function start() {
   new mq('TICKER');
   mqRotate(mqr); // must come last
}
window.onload = start;

function objWidth(obj) 
{
  if(obj.offsetWidth)
    return  obj.offsetWidth;
     if (obj.clip) 
       return obj.clip.width; 
       return 0;
}
 var mqr = [];
 
 function mq(id)
 {
    this.mqo=document.getElementById(id); 
    var wid = objWidth(this.mqo.getElementsByTagName('span')[0])+ 5; 
    var fulwid = objWidth(this.mqo); 
    var txt = this.mqo.getElementsByTagName('span')[0].innerHTML; 
    this.mqo.innerHTML = ''; 
    var heit = this.mqo.style.height; 
    this.mqo.onmouseout=function() 
                         {
                         mqRotate(mqr);
                         }; 
    this.mqo.onmouseover=function() 
                          {
                           clearTimeout(mqr[0].TO);
                          }; 
     this.mqo.ary=[]; 
     var maxw = Math.ceil(fulwid/wid)+1; 
     for (var i=0;i < maxw;i++)
     {
      this.mqo.ary[i]=document.createElement('div'); 
      this.mqo.ary[i].innerHTML = txt; 
      this.mqo.ary[i].style.position = 'absolute'; 
      this.mqo.ary[i].style.left = (wid*i)+'px'; 
      this.mqo.ary[i].style.width = wid+'px'; 
      this.mqo.ary[i].style.height = heit; 
      this.mqo.appendChild(this.mqo.ary[i]);
     } 
     mqr.push(this.mqo);
  } 
  
  function mqRotate(mqr)
  {
    if (!mqr) 
     return; 
    for (var j=mqr.length - 1; j > -1; j--) 
    {
     maxa = mqr[j].ary.length; 
      for (var i=0;i<maxa;i++)
       {
        var x = mqr[j].ary[i].style;  
        x.left=(parseInt(x.left,10)-1)+'px';
       } 
       var y = mqr[j].ary[0].style; 
       if (parseInt(y.left,10)+parseInt(y.width,10)<0) 
       {
        var z = mqr[j].ary.shift(); 
        z.style.left = (parseInt(z.style.left) + parseInt(z.style.width)*maxa) + 'px'; 
        mqr[j].ary.push(z);
       }
     } 
     mqr[0].TO=setTimeout('mqRotate(mqr)',300);
  }