/*

newsList: "#news" // assumes unordered list; specify the ul holding the news items
tickerRate: 80 // time gap between display of each letter (ms)
startDelay: 100 // delay before first run of the ticker (ms)
loopDelay: 3000 // time for which full text of each item is shown at end of print-out (ms)
placeHolder1: " |" // character placeholder shown on even loops
placeHolder2: "_" // character placeholder shown on odd loops

*/
jQuery.noConflict();
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
  var options = {
    newsList: "#news",
	tickerRate: 100,
	startDelay: 1000,
	loopDelay: 5000,
    placeHolder1: "_",
    placeHolder2: "_"
  }
  jQuery().newsTicker(options);
});