text: /*
  * Rich HTML Ticker- by JavaScript Kit (http://www.javascriptkit.com)
  * Freeware. Created Sept 13th, 08'
  * This credit must stay intact for use
  */
  
  var richhtmlticker={
  loadingtext: '<em>Fetching Ticker Contents. Please wait...</em>', //Loading text if content is being fetched via Ajax
  
  getajaxcontent:function($, config){
  	config.$ticker.html(this.loadingtext)
  	$.ajax({
  		url: config.msgsource,
  		error:function(ajaxrequest){
  			config.$ticker.html('Error fetching content.<br />Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)
  		},
  		success:function(content){
  			config.$ticker.html(content)
  			richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
  		}
  	})
  },
  
  rotate:function(config){
  	if (config.$ticker.get(0)._hoverstate=="over"){
  		setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
  	}
  	else{
  		config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeOut(config.animateduration, function(){
  			config.currentmsg=(config.currentmsg<config.$messages.length-1)? config.currentmsg+1 : 0
  			config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration, function(){
  				setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
  			})
  		})
  	}
  },
  
  getCookie:function(Name){ 
  	var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
  	if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
  		return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
  	return null
  },
  
  setCookie:function(name, value){
  	document.cookie = name+"="+value
  },
  
  setupticker:function(config){
  	config.$messages=config.$ticker.find('span.'+config.msgclass).hide()
  	config.currentmsg=Math.min(parseInt(richhtmlticker.getCookie(config.id) || 0), config.$messages.length-1)
  	config.$messages.hide().eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration)
  	setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
  	$(window).bind('unload', function(){richhtmlticker.cleanup(config)})
  },
  
  define:function(config){
    jQuery(document).ready(function($){
  		config.$ticker=$('#'+config.id)
  		if (config.$ticker.length==0)
  			return
  		config.$ticker.css({overflow:'hidden'}).hover(
  			function(){this._hoverstate="over"},
  			function(){this._hoverstate="out"}
  		)
  		if (config.msgsource=="inline"){
  			richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
  		}		
  		else{
  			richhtmlticker.getajaxcontent($,config)
  		}
  	})
  },
  
  cleanup:function(config){
  	this.setCookie(config.id, config.currentmsg)
  }
  
  } //end richhtmlticker object
  
  
  
  
  //////////// Declare instance of Rich HTML Ticker (invoked when page has loaded): ///////////////////////////
  
  richhtmlticker.define({
  	id: "myhtmlticker", //main ticker DIV id
  	msgclass: "messagediv", //CSS class of DIVs containing each ticker message
  	msgsource: "inline", //Where to look for the messages: "inline", or "path_to_file_on_your_server"
  	rotatespeed: 1300, //pause in milliseconds between rotation
  	animateduration: 300 //duration of fade animation in milliseconds 
  })