var xmlHttp = new Object();
function GetXmlHttpObject() {
	try {
		xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();	// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
	}
	catch (e) {
		try {
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");	// Internet Explorer 6.0+
		}
		catch (e) {
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");	// Internet Explorer 5.5+
		}
	}
	return xmlHttp;
}
var ss_num=1;
var img_dir="images";
var max_1=8;
var ssSpeed=4000;
var crossFadeDuration=2;
var Img;
img_dir+="/";
var pre_img = new Image();
var ss_name=new Array();
var ctr=new Array();
var min_ctr=new Array();
var max_ctr=new Array();
var pre_flag=new Array();
var Img=new Array();
ss_name[0]="ss1";
ss_name[1]="ss2";
ss_name[2]="ss3";
ss_name[3]="ss4";
ss_name[4]="ss5";
ss_name[5]="ss6";
ss_name[6]="ss7";
ss_name[7]="ss8";
for(i=0;i<ss_num;i++){
 var temp=i+1;
 max_ctr[i]= eval("max_" + temp);
 if(i==0)
  {min_ctr[i]=1;}
 else{
  min_ctr[i]=max_ctr[i-1]+1;}
 ctr[i]=min_ctr[i]+1;
 pre_flag[i]=true;
}
//alert( "start is" + ctr[0]);
//alert( "max is" + max_ctr[0]);
var sst_num=1;
var t;
function runSlideShow(){
for(i=0;i<sst_num;i++){
 //alert("sst num is" + sst_num);
  if(document.all){ 
    eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".style.filter=\"blendTrans(duration=2)\"");
    eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".style.filter=\"blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)\"");
    eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".filters.blendTrans.Apply()");
 }
 //alert ("i is " + i);
 //alert ("counter is " + ctr[i]);
 var ctr_str=ctr[i]+'';
 //alert ("counter is " + ctr[i]);
   Img[i]= img_dir +  "Header" +ctr[i] + ".jpg";
 //alert ("counter is " + ctr[i]);
   //alert(Img);
   //document.images.SlideShow.src=Img[i];
   eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".src=Img[i]");
   if (document.all) {
     eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".filters.blendTrans.Play()");
   }
   ctr[i]++;
   if(ctr[i]>max_ctr[i]){
     if(ss_num>i+1 && pre_flag[i]){
  //alert(sst_num);
   sst_num++;}
     ctr[i]=min_ctr[i];
  //alert (i+" and " +min_ctr[i]);
     pre_flag[i]=false;
   } 
   if(pre_flag[i]){//preload the next image
     var temp= img_dir + "Header" + ctr[i]+ ".jpg";
  pre_img.src=temp;
   }
} 
	updateNews();
   t=setTimeout('runSlideShow()', ssSpeed);
}
function HeaderSlides() {
	if(document.all){ 
		eval("document.images.ss1.style.filter=\"blendTrans(duration=2)\"");
		eval("document.images.ss1.style.filter=\"blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)\"");
		eval("document.images.ss1.filters.blendTrans.Apply()");
	}
	var ctr_str=ctr[i]+'';
}
function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}
function init() {
	updateNews();
	t=setTimeout('runSlideShow()', ssSpeed);
	MM_preloadImages('images/Header1.jpg','images/Header2.jpg','images/Header3.jpg','images/Header4.jpg','images/Header5.jpg','images/Header6.jpg','images/Header7.jpg','images/Header8.jpg');
}
function updateNews() {
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
	if (xmlHttp==null) {
		alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
		return;
	}
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() {
		if(xmlHttp.readyState==4) {
			document.getElementById("News").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
		}
	}
	xmlHttp.open("GET","GetNews.asp");
	xmlHttp.send(null);
}