TICKER_CONTENT                                       = document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML;
 TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT                                   = false;
 TICKER_SPEED                                         = 2;
 TICKER_STYLE                                         = "font-family:Arial; font-size:12px; color:#444444";
 TICKER_PAUSED                                        = false;

 ticker_start();

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