// Ignore this section:
function newsfeed(){
headline = new Array();
standfirst = new Array();
link = new Array();
date = new Array();
source = new Array();
var i = 0;
var ii = 0;
// Enter your headlines and text in this section. Keep item to a single line,
// no double quotation marks are allowed. Create as many blocks as you like,
// but don't leave any blank ones.
// They will appear in the same order as they do here
headline[i] = "For Colombians, science is important but distant";
standfirst[i] = "A survey of public perceptions of science and technology shows that for Colombians, science matters, but is not part of their everyday life. ";
link[i] = "http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1797";
date[i] = "10 December 2004";
source[i] = "SciDev.Net";
i++;
headline[i] = "Potential new weapon in TB drug arsenal";
standfirst[i] = "A faster and more powerful drug to treat tuberculosis has shown promising results in a study on mice. ";
link[i] = "http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1795";
date[i] = "10 December 2004";
source[i] = "SciDev.Net";
i++;
headline[i] = "Colombia's science progress has been slow, says study";
standfirst[i] = "A report on the status of Colombia\'s science and technology sector says little has improved in ten years. ";
link[i] = "http://www.scidev.net/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=readnews&itemid=1794";
date[i] = "10 December 2004";
source[i] = "SciDev.Net";
i++;
// headline[i] = "";
// standfirst[i] = "";
// link[i] = "";
// date[i] = "";
// source[i] = "";
// i++;
// Here you can set some default parameters, which are only used
// if alternatives are not specified by the client:
var max= 18; // maximum number of headlines
var wd = 220; // width of table
var bd = 2; // width of border
var sp = 4; // table spacing
var bc = "FFFFFF"; // border colour
var bg = "FFFFFF"; // background colour
var hc = "161616"; // headline colour
var hf = "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"; // headline font
var hs = "13px"; // headline font size
var hsb= "10px"; // smaller headline font size -- inserted by SV
var hsa= 2; // headline font size (non-style compliant browsers)
var hv = "339966"; // headline 'hover' colour
var sc = "333333"; // standfirst colour
var sf = "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"; // standfirst font
var ss = "70%"; // standfirst size
var lh = "125%";
var ssa= 2; // standfirst size (non-style compliant browsers)
var mc = "FF0000"; // colour of 'more...' link
var mf = "9px"; // size of 'more...' link -- inserted by SV
var dc = "999999"; // date / source colour
var df = "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"; // date / source font
var ds = "10px"; // date / source size
var dsa= 1; // date / source size (non-style compliant browsers)
// do not edit anything below this line
if (arguments[0])
{
settings = new Array();
settings = arguments[0].split('&');
for (ii = 0; ii < settings.length; ii++)
{
settings[ii] = settings[ii].replace("=", "='");
settings[ii] = settings[ii] + "'";
eval(settings[ii]);
}
}
document.write("\n");
document.write("");
//document.write("
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document.write("\n");
document.write("");
document.write ("LATEST NEWS on science, technology and the developing world | ");
var total = i;
i = 0;
while (i < total && i < max)
{
document.write("" + headline[i] + " ");
document.write("" + standfirst[i]);
document.write(" > More... ");
document.write("" + date[i] + " (Source: " + source[i] + ") | \n");
i++;
}
document.write ("Supplied by | ");
document.write(" |
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}