var tickerSettings={};function initTicker(id,numberToShow,duration,startRightAway,stopOnMouseOver){$(id).attr('numberToShow',numberToShow);$(id+' li').slice(numberToShow).hide();tickerSettings[id]={duration:duration,intervalId:null,isEnabled:false,inTransition:false};if(startRightAway!==false)
startTicker(id);if(stopOnMouseOver!==false){$(id).mouseover(function(){if(tickerSettings[id].isEnabled)pauseTicker(id)});$(id).mouseout(function(){if(tickerSettings[id].isEnabled)startTicker(id)});}}
function startTicker(id,advanceToNextHeadline){if(tickerSettings[id].intervalId==null){tickerSettings[id].intervalId=setInterval('advanceTicker("'+id+'")',tickerSettings[id].duration);tickerSettings[id].isEnabled=true;if(advanceToNextHeadline===true)
advanceTicker(id);}}
function pauseTicker(id){if(tickerSettings[id].intervalId!=null){clearInterval(tickerSettings[id].intervalId);tickerSettings[id].intervalId=null;}}
function stopTicker(id){pauseTicker(id);tickerSettings[id].isEnabled=false;}
function advanceTicker(id){var numberToShow,firstItem,firstItemMarkup,tickerWasRunning;if(tickerSettings[id].inTransition===false){tickerSettings[id].inTransition=true;if(tickerSettings[id].isEnabled===true)
pauseTicker(id);numberToShow=parseInt($(id).attr('numberToShow'));firstItem=$(id+' li:first');firstItemMarkup=firstItem.html();firstItem.fadeOut(999,function(){$(this).remove();$(id).append('<li style="display:none">'+firstItemMarkup+'</li>');$(id+' li').slice(0,numberToShow).show();$(id+' li').slice(numberToShow).hide();tickerSettings[id].inTransition=false;if(tickerSettings[id].isEnabled===true)
startTicker(id);});}}