function statusSlider(jumpSpaces,position) {
      var msg = "Welcome to CGWB, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India";
      var out = "";
      if (killScroll) return false;
      for (var i=0; i<position; i++) out += msg.charAt(i);
      for (i=1;i<jumpSpaces;i++) out += " "; 
      out += msg.charAt(position); window.status = out;
      if (jumpSpaces <= 1) {
        position++;
        if (msg.charAt(position) == ' ') position++;
        jumpSpaces = 100-position;
      } else if (jumpSpaces >  3) jumpSpaces *= .15;
        else jumpSpaces--;
      if (position != msg.length) {
        var cmd = "statusSlider("+jumpSpaces+","+position+")"; 
        scrollID = window.setTimeout(cmd,5);
      } else {
        scrolling = false; return false;
      }
      return true;
    }
    function slideSetup() {
      if (scrolling)
      killScroll = true;
      scrolling = true;
      var killID = window.setTimeout('killScroll=false',6);
      scrollID = window.setTimeout('statusSlider(100,0)',10);
      return true;
    }
    var scrollID=Object;   var scrolling=false; 
    var killScroll=false;