var current_div = 1;
var total_divs = 0;
var wait = 0;
var slidetime = 5000;

var elements;

function slide_init()
{
	
	

        //stop banner change if mouse over one banner
        //elements = document.getElementsByName('news-latest-item');
		elements = getElementsByName_iefix('div','news-latest-item');
        total_divs = elements.length;
        for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) 
        { 
                elements[i].style.display = "none";  
                elements[i].onmouseover = function () 
                {

                        clearTimeout(wait);
                }
                elements[i].onmouseout = function () 
                {

                        clearTimeout(wait);

                        wait = setTimeout('nextDiv()',slidetime);

                }       
        }
		if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Explorer") > -1) {
        	elements[1].style.display = "block";
		}
		else{
        	elements[1].appear();							
		}
        //elements[1].appear();          
        wait = setTimeout('nextDiv()',slidetime);
} 


function slide(nr)
{
        clearTimeout(wait);
		//elements = getElementsByName_iefix('div','news-latest-item');
        //hide all divs
        for (var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) 
        { 
                if (nr == (i + 1))
                {
                        //show selected banner  

						if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Explorer") > -1) {
                        	elements[i].style.display = "block";
						}
						else{
                        	elements[i].appear();							
						}
                } else
                {       //hide everything else
                        elements[i].style.display = "none";     
                }
        }
        wait = setTimeout('nextDiv()',slidetime);
}


function nextDiv() 
{

        if(current_div < total_divs) 
        {
                current_div ++; 
        }

        else
        {       current_div = 1;
        }

        slide(current_div);
}

function getElementsByName_iefix(tag, name) {
     
     var elem = document.getElementsByTagName(tag);
     var arr = new Array();
     for(i = 0,iarr = 0; i < elem.length; i++) {
          att = elem[i].getAttribute("name");
          if(att == name) {
               arr[iarr] = elem[i];
               iarr++;
          }
     }
     return arr;
}