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// begin absolutely positioned autoscroll area object scripts 
function verifyCompatibleBrowser(){ 
	this.ver=navigator.appVersion 
	this.dom=document.getElementById?1:0 
	this.ie5=(this.ver.indexOf("MSIE 5")>-1 && this.dom)?1:0; 
	this.ie4=(document.all && !this.dom)?1:0; 
	this.ns5=(this.dom && parseInt(this.ver) >= 5) ?1:0; 
	this.ns4=(document.layers && !this.dom)?1:0; 
	this.bw=(this.ie5 || this.ie4 || this.ns4 || this.ns5) 
	return this 
} 
bw=new verifyCompatibleBrowser() 
lstart=130; 
loop=true  
speed=100
pr_step=1
var auto_timer, fast_timer
function ConstructObject(obj,nest){ 
	nest=(!nest) ? '':'document.'+nest+'.' 
	this.el=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj):bw.ie4?document.all[obj]:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0; 
  	this.css=bw.dom?document.getElementById(obj).style:bw.ie4?document.all[obj].style:bw.ns4?eval(nest+'document.'+obj):0; 
	this.scrollHeight=bw.ns4?this.css.document.height:this.el.offsetHeight 
	this.newsScroll=newsScroll; 
    	this.up=MoveAreaUp;this.down=MoveAreaDown; 
	this.moveIt=b_moveIt; this.x; this.y; 
	this.obj = obj + "Object" 
	eval(this.obj + "=this")
	return this 
} 
function b_moveIt(x,y){ 
	this.x=x;this.y=y 
	this.css.left=this.x 
	this.css.top=this.y 
}
//Makes the object scroll up 
function newsScroll(speed){ 
	if(this.y>-this.scrollHeight){ 
		this.moveIt(0,this.y-pr_step) 
		auto_timer=setTimeout(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")",speed) 
	}else if(loop) { 
		this.moveIt(0,lstart) 
		eval(this.obj+".newsScroll("+speed+")") 
	  } 
} 

function MoveAreaDown(move){ 
//	if(!(this.y>-this.scrollHeight))
//		this.y = lstart;
//	if(this.y-this.scrollHeight >= 0)
//	alert(this.y + this.scrollHeight);
	temp1 = this.y+this.scrollHeight
//	alert(temp1)
	if(temp1 >= 135)
		this.moveIt(0,this.y-move) 
	if(loop) fast_timer=setTimeout(this.obj+".down("+move+")",speed) 
} 
function MoveAreaUp(move){ 
//	if(this.y > lstart)
//		this.y = -this.scrollHeight;
//alert(this.y);
	if(this.y < 0)
		this.moveIt(0,this.y-move) 
	if(loop) fast_timer=setTimeout(this.obj+".up("+move+")",speed) 
} 
function PerformScroll(speed){ 
	if(initialised){ 
		clearTimeout(auto_timer)
		if(speed>0) objContent.down(speed) 
		else objContent.up(speed) 
	} 
}  
function CeaseScroll(){ 
    clearTimeout(fast_timer)
//    objContent.newsScroll(speed)
}
//Makes the object 
function InitialiseAutoScrollArea(){ 
	objContainer=new ConstructObject('divASContainer') 
	objContent=new ConstructObject('divASContent','divASContainer') 
	objContent.moveIt(0,0) 
	objContainer.css.visibility='visible'
	initialised=true
//	objContent.newsScroll(speed)
}

var autoPanelTimer
function showPanelAtStart() {
	showHidePanel()
	autoPanelTimer = setTimeout('ceasePanelAtStart()',8000)
}
function ceasePanelAtStart() {
	showHidePanel()
	clearTimeout(autoPanelTimer)
}
// end absolutely positioned scrollable area object scripts


function genNews()
{
//	document.writeln(newsNameArray[0]);
}
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