// JavaScript Document

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:0px;}</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;

            }

}