(function($){
	 get_ticker = function(ticker_page) {

	$.ajax({
                 type: "GET",
                 url: "feature/ticker.xml",
                dataType: "xml",
                 cache: false,
                 success: function(xml) {
                 var tickerpage;
                 var tickerid;
                 var tickersection;
                 var tickertype;
                 var tickerdate;
                 var tickernews;
                 var tickerurl;

                 var tickerhtml = "";
 
                	$(".top_ticker ul#newsticker").empty();
			$(xml).find('ticker').each(function(){
				tickerpage = $(this).attr('page');

				if ( tickerpage == ticker_page) {
				
					$(this).find('item').each(function(){
						tickerid = $(this).children('id:first').text();
						tickersection = $(this).children('section:first').text();
						tickertype = $(this).children('type:first').text();
						tickerdate = $(this).children('date:first').text();
						tickernews = $(this).children('news:first').text();

//split into array - see if date is < today's date
var dateparts = new Array(); 
dateparts = tickerdate.split('/'); 		
var listdate = dateparts[2]+"/"+dateparts[1]+"/"+dateparts[0];
//is date less than today - format Ymd
if (Date.parse(listdate) < Date.parse(currentDate) ) {
tickerdate = "";
}

						
if (tickerdate !="") {
			tickerdate	= tickerdate.replace(/\//g,'-');
tickerurl ='index.php?p='+tickersection+'&type='+tickertype+'&id='+tickerid+'&date='+tickerdate;
} else {
tickerurl ='index.php?p='+tickersection+'&type='+tickertype+'&id='+tickerid;
}
						
						tickerhtml += '<li><a href="'+tickerurl+'">'+tickernews+'<\/a><\/li>';
					});
					
				$(".top_ticker ul#newsticker").html(tickerhtml);
				tickerhtml = "";
				return false;
				}
			
			});
			$("#newsticker").newsTicker(7000);	


		}
	});		

	
	}
})(jQuery);