function addLoadEvent(func) {
    var oldonload = window.onload;
    if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
        window.onload = func;
    } else {
        window.onload = function() {
            if (oldonload) {
                oldonload();
            }
            func();
        }
    }
}





var tWidth='990px';                  // width (in pixels)
var tHeight='20px';                  // height (in pixels)
var tcolour='#E40008';               // background colour:
var moStop=true;                     // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var fontfamily = 'arial,sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed=3;                        // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)

// enter your ticker content here (use \/ and \' in place of / and ' respectively)
// var content='Are you looking for loads of useful information <a href="http:\/\/javascript.about.com\/">About Javascript<\/a>? Well now you\'ve found it.';
var content = document.getElementById("newsStringHolder").innerHTML;
// var content = '<a href="newsstory.asp?newsref=1">News Headlines go here<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;?nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="newsstory.asp?newsref=1">News Headlines go here<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;?nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="newsstory.asp?newsref=1">News Headlines go here<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;?nbsp;&nbsp;';

// Simple Marquee / Ticker Script
// copyright 3rd January 2006, Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the below code in this script (including this
// comment) is used without any alteration
var cps=tSpeed;
var aw, mq;
var fsz = parseInt(tHeight) - 4;
var newsStringHolder
function startticker(){
if (document.getElementById) {
var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:'+tWidth+';height:'+tHeight+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+tcolour+'"'; 
if (moStop) tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed"'; 
tick +='><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;font-family:'+fontfamily+';font-size:'+fsz+'px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>'; 
document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tick; 
mq = document.getElementById("mq"); 
mq.style.left=(parseInt(tWidth)+10)+"px"; 
mq.innerHTML='<span id="tx">'+content+'<\/span>';
//mq.innerHTML='<span id="tx">'+newsString+'<\/span>'; 
aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth; 
lefttime=setInterval("scrollticker()",50);}
} 

function scrollticker(){
mq.style.left = (parseInt(mq.style.left)>(-10 - aw)) ?parseInt(mq.style.left)-cps+"px" : parseInt(tWidth)+10+"px";
} 

//window.onload=startticker;
//window.onload=scrollticker;

addLoadEvent(function() {
    startticker();
	
})