TICKER_CONTENT = document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML;
TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
TICKER_SPEED = 1;
TICKER_STYLE = "font-family:Helvetica; font-size:15px; color:#000088";
TICKER_PAUSED = false;

ticker_start();

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

  // Firefox
  if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
    document.getElementById("TICKER").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;
  }
  // IE
  if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
    document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
    tickerSupported = true;
  }
  if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("TICKER").outerHTML = ""; else {
    document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth : 0;
    document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
    document.getElementById("TICKER").style.display="block";
    TICKER_tick();
  }
}

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