/*
functions used by newsticker code in the header file. ticker2 called from body onload. 
*/
var i = 0;

function getStyleObject(objectId) {
	// cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its id
	if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	// W3C DOM
	return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
	} else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
	// MSIE 4 DOM
	return document.all(objectId).style;
	} else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
	// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
	return document.layers[objectId];
	} else {
	return false;
	}
} // getStyleObject

function getObject(objectId) {
	// cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its id
	if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	// W3C DOM
	return document.getElementById(objectId);
	} else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
	// MSIE 4 DOM
	return document.all(objectId);
	} else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
	// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
	return document.layers[objectId];
	} else {
	return false;
	}
} // getObject

function ticker2() {
	if (window.totalfeed) {
		i+=1;
		if(i < totalfeed ){
			ticker_steppos-=2;
		}
		else {
			ticker_steppos = ticker_left_start;
			i=0;
		}
		tickerStyle.left = ticker_steppos + 'px'; 
		window.setTimeout("ticker2()",30)
	}
}