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function newImage(arg) {
    if (document.images) {
        rslt = new Image();
        rslt.src = arg;
        return rslt;
    }
}

function changeImages() {
    if (document.images) {
        var img;
        for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
            img = null;
            if (document.layers) {
                img = findElement(changeImages.arguments[i],0);
            }
            else {
                img = document.images[changeImages.arguments[i]];
            }
            if (img) {
                img.src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
            }
        }
    }
}

function chdir (dir) {
if ((dir<0 && autodir>0)||(dir>0 && autodir<0)) {
autodir*=-1;
} 
}

var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
    if (document.images) {
        up_over = newImage("media/up_arrow-over.gif");
		down_over = newImage("media/down_arrow-over.gif");
        preloadFlag = true;
    }
}
var timer_id;
var mo = false;
var autodir = 2;
var curscroll = 0;
var maxscroll;
function scroll_iframe(frm,inc,dir,auto) {
  if (!auto) {
    mo=true;
  }
if ((autodir<0 && inc>0)||(autodir>0 && inc<0)) {
inc*=-1;
}
//document.getElementById('theinfo').innerHTML=autodir+" : "+curscroll+" : "+maxscroll+" - "+inc;
  if (timer_id) clearTimeout(timer_id);
  if (window.frames[frm]) {

    if (dir == "v") window.frames[frm].scrollBy(0, inc);
    else window.frames[frm].scrollBy(inc, 0);
    timer_id = setTimeout("scroll_iframe('" + frm + "'," + inc + ",'" + dir + "')", 20);
  }
	curscroll += inc;

  /*if(document.getElementById && !(document.all)) {
    curscroll = document.getElementById('news_headlines').contentDocument.body.scrollTop;
  }
  else if(document.all) {
    curscroll = document.frames('news_headlines').document.body.ScrollTop;
  }*/
}

function stopScroll() { if (timer_id) clearTimeout(timer_id);mo = false; }

function autoscroll(frm) {
	//alert("what");
	if (autodir >0 && curscroll>=maxscroll) {
		autodir = -2;
	}
	if (autodir <0 && curscroll<=0) {
		autodir = 2;
	}
	if (!mo) {
		scroll_iframe('news_headlines', autodir, 'v', true);
	}
	//document.getElementById('theinfo').innerHTML=autodir+" : "+curscroll+" : "+maxscroll;
	setTimeout('autoscroll(\'news_headlines\')',20);
}


function getmaxscroll () {
	if(document.getElementById && !(document.all)) {
		maxscroll = document.getElementById('news_headlines').contentDocument.body.scrollHeight;
	}
	else if(document.all) {
		maxscroll = document.frames('news_headlines').document.body.scrollHeight;
	}
	autoscroll();
}

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