function createAjaxObj(){var httprequest=false

if(window.XMLHttpRequest){httprequest=new XMLHttpRequest()

if(httprequest.overrideMimeType)

httprequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml')}

else if(window.ActiveXObject){try{httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");}

catch(e){try{httprequest=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");}

catch(e){}}}

return httprequest}

function ajax_ticker(xmlfile,divId,divClass,delay,fadeornot){this.xmlfile=xmlfile

this.tickerid=divId

this.delay=delay

this.mouseoverBol=0

this.pointer=0

this.opacitystring=(typeof fadeornot!="undefined")?"width: 100%; filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.alpha(opacity=100); -moz-opacity: 1":""

if(this.opacitystring!="")this.delay+=4800

this.opacitysetting=0.2

this.messages=[]

this.ajaxobj=createAjaxObj()

document.write('<div id="'+divId+'" class="'+divClass+'"><div style="'+this.opacitystring+'">Initializing ticker...</div></div>')

this.getXMLfile()}

ajax_ticker.prototype.getXMLfile=function(){if(this.ajaxobj){var instanceOfTicker=this

var url=this.xmlfile+"?bustcache="+new Date().getTime()

this.ajaxobj.onreadystatechange=function(){instanceOfTicker.initialize()}

this.ajaxobj.open('GET',url,true)

this.ajaxobj.send(null)}}

ajax_ticker.prototype.initialize=function(){if(this.ajaxobj.readyState==4){if(this.ajaxobj.status==200||window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1){this.contentdiv=document.getElementById(this.tickerid).firstChild

var xmldata=this.ajaxobj.responseText

this.contentdiv.style.display="none"

this.contentdiv.innerHTML=xmldata

if(this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div").length==0){this.contentdiv.innerHTML="<b>Error</b> fetching remote ticker file!"

return}

var instanceOfTicker=this

document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseover=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=1}

document.getElementById(this.tickerid).onmouseout=function(){instanceOfTicker.mouseoverBol=0}

if(window.attachEvent)

window.attachEvent("onunload",function(){instanceOfTicker.contentdiv=instanceOfTicker.ajaxobj=null})

for(var i=0;i<this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div").length;i++){if(this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div")[i].className=="message")

this.messages[this.messages.length]=this.contentdiv.getElementsByTagName("div")[i].innerHTML}

this.contentdiv.innerHTML=""

this.contentdiv.style.display="block"

this.rotatemsg()}}}

ajax_ticker.prototype.rotatemsg=function(){var instanceOfTicker=this

if(this.mouseoverBol==1)

setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()},100)

else{this.fadetransition("reset")

this.contentdiv.innerHTML=this.messages[this.pointer]

this.fadetimer1=setInterval(function(){instanceOfTicker.fadetransition('up','fadetimer1')},100)

this.pointer=(this.pointer<this.messages.length-1)?this.pointer+1:0

setTimeout(function(){instanceOfTicker.rotatemsg()},this.delay)}}

ajax_ticker.prototype.fadetransition=function(fadetype,timerid){var contentdiv=this.contentdiv

if(fadetype=="reset")

this.opacitysetting=0.2

if(contentdiv.filters&&contentdiv.filters[0]){if(typeof contentdiv.filters[0].opacity=="number")

contentdiv.filters[0].opacity=this.opacitysetting*100

else

contentdiv.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+this.opacitysetting*100+")"}

else if(typeof contentdiv.style.MozOpacity!="undefined"&&this.opacitystring!=""){contentdiv.style.MozOpacity=this.opacitysetting}

else

this.opacitysetting=1

if(fadetype=="up")

this.opacitysetting+=0.1

if(fadetype=="up"&&this.opacitysetting>=1)

clearInterval(this[timerid])}