var currentNewsItem = 0;
var maxNewsItems = 0;
var timeout = 0;
var cycleTime = 6000;

function loadRotator()
{
onLoadEvents();
}



function onLoadEvents()
{
//Try and if error, load again in 1/2 second
try{
ajaxpage(newsfile, 'sidecontainer');
currentNewsItem = 0;
timeout = setTimeout("autorot();",1000);
}
catch(err)
{
//Error Occured so launch again after a couple seconds
setTimeout('onLoadEvents();', 500);
}
}

function autorot() 
{
	//rotateDiv(currentNewsItem);
	fadeIn();
	fadeOutTime = setTimeout("fadeOut();",cycleTime/3*2);
	timeout = setTimeout("autorot();",cycleTime);
}


function fadeIn()
{
try{
var div;
var i = currentNewsItem;
var divs = document.getElementById("sidecontainer").getElementsByTagName("div");
  maxNewsItems= divs.length;

//hideAll();

div = divs[i];
changeOpac(0, div.id);
div.style.display="block";
opacity(div.id, 0, 100, cycleTime/2);

} //End Try
catch(err)
{
//Clear timeouts, wait 2 seconds and start from begining
clearTimeout(timeout);
clearTimeout(fadeOutTime);
setTimeout('onLoadEvents();', 2000);
}
}

function fadeOut()
{
try{
var div;
var i = currentNewsItem;
var divs = document.getElementById("sidecontainer").getElementsByTagName("div");
  maxNewsItems= divs.length;

div = divs[i];
opacity(div.id, 100, 0, cycleTime/3);
//div.style.display="none";
i=i+1;
if (i>=maxNewsItems)
	i=0;
else
currentNewsItem=i;


} //End Try
catch(err)
{
//Clear timeouts, wait 2 seconds and start from begining
clearTimeout(timeout);
clearTimeout(fadeOutTime);
setTimeout('onLoadEvents();', 2000);
}
}


function hideAll()
{
try{
  var divs = document.getElementById("sidecontainer").getElementsByTagName("div");
  for (var i=0; i < divs.length; i++ )
	{
    	var div = divs[i];
    	if (div.id != "") 
	 div.style.display = "none";
	}	
}
catch(err)
{
//Don't do anything is fails
}
}


function nextnewsitem()
{
clearTimeout(timeout);
clearTimeout(fadeOutTime);
hideAll();
currentNewsItem=currentNewsItem+1;
if (currentNewsItem>=maxNewsItems)
	currentNewsItem=0;
var divs = document.getElementById("sidecontainer").getElementsByTagName("div");
var div = divs[currentNewsItem];
div.style.display="block";
changeOpac(100, div.id);
}

function prevnewsitem()
{
clearTimeout(timeout);
clearTimeout(fadeOutTime);
hideAll();
var divs = document.getElementById("sidecontainer").getElementsByTagName("div");
currentNewsItem=currentNewsItem-1;
if (currentNewsItem<0)
	currentNewsItem=divs.length-1;

var div = divs[currentNewsItem];
div.style.display="block";
changeOpac(100, div.id);
}



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function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) { 
    //speed for each frame 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens 
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
           setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
           timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 

//change the opacity for different browsers 
function changeOpac(opacity, id) { 
    var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
    object.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
} 

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// = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 

/***********************************************
* Dynamic Ajax Content- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var bustcachevar=1 //bust potential caching of external pages after initial request? (1=yes, 0=no)
var loadedobjects=""
var rootdomain="http://"+window.location.hostname
var bustcacheparameter=""

function ajaxpage(url, containerid){
var page_request = false
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE
try {
page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
} 
catch (e){
try{
page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
}
catch (e){}
}
}
else
return false
page_request.onreadystatechange=function(){
loadpage(page_request, containerid)
}
if (bustcachevar) //if bust caching of external page
bustcacheparameter=(url.indexOf("?")!=-1)? "&"+new Date().getTime() : "?"+new Date().getTime()
page_request.open('GET', url+bustcacheparameter, true)
page_request.send(null)
}

function loadpage(page_request, containerid){
if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
}

function loadobjs(){
if (!document.getElementById)
return
for (i=0; i<arguments.length; i++){
var file=arguments[i]
var fileref=""
if (loadedobjects.indexOf(file)==-1){ //Check to see if this object has not already been added to page before proceeding
if (file.indexOf(".js")!=-1){ //If object is a js file
fileref=document.createElement('script')
fileref.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
fileref.setAttribute("src", file);
}
else if (file.indexOf(".css")!=-1){ //If object is a css file
fileref=document.createElement("link")
fileref.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
fileref.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
fileref.setAttribute("href", file);
}
}
if (fileref!=""){
document.getElementsByTagName("head").item(0).appendChild(fileref)
loadedobjects+=file+" " //Remember this object as being already added to page
}
}
}