// http://blog.wardelldesign.com/
function startSlide(){
	if(document.getElementById("marquee")) {
		slide();
	} else {
		//setTimeout("startSlide()");
		setInterval("startSlide()",1000);
	}
}
		
function slide() {	
	/*increase timeX to slow speed, decrease it to go faster*/
	var timeX=32;
	var newsTick = document.getElementById("newsticker");
	var myMar = document.getElementById("marquee");
	var newsTickLeft = newsTick.offsetTop;
	var myMarLeft = myMar.offsetTop; //150
//	var myMarWidth = myMar.offsetWidth;
	var myMarWidth = myMar.offsetHeight; //170
	var timer = setTimeout("slide()",timeX);
	
	function speedTime() {
		slide();
	}
	function slowTime() {
		clearTimeout(timer);
	}
		
	myMar.onmouseover = slowTime;
	myMar.onmouseout = speedTime;
	if (myMarLeft >- myMarWidth) {
//		alert(myMarLeft);
		myMar.style.top = myMarLeft-1+"px";
	} else {
		myMar.style.top = newsTick.offsetHeight+"px";
	}
}

window.onload = function(){ 
     startSlide(); 
}