var intTickSpeed=5000;var intTickPos=0;var tickLocked=false;var fadeTimerID;var autoTimerID=0;var intTypeSpeed=16;var intCurrentPos=0;var currentText='';var currentLink='';var strText='';var isFirstPass=true;function initButtons(){var kids=$('.tick-btns img');for(var i=0;i<kids.length;i++){kids[i].onclick=buttonClick;kids[i].onmousedown=buttonDown;kids[i].onmouseup=buttonUp;kids[i].oncontextmenu=buttonMenu;}
getLinkElems();playFirstTicker();}
function buttonMenu(e){return false;}
function buttonDown(e){if(!e)var e=window.event;if((tickLocked==false)&&(e.button!=2)){document.getElementById(this.id).style.cssText="";}}
function buttonUp(e){if(!e)var e=window.event;if((tickLocked==false)&&(e.button!=2)){document.getElementById(this.id).style.cssText="";}}
function buttonClick(e){delayTicker();if(this.id=="back"){prevArticle();}else if(this.id=="next"){nextArticle();}}
function prevArticle(){if(tickLocked==false){if(intTickPos==0){intTickPos=arrNewsItems.length-1;}else{intTickPos--;}
setArticle(intTickPos);}}
function nextArticle(){if(tickLocked==false){if(intTickPos==arrNewsItems.length-1){intTickPos=0;}else{intTickPos++;}
setArticle(intTickPos);}}
function typeText(){if(intCurrentPos<currentText.length){strText+=currentText.charAt(intCurrentPos);setSpan(strText,currentLink);intCurrentPos++;}else if(intCurrentPos==currentText.length){strText+=currentText.charAt(intCurrentPos);setSpan(strText,currentLink);clearInterval(typeInterval);hideCursor();}else if(intCurrentPos>currentText.length){setSpan(strText,currentLink);clearInterval(typeInterval);hideCursor();}}
function setSpan(strText,strLink){var tickElem=document.getElementById("tick");var tickFirstChild=tickElem.firstChild;var tickLinkElem=document.createElement("a");tickLinkElem.setAttribute('href',strLink);tickLinkElem.setAttribute('target','_top');tickText=document.createTextNode(strText);tickLinkElem.appendChild(tickText);tickElem.replaceChild(tickLinkElem,tickFirstChild);getLinkElems();}
function getLinkElems(){var tickerElem=document.getElementById("tick");var tickerAElem=tickerElem.getElementsByTagName("a");for(var i=0;i<tickerAElem.length;i++){tickerAElem[i].onmouseover=stopTicker;tickerAElem[i].onmouseout=resumeTicker;}}
function setArticle(intPos){if(arrNewsItems[intPos]!=null){tickLocked=true;intCurrentPos=0;strText='';setSpan('','#');showCursor();currentText=arrNewsItems[intPos][0];currentLink=arrNewsItems[intPos][1];typeInterval=setInterval("typeText()",intTypeSpeed);tickLocked=false;}}
function playTicker(){isInFirstTimeout=false;if(autoTimerID!=0){clearInterval(typeInterval);nextArticle();}
autoTimerID=self.setTimeout("playTicker()",intTickSpeed);}
function playFirstTicker(){if(isFirstPass==true){hideCursor();setSpan(arrNewsItems[0][0],arrNewsItems[0][1]);isFirstPass=false;typeInterval=setInterval('',0);isInFirstTimeout=true;autoTimerID=self.setTimeout("playFirstTicker()",intTickSpeed);}
else if(isFirstPass==false){clearTimeout(autoTimerID);isInFirstTimeout=false;setArticle(intTickPos);playTicker();}}
function stopTicker(){clearTimeout(autoTimerID);}
function resumeTicker(){clearTimeout(autoTimerID);autoTimerID=self.setTimeout("playTicker()",intTickSpeed);}
function delayTicker(){clearTimeout(autoTimerID);clearInterval(typeInterval);autoTimerID=self.setTimeout("playTicker()",intTickSpeed*2);}
function hideCursor(){document.getElementById("cursor").className="hidden";}
function showCursor(){document.getElementById("cursor").className="";}
initButtons();