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* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var delay = 6000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=20; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(12,12,12); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(149,139,113); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div>'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="Zhang begin speaking at the age of 7 months and learned to read before she could walk.";
fcontent[1]="As a child, Zhang wanted to become a Writer or a Peking Opera Singer in the Combattant roles.";
fcontent[2]="Zhang's favorite cities besides her native Beijing are Barcelona, Berlin, Shanghai and Kyoto.";
fcontent[3]="Zhang's favorite places in the world are her grandparent's garden in Beijing, Cascade Head in Oregon, Hakone near Mount Fuji, and Cap d'Ail in Southern France.";
fcontent[4]="Zhang obtained her Open Water Diver's certificate in Sharm El Sheik in the Red Sea the summer of 2003. She is not sure if she wants to dives with sharks, yet.";
fcontent[5]="The drinks Zhang is most likely to order when out: Mint Tea and Hot Chocolate (even in a bar).";
fcontent[6]="Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda, Nazim Hikmet, Roberto Juarroz, Ian Boyden, and the Poets of the Tang Dynesty.";
fcontent[7]="The minimum scores she would take with her on a desert Island: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo of J.S. BACH and a Real Book of Jazz Standards.";
fcontent[8]="Favorite Trees: Bamboo and Live Oak.";
fcontent[9]="Zhang's favorite animals: wild boar and lone wolf.";
fcontent[10]="Things Zhang will admit she is bad at: driving, cooking and math.";
closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='300px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='128px'; //set scroller height

var fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.

///No need to edit below this line/////////////////


var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(){
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  index++
}

// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
      obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
  }
}

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
	
  }   
}

/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
function getstepcolor(step) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
    diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
    if(diff > 0) {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
    } else {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
    }
  }
  return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}

if (ie4||DOM2)
  document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="margin-bottom:0;padding-bottom:0;border:none; text-align: left;float:right;width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=changecontent