/* hp ticker */
$(document).ready(function() {
    var ticker_timeout = 3000; // milliseconds
    var ticker_items = Array();
    var ticker_i = 0;

    // get p-tags within #hp_ticker
    $('div#hp_ticker p').each(function() {
	ticker_items.push('<p>' + $(this).html() + '</p>');
      });
        
    var tickerRotate = function() {
      ticker_i = (ticker_i+1)%(ticker_items.length); // advance to next ticker item, and wrap
      $('div#hp_ticker').fadeOut('normal', function() {
	  $(this).html(ticker_items[ticker_i]);
	  $(this).fadeIn('normal');
	  
	  // set timer
	  var ticker_timer = setTimeout(tickerRotate, ticker_timeout);
	});
    }

    // set timer
    var ticker_timer = setTimeout(tickerRotate, ticker_timeout);

  });