//scroller speed
var sspeed=1;

var scrollerDiv;
var scrollerTimeout;
var resumesspeed=sspeed;

// start function called by body tag's onload event
function start() {
	if (document.all) iemarquee('ticker-container');				// IE
	else if (document.getElementById)
		ffmarquee(document.getElementById('ticker-container'));		// Firefox
}

/******* IE  *******/
	function iemarquee(iedivID) {
		scrollerDiv = document.getElementById(iedivID);
		slide();		// call recursive slide function
	}
/******* end *******/

/******* Firefox *******/
	function ffmarquee(whichdiv) {
		scrollerDiv = eval(whichdiv);
		slide();		// call recursive slide function
	}
/*******   end   *******/

function slide() {
	scrollerDiv.scrollTop += sspeed;	// move scroll window left
	if(scrollerDiv.scrollTop >= scrollerDiv.scrollHeight - scrollerDiv.offsetHeight)
		scrollerDiv.scrollTop = 0;			// if end is reached move scroller back to start
	// call slide function again after 30 milliseconds
	scrollerTimeout = setTimeout("slide()", 30);
}