//scroller width
        var swidth=167;

        //scroller height
        var sheight=110;

        //background color
        var sbcolor='transparent';

        //scroller's speed
        var sspeed=2;

        var msg= '';
				
	var resumesspeed=sspeed;
	
        function start_news(){
            if (document.all) iemarquee(slider); // IE4, IE5, IE6, IE7 
            else if (document.getElementById) // NN6, Opera, Firefox
                ns6marquee('slider');
            else if(document.layers) // NN4
                ns4marquee(document.slider1.document.slider2);
        }
        
        function iemarquee(whichdiv){
            iediv=eval(whichdiv)
            iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight
            iediv.innerHTML=msg
            sizeup=iediv.offsetHeight
            
            if (!window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                            
            }
            
            ieslide()
        }
        
        function ieslide(){
            if (iediv.style.pixelTop>=sizeup*(-1)){
                iediv.style.pixelTop-=sspeed
                setTimeout("ieslide()",100)
            }
            else{
                iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight
                ieslide()
            }
        }
        
        function ns4marquee(whichlayer){
            ns4layer=eval(whichlayer)
            ns4layer.top=sheight
            ns4layer.document.write(msg)
            ns4layer.document.close()
            sizeup=ns4layer.document.height
            ns4slide()
        }
        
        function ns4slide(){
            if (ns4layer.top>=sizeup*(-1)){
                ns4layer.top-=sspeed
                setTimeout("ns4slide()",100)
            }
            else{
                ns4layer.top=sheight
                ns4slide()
            }
        }
        
        function ns6marquee(whichdiv){
            ns6div=document.getElementById(whichdiv);
            ns6div.style.top = sheight+"px";
            ns6div.innerHTML = msg;
            sizeup=ns6div.offsetHeight;
            ns6slide()
        }
        
        function ns6slide(){
            if (parseInt(ns6div.offsetTop)>=sizeup*(-1)){
                ns6div.style.top=parseInt(ns6div.offsetTop)-sspeed + "px";
                setTimeout("ns6slide()",100)
            }
            else{
                ns6div.style.top = sheight + "px";
                ns6slide();
            }
        }