var theCharacterTimeout = 40;
var theStoryTimeout = 5000;
var theWidgetOne = "_";
var theWidgetTwo = "-";
var theWidgetNone = "";
var theItemCount = _t.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      = _t[theCurrentStory];
		theTargetLink        = _l[theCurrentStory];
	}
	var textTitle = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	if(theTargetLink){
		if(NS6) document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<a href="'+ theTargetLink +'">'+textTitle+'</a>';
		else document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<a href="'+ theTargetLink +'">'+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;
}
startTicker();