/*
Mike's DHTML scroller (By Mike Hall)
Last updated July 21st, 02' by Dynamic Drive for NS6 functionality
For this and 100's more DHTML scripts, visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com
*/

//SET SCROLLER APPEARANCE AND MESSAGES
var myScroller1 = new Scroller(0, 0, 114, 95, 0, 0); //(xpos, ypos, width, height, border, padding)
myScroller1.setColors("#000000", "", ""); //(fgcolor, bgcolor, bdcolor)
myScroller1.setFont("Verdana,Arial,Helvetica", 2);
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11186397\">Six million facing new tax bills</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11186397\">HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 i...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11177346\">UN calls special food price talks</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11177346\">The United Nations\' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174953\">HSBC threatens to quit London HQ</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174953\">HSBC may quit its London headquarters if the UK government decides to break...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11184839\">Petrobras files $65bn share offer</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11184839\">The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174375\">BP says oil spill cost up to $8bn</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174375\">BP says the cost of its Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen to $8bn - a rise...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11185164\">Bank customers in \'dire poverty\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11185164\">Banks are accused of leaving some customers in \"dire poverty\" after taking ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11188837\">Industry fears over cheaper coins</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11188837\">Vending machine companies warn cheaper \"steel\" 5p and 10p coins being consi...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11184315\">Nigerian economy \'to grow by 10%\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11184315\">Nigeria\'s economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11175466\">Shift in home loan availability</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11175466\">The cost of mortgages is continuing to fall and they are becoming more acce...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11179645\">US sees 54,000 jobs go in August</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11179645\">The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11175588\">UK builders and services falter</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11175588\">New data shows new construction orders contracted in the second quarter, wh...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11170814\">\'Big drop\' in alcohol consumption</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11170814\">Alcohol consumption has fallen faster than ever, figures from the British B...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11171800\">Europe agrees finance watchdogs</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11171800\">The European Union agrees to reform financial supervision, with new agencie...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174107\">Chinese consider rival Potash bid</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174107\">Chinese investors approach Canadian pension fund over a possible rival bid ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174293\">Andean gold in $3bn bidding war</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11174293\">Rival Canadian gold mining companies, Goldcorp and El Dorado, lock horns in...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11150541\">Four power firms face sales probe</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11150541\">Four of the \"big six\" UK energy suppliers are to be investigated amid conce...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11161166\">House prices fall again in August</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11161166\">House prices fell for the second month in a row in August, according to the...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11168660\">Plans for more £5 notes in ATMs</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11168660\">All banks and building societies have put in place plans to begin dispensin...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11167911\">Russia extends grain export ban</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11167911\">Russia will consider lifting its grain export ban only after the next year\'...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11166680\">ECB ups eurozone growth forecasts</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11166680\">The European Central Bank raises its forecast for eurozone growth for this ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11173112\">Mozambique prices \'irreversible\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-africa-11173112\">The government of Mozambique says price rises which have led to deadly riot...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11168720\">Burger King is sold for $3.26bn</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11168720\">Burger King is being sold to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal value...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11166772\">Dell pulls out of battle for 3Par</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11166772\">Dell withdraws its bid for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raises its offe...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11164565\">RBS to cut a further 3,500 jobs</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11164565\">Royal Bank of Scotland is planning to cut 3,500 jobs from its technical and...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11101288\">Delhi loses patience with Commonwealth Games</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-south-asia-11101288\">The Commonwealth Games were meant to showcase Delhi, but the Indian capital...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11151518\">Hawk-Eye firm lined up for sale</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11151518\">The British company behind the Hawk-Eye ball-tracking technology used in te...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11137613\">Premier League spending tumbles</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11137613\">Spending by English Premier League clubs in the summer transfer window has ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11189677\">Cairo literary business booming</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11189677\">Egypt\'s literary scene is thriving, with a new generation of writers and po...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11186684\">Banks leave customers in \'poverty\'</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11186684\">High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in \"dire pove...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11189819\">Wrong tax bill for millions in UK</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11189819\">Almost six million people in the UK have paid the wrong amount of income ta...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11174494\">Shopping malls: saviour or curse?</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-11174494\">Meadowhall in Sheffield was one of the first giant shopping centres in the ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11178043\">3D cameras and web TVs on show</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/technology-11178043\">Rory Cellan-Jones tries out 3D video equipment and looks at the latest ultr...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11190387\">Tourism near the Gaza border</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-middle-east-11190387\">At the Zikim Kibbutz, near Ashkelon in southern Israel, tourists come in to...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/8966152.stm\">Travel compensation and charges</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/1/hi/programmes/fast_track/8966152.stm\">Travel expert Simon Calder has more advice for people doing battle with air...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-11178044\">Global food prices reach 20 year high</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/uk-wales-11178044\">Global food prices have reached a 20 year high and there are concerns they ...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11167752\">Past is the future</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11167752\">The lacemaking factory going back to traditional methods to survive...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11167721\">Massive Mini</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11167721\">How far can BMW stretch the brand before it snaps?...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11163536\">Rush to buy</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11163536\">Fear sparks stockpiling of food in Russia as prices soar...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11036924\">Paying the price</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11036924\">PayPal\'s co-founder worked so hard he would sleep in the office...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11177106\">Expert views</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11177106\">Economists remain divided over the merits of spending cuts...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11175327\">Stock market gloom</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11175327\">August was tough, but there were glimmers of hope...</a></span></p></div>');
myScroller1.addItem('<div><p><span class=\"newstitle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11153967\">Bird business</a></span><br><span class=\"newsdesc\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/business-11153967\">The back-breaking, ear-splitting work on Peru\'s guano islands...</a></span></p></div>');


//SET SCROLLER PAUSE
myScroller1.setPause(2500); //set pause beteen msgs, in milliseconds

function runmikescroll() {

  var layer;
  var mikex, mikey;

  // Locate placeholder layer so we can use it to position the scrollers.

  layer = getLayer("placeholder");
  mikex = getPageLeft(layer);
  mikey = getPageTop(layer);

  // Create the first scroller and position it.

  myScroller1.create();
  myScroller1.hide();
  myScroller1.moveTo(mikex, mikey);
  myScroller1.setzIndex(100);
  myScroller1.show();
}

//window.onload=runmikescroll