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,'"');		
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
            if (theTargetLink != "") theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		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;}
}