if((Math.random()*10)<=1)
	{
	var no = 50;
	var speed = 35;
	var snowflake = "../snow.gif";
	
	var ns4b = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0;   // Netscape4.x
	var b4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;      // MSIE4, Opera5, Netccape5
	var dx, xp, yp;                // coordinate and position variables
	var am, stx, sty;              // amplitude and step variables
	var snowobj;
	var i, doc_width = 1000, doc_height = 800;
	if (!b4up) {
	if (ns4b) {
	   doc_width  = self.innerWidth;
	   doc_height = self.innerHeight;
	} else if (b4up) {
	   doc_width  = document.body.clientWidth;
	   doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
	} else {
	   b4up = 1;                   // 800x600 screen-default
	}// if
	
	dx = new Array();
	xp = new Array();
	yp = new Array();
	am = new Array();
	stx = new Array();
	sty = new Array();
	snowobj = new Array();
	
	for (i=0; i<no; ++i) {         // iterate for every snowflake
	   dx[i] = 0;                  // set coordinate variables
	   xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50); // set position variables
	   yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
	   am[i] = Math.random()*20;             // set amplitude variables
	   stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;     // set step variables
	   sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();         // set step variables
	   if (ns4b) {                           // set layers
		  document.write("<LAYER NAME=\"flake"+ i +"\" LEFT=\"15\" "
		  + "TOP=\"15\" VISIBILITY=\"show\"><IMG SRC=\""
		  + snowflake +"\" BORDER=0></LAYER>");
	   } else if (b4up) {
		  document.write("<DIV ID=\"flake"+ i +"\" STYLE=\""
		  + "position:absolute; z-index:"+ i +"; visibility:visible; "
		  + "top:15px; left:15px;\"><IMG SRC=\""+ snowflake
		  + "\" BORDER=0></DIV>");
		  snowobj[i] = eval (document.getElementById("flake"+i).style);
	   }//if
	}//for
	
	function snowNS() {            // Netscape4 main animation function
	   for (i=0; i<no; ++i) {      // iterate for every snowflake
		  yp[i] += sty[i];
		  if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
			 xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
			 yp[i] = 0;
			 stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
			 sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
		  }//if
			 dx[i] += stx[i];
			 document.layers["flake"+i].top = yp[i];
			 document.layers["flake"+i].left = xp[i] 
				+ am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
		  }//for
	   setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
	}//snowNS
	
	function snowDocument() {      // MSIE4, Opera5, Netscape5 main
	   for (i=0; i<no; ++i) {      // iterate for every flake
		  yp[i] += sty[i];
		  if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
			 xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
			 yp[i] = 0;
			 stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
			 sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
		  }//if
		  dx[i] += stx[i];
		  snowobj[i].top  = yp[i];
		  snowobj[i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
	   }//for
	   setTimeout("snowDocument()", speed);
	}//snowDocument
	
	if (ns4b) {                   // Netscape4
	   snowNS();
	} else if (b4up) {            // MSIE4, Opera5, Netscape5
	   snowDocument();
	}//if
	}
}