var list;
 var tickerObj;
 var hex = 190;

 function fadeText(divId){
  if(tickerObj){
   if(hex>0){
    hex-=5; // increase color darkness
    tickerObj.style.color="rgb("+hex+","+hex+","+hex+")";
    setTimeout("fadeText('" + divId + "')", fadeSpeed);
   }else{
    hex=190; //reset hex value
   }
  }
 }

function initialiseList(divId){
 tickerObj=document.getElementById(divId);
 if(!tickerObj)
  reportError("Could not find a div element with id \"" + divId + "\"");
 list = tickerObj.childNodes;
 if(list.length <= 0)
  reportError("The div element \"" + divId + "\" does not have any children");
  for (var i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
   var node = list[i];
   if(node.nodeType == 3 && !/\S/.test(node.nodeValue))
    tickerObj.removeChild(node);
  }
  run(divId, 0);
 }

 function run(divId,count){
  fadeText(divId);
  list[count].style.display = "block";
  if(count > 0)
   list[count-1].style.display = "none";
  else
   list[list.length-1].style.display = "none";
  count++;
  if(count == list.length)
   count = 0;
  window.setTimeout("run('" + divId + "', " + count+ ")", interval*1000);
 }

 function reportError(error){
  alert("The script could not run because you have errors:\n\n" + error);
  return false;
 }

 var interval = 7; // interval in seconds
 var fadeSpeed = 50;