var theCharacterTimeout = 10;
var theStoryTimeout     = 3000;
var theWidgetOne        = "_";
var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
var theWidgetNone       = "";
var theItemCount = theSummaries.length;
var NS6=(document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;

// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	if (document.getElementById) 
		runTheTicker();   	
	else 
	{
        document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
        return true;
	}
}
function runTheTicker()
{
    try
    {
	    var myTimeout;  
	    if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	    {
		    theCurrentStory++;
		    theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		    theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory];
		    theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
	    }
	    if(theStorySummary)
	    {
	        var textTitle = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	        if (theTargetLink ) 
	        {
		        if (NS6) 
	                document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<a  style="color:red"  target="_blank" href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';
		        else 
	                document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<a  style="color:red"  target="_blank" href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';
	        } 	
	        else 
	        {
		        if (NS6) 
	                document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML = '<span>'+textTitle+'</span>';
		        else 
	                document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<span>'+textTitle+'</span>';
	        }
	        if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
	        {
		        theCurrentLength++;
		        myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	        }
	        else
	        {
		        theCurrentLength = 0;
		        myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	        }
	     }
	    setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
	}
	catch(e)
	{
	    alert(e);
	}
}
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
		return theWidgetNone;
	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
		return theWidgetOne;
	else
		return theWidgetTwo;
}
document.onload=startTicker();