///////////////New Ticker

var tWidth='650px';                  // width (in pixels)
var tHeight='18px';                  // height (in pixels)
var tcolour='#CC3030';               // background colour:
var moStop=true;                     // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var fontfamily = 'arial,sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed=2;                       // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)
var cps=tSpeed;
var aw, mq;
var fsz = parseInt(tHeight) - 4;
function startticker()
{
	if (document.getElementById) 
	{
		var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:'+tWidth+';height:'+tHeight+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+tcolour+'"';
		if (moStop) tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed"'; tick +='><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;font-family:'+fontfamily+';font-size:'+fsz+'px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>';

		document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tick;
		mq = document.getElementById("mq"); mq.style.left=(parseInt(tWidth)+10)+"px";
		mq.innerHTML='<span id="tx">'+content+'<\/span>'; 
		aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth; 
		lefttime=setInterval("scrollticker()",50);
		
	}
} 
function scrollticker()
{
	mq.style.left = (parseInt(mq.style.left)>(-10 - aw)) ?parseInt(mq.style.left)-cps+"px" : parseInt(tWidth)+10+"px";
}