var theSummaries = new Array("")
var theSiteLinks = new Array("")

var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
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;
	theItemCount = theSummaries.length;
	if (document.getElementById) runTheTicker()
	else {
		document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>")
		return true
	}
}


// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;  
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
		theCurrentStory++;
		theCurrentStory = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		theStorySummary = theSummaries[theCurrentStory];
		theTargetLink   = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
	}
	var textTitle = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	if (theTargetLink ) {
		if (NS6)
			document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<a class="tickerLink" href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top"'+textTitle+'</a>';
		else 
			document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<a class="tickerLink" href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';
	} 	
	else {
		if (NS6)
			document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML = '<span class="tickerText">'+textTitle+'</span>';
		else
			document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<span class="tickerText">'+textTitle+'</span>';
	}
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length) {
		theCurrentLength++;
		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}
	else {
		theCurrentLength = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}


// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length) return theWidgetNone;
	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)	return theWidgetOne;
	else return theWidgetTwo;
}