var theCharacterTimeout = 40;var theStoryTimeout = 4000;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 style="color:990000;font-weight:bold; "   href="' + theTargetLink + '" target="_top">' + textTitle + '</a>'; } else { document.all.theTicker.innerHTML = '<a  class=jstop style="color:990000;font-weight:bold; "  href="' + theTargetLink + '" target="_top">' + textTitle + '</a>'; } } else { if (NS6) { document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML = '<span style="color:990000;font-weight:bold; ">' + textTitle + '</span>'; } else { document.all.theTicker.innerHTML = '<span style="color:990000;font-weight:bold; ">' + 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; } }
startTicker();