function showArticle(thisArticle) {

//--- Displays details of an article, replacing existing info



	if (lastArticle == thisArticle) {

		return;

	}



	document.getElementById ('rotatingNewsRow' + lastArticle).style.backgroundColor = '#ffffff';

	document.getElementById ('rotatingNewsRow' + thisArticle).style.backgroundColor = '#E6E6E6';

	document.getElementById ('articleTitle').innerHTML = "<a style='font-weight:bold;line-height:16px;font-size:12px;' href=\"" + RotatingNews[thisArticle][3] + "\">" + RotatingNews[thisArticle][0] + "</a>";

	document.getElementById ('articleBody').innerHTML = RotatingNews[thisArticle][2];

	lastArticle = thisArticle;

	fadeImage('imageFadeDiv', 'articlePic', RotatingNews[thisArticle][1], 250);



}



function moveArticle() {

//--- Moves to the next article in sequence



	if (document.getElementById ('rotatingNewsRow' + (lastArticle + 1))) {

		showArticle(lastArticle + 1);

	} else {

		showArticle(0);

	}



}



function startRotation() {

//--- Starts the timer



	lastTimer = setInterval ('moveArticle ()', 5000);



}



function stopRotation() {

//--- Stops the timer



	if (lastTimer != null) {

		clearInterval (lastTimer); lastTimer = null;

	}



}



function fadeImage(divID, imageID, imageFile, milliseconds) { 

//--- Fades the images



	if (busyFading) {

		return;

	}

	busyFading = true;



	var speed = Math.round (milliseconds / 100);

	var timer = 0;



	//--- Set the current image as background

	document.getElementById (divID).style.backgroundImage = "url('" + document.getElementById (imageID).src.replace ("'", "\\'") + "')";



	//--- Set image to transparent

	setOpacity (0, imageID);



	//--- Add image

	document.getElementById (imageID).src = imageFile;



	//--- Fade in new image

	for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {

		setTimeout ("setOpacity (" + i + ", '" + imageID + "')", (timer * speed));

		timer++;

	}



	busyFading = false;



}



function setOpacity(opacity, objectID) {

//--- Sets the object's opacity across browsers



    var object = document.getElementById (objectID).style;

    object.opacity = (opacity / 100);

    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);

    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);

    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";



}



var lastArticle = 0;

var lastTimer = null;

var busyFading = false;

var RotatingNews = new Array ();

var RotatingImgs = new Array ();