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-category="NA" '; 
2928    }
2929    else {
2930      if (value.oriLink) {
2931        category = value.oriLink.split("/")[3];
2932        category = titleCase(category.replace('-',' '));
2933        subCategory = value.oriLink.split("/")[4];
2934        subCategory = titleCase(subCategory.replace('-',' '));
2935        ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-category="'+ category + '/' + subCategory +'" ';
2936      }
2937      else {
2938          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-category="NA" ';
2939      }
2940    }
2941          
2942    ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-author="'+ value.byline.replace('"', '&quot;') +'" ';
2943    if (value.contentsponsor != undefined && value.contentsponsor != null) {
2944        if (value.contentsponsor != '')
2945          ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-sp="'+value.contentsponsor+'" ';
2946        else 
2947            ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-sp="NA" ';
2948    }
2949    else {
2950       ga360CustomAttributes += ' data-content-sp="NA" '; 
2951    }
2952
2953    if (index > sIndex && index < eIndex) {
2954      img_url = value.image_url;
2955      
2956      if(value.hasOwnProperty('kicker_url')) {
2957        value.kicker_url = value.kicker_url.replace('business/tag/?q=','tag/');
2958      }
2959
2960    var exclusive = "";
2961    if (typeof (value.isexclusive) != 'undefined'){
2962      if (value.isexclusive.toLowerCase() == 'true') {
2963        exclusive = '<div class="exclusive-label">Exclusive</div>';
2964      }
2965    }
2966      
2967      var kickerTag = '';
2968	if (value.kicker_url)
2969            kickerTag = '<a href="'+ value.kicker_url +'" class="kicker">'+ value.kicker +'</a>';
2970	else
2971            kickerTag = '<span class="kicker">'+ value.kicker +'</span>';
2972
2973      // var path = value.image_url.split('/');
2974
2975      //default img
2976	  
2977	  var ori_img = '';
2978			if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/small/") > -1) {
2979				ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/small/", "/");
2980			  }else if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/medium/") > -1){
2981				ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/medium/", "/");
2982			  }else if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/large/") > -1){
2983				 ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/large/", "/");
2984			  }else if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/200/") > -1){
2985				 ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/200/", "/");
2986			  }else if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/300/") > -1){
2987				 ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/300/", "/");
2988			  }else if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/550/") > -1){
2989				 ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/550/", "/");
2990			  }else if( value.image_url.indexOf("/thumbs/700/") > -1){
2991				 ori_img = value.image_url.replace("/thumbs/700/", "/");
2992			  } else{
2993				 ori_img = defaultImage;
2994			  }
2995	  
2996	  media = '<img ' + getSrcset(value.image_url, "small") +  ' data-thumb-img=' + value.image_url + ' src=' + value.image_url + ' onerror=\'this.srcset="";this.src="'+ori_img+'"\'>';
2997      //media = '<img data-thumb-img=' + value.image_url + ' src=' + value.image_url + ' onerror=\'this.src="'+defaultImage+'"\'>';
2998
2999      // if (!path.includes("tsol-default-image2017.png", 0) && !path.includes("tsol-default-image2017.jpg", 0) && path.length > 4) {
3000      //   path.splice(path.length-1, 0, "thumbs/350x350");
3001      //   var imgPath = path.join('/').replace("png", "jpg").replace("jpeg", "jpg").toLowerCase();
3002      //   //new thumb image
3003      //   media = '<img data-thumb-img=' + imgPath + ' src=' + imgPath + ' onerror=\'this.src="'+value.image_url+'"\'>';
3004      // }
3005
3006      if (img_url.match('newTsol_logo_socmedia')) {
3007        html_to_append2 += '<div class="row list-listing"><div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12">'+ kickerTag + timespan + kickerSpan + exclusive + '<h2>
3007<a onclick="return setTrackingURL(\''+value.link+'\')"  href=' + value.oriLink + ' target="" '+ga360CustomAttributes+'>' + value.headline + '</a></h2><p>' + value.description + '</p></div></div>';
3008      } else {
3009        html_to_append2 += '<div class="row list-listing"><div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-9">'+ kickerTag + timespan + kickerSpan + exclusive + '<h2><a onclick="return setTrackingURL(\''+value.link+'\')"  href=' + value.oriLink + '  target="" '+ga360CustomAttributes+'>' + value.headline + '</a></h2><p>' + value.description + '</p></div><div class="col-xs-5 col-sm-3"><div class="img-sticker"><a onclick="return setTrackingURL(\''+value.link+'\')" href=' + value.oriLink + ' target="" '+ga360CustomAttributes+'>'+media+'</a></div></div></div>';
3010      }
3011    }
3012
3013  });
3014  
3015  $("#section1").html(html_to_append);
3016  $("#section2").html(html_to_append2);
3017</script>
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3028                   v-bind:data-content-id="decodeURIComponent(menu_item.menuItem.menuItemsLink)">                      
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3030                <a class="asd" v-else-if="menu_item.menuItemLink" v-bind:href="decodeURIComponent(menu_item.menuItemLink)" v-html="menu_item.menuItem.menuItemsName" 
3031                   data-list-type="Quick Links" 
3032                   data-content-type="Navigation" 
3033                   v-bind:data-content-title="menu_item.menuItem.menuItemsName" 
3034                   v-bind:data-content-id="decodeURIComponent(menu_item.menuItemLink)">                      
3035                </a>
3036            </li>
3037        </ul>
3038    </div>
3039</div>
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3042        el: '#widget-1350',
3043        data(){
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3048        mixins: [menu_mixin],
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3052<div id="widget-1351">
3053<script>
3054  var widgetId = '1351'; 
3055  if (rmad) {
3056     $("#widget-" + widgetId).remove();
3057  }
3058</script>
3058
3059<div class="leaderboard" style="margin-bottom:15px;">
3059<script>
3060if (sascalcsize() != "mobile") {
3061document.write("<div id='div-gpt-ad-TSOL_Web_News_Index_Leaderboard_Bottom' class='adlazyload'>");
3062document.write("<scr");
3063document.write("ipt>");
3064document.write("googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-TSOL_Web_News_Index_Leaderboard_Bottom'); });");
3065document.write("</scr");
3066document.write("ipt>");
3067document.write("</div>");
3068} else {
3069document.write("<div id='div-gpt-ad-TSOL_Web_News_Index_Leaderboard_Bottom_Mobile' class='adlazyload'>");
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3072document.write("googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-TSOL_Web_News_Index_Leaderboard_Bottom_Mobile'); });");
3073document.write("</scr");
3074document.write("ipt>");
3075document.write("</div>");
3076}
3077</script>
3077</div>
3078</div>
3079                </div>
3080                <div class="col-md-4 col-xs-12">
3081                    <!-- widget-1348 -->
3082<div id="widget-1348">
3083<script>
3084  var widgetId = '1348'; 
3085  if (rmad) {
3086     $("#widget-" + widgetId).remove();
3087  }
3088</script>
3088
3089<div class="Ads-slot"><div class="ads"><div class="med-rec">
3090<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">
3091document.write("<div id='div-gpt-ad-TSOL_Web_News_Index_Rect_Bottom' class='adlazyload'>");
3092document.write("<scr");
3093document.write("ipt>");
3094document.write("googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-TSOL_Web_News_Index_Rect_Bottom'); });");
3095document.write("</scr");
3096document.write("ipt>");
3097document.write("</div>");
3098</script>
3098</div></div></div>
3099</div>
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3105    <div class="desc-wrap" id="story-recom-list">
3106              <div class="desc">
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3111                
3112            </div>
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3117               </div>
3118            </div>
3119        </div>
3120                <div class="desc">
3121            <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-9 col-md-7 left">
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3133        </div>
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3140            </div>
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3144                    </a> 
3145               </div>
3146            </div>
3147        </div>
3148                <div class="desc">
3149            <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-9 col-md-7 left">
3150                <a href="/tag/nepal" class="kicker">Nepal</a>
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3153                
3154            </div>
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3158                    </a> 
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3160            </div>
3161        </div>
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3163            <div class="col-xs-7 col-sm-9 col-md-7 left">
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3168            </div>
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3175        </div>
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3177</div>
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3579//        var s = document.createElement('script');
3580//        s.type = 'text/javascript';
3581//        s.async = true;
3582//        s.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://s' : 'http://i')
3583//          + '.po.st/static/v4/post-widget.js#publisherKey=gbc1mg0m85gf08mf3jlb';
3584//        var x = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
3585//        x.parentNode.insertBefore(s, x);
3586//     })();
3587//window.pwidget_config = {
3588//    publisherKey: 'wid-47r2u0p7',
3589//    defaults: { radius: "circle", buttonColor: "default", buttonBackground: "default", label: "false", size: "24", counter: false, padding: true, view: "auto", shareNewWindow: true, services: { twitter: { via: "staronline" } }, jumboPosition: "first", },
3590//    onload: function () {
3591//        if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/Windows Phone/i)) {
3592//           window.postPlatform.createWidget('.post-Wiz-Custom-Items', { buttons: [{ "id": "facebook" }, { "id": "twitter" }, { "id": "linkedin" }, { "id": "line" }, { "id": "reddit" }, { "id": "whatsapp" }, { "id": "email" }], });
3593//        }
3594//        else window.postPlatform.createWidget('.post-Wiz-Custom-Items', { buttons: [{ "id": "facebook" }, { "id": "twitter" }, { "id": "linkedin" }, { "id": "line" }, { "id": "reddit" }, { "id": "print" }, { "id": "email" }], });
3595//    }
3596//};
3597
3598//Added for ajax load today picture
3599$(".slick-next").click(function(){
3600    __sharethis__.initialize();
3601    /* setTimeout(function() {  
3602      addthis.layers.refresh();
3603    }, 1000); */
3604});
3605
3606$(".slick-prev").click(function(){
3607    __sharethis__.initialize();
3608    /* setTimeout(function() {  
3609      addthis.layers.refresh();
3610    }, 1000); */
3611});
3612//Added for ajax load today picture
3613</script>
3613
3614
3615<!-- NetCore --> 
3616<script src='//tw.netcore.co.in/smartechclient.js'></script>
vendor: 1 bytes, line 3616
3616
3617<script>
3618  smartech('create', 'ADGMOT35CHFLVDHBJNIG50K968P0V61ULQ6VTDV1B4AH6RHKPIVG');
3619  smartech('register', '1ea761fa10f93f18df46ddc3b4f7b01a');
3620  smartech('identify', '');
3621  smartech('dispatch',1,{});
3622</script>
3622 
3623<!-- End NetCore -->
3624        <!-- Widget JS links -->
3625    </body>
3626</html>
3627

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