//TICKER
// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
	 i = 0;
	// Define run time values
	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;
	}
}
// 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;
		thePrefix 	     = "<span>" + theLeadString + "</span>";
	}
	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	
	if(theCurrentLength>60)
	{
	     i = i+1;  
	    theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + 
	    theStorySummary.substring(i,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	}
	else
	{
	    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;
		i=0;
	}
	// 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 = 80;
	var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
	var theWidgetOne        = "_";
	var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
	var theWidgetNone       = "";
	var theLeadString       = "&nbsp;";

	var theSummaries = new Array();
	var theSiteLinks = new Array();

	
function addBookmark(title, url) {
        if (window.sidebar) { // firefox
              alert("Click Ctrl D to bookmark this page (command D on a Mac)");
        } else if( document.all ) { //MSIE
                window.external.AddFavorite( url, title);
        } else {
               alert("Sorry, your browser doesn't support this");
        }
}