TICKER_ELEMENT_ID = "newsTicker";
TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
TICKER_SPEED = 1;
TICKER_STYLE = "";
TICKER_PAUSED = false;

TICKER_ELEMENT = document.getElementById(TICKER_ELEMENT_ID);

TICKER_CONTENT = TICKER_ELEMENT.innerHTML;

ticker_start();

function ticker_start() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	TICKER_WIDTH = TICKER_ELEMENT.style.width;
	var img = "<img src=ticker_space.gif width="+TICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";

	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE 7")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		TICKER_ELEMENT.innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN class='newsItem' style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	} else {
		TICKER_ELEMENT.innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		tickerSupported = true;
        }

	if(!tickerSupported) TICKER_ELEMENT.outerHTML = ""; else {
		TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollLeft = TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollWidth - TICKER_ELEMENT.offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
		TICKER_ELEMENT.style.display="block";
		TICKER_tick();
	}
}

function TICKER_tick() {
	if(!TICKER_PAUSED) TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	if(TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollLeft <= 0) TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollLeft = TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollWidth - TICKER_ELEMENT.offsetWidth;
	if(!TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollLeft >= TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollWidth - TICKER_ELEMENT.offsetWidth) TICKER_ELEMENT.scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick()", 30);
}