//<!-- arrays of text / hrefs -->
var bTtheTickerText = new Array();
var bTtheTickerLinks = new Array();
var bTtheTicker_Blank = new Array();



bTtheTickerText[0]  = "";
bTtheTickerLinks[0] = "";
bTtheTicker_Blank[0] = "";

var bTInc = new Number(0);      // used to itterate through array
var bTtheCharacterTimeout = 25; //pause tween chars
var bTtheStoryTimeout = 3000;   //pause at end of line
var bTtheEnumerator = 0;        //used to iterate through the individual strings

// --- Run the ticker
function bTstart()
{
bTdoTheTicker();
}



function bTdoTheTicker()
{
if(bTInc > (bTtheTickerText.length - 1)){bTInc=0;}

   if((bTtheEnumerator % 2) == 1)
   {
      bTwriteTicker("_",bTInc);
   }
   else
   {
      bTwriteTicker("*",bTInc);
   }

   bTtheEnumerator++;
	
   if(bTtheEnumerator == bTtheTickerText[(bTInc)].length+1)
   {
      bTwriteTicker("",bTInc);
      bTtheEnumerator = 0;
      bTInc++;
      setTimeout('bTdoTheTicker()', bTtheStoryTimeout); 

   }
   else
   {
      setTimeout('bTdoTheTicker((bTInc))', bTtheCharacterTimeout);

   }
}

function bTwriteTicker(aWidget,vn)
{

   var bThrefstr = new String();
   var bTendhrefstr = new String();
   

   if (bTtheTickerLinks[vn]!='')   
     {
   // ticker has a link

         bThrefstr = '<a class="bTticker" href="' + bTtheTickerLinks[vn] + '"';
         if (bTtheTicker_Blank[vn]=="1") {bThrefstr = bThrefstr + ' target="_blank"';}
         bThrefstr = bThrefstr + '>';
         bTendhrefstr = "</a>";
        document.all.bodyticker.innerHTML = bThrefstr + bTtheTickerText[vn].substring(0,bTtheEnumerator) + aWidget + bTendhrefstr;
       }
      else
      // ticker does not have a link
      {
          document.all.bodyticker.innerHTML = bTtheTickerText[vn].substring(0,bTtheEnumerator) + aWidget;
       }

}


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