<!--
function tickerinit(tickerwidth,tickerheight) {
if (document.getElementById) {
tck = document.getElementById("ticker");
tck.style.width = tickerwidth;
tck.style.height = tickerheight;
if (tck.getElementsByTagName("div").length > 0) {
actual = 0;
step = 2;
speed = 10;
delay = 2000;
news = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < tck.getElementsByTagName("div").length; i++) {
news[i] = tck.getElementsByTagName("div")[i];
news[i].style.left = tickerwidth; }
actual = Math.floor(Math.random() * news.length);
rollNews();
addEvent(tck, "mouseover", stopNews);
addEvent(tck, "mouseout", rollNews); }}}

function rollNews() {
news[actual].style.left = parseInt(news[actual].style.left) - step + "px";
if (parseInt(news[actual].style.left) == ((tck.offsetWidth % step)+8)){
tick = setTimeout("rollNews()",delay); }
else {
if (parseInt(news[actual].style.left) <= 0-news[actual].offsetWidth) {
actual++;
if (actual == news.length) {actual = 0;}
news[actual].style.left = tck.offsetWidth;}
tick = setTimeout("rollNews()",speed);}}

function stopNews() {clearTimeout(tick);}

function addEvent(obj, evType, fn){
if (obj.addEventListener){
obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, true); return true; } 
else if (obj.attachEvent){
var r = obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn); return r;
  } else {return false;}}
//-->