var newsitems=3;
var curritem=0;
var iPause=0;
var tmp;


$(document).ready(function(){
    tmp = setInterval(ticknews,8000); //time in milliseconds

    var tickerSelector = "ol#article_list li";
	$('ol#article_list li p.readmore').hide();
    newsitems = $(tickerSelector).hover(
        function()
        {
            if (iPause == 0)
            {
                $('ol#article_list li').removeClass('hovered');
                $(this).addClass("hovered");
                iPause = 1;
                var title = $(this).find('h2').html();
                var teaser_text = $(this).find('p.article_teaser').html();
                var img = $(this).find('img.article_big').attr('src');
                $('#active_article h2').html(title);
                $('#article_big').attr('src', img);
                $('#teaser_text').html(teaser_text);
    		clearInterval(tmp);
            }
            

        },
        function()
        {
           remPause();
        }).filter(":eq(0)").add(tickerSelector).size();
    ticknews();
});


function ticknews() {
    if (iPause==0)
    {
        showTicker(curritem);
        curritem = ++curritem%newsitems;
    }
}

function showTicker(item) {
    $('ol#article_list li').removeClass('hovered');
    $("ol#article_list li:eq("+item+")").addClass('hovered');
    var img = $("ol#article_list li:eq("+item+") div.hidden img.article_big").attr('src');
    var title =  $("ol#article_list li:eq("+item+") h2").html();
    var teaser_text =  $("ol#article_list li:eq("+item+") div.hidden p.article_teaser").html();
    $('#active_article h2').html(title);
    $('#article_big').attr('src', img);
    $('#teaser_text').html(teaser_text);
}

function remPause() {    
    iPause = 0;
    clearInterval(tmp);
    tmp = setInterval(ticknews,80000); //time in milliseconds
}