var newsContext , news , newsFooter;

function InitPanels(){
/*			
	newsContext=new panel('newsContext');
	newsContext.h=107;
	news = new panel(arrDivs[0],'newsContext');
	newsFooter = new panel('newsFooter','newsContext');
	//Netscape events for ScrollMask
	if (browser.ns4) {
		newsContext.evnt.onmouseover=stopScrollDown;
		newsContext.evnt.onmouseout=returnScrollDown;
	}
	panelsLoaded=true;
*/
}	

//scroll constants
news_scroll_speed=30;
news_scroll_size=1;
news_scroll_return_time=50;
var scrollDown_timer;
	
function anews_scrollDown(){
	sc=(news.h > newsContext.h);
	newsH=news.h;
	newsY=news.y;
	if(scrollitDown && sc){
		if(news.y>(-news.h)){
			news.moveBy(0,-news_scroll_size);				
			clearTimeout(scrollDown_timer);
			scrollDown_timer=setTimeout("news_scrollDown()",news_scroll_speed);				
		}else{
			news.moveIt(0,newsContext.cb-news_scroll_size);
			clearTimeout(scrollDown_timer);
			scrollDown_timer=setTimeout("news_scrollDown()",news_scroll_speed);
		}			
		if(newsY==0){newsFooter.moveIt(0, newsH-2);}else{newsFooter.moveBy(0,-news_scroll_size);}			
	}
}

function astopScrollDown(e){
	scrollitDown=false;
	clearTimeout(scrollDown_timer);
}

function areturnScrollDown(e){		
	scrollitDown=true;
	scrollDown_timer=setTimeout('news_scrollDown();',news_scroll_return_time);
}	

function InitScroll(){
/*
	if (arrDivs[0].h > newsContext.h) {
		newsFooter.moveIt(newsFooter.x, news.h - 1);
		newsFooter.showIt();
	}
	else {
		newsFooter.hideIt();
	}
	//scrollitDown = true;
	//scrollDown_timer = setTimeout('news_scrollDown();', 3000);		
*/
}