var scrollSpeed=2.7;
var scrollHeight = 90;
var scrollInnerHeight = '';


function tickerInit() {
	scrollContainer=document.getElementById('asr-newsticker-contents');
	scrollInnerHeight = scrollContainer.offsetHeight;
	tickerScroll();
}

function tickerStart() {
	scrollTimeout = setTimeout("tickerScroll()", 100);
}

function tickerStop() {
	clearTimeout( scrollTimeout );
}

function tickerScroll() {
	if ( parseInt( scrollContainer.style.top ) >= scrollInnerHeight *(-1)){
		scrollContainer.style.top=parseInt(scrollContainer.style.top)-scrollSpeed+'px';
		scrollTimeout = setTimeout("tickerScroll()", 100);
	}
	else{
		scrollContainer.style.top = scrollHeight;
		tickerScroll();
	}
}