NEWSTICKER_CONTENT = document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").innerHTML;

NEWSTICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
NEWSTICKER_SPEED = 2;
NEWSTICKER_STYLE = "font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; color:#F4FDFF";
NEWSTICKER_PAUSED = false;

newsticker_start();

function newsticker_start() {
	var newstickerSupported = false;
	NEWSTICKER_WIDTH = document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=newsticker_space.gif width="+NEWSTICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";

	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+NEWSTICKER_STYLE+"' ID='NEWSTICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		newstickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+NEWSTICKER_STYLE+"' ID='NEWSTICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		newstickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!newstickerSupported) document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollLeft = NEWSTICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER_BODY").innerHTML = NEWSTICKER_CONTENT;
		document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").style.display="block";
		NEWSTICKER_tick();
	}
}

function NEWSTICKER_tick() {
	if(!NEWSTICKER_PAUSED) document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollLeft += NEWSTICKER_SPEED * (NEWSTICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	if(NEWSTICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").offsetWidth;
	if(!NEWSTICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("NEWSTICKER").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("NEWSTICKER_tick()", 30);
}