var theSummaries = new Array();
	var theSiteLinks = new Array();

	// Ticker startup
	function startTicker()
	{
		// Define run time values
		theCurrentStory     = -1;
		theCurrentLength    = 0;
		// Locate base objects
		if (document.getElementById) {	
				theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("hottext");
				runTheTicker();   	
			 }
	}
	// Ticker main run loop
	function runTheTicker()
	{
		var myTimeout;  
		// Go for the next story data block
		if(theCurrentLength == 0)
		{
			theCurrentStory++;
			theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % (theSummaries.length);
			theStorySummary   = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/"/g,'"');
			theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
			theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		}
		// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
		theStartPosition = 0;
		if (theCurrentLength > theMaxLength)
		{
			theStartPosition = theCurrentLength - theMaxLength;
		}
		theAnchorObject.innerHTML = theStorySummary.substring(theStartPosition,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 = 100;
	var theStoryTimeout     = 600;
	var theWidgetOne        = "_";
	var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
	var theWidgetNone       = "";
	var theMaxLength		= 70;