var marquee_counter = 0;
var copyspeed;
var pausespeed;
var actualheight = '';

function scrollmarquee() {
	if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.top) > (actualheight * (-1) + 8)) {
		cross_marquee.style.top = parseInt(cross_marquee.style.top) - copyspeed
				+ "px";
	} else {
		cross_marquee.style.top = parseInt(marqueeheight) + 8 + "px";
		++marquee_counter;
		if (marquee_counter >= marquees.length) {
			marquee_counter = 0;
		}
		cross_marquee.innerHTML = marquees[marquee_counter];
	}
}

function initializemarquee() {
	copyspeed = marqueespeed;
	pausespeed = (pauseit == 0) ? copyspeed : 0;
	cross_marquee = document.getElementById("vmarquee");
	cross_marquee.innerHTML = marquees[marquee_counter];
	cross_marquee.style.top = "0px";
	marqueeheight = document.getElementById("marqueecontainer").offsetHeight;
	actualheight = cross_marquee.offsetHeight;
	// if Opera or Netscape 7x, add scrollbars to scroll and exit
	if (window.opera || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape/7") != -1) {
		cross_marquee.style.height = marqueeheight + "px";
		cross_marquee.style.overflow = "scroll";
		return;
	}
	setTimeout('lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",30)', delayb4scroll);
}