Object.prototype.sTxt = '';
Object.prototype.sLnk = '';
Object.prototype.sDate = '';
			
var sDivID = 'news';
var objDiv;
var iArrIdx = 0;
var iStrIdx = 0;
var iTickDelay = 50;
var iPauseDelay = 5000;

if (window.attachEvent) window.attachEvent("onload", startTicker);

function startTicker() {
	// Check the news div layer exists
	if(document.getElementById(sDivID)!=null){
		objDiv = eval('document.all.'+sDivID+'');
		setTimeout('displayText()', iTickDelay);
	}
}
	
function displayText() {
	if (iStrIdx <= aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt.length) {
		if ((iStrIdx % 2) == 0) {
			objDiv.innerHTML = aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt.substr(0, iStrIdx++) + '_';
		} else {
			objDiv.innerHTML = aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt.substr(0, iStrIdx++);
		}
		setTimeout('displayText()', iTickDelay);
	} else {
		if (aNews[iArrIdx].sLnk.length == 0) {
			objDiv.innerHTML = aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt;
		} else {
			objDiv.innerHTML = '<a class="newsheadline" href="'+aNews[iArrIdx].sLnk+'" onmouseover="window.status=\'Click to see more\'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=\'Done\'; return true;">'+aNews[iArrIdx].sTxt+'</a>';
		}
		iArrIdx = ((iArrIdx+1) < aNews.length)?iArrIdx+1:0;
		iStrIdx = 0;
		setTimeout('displayText()', iPauseDelay);
	}
}

function ShowDate(){

// Get today's current date.
var now = new Date();

// Array list of days.
var days = new Array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');

// Array list of months.
var months = new Array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');

// Calculate the number of the current day in the week.
var date = ((now.getDate()<10) ? "0" : "")+ now.getDate();

// Calculate four digit year.
function fourdigits(number)	{
	return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number;
									}

// Join it all together
today =  days[now.getDay()] + ", " +
              months[now.getMonth()] + " " +
               date + ", " +
                (fourdigits(now.getYear())) ;

// Print out the data.
document.write(today);
}