function tickerInit() {

TICKER_STATE_PAUSE = 0;
TICKER_STATE_PLAY = 1;

TickerStep = 2;
TickerSpeed = 30;
TickerState = TICKER_STATE_PLAY;

hb = document.getElementById("news_ticker_container").offsetWidth;
hc = 0;
hs = hb - 6;

document.getElementById("news_ticker_scrolling_area").style.width = hs + 'px';
tp = hs - (hs / 3);
document.getElementById("news_ticker_content").style.left = tp + 'px';
x = tp;

tickerCycle();

}

function tickerCycle() {

if (TickerState == TICKER_STATE_PLAY) {

h = document.getElementById("news_ticker_content").offsetWidth;
x -= TickerStep;

if (x < -h) x = hs;

document.getElementById("news_ticker_content").style.left = x + 'px';

}

window.setTimeout("tickerCycle();", TickerSpeed);

}