function tickerStart() {
	tickerContent = document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML;
	tickerRightToLeft = false;
	tickerSpeed = 2;
	tickerStyle = document.getElementById("ticker").style;
	tickerPaused = false;
	
	var tickerSupported = false;
	tickerWidth = document.getElementById("ticker").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=img/ticker_space.gif width="+tickerWidth+" 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='"+tickerStyle+"' ID='tickerBody' 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='"+tickerStyle+"' ID='tickerBody' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	
	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("ticker").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = tickerRightToLeft ? document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("tickerBody").innerHTML = tickerContent;
		document.getElementById("ticker").style.display="block";
		tickerTick();
	}
}

function tickerTick() {
	if(!tickerPaused) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft += tickerSpeed * (tickerRightToLeft ? -1 : 1);
	if(tickerRightToLeft && document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth;
	if(!tickerRightToLeft && document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("tickerTick()", 30);
}