var sheight=160;	//scroller height
	var sspeed=1;		//scroller's speed
	var msg='';

	msg +=
	
		'<ul><li>' + l1 + '</li>' +
		'<li>' + n1 + '</li>' +
		'<br /></ul>' +
		
		'<ul><li>' + l2 + '</li>' +
		'<li>' + n2 + '</li>' +
		'<br /></ul>' +
		
		'<ul><li>' + l3 + '</li>' +
		'<li>' + n3 + '</li>' +
		'<br /></ul>' +
		
		'<ul><li>' + l4 + '</li>' +
		'<li>' + n4 + '</li>' +
		'<br /></ul>' +
		
		'<ul><li>' + l5 + '</li>' +
		'<li>' + n5 + '</li>' +
		'<br /></ul>' +
		
		'<ul><li>' + l6 + '</li>' +
		'<li>' + n6 + '</li>' +
		'<br /></ul>' +

	'';


	var resumesspeed=sspeed
	function startnews() {
		if (document.all) iemarquee(ticker);
		else if (document.getElementById)
			ns6marquee(document.getElementById('ticker'));
	}
	
	function iemarquee(whichdiv){
		iediv=eval(whichdiv);
		sheight += 5;	// pause for setup time
		iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight;
		iediv.innerHTML=msg;
		sizeup=iediv.offsetHeight;
		ieslide();
	}
	
	function ieslide(){
		if (iediv.style.pixelTop>=sizeup*(-1)){
			iediv.style.pixelTop-=sspeed;
			setTimeout("ieslide()",100);
		}
		else{
			iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight;
			ieslide();
		}
	}
	
	function ns6marquee(whichdiv){
		ns6div=eval(whichdiv);
		sheight += 5;	// pause for setup time
		ns6div.style.top=sheight + "px";
		ns6div.innerHTML=msg;
		sizeup=ns6div.offsetHeight;
		ns6slide();
	}
	function ns6slide(){
		if (parseInt(ns6div.style.top)>=sizeup*(-1)){
			theTop = parseInt(ns6div.style.top)-sspeed;
			ns6div.style.top = theTop + "px";
			setTimeout("ns6slide()",100);
		}
		else {
			ns6div.style.top = sheight + "px";
			ns6slide();
		}
	}