var team = 0;

// news ticker function

// settings
TickerStart = 0; // which news item to start at
TickerSpeed = 40; // typing speed, lower=faster
TickerPause = 4000; // how long to pause for between items
TickerPos = 0; // do not change

function TextTicker() 
{ 
	var ticker = document.getElementById("tickertext");
	var thisText = NewsItems[TickerStart][0]; // the title
	var thisLink = NewsItems[TickerStart][1]; // the link
	var thisLength = thisText.length;
	ticker.innerHTML = thisText.substring(0,TickerPos) + " ";
	ticker.href = thisLink;
	if(TickerPos++==thisLength)
	{
		TickerPos = 0;
		TickerStart++;
		if(TickerStart==NewsItems.length) TickerStart = 0;
		setTimeout("TextTicker()",TickerPause);
	}
	else setTimeout("TextTicker()",TickerSpeed);
	
}

// array to hold animation alt tags

AnimTags = new Array();
AnimTags[1] = "Doctor in white coat";
AnimTags[2] = "Woman taking oral medication";
AnimTags[3] = "Woman in dentist's chair";
AnimTags[4] = "Medication and label";
AnimTags[5] = "Doctor reassures patient in surgery";
AnimTags[6] = "Doctor in consultation with woman patient";
AnimTags[7] = "Doctor holds stethoscope to child's cuddly toy";
AnimTags[8] = "Doctor examines boy's ear";
AnimTags[9] = "Baby's hand";
AnimTags[10] = "Capsule held in elderly woman's fingers";

// load a random image (10 max)
function DisplayAnim() 
{
	var r = Math.random()*9+1;
	var r = r<1 ? 1 : Math.round(r);
	var back = team ? "../":"";
	document.write("<p><img src=\""+back+"images/animations/anim" + r + ".jpg\" width=\"196\" height=\"212\" alt=\""+AnimTags[r]+"\" title=\""+AnimTags[r]+"\" /></p>");
}