var theCharacterTimeout=40;var theStoryTimeout=3000;var theWidgetOne="_";var theWidgetTwo="-";var theWidgetNone="";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  class=jstop  target="_blank" href="'+theTargetLink+'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';}
else{document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML='<a  class=jstop  target="_blank" href="'+theTargetLink+'" target="_top">'+textTitle+'</a>';}}
else{if(NS6){document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML='<span>'+textTitle+'</span>';}
else{document.all.theTicker.innerHTML='<span>'+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;}}