// by Pau@YellowPencil.com and Scot@YellowPencil.com
// feel free to delete all comments except for the above credit
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// Replace 'left' 'center' with your own.
// Or remove the last one entirely if you've got 2 columns. Or add another if you've got 4!
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loadHover();
}
*/
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}
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setTall();
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{
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// if so, then do it.
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{
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}
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function closePopWin()
{
if (infowin != null && infowin.open) infowin.close();
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/* NH: Temporary solution until sfir.js errors resolved */
function no_error()
{ return true; }
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/* SS: Support functions for hybrid left nav */
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function write_absolute_anchor(relative_link, label)
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var new_link = get_absolute_link(relative_link);
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//Huong's script to rotate images and text for the front page of Aging & Facts
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theTexts [0] = 'A 2008 analysis of a study of couples and careers "reveals that one in two older workers (those aged 50 and above) have a dependent child in the household and one in five of these workers have an adult child in the household." (fig.3, p.3)';
theTexts [1] = 'According to a 2004 analysis, workers 45 years or older represent 26% of the workforce but 35% of the long-term unemployed. (fig. 3, p. 5)';
theTexts [2] = 'According to a 2006 Bureau of Labor Statistics report, reemployment rates for displaced workers who had been at their previous job for over three years were 75% for workers 25-54, 61% for workers 55-64, and 25% for workers who were 65 and older. (fig. 2, p. 3)';
theTexts [3] = 'According to 2007 Bureau of Labor Statistics data, "during the last half of the 20th century, the labor fource participation rates of people aged 55 and older dropped. However, beginning in the mid 1990s, there was a "turning of the tide, " and these rates started to rise, particularly among women." (Fig. 1, p. 1)';
theTexts [4] = 'According to a 2008 analysis of CPS data, the proportions of older workers who work part-time compared to full-time increases with age for both men and women. In 2008, 34.7% of employed women worked part-time, compared to 18.9% of men. By ages 65-69, the proportions of employed women and men who work part-time increases to 44.7% and 27.8% respectively. (Tables 3 & 4)';
theTexts [5] = 'According to a 2008 BLS report, "sixty-one percent of private industry emplyees had access to paid retirement benefits, compared with 89 percent of State and local government employees. Eighty-six percent of government employees participated in a retirement plan, significantly greater than the approximately half of private industry workers." (p. 1 and Table 1)';
theTexts [6] = 'According to a 2008 survey of recent retirees, "while a majority (54 percent) was either extremely, very, or somewhat satisfied with their job at the time they made their decision to retire, a sizable minority (46 percent) indicate they were not too or not at all satisfied." (p. 4)';
theTexts [7] = 'According to a 2008 BLS report, "among all workers there has been a decrease in the percentage covered by defined benefit ("payout") plans and an increase in the percentage covered by defined contribution ("pay in") plans. " In 2007, 43% of workers were covered by defined contribution plans, compared to 35% in 1992-93. In 2007, 20% of workers were covered by defined benefit plans compared to 32% in 1992-93.';
theTexts [8] = 'According to a 2008 BLS report, "between 1977 and 2007, employment of workers 65 and over increased 101 percent, compared to a much smaller increase of 59 percent for total employment (16 and over). The number of employed men 65 and over rose 75 percent, but employment of women 65 and older increased by nearly twice as much, climbing 147 percent. While the number of employed people age 75 and over is relative small (0.8 percent of the employed in 2007), this group had the most dramatic gain, increasing 172 percent between 1977 and 2007."';
theTexts [9] = 'According to a 2008 BLS report, "the nunmber of workers between the ages of 75 and 74 and those aged 75 and up are predicted to soar by more than 80 percent. By 2016, workers age 65 and over are expected to account for 6.1 percent of the total labor force, up sharply from their 2006 share of 3.6 percent."';
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win.left=x+Xoffset;
var y=(ns4||ns6)?e.pageY:event.y+document.body.scrollTop;
win.top=y+yyy;
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function kill(){
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else if (ns6||ie4)
win.display="none"
}
//embeded video
function getElementsByClass (searchClass) {
// This function returns an array of all HTML objects with the
// specified className. Tag is optional
var returnArray = [];
var els = document.getElementsByTagName('*');
var pattern = new RegExp('(^|\\s)'+searchClass+'(\\s|$)');
for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) { returnArray.push(els[i]); }
}
return returnArray;
}
//popup video clips
function popVideo(vid, darken) {
// This function accepts a division ID (vid), either a string or the actual
// object itself. vid is mandatory. darken is optional, if it's true
// the page will be greyed out under the video.
var videos = getElementsByClass('video'); // Get all the videos on the page.
var isplaying=null;
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var pageWidth = document.body.scrollWidth;
var pageHeight = document.body.scrollHeight;
} else {
var pageWidth = document.body.offsetWidth + document.body.offsetLeft;
var pageHeight = document.body.offsetHeight + document.body.offsetTop;
}
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dark.style.height= pageHeight+'px';
dark.style.display='block';
}
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vid.style.display='block';
var scrollTop = 0;
if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop)
scrollTop = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
else if (document.body)
scrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
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vid.style.top=scrollTop+Math.floor((document.documentElement.clientHeight/2)-(vid.offsetHeight/2))+'px';
vid.style.left=Math.floor((document.documentElement.clientWidth/2)-(vid.offsetWidth/2))+'px';
}
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}