// Control parameters
	var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
	var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
	var theWidgetOne        = "_";
	var theWidgetTwo        = "_";
	var theWidgetNone       = "";
        var theItemCount = theSummaries.length;
//	var NS6=(document.getElementById && !document.all) ? true : false;
	
// Ticker startup
function startTicker() {

	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
         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];
	 theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
	}
	
	var textTitle = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	
	if (theTargetLink ) {
	
//		if (NS6) {
//	 document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML  = '<a href="index.php?pag=nler&nid='+ theTargetLink +'" target="_top" class="siteNavigation">'+textTitle+'</a>';
//	        } else {
	 document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<img src="temas/clean/imagens/item_menu1.gif"> <a class="menulink_not" href="index.php?pag=ntodas">Notícias::</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class="menulink_azul" href="index.php?pag=nler&nid='+ theTargetLink +'">'+textTitle+'</a>';
//		}

	} else {
//                if (NS6) {
//	 document.getElementById("theTicker").innerHTML = '<span class="tickertext">'+textTitle+'</span>';
//		} else {
	 document.all.theTicker.innerHTML  = '<span>'+textTitle+'</span>';
//		}

	}
	
	// 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;
 }

}

startTicker();