var theight=22; // height of the ticker
var transtime=2000;// delay between news items
borderw=1;// border width
var pad_top=4; // padding between the layout div and the div containing the news item
var pad_top2=4; // padding between the layout div and the div containing the news headline
var pad_left=8; // padding between the layout div and the div containing the news item
var pad_left2=0; // padding between the layout div and the div containing the news headline     
borderd='border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#000000;'; // CSS border definition
var text_alignt='left'; // alignment of text in news item box
var text_alignh='center'; // alignment of text in news headline box 
var text_decort='none'; // CSS Style attribute of Text-Decoration for news item box
var text_decorh='none'; // CSS Style attribute of Text-Decoration for news headline box
var fstylet='normal'; // CSS Style attribute of Font Style for news item box
var fstyleh='normal'; // CSS Style attribute of Font Style for news item box
var fweightt='normal'; // CSS Style attribute of Font Weight for news item box
var fweighth='bold'; // CSS Style attribute of Font Weight for news item box
var fontn='Verdana'; // Font to use for the News Ticker - both news item and news headline boxes     
var nstheight=0,nst2width=0; // sizing parameters for Netscape browsers