tcont = document.getElementById("xtick").innerHTML;
rightToLeft = false;
tickerSpeed = 2;
tickerPause = false;

ticker_start();
function ticker_start() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	TICKER_WIDTH = document.getElementById("xtick").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("xtick").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN  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("xtick").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN  ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("xtick").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("xtick").scrollLeft = rightToLeft ? document.getElementById("xtick").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("xtick").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = tcont;
		document.getElementById("xtick").style.display="block";
		TICKER_tick();
	}
}

function TICKER_tick() {
	if(!tickerPause) document.getElementById("xtick").scrollLeft += tickerSpeed * (rightToLeft ? -1 : 1);
	if(rightToLeft && document.getElementById("xtick").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("xtick").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("xtick").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("xtick").offsetWidth;
	if(!rightToLeft && document.getElementById("xtick").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("xtick").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("xtick").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("xtick").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick()", 30);
}