// 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	  = "<font style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:12px;color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:bold'>" + theSummaries[theCurrentStory] + "</font>";
  //theTargetLink		= theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
  //theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
  thePrefix 	  = "<font style='font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:14px;color:#FFFFFF; font-weight:bold'>" + theLeadString + "</font>";
 }

//theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/"/g,'"')
 // 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	   = "FACTS | ";

 var theSummaries = new Array();


 var theItemCount = 3;



theSummaries[0] = "Do you know that the total life span of 'The Celebrity Status' is only 8 years, at most 10?";
theSummaries[1] = "Do you also know that 65 % of celebrities die without their fortune? ";
theSummaries[2] = "Of this: 62% are in the entertainment industry, 12 % in sports, 2 % fashion and 3% media";


startTicker();