var objCurNews = 0;
$(document).ready(function() {
	$j(".landing-news-link").hover(function() {
			stopNewsTicker();
		},function() {
			initNewsTicker();
	});
	objCurNews = $j(".landing-news-link:first");
//	alert(objCurNews.next().html());
	objCurNews.show("slide", { direction: "down" }, 500);
	var itvNewsTicker = "";
	function fadeNewsTicker() {
		objTempCurNews = objCurNews;
		if (objCurNews.next().html() != null) {
			objCurNews = objCurNews.next();
		} else {
			objCurNews = $j(".landing-news-link:first");
		}
		objTempCurNews.hide("slide", { direction: "up" }, 500, fadeNewsIn);
	}
	function fadeNewsIn() {
		objCurNews.show("slide", { direction: "down" }, 500);
	}
	function initNewsTicker() {
		clearInterval(itvNewsTicker);
		itvNewsTicker = setInterval(fadeNewsTicker,6000,objCurNews);
	}
	function stopNewsTicker() {
		clearInterval(itvNewsTicker);
	}
	initNewsTicker();
});