<!--
var count=0;
var tickerline = '';
var tickerInterval;

var pos_x = 0;
var speed = 0.4;
var start_left = 0;
var start_right = 0;
var nt_width = 0;
var rollover = false;

function newTickerMessage(text,url,extern)
{
    count++;
    if(url!='')
	{
		tickerline += '<a onmouseover="javascript:rollover = true;" onmouseout="javascript:rollover = false;" class="newsticker" href="'+unescape(url)+'"';
	    if(extern=='1')
    	    tickerline += ' target="_blank"';
	    tickerline += '>'+unescape(text)+'</a>';
	}
	else
	{
		tickerline += unescape(text);
	}
    tickerline += '&nbsp;+++&nbsp;';
}

function startTicker()
{
    if(count==0)
        return false;
        
    try
    {
        if(typeof(document.getElementById('newsticker'))=='undefined' || document.getElementById('newsticker')==null)
        {
            window.setTimeout("startTicker()",500);
            return false;
        }
    }
    catch(e)
    {
        window.setTimeout("startTicker()",500);
        return false;
    }

    var base_href = document.getElementById('newsticker').getAttribute('basehref');
    var language = document.getElementById('newsticker').getAttribute('language');
    tickerline = tickerline.replace(/{locallink}/,base_href+language+'/');

    var ndiv = document.createElement('div');
    //ndiv.setAttribute('id', 'newsticker_div');
    //ndiv.setAttribute('style', 'position:relative;');
    //ndiv.setAttribute('class', 'newsticker');
    ndiv.id = 'newsticker_div';
    ndiv.className = 'newsticker';
    ndiv.style.position = 'relative';
    
    var cspan = document.createElement('span');
//    cspan.setAttribute('id', 'newsticker_text_1');
//    cspan.setAttribute('style', 'position:relative; line-height:20px; white-space:nowrap;');
//    cspan.setAttribute('class', 'newsticker');
    cspan.id = 'newsticker_text_1';
    cspan.className = 'newsticker';
    cspan.style.position = 'relative';
    cspan.style.lineHeight = '20px';
    cspan.style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
    cspan.innerHTML = tickerline;

    var c2span = document.createElement('span');
//    c2span.setAttribute('id', 'newsticker_text_2');
//    c2span.setAttribute('style', 'position:relative; line-height:20px; white-space:nowrap;');
//    c2span.setAttribute('class', 'newsticker');
    c2span.id = 'newsticker_text_2';
    c2span.className = 'newsticker';
    c2span.style.position = 'relative';
    c2span.style.lineHeight = '20px';
    c2span.style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
    
    document.getElementById('newsticker').innerHTML = '';
    ndiv.appendChild(cspan);
    ndiv.appendChild(c2span);
    document.getElementById('newsticker').appendChild(ndiv);
    
    //document.getElementById('newsticker').style.position = 'relative';
    document.getElementById('newsticker').style.whiteSpace = 'nowrap';
    document.getElementById('newsticker').style.overflow = 'hidden';
    document.getElementById('newsticker').style.textAlign = 'center';
     
    nt_width = document.getElementById('newsticker').offsetWidth;
    if(nt_width <= 0)
        nt_width = 900;
        
    while(document.getElementById("newsticker_text_2").offsetWidth < nt_width)
    {
        document.getElementById("newsticker_text_2").innerHTML += tickerline;
    }
    
    start_right = document.getElementById("newsticker_text_1").offsetWidth;
    
    tickerInterval = window.setInterval("runTicker()", 10);
    return true;
}

function runTicker()
{
	if(rollover == false){
		nt_width = document.getElementById('newsticker').offsetWidth;
		if(nt_width <= 0)
			nt_width = 900;
		while(document.getElementById("newsticker_text_2").offsetWidth < nt_width)
		{
			document.getElementById("newsticker_text_2").innerHTML += tickerline;
		}
	
		pos_x -= speed;
		if(Math.abs(pos_x)>=start_right)
			pos_x=0;
		document.getElementById("newsticker_div").style.left = pos_x+'px';
	}
}

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