// Ticker startup
function startTicker() {
	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
				theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
			runTheTicker();   	
		 }
	else {
						document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:px;}</style>");
						return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker() {
	var myTimeout;  
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
		theCurrentStory++;
		theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');		
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
	}
	// 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);
}
// Widget generator
function whatWidget() {
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length) {
		return theWidgetNone;
	}

	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1) {
		return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else {
		return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}




























/*var speed=4500

var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById
var ns4=document.layers

i=0
tickerobject=ie? subtickertape: ns6? document.getElementById("subtickertape") : document.tickertape.document

function regenerate(){
window.location.reload()
}
function regenerate2(){
if (document.layers)
setTimeout("window.onresize=regenerate",450)
}

function updatecontent(){
if (ns4){
tickerobject.subtickertape.document.write('<span class="subtickertapefont">'+news[i]+'</span>')
tickerobject.subtickertape.document.close()
}
else 
tickerobject.innerHTML=news[i]

if (i<news.length-1)
i++
else
i=0
setTimeout("updatecontent()",speed)
}*/