newsticker_text = document.getElementById("newsticker").innerHTML;
newsticker_direction = false;
newsticker_go = true;
newsticker_width="550px";
newsticker_ges = 2;
newsticker_start();

function newsticker_start() {
	var suppflag = false;
	var spacer = "<img src=newsticker_space.gif width="+newsticker_width+" height=0>";

	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById("newsticker").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+spacer+"<SPAN class='newsticker' ID='newsticker_main' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+spacer+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		suppflag = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById("newsticker").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+spacer+"<SPAN class='newsticker' ID='newsticker_main' width='100%'></SPAN>"+spacer+"</DIV>";
		suppflag = true;
	}
	if(!suppflag) document.getElementById("newsticker").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollLeft = newsticker_direction ? document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("newsticker").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("newsticker_main").innerHTML = newsticker_text;
		document.getElementById("newsticker").style.display="block";
		newsticker_tick();
	}
}

function newsticker_tick() {
	if(newsticker_go) document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollLeft += newsticker_ges * (newsticker_direction ? -1 : 1);
	if(newsticker_direction && document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("newsticker").offsetWidth;
	if(!newsticker_direction && document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("newsticker").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("newsticker").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("newsticker_tick()", 30);
}