// Begin
// news ticker function
var cnt=0;			// current news item
var curr = "";
var i=-1;			// current letter being typed
var ticker_item = new Array();

// ticker items are defined in html-file

function NewsTicker()
{
	// next character of current item
	if (ticker_item.length)
	{
	   if (i < ticker_item[cnt][0].length - 1)
	   {
			i++;
			ticker_text = ticker_item[cnt][0];	
			ticker_text_itemized = ticker_text.split('');	
  			curr = curr + ticker_text_itemized[i];
                
				    if (ticker_item[cnt].length > 1)
					{
						url = ticker_item[cnt][1];
						target = '';
						if (ticker_item[cnt] == 3)
						{
							target = ticker_item[cnt][2];
						}
						document.getElementById("mtxt").innerHTML = "<a href='"+ url +"' class='" + link_class + "' onmouseover=\"this.style.textDecoration='underline'\" onmouseout=\"this.style.textDecoration='none'\" " + target + ">" + curr + "</a>";
					}else
					{
						document.getElementById("mtxt").innerHTML = "<span class='" + link_class + "'>" + curr + "</span>";  		
					}
  			setTimeout('NewsTicker()', ticker_speed);
			return;
		}
	}

	// new item
	i = -1; curr = "";
	if (cnt < ticker_item.length-1)
		cnt++;
	else
		cnt=0;
	setTimeout('NewsTicker()', ticker_pause);

}

//  End