ScrollSpeed = 100
ScrollChars = 1
function ScrollMarquee1() {
    window.setTimeout('ScrollMarquee1()',ScrollSpeed);
    
    var msg = document.getElementById('scroll_text_1').value; 
    document.getElementById('scroll_text_1').value = msg.substring(ScrollChars) + msg.substring(0,ScrollChars); 
}

function ScrollMarquee2() {
    window.setTimeout('ScrollMarquee2()',ScrollSpeed);
    
    var msg = document.getElementById('scroll_text_2').value; 
    document.getElementById('scroll_text_2').value = msg.substring(ScrollChars) + msg.substring(0,ScrollChars); 
}

/* The following section is for the Avant Guardian 12th Submissions */

function countdown_clock(year, month, day, hour, minute, format)
     {
     //I chose a div as the container for the timer, but
     //it can be an input tag inside a form, or anything
     //who's displayed content can be changed through
     //client-side scripting.
     //html_code = '<div id="countdown"></div>';
     
     //document.write(html_code);
     
     countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, format);                
     }
         
function countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, format)
     {
     Today = new Date();
     Todays_Year = Today.getFullYear() - 2000;
     Todays_Month = Today.getMonth();                  
 
     //Convert both today's date and the target date into miliseconds.                           
     Todays_Date = (new Date(Todays_Year, Todays_Month, Today.getDate(), 
                             Today.getHours(), Today.getMinutes(), Today.getSeconds())).getTime();                                 
     Target_Date = (new Date(year, month - 1, day, hour, minute, 00)).getTime();                  
 
     //Find their difference, and convert that into seconds.                  
     Time_Left = Math.round((Target_Date - Todays_Date) / 1000);
 
     if(Time_Left < 0)
        Time_Left = 0;
 
     switch(format)
           {
           case 0:
                //The simplest way to display the time left.
                document.getElementById('avg_clock').innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
                break;
           case 1:
                //More datailed.
                days = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60 * 24));
                Time_Left %= (60 * 60 * 24);
                hours = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60));
                Time_Left %= (60 * 60);
                minutes = Math.floor(Time_Left / 60);
                Time_Left %= 60;
                seconds = Time_Left;
            
                dps = 's'; hps = 's'; mps = 's'; sps = 's';
                //ps is short for plural suffix.
                if(days == 1) dps ='';
                if(hours == 1) hps ='';
                if(minutes == 1) mps ='';
                if(seconds == 1) sps ='';
            
                document.getElementById('avg_clock').innerHTML = days + ' day' + dps + ' ';
                document.getElementById('avg_clock').innerHTML += hours + ' hour' + hps + ' ';
                document.getElementById('avg_clock').innerHTML += minutes + ' minute' + mps + ' &amp; ';
                document.getElementById('avg_clock').innerHTML += seconds + ' second' + sps;
                break;
           default: 
                document.getElementById('avg_clock').innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
           }
       
     //Recursive call, keeps the clock ticking.
     setTimeout('countdown(' + year + ',' + month + ',' + day + ',' + hour + ',' + minute + ',' + format + ');', 1000);
     }