<script type="text/javascript"><!--
var snowmax = 90;
var snowcolor = new Array("#f0f8ff","#ffffff", "#bdc1d7", "#dee0ea");
var snowtype = new Array("Arial Black", "Arial Narrow", "Times", "Comic Sans MS");
var snowletter = "*";
var snowfps=16.666667;
var k1decay=0.067;
var snowmaxsize = 27;
var snowminsize = 8;
var snowcharsize = 10;
var sinkspeed = 49;
var snowingzoneleft = 0.0;
var snowingzoneright = 1.0;
var snowxvar=25;
var snowminxfreq=0.5;
var snowvarxfreq=1.6666667;
var snowyvar=35;
var snowminyfreq=0.25;
var snowvaryfreq=0.8333333;
var safetygap=28;
var topfalltime=1.0;

var snow = new Array();
var marginbottom;
var marginright;
var marginleft;
var ScrollTop;
var timer;
var i_snow = 0;
var snowtimestep=1000.0/snowfps;
var snowdecayprob=k1decay/snowfps;
var browserinfos = navigator.userAgent;
var ie5 = document.all && document.getElementById && !browserinfos.match(/Opera/);
var ns6 = document.getElementById && !document.all;
var opera = browserinfos.match(/Opera/);
var browserok = ie5 || ns6 || opera;



function randommaker(a)
{
    rand = Math.floor(a * Math.random());
    return rand
}

function iecompattest()
{
	return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode != "BackCompat") ? document.documentElement : document.body 
}

function InitHeight() {
	if (ie5 || opera) {
marginbottom = iecompattest().clientHeight + 5; //clientHeight;
marginright = iecompattest().scrollWidth + 5; //clientWidth
	}
	else {
if (ns6) {
	marginbottom = self.innerHeight;
	marginright = self.innerWidth
}
	}
	ScrollTop = document.body.scrollTop;
	if (ScrollTop == 0) {
if (window.pageYOffset)
	ScrollTop = window.pageYOffset;
else
	ScrollTop = (document.body.parentElement) ? document.body.parentElement.scrollTop : 0;
	}
	marginbottom += ScrollTop;

	marginleft=marginright*snowingzoneleft;
	marginright*=snowingzoneright;
	// GET CLEAR OF SCROLLBAR!!!
	marginbottom-=safetygap+snowmaxsize+snowyvar;
	marginright-=safetygap+snowmaxsize+snowxvar;
	marginleft+=snowmaxsize+snowxvar
}

function initsnow()
{
	InitHeight()
  var a = snowmaxsize - snowminsize;
  for (i = 0;i < snowmax;i++) 
	{
snow[i] = document.getElementById("s" + i);

snow[i].crds = 0;
snow[i].ycrds = 0;
snow[i].lftrght = Math.random() * snowxvar;
snow[i].vertvar = Math.random() * snowyvar;
snow[i].x_mv = ( snowminxfreq + snowvarxfreq*Math.random() ) / snowfps;
snow[i].y_mv = ( snowminyfreq + snowvaryfreq*Math.random() ) / snowfps;

snow[i].style.fontFamily = snowtype[randommaker(snowtype.length)];
snow[i].size = randommaker(a) + snowminsize;
snow[i].style.fontSize = snow[i].size + "px";
snow[i].style.color = snowcolor[randommaker(snowcolor.length)];
var relsize = snow[i].size/snowcharsize;
snow[i].sink = (sinkspeed/snowfps) * ( relsize>1 ? Math.sqrt(relsize) : relsize );

snow[i].posx = marginleft + randommaker(marginright - marginleft);
snow[i].posy = ScrollTop + randommaker(marginbottom - ScrollTop);

snow[i].style.left = snow[i].posx + "px";
snow[i].style.top = snow[i].posy + "px"
  } 
  movesnow()
}
 
function movesnow()
{
	InitHeight();
	for (i = 0; i < snowmax; i++)
	{
if (snow[i].posy >= marginbottom || snow[i].posy < (ScrollTop - topfalltime*snowfps*snow[i].sink) || Math.random() < snowdecayprob)
{
	snow[i].posx = marginleft + randommaker(marginright - marginleft);
	var relaunchrand=Math.random();
	snow[i].posy = ScrollTop - snowyvar + relaunchrand * relaunchrand * (marginbottom - ScrollTop ) 
}
if(snow[i].posx<marginleft){
	snow[i].posx+=(marginright-marginleft);
}
if(snow[i].posx>marginright){
snow[i].posx-=(marginright-marginleft);
}


snow[i].crds += snow[i].x_mv;
snow[i].ycrds += snow[i].y_mv;
snow[i].posy += snow[i].sink;
snow[i].style.left = snow[i].posx + snow[i].lftrght * Math.sin(snow[i].crds) + "px";
snow[i].style.top = snow[i].posy + snow[i].vertvar * Math.sin(snow[i].ycrds) + "px";
	}
	var a = setTimeout("movesnow()", snowtimestep)
}
function hidesnow()
{
	if (window.timer)	{ clearTimeout(timer) }
	for (i = 0;i < snowmax;i++)
	{ 
document.getElementById("s" + i).style.visibility = "hidden"
	}
}


for (i = 0;i < snowmax;i++)
{
	document.write('<div id="s' + i + '" style="POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: 9' + i + "; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP:-" + snowmaxsize + 'px; LEFT: 15px;">' + snowletter + "</div>")
}
if (browserok)
{ initsnow() }// -->
</script>