Tomas Hertl: After Hertl's hattrick vs Washington Tuesday night he now has 8-goals in the last 12 games, two hattricks five games apart and 16 points in the last month of play. Hertl is paired with Evander Kane and Joonas Donskoi on the second line as well as on power play one. With this recent scoring-spree it seems Hertl is on the rise and making his presence in the league more well-known. Hertl now has 22 goals and 23 assists on the year.
Jonathan Toews: After a unsuccessful 2017-18 season, the captain has bounced back the way we all expected him to. Toews was under some criticism for per saying "losing a step" but I think after his last 12-game tear we can all agree that is not true. In the last 12 games he has 6 goals and 9 assists, recording a point in every game except for two games. Toews has 22 goals and 26 assists on the year now.
Mika Zibanejad: The Rangers number one forward/center is slowly becoming fan favorite in New York. Zibanejad has been off to a nice start this season and it seems like he is involved in almost every scoring play. Zibanejad has recorded 6 goals and 8 assists in the last 12 games. On the year he has 17 goals and 27 assists, be aware of what happens with the Rangers line up over the next two weeks. If they do trade Mats Zuccarello and Kevin Hayes, Zibanejad stock may drop a lot.
Ryan Dzingel: Since coming back from injury, Dzingel has been fitting in nicely with the Senators roster. Dzingel has recorded 7 goals and 6 assists in the last 12-games. Dzingel is lined up with Bobby Ryan and Matt Duchene right now, if he continues to stay with that line he is a sure fantasy asset. He also plays power play one. Dzingel has 20 goals and 18 assists on the year.
Dylan Strome: The trickle affect of playing with Alex Debrincat and Patrick Kane will push Strome's value up a ton. Strome is playing line two with Debrincat and Dominik Kahun but does play power play one with Kane, Toews and Debrincat. Strome has recorded five points in his last two games but in the last month has 3 goals, 9 assists and 5 power play points. Strome has 12 goals and 15 assists on the year.
Jakub Vrana: Since Vrana's 3 goals in back to back games January 8th & 10th he has been scoreless and almost non existent in the Capitals roster. Vrana has recorded 3 goals in the last month and 4 assists. Vrana is playing top six minutes on a high-powered offense therefore it is a little concerning to fantasy owners to see Vrana not playing well. Vrana has 15 goals and 13 assists on the year.
Rasmus Ristolainen: Since the Sabres decline so has Ristolainen declined. Ristolainen has 5 goals and 25 assists on the year and in the last month he has 5 assists with 1 goal. Ristolainen is playing power play one and top-four minutes. As the Sabres continue to decline Ristolainen is not as valuable as he was at the beginning of the year.
Mikael Granlund: Granlund has been quiet for a very long time now and it is certainly hurting the Wild's offense. Granlund has 12 goals and 27 assists on the year but in the last month he has recorded just 1 goal and 1 assist and is currently on a 8-game goal less/ pointless drought.
Josh Anderson: One of the Blue Jackets top-scorers has been a drought for a little bit now. Anderson has scored just 2 goals in the last month and just five points. Anderson is also on a 7-game scoring drought. Anderson has 15 goals on the year and if the Blue Jackets want to be a playoff team making a deep run, players like this will need to step-up.
Kyle Palmieri: The Devils All-Star selection and top player has been a drought. A player who is usually in the mix of every Devils scoring play has been rather non-existent over the last month. Palmieri has 3 goals and 1 assist in the last month of play.
Nick Schmaltz, since coming to Arizona Schmaltz has tallied two goals and three assists in the five games he has played with Arizona. It seems Schmaltz is enjoying the pairing of Alex Galchenyuk and Clayton Keller. Clearly when this move happened it increased Schmaltz value just a little due to the fact he would get more touches and play alongside two players that he more so relates too. Schmaltz now has 4 goals and 12 assists on the year, a player you may want to keep any eye on. He is owned in 20 percent of leagues too (yahoo).
Travis Konecny, he may have been on my list two weeks ago which means this is a good sign to go ahead and pick him up. Konecny over the last 14 days has 3 goals and 4 assists that is half of his point totals this year. On the year he has 8 goals and 10 assists. Konecny seems like he will not be moving from that right wing on the first line anytime soon. He is 50 percent owned in yahoo leagues and as his point total and production increases come two weeks he may be unavailable. Over the last five games Konecny has 3 goals and 4 assists.
Pontus Aberg, this is the Ducks leading scorer. The second place Anaheim Ducks leading scorer, clearly there is value here. Well, Aberg since his recent up tick in production has made his way onto the first line of the Ducks with Ryan Getzlaf and Rickard Rakell, even more of a reason to go after him now. Aberg has 3 goals and 4 assists in his last five games, on the year he has 9 goals and 6 assists, just in five games he has almost all his points on the year. This is a type of player you add for 1-2 weeks and see how he does. He does nothing, you drop him it is not like you are losing much. Aberg is owned in 20 percent of yahoo leagues.
Cody Eakin, the Golden Knights fiery center finds his way on the scoresheet one way or another, whether it is penalty minutes, hits or assists/goals he is going to be involved in the Golden Knights offense some how. Eakin has 11 goals and 8 assists on the year, over the last five games he has 3 goals and 3 assists, over the last ten games he has 4 goals and 6 assists. Eakin is clearly finding his way consistently on the score sheet. He plays on the second line with Max Pacioretty and Alex Tuch as well as power play two. A player you monitor and use as a drop/add guy. Eakin is 15 percent owned in yahoo leagues.
Mike Matheson: This guy reminds me a lot of Keith Yandle and it seems he can do the same as Yandle as well, Matheson is a big left handed defenseman who can skate and chip in on both ends of the ice. Matheson has recorded a point in every game expect for four from November 15th to December 6th. He clearly can be a useful add being he plays top four minutes and power play two. On the year Matheson has 2 goals and 11 assists, over the last five games Matheson has 3 assists and one goal. He is owned in 16 percent of leagues, a player that you can add and keep all year that will provide value.
Mike Green: He is honestly the only offensive defenseman the Red Wings have and he is involved in almost play for the Red Wings offensively and what makes him even more valuable is that over the last 30 days Green has 13 points and only one of them come on the power play. Which means 5 on 5 he is becoming more effective compared to last year Green was a power play specialist. Green has 3 goals 10 assists, +11, 34 shots on goal, 21 hits over the last 30 days(14 games) and he is doing this consistently. He is owned in 47 percent of leagues and a player you can add and keep all year.
Scott Mayfield: It seems Mayfield is getting more looks than Adam Pelech which is a good sign if you want Mayfield that is. 5 on 5 Mayfield has been more than effective, he has 14 points and none of them come a man up. Mayfield has 7 assists and one goal over the last 30 days (13 games). This is a player you should probably monitor because due to the young d-men on the Isles blue line this guys can be streaky players. If Mayfield continues this production of .5 point per game he can be a very useful player for you later on. Not only does he produce on the score sheet but he also has 21 shots on goal and 22 hits over these 13 games. He is owned in just 7 percent of leagues.
Mikko Koskinen: This young goaltender has almost rode Cam Talbot out of net and out of Edmonton. Over the last 30 days (9 games) Koskinen has 5 wins, a 1.98 goals against (GAA) .930 save percentage and one shutout. Clearly Edmonton has some questions to answer but Koskinen is looking to be the number one right now. I would probably have this guy on my roster ASAP if I was you although Edmonton is not a great team, they pull wins out every so often. He is owned in 59 percent of leagues, wait a week and he will be unavailable.
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We are in week three of Drafting Sleepers fantasy hockey question and answer series. This week we have four questions. The support has been absolutely awesome and I truly love answering these questions, if we get even more I can do this two times a week! Spread the word and share the article! Let's get this going. Ok, now onto the questions, here are four questions.
Answer: Honestly no, he's been on and off the IR list and looks to be out for at least three months, possibly more. No reason to waste a roster spot for a guy who when he comes back will take some time to get into a rhythm. Drop him and let him walk.
Answer: this was more of a statement I guess but I found it comical, but I feel you, man. This one is a stinger. But honestly, I don't understand this one either, the sophomore slump cannot actually be a real thing, can it? The Leafs are seeing some offensive struggle in a few guys this season and it is not a good sign. But still, I think Nylander will be a 50 point guy. For you, maybe trade him his name still has some value and you may be able to some ROI on Nylander.
Answer: Since this was asked about three days ago and since then Eichel has been slowly picking it up, but the real problem with Eichel is his team. The Sabres lack goaltending and defensive depth and have found themselves behind in so many games, which has worn off on Eichel causing him to try and do too much and it is resulting in some stagnant performances. Right now though I would not be too concerned with Eichel he is going to score 25 goals and 75 points this year but obviously, he was expected to do a bit more, but right now we must remain patient with Eichel.
Answer: Are you saying "ROS" like the roster, I'm not entirely sure. But anyways, the majority of the workload is given to Markstrom although Anders Nilsson has lost one start in seven appearances with a .934 save percentage, and 2.25 goals against.While Markstrom is posting a 6-8 record in 17 appearances, with a 2.62 GAA and .911. Vancouver seems to be a decent team this year, and they are playing well. If you want to get starts, just pick and choose when to start Markstrom against certain matchups would be best. But Nilsson is not worth adding right now, if you need a goalie for a day then go for it. His time in the net is not there but, monitor the waiver wire for Nilsson. I'd rather have Markstrom just because I know he is the starter right now and he will be given the nod most nights.
A new segment I am going to try and implement is a Sunday question and answer article. This past Thursday, I wrote on DraftingSleepers.com discussion board about any questions and topics people would like to discuss, the feedback was great and today we have four questions to answer!
Answer: This a great question because we are now, 16 some odd games into the NHL season and Guentzel has only put up 5 goals, 5 assists and -7 plus/minus. Those are not great numbers for the highly bolstered forward out of Pittsburgh. Now, Geuntzel plays alongside Malkin and Kessel so the production should be there but it simply has not, which concerns me because if this continues Mike Sullivan would not hesitate to drop Geuntzel to the third line and bring up Carl Hagelin to the second line. My advice for you would be wait another week or two on Geuntzel if he does not break through try and ship him for another low-end player, his value may still hold some worth before Christmas, therefore, you could get a decent amount for him.
Answer: This is fair, Frank also said that he is still holding onto him as a number four defenseman and there is no one he would rather have that is on the waiver wire. Honestly, I am doing the same thing right now, but when push comes to shove McAvoy is usually my first option to sit. It is definitely worth keeping McAvoy just due to the minutes he is seeing, he plays on the first d-pairing along Zdeno Chara and plays the second power play. The only option I could say is going out and streaming a hot defenseman, there is always one defenseman who is hot one week, therefore if you do not see the production in McAvoy sit him a few games and go out and get a streaky defenseman for the week. It is worth holding onto McAvoy though he will be a 45-50 point player this season.
Answer: Not yet Frankie, Rask is coming off an injury and it is not like Boston is playing great in front of him, but with Boston's coming schedule hitting the road for their West Coast trip, then coming home to Pittsburgh, Edmonton and Tampa Bay, November does not seem like the best matchups to play Rask but pick and choose when to start him, just be smart right now playing him. Also if the Bruins can help him out on the offensive side of things and they start stringing together some wins, Rask will gain some confidence and get his game back on track. Don't panic just yet, give it until the All-Star break.
Answer: Kyle also asked the speculation of John Tavares being traded is Lee a sell-high candidate. Great question and I am a bit in between on this, because well it obviously does not hurt to have a top 15 player in the NHL on your line but you can say that about a lot of guys, like whoever plays with Connor McDavid, and other star players. But Tavares will stay in New York and play alongside Lee. Even though without Tavares I could easily see Lee be a 55-60 point guy anyways, he did score 34 goals last year and 25 goals two years ago and to this point he has 17 points, being a point per game player. Without Lee, Barzal or Nelson would step along Lee and that would leave Lee to be the guy in New York giving him, even more, chances to score and produce more. Lee is a 25 plus goal scorer twice in his first four years in the NHL. But if you do see a dip in production from Lee, then I would say sell-high on him, it really depends on how much the other person is willing to give, if the deal is right you cannot simply say no. What I would say is just monitor Lee's production, and the Islanders offense keeps this up, hold onto Lee long term, the production will be there.


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Insider Trading Alert - PAGP, ARLP And OMI Traded By Insiders
Stocks with insider trader activity include PAGP, ARLP and OMI
Yesterday, Feb. 11, 2016, 59 U.S. common stocks issued filings of shares being bought or sold by insiders. The transactions ranged in value from $190.35 to $8,939,553.07.
Highlighted Stocks Traded by Insiders:
Plains GP Holdings (PAGP) - FREE Research Report
Chiang Willie CW, who is Officer at Plains GP Holdings, bought 200,000 shares at $5.80 on Feb. 11, 2016. Following this transaction, the Officer owned 200,000 shares meaning that the stake was boosted by 100% with the 200,000-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $5.63, down $0.17, or 3.06% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Plains GP Holdings go as follows:
4-Week # shares bought: 1.0 million
12-Week # shares bought: 1.4 million
The average volume for Plains GP Holdings has been 5.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Plains GP Holdings has a market cap of $3.2 billion and is part of the basic materials sector and energy industry. Shares are down 36.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
Plains GP Holdings, L.P., through its interest in Plains AAP, L.P., owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and provides logistics services for crude oil, natural gas liquids, natural gas, and refined products in the United States and Canada. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 17.37%. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.3. Currently, there are 4 analysts who rate Plains GP Holdings a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 11 rate it a hold.
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rates Plains GP Holdings as a
. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its generally high debt management risk, generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself and poor profit margins. Get the full
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Alliance Resource Partners (ARLP) - FREE Research Report
Neafsey John P, who is Director at Alliance Resource Partners, bought 5,000 shares at $12.15 on Feb. 11, 2016. Following this transaction, the Director owned 41,604 shares meaning that the stake was boosted by 13.66% with the 5,000-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $10.94, down $1.21, or 11.09% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Alliance Resource Partners go as follows:
4-Week # shares bought: 5,000
4-Week # shares sold: 4,941
12-Week # shares bought: 5,000
12-Week # shares sold: 4,941
The average volume for Alliance Resource Partners has been 437,700 shares per day over the past 30 days. Alliance Resource Partners has a market cap of $825.7 million and is part of the basic materials sector and metals & mining industry. Shares are down 23.81% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Thursday.
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. produces and markets coal primarily to utilities and industrial users in the United States. It operates through the Illinois Basin, Appalachia, White Oak, and Other and Corporate segments. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 24.26%. The company has a P/E ratio of 5.3. Currently, there are 3 analysts who rate Alliance Resource Partners a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 3 rate it a hold.
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rates Alliance Resource Partners as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its reasonable valuation levels, good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, poor profit margins and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself. Get the full
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Owens & Minor (OMI) - FREE Research Report
Smith Craig R, who is Director at Owens & Minor, sold 11,026 shares at $37.87 on Feb. 11, 2016. Following this transaction, the Director owned 118,335 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 8.52% with the 11,026-share transaction.
Lowry Michael Wayne, who is Shareholder at Owens & Minor, sold 184 shares at $37.84 on Feb. 11, 2016. Following this transaction, the Shareholder owned 4,152 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 4.24% with the 184-share transaction.
The shares most recently traded at $37.61, down $0.23, or 0.61% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Owens & Minor go as follows:
4-Week # shares sold: 15,000
12-Week # shares sold: 15,000
The average volume for Owens & Minor has been 621,700 shares per day over the past 30 days. Owens & Minor has a market cap of $2.3 billion and is part of the services sector and wholesale industry. Shares are up 5.34% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.
Owens & Minor, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a healthcare logistics company. It operates through two segments, Domestic and International. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.76%. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.4. Currently, there are no analysts who rate Owens & Minor a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold.
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rates Owens & Minor as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins. Get the full
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Giants' Joey Bart has rough night at plate, behind it, working with Johnny Cueto
Sporting Green // San Francisco Giants
Henry Schulman Aug. 26, 2020 Updated: Aug. 26, 2020 9:30 a.m.
San Francisco Giants' pitcher Johnny Cueto against the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Photo: Jeff Chiu / Associated Press
Joey Bart needed five games to feel the inevitable blunt force of life as a major-leaguer for a young player, be he pedigreed or not.
Bart had a terrible time in Tuesday night's 10-8, 11-inning victory against the Dodgers, at the plate and behind it.
After starting his career with doubles in his first three games and a single in the fourth, Bart went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts and a double play that got a run home but stunted a bases-loaded, no-out rally.
The 23-year-old also made a double mistake in the 10th inning that allowed the Dodgers to take a lead. With Justin Turner at second base as the free runner, Bart let a Wandy Peralta pitch pop off his glove and roll behind his feet. When Turner bolted from third, Bart threw the ball into left field, allowing Turner to score.
"This is just part of a young player in the early stages of his major-league career who's going to have the game move really fast at times," manager Gabe Kapler said. "I don't think any of us thought he was going to catch an ideal game every time out or hit doubles every time he walked up to the plate. I don't think that's realistic."
The toughest part of Bart's night might have been the four innings he caught Johnny Cueto, who allowed six runs. The battery was not in sync in their first pairing.
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Cueto admits he is not easy to catch. He tries to confound hitters with shimmies and quick pitches. He likes to work fast, so it's best if he and his catcher share a little ESP.
Bart had the added burden of a complicated series of signs that change with runners on second base. Cueto had a lot of those and the pair struggled to communicate.
With Max Muncy batting in the third inning and two runners in scoring position, Bart had to visit Cueto to discuss the 3-2 pitch. Cueto threw a changeup in the dirt that skipped past Bart and a run scored.
Cueto developed a good rhythm with rookie Chadwick Tromp, who caught each of Cueto's five prior starts.
"I think the rhythm Johnny and Tromp developed is an important one to respect," Kapler said. "They were synched up and working really well together. I know Johnny likes throwing to Tromp. But there are going to be a lot of games with Johnny on the mound and Joey behind the plate, and it's important they get through the tough times and learn from them."
Put another way, Kapler said, "I think it's important for the Giants that we're able to write Joey Bart's name in the lineup no matter who's on the mound."
Cueto sounded understanding.
"What can I tell you?" he said through translator Erwin Higueros. "He's a young catcher, but at the same time he's the future of the franchise and the future here, right? He's going to learn. Yes, we did have some communications problems, but it's all good."
Cueto showed some atypical annoyance when a reporter asked him to elaborate on the issues.
"Look, I'm not going to blame him," Cueto said. "I'm not going to blame anybody. There's no excuses for what happened in the game and what I did. He's young. We will work together. We will get through this. So there's nobody here at fault."
Henry Schulman covers the Giants for The San Francisco Chronicle. Email: hschulman@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @hankschulman
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Would life be easier with a free dictionary or free translator? Here are the top apps for your travels, for your business and for your pleasure.
I use the imiwa? dictionary to help find the exact Japanese word I need to explain medical, financial and legal vocabulary for the older members of my family. We are amazed at the efficiency of this app.
When traveling use the translator or dictionary to talk with the locals, get directions, or order a meal. The possibilities are endless. A few good Android dictionaries available on this site.
If you have an awesome app to suggest, scroll down and submit.
This free translator, dictionary is easiest for me to use. I lost a Spanish speaking co-worker so now I need to step up and figure out how I am going to get my message across to my parents. I can input the word in English and it will give me the Spanish. If I input the Spanish word or phrase from the parent it will give the English translation. So grateful! I told the parents through an interpreter at a meeting and they loaded it immediately. Now we can use the same translator/dictionary app to do our translating.
This app was suggested to me by a English speaking physical therapist who uses it to speak to patients whose English is a second language.
When I tried Google Translate, I was impressed by how easy it was to use. Select the languages you need - then speak or write in 40 languages or take a snap shot of the word (in 26 languages) you want translated. It is as easy as that.
A remarkably accurate free translator. This supports the the languages listed below. You will have the option for both spoken or written translations for the language with a double asterisk. Otherwise you will have to be able to read the translation or have the native speaker read it.
Paid Bundles (for Multi-Country Travel) Does not include spoken translation for all the languages. They are the same list as above. What you will be able to do is use the translator without going online.
This is my favorite English to Japanese, Japanese to English free translator and dictionary.
My favorite because it is easy to use. You can input English words or Japanese words and the definition pops up immediately in kanji, kana and romanized.
Every word I have needed has been available. It is a huge app so I had to download from the computer. Upgrades are huge too, so make sure you have wifi or computer.
In addition to all the definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, with audio pronunciation, it also provides synonyms and antonyms with example sentences.
Another great feature is voice search. Say the word and it will look it up. Speak clearly and slowly for best results.
A great tool for reference, education, and vocabulary building.
The app is free, and supported by ads. Your Universal Device ID may be used by advertisers and ad networks to serve ads to you.
The supported translations are for Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Future releases will add dictionaries for Hindi, Arabic, and Russian just to name a few.
Translated phrases available for the following situations: travel & transportation (airport, airplane, bus stop, bus, train station, train, taxi stand, taxi), food and accommodation (hotel, hotel room, restaurant), emergency situations (police, officer, ambulance, hospital, doctor, pharmacy or drug store), spoken interaction (greetings, small talk) and basics, such as telling the time, week days, learning alphabet pronunciation and a great list of numbers.
Be sure your mobile phone supports text-to-speech.
Internet connection required for daily content, voice-to-text search, audio pronunciation and spelling suggestions. Speak very slowly and clearly for best results. Some words were easily found by my pronunciation others just didn't come up. Give it a try. This app includes nearly 2,000,000 words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms. It also features audio pronunciation, and voice-to-text.
This has an easy to use Lookup translator from English to Spanish.
Many of the features look good: such as useful phrases and a quiz but the vocabulary is minimal in the free version.
You will have to get the paid version of this English to Spanish dictionary app for more words.


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        value = {
            "(",
            "Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture",
            "<[",
            "Landroid/accounts/Account;",
            ">;)V"
        }
    .end annotation

    .prologue
    .local p1, future:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;,"Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture<[Landroid/accounts/Account;>;"
    const/4 v3, 0x0

    const/4 v2, 0x0

    .line 1667
    :try_start_0
    invoke-interface {p1}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;->getResult()Ljava/lang/Object;

    move-result-object v8

    check-cast v8, [Landroid/accounts/Account;
    :try_end_0
    .catch Landroid/accounts/OperationCanceledException; {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catch_0
    .catch Ljava/io/IOException; {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catch_1
    .catch Landroid/accounts/AuthenticatorException; {:try_start_0 .. :try_end_0} :catch_2

    .line 1679
    .local v8, accounts:[Landroid/accounts/Account;
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    array-length v1, v8

    #setter for: Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mNumAccounts:I
    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->access$1202(Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;I)I

    .line 1681
    array-length v0, v8

    if-nez v0, :cond_1

    .line 1682
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mActivity:Landroid/app/Activity;

    if-eqz v0, :cond_0

    .line 1685
    iget-object v13, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->this$0:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;

    iget-object v1, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v1, v1, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mAccountType:Ljava/lang/String;

    iget-object v2, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v2, v2, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mAuthTokenType:Ljava/lang/String;

    iget-object v3, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v3, v3, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mFeatures:[Ljava/lang/String;

    iget-object v4, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v4, v4, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mAddAccountOptions:Landroid/os/Bundle;

    iget-object v5, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v5, v5, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mActivity:Landroid/app/Activity;

    iget-object v6, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v6, v6, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mMyCallback:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback;

    iget-object v7, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v7, v7, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mHandler:Landroid/os/Handler;

    invoke-virtual/range {v0 .. v7}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->addAccount(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;Landroid/os/Bundle;Landroid/app/Activity;Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback;Landroid/os/Handler;)Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;

    move-result-object v0

    iput-object v0, v13, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mFuture:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;

    .line 1748
    .end local v8           #accounts:[Landroid/accounts/Account;
    :goto_0
    return-void

    .line 1668
    :catch_0
    move-exception v10

    .line 1669
    .local v10, e:Landroid/accounts/OperationCanceledException;
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    #calls: Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->setException(Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
    invoke-static {v0, v10}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->access$900(Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1671
    .end local v10           #e:Landroid/accounts/OperationCanceledException;
    :catch_1
    move-exception v10

    .line 1672
    .local v10, e:Ljava/io/IOException;
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    #calls: Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->setException(Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
    invoke-static {v0, v10}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->access$1000(Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1674
    .end local v10           #e:Ljava/io/IOException;
    :catch_2
    move-exception v10

    .line 1675
    .local v10, e:Landroid/accounts/AuthenticatorException;
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    #calls: Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->setException(Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V
    invoke-static {v0, v10}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->access$1100(Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;Ljava/lang/Throwable;)V

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1689
    .end local v10           #e:Landroid/accounts/AuthenticatorException;
    .restart local v8       #accounts:[Landroid/accounts/Account;
    :cond_0
    new-instance v12, Landroid/os/Bundle;

    invoke-direct {v12}, Landroid/os/Bundle;-><init>()V

    .line 1690
    .local v12, result:Landroid/os/Bundle;
    const-string v0, "authAccount"

    invoke-virtual {v12, v0, v2}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->putString(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    .line 1691
    const-string v0, "accountType"

    invoke-virtual {v12, v0, v2}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->putString(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    .line 1692
    const-string v0, "authtoken"

    invoke-virtual {v12, v0, v2}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->putString(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    .line 1694
    :try_start_1
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mResponse:Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;

    invoke-interface {v0, v12}, Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;->onResult(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V
    :try_end_1
    .catch Landroid/os/RemoteException; {:try_start_1 .. :try_end_1} :catch_3

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1695
    :catch_3
    move-exception v0

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1700
    .end local v12           #result:Landroid/os/Bundle;
    :cond_1
    array-length v0, v8

    const/4 v1, 0x1

    if-ne v0, v1, :cond_3

    .line 1702
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mActivity:Landroid/app/Activity;

    if-nez v0, :cond_2

    .line 1703
    iget-object v6, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->this$0:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;

    aget-object v1, v8, v3

    iget-object v2, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v2, v2, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mAuthTokenType:Ljava/lang/String;

    iget-object v4, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v4, v4, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mMyCallback:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback;

    iget-object v5, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v5, v5, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mHandler:Landroid/os/Handler;

    invoke-virtual/range {v0 .. v5}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->getAuthToken(Landroid/accounts/Account;Ljava/lang/String;ZLandroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback;Landroid/os/Handler;)Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;

    move-result-object v0

    iput-object v0, v6, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mFuture:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1706
    :cond_2
    iget-object v7, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->this$0:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;

    aget-object v1, v8, v3

    iget-object v2, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v2, v2, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mAuthTokenType:Ljava/lang/String;

    iget-object v3, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v3, v3, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mLoginOptions:Landroid/os/Bundle;

    iget-object v4, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v4, v4, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mActivity:Landroid/app/Activity;

    iget-object v5, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v5, v5, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mMyCallback:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback;

    iget-object v6, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v6, v6, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mHandler:Landroid/os/Handler;

    invoke-virtual/range {v0 .. v6}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager;->getAuthToken(Landroid/accounts/Account;Ljava/lang/String;Landroid/os/Bundle;Landroid/app/Activity;Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerCallback;Landroid/os/Handler;)Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;

    move-result-object v0

    iput-object v0, v7, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;->mFuture:Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerFuture;

    goto :goto_0

    .line 1711
    :cond_3
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mActivity:Landroid/app/Activity;

    if-eqz v0, :cond_4

    .line 1712
    new-instance v9, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1$1;

    invoke-direct {v9, p0}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1$1;-><init>(Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;)V

    .line 1728
    .local v9, chooseResponse:Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;
    new-instance v11, Landroid/content/Intent;

    invoke-direct {v11}, Landroid/content/Intent;-><init>()V

    .line 1729
    .local v11, intent:Landroid/content/Intent;
    const-string v0, "android"

    const-string v1, "android.accounts.ChooseAccountActivity"

    invoke-virtual {v11, v0, v1}, Landroid/content/Intent;->setClassName(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)Landroid/content/Intent;

    .line 1731
    const-string v0, "accounts"

    invoke-virtual {v11, v0, v8}, Landroid/content/Intent;->putExtra(Ljava/lang/String;[Landroid/os/Parcelable;)Landroid/content/Intent;

    .line 1732
    const-string v0, "accountManagerResponse"

    new-instance v1, Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerResponse;

    invoke-direct {v1, v9}, Landroid/accounts/AccountManagerResponse;-><init>(Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;)V

    invoke-virtual {v11, v0, v1}, Landroid/content/Intent;->putExtra(Ljava/lang/String;Landroid/os/Parcelable;)Landroid/content/Intent;

    .line 1734
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mActivity:Landroid/app/Activity;

    invoke-virtual {v0, v11}, Landroid/app/Activity;->startActivity(Landroid/content/Intent;)V

    goto/16 :goto_0

    .line 1738
    .end local v9           #chooseResponse:Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;
    .end local v11           #intent:Landroid/content/Intent;
    :cond_4
    new-instance v12, Landroid/os/Bundle;

    invoke-direct {v12}, Landroid/os/Bundle;-><init>()V

    .line 1739
    .restart local v12       #result:Landroid/os/Bundle;
    const-string v0, "accounts"

    invoke-virtual {v12, v0, v2}, Landroid/os/Bundle;->putString(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)V

    .line 1741
    :try_start_2
    iget-object v0, p0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask$1;->this$1:Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$GetAuthTokenByTypeAndFeaturesTask;

    iget-object v0, v0, Landroid/accounts/AccountManager$AmsTask;->mResponse:Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;

    invoke-interface {v0, v12}, Landroid/accounts/IAccountManagerResponse;->onResult(Landroid/os/Bundle;)V
    :try_end_2
    .catch Landroid/os/RemoteException; {:try_start_2 .. :try_end_2} :catch_4

    goto/16 :goto_0

    .line 1742
    :catch_4
    move-exception v0

    goto/16 :goto_0
.end method

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Gallup most admired: Who made the list besides Obama, Hillary Clinton?
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton again topped Gallup's top 10 lists of most admired men and women. But their numbers went down. And further down the list, we found some surprises.
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President Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, seen here in file photo, are the most admired man and woman in America, according to a Gallup poll.
By Linda Feldmann Staff writer
@linda_feldmann
President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton once again topped Gallup's annual list of world figures admired most by Americans.
But that's not the news. Mr. Obama has topped the men's list every year since 2008 – as have American presidents most years since Gallup began polling "most admired man" in 1946. Mrs. Clinton won "most admired woman" for the 12th straight year and 22nd time overall.
What's new is that their numbers took a dive. Obama went from 30 percent last year to 16 percent this year, in the open-ended survey of 1,031 Americans; Clinton fell from 21 percent to 15 percent.
Obama's slide is easy to explain: From the Obamacare fiasco and general Washington dysfunction to Edward Snowden's leaks on government snooping, the president had an annus horribilis. Clinton's slide might be attributed to the fact that she kind of took the year off, having retired as secretary of State and declined to engage in others' efforts to prepare the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign.
More interesting to us were the other names on the list. Let's start with the men who got 1 percent each: Microsoft founder Bill Gates; actor Clint Eastwood; retired Rep. Ron Paul (R) of Texas; Sen. Ted Cruz (R) of Texas; 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney; and former President Jimmy Carter.
Most are from the world of politics – including Mr. Eastwood, whose prime time conversation with the empty chair at the 2012 Republican National Convention is still buzzworthy. We're going to assume that if Mr. Romney sees the list (and cares), he won't be happy that he and Eastwood get equal billing.
Senator Cruz is the only prospective 2016 presidential candidate on the men's list, which probably says more about the fervency of his supporters than his chances of winning the nomination. But it's also interesting that one of his likely rivals, Sen. Rand Paul (R) of Kentucky, didn't make the list – while his father did.
Tied for second on the men's list, with 4 percent each, are former President George W. Bush and Pope Francis. For President Bush, that 4 percent is double what he got last year. Perhaps this hints at a comeback in public estimation, having left office with dismal job approvals? Regarding the Pope, we're going to guess that his 4 percent is only the beginning, given the splash he has made in just nine months on the job.
Rounding out the men's list, with 2 percent each, are former President Bill Clinton and the Rev. Billy Graham. The elderly Mr. Graham tops the all-time list of top 10 mentions for Gallup's most admired man – 57 times, far more than anyone else.
Also of note: Former South African President Nelson Mandela was chosen by 7 percent of those surveyed, but he is no longer qualified to make the list, which only ranks people who are still alive. Mr. Mandela died the day polling began, Dec. 5.
On the women's list, entertainer Oprah Winfrey eked out a second-place showing with 6 percent, just ahead of first lady Michelle Obama, who got 5 percent. Four of the top six women are minorities: Ms. Winfrey, Mrs. Obama, Pakistani teen education advocate Malala Yousafzai (2 percent), and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (2 percent). Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) came in fourth with 5 percent.
The final four women each polled at 1 percent: German Chancellor Angela Merkel; actress Angelina Jolie; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; and Queen Elizabeth II. We're thinking that Duchess Kate gets points for giving birth to a future king, and a cute one at that, though she made the list last year, also with 1 percent. And her grandmother-in-law reigns supreme at the top of the all-time list of top 10 finishes for most admired women, with 46 appearances.
Looking ahead to 2014, we see at least two women who could break into the top 10: Janet Yellen, set to become chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) of Massachusetts, a liberal firebrand with a fan base eager for her to run for president in 2016 (despite her protestations).
Among the men, that bottom scrum of 1-percenters could see some new faces. Maybe Chris Christie, Republican governor of New Jersey and a 2016 prospect? How about Vice President Joe Biden? Maybe Senator Paul will replace his father on the list? Check back in a year.
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The British and Irish Lions face a series decider for the seventh time in their history when they face New Zealand in Auckland on Saturday.
Here Belfast Live Sport examines previous tours featuring a decisive climax.
After two successive draws - the second ending in a 0-0 stalemate - the Lions entered the decider in Cape Town with the whole tour on the line. Two tries swept the Springboks to victory and inflicted upon the Lions a maiden series defeat having prevailed on all four previous tours.
There was more misery for the Lions in South Africa when their return proved equally unsuccessful despite taking the series to a decider with an 8-3 win in Port Elizabeth. Cape Town was the setting for their disappointment once more as Tommy Smyth's tourists were crushed 21-5.
The Lions' first visit to Australian shores for 19 years and their first dedicated tour of the country since 1899 teetered on the brink of disaster after a 30-12 mauling in the first Test - their heaviest defeat to the Wallabies. Significant changes were made - among them the selection of Jeremy Guscott, Rob Andrew and Mike Teague - and successive wins were reeled off.
The last Lions tour of the amateur era was a case of what might have been. A dubious late penalty - one of several contentious refereeing decisions - cost them victory in the first Test. Seven days later Wellington proved a happier hunting ground in the shape of a 20-7 victory and a place in Lions legend awaited Gavin Hastings' men, but they were well beaten 30-13 at Eden Park - the arena for Saturday's showdown.
The Lions dared to dream after crushing the Wallabies 29-13 in the first Test, Brian O'Driscoll and Jason Robinson running in memorable tries, but they unravelled a week later with Nathan Grey's elbow on Richard Hill that ended the influential England flanker's series acting as the catalyst for a 35-14 loss. The Sydney decider was a nail-biter that saw the Lions botch a late attacking line-out to succumb 29-23.
The rivals were hard to separate over the first two Tests, the Brisbane opener lit up by George North's Jonah Lomu-esque try. The build-up to the decider centred on Warren Gatland's contentious decision to drop Brian O'Driscoll for Jonathan Davies, a call that was in part justified by a resounding 41-16 triumph which avenged the heartache of 12 years earlier. The Lions were magnificent in one of their finest performances.


text:
Magento + OneTrust Cookie Consent - require is not a function
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There's a lot to be said about implementing OneTrust Cookie Consent and this post doesn't intend to cover it all. Instead, I'd like to share my experience with the JavaScript errors that occured when adding the OneTrust Cookie Consent scripts to a production Magento instance. Here's a screenshot of the errors from the developer tools:
These errors caused most JavaScript reliant functionality (e.g. add to cart / apply product filters) to break.
In order to resolve this issue I spent quite a bit of time troubleshooting obfuscated code, coordinating with OneTrust support, and reading through OneTrust documentation. In this post I hope to save you some of that time if you're dealing with the same error.
Background: OneTrust Auto-Blocking
If you're dealing with this error on a Magento site, like me, there's a good chance you're using OneTrust Auto-Block. Using the Auto-Blocking technology makes a lot of sense because without it, there's a non-trivial engineering lift to ensure that cookies are actually blocked (see: OneTrust: Cookie Blocking - Blocking Cookies via Tag Managers and HTML Implementation Webinar). Using auto-block in theory simplifies this as we can just have OneTrust automatically block scripts without needing to change anything within the website markup or tag manager configuration.
Tracing the error to the auto-blocking script
When this error occured I confirmed it was specifically the auto-blocking script (e.g. https://cdn.cookielaw.org/consent/SITE-ID/OtAutoBlock.js) that was causing this. Confirming this fairly easy. Using Chrome developer tools local overrides I tried removing just the auto-block script, but leaving the otSDKStub.js script, and observed that the error was no longer happening.
Digging in to the auto-block script
The next question became what part of that script was causing the error. This was time consuming and difficult to do (the fact that the file is obfuscated doesn't help with this). One of the things in the auto-block script that stood out to me was as a variable that looked something like this…
var x = JSON.parse('[{"Tag":"https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js","CategoryId":["C0002"],"Vendor":null},{"Tag":"https://dpm.demdex.net/ibs:dpid\x3d28645\x26dpuuid\x3d","CategoryId":["C0004"],"Vendor":null},{"Tag":"https://contextual.media.net/cksync.php","CategoryId":["C0004"],"Vendor":null},
With some clues from OneTrust I realized that this variable contains a mapping of "Tag"s (which are just URLs) to OneTrust cookie categories (e.g. C0002).
I was eventually able to determine that auto-block script checks each script as it's added to the page against this list of tags (using a MutationObserver). If the script src is contained in the list of tags it switches the type from application/javascript to text/plain and adds a class attribute listing with the appropriate cookie categories. This will prevent the script from being executed.
Later, in the otBannerSdk.js JavaScript the reactivateScriptTag function will run, and it will replace the text/plain script tags with new script tags with type application/javascript.
So why were we getting the error
What I was eventually able to determine was that the tag list variable for this site contained a tag like this
{"Tag":"https://www.example.com/","CategoryId":["C0002"],"Vendor":null}
I've replaced the actual client's domain with example.com here. As you can see somehow the home page of the website was listed as a "Tag".
The effect of this was that script tags such as the require.js tag were actually subject to the auto-block logic. They were getting a text/plain type applied initially to them on page load. Later the reactivateScriptTag would re-enable them (assuming the user hadn't opt-ed out of that cookie category – we were testing with an Opt-Out consent model). However before reactivateScriptTag would run there were other inline scripts that were trying to call require or require.config, hence the error.
The root of the issue
The remaining open question was, how does the tag list variable get generated? Through some hints from OneTrust support what I determined was that the tag configuration in the auto-block script is actually generated based on the "sources" attributed to each cookie.
OneTrust attempts to determine the cookie sources during the site scan, but in our case, many cookies had actually been incorrectly attributed to the client's home page (e.g. https://www.example.com). While I'm not sure why the scan had this result (interestingly this didn't happen in lower environments), OneTrust actually pointed me to some of their documentation which notes that when using auto-block it's necessary to manually review the cookie sources for all the cookies to make sure it's correct.
Fixing the issue
In order the fix the issue I had to review the source for each and every cookie one-by-one and determine the correct sources. For non-Magento issued cookies clearly it shouldn't be a URL under example.com. For the Magento cookies, the best seems to be just remove any source (Magento documentation states that their cookies are exempt). Generally I was able to correct the sources through the OneTrust recommended workflow, but in some cases cookies had been incorrectly attributed to nearly 2,000 URLs on the client's site. For these cases the solution I came up with was the delete and manually re-create the cookie in the UI.
In the end implementing cookie blocking is a lot of work even if you use the auto-block. That being said, I still believe that using auto-block will save a lot of engineering time compared to manual blocking and continue to think it's the best option when implementing OneTrust cookie consent.
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The editing is so choppy.
if they're broke, how da fuq did he just buy that diamond?
wow @ these idiots. they are broke but spending a mill on a ring?
i feel like i am just watching lindsay lohan be lindsay lohan for the most part.
She doesn't look anything at all like Liz Taylor, she looks like Lindsay Lohan in a Kmart wig.


Group X did a great job tying together a connection between video game usage and mall attendance, which makes a perfect case for proving the rise of the Attention Economy. Their presentation will be very helpful for me because the research I did didn't quite have a place in the paper until now. Now, I can make a link between entertainment industry changes and drops in the retail sector and have it all make sense. The way they presented was not quite as effective as it could have been though. I do not learn well with chalkboard drawings and posterboard graphs.
Person 1: They did an ok job of presenting their facts. Fortunately, the facts were so compelling that I was very interested in taking in all the material. However, the fact that there were no complete citations will make it difficult for me to cross-reference and read their source to help finish the group paper.
Person 2: I would give this person an A because the presentation was so effective. The facts and citations were all there, but more than that when she did the in-class demonstration of how an Attention Economy era firm can make $10 million in 6 months, I was hooked and will never forget it.
Person 4: I wasn't really listening. I guess it was good. It will help me do the paper.


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In A 'Coast-To-Coast Roast,' Colin Quinn Finds Humor In The State We're In
By Elizabeth Blair • Sep 21, 2020
"I'm a comedian. I'm not here to be agreed with," says Colin Quinn. "In fact, if you came up to me and said, 'You're not funny, but I agree with you,' I'd be offended because I'm here to make people laugh. ... It's much more powerful than somebody agreeing with you."
Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for Audible
No state escapes unscathed in Colin Quinn's new book: Vermont is "The Old Hippie"; Florida is "The Hot Mess"; in Wisconsin, "The Diet Starts Tomorrow." Even Quinn's beloved home state of New York is "The quiet state with the city that never shuts up."
As a veteran stand-up comedian, Quinn has spent more than a couple of decades on the road, performing in 47 out of the 50 states he now affectionately eviscerates in Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States.
Mining history for material has become Quinn's specialty, from the Ancient Greeks in Long Story Short to America's founding fathers in Unconstitutional. For research, Quinn says he reads contemporary history sources as well as books written in the "really arcane language" of, say, the 1800s. He's careful not to get too mired in historical detail, though. (He says if he were to throw out names like Peter Minuit or Peter Stuyvesant to his late night comedy club audience they'd be like: "What did you just say? Stop saying Peter with some old name.")
At the same time, Quinn makes a point to connect history with what's happening today. In Overstated, he compares modern-day Social Justice Warriors (SJW) to the Puritans and observes that the current political divide has roots in the "determination" and "individualism" of white settlers who battled for territory as the United States was forming. " 'Don't tell me what to do' is basically the mission statement of the United States," he says.
Quinn's quest to understand the "mindset and personality" of people with differing political views isn't just about looking for laughs. "I feel like I do these shows for myself to try to figure things out — how people become the way they become," he says.
That curiosity started in the 1960s and '70s when he was growing up in a blue-collar family that was "very Irish" and "very into reading." Quinn speaks with reverence about his mother and aunts. "They didn't go to college, but they were so well-read," he recalls. "Just intellectuals without college degrees. ... They would just sit there and just be chain-smoking, and drinking, and spouting Yeats quotes, and it was just so interesting to hear and see and I feel like that definitely had an effect on me."
Longtime friend and fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld says Quinn "has a really, really powerful, X-ray eye about people and situations — and this is kind of the essence of comedy."
Both men are fascinated by the history of New York City and Seinfeld directed Quinn's special New York Story. They've been getting together regularly at the same diner for about 25 years and they often talk about the serious work of writing jokes.
"We have a bit of a similar approach," says Seinfeld. "We really love to spend time doing real writing, and we're proud of it, and we struggle with it, and there's not a lot of stand-up comics that do that."
Quinn was in the midst of writing Overstated when the pandemic hit the U.S. So he decided to turn his dark humor to a survey of other illnesses that have affected American history. In a section called "Stupidly Named Diseases" he writes about Scurvy: "It only affected sailors. They would give you a lime to cure it. That's why the British were called 'limeys,' which is considered a derogatory term. It's the most positive ethnic insult there is. 'Ahoy, you citrus fruit that destroys bacterial infection.' 'Whoa, watch it with the hate speech.' "
As COVID-19 has shuttered clubs, stand-up comedians face the dilemma: How do you replicate the particular tension and energy of a small comedy club? Quinn says the joke-writing process just doesn't work without an audience.
The audience is such a part of our creative process. ... You really work out all your material with the crowd. They do all the editing. - Colin Quinn
"The audience is such a part of our creative process. ... You really work out all your material with the crowd. They do all the editing," he says.
But, figuring this could be "the new normal," he recently taped a comedy special at a Brooklyn drive-in theater for a special airing on HBO later this fall. People in the audience had to stay in their cars so Quinn and the other comedians couldn't hear their laughter ... or their silence.
Another challenge right now: Making politics funny.
As Quinn puts it in Red State Blue State: "The right sees only the positive. The left sees only the negative. Right sees this country like they're at a high school football game in the stands cheering 'USA! USA! We're number one!' The left sees it like they're at an ICU unit: 'I'm sorry there's nothing we can do.'"
Reflecting on the divide, Quinn says, "We still have that innocence that a lot of the older countries don't have. Where they're a little more practical and laid back, we're still like, 'No. It's got to be fair. It's got to be right. It's got to be 100%.' "
Quinn calls that "a very childish way of looking at things."
As he writes in his new book, "here we are in 50-states couples' counseling and we are about to file papers for divorce."
Comedian Colin Quinn likes to make history funny.
(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL, "COLIN QUINN: LONG STORY SHORT")
COLIN QUINN: Ancient Greeks - first ones to say an unexamined life is not worth living. They don't tell you what we found out - an examined life, not that fascinating either.
QUINN: When you've examined your life as we have, you realize you're not going to be Stephen Hawking, Ryan Seacrest, whatever that dream is.
KELLY: That is from his 2011 special, "Long Story Short." These days, Colin Quinn's target is the United States of America. His new book is "Overstated: A Coast-To-Coast Roast Of The 50 States." NPR's Elizabeth Blair has this profile.
ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: In his new book, Colin Quinn calls Vermont the old hippie state; Florida, a hot mess state; Wisconsin, the diet starts tomorrow state.
(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL, "COLIN QUINN: RED STATE BLUE STATE")
QUINN: New Jersey - a bad idea that continued.
BLAIR: The book is a spinoff of his Netflix special "Red State Blue State."
QUINN: Missouri - the Show Me State. You can't call yourselves that and then have nothing to show us.
BLAIR: Quinn says whenever he tackles history, it's not just to get laughs.
QUINN: I feel like I do these shows for myself to try to figure things out - how people become the way they become, you know?
BLAIR: That curiosity started early. Growing up in a blue-collar family in Brooklyn in the 1960s and '70s, Quinn says they were very Irish and very into reading. He remembers being around his mother and his aunts.
QUINN: Women from the '50s, they didn't go to college. But they were so well-read, just intellectuals without college degrees. And they would just, like, sit there and just be chain smoking and drinking and spouting, you know, Yeats quotes.
BLAIR: Like a kind of blue-collar philosopher, Quinn researched all of the different immigrant groups that shaped New York City's personality, including the Irish.
(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL, "COLIN QUINN: THE NEW YORK STORY")
QUINN: We just did what every group did. We brought all our history and brought - put that onto it to make sense to us. So we made it into parishes. And a parish is just, you know, a church, some Irish people and a bar, basically.
QUINN: And the bar and the church are very similar. There's a lot of stained glass in both places.
JERRY SEINFELD: He really, really has a powerful X-ray eye about people and situations. And this is kind of the essence of comedy.
BLAIR: Jerry Seinfeld directed Quinn's special, "New York Story." They've been friends for about 25 years. Seinfeld told me they talk about the craft of comedy all the time.
SEINFELD: We have a bit of a similar approach to it. We really love to spend time doing real writing. And we're proud of it, and we struggle with it. And there's actually not a lot of stand-up comics that do that.
BLAIR: For Colin Quinn, the writing process doesn't work without an audience, which makes it really difficult in a pandemic. He recently taped a comedy special at a drive-in movie theater in Brooklyn. It airs on HBO later this fall. People in the audience had to stay in their cars, so he and the other comedians on stage couldn't hear their laughter or their silence.
QUINN: It does pain me to say this, but the audience is such a part of our creative process that we need them much more than any other field because they're - you really work out all your material with the Crowd. They do all your editing.
BLAIR: Another thing that's hard right now - making the political divide funny. But he's trying.
QUINN: The right sees only the positive. The left sees only the negative. The right sees this country like they're at a high school football game in the stands cheering USA, USA. We're No. 1.
QUINN: And the left sees it like they're at an ICU unit.
QUINN: I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do.
BLAIR: So here we are, writes Quinn in his new book, in 50 states couples counselling about to file papers for divorce. Quinn says, right now, Americans aren't willing to compromise.
QUINN: We still have that innocence that a lot of the older countries don't have that - where they're a little more, like, practical, like, laid back. We're still like, no, it's got to be fair. It's got to be right. It's got to be 100%, you know? And it's like, that's a very childish way of looking at things, you know?
BLAIR: Colin Quinn doesn't give away too much about his own politics. Ever the equal opportunity offender, he pretty much rips both liberals and conservatives to shreds.
Elizabeth Blair, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Shareholder Rights and Activism Review
Published: October 2020Contents
Francis J Aquila
Quentin Digby, Timothy Stutt and Barry Wang
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
Sarah Wared
Wolf Theiss
Lior Pinsky, Levi Santos and Victor Meneguelli
Veirano Advogados
Alex Moore and Galen Miller
Michael J Ulmer
Nikhil Narayanan
Khaitan & Co
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Margaretha Wilkenhuysen and Anke Geppert-Luciani
Paul Cronheim, Willem Bijveld and Frank Hamming
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Max Gutbrod
Lee Suet-Fern
Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC
Ezra Davids and Ryan Kitcat
Bowmans
Hyeon Deog Cho, Joon B Kim, Byoung Kwon Park and Eun-Young Lee
Kim & Chang
David Oser and Karin Mattle
Homburger AG
Filippo de Falco, Claire Jackson and Christian Boney
The Mergers & Acquisitions Review Edition 14
Editor Mark Zerdin
While the last edition of The Mergers & Acquisitions Review highlighted some causes for optimism for growth in the M&A market, the resilience of companies has been severely tested in 2020 in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Political uncertainty and economic shifts have taken a back seat to the wide-reaching global effects of the pandemic, which are leaving many jurisdictions and sectors in dire straits.
The Energy Mergers & Acquisitions Review Edition 2
Editors Sean T Wheeler, Kristin Mendoza, Roald Nashi and Robert S Fleishman
Energy underpins our economy and is central for economic growth globally. Energy makes possible the investments, innovations and new industries that are the engines of jobs, growth and shared prosperity for entire economies. Although fossil fuels remain critical energy resources across the globe, the energy landscape is transforming, and renewable energy continues to play an increasingly important role in helping countries develop modern, reliable and resilient energy systems.
The Technology M&A Review Edition 1
Editor Michael J Kennedy
Welcome to the initial annual Technology M&A Review. This book's goal is to both highlight the similarities and differences between technology M&A and 'normal' M&A, without taking too much time to try to define what technology and normal are in that context. One of its unstated premises is that because of technology's importance, effective technology lawyering in M&A necessarily involves and requires a broad set of legal skills across many practice areas; and that requirement will likely increase as governments and interest groups from all spectrums focus on the sector.
The Mergers & Acquisitions Litigation Review Edition 1
Editor Roger A Cooper
This new volume on M&A litigation for the Law Reviews series is intended to be as much a resource for litigators handling M&A disputes as it is for the deal lawyers, general counsel and dealmakers aiming to assess and manage the potential litigation risks in connection with a transaction. The multi-jurisdictional approach taken here, as in other volumes in the Law Reviews series, reflects the profoundly global nature of business and corporate transactions.
The Insolvency Review Edition 8
Editor Donald S Bernstein
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
This eighth edition of The Insolvency Review once again offers an in-depth review of market conditions and insolvency case developments in key countries. This year's book is being published as the world continues to cope with the covid-19 pandemic. Some countries are more affected than others but one thing is clear: in addition to the tragic impact of the pandemic on the lives and health of so many around the world, the economic hardship on individuals and businesses is extensive.
The Asset Management Review Edition 9
Editor Paul Dickson
This continues to be a period of change and uncertainty for the asset management industry, as funds and managers act to comply with regulatory developments and investor requirements, and adapt to the changing geopolitical landscape. The world of asset management is increasingly complex, but it is hoped that this edition of The Asset Management Review will be a useful and practical companion as we face the challenges and opportunities of the coming year.
The Merger Control Review Edition 11
Editor Ilene Knable Gotts
Pre-merger competition review has advanced significantly since its creation in 1976 in the United States. As this book evidences, today almost all competition authorities have a notification process in place. Also, the book includes chapters devoted to such 'hot' M&A sectors as pharmaceuticals, high technology and media, as well as a chapter on merger remedies, to provide a more in-depth discussion of recent developments. The intended readership of this book comprises both in-house and outside counsel who may be involved in the competition review of cross-border transactions.
The Restructuring Review Edition 13
Editor Dominic McCahill
We are very pleased to present this thirteenth edition of The Restructuring Review. As with the previous editions, our intention is to help general counsel, government agencies and private practice lawyers understand the conditions that have been prevailing in the global restructuring market in 2020 and to highlight some of the more significant legal and commercial developments and trends during that period.
The Securities Litigation Review Edition 6
Editor William Savitt
The Securities Litigation Review is a guided introduction to the international varieties of enforcing rights related to the issuance and exchange of publicly traded securities. This review focuses on litigation – how rights are created and vindicated against the backdrop of courtroom proceedings. Accordingly, this volume amounts to a cross-cultural review of the disputing process. While the subject matter is limited to securities litigation, which may well be the world's most economically significant form of litigation, any survey of litigation is in great part a survey of procedure as much as substance.
The Corporate Governance Review Edition 10
Editor Willem J L Calkoen
In this 10th edition, we can see that corporate governance is becoming a more vital and all-encompassing topic with each year that passes. We all realise that the modern corporation is one of the most ingenious concepts ever devised. Our lives are dominated by corporations. We eat and breathe through them, we travel with them, we are entertained by them, most of us work for them. Most corporations aim to add value to society, and they very often do. Some, however, are exploiting, polluting, poisoning and impoverishing us…
The Private Equity Review Edition 9
Editor Stephen L Ritchie
Private equity professionals need practical and informed guidance from local practitioners about how to raise money and close deals in multiple jurisdictions. The Private Equity Review has been prepared with this need in mind. It contains contributions from leading private equity practitioners in 22 different countries, with observations and advice on private equity dealmaking and fundraising in their respective jurisdictions.
The Franchise Law Review Edition 7
Editor Mark Abell
This book provides an introduction to the basic elements of international franchising and an overview of the way that it is regulated in 28 jurisdictions. While this book certainly does not present readers with the complete answer to all the questions they may have about franchising in all the countries covered – that would require far more pages than it is possible to include in this one volume – it does seek to provide the reader with a high-level understanding of the challenges involved.


Amsterdam in pictures: photos shot by our freelance photographers.
a few we have found elsewhere that we thought you might like.
The best way to get about Amsterdam is the old reliable push bike.
De Waag in the centre of Nieuwmarkt, A great looking building currently housing De Waag restaurant and several societies on the upper floors.
The "big bang", Chinese New Year Celebrations get off with a bang as the Chineses dragons look on.
Every single Chineses business is visited on the day and is blessed for the coming year.
After the Big Bang, they move on to the next lucky Chinese establishment.
April 30th every year is "queens day" official birthday of the Queen of Netherlands.
It's a national holiday, and the whole of Amsterdam and the entire country turns orange.
Over one million people turn out in Amsterdam to have a party.
" take my photo". It's Queens day, Hip, Hip Hooray. A lovely sunny day in Amsterdam.
And we all stand together. This is a canal full of boats. Queens Day madness comes but once a year.
Skateboarder in mid air flight action, close to Vondel Park.
This boat shaped like a piece of cake is advertising the local bread shop "Brood."
This amazing looking boat looks home made. It's fitted with a very fast engine and sort of glides over the water.
Moving house Amsterdam style, many people use the Bakfiets bike to move house.
You see people all the time with huge amounts of stuff piled on.
Rechtboomsloot. , Nieuwmarkt, Amsterdam by night. This makes for a beautiful sight at night.
Reflection of the "Bulldog" coffeeshop neon sign in the puddle of water.
November 2010, here comes the snow.
A white, snow covered Amsterdam, and it's not even winter yet.
The Swans on the Gedersekade were trapped by ice but managed to break on through to the other side.


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Who are candidates for the gastric bypass?
This bypass surgery is performed under general anesthesia and takes about one to two hours to complete. Since this surgery is laparoscopic, the surgeon will make small incisions in your abdomen instead of one big incision, and insert a special camera and the surgical instruments that will aid in developing the small stomach pouch and rerouting the intestine.
*Dumping syndrome is an unpleasant condition that can occur shortly after eating sweets or any meal containing processed sugars after a patient undergoes gastric bypass. Patients with RNY bypass cannot tolerate sugar in their diets. Even if it doesn't taste sweet, dumping syndrome can occur. Dumping syndrome can include any of the following: cramping and explosive diarrhea, overwhelming flu-like fatigue, nausea, lightheadedness, sweating and heart palpitations.
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Most patients will be hospitalized for only one to two days following surgery. You will be prescribed pain medication to make you more comfortable. While exercise and heavy lifting are not permitted right after surgery, walking is encouraged to prevent blood clots. Many patients can go back to work after only one week. A full recovery can take up to three weeks.
In the first 24 hours you can only drink clear liquids to make certain you have no problem consuming or retaining fluids. You will adhere to a liquid diet including special protein shakes in the two weeks after surgery, followed by two weeks of pureed food before being reintroduced to solid foods. You will be provided with a post-surgery nutrition plan, complete with a vitamin and mineral regimen that should be followed to prevent malnutrition. Our registered dietitians will explain this in great detail before your surgery and again before your discharge.
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