/* NEWS TICKER */
(function($) {function runTicker(settings) {if(settings.firstRun == 1){currentLength = settings.currentLength;currentItem = settings.currentItem;settings.firstRun = 0;}if(currentItem == settings.newsItemCounter + 1){currentItem = 0;}if(currentLength == 0) {if(settings.newsLinks[currentItem].length > 0) {$(settings.newsList).empty().append('<li><a href="'+ settings.newsLinks[currentItem] +'"></a></li>');}else {$(settings.newsList).empty().append('<li></li>');}}if( currentLength % 2 == 0) {placeHolder = settings.placeHolder1;}else {placeHolder = settings.placeHolder2;}if( currentLength <= settings.newsItems[currentItem].length + 1) {var tickerText = settings.newsItems[currentItem].substring(0,currentLength);if(settings.newsLinks[currentItem].length > 0) {$(settings.newsList + ' li a').text(tickerText + placeHolder);}else {$(settings.newsList + ' li').text(tickerText + placeHolder);}currentLength ++;setTimeout(function(){runTicker(settings); settings = null;},settings.tickerRate);}else {if(settings.newsLinks[currentItem].length > 0) {$(settings.newsList + ' li a').text(settings.newsItems[currentItem]);}else {$(settings.newsList + ' li').text(settings.newsItems[currentItem]);}currentLength = 0;currentItem ++;setTimeout(function(){runTicker(settings); settings = null;},settings.loopDelay);}}$.fn.extend({newsTicker: function(settings) {settings = jQuery.extend({newsList: "#news",   		tickerRate: 80,startDelay: 100,loopDelay: 3000,placeHolder1: " |",placeHolder2: "_"}, settings);var newsItems = new Array();var newsLinks = new Array();var newsItemCounter = 0;$(settings.newsList + ' li').hide();$(settings.newsList + ' li').each(function(){if($(this).children('a').length) {newsItems[newsItemCounter] = $(this).children('a').text();newsLinks[newsItemCounter] = $(this).children('a').attr('href');}else {newsItems[newsItemCounter] = $(this).text();newsLinks[newsItemCounter] = '';}newsItemCounter ++;});settings = jQuery.extend(settings,{newsItems: newsItems,newsLinks: newsLinks,newsItemCounter: newsItemCounter - 1,currentItem: 0,currentLength: 0,firstRun:1});setTimeout(function(){runTicker(settings); settings = null;},settings.startDelay);}});})(jQuery);