var TICKER_PAUSED=new Array();
	TICKER_PAUSED['TOOLS']=true;
	TICKER_PAUSED['SUBJECTS']=true;
	TICKER_PAUSED['CITIES']=true;
	TICKER_PAUSED['PEOPLE']=true;
	TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
	TICKER_SPEED = 10;
	TICKER_STYLE = "font-family:Arial; font-size:11px; color:#444444; ";

	function init(){
		ticker_start(0);
		ticker_start(1);
		ticker_start(2);
		ticker_start(3);
		document.getElementById("toolscontainer").style.visibility="visible";
	}

	function ticker_start(item) {
		if((document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item))==null)
			return;
		var tickerSupported = false;
		TICKER_WIDTH = document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).style.width;
		TICKER_CONTENT = document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).innerHTML;
		var img = "<img src=ticker_space.gif width="+TICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";

		// Firefox
		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
			document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY_"+item+"' 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_"+item).innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY_"+item+"' width='100%'></SPAN>"+img+"</DIV>";
			tickerSupported = true;
		}

		if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).outerHTML = ""; else {
			document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft=document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth-5;
			document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY_"+item).innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
			document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).style.display="block";
			TICKER_tick(item);
		}

	}

	function TICKER_tick(item) {

		if(!TICKER_PAUSED[item]){ 
//					document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
		
//				if(TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft <= 0){ 
//					document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft = document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth;
//				}
			move=false;
			if(!TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth*2){ 
				document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft = document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollWidth-document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth*2;
			}else{
				move=true;
			}
		
			if(TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft <= document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth){ 
				document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft = document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth-5;
			}else{
				move=true;
			}

			if(move)
				document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
		}				
		


		window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick('"+item+"')", 30);
//				if(item=="TOOLS")
//					document.getElementById("error").innerHTML=document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).scrollLeft+" "+document.getElementById("TICKER_"+item).offsetWidth;
		}