<!--
var tags_before_clock = "<big>";
var tags_after_clock  = "</big>";
var speed = 100;
var speed2 = 2000;
var mymessage;
var mymessage2;
var x = 0;
var y = 0;
function initArray() 
{
	this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
    for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) 
    {
	  this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
  	}
}

function upticker()
{ 
	if (y > mymessage2.length - 1) 
	{
		  y = 0;
		  setTimeout("upticker()",speed);
	}
	else
	{
		  if (x > mymessage2[y].length) 
		  {
		      mymessage = mymessage2[y]; 
		   	  x = 0;
		   	  y++;
			  setTimeout("upticker()",speed2);
		  }
		  else 
		  {
		      mymessage = mymessage2[y].substring(0,x++);
		      setTimeout("upticker()",speed);
		  }
		  if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") 
		  {
		      document.ticker.document.write(tags_before_clock+mymessage+tags_after_clock);
		      document.ticker.document.close();
		  }
		  if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1)
		  {
		       ticker.innerHTML = tags_before_clock+mymessage+"_"+tags_after_clock;
		  }
	}
} 

function start(text)
{
     	mymessage = text;
		mymessage2 = mymessage;
		if(navigator.appName == "Netscape") 
		{
			document.write('<layer id="ticker"></layer><br>');
		}
		if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1)
		{
			document.write('<span id="ticker"></span><br>');
		}
		setTimeout("upticker()",speed);
}
//-->