/** TICKER CONFIG PARAMETERS **/
 
var news_delayOnStart = 3000; // start delay in miniseconds
var news_tickerSpeed = 1; //
var news_pauseOnMouseOver = true;
 
/** TICKER CODE STARTS HERE **/
 
var news_copyspeed = news_tickerSpeed;
var news_pausespeed = (news_pauseOnMouseOver==0) ? news_copyspeed : 0;
var news_actualheight = '';
 
function scrollNewsTicker() {
 if (parseInt(cross_news.style.top) > (news_actualheight*(-1)+8)) {
  cross_news.style.top=parseInt(cross_news.style.top)-news_copyspeed+"px"
 } else {
  cross_news.style.top=parseInt(news_ticker_height)+8+"px"
 }
}
 
function initialize_news() {
 cross_news=document.getElementById("newsTickerContent")
 cross_news.style.top=0
 news_ticker_height = document.getElementById("newsTickerContainer").offsetHeight
 news_actualheight=cross_news.offsetHeight
 if (window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7")!=-1){ //if Opera or Netscape 7x, add scrollbars to scroll and exit
  cross_news.style.height=news_ticker_height+"px"
  cross_news.style.overflow="scroll"
  return
 }
 setTimeout('lefttime=setInterval("scrollNewsTicker()",35)', news_delayOnStart)
}
 
if (window.addEventListener) {
 window.addEventListener("load", initialize_news, false);
} else if (window.attachEvent) {
 window.attachEvent("onload", initialize_news);
} else if (document.getElementById) {
 window.onload = initialize_news;
}