function startTicker()
{

        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;
        }
}

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;
        }
}