function initTicker(){
	var tickerRef = document.getElementById("ticker");
        tickerRef.value = tickerRef.value + "   " + tickerRef.value;
        tickertext = tickerRef.value;
	start = 0;
	stop = tickertext.length;	
	window.setTimeout("doTick()",1);
}

function doTick(){
	document.getElementById("ticker").value = "" + tickertext.substring(start,stop) + "    " + tickertext.substring(0,start);
	start++;
	if(start >= stop) { start = 0; }
	window.setTimeout("doTick()", 120);
}