if (news) // checks if exists created array from rss file otherwise script wont activate
{
		var random_news=Math.floor(Math.random()*(news.length));
		var current_news=random_news ;
		ticker_start(current_news);
}

function ticker_start(i) 
{
	tickerPadding = document.getElementById("ticker").style.width;

	document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML = "<p class=\"ticker_text\" style='padding-left:"+tickerPadding+";' id='ticker_BODY' >&nbsp;</p>";
	
	document.getElementById("ticker_BODY").innerHTML = news[i];
	document.getElementById("ticker").style.display="block";
	ticker_tick();
}

function ticker_tick()
{
	
	var padding = document.getElementById("ticker_BODY").style.paddingLeft;
	padding = parseInt(padding.slice(0,-2));
		
	if (padding == 0)
	{
		current_news += 1;
		if (current_news == news.length)
		{
			current_news = 0;
		}
		setTimeout("ticker_start("+current_news+")", 10000);
	}
	else
	{
		document.getElementById("ticker_BODY").style.paddingLeft = (padding-4)+"px";
		setTimeout("ticker_tick()", 23); // SET SPEED OF MOVING TEXT
	}

}