//javascript newsticker

ticker_tape = document.getElementById('tickertape').innerHTML;
 
_speed = 2;
_style = "font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; color:#444444";  
_paused = false; 
_righttoleft = false;  

ticker_start();

function ticker_start(){ 
	var tickerSupported = false;
	var thewidth = document.getElementById("tickertape").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=ticker_space.gif width="+thewidth+" height=0>";

	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById("tickertape").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+_style+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		tickerSupported = true;  
		/*alert("tickersupported is "+tickerSupported);*/
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById("tickertape").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+_style+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(tickerSupported == false){
		//alert(tickerSupported); 
		document.getElementById("tickertape").outerHTML = ""; 
		} else {
		document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollLeft = _righttoleft ? document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("tickertape").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = ticker_tape;
		document.getElementById("tickertape").style.display="block";
		tickme();
	} 
}

function tickme() {
	if(!_paused) document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollLeft += _speed * (_righttoleft ? -1 : 1);
	if(_righttoleft && document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("tickertape").offsetWidth;
	if(!_righttoleft && document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("tickertape").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("tickertape").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("tickme()", 30);
}