addEvent(window,"load",so_init);
var d=document, imgs = new Array(), texts = new Array(), zInterval = null, current=0, pause=false, speed=5000, clockTimeoutID=0;

function so_init()
{
	if(!$$('rotator')) return;
	imgs = $$('rotator').getElementsByTagName('div');
	if (imgs.length==0) return;
	texts = new Array(imgs.length);
	for(i=0;i<imgs.length;i++) {
		if (i>0) {
			imgs[i].xOpacity = 0;
		}
		spans = imgs[i].getElementsByTagName('span');
		texts[i] = spans[0];
	}
	imgs[0].style.display = 'block';
	imgs[0].xOpacity = .99;
	$$('newsteaser').innerHTML = texts[0].innerHTML;
	$$('head_btn_0').className = "headlinebtn_active";

	if (imgs.length>1) clockTimeoutID=setTimeout(so_xfade,speed);

}

function so_xfade()
{
	cOpacity = imgs[current].xOpacity;
	nIndex = imgs[current+1]?current+1:0;
	nOpacity = imgs[nIndex].xOpacity;

	cOpacity-=.1;
	nOpacity+=.1;

	imgs[nIndex].style.display = 'block';
	imgs[current].xOpacity = cOpacity;
	imgs[nIndex].xOpacity = nOpacity;

	setOpacity(imgs[current]);
	setOpacity(imgs[nIndex]);
	$$('newsteaser').innerHTML = texts[nIndex].innerHTML;
	$$('head_btn_'+nIndex).className = "headlinebtn_active";
	$$('head_btn_'+current).className = "headlinebtn";

	if(cOpacity<=0)
	{
		imgs[current].style.display = 'none';
		current = nIndex;
		//$$('newsteaser').innerHTML = texts[current].innerHTML;
		clockTimeoutID=setTimeout(so_xfade,speed);
	}
	else
	{
		clockTimeoutID=setTimeout(so_xfade,60);
	}
}

function so_show(nr) {
	if (clockTimeoutID) clearTimeout(clockTimeoutID);
	$$('head_btn_'+current).className = "headlinebtn";
	imgs[current].style.display = 'none';
	current=nr-1;
	if (current<0) current=imgs.length-1;
	$$('newsteaser').innerHTML = texts[nr].innerHTML;
	$$('head_btn_'+current).className = "headlinebtn_active";
	clockTimeoutID=setTimeout(so_xfade,60);
}

function setOpacity(obj) {
	if(obj.xOpacity>.99) {
		obj.xOpacity = .99;
		return;
	}

	obj.style.opacity = obj.xOpacity;
	obj.style.MozOpacity = obj.xOpacity;
	obj.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + (obj.xOpacity*100) + ')';
}