function startNews(whichfirst) {
	hideAllNewslets();
	document.getElementById("div"+whichfirst.toString()).style.top=0;
	current_newslet = whichfirst;
	if (number_of_newslets>1) 
		{
		cancelTimeout=cancelTimeout+1;
		xbbg = "hideThisNewsletAway(" + cancelTimeout.toString() + ")";
		setTimeout(xbbg,milliseconds_during_newslets);
		}
	}
function hideAllNewslets() {
	for (i=1;i<=number_of_newslets;i++) { document.getElementById("div"+i.toString()).style.top=130;}
	}
function hideThisNewsletAway(who) {
	if (who==cancelTimeout)
		{
		if (current_newslet<number_of_newslets)
			{next_newslet=current_newslet+1;}
		else
			{next_newslet=1;}
		document.getElementById("div"+next_newslet.toString()).style.top=130;
		number_of_steps = 0;
		reduceTop(0);
		}
	}
function reduceTop() {
	isscrolling = "yes";
	number_of_steps = number_of_steps + 1;
	current_top = 0 - number_of_steps;
	document.getElementById("div"+current_newslet.toString()).style.top=current_top;
	if (number_of_newslets>1)
		{
		current_top = 130 - number_of_steps;
		document.getElementById("div"+next_newslet.toString()).style.top=current_top;
		}
	if(number_of_steps<=130)
		{cfunc="reduceTop()";setTimeout(cfunc,scrolling_speed);}
	else
		{
		isscrolling = "no";
		current_newslet=next_newslet;
		cancelTimeout=cancelTimeout+1;
		bbg = "hideThisNewsletAway(" + cancelTimeout.toString() + ")";
		setTimeout(bbg,milliseconds_during_newslets);
		}
	}
function loadnowthatnews(whichone) {
	if (isscrolling=="no")
		{
		cancelTimeout=0;
		next_newslet = whichone;
		document.getElementById("div"+next_newslet.toString()).style.top=130;
		number_of_steps = 0;
		reduceTop();
		}
	}