var newsBoxHeight = '';
var nrNewsVisible = 3;

$(document).ready(function(){
	newsticker();
});

function newsticker()
{
	var news = $("#newsticker .active:first");
	
	var newsBoxHeight = news.outerHeight(true);
	$("#newsticker").height(newsBoxHeight * nrNewsVisible);
	window.setTimeout(tick, 5000);
	$("body").toggleClass("redraw");
}

function tick()
{
	var first = $("#newsticker .active:first");
	
	first.animate({marginTop: '-' + first.outerHeight()}, 2000, 'linear', function()
	{
		first.removeClass('active');
		first.clone().appendTo('#newsticker').removeAttr('style');
		first.remove();
								
		$("#newsticker .active:last").next().addClass('active').removeAttr('style');
		
		window.setTimeout(tick, 5000);		
	});
}