		google.load("jquery", "1.2");
		var currnews = 0;
		var newstimer = 0;
		var newsrotate = true;
		function fadeNews() {
			clearTimeout( newstimer );
			var len = $('#frontnews .newsticker').length;
			if( newsrotate && len > 0 ) {
				$('#frontnews .newsticker:eq('+currnews+')').animate({opacity: 0}, function() {
					$(this).css({display: 'none'});
					if( currnews < len - 1 ) currnews++;
					else currnews = 0;
					$('#frontnews .newsticker:eq('+currnews+')').css({display: 'inline'});
					$('#frontnews .newsticker:eq('+currnews+')').animate({opacity: .999});
				});
			}
			newstimer = setTimeout( "fadeNews()", 5000 );
		}
		
		function initFadeNews() {
			var len = $('#frontnews span.newsticker').length;
			$('#frontnews').mouseover( function() {
				newsrotate = false;
			});
			$('#frontnews').mouseout( function() {
				newsrotate = true;
			});
			currnews = 2;
			$('#frontnews span.newsticker').css({display: 'none', opacity: 0});
			if( len > 0 ) fadeNews();
		}
		
		
		window.onload = function() {
			initFadeNews();
		}
		
		var requiredVersion = 4;
		var maxVersion = 9;
			var actualVersion = 0;
			var v_flashInstalled = false;
			var isIE = ( navigator.appVersion.indexOf( 'MSIE' ) != -1 ) ? true : false;
			var isWin = ( navigator.appVersion.indexOf( 'Windows' ) != -1 ) ? true : false;
			jsVersion = 1.1;
			for( var x = 2; x <= maxVersion; x++ )
			{
				eval( 'var flash' + x + 'Installed = false' )
			}
			if( isIE && isWin )
			{
				document.write( '<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n' );
				document.write( 'on error resume next \n' );
				for( var y = 2; y <= maxVersion; y++ )
				{
					eval( document.write( 'flash' + y + 'Installed = ( IsObject( CreateObject( "ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash.' + y + '" ) ) ) \n' ) );
				}
				document.write( '</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n' );
			}
			function detectFlash()
			{
				if( navigator.plugins )
				{
					if( navigator.plugins[ 'Shockwave Flash 2.0' ] || navigator.plugins[ 'Shockwave Flash' ] )
					{
						var isVersion2 = navigator.plugins[ 'Shockwave Flash 2.0' ] ? ' 2.0' : '';
						var flashDescription = navigator.plugins[ 'Shockwave Flash' + isVersion2 ].description;
						var flashVersion = parseInt( flashDescription.charAt( flashDescription.indexOf( "." ) - 1 ) );
						for( var z = 2; z <= maxVersion; z++ )
						{
							eval( 'flash' + z + 'Installed = flashVersion == ' + z) 
						}
					}
				}
				for( var i = 2; i <= maxVersion; i++ )
				{
					if( eval( 'flash' + i + 'Installed' ) == true ) actualVersion = i;
				}
				v_flashInstalled = ( actualVersion >= requiredVersion ? true : false );
			}
			detectFlash();