function checkObject(Id, Tag)
{
  var o = document.getElementById(Id);
  if (o)
  {
    if (Tag)
    {
      if (o.tagName.toLowerCase() == Tag.toLowerCase())
      {
        return o;
      }
    }
    else
    {
      return o;
    }
  }
  return null;
}

/* USE WORDWRAP AND MAXIMIZE THE WINDOW TO SEE THIS FILE
========================================
 V-NewsTicker v2.2
 License : Freeware (Enjoy it!)
 (c)2003 VASIL DINKOV- PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
========================================
 For IE4+, NS4+, Opera5+, Konqueror3.1+
========================================
 Get the NewsTicker script at:
 http://www.smartmenus.org/other.php
 and don't wait to get the Great SmartMenus script at:
 http://www.smartmenus.org
 LEAVE THESE NOTES PLEASE - delete the comments if you want */

// BUG in Opera:
// If you want to be able to control the body margins
// put the script right after the BODY tag, not in the HEAD!!!

// === 1 === FONT, COLORS, EXTRAS...
v_font='verdana,arial,sans-serif';
v_fontSize='11px';
v_fontSizeNS4='12px';
v_fontWeight='normal';
v_fontColor='#5B5B5B';
v_textDecoration='none';
v_fontColorHover='#FF9900';//		| won't work
v_textDecorationHover='none';//	    | in Netscape4
v_bgColor='transparent';
// set [='transparent'] for transparent
// set [='url(image_source)'] for image
v_top=0;//	|
v_left=0;//	| defining
v_width=199;//	| the box
v_height=236;//	|
v_paddingTop=2;
v_paddingLeft=13;
v_position='relative';// absolute/relative
v_timeout=2000;//1000 = 1 second
v_slideSpeed=2;
v_slideDirection=0;//0=down-up;1=up-down
v_pauseOnMouseOver=true;
// v2.2+ new below
v_slideStep=1;//pixels
v_textAlign='left';// left/center/right
v_textVAlign='middle';// top/middle/bottom - won't work in Netscape4

// ===
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){
    var capa = checkObject(a, "div");
    if(capa){
        return v_iE ?
            document.all[a].style:v_nS4?document.layers["v_container"].document.layers[a] :
            document.getElementById(a).style
    } else {
        return false;
    }
};

function v_start(){
    if($('v_container')){
        var o,px;
        o=v_getOS("v_1");
        if(!o){
            return false;
        } else {
            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
        }
    }
}
if(o != undefined)
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)
};

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='#' onclick='"+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);

if(v_nS4)onresize=function(){location.reload()}}