//configure the below five variables to change the style of the scroller
var slidedelay='4000' //delay between msg scrolls. 3000=3 seconds.
var slidewidth='409'
var slideheight='74'
var slide_running = 0;
var slide_topLayer;
var slide_bottomLayer;
var blendDone=true;
var slide_i=2;
if(slides.length<3){
	slide_i=0;
}

function fade(){
	if (!blendDone){
		setTimeout("fade()",1)
	}else{
		setTimeout("fade()",slidedelay);
		if (slide_i==slides.length-1){
			slide_i=0;
		}else{
			slide_i++;
		}
		blendimage(slide_i);
	}
}

function startslides(){
	// make sure function doesn't fun twice
	if (slide_running != 0){
		return;
	}
	slide_running++
	fade();
	for(var j=0;j<slides.length;j++){
		MM_preloadImages(slides[slide_i][0]);
	}
}

function blendimage(theIndex) {
	blendDone=false;
    var speed = 6;
    var timer = 0;
    
    //set the current image as background
    document.getElementById('blenddiv').style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById('blendimage').src + ")";
    
    //make image transparent
    changeOpac(0, 'blendimage');
    
    //make new image
    document.getElementById('blendimage').src = slides[theIndex][0];
    document.getElementById('blendimage').alt = slides[theIndex][1];
    //fade in image
    for(var t = 0; t <= 100; t++) {
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + t + ",'blendimage')",(timer * speed));
        timer++;
        if(t==100){
	        blendDone=true;
        }
    }
}
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style;
	opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}
document.write('<div style="background-image: url('+slides[0][0]+'); background-repeat: no-repeat; width: '+slidewidth+'px; height: '+slideheight+'px;" id="blenddiv">');
document.write('<a href="../../html/home/home.shtml"><img src="'+slides[0][0]+'" alt="'+slides[0][1]+'" width="'+slidewidth+'" height="'+slideheight+'" border="0" id="blendimage" style="filter: alpha(opacity=0); opacity: 0;"></a>')
document.write('</div>');
startslides();

// The following DW JS is used for imageover effects

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}