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content += '';
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content += '';
content += '';
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document.write(content);
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var content = '';
content += '<table width="122" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">';
content += '<tr> ';
content += '<td class="weather1">Partly Sunny with Thunderstorms</td>';
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content += '<tr> ';
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content += '<td width="3">&nbsp;</td>';
content += '</tr>';
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content += '<td width="3">&nbsp;</td>';
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function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
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