var swidth=50;
        var sheight=110;
        var sbcolor='red';
        var sspeed=3;
        var msg=''        
        var resumesspeed=sspeed
        
        function startNewsTicker() {
                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()",100)
                }
                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()",100)
                }
                else {
                        ns6div.style.top = sheight + "px";
                        ns6slide()
                }
        }
        
        
        function popUp(URL) {
day = new Date();
id = day.getTime();
eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=600,height=475');");
}