var tickercontent2=new Array()
tickercontent2[0]='The Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center (USA) is expected to be completed in 2009'
tickercontent2[1]='The Tokyo Tower (Japan) is 332.6m tall'
tickercontent2[2]='The Taipei 101 Tower (Taiwan) has 101 stories above ground and five below ground level'
tickercontent2[3]='The Superdome in Louisiana (USA) was the largest domed structure in the world'
tickercontent2[4]='The highest library in the world is over 230m above street level'
tickercontent2[5]='The highest rollercoaster on Earth is found at the Stratosphere in Las Vegas'
tickercontent2[6]='The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial island'
tickercontent2[7]='The Mall of America is so big that it can hold 24,336 school buses'
tickercontent2[8]='The Suite Vollard high rise apartment building can rotate 360 degrees'
tickercontent2[9]='The Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel (USA) was opened in 1964'
function domticker(content, divId, divClass, delay, fadeornot){
this.content=content
this.tickerid=divId //ID of master ticker div. Message is contained inside first child of ticker div
this.delay=delay //Delay between msg change, in miliseconds.
this.mouseoverBol=0 //Boolean to indicate whether mouse is currently over ticker (and pause it if it is)
this.pointer=1
this.opacitystring=(typeof fadeornot!="undefined")? "width: 100%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=100); -moz-opacity: 1" : ""
if (this.opacitystring!="") this.delay+=500 //add 1/2 sec to account for fade effect, if enabled
this.opacitysetting=0.2 //Opacity value when reset. Internal use.
document.write('')
var instanceOfTicker=this
setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.initialize()}, delay)
}
domticker.prototype.initialize=function(){
var instanceOfTicker=this
this.contentdiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid).firstChild //div of inner content that holds the messages
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseover=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=1}
document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseout=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=0}
this.rotatemsg()
}
domticker.prototype.rotatemsg=function(){
var instanceOfTicker=this
if (this.mouseoverBol==1) //if mouse is currently over ticker, do nothing (pause it)
setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()}, 100)
else{
this.fadetransition("reset") //FADE EFFECT- RESET OPACITY
this.contentdiv.innerHTML=this.content[this.pointer]
this.fadetimer1=setInterval(function(){instanceOfTicker.fadetransition('up', 'fadetimer1')}, 100) //FADE EFFECT- PLAY IT
this.pointer=(this.pointer=1)
clearInterval(this[timerid])
}