function highlite(obj, onum)
{
	obj.src=startPath+onum+'hi.gif';
	document.getElementById('textoverm').src = startPath+'mtext'+onum+'.gif';
	fadein(myState);
}

function fadein(myState)
{
	if(myState <= 100)
	{
		if (document.all)
		{
			document.getElementById('textoverm').style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = '+myState+')';
		}
		else
		{
			document.getElementById('textoverm').style.opacity = myState/100;
		}
		setTimeout('fadein('+(myState+5)+')',1);
	}
}

function normlite(obj, onum)
{
	obj.src=startPath+onum+'.gif';
	fadeout(100);
}

function fadeout(myState)
{
	if(myState >= 0)
	{
		if (document.all)
		{
			document.getElementById('textoverm').style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = '+myState+')';
		}
		else
		{
			document.getElementById('textoverm').style.opacity = myState/100;
		}
		setTimeout('fadeout('+(myState-10)+')',1);
	}
}

function tick()
{
	if(nextMSG < myMSG.length)
	{
		thisMSG = myMSG[nextMSG];
		textfade('out',100);
		nextMSG++;
		setTimeout('tick()',5000);
	}
	else
	{
		nextMSG=0;
		setTimeout('tick()',100);
	}
}

function textfade(what, myTState)
{
	if(what=='out' && myTState >= 0)
	{
   		if (document.all)
		{
			document.getElementById('NewsTicker').style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = '+myTState+')';
		}
		else
		{
			document.getElementById('NewsTicker').style.opacity = myTState/100;
		}
		setTimeout('textfade(\'out\','+(myTState-5)+')',1);
	}
	else if(myTState < 0)
	{
		document.getElementById('NewsTicker').innerHTML = thisMSG;
		textfade('in',0)
	}
	else if (what=='in' && myTState <= 100)
	{
		if (document.all)
		{
			document.getElementById('NewsTicker').style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = '+myTState+')';
		}
		else
		{
			document.getElementById('NewsTicker').style.opacity = myTState/100;
		}
		setTimeout('textfade(\'in\','+(myTState+5)+')',1);
	}
}