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var fontfamily = 'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed=4;                        // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)

// enter your ticker content here (use \/ and \' in place of / and ' respectively)
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var content=blankit+'<b><a href="/sizeup/ifsiu20100205.pdf"><img src="/images/pdficon.gif" width="17" height="17" border="0" alt="PDF Image Icon">NEWS FROM THE ILLINOIS FIRE SERVICE INSTITUTE</a> (02/05/2010)'+blankit+'<a href="/external/?802" target="_blank"><img src="/images/right-arrow.gif" alt="attn1" width="12" height="8" border="0" />The Reality of Firefighter Suicides<img src="/images/left-arrow.gif" alt="attn2" width="12" height="8" border="0" /></a>'+blankit+'<a href="/store/">2010 products now available in our IPFA store</a>'+blankit+'<a href="/jobs/">Part Time Job opening available</a>'+blankit+'New Laws Efective 1/1/2010 under <a href="/politics">Politics &amp; Legislation</a>'+blankit+'<a href="/sizeup/ifsiu-who.pdf"><img src="../images/pdficon.gif" width="17" height="17" border="0" alt="Who is the Illinois Fire Services Association" />Who is the Illinois Fire Services Association</a>'+blankit+'</b>';

// Simple Marquee / Ticker Script
// copyright 3rd January 2006, Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the below code in this script (including this
// comment) is used without any alteration
var cps=tSpeed; var aw, mq; var fsz = parseInt(tHeight) - 4; function startticker(){if (document.getElementById) {var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:'+tWidth+';height:'+tHeight+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+tcolour+'"'; if (moStop) tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed"'; tick +='><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;font-family:'+fontfamily+';font-size:'+fsz+'px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>'; document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tick; mq = document.getElementById("mq"); mq.style.left=(parseInt(tWidth)+10)+"px"; mq.innerHTML='<span id="tx">'+content+'<\/span>'; aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth; lefttime=setInterval("scrollticker()",50);}} function scrollticker(){mq.style.left = (parseInt(mq.style.left)>(-10 - aw)) ?parseInt(mq.style.left)-cps+"px" : parseInt(tWidth)+10+"px";} window.onload=startticker;
                  