function start_carousel()
{
	var so = new SWFObject( "carousel.swf", "carousel", "700", "350", "9" );
	so.addParam( "scale", "noscale" );
	so.addParam( "salign", "tl" );
	so.addParam( "wmode", "transparent" );
	so.addVariable( "xmlPath", "/healthcarereform/index.php/hcr/_carousel_data" );
	so.write( "carouselcontent" );
}

//redirects to given link
function get_link( link_label )
{
	//window.location = link_label;
	if( link_label == "" )
	{
	}
	else if( link_label.match( "timelinetool" ) )
	{
		window.location.hash = "timelinetool";
	}
	else
	{
		window.open( link_label );
		return false;
	}
}
$(document).ready( function(){
	if( "true" == "false" )
	{start_carousel();}
}
);