function addScroller(id) {
// code each scroller as follows:
// startScroll('id of scroller div','content of scroller');

	if('news_scroller' == id) {
		startScroll('news_scroller','<h2>Dr. Roberta Bondar serves as the Special Guest Judge at the World Virtual Science and Engineering Fair 2008 in Doha, Qatar</h2><br /><h2>Keynote speaker at the 9th International Conference on Low Vision in Montreal</h2><br /><h2>Dr. Roberta Bondar is presented with an Honorary Life Membership in the Olave Baden-Powell Society in Vancouver</h2><br /><h2>Exhibition of photographs by Dr. Roberta Bondar for the Toronto Parks and Trees Foundation, September 8 - October 31, 2008, First Canadian Place, Toronto</h2><br /><h2>Roberta Bondar receives the Paul Harris Fellowship from the Sault Ste Marie Rotary Club on their 90th anniversary</h2><br /><h2>Juxtapose: Changing Landscapes: Roberta Bondar\'s environmentally sensitive images shown at the Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver</h2><br />', 15);
	} else if('recent_topics_scroller' == id) {
		startScroll(id,'<p><span class="blue">First Time Right:</span><br />Adaptive challenges and the gap between routine and critical.</p><p><span class="blue">The Ethics of Trail Blazing ~ Space Exploration:</span><br/ >New trails need new thinking.</p><p><span class="blue">Innovation and Technology:</span><br/ >From bench to bedside, creativity and application rule.</p><p><span class="blue">Suspended in Air:</span><br/ >What life without gravity teaches us about the gravity of life.</p><p><span class="blue">The Planet in Balance and in Context:</span><br/ >Natural planetary forces of evolution and the human species.</p><p><span class="blue">Leading Without A Map: Adaptive Decisions When Chaos Reigns:</span><br/ >Acquire new focal points that lead in any dynamic environment.</p><p><span class="blue">Never a Distance too Great - Bridges for Life:</span><br/ >Develop dynamic connections to link to the future.</p><p><span class="blue">Take Only Pictures - Leave Only Footprints:</span><br/ >Balance the reality and ethics of being human in any environment.</p>', 10);
	}
} 

//var speed=15; // scroll (bigger = faster)
var dR=false; // reverse direction

// Vertical Scroller Javascript
// copyright 24th September 2005, by Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the code below (as well as these
// comments) is used without any alteration
var step = 2; 
function objWidth(obj) {
	if(obj.offsetWidth) return obj.offsetWidth; 
	if (obj.clip) return obj.clip.width; return 0;
}
function objHeight(obj) {
	if(obj.offsetHeight) return obj.offsetHeight; 
	if (obj.clip) return obj.clip.height; return 0;
}
function scrF(i,sH,eH){
	var x=parseInt(i.top)+(dR? step: -step); 
	if(dR && x>sH)x=-eH;
	else if(x<2-eH)x=sH;i.top = x+'px';
}
function startScroll(sN,txt,speed) {
	var scr=document.getElementById(sN); 
	var sW = objWidth(scr)-6; 
	var sH = objHeight(scr); 
	scr.innerHTML = '<div id="'+sN+'in" style="position:absolute; left:3px; width:'+sW+';">'+txt+'<\/div>'; 
	var sTxt=document.getElementById(sN+'in'); 
	var eH=objHeight(sTxt);
	sTxt.style.top=(dR? -eH : 0)+'px';
	//sTxt.style.top=(dR? -eH : sH)+'px';
	sTxt.style.clip='rect(0,'+sW+'px,'+eH+'px,0)'; 
	setInterval(function() {
					scrF(sTxt.style,sH,eH);
				},1000/speed);
}
//window.onload = addScrollers;