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 href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top" class="siteNavigation">'+textTitle+'</a>';
   	    }
		else{
				document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<font face="Tahoma" style="font-size: 8pt"><a href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top" class="siteNavigation"><span style="text-decoration: none">'+textTitle+'</span></a></font>';
		}
	} 	
	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);
	}
function whatWidget(){
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length){
		return theWidgetNone;
	}
	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1){
		return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else{
		return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}
startTicker();