window.onload = Init;
var tickRate = 3000;
var numContent = 0;
var currentContent = 0;
var t;


function Init()
{
    var pElement = document.getElementById('newsContainer');
	numContent = pElement.getElementsByTagName('div').length;
        
	if (numContent>0)
	{	    
        document.getElementById('newsContainer').children[currentContent].style.display = "block";
		t = setTimeout("Ticker()",tickRate);
	}
	else
	    document.getElementById('newsContainer').style.display = "none";
}


function Ticker()
{	
	document.getElementById('newsContainer').children[currentContent].style.display = "none";
	if (currentContent + 1 < numContent)
		currentContent = currentContent + 1;
	else
		currentContent = 0;
	document.getElementById('newsContainer').children[currentContent].style.display = "block";
	t = setTimeout("Ticker()",tickRate);
}

function TickerPause()
{
	clearTimeout(t);
}

function TickerResume()
{
	t = setTimeout("Ticker()",tickRate);
}