//  don't delete this -  it is a VS script reference to the jQuery file, and allows intellisense to almost work
/// <reference path="~/scripts/jquery-1.3.2.js" />

var lclLatestNews = new Array();
var lclLatestNewsCount = 0, lclCurrentNewsItem = 0;

function lclRotateNewsItems(frequency) {
    setInterval(function() {
        if (++lclCurrentNewsItem == lclLatestNews.length)
            lclCurrentNewsItem = 0;
        lclDisplayItem(lclCurrentNewsItem);
    }, frequency);
}

function lclDisplayItem(selected) {
    //document.getElementById("latestNewsID").innerHTML = lclLatestNews[selected].Link;
    $("#latestNewsID").fadeOut("normal").queue(function() {
    $("#latestNewsID").empty().append(lclLatestNews[selected].Link).dequeue();
    }).fadeIn("slow");
}


function lclAddNewsItem(link) {
    var newsItem = new Object();
    newsItem.Link = link.replace(/&apos;/g , "'");
    lclLatestNews[lclLatestNewsCount] = newsItem;
    lclLatestNewsCount++;
}