<!--

	var TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
	var TICKER_PAUSED = false;
	var TICKER_SPEED = 1;


//	ticker_start();

function ticker_start()
{
	var TICKER_CONTENT = getElement("TICKER").innerHTML;

//	var TICKER_LEFT = 180;
//	var TICKER_TOP = 200;
	//var TICKER_WIDTH = 600;
	//var TICKER_STYLE = "font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; color:#444444";

	var TICKER_CLASS = "tickerText";
	
	var tickerSupported = false;

	var TICKER_WIDTH = getElement("TICKER").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=images/spacer.gif width="+TICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";

	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1)
	{
		getElement("TICKER").innerHTML = "<TABLE cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>" + img + "<SPAN class='" + TICKER_CLASS + "' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>" + img + "</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1)
	{
		getElement("TICKER").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>" + img + "<SPAN class='" + TICKER_CLASS + "' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>" + img + "</DIV>";
		
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	
	if(!tickerSupported)
		getElement("TICKER").outerHTML = "";
	else
	{
		getElement("TICKER").scrollLeft = TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? getElement("TICKER").scrollWidth - getElement("TICKER").offsetWidth : 0;
		
		getElement("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
		
		getElement("TICKER").style.display = "block";
		
		TICKER_tick();
	}
}

function TICKER_tick()
{
	if(!TICKER_PAUSED) getElement("TICKER").scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	
	if(TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && getElement("TICKER").scrollLeft <= 0)
		getElement("TICKER").scrollLeft = getElement("TICKER").scrollWidth - getElement("TICKER").offsetWidth;
	
	if(!TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && getElement("TICKER").scrollLeft >= getElement("TICKER").scrollWidth - getElement("TICKER").offsetWidth)
		getElement("TICKER").scrollLeft = 0;
	
	window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick()", 10);
}

//-->