// Ticker startup
definedLength	= 56;
	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(/"/g,'"');  
  theTargetLink		= theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
  theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
  thePrefix 	  = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
 }
 // Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
if ( theCurrentLength - definedLength <= 0 )
{
	sumar = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength);
}
else
{
	sumar = theStorySummary.substring(theCurrentLength - definedLength,theCurrentLength);
}
 theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + sumar + 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;
 }
}