<!-- Begin

/************** Ticker startup *******************/
function startTicker()
{
// Define run time values
theCurrentStory     = -1;
theCurrentLength    = 0;
// Locate base objects
if (document.getElementById) { 
  theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("lggTickerA");
runTheTicker();    
}
else {
		document.write("<style>.panel_border{display:none;}.sb_title{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=\"textblack\">" + 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;
}
}


/************** Div Toggle *******************/
function toggleLayer(whichLayer)
{
if (document.getElementById)
{
// this is the way the standards work
var style2 = document.getElementById(whichLayer).style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"block";
}
else if (document.all)
{
// this is the way old msie versions work
var style2 = document.all[whichLayer].style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"block";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
// this is the way nn4 works
var style2 = document.layers[whichLayer].style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"block";
}
}

function closeLayer(whichLayer)
{
if (document.getElementById)
{
// this is the way the standards work
var style2 = document.getElementById(whichLayer).style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"none";
}
else if (document.all)
{
// this is the way old msie versions work
var style2 = document.all[whichLayer].style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"none";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
// this is the way nn4 works
var style2 = document.layers[whichLayer].style;
style2.display = style2.display? "":"none";
}
}

//  End -->
