// Control parameters
	var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
	var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
	var theWidgetOne        = "_";
	var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
	var theWidgetNone       = "";
    var theItemCount = theSummaries.length;
	var NS6=(document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;
	
// Ticker startup

function startTicker()
{

	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
			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];
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
	}
	
	var textTitle = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	
	if (theTargetLink ) {
	
		if (NS6) {
	document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<b>'+textTitle+'</b>';
				 }
		else {
	document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<b>'+textTitle+'</b>';
				}
						} 	
	else {
		if (NS6) {
	document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML = '<span class="tickertext">'+textTitle+'</span>';
				}
		else {
	document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<span class="tickertext">'+textTitle+'</span>';
				}
	}
	
	// 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;
	}
}

startTicker();