function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}


// Ticker startup

function startTicker()

{

	// 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 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        = "";

var theWidgetTwo        = "";

var theWidgetNone       = "";

var theLeadString       = "";

var theSummaries = new Array();

var theSiteLinks = new Array();