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//TICKER===========================================================

	var currentState = 'started';
	function tickerPlay(dir){
		var tickerBar = document.getElementById('tickerBar');
		
		if (dir == 1) {
			tickerBar.direction = 'up'; 
			tickerBar.scrollDelay='1';
			tickerBar.start(); 
			currentState = 'stopped';
		
		}else if(dir == -1) {
			tickerBar.direction = 'down'; 
			tickerBar.start(); 
		
		}else {
			// save last dir, restart
			if (currentState == 'started') { 
				tickerBar.stop();
				event.srcElement.src = event.srcElement.playImage;tickerBar.scrollDelay='1';
				currentState = 'stopped';
			}else {
				event.srcElement.src = event.srcElement.stopImage;
				tickerBar.start();tickerBar.scrollDelay='1';
				currentState = 'started';
			}
			
			
		}
	}