// <FONT STYLE='font-size:8pt;' class='theme_font'><strong>Latest:</strong>&nbsp;<a href='"+temp2+"' class='theme_link'>"+curr+" _</a></FONT>";

// Ticker startup
function newsticker()
{
	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
		    theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
		    theAnchorCell       = document.getElementById("tickerCell");
		    
			runTheTicker();   	
		 }
	else {
            document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
            return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;  
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
		
		theCurrentStory++;
		theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');		
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		theAnchorObject.target       = theTarget[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorObject.style.color  = theColor[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorCell.style.backgroundColor    = theBackground[theCurrentStory];
		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
		
	}

	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + 
	theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
	{
		theCurrentLength++;
		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
		theCurrentLength = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	
	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}
// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
	{
		return theWidgetNone;
	}

	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
	{
		return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else
	{
		return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}

var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
var theWidgetOne        = "<font color='#484848'>_</font>";
var theWidgetTwo        = "";
var theWidgetNone       = "<img src='images/news_.gif' width='7' height='10' border='0'>";
var theLeadString       = "";

var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();
var theTarget    = new Array();
var theClass     = new Array();
var theBackground= new Array();
var theColor     = new Array();