// JavaScript Document
function startTicker()
{
// Define run time values
theCurrentStory     = -1;
theCurrentLength    = 0;
// Locate base objects
if (document.getElementById) {	
theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("TickerLink");
runTheTicker();   	
}
else {
return true;
}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
var myTimeout;  
// Go for the next story data block
try
{
if(theCurrentLength == 0)
{               
theCurrentStory++;
theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/"/g,'"');		
theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
}
}
catch(err)
{
}
// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix +
theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
{
theCurrentLength++;
myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
}
else
{
theCurrentLength = 0;
myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
}
// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}
// 
function whatWidget()
{
if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
{
return theWidgetNone;
}
if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
{
return theWidgetOne;
}
else
{
return theWidgetTwo;
}
}