function fadeOut(id,time,page) {
	target = document.getElementById(id);
	alpha = 100;
	timer = (time*1000)/50;
	//timer = time;
	var i = window.setInterval(
			function() {
				if (alpha <= 0){
					clearInterval(i);
					choosePage(page);
				}
				setAlpha(target, alpha);
				alpha -= 2;
			}, timer);
}
 
function fadeIn(id,time) {
	target = document.getElementById(id);
	alpha = 0;
	timer = (time*1000)/50;
	//timer = time;
	var i = window.setInterval(
			function() {
				if (alpha >= 100)
					clearInterval(i);
				setAlpha(target, alpha);
				alpha += 2;
			}, timer);
}
 
function setAlpha(target,alpha) {
	target.style.filter = "alpha(opacity="+ alpha +")";
	target.style.opacity = alpha/100;
}

var ticker_layer = false ;
var step_time = 25 ;
var freeze_time = 2000 ;
var news_index = 0 ;
var title_index = 0 ;
var end_title = "" ;

function beginRollTicker(oid,phrase){
	window.setTimeout(function(){ rollTicker(oid,phrase); }, step_time ) ;
}
function rollTicker(o,p){
	var title;
	if (p.length >= title_index){
		title = p ;
		//document.all('ticker_anchor').href = title[1] ;
		_id(o).innerHTML = title.substring( 0 , title_index ) ;
		if ( title.length > title_index ) _id(o).innerHTML += end_title ;
		title_index++ ;
		window.setTimeout(function(){ rollTicker(o,p); }, step_time ) ;
	} else {
		//news.length == news_index + 2 ? news_index = 0 : news_index++ ;
		title_index = 0 ;
		//window.setTimeout( "roll_ticker()" , freeze_time ) ;
	}
}