var currentNewsTicker=0;
var maxNewsItems=0;
var advanceable=true;
var tweenTime=500;
var pauseTime=10000;
var clickedLink=false;
var tickerStopped=false;
var currentItemHeight=0;
var maxItemHeight=0;
function forwardOneNewsItem(){if(advanceable){advanceable=false;
if(currentNewsTicker<(maxNewsItems-1)){currentNewsTicker++
}else{currentNewsTicker=0
}loadNewsTicker(currentNewsTicker)
}}function backOneNewsItem(){if(advanceable){advanceable=false;
if(currentNewsTicker>0){currentNewsTicker--
}else{currentNewsTicker=(maxNewsItems-1)
}loadNewsTicker(currentNewsTicker)
}}function loadNewsTicker(a){currentItemHeight=$("#newsTickerWrapper > li:visible").height();
$("#newsTickerLoader").fadeTo(tweenTime,0),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered div.backNextDots a").removeClass("current"),$("#newsTickerLoaderWrapper").fadeTo(tweenTime,0.01),$("#newsTickerWrapper > li:visible").stop().fadeTo(tweenTime,0,function(){$(this).hide(),$("#newsTickerLoader").width(0),$("#newsTickerLoaderWrapper").fadeTo(tweenTime,1),$("#newsTickerWrapper > li:nth-child("+(a+1)+")").stop().fadeTo(tweenTime,1,function(){currentNewsTicker=a;
advanceable=true;
if(!tickerStopped){startLoader()
}}),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered div.backNextDots a:eq("+a+")").addClass("current").blur()
})
}function startLoader(){transitionTimeLeft=(($("#newsTickerLoaderWrapper").width()-$("#newsTickerLoader").width())/$("#newsTickerLoaderWrapper").width())*pauseTime;
$("#newsTickerLoader").show().fadeTo(0,1).animate({width:"100%"},transitionTimeLeft,"linear",function(){forwardOneNewsItem()
})
}function makeNewsTicker(a,c){if(a!==undefined){tweenTime=Number(a)
}if(c!==undefined){pauseTime=Number(c)
}$("#newsTickerWrapper > li").show().each(function(){if($(this).height()>maxItemHeight){maxItemHeight=$(this).height()
}}).hide(),maxNewsItems=$("#newsTickerWrapper > li").size();
$("#newsTickerWrapper").height(maxItemHeight),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered").append('<div id="newsTickerLoaderWrapper"><div id="newsTickerLoader"></div></div>');
for(var b=0;
b<maxNewsItems;
b++){$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered div.backNextDots").append('<a href="#"></a>')
}$("#newsTickerWrapper > li").hide(),$("#newsTickerWrapper > li:first-child").show(),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered div.backNextDots a:first-child").addClass("current"),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered a.backArrow, #news div.bodyBoxBordered a.forwardArrow").css({display:"block","margin-top":(Math.floor((maxItemHeight-30)/2)-1)+"px"}),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered a.backArrow").click(function(d){d.preventDefault();
$("#newsTickerLoader").stop().fadeTo((tweenTime/2),0);
backOneNewsItem();
$(this).blur()
}),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered a.forwardArrow").click(function(d){d.preventDefault();
$("#newsTickerLoader").stop().fadeTo((tweenTime/2),0);
forwardOneNewsItem();
$(this).blur()
}),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered div.backNextDots a").click(function(d){d.preventDefault();
if(!$(this).hasClass("current")){$("#newsTickerLoader").stop().fadeTo((tweenTime/2),0);
loadNewsTicker($("#news div.bodyBoxBordered div.backNextDots > a").index(this))
}}),$("#news div.bodyBoxBordered").hover(function(){tickerStopped=true;
$("#newsTickerLoader").stop()
}).mouseleave(function(){tickerStopped=false;
startLoader()
}),$("#newsTickerWrapper > li").css({cursor:"pointer"}).hover(function(){$(this).find("*").css({color:"#C00"})
}).click(function(){if(!clickedLink){clickedLink=true;
$(this).find('a:contains("Read More")').trigger("click");
window.location=$(this).find('a:contains("Read More")').attr("href")
}}).mouseleave(function(){$(this).find("*").css({color:"#000"})
}).find('a:contains("Read More")').hide();
forceRedraw("news");
startLoader()
};