///////// news ticker /////////////

var newsitems; 
var curritem=0; 


$(document).ready(function(){ 
	$("#newsticker").show();
    newsitems = $("#newsticker div").hide().size(); 
    $("#newsticker div:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn(); 
    setInterval(ticknews,4000); //time in milliseconds 
}); 


function ticknews() {
	$("#newsticker div:eq("+curritem+")").hide();
    curritem = ++curritem%newsitems; 
    $("#newsticker div:eq("+curritem+")").fadeIn('slow'); 


}