function writeLayer(layerID,sMsg)
	{
	if(document.getElementById)
		{
		document.getElementById(layerID).innerHTML=sMsg;
   		}
	else if(document.all)
		{
		document.all[layerID].innerHTML=sMsg;
	    }
	else if(document.layers)
		{
		with(document.layers[layerID].document)
			{
				open();
				write(sMsg);
				close();
			}
    	}
	}
	
	
function doTicker()
	{
	var iTickerTimeout;  
	if(iPresentLength == 0)
		{
		iHeadline++;
		iHeadline == arNews.length?iHeadline=0:true;
		sItem = arNews[iHeadline].replace(/"/g,'"');		
		sItemPrefix = '<span class="nolink">' + sPrefix + '</span>';
		}
	var sMsg = '<table border="0" width="480" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="480" height="17" onclick="document.location=\''+ arLinks[iHeadline] + '\'">' + sItemPrefix + '<a href="' + arLinks[iHeadline] + '" class="newsLinkBlue">' + sItem.substring(0,iPresentLength)+ '</a></td></tr></table>'; 
	writeLayer('tickerHolder',sMsg)
	if(iPresentLength == sItem.length)
		{
		iPresentLength = 0;
		iTickerTimeout = iItemTimeout;
		}
	else
		{
		iPresentLength++;
		iTickerTimeout = iCharTimeout;
		}
	setTimeout("doTicker()", iTickerTimeout);
	}

function init()
	{
	if(document.layers)
		{
		document.layers['tickerHolder'].x = document.images['tickerPlace'].x;
		document.layers['tickerHolder'].y = document.images['tickerPlace'].y;
		}	
	iHeadline=-1;
	iPresentLength= 0;
	iCharTimeout=10;
	iItemTimeout=5000;
	sPrefix="";
	doTicker();
	}
	arNews = new Array();
	arLinks = new Array();