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"This is the newsticker. Great
for giving visitors information. And lot's of it.",
"Infinite lines to write on, and
an easy configuration - overall it's a breeze :-)",
"You can configure the messages
and the size of the textarea, neat!",
"Rebuilt by Igor Ivanov, Russian
programmer."
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Me!"
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