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;
	 }
	}