var varMFStyle = "style='font-family: verdana,ms sans serif; font-size: 8pt; color: cyan; cursor:hand;'";
//var varMBGColor = '<img src=images/invitation_authors_bkg>';
var varMWdt = 150;
var varMHigt = 130;
var varMScrollD = 110;
var varMScrollSpeed = 2;

function funCreateMarquee(varText)
{
	document.write('<marquee id="marqUp" '+ varMFStyle + 
	' width='+varMWdt+' height='+varMHigt+' scrolldelay='+varMScrollD+' scrollamount='+varMScrollSpeed+
	' onmouseover="funMouseOver()" onmouseout="funMouseOut()" direction=up>'+varText+
	'</marquee>');	
	return null;
}

function funMouseOver()
{
	marqUp.scrollAmount= 0;	
}

function funMouseOut()
{
	marqUp.scrollAmount= varMScrollSpeed;	
}