// 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,'"');
		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();

var theItemCount = 4;


theSummaries[0] = "'Thank you for being so understanding and patient during my injury case'";
theSiteLinks[0] = "/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4706061.stm";

theSummaries[1] = "'Thank you for your professional and helpful manner in reaching a settlement for my claim.'";
theSiteLinks[1] = "/1/hi/health/4700755.stm"

theSummaries[2] = "'I would like to thank you all for the work you did on my case you were excellent from start to finish.'";
theSiteLinks[2] = "/1/hi/health/4700755.stm"

theSummaries[3] = "'Thank you for your professional and helpful manner in reaching a settlement for my claim.'";
theSiteLinks[3] = "/1/hi/health/4700755.stm"