var tickercontents=new Array()
tickercontents[1]="Last update was: 05 September 2010"
tickercontents[2]="Next update: 12 September 2010"
var tickdelay=5000 
var highlightspeed=7

var currentmessage=0
var clipwidth=0

function changetickercontent(){
crosstick.style.clip="rect(0px 0px auto 0px)"
if(currentmessage==0){
var d_names = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday","Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
var a_p = ""
var d = new Date();
var date = d.getDate();
var day = d.getDay();
var month = d.getMonth();
var year = d.getFullYear();
var hour = d.getHours();
if (hour < 12)
   {
   a_p = "AM";
   }
else
   {
   a_p = "PM";
   }
if (hour == 0)
   {
   hour = 12;
   }
if (hour > 12)
   {
   hour = hour - 12;
   }
var mins = d.getMinutes();
mins = mins + "";
if (mins.length == 1)
   {
   mins = "0" + mins;
   }

tickercontents[currentmessage] = d_names[day]+", "+date+" "+m_names[month]+" "+year+" "+hour+":"+mins+ ""+a_p;
}
crosstick.innerHTML=tickercontents[currentmessage]
highlightmsg()
}

function highlightmsg(){
var msgwidth=crosstick.offsetWidth
if (clipwidth<msgwidth){
clipwidth+=highlightspeed
crosstick.style.clip="rect(0px "+clipwidth+"px auto 0px)"
beginclip=setTimeout("highlightmsg()",40)
}
else{
clipwidth=0
clearTimeout(beginclip)
if (currentmessage==tickercontents.length-1) currentmessage=0 
else currentmessage++
setTimeout("changetickercontent()",tickdelay)
}
}

function start_ticking(){
crosstick=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("highlighter") : document.all.highlighter
crosstickParent=crosstick.parentNode? crosstick.parentNode : crosstick.parentElement
if (parseInt(crosstick.offsetHeight)>0)
crosstickParent.style.height=crosstick.offsetHeight+'px'
else
setTimeout("crosstickParent.style.height=crosstick.offsetHeight+'px'",100)
changetickercontent()
}