<!-- Begin
var delay=20;
var nextm=0;
var msg=new Array
(
    '- --- -',
		'- --- - '
);

function start_ticker()
{
        do_ticker(msg[0], 0, 1);
}


function do_ticker(text, pos, dir)
{
        var out='<b><font face="Times New Roman"; font size=+2; font color=#FFFFFF>\
        &nbsp;'+text.substring(0, pos)+'&nbsp;</font>';
		
		var out1='<b><font face="Times New Roman" font color=#FFFFFF font size=+2>\
        &nbsp;'+text.substring(0, pos)+'&nbsp;</font>';

        if(navigator.appName=="Netscape")
                {
                        ticker.innerHTML=out1;
                }
        else
                ticker.innerHTML=out;

        pos+=dir;

        if(pos>text.length)
        {
        setTimeout('do_ticker("'+text+'",'+pos+','+(-dir)+')', delay*200);
        } else
        {
                if(pos<0)
                {
                        if(++nextm>=msg.length)
                                nextm=0;
                        text=msg[nextm];
                        dir=-dir;
                }

                setTimeout('do_ticker("'+text+'",'+pos+','+dir+')', delay);
        }
}
//  End -->
