var fcontent=new Array();
fcontent.begintag='<div style="font: normal 12px Arial; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations

fcontent.closetag='</div>';
fcontent.delay = 4000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
fcontent.maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
fcontent.stepdelay=30; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
fcontent.startcolor= new Array(142,50,20); // start color (red, green, blue)
fcontent.endcolor=new Array(255,255,255); // end color (red, green, blue)
fcontent.fwidth='225px'; //set scroller width
fcontent.fheight='185px'; //set scroller height
fcontent.fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
fcontent.pause=1;  //should scroller pause onmouseover? 0 for no, 1 for yes.


var fcontent2=new Array();
fcontent2.begintag='<div style="font: normal 12px Arial; padding: 0px 0px 0px 12px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations

fcontent2.closetag='</div>';

fcontent2.delay = 4000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
fcontent2.maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
fcontent2.stepdelay=30; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
fcontent2.startcolor= new Array(142,50,20); // start color (red, green, blue)
fcontent2.endcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // end color (red, green, blue)
fcontent2.fwidth='225px'; //set scroller width
fcontent2.fheight='185px'; //set scroller height
fcontent2.fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
fcontent2.pause=1;  //should scroller pause onmouseover? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
fcontent2.border='0px '; //set border if desired (defaults to 1px solid black)
fcontent2.pausebetween=750;  //optional added delay (shows blank space) between messages (in milliseconds)
fcontent2.delay_before_start=4000  //optional added delay (shows first message) before start (in milliseconds)

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function fade_scroller(content){
if(!document.getElementById)
return;
if(!fade_scroller.ar)
fade_scroller.ar=[];
fade_scroller.ar[this.fsid=fade_scroller.ar.length]=this;
this.content=content;
this.index=0;
  document.write('<div id="fscroller'+this.fsid+'" style="color:rgb('+content.endcolor.join(',')+');border:'+(content.border? content.border : '1px solid black')+';width:'+content.fwidth+';height:'+content.fheight+'">'+content.begintag+content[0]+content.closetag+'</div>');
  if(this.content.pause){
  var sdiv=document.getElementById('fscroller'+this.fsid);
  var cacheobj=this;
  sdiv.onmouseover=function(){cacheobj.pausing=1;};
  sdiv.onmouseout=function(){cacheobj.pausing=0;};
  }
if(content.delay_before_start){
this.index=1;
this.playing=true;
var cacheobj=this;
setTimeout(function(){cacheobj.changecontent();}, content.delay_before_start);
}
else
this.changecontent();
}

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
fade_scroller.prototype.changecontent=function (){
var cachobj=this;
if(this.pausing){
setTimeout(function(){cachobj.changecontent();}, 300);
return;
}
  if (this.index>=this.content.length)
    this.index=0
    document.getElementById('fscroller'+this.fsid).style.color="rgb("+this.content.startcolor[0]+", "+this.content.startcolor[1]+", "+this.content.startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById('fscroller'+this.fsid).innerHTML=this.content.begintag+this.content[this.index]+this.content.closetag
    if (this.content.fadelinks)
      this.linkcolorchange(1);
    else if(this.playing&&this.content.pausebetween)
      this.linkhide('hidden');
setTimeout(function(){cachobj.colorfade(1);}, this.playing&&this.content.pausebetween? this.content.pausebetween : 0);
this.playing=true;
  this.index++
}

fade_scroller.prototype.linkhide=function(state){
  this.obj=document.getElementById('fscroller'+this.fsid).getElementsByTagName('a');
    if (this.obj.length>0)
    for (var i=0;i<this.obj.length;i++)
      this.obj[i].style.visibility=state;
}
// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

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

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/

fade_scroller.prototype.colorfade=function (step) {
if(!this.content.fadelinks&&this.playing&&this.content.pausebetween)
this.linkhide('');
    var cacheobj=this
  if(step<=this.content.maxsteps) {
    document.getElementById('fscroller'+this.fsid).style.color=this.getstepcolor(step);
    if (this.content.fadelinks)
      this.linkcolorchange(step);
    this.step=step+1;
    this.fadecounter=setTimeout(function(){cacheobj.colorfade(cacheobj.step);},this.content.stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(this.fadecounter);
    document.getElementById('fscroller'+this.fsid).style.color="rgb("+this.content.endcolor[0]+", "+this.content.endcolor[1]+", "+this.content.endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout(function(){cacheobj.changecontent();}, this.content.delay);
	
  }   
}

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