function setTickerParams(){
    v_font='';
    v_fontSize='';
    v_fontSizeNS4='';
    v_fontWeight='bold';
    v_fontColor='';
    v_textDecoration='';
    v_fontColorHover='';
    v_textDecorationHover='';
    v_bgColor='transparent';
    v_top=0;
    v_left=0;
    v_width=365;
    v_height=40;
    v_paddingTop=0;
    v_paddingLeft=0;
    v_position='relative';
    v_timeout=5000;
    v_slideSpeed=30;
    v_slideDirection=0;
    v_pauseOnMouseOver=true;
    v_slideStep=1;
    v_textAlign='left';
    v_textVAlign='middle';
    v_ua=navigator.userAgent;
    v_nS4=document.layers?1:0;
    v_iE=document.all&&!window.innerWidth&&v_ua.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1?1:0;
    v_oP=v_ua.indexOf("Opera")!=-1&&document.clear?1:0;
    v_oP7=v_oP&&document.appendChild?1:0;
    v_oP4=v_ua.indexOf("Opera")!=-1&&!document.clear;
    v_kN=v_ua.indexOf("Konqueror")!=-1&&parseFloat(v_ua.substring(v_ua.indexOf("Konqueror/")+10))<3.1?1:0;
    v_count=v_content.length;
    v_cur=1;
    v_cl=0;
    v_d=v_slideDirection?-1:1;
    v_TIM=0;
    v_fontSize2=v_nS4&&navigator.platform.toLowerCase().indexOf("win")!=-1?v_fontSizeNS4:v_fontSize;
    v_canPause=0;
}

function v_getOS(a){
    return v_iE?document.all[a].style:v_nS4?document.layers["v_container"].document.layers[a]:document.getElementById(a).style;
}

function v_start(){
    var o,px;
    o=v_getOS("v_1");
    px=v_oP&&!v_oP7||v_nS4?0:"px";
    if(parseInt(o.top)==v_paddingTop){
        v_canPause=1;
        if(v_count>1)
            v_TIM=setTimeout("v_canPause=0;v_slide()",v_timeout);
        return;
    }
    o.top=(parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d)*v_d>v_paddingTop*v_d?parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px:v_paddingTop+px;
    if(v_oP&&o.visibility.toLowerCase()!="visible")
        o.visibility="visible";
    setTimeout("v_start()",v_slideSpeed);
}

function v_slide(){
    var o,o2,px;
    o=v_getOS("v_"+v_cur);
    o2=v_getOS("v_"+(v_cur<v_count?v_cur+1:1));
    px=v_oP&&!v_oP7||v_nS4?0:"px";
    if(parseInt(o2.top)==v_paddingTop){
        if(v_oP)
            o.visibility="hidden";
        o.top=v_height*v_d+px;
        v_cur=v_cur<v_count?v_cur+1:1;
        v_canPause=1;
        v_TIM=setTimeout("v_canPause=0;v_slide()",v_timeout);
        return;
    }
    if(v_oP&&o2.visibility.toLowerCase()!="visible")
        o2.visibility="visible";
    if((parseInt(o2.top)-v_slideStep*v_d)*v_d>v_paddingTop*v_d){
        o.top=parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px;
        o2.top=parseInt(o2.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px;
    }
    else{
        o.top=-v_height*v_d+px;
        o2.top=v_paddingTop+px;
    }
    setTimeout("v_slide()",v_slideSpeed);
}

function startTicker(){
    if (v_content.length>0){
        setTickerParams();
        if(v_nS4||v_iE||v_oP||document.getElementById&&!v_kN&&!v_oP4){
            document.write("<style>.vnewsticker,a.vnewsticker{font-family:"+v_font+";font-size:"+v_fontSize2+";color:"+v_fontColor+";text-decoration:"+v_textDecoration+";font-weight:"+v_fontWeight+"}a.vnewsticker:hover{font-family:"+v_font+";font-size:"+v_fontSize2+";color:"+v_fontColorHover+";text-decoration:"+v_textDecorationHover+"}</style>");
            v_temp="<div "+(v_nS4?"name":"id")+"=v_container style='position:"+v_position+";top:"+v_top+"px;left:"+v_left+"px;width:"+v_width+"px;height:"+v_height+"px;background:"+v_bgColor+";layer-background"+(v_bgColor.indexOf("url(")==0?"-image":"-color")+":"+v_bgColor+";clip:rect(0,"+v_width+","+v_height+",0);overflow:hidden'>"+(v_iE?"<div style='position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;clip:rect(0,"+v_width+","+v_height+",0)'>":"");
            for(v_i=0;v_i<v_count;v_i++)
                v_temp+="<div "+(v_nS4?"name":"id")+"=v_"+(v_i+1)+" style='position:absolute;top:"+(v_height*v_d)+"px;left:"+v_paddingLeft+"px;width:"+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+"px;height:"+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+"px;clip:rect(0,"+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+","+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+",0);overflow:hidden"+(v_oP?";visibility:hidden":"")+";text-align:"+v_textAlign+"' class=vnewsticker>"+(!v_nS4?"<table width="+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+" height="+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td width="+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+" height="+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+" align="+v_textAlign+" valign="+v_textVAlign+" class=vnewsticker>":"")+(v_content[v_i][0]!=""?"<a href='"+v_content[v_i][0]+"' target='"+v_content[v_i][2]+"' class=vnewsticker"+(v_pauseOnMouseOver?" onmouseover='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1){clearTimeout(v_TIM);v_cl=1}' onmouseout='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1&&v_cl)v_TIM=setTimeout(\"v_canPause=0;v_slide();v_cl=0\","+v_timeout+")'":"")+">":"<span"+(v_pauseOnMouseOver?" onmouseover='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1){clearTimeout(v_TIM);v_cl=1}' onmouseout='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1&&v_cl)v_TIM=setTimeout(\"v_canPause=0;v_slide();v_cl=0\","+v_timeout+")'":"")+">")+v_content[v_i][1]+(v_content[v_i][0]!=""?"</a>":"</span>")+(!v_nS4?"</td></tr></table>":"")+"</div>";
                v_temp+=(v_iE?"</div>":"")+"</div>";
                document.write(v_temp);
                setTimeout("v_start()",1000);
        }
    }
}

v_content=[];