{"id":11,"date":"2017-09-07T21:03:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T21:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/eventr2\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-10-12T04:44:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T04:44:02","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marinesanctuary.org\/marinesanctuaryday\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1633995965272{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-color: #000000 !important;}&#8221; el_id=&#8221;first&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t\t\t<!-- START Slider 1 REVOLUTION SLIDER 6.4.3 --><p class=\"rs-p-wp-fix\"><\/p>\n\t\t\t<rs-module-wrap id=\"rev_slider_1_1_wrapper\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"background:transparent;padding:0;margin:0px auto;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\">\n\t\t\t\t<rs-module id=\"rev_slider_1_1\" style=\"\" data-version=\"6.4.3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-slide data-key=\"rs-1\" data-title=\"Slide\" data-in=\"o:0;\" data-out=\"a:false;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/marinesanctuary.org\/50th-anniversary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/243586539_10159836883988724_7159979298364865724_n.jpg\" title=\"243586539_10159836883988724_7159979298364865724_n\" width=\"1105\" height=\"737\" class=\"rev-slidebg\" data-no-retina>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<rs-bgvideo \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-video=\"w:100%;h:100%;nse:false;l:true;ptimer:false;vfc:true;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mp4=\"\/\/marinesanctuary.org\/wp-content\/videos\/50th-video.mp4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><\/rs-bgvideo>\n<!--\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><a\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-1-slide-1-layer-2\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"rs-layer rev-btn\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/marinesanctuary.org\/campaign\/take-the-ocean-protector-pledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-color=\"#ffffff\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:c;y:510px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;l:55;fw:500;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"minh:0px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-padding=\"r:50;l:50;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-border=\"bor:3px,3px,3px,3px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_hover=\"bgc:#007aff;bor:3px,3px,3px,3px;sp:100;e:power1.inOut;bri:120%;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:10;background-color:#007aff;font-family:Roboto;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>BECOME AN OCEAN PROTECTOR \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><!--\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t--><rs-layer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"slider-1-slide-1-layer-3\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-type=\"image\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-rsp_ch=\"on\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-xy=\"x:c;y:106px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-text=\"w:normal;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-dim=\"w:800px;h:400px;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-frame_999=\"o:0;st:w;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index:11;\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/marinesanctuary.org\/50th-anniversary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/10\/SS-logo-with-Celebrating.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" data-no-retina> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-layer><!--\n-->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slide>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/rs-slides>\n\t\t\t\t<\/rs-module>\n\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\tsetREVStartSize({c: 'rev_slider_1_1',rl:[1240,1024,778,480],el:[900],gw:[1240],gh:[900],type:'standard',justify:'',layout:'fullwidth',mh:\"0\"});\n\t\t\t\t\tvar\trevapi1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttpj;\n\t\t\t\t\tfunction revinit_revslider11() {\n\t\t\t\t\tjQuery(function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttpj = jQuery;\n\t\t\t\t\t\trevapi1 = tpj(\"#rev_slider_1_1\");\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif(revapi1==undefined || revapi1.revolution == undefined){\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trevslider_showDoubleJqueryError(\"rev_slider_1_1\");\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}else{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\trevapi1.revolution({\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsliderLayout:\"fullwidth\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvisibilityLevels:\"1240,1024,778,480\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgridwidth:1240,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgridheight:900,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperspective:600,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tperspectiveType:\"global\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\teditorheight:\"900,768,960,720\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tresponsiveLevels:\"1240,1024,778,480\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprogressBar:{disableProgressBar:true},\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnavigation: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tonHoverStop:false\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfallbacks: {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tallowHTML5AutoPlayOnAndroid:true\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t\t\t} \/\/ End of RevInitScript\n\t\t\t\tvar once_revslider11 = false;\n\t\t\t\tif (document.readyState === \"loading\") {document.addEventListener('readystatechange',function() { if((document.readyState === \"interactive\" || document.readyState === \"complete\") && !once_revslider11 ) { once_revslider11 = true; 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