var items, currentitem, currentindex, currentopacity=0, currentposition, newswidth;
 
function initNewsTicker() {
  var news = document.getElementById("newsticker");
  if (news != null) {
    items = news.getElementsByTagName("li");
    if (items != null) {
      for (i=0; i<items.length; i++) {
        items[i].style.opacity = 0;
        items[i].style.filter = "alpha(opacity=0)";
        items[i].style.display = "none";
      }
      currentindex = 0;
      currentopacity = 1;
      currentposition = 0;
      currentitem = items[currentindex];
      currentitem.style.opacity = 1;
      currentitem.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=100)";
      currentitem.style.display = "block";
      window.setTimeout(fadeout, 3000);
    }
  }
}
 
function next() {
  currentindex = ++currentindex % items.length;
  currentitem = items[currentindex];
  currentitem.style.display = "block";
  currentitem.style.opacity = 1;
  currentitem.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=100)";
  currentopacity = 1;
  fadein();
}
 
function fadein() {
  if(currentposition > 0) {
    currentposition -= 2;
    currentitem.style.margin = "0 0 0 "+currentposition+"px";
    window.setTimeout(fadein, 8);
  } else {
    currentposion = 0;
    currentitem.style.margin = "0 0 0 0";
    window.setTimeout(fadeout, 5000);
  }
}
 
function fadeout() {
  currentopacity -= 0.02;
  currentopacity = parseInt(currentopacity*100)/100;
  if (currentopacity > 0) {
    currentitem.style.opacity = currentopacity;
    currentitem.style.filter = "alpha(opacity="+(currentopacity*100)+")";
    window.setTimeout(fadeout, 20);
  }
  else {
    currentitem.style.opacity = 0;
    currentitem.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=0)";
	currentitem.style.display = "none";
	currentposition = 250;
	currentopacity = 0;
    next();
  }
}