var t_righttoleft = false;
var t_rate = 2;
var t_paused = false;
var t_content = '';

$(document).ready(function()
{
	$("#ticker div.latestnews").removeClass("latestnews");
	$('#ticker').each(function(){
		t_content = $(this).html();
		ticker_start();
	});
})

function ticker_start() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	t_width = document.getElementById("ticker").style.width;
	var img = '';

	// Firefox
	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 ID='tickerbody' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN>"+img+"</TD></TR></TABLE>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN ID='tickerbody' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("ticker").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = t_righttoleft ? document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("tickerbody").innerHTML = t_content;
		document.getElementById("ticker").style.display="block";
		t_tick();
	}
}

function t_tick() {
	if(!t_paused) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft += t_rate * (t_righttoleft ? -1 : 1);
	if(t_righttoleft && document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth;
	if(!t_righttoleft && document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("ticker").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("ticker").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("t_tick()", 50);
}