function changePicture(pictureName, picturePlaceName) {
    if (document.all) {
        document.getElementById(picturePlaceName).style.filter = "blendTrans(duration=1)";
        document.getElementById(picturePlaceName).filters.blendTrans.Apply();
    }

    document.getElementById(picturePlaceName).src = pictureName;

    if (document.all) {
        document.getElementById(picturePlaceName).filters.blendTrans.Play();
    }
}

var tWidth = '505px';                  // width (in pixels)
var tHeight = '20px';                  // height (in pixels)
var moStop = false;                     // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var tSpeed = 3;                        // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)
var cps = tSpeed;
var aw, mq;
function startticker(msg) {
    if (document.getElementById) {
        var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:' + tWidth + ';height:' + tHeight + ';overflow:hidden;"';
        if (moStop) tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed"';
        tick += '><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;bottom:0px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>';
        document.getElementById('BANNER').innerHTML = tick;
        mq = document.getElementById("mq");
        mq.style.left = (parseInt(tWidth) + 10) + "px"; mq.innerHTML = '<span id="tx">' + msg + '<\/span>';
        aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth;
        lefttime = setInterval("scrollticker()", 50);
    }
}

function scrollticker() {
    mq.style.left = (parseInt(mq.style.left) > (-10 - aw)) ? parseInt(mq.style.left) - cps + "px" : parseInt(tWidth) + 10 + "px";
}