var theCharacterTimeout = 100;
var theStoryTimeout     = 3000;
var theWidgetOne        = "_";
var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
var theWidgetNone       = "";
var theItemCount = theSummaries.length;
var NS6=(document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;
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()
	{
	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=jstop  target="_blank" href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';			 
		else document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<a  class=jstop  target="_blank" href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';
						} 	
	else {
		if (NS6) document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML = '<span>'+textTitle+'</span>';
		else document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<span>'+textTitle+'</span>';
		}
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length){theCurrentLength++;	myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;}
	else{theCurrentLength = 0; myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;}
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}

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