var
  t1,
  tickerSlideTime = 1000,
  tickerPauseTime = 4000,
  tickerMarker,
  tickerMarkerTotal,
  nwsMarker;hello

var
  cbeMenu,
  menuBar,
  mnuMarker,
  ua = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
  
if (
  ua.indexOf('msie') != -1 && parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4  // IE4 up
  || ua.indexOf('gecko') != -1                                     // Gecko
  || ua.indexOf('konqueror') != -1                                 // Konquerer
  || window.opera                                                  // Opera
) {  
  document.write("<link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='css/menu9_abs.css'>");
  document.write("<script type='text/javascript' src='js/cbe_core.js'></script>");
  document.write("<script type='text/javascript' src='js/cbe_event.js'></script>");
  document.write("<script type='text/javascript' src='js/cbe_slide.js'></script>");
  downgrade = false;
}

function windowOnload() {

  mnuMarker = cbeGetElementById('mnuMarker').cbe;

  cbeMenu = new cbeDropdownMenu(
    mnuMarker.pageX(), mnuMarker.pageY(), // coord of first label
    100, 20,                               // label width and height
    100,                                  // box width
    18,                                   // item height
    3,                                    // item left padding
    '#505050',                            // background color
    '#E0E0E0',                            // text color
    '#707070',                            // hover background color
    '#FFFFFF'                             // hover text color
  );

  mnuMarker.height(menuBar.height());

//  window.cbe.addEventListener('resize', winResizeListener, false);
  windowScrollListener();
  window.cbe.addEventListener('scroll', windowScrollListener, false);

  nwsMarker = cbeGetElementById('nwsMarker').cbe
  tickerMarker = 1;
  with (nwsMarker) {
//    height(20)
    zIndex(10);
    show();
  }
  with (t1 = cbeGetElementById('tickerContainer1').cbe) {
//    background('transparent');
    moveTo(nwsMarker.pageX()+nwsMarker.width(), nwsMarker.pageY());
    resizeTo(window.cbe.width()-nwsMarker.width()-(nwsMarker.pageX()*2),nwsMarker.height());
    show();
  }
  with (t1.firstChild) {
//    background('transparent');
    moveTo(0, parentNode.height());
    show();
    // use the rate-type you like:
//    slideRate = cbeSlideRateLinear;
    slideRate = cbeSlideRateSine;
//    slideRate = cbeSlideRateCosine;
    addEventListener('slideEnd', tickerControl);
  }

  tickerMarkerTotal=-1;
  var mCount=1;
  do {
    isM = cbeGetElementById('m'+mCount);
    mCount++;
    tickerMarkerTotal++;
  } while(isM)

  tickerControl(t1.firstChild, 1);

}