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       var theItemCount;
       var theCurrentStory;
       var theCurrentLength;
       var theStorySummary;
       var theTargetLink;
       var theCharacterTimeout;
       var theStoryTimeout;
       var theBrowserVersion;
       var theWidgetOne;
       var theWidgetTwo;
       var theSpaceFiller;
       var theLeadString;
       var theStoryState;

       theBrowserVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);

// --- Only run for V4 browsers (check browser again here - some old browsers won't do this inline)

       function startTicker()
       {
// ------ Set up initial values
          theCharacterTimeout = 200;
          theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
          theWidgetOne        =  "_";
          theWidgetTwo        =  "-";

// ------ Set up initial values
          theStoryState       = 1;
          theItemCount        = document.body.children.incoming.children.properties.children.itemcount.innerText;
          theCurrentStory     = 0;
          theCurrentLength    = 0;
          theLeadString       = " ";
          theSpaceFiller      = " ";
// ------ Begin the ticker       
          runTheTicker();
       }

// --- The basic rotate function
       function runTheTicker()
       {
          if(theStoryState == 1)
          {
             setupNextStory();
          }

          if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
          {
             drawStory();
          }
          else
          {
             closeOutStory();
          }
       }

// --- Index to next story
       function setupNextStory()
       {
          theStoryState = 0;
          theCurrentStory = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
          theStorySummary = document.body.children.incoming.children.stories.children[theCurrentStory].children.Summary.innerText;
          theTargetLink   = document.body.children.incoming.children.stories.children[theCurrentStory].children.SiteLink.innerText;

          if(theTargetLink == "")
          {
             theTargetLink = document.body.children.incoming.children.stories.children[theCurrentStory].children.UrlLink.innerText;
          }
          theCurrentLength = 0;
          document.all.hottext.href = theTargetLink;
          theCurrentStory++;
       }

// --- Draw a teletype line
       function drawStory()
       {
          var myWidget;
          if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
          {
             myWidget = theWidgetOne;
          }
          else
          {
             myWidget = theWidgetTwo;
          }
          document.all.hottext.innerHTML = theLeadString + theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + myWidget + theSpaceFiller;
          theCurrentLength++;
          setTimeout("runTheTicker()", theCharacterTimeout);
       }

// --- Finalise the item
       function closeOutStory()
       {
          document.all.hottext.innerHTML = theLeadString + theStorySummary + theSpaceFiller;
          theStoryState = 1;
          setTimeout("runTheTicker()", theStoryTimeout);
       }
//-->