(function () {
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        var useSSL = 'https:' == document.location.protocol;
        gads.src = (useSSL ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
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        node.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);
})();

var googletag = googletag || {};
googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];

var pbjs = pbjs || {};
pbjs.que = pbjs.que || [];

var interstitialSlot;

googletag.cmd.push(function() {
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      '/1006371/Article_Sidebar_1',
      googletag.enums.OutOfPageFormat.INTERSTITIAL);

if (interstitialSlot) {
    interstitialSlot.addService(googletag.pubads());
  }

googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();
});

apstag.init({
	pubID:'b5cc0920-f4a1-46b6-85cf-6178ca751e1a',
	adServer:'googletag'
});

googletag.cmd.push(function() {
        var REFRESH_KEY = 'refresh';
        var REFRESH_VALUE = 'true';

var mappingArticleTop = googletag.sizeMapping().
        addSize([1185, 0], [[728, 90]]).
        addSize([0, 0], [[300, 250]]).
        build();

var mappingArticleRepeat = googletag.sizeMapping().
        addSize([1185, 0], [[1, 2], [728, 90]]).
        addSize([0, 0], [[1, 2], [300, 250]]).
        build();

var mappingArticleSidebar1 = googletag.sizeMapping().
        addSize([0, 0], [[300, 250]]).
        build();

var mappingArticleSidebar2 = googletag.sizeMapping().
        addSize([0, 0], [[160, 600], [300, 600]]).
        build();

var mappingArticleBottom = googletag.sizeMapping().
        addSize([1185, 0], [[728, 90]]).
        addSize([0, 0], [[300, 250]]).
        build();

googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Top', [], 'Article_Top').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleTop).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Repeat_1', [], 'Article_Repeat_1').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleRepeat).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Repeat_2', [], 'Article_Repeat_2').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleRepeat).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Repeat_3', [], 'Article_Repeat_3').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleRepeat).addService(googletag.pubads());
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        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Repeat_5', [], 'Article_Repeat_5').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleRepeat).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Bottom', [], 'Article_Bottom').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleBottom).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Sidebar_1', [], 'Article_Sidebar_1').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleSidebar1).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/Article_Sidebar_2', [], 'Article_Sidebar_2').defineSizeMapping(mappingArticleSidebar2).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/th_mobile_leaderboard_sticky', [320, 50], 'th_mobile_leaderboard_sticky').setTargeting(REFRESH_KEY, REFRESH_VALUE).addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/NextMillennium_1x1', [1, 1], 'NextMillennium_1x1').addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/OOP_1', [1, 1], 'OOP_1').addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/OOP_2', [1, 1], 'OOP_2').addService(googletag.pubads());
        googletag.defineSlot('/1006371/OOP_3', [1, 1], 'OOP_3').addService(googletag.pubads());

googletag.pubads().setTargeting('post_id', '26471');
        googletag.pubads().setTargeting('post_cats', ['Uncategorized']);
        googletag.pubads().setTargeting('is_testing', 'no');

googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(true);
        googletag.pubads().setCentering(true);

var SECONDS_TO_WAIT_AFTER_VIEWABILITY = 45;

googletag.pubads().addEventListener('impressionViewable', function(event) {
            var slot = event.slot;
            if (slot.getTargeting(REFRESH_KEY).indexOf(REFRESH_VALUE) > -1) {
                setTimeout(function() {
                googletag.pubads().refresh([slot]);
              }, SECONDS_TO_WAIT_AFTER_VIEWABILITY * 1000);
            }
        });

googletag.enableServices();
});

var bidTimeout = 2000;

var adUnits = [Article_Top,Article_Repeat_1,Article_Repeat_2,Article_Repeat_3,Article_Repeat_4,Article_Repeat_5,Article_Bottom,Article_Sidebar_1,Article_Sidebar_2];

function fetchHeaderBids(){var e=["a9","prebid"],t={adserverRequestSent:!1};function s(s){!0!==t.adserverRequestSent&&("a9"===s?t.a9=!0:"prebid"===s&&(t.prebid=!0),e.map(function(e){return t[e]}).filter(Boolean).length===e.length&&n())}function n(){!0!==t.adserverRequestSent&&(t.adserverRequestSent=!0,pbjs.adserverRequestSent=!0,t.sendAdserverRequest=!0,googletag.cmd.push(function(){apstag.setDisplayBids(),pbjs.setTargetingForGPTAsync(),googletag.pubads().refresh()}))}e.forEach(function(e){t[e]=!1}),function(e,t,n){apstag.fetchBids({slots:e,timeout:n},function(e){s("a9")}),pbjs.que.push(function(){pbjs.addAdUnits(t),pbjs.requestBids({bidsBackHandler:function(e){s("prebid")}})})}(apstagSlots,adUnits,bidTimeout),window.setTimeout(function(){n()},bidTimeout)}

fetchHeaderBids(apstagSlots, adUnits, bidTimeout);

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