var cnt = 500;
	var timer = 2;
	var mode = "run";
	var msg = 0;
	var localTxt = new Array();

function startup(txt)
{

	localTxt = txt;
	setInitialSize()
	show_date();
	ticker();


}

function setInitialSize()
{

	window.onresize = setSize;
	setSize();
	show_date();
}

function ticker()
{
	if (localTxt.length == 0 ){
		return;
	}
	var ticker = document.getElementById("ticker");

	if (mode == "wait"){
			if (msg < (txt.length - 1)) {
				msg++;
			}else{
				msg = 0;
			}
	}
	ticker.innerHTML = localTxt[msg];

	ticker.style.width = document.getElementById("text_block").style.width;
	cnt --;
	if (cnt < 1) {
		cnt = parseInt(ticker.style.width);
		mode = "wait";
		timer = 3000;
	}else{
		mode = "run";
		timer = 2;
	}
	if (mode != "wait" ){
		ticker.style.left = (170 + cnt) + "px";
		ticker.style.width = (parseInt(document.getElementById("text_block").style.width) - cnt ) + "px";

	}
	setTimeout("ticker()",timer);
}


function setSize()
{
	var frameWidth = 0;
	var frameHeight = 0;
	if (self.innerWidth)
	{
		frameWidth = self.innerWidth;
		frameHeight = self.innerHeight;
	}
	else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientWidth)
	{
		frameWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
		frameHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
	}
	else if (document.body)
	{
		frameWidth = document.body.clientWidth;
		frameHeight = document.body.clientHeight;
	}
	try {
		var nw = (frameWidth  - 190) + "px";
		document.getElementById("text_block").style.width = nw;
	}
	catch(e){
		}
	try {
		var nh = (frameHeight  - 183) + "px";
		document.getElementById("text_block").style.height = nh;
		document.getElementById("sub_menu").style.height = nh;
		document.getElementById("right_bar").style.height = nh;
		document.getElementById("content").style.height = nh;
		nh = (frameHeight  - 42) + "px";
		document.getElementById("bottom_bar").style.top = nh;
		document.getElementById("bottom_bar").style.position = "absolute";
	}
	catch(e){
	}
	
		
	try {
			if (frameWidth < 760 ) {
				document.getElementById("banner_image").style.width = "0px";
			}else{
				document.getElementById("banner_image").style.width = "294px";
			}
	}
	catch(e){
		alert(e);
	}

}
function show_date()
{

	var mthnames = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October","November", "December"];
	var daynames = ["Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thur", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"];
	var dt = new Date();

	var yr = dt.getFullYear();
	var mth = dt.getMonth();
	var dy = dt.getDate();
	var dn = daynames[dt.getDay()];
	var sec = dt.getSeconds();
	var ist;
	if ((dy == 1)||(dy == 21 )|| ( dy == 31)){
		ist = "st";
	}else if ((dy == 2) || (dy == 22 )) {
		ist = "nd";
	}else if (( dy == 3) || ( dy == 23)){
		ist = "rd";
	}else{
		ist = "th";
	}
	var op =   dn+", "+ dy +ist +" " + mthnames[mth] + " " + yr ;
	
	try{
		var olddt = document.getElementById("dt");
		olddt.innerHTML=op;
		}
	catch(e){
	}
}