// JavaScript Document

//=== TICKER 
	var theCharacterTimeout = 10;
	var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
	var theWidgetOne        = " ";
	var theWidgetTwo        = " ";
	var theWidgetNone       = "";
	var theLeadString       = "";

	var theSummaries = new Array();
	var theSiteLinks = new Array();
	
function startTicker()
{
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	if (document.getElementById) {
		    theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
			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].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');
		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
	}
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	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;
	}
}
//---