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];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;}}