//<![CDATA[
	var newsTicker = {};
	
	// elm, step, speed, delay, actual, timer
	newsTicker.ticker = [];
	
	newsTicker.init = function(elm, step, speed, delay) {
		if (elm && (elm.tagName == "UL") && document.getElementsByTagName) {
			
			if (isNaN(step)) {var step = 2};
			if (isNaN(speed)) {var speed = 25};
			if (isNaN(delay)) {var delay = 1000};
			
			var message = elm.getElementsByTagName("LI");
			for (var i = 0; i < message.length; i++) {
				message[i].style.display = "block";
				message[i].style.left = 0 - message[i].offsetWidth + "px";
			}
			
			var tickerID = newsTicker.ticker.length;
			newsTicker.ticker[tickerID] = [elm, step, speed, delay, message.length-1];
			
			elm.newsTickerID = tickerID;
			elm.onmouseover = newsTicker.stop;
			elm.onmouseout = newsTicker.start;
	
			newsTicker.roll(tickerID);
			
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
	
	newsTicker.roll = function(id) {
		if (!isNaN(id) && newsTicker.ticker[id]) {
			
			var ticker = newsTicker.ticker[id];
			var message = ticker[0].getElementsByTagName("li");
			var actualMessage = message[ticker[4]];
			
			if (parseInt(actualMessage.style.left) <= 0 - actualMessage.offsetWidth) {
				ticker[4] = (ticker[4]+1 == message.length) ? 0 : ticker[4] + 1;
				actualMessage = message[ticker[4]];
				actualMessage.style.left = ticker[0].offsetWidth + (ticker[0].offsetWidth % ticker[1]) + "px";
			}
			
			actualMessage.style.left = parseInt(actualMessage.style.left) - ticker[1] + "px";
			
			ticker[5] = setTimeout("newsTicker.roll(" + id + ")", (parseInt(actualMessage.style.left) == 0) ? ticker[3] : ticker[2]);
			
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
	
	newsTicker.stop = function(e) {
		id = newsTicker.getId(e);
		if (id) {
			clearTimeout(newsTicker.ticker[id][5]);
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
	
	newsTicker.start = function(e) {
		id = newsTicker.getId(e);
		if (id) {
			newsTicker.roll(id);
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}
	
	newsTicker.getId = function(e) {
		if (!e && window.event) e = window.event;
		if (!e.target) e.target = e.srcElement;
		var obj = (e.currentTarget) ? e.currentTarget : e.target;
		while (obj.tagName != "UL") {
			obj = obj.parentNode;
			if (obj.tagName == "BODY") {
				return false;
			}
		}
		return obj.newsTickerID;
	}
//]]>