// News Ticker

var newsitems;
var curritem=0;
var iPause=0;

$(document).ready(function(){
    var tickerSelector = "ul#ticker li";
    newsitems = $(tickerSelector).hide().hover(
        function(){
            $(this).addClass("hovered");
            iPause=1;
        },
        function(){
            $(this).removeClass("hovered");
            iPause=0;
        }
    ).filter(":eq(0)").show().add(tickerSelector).size();
    setInterval(ticknews,4000); //time in milliseconds
});


function ticknews() {
  if (iPause==0){
    $("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").hide();
	nextitem = curritem + 1
	if (nextitem == $("ul#ticker li").length)
		curritem = -1;
    curritem = ++curritem;
    $("#ticker li:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn("slow");
    }
}

function clickclear(thisfield, defaulttext) {
	if (thisfield.value == defaulttext) {
		thisfield.value = "";
	}
}

function clickrecall(thisfield, defaulttext) {
	if (thisfield.value == "") {
		thisfield.value = defaulttext;
	}
}