var theCharacterTimeout = 50; var theStoryTimeout = 5000; 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(); var flashstar='';var flashstar1='<img border="0" src="easypic/hotnews.gif">';textTitle='  ' + textTitle;; if (theTargetLink ) { if (NS6) { document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML =flashstar + '<a href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_blank" class="textshowclass"><span class="textshowclass">'+textTitle+'</span></a>';}
else { document.all.theTicker.innerHTML =flashstar + '<a href="'+ theTargetLink +'" target="_blank" class="textshowclass">'+textTitle+'</a>';}
}
else { if (NS6) { document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML =flashstar + '<span class="textshowclass">'+textTitle+'</span>';}
else { document.all.theTicker.innerHTML =flashstar + '<span dir=rtl" class="textshowclass">'+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;}
}
if (theItemCount !=0 ) startTicker();