//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
      // Vertical Scrolling News Ticker
      // XHTML Compat
      // Version 2.0
      // Copyright 2006 DevDude.com
      //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
      //scroller width
      var swidth = 140;
      //scroller height
      var sheight = 70;
      //background color 
      var sbcolor = "#FFFFFF";
      //scroller's speed
      var sspeed = 2;
      var resumesspeed = sspeed
      
      

      function start() {
	    if (document.all) iemarquee(ticker);
	    else if (document.getElementById)
		  ns6marquee(document.getElementById('ticker'));
      }

      function iemarquee(whichdiv){
	    iediv = eval(whichdiv)
	    sheight += 50;
	    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()",75)
	    } else{
		  iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight
		  ieslide()
	    }
      }

      function ns6marquee(whichdiv){
	    ns6div=eval(whichdiv)
	    sheight += 50;
	    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()",75)
	    } else {
		  ns6div.style.top = sheight + "px";
		  ns6slide()
	    }
      }