var time;
var amount = 1;
var theTime = 50;
var news;

function initializeNews() {
	var container = document.getElementById('news');
	news1 = document.getElementById('newsholder');
	news1.style.top = "0px";			
	
	news2 = news1.cloneNode(true);
	news2.id = "newsholder2";
	news2.style.top = parseInt(news1.style.top) + news1.offsetHeight + "px";
					
	container.appendChild(news2);
	
	setTimeout("realscroll()", 2000);
	
	container.onmouseover = stopScroll;
	container.onmouseout = function(){time = setTimeout('realscroll()',50);};
}

function realscroll() {	
	if(parseInt(news1.style.top) + news1.offsetHeight < 0) {
		news1.style.top = parseInt(news2.style.top) + news2.offsetHeight + "px";
	}
	
	if(parseInt(news2.style.top) + news2.offsetHeight < 0) {		
		news2.style.top = parseInt(news1.style.top) + news1.offsetHeight + "px";
	}
	
	news1.style.top = parseInt(news1.style.top) - amount + "px";
	news2.style.top = parseInt(news2.style.top) - amount + "px";
			
	time = setTimeout('realscroll()',theTime);								
}

function stopScroll() {
	if (time) clearTimeout(time);
}

function addLoadEvent(func) {
	var oldonload = window.onload;
	if(typeof window.onload != 'function') {
		window.onload = func;
	}
	else {
		window.onload = function() {
			oldonload();
			func();
		}
	}
}