var tickDelay=5000; 
var currentMessage=0; 
var noMessages = 0;
var tickerItems;

var MSIE = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE')>=0?true:false;
var Opera = navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Opera')>=0?true:false;
var navigatorVersion = navigator.appVersion.replace(/.*?MSIE ([0-9]\.[0-9]).*/g,'$1')/1;


function initTicker()
{
		var tickerObj = document.getElementById('newsTicker');
		tickerItems = tickerObj.getElementsByTagName('DIV');
		noMessages = tickerItems.length;
		for(var no=0;no<noMessages-1;no++){
			tickerItems[no+1].style.display = 'none';
		}
		setTimeout("changeTicker()",tickDelay);
}
function changeTicker()
{
		if(currentMessage < noMessages) {
				tickerItems[currentMessage].style.display = 'none';
				currentMessage++;
				if(currentMessage > noMessages-1) {	currentMessage=0; }
				tickerItems[currentMessage].style.display = 'block';
		} else {
				currentMessage = 0;
		}
		setTimeout('changeTicker()', tickDelay);
}